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River scene. [graphic] / James Cremer, photographer and publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
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Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893.
Contributor
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer.
Sidney, J. C. architect.
Title
River scene. [graphic] / James Cremer, photographer and publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
Publisher
Philadelphia: James Cremer
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1875
Date
[ca. 1875]
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 10 x 18 cm.(4 x 7 in.)
Description
View showing the Schuylkill River near the terrace of the new mill house at the Fairmount Water Works. Also shows a decorative urn near an ornamental railing in the foreground and the Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club boathouse (built in 1860 after designs by James C. Sidney) lining the riverbank in the far right background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822, were expanded in 1862 to include a new mill house built after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine.
Notes
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Description of "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club -- Buildings.
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Terraces -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Boathouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Associated name
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer.
Associated name
Sidney, J. C. (James C.), architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Cremer - Public Utilities [P.9212.14]
Accession number
P.9212.14
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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