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Boat House and Lake, Philadelphia, Penn. [graphic].
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Contributor
Salem Gazette Press, publisher.
Title
Boat House and Lake, Philadelphia, Penn. [graphic].
Publisher
Salem, Mass. : Salem Gazette Press
Publisher
MASS. Salem. 1875
Date
[ca. 1875]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
View looks west in the direction of West Philadelphia at Wm. F. Cline's floating "Union Boat House" with rowboats pulled up to the dock. Also shows a boat or ferry on the Schuylkill River and buildings on the west bank of the river, including Jeremiah King's hotel and tavern (left), in the background.
Is part of
Gems of American Scenery. 129
Notes
Title printed on verso in numbered series list with fifty-three other titles (No. 100-153).
Printed on mount: Stereoscopic Gems. American Scenery.
Publisher's imprint printed on verso below series list.
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 Robert M. Vogel.
Subject
King, Jeremiah, b. ca. 1820 -- Homes and haunts.
Boathouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Boats -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Taverns (Inns) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Printer
Salem Gazette Press, publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Recreation [P.9047.40]
Accession number
P.9047.40
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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