| Creator |
Bartlett & French. |
| Contributor |
Darrah, William Culp, 1909-1989, former owner. |
| Title |
Views from the Reading Railroad near Reading, Pa. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1868 |
| Date |
[ca. 1868] |
| Physical Description |
5 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mounts ; 8.5 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.) or smaller. |
| Description |
Views of the rocky landscape adjacent to railroad tracks near Reading, Pa., including the Lebanon Valley Railroad Bridge spanning
the Schuylkill River. Includes a man standing in front of a steep, rocky hill and a horse-drawn coach resting near the river.
The bridge, completed in 1857, was burned down during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.
|
| Is part of |
Views in Vicinity of Reading No. 80, 94, 98 and 100 |
| Notes |
Yellow cardboard mounts with rounded corners. Photographer's printed labels pasted on versos. |
|
Manuscript note on versos of P.8484.19 and P.8484.21: Bartlett & French; William C. Darrah coll. |
|
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 |
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. |
|
Railroad tracks -- Pennsylvania. |
|
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania. |
|
Rocks -- Pennsylvania. |
|
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania. |
| Geographic subject |
Lebanon Valley Railroad Bridge (Pa.) |
|
Reading (Pa.) |
|
Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Landscape photographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Provenance |
Darrah, William Culp, 1909-1989, former owner. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bartlett & French - Views [P.8484.19-21; P.8731.1; P.9462.7] |
| Accession number |
P.8484.19 |
|
P.8484.20 |
|
P.8484.21 |
|
P.8731.1 |
|
P.9462.7 |
