Details
Creator Bartlett & French.
Title Mansion at Fairmount Park. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1866
Date [ca. 1866]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description View of the south elevation, divided into five bays, showing the oval pavilion of the mansion built 1799-1800 for businessman Henry Pratt in East Fairmount Park. A man lies in the grass on his side in the foreground. A small sign for ice cream hangs from the porch. In 1844, several years after Pratt’s death, Lemon Hill became the first mansion acquired by the city of Philadelphia to establish a public park, i.e., Fairmount Park. The residence was used as a lager beer garden following the establishment of the park in 1855.
Is part of Philadelphia and vicinity. No. 163
Notes Title from photographer's label pasted on verso.
Yellow mount with square corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Subject Pratt, Henry, 1761-1838 -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Lemon Hill (Philadelphia, Pa. : Estate)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.8484.15]
Accession number P.8484.15