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Admiring the flowers. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. [graphic].
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Creator
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920.
Contributor
Universal View Co., distributor.
Title
Admiring the flowers. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia ; Lawrence, Kan. : William H. Rau, publisher, U.S.A. Sold only by Universal View Co
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1901
Date
c1901
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount, hand-colored ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
View looking southwest showing a woman dressed in white, standing with a parasol and touching the flowers in a long, landscaped flower bed, also known as the "Sunken Gardens," built in front of Horticultural Hall (not pictured) for the Centennial Exhibition in 1876.
Notes
Title printed on mount.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Buff curved mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre
Albumen prints -- Hand-colored -- 1900-1910.
Stereographs -- Hand-colored -- 1900-1910.
Printer
Universal View Co., distributor.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Rau - Parks [P.9573.20]
Accession number
P.9573.20
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