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Residence of John Penn, Colonial Governor, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A97104
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Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Contributor
Taylor Art Co., publisher.
Title
Residence of John Penn, Colonial Governor, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia: Taylor Art Co
Date
c1907
Physical Description
1 photomechanical print (postcard): photolithograph, color; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description
Exterior view of house built 1784-1785 for John Penn, grandson of William Penn. It became part of Fairmount Park in 1867. Currently part of the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens.
Notes
Numbered 24 on recto.
Also known as Solitude.
Sheet number: 81A01.
Divided back.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Penn, John, 1729-1795 -- Homes and haunts.
Philadelphia Zoological Garden.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Girard Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West -- 3400 block.
Genre
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1910.
Printer
Taylor Art Co., publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]
Accession number
Brightbill 81
081-a01-c
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Brightbill Postcard Collection
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