Details
Creator Brightbill, George M., collector.
Contributor McLauchlan, J., publisher.
Title Woodside Park postcards. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: J. McLauchlan, Woodside Park
Date ca. 1910
Physical Description 3 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Contains images of Woodside Park in Fairmount Park built circa 1897. Includes the bandstand, showing an all female orchestra performing on stage; the Mountain Scenic Railway ride and a general view of people walking through the park.
Notes Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 2 printed in black and white.
Woodside Park depended greatly on the Fairmount Park Transportation Company, the operator of the Park trolley lines that transported visitors to and from the park and the primary investor of the Woodside Real Estate Company who owned the amusement park.
Divided backs.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the Natioinal Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Amusement rides -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Amusement parks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Ford Road (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- near Conshohocken Road.
Genre Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1910.
Printer McLauchlan, J., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Woodside Park - 169]
Accession number Brightbill 169
169-b01-a