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The dune, Lemon Hill. [graphic] / James Cremer, photographer and publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
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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
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Ephemera Collection
Stereograph Collection
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