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On the Wissahickon. [graphic].
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Creator
Bartlett & French.
Contributor
Williamson, Sue H., former owner.
Title
On the Wissahickon. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1868
Date
[ca. 1868]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description
Elevated view, possibly from a nearby rooftop, looking down at a man fishing in the winding Wissahickon Creek. Shows large rocks in and around the water and trees flanking both sides of the creek. Includes a partial, obscured view of a mill building in the background.
Is part of
Unidentified series No. 52
Notes
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Manuscript note on verso: Sue H. Williamson No. 18.
Yellow 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
Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Subject
Fishing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Mills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Landscape photographs -- 1860-1870.
Provenance
Williamson, Sue H., former owner.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.9168.2]
Accession number
P.9168.2
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