| Creator |
R. Newell & Son, photographer. |
| Contributor |
Linville, Jacob H., engineer. |
|
Keystone Bridge Company, builder. |
|
Kiralfy Brothers, publisher. |
| Title |
[Park Boat House, near Fairmount Waterworks, Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic] / Photo. by R. Newell & Son. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Kiralfy Bros |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1876 |
| Date |
c1876 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
View looking southeast in the direction of the Fairmount Water Works at the floating George Popps Park Boat House with rowboats
pulled up to the dock. Men stand and sit on the dock and in the boathouse in the foreground. Also shows the standpipe on Reservoir
Hill (built 1852) and the Callowhill Street Bridge (built by the Keystone Bridge Company 1874-75 after designs by Jacob Hayes
Linville) spanning the Schuylkill River in the distant background. Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, also known as the Spring
Garden Street Bridge, was demolished in 1964.
|
| Is part of |
Unidentified series No. 5 |
| Notes |
Written on negative: 127 |
|
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Photographer's imprint printed on mount. |
|
Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876. |
|
Pink mount with rounded corners. |
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James. |
| Subject |
Pennsylvania Railroad. Philadelphia Division. |
|
Boathouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Rowboats -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Standpipes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River. |
| Geographic subject |
Callowhill Street Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East. |
|
Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
|
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Linville, Jacob H., engineer. |
| Associated name |
Keystone Bridge Company, builder. |
| Printer |
Kiralfy Brothers, publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.72] |
| Accession number |
P.9299.72 |
