Details
Creator R. Newell & Son, photographer.
Contributor Kiralfy Brothers, publisher.
Title George's Hill. [graphic] / [Photo. by R. Newell & Son]
Publisher Philadelphia : Kiralfy Bros
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date 1876
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 10 x 18 cm (4 x 7 in.) (stereograph format)
Description View of the bandstand, built in 1872, on George's Hill near Fifty-Second Street in West Fairmount Park. Also shows a flag pole and three horse-drawn coaches with passengers parked in the foreground. Two African American men, possibly carriage drivers, stand nearby. The hill was given to the city by siblings Jesse and Rebecca George in 1868.
Is part of Unidentified series No. 4
Notes Title from manuscript note on mount.
Photographer's imprint obscured by photograph pasted on mount.
Stamped on verso: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876.
Pink curved mount with rounded corners.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James, 1990.
Digitized.
Subject African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Bandstands -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pavilions (Facilities) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Printer Kiralfy Brothers, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.83]
Accession number P.9299.83