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Philadelphia Navy Yard. [graphic].
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Creator
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm).
Title
Philadelphia Navy Yard. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia : Langenheim's American stereoscopic views
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1858
Date
c1858
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description
View showing a ship on the Delaware River, docked at the Philadelphia Naval Yard in Southwark. The naval yard, the first U.S. Navy Yard, established by shipbuilder Joshua Humphreys and Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert in 1801, built, overhauled, stored, and disposed of warships. It operated in Southwark until 1876 when the Navy Yard enlarged and relocated to League Island.
Notes
Title printed on mount.
Publisher's printed label pasted on verso.
Stamped on verso: G. Pfund, 4731 N. Front St., Phila., Pa.
Manuscript note in modern hand on verso: Old Ironsides. U.S.S. Constitution. Idenitifcation is likley incorrect given design of ship and U.S.S. Constitution did not dock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in the 1850s, but circa 1873 for renovations for the Centennial Exhibiton of 1876.
White mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note
The Langenheim Brothers copyrighted a series of stereographs with labels inscribed: "American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philadelphia" in 1858. They continued to produce stereographs until 1865, when they withdrew from the American Stereoscopic Co.
Subject
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Naval yards & naval stations -- United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Piers & wharves -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Southwark (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Langenheim - Military [P.9079.4]
Accession number
P.9079.4
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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