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Wissahickon Creek. [graphic] / J.L. Rogers.
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Creator
Rogers, J. L. (Josiah L.), photographer.
Title
Wissahickon Creek. [graphic] / J.L. Rogers.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1868
Date
[ca. 1868]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 17.5 x 8.5 cm (7 x 3.5 in).
Description
Landscape view showing the stone arch Bells Mill Road Bridge on the tree-lined Wissahickon Creek. Includes a mill building, part of Bishop's Mills at time of photograph, behind the bridge in the background. Two girls stand at the creek's edge in the foreground. Named after former mill owners James and John Bell, the bridge was constructed in 1820.
Is part of
Unidentified series No. 27
Notes
Title printed on mount.
Photographer's name in manuscript note on verso.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Bishop's Mills (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Stone bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Mills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Girls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Bells Mill Road Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Landscape photographs -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Rogers - Parks [P.9466.25]
Accession number
P.9466.25
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
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