Details
Creator Cremer, James, 1821-1893.
Title The dune, Lemon Hill. [graphic] / James Cremer, photographer and publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
Publisher Philadelphia : James Cremer
Date [ca. 1870]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 in.)
Description View showing men, women, and children standing on a dirt path flanked by trees and grass near Lemon Hill in Fairmount Park. The mansion built 1799-1800 for businessman Henry Pratt in East Fairmount Park became the first mansion acquired by the city of Philadelphia to establish a public park, i.e., Fairmount Park. The residence was used as a lager beer garden following the establishment of the park in 1855.
Is part of Scenery in Fairmount Park 48
Notes Title from manuscript note on verso.
Photographer's imprint in red text on mount.
Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Pratt, Henry, 1761-1838 -- Homes and haunts.
Trails & paths -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Estates -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Lemon Hill (Philadelphia, Pa. : Estate)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East.
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9212.13]
Accession number P.9212.13