| Creator |
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897. |
| Contributor |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
| Title |
Fairmount from Lemon Hill, Phila. Park. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| 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 south from a path at Lemon Hill in East Fairmount Park. Depicts a group of women and children standing together
at the edge of a slope leading down to the Schuylkill River. View also includes the Fairmount Water Works and the decorative
distribution arch (built 1860) and standpipe (built 1852) on Reservoir Hill. Originally constructed between 1812 and 1822
after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, the waterworks were altered and expanded after the designs of
Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872.
|
| Is part of |
Unidentified series No. 55 |
| Notes |
Title from manuscript note on verso. |
|
Attributed to Robert Newell. |
|
Yellow mount with rounded corners. |
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of David Doret. |
| Subject |
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Standpipes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East. |
|
Lemon Hill (Pa. : Estate) |
|
Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
|
Landscape views -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
| Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
| Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.8] |
| Accession number |
P.2010.6.8 |
