Details
Creator R. Newell & Son.
Title Boat houses along the Schuylkill. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : Stereoscopic views published by R. Newell & Son, photographers
Date [ca. 1874]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description View looking northwest showing Boathouse Row on the Schuylkill River immediately north of the Fairmount Water Works. Canoes float in the water in the foreground. Also shows the College Boat Club boathouse built 1874, the University Barge Club boathouse constructed in 1871, Bachelors Barge Club boathouse constructed in 1860, and the Pennsylvania Barge Club and Crescent Boat Club boathouse built 1869-1871.
Is part of Fairmount Park Views No. 128
Notes Title printed on verso with eighty-seven other numbered titles in series list (No. 1-57; 126-138; 1000-1018).
Photographer's imprint printed on verso.
Buff mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Bachelors Barge Club -- Buildings.
College Boat Club -- Buildings.
Crescent Boat Club -- Buildings.
Pennsylvania Barge Club -- Buildings.
University Barge Club of Philadelphia -- Buildings.
Boathouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clubhouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Boat House Row (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East.
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9191.2]
Accession number P.9191.2