Views of Fairmount Park Philadelphia 1866
Cremer, James
1821-1893
still image
Graphic
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880
Landscape photographs -- 1870-1880
Aerial views -- 1870-1880
Photograph albums -- 1870-1880
Morocco bindings (Binding)
pau
Philadelphia
PA. Philadelphia
James Cremer
[1876]
1876
monographic
eng
1 album (17 photographic prints): albumen mounted on cardboard; album 22 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Album of photographs of aerial and landscape views taken in the park during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Photographs predominately depict views from observation towers at George's Hill and Lemon Hill. Images show the Centennial Exhibition grounds, including the buildings, monuments, ponds, 24th Ward Reservoir, and Centennial Station and tracks of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad; Fairmount Water Works; Girard College and surrounding neighborhood, including Brewerytown; the breweries of H. J. Walter (North Thirty-third and Thompson streets), Bergner & Engel (3200 block Thompson Street), F. A. Poth (North Thirty-first and Jefferson streets) and Bergdoll & Psotta (Twenty-ninth and Parish streets, built 1875); boat houses and landings near the waterworks; bridges, including the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount, Girard Avenue Bridge, and New York Connecting Railroad Bridge; and cityscape. Also contains views of Wissahickon Creek and Fairmount Park, including Belmont Pumping Station, fountains, landscaped gardens, and the observation tower at George's Hill; the Lincoln and Humboldt monuments; signage on the Centennial pavilions; and park visitors.
Photographed by James Cremer, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
Title from black morocco binding, stamped front cover. Stamped with incorrect date.
Spine stamped: Views. Fairmount Park 1866.
Lincoln, Abraham
1809-1865
Monuments
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Humboldt, Alexander von
1769-1859
Monuments
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Walter, Henry J.
Bergner & Engel
Bergdoll & Psotta
F.A. Poth Brewing Company
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Girard College
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Breweries
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Bridges
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Observation towers
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Waterworks
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Brewerytown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
P.8465
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