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Bridge at Bishop's Mills. [graphic].
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Creator
Bartlett & French.
Title
Bridge at Bishop's Mills. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Date
[ca. 1868]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description
View of the stone arch Bells Mill Road Bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek, constructed in 1820 and named after former mill owners James and John Bell. A mill building, belonging to Bishop's Mills at the time of this photograph, is partially visible in the foreground.
Is part of
Unidentified series No. 70
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
Bishop's Mills (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Stone bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Mills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Bells Mill Road Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Landscape photographs -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.9462.9]
Accession number
P.9462.9
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Ephemera Collection
Stereograph Collection
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