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Happy days at Fairmount. [graphic] / Photo. by R. Newell & Son.
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Creator
R. Newell & Son, photographer.
Contributor
Sidney J. C. architect.
Kiralfy Brothers, publisher.
Title
Happy days at Fairmount. [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 showing a group of women and children assembled on the grass on Lemon Hill estate. The Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club boathouse, built 1860-1861 after designs by James C. Sidney for the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society, is visible on the east bank of the Schuylkill River in the background.
Is part of
Unidentified series No. 2
Notes
Written on negative: 75
Title from manuscript note on mount.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Stamped on verso: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876.
Pink curved 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
Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club -- Buildings.
Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society -- Buildings.
Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Children -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Boathouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Boathouse Row (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East.
Lemon Hill (Philadelphia, Pa. : Estate)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Group portraits -- 1870-1880.
Associated name
Sidney J. C. (James C.), architect.
Printer
Kiralfy Brothers, publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.70]
Accession number
P.9299.70
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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