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[Girard Avenue Bridge monument] [graphic] / A.H. Hemple, N.E. cor. 15th and Pennsylvania Ave., Philada.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A101634
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Creator
Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879 photographer.
Contributor
H.A. & J.P. Sims, architect.
Title
[Girard Avenue Bridge monument] [graphic] / A.H. Hemple, N.E. cor. 15th and Pennsylvania Ave., Philada.
Publisher
Philadelphia: A.W. Fatsinger
Publisher
Pa. Philadelphia. 1873
Date
cApril 1,1873
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 10 x 18 cm.(4 x 7 in.)
Description
View showing the railroad bridge monument near East River Drive. The sculpted monument, composed of an ornate archway, basin, and plaque commemorates key figures in the construction of the bridge. Names inscribed on the plaque include: Clarke, Reeves, & Co. of the Phoenixville Bridge Works; Samuel L. Smedley, chief engineer and surveyor; and H.A. and J.P. Sims, architects. The bridge, built from 1872-1874, was demolished in 1971.
Is part of
Centennial views of Philadelphia and Fairmount Park
Notes
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Copyrighted by A.W. Fatsinger.
Label pasted on verso inscribed Alfred Rigling.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Monuments & memorials -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Girard Avenue Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Associated name
H.A. & J.P. Sims, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Hemple - Monuments and statues [P.9058.175]
Accession number
P.9058.175
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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