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Pleasure yacht, Flirt. [graphic] / James Cremer, photographer, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
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Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893.
Title
Pleasure yacht, Flirt. [graphic] / James Cremer, photographer, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
Publisher
Philadelphia : James Cremer
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1870
Date
[ca. 1870]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
View looking west showing the boat, Flirt, docked with three men on board at the steamboat landing immediately north of the Fairmount Waterworks on the east side of the Schuylkill River. Also shows a woman standing on an elevated pavilion or gazebo overlooking the river in the background and buildings on the west bank of the river. Flirt was one of many recreational boats that transported passengers to various sites along the river. Dwelling on the west bank possibly the hotel inhabited and operated by Jeremiah King.
Is part of
Scenery in Fairmount Park No. 16
Notes
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Photographer's imprint in red text on mount.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
King, Jeremiah, b. ca. 1820 -- Homes and haunts.
Boats -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Piers & wharves -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Recreation -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Gazebos -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Taverns (Inns) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Cremer - Parks [8353.F.15]
Accession number
8353.F.15
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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