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Falls Village. [graphic].
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Creator
Bartlett & French, photographer.
Contributor
Woodward, Charles Warren, 1836-1894, publisher.
Swartz, Christian.
Title
Falls Village. [graphic].
Publisher
Rochester, New York: C.W. Woodward
Publisher
NY. Rochester. 1871
Date
July 8, 1871
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
View looking through an arch of the Old Falls Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River showing Falls Village (East Falls) at the Falls of Schuylkill. The village, established in the latter 18th century around a private fishing club, evolved into a mill town in the 19th century, and was incorporated into Philadelphia in 1854. The Old Falls Bridge, also known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Bridge, was erected in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz.
Is part of
Schuylkill River near Phila, Penn. 945
Notes
Orange mount with rounded corners.
Title printed on mount.
Publisher's imprint printed on mount.
Date from manuscript note on verso.
Reissue of a circa 1868 view entitled "Falls Village, Schuylkill River" by Bartlett & French of Philadelphia. [P.8484.1].
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note
Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Subject
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River.
Geographic subject
East Falls (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Falls Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Associated name
Swartz, Christian.
Printer
Woodward, Charles Warren, 1836-1894, publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Woodward - Bridges [P.9007.3]
Accession number
P.9007.3
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