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Title: [Pine grove, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View from a grove of pine trees in West Fairmount Park looking northeast toward the Schuylkill River. In the right foreground, two African American men park guards, attired in caps and uniformed suits, stand in a field divided with wooden fences. In the distant background, the New York Connecting Railway Bridge is visible., Possibly by R. Newell & Son., Title supplied by cataloger., Orange mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note written on verso: "Pine Grove.", Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Jane Carson James, 1990.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9299.44]

Title: N.Y. Bridge from N.W
Description: View looking from West Fairmount Park showing the New York Connecting Railway Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, was utilized by the New York division of the railroad and served as the first connecting railway between New York and Philadelphia. Also shows a group of men and women sitting on a bench and conversing in the park in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Inscribed in negative: 135., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9299.46]

Title: North from the summer house
Description: View looking north from a "summer house" near the grounds of Lemon Hill, in East Fairmount Park. Shows two Pennsylvania Railroad bridges - the Old Girard Avenue Bridge and the New York Connecting Railway Bridge - spanning the Schuylkill River. Girard Avenue Bridge, was built in 1855 and razed circa 1871. The Connecting Railway Bridge was completed in 1867 after the designs of P.R.R. chief engineer John A. Wilson., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Saul Koltnow., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Bridges [P.9022.30]

Title: Tunnel near Girard Ave. Bridge
Description: View looking north from in front of the Girard Avenue Bridge showing the Promontory Rock Tunnel, bored in 1871, on East River Drive (i.e., Kelly Drive) in East Fairmount Park. Also shows a section of the New York Connecting Railway Bridge, built for the Pennsylvania Railroad 1866-1867, in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Green mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer
Date: c1873
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - Bridges [P.9260.55]

Title: New York R.R. Bridge
Description: View from the west bank of the Schuylkill River (Fairmount Park) depicting the Victorian-style stone and wrought iron Connecting Railway Bridge or Schuylkill River Bridge utilized by the New York division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, the bridge served as the railroad's first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City. Gas-lighted lamps and an arch truss adorn the bridge., Title from manuscript note on mount., Publisher's imprint stamped on verso., Name of artist supplied by duplicate views photographed circa 1870. (P.9060.31a and P.9062.89a)., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.9299.81]

Title: [Pennsylvania Railroad Connecting Railway Bridge from Lansdowne, Philadelphia]
Description: View from the west bank of the river showing men and a woman holding a child standing and sitting near a rustic railing overlooking the New York Railroad Bridge, known as the Connecting Railway Bridge, built from 1866-1867 after the designs of Pennsylvania Railroad Chief Engineer John A. Wilson. The PRR bridge served as the railroad’s first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City., Title supplied by cataloger., Series list printed on verso. Includes one hundred titles in the series (No. 1-100)., Publisher's imprint printed on series label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.12]

Title: Girard Bridge & c
Description: View from the riverbank showing a section of the Old Girard Avenue Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. The bridge, completed in 1855, was razed circa 1871 and replaced. Also shows, in the background, a section of the Connecting Railway Bridge, built from 1866-1867 after the designs of Pennsylvania Railroad Chief Engineer John A. Wilson., Title from manuscript note on mount., Curved orange mount with rounded corners., Promotional text with trademark printed on verso by Baltimore printer, Woods, advertising "Chase's Celebrated Collection of National Views." Includes the Capitol, U.S. Naval Academy, Central Park, Schuylkill Park, and Baltimore., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Chase, a Baltimore photographer, operated as a stereograph photographer and publisher between circa 1872 to 1890.
Creator: Chase, William M., 1818 or 1819-1901
Date: [ca. 1870, ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Chase - Bridges [P.9466.27]

Title: Girard Avenue Bridge and N.Y.R.R. Bridge, Phila[delphia]
Description: View looking from East Fairmount Park showing the Old Girard Avenue Bridge and the New York Connecting Railway bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Girard Avenue Bridge, was built in 1855 and razed circa 1871. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge in the background, the New York Railroad Bridge, known as the Connecting Railway Bridge, was built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson. It served as the railroad's first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City. A woman sits and reads on a bench in the foreground., Title inscribed on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Image blurred., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Saul Kotnow.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9022.36]

Title: [Girard Avenue Bridge under construction, Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing a section of the Girard Avenue Bridge under construction. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, completed in 1874 after the designs of Henry A. and James P. Sims, was demolished in 1971. In the background, a section of the Connecting Railway Bridge, also known as the New York Railroad Bridge, is visbile. Built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, the bridge served as the railroad's first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City. Includes a man on a pier, in the foreground, near a row boat, crane, and stone rubble., Title supplied by cataloguer., Orange mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: From Fairmount Park, Phila. series., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9424]

Title: Girard Avenue and Junc[tion] R.R. Bridge
Description: View from a high vantage point of the Girard Avenue Bridge in the foreground and the Connecting Railroad Bridge [i.e. Junction Railroad Bridge] in the background spanning the Schuylkill River at Fairmount Park. Two men recline along the banks of the river in the foreground. Construction of a new Girard Avenue Bridge began in 1872., List of titles in series printed on paper label on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - bridges [P.9644.15]

Title: Landsdown [sic] entrance looking south
Description: View showing Lansdowne Avenue in West Fairmount Park under the old Girard Avenue Bridge. The bridge, completed at the Schuylkill River in 1855, was razed circa 1871 and replaced by the new Girard Avenue Bridge. Shows a horse-drawn carriage traveling on Lansdowne under an arch of the bridge. Also shows the New York Connecting Railway Bridge, completed in 1867, in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Grey mount with rounded corners., Inscribed in negative: 136., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9260.96]

Title: New Girard Avenue Bridge
Description: Views looking from Girard Avenue showing the Girard Avenue Bridge, completed in 1874 after the designs of Philadelphia architects Henry A. and James P. Sims, over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. The wrought-iron Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, demolished in 1971, also served as a pedestrian bridge. View also shows the nearby New York Connecting Railway Bridge, completed in 1867. In the foreground, spectators observe the river., One print [P.9260.71] on grey mount with rounded corners., One print [P.2011.47.52] on light blue mount with rounded corners., Paper labels on versos listing over sixty-five park views published by the firm., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., One print [P.2011.47.52] gift of Raymond Holstein., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.9260.71], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Bridges [P.2011.47.52]

Title: [Promontory Rock Tunnel and New York Connecting Railway Bridge, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the Promontory Rock Tunnel, bored in 1871, on East River Drive (Kelly Drive) between the New York Connecting Railway Bridge and the Girard Avenue Bridge in East Fairmount Park. Includes views of segments of the two Pennsylvania Railroad bridges spanning the Schuylkill River. The Connecting Railway bridge was completed in 1867 after the designs of John A. Wilson. The Girard Avenue Bridge was completed in 1875 after the designs of Henry A. and James P. Sims., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount: Tunnel & NY bridge Park., Inscribed in negative: 129., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9299.45]

Title: Girard Ave. Bridge
Description: View looking east from Girard Avenue showing the Girard Avenue Bridge, completed in 1872-74 after the designs of Philadelphia architects Henry A. and James P. Sims, over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. The wrought-iron Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, demolished in 1971, also served as a pedestrian bridge. Also includes a partial view of the nearby New York Connecting Railway Bridge, completed in 1867. In the foreground, spectators observe the river., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1874]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.2010.6.6]

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