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Catawissa Creek, Pa. [graphic].
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Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer.
Contributor
Cremer, James, 1821-1893, distributor.
Title
Catawissa Creek, Pa. [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
Landscape view showing a man standing on the bank of Catawissa Creek looking across at the opposite tree-lined bank.
Notes
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Attributed to John Moran.
Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James Cremer's stereoscopic emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Family groups taken for the stereoscope.
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
Moran, a Philadelphia photographer, specialized in landscape photography and often took artistic excursions with his painter brothers, Thomas and Edward. He published views of Catawissa Valley and Catawissa Island, a retreat on the Susquehanna River below the town of Catawissa, between 1862 and 1868.
Geographic subject
Catawissa Creek (Pa.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Landscape photographs -- 1860-1870.
Printer
Cremer, James, 1821-1893, distributor.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Moran - Views - Cattawissa Railroad [P.9462.13]
Accession number
P.9462.13
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