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Valley Green, Fairmount Park, Phila. [graphic].
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Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer.
Title
Valley Green, Fairmount Park, Phila. [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1920
Date
ca. 1920
Physical Description
1 negative: film; 11 x 8 cm. (4 x 3.25 in.)
Description
View showing the inn built by Thomas Livezey circa 1850 near the Wissahickon Creek. The inn, managed by several proprietors under the Livezey family, was purchased by the city in 1872 and given over to the supervision of a patriotic women's society circa 1900. Shows signage adorning the building advertising a tea room. Lettering spelling "Valley Green" is visible on the side of the inn. Also shows a stone fence and two horses stopped near a stable adjacent to the building. A car is parked in front of the inn.
Notes
Inscribed in negative: 3682.
Title from negative sleeve.
Original negative housed in freezer.
Subject
Valley Green Inn (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Hotels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Taverns (Inns) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Tearooms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Genre
Safety film negatives -- 1910-1920.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.140]
Accession number
P.9259.140
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Alfred Hand Photographic Negative Collection
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