Title supplied by cataloger.
Various printers, including Simeon Boerum; Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co.; Geo. S. Harris & Sons; J. Ottmann; and Wm. F. Murphy Sons.
Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349].
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Scenic views showing the Horse Shoe Curve and Pack Saddle along the Pittsburgh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Views also show locomotives, men posed on rock ledges, including one labeled "Sit Box," railroad tracks, and townscape., Series title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Three of the series numbered. Collection contains: 341; 517; 703., Two of stereographs inscribed on verso: T.N. Haskill., Gift of Jessy Randall., Created postfreeze., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Purviance was commissioned as an official photographer of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1867.
Creator
Purviance, William T.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Views [P.2005.19.1-4]
