| Creator |
Bartlett & French, photographer. |
| Contributor |
Swartz, Christian. |
|
Dodge, Collier & Perkins, publisher. |
| Title |
[Falls Village, Schuylkill River] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Boston : [Dodge, Collier & Perkins], wholesale depot for stereoscopes and views, 113 Washington Street |
| Publisher |
MASS. Boston. 1868 |
| Date |
[ca. 1868] |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17.5 cm. (3.25 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
View looking through an arch of the Old Falls Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River showing Falls Village (East Falls) at the
Falls of Schuylkill. The village, established in the latter 18th century around a private fishing club, evolved into a mill
town in the 19th century, and was incorporated into Philadelphia in 1854. The Old Falls Bridge, also known as the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad Bridge, was erected in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz.
|
| Is part of |
Penn. & Delaware Views, No. 285 |
| Notes |
Publisher's name supplied by cataloger. |
|
Publisher's address and series title printed in red on mount. |
|
Title from manuscript note on verso. |
|
Yellow mount with rounded corners. |
|
Reissued by C.W. Woodward in Rochester, N.Y., on July 8, 1871 and entitled "Falls Village" [P.9007.3]. |
|
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 |
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River. |
| Geographic subject |
East Falls (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Falls Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
Swartz, Christian. |
| Printer |
Dodge, Collier & Perkins, publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bartlett & French - Bridges [P.8484.1] |
| Accession number |
P.8484.1 |
