Details
Contributor Wellman, Helen B., former owner.
Title Boat landing. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher [United States]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1875
Date [ca. 1875]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 in.)
Description Copy stereograph 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.
Notes Title printed on mount below image.
Manuscript note on verso: Helen B. Wellman 1882.
Orange mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of F.J. Dallet.
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.
Provenance Wellman, Helen B., former owner.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Recreation [P.9449.1]
Accession number P.9449.1