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[Bells Mill Road Bridge spanning the Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia] [graphic].
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Contributor
London Stereoscopic Company, publisher.
Title
[Bells Mill Road Bridge spanning the Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
New York : London Stereoscopic Co., 579 Broadway, N.Y
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1870
Date
[ca. 1870]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
View of the stone arch Bells Mill Road Bridge spanning the Wissahickon Creek with adjacent mill building in the right foreground, part of Bishop's Mills at time of photograph. Named after former mill owners James and John Bell, the bridge was constructed in 1820.
Is part of
American Views No. 162
Notes
Title providing incorrect location printed in gold on mount: View on the Wissahickon at Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Penn.
Publisher's imprint printed in gold on mount.
Orange 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.
Geographic subject
Bells Mill Road Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Printer
London Stereoscopic Company, publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - London Stereoscopic Co. - Parks [P.9466.28]
Accession number
P.9466.28
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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