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Title: Fairmount and vicinity
Description: View showing a dilapidated building, possibly a residence for mill workers, on a hillside. A large lot of overturned ground is visible in the foreground and laundry dries on a clothesline., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., Green mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Parks - F [P.9058.162]

Title: Fairmount and vicinity
Description: View showing a circular fountain at the base of a hill in Fairmount Park. Fountain contains five spouts, including one with ornamentation, spraying water into the air. The hill is adorned with a walkway and pavilion., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., Green mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Parks - F [P.9058.161]

Title: View of Fairmount, Phila. PA
Description: View of man standing on roof terrace of mill house at Fairmount Waterworks. Italianate standpipe (built in 1852) and distribution arch (built in 1860) are visible in background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title from label on negative., Gift of Sandra Markham., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Union View Co.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Public Utilities - Fairmount Waterworks [P.2007.20.3]

Title: Fairmount Park
Description: View showing several park visitors seated within a rustric pavilion in Fairmount Park. A park guard stands in front of the pavilion. Also shows benches lining the path to the building and tents in the distant background., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., Green mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Parks - F [P.9058.158]

Title: View in Fairmount Park, Phila
Description: View of fenced-in garden adorned by decorative urns used as planters in Fairmount Park., Title and photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of J.F. Dallet.
Creator: Morse, S. R.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Morse - Parks [P.9500.2]

Title: In the new park, Phila
Description: Landscape view showing a winding path flanked by trees in Fairmount Park, which was officially created by an act of the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1867., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow mount with rounded corners. Mount in two equal pieces held together by paper pasted on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9814]

Title: Guard house, entrance to Fairmount Park
Description: View of a man, presumably a guard, standing in front of a small guard house at an entrance to Fairmount Park. Row houses are visible in the left background., Title printed on mount below image., 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 Raymond Holstein.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9013.1]

Title: Lover's Lane, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View of a man and presumably a woman standing on a shaded tree-lined path in Fairmount Park. They stand close together in the shadows on the side of the path in the foreground., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Dallas, Tex. and Augusta, Ga., Title printed on mount below image., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Date: [ca. 1905]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9047.122]

Title: Rustic bridge. Fairmount Park. Philadelphia
Description: Landscape view of a tree-lined rustic footbridge carrying a trail or path in Fairmount Park., Title printed on mount below image., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of F.J. Dallet.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9488.3]

Title: [Dwelling on west bank of Schuylkill River from Laurel Hill Cemetery]
Description: Landscape view from the hillside of Laurel Hill Cemetery on the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing a dwelling on the west bank. In the foreground, a man sits in a guard house at the base of the rocky hill. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad tracks, not visible in this photograph, were situated behind the dwelling., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: Mount Prospect from east park., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 - Parks [P.8923.6]

Title: View near the falls
Description: Landscape view from hilltop showing trees and buildings in a valley., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 - Parks [P.8923.3]

Title: Ferndale
Description: Landscape view showing a woman reading in the grass near a tree-lined path leading up to a rustic foot bridge in the background. Also shows two people standing on the bridge., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 - Parks [P.8923.8]

Title: Fairmount Park
Description: View of a woman standing against the rail of a rustic bridge spanning a stream in Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note below image on mount., Distributor's stamp 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.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.2003.14]

Title: Boating party
Description: Shows two women and four men sitting in a covered boat resting at the edge of a lake in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Rocks, weeds and fallen leaves form the shore line., Buff mount with rounded corners., Note on verso: No. 17 Papa 1876., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Gift of Raymond Holstein.
Creator: Hemple, A. H., (Alfred) photographer, fl. 1860-1879
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Fairmount Park [P.2011.47.856]

Title: [Pond, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: Landscape view showing a tree-lined pond in the distance. Includes two horses near the edge of the pond and a man in a rowboat in the distant right background., Title supplied by cataloger., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.87]

Title: Kane's boat, deer park, Philada. park
Description: View of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane's rescue boat "The Faith" enclosed within a wire fence in "Deer Park". Also shows a round shed in the background. Donated to Fairmount Park by George W. Childs., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's printed label pasted on verso., Mint green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9915.1]

Title: [Rustic footbridge in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View of tree-lined path leading to a rustic foot bridge in Fairmount Park. A man stands near the bridge looking toward the photographer., Written on negative: 1013, Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on mount: View of mineral spring and flower bed., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.95]

Title: Drive along the Schuylkill
Description: Landscape view of rolling hills, bare trees, and tree stumps., Title one of eighty-eight views in numbered series list printed on label pasted on verso (No. 1-57; 126-138; 1000-1018)., Publisher's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.63]

Title: View in the park
Description: Landscape view showing the feather-like plumage of a large white pampas grass plant in the center foreground. Includes landscaped garden with shrubs and trees in the background., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint obscured by photograph pasted on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.90]

Title: [Tree-lined path in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Description: Landscape view of tree-lined path in Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint obscured by photograph pasted on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.92]

Title: River Road and park carriage, Phila. park
Description: View showing a horse-drawn coach with two male passengers parked on River Road in Fairmount Park. Also shows a tree-lined sidewalk running parallel to the road., Title from label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint on 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.8731.9]

Title: Entrance to Fairmount Park
Description: View of stone fountain at base of entrance stairs leading up to a road on the grounds of Lemon Hill. Men stand in a line behind the fountain looking toward the camera. A man descends the stairs and moves away from a horse-drawn coach parked at the top of the stairs in the background., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French
Date: [photographed ca. 1868, printed ca. 1879]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.8484.23]

Title: Fairmount Water Works
Description: View looking north past the old mill house showing the new mill house at the water works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. The new mill house, built between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine, housed the engines that replaced the water wheels that previously powered the waterworks., Title and photographer's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., 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: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Public Utilities [P.9466.9]

Title: Fairmount Water Works
Description: View looking north past the old mill house showing the new mill house at the water works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. The new mill house, built between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine, housed the engines that replaced the water wheels that previously powered the waterworks., Title and photographer's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., 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: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Public Utilities [P.9466.9]

Title: Fairmount Park, Philada
Description: View of the Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park showing the standpipe, stone distribution arch, and terrace roof of the mill house. A man sits on a low wall surrounding the terrace watching another man sweeping with a broom., Publisher's imprint on label on verso., Number 1241 in an unnamed series., 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 stere - Cremer - Public Utilities [P.9644.19]

Title: Pavillion [sic], George's Hill
Description: Promotional stereograph depicting the bandstand, built in 1872, on George's Hill near Fifty-Second Street in West Fairmount Park. The hill was given to the city by siblings Jesse and Rebecca George in 1868. Shows a crowd of men and women, including two African American men, possibly carriage drivers, posing in front of the pavilion. In the foreground, a coach is parked., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from content and the people's attire., Buff mount with rounded corners., Contains label posted on verso promoting Young's Favorite Blue Grass Rye and Wheat Whiskies distributed by New York wine shop, Acker, Merrall & Condit, and distilled by Philadelphia distiller Alexander Young & Co., Purchase 2000., 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.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9774.2]

Title: Fred'k Graeff's monument at Fairmount
Description: Shows the monument dedicated to Fairmount Water Works engineer Frederick Graff commissioned by the city and installed June 1, 1848 in the garden near the Fairmount Dam. Monument, adorned with Gothic trim, contains a bust of Graff sculpted by Hugh Cannon and is surrounded by an ironwork fence and benches. View also includes two spectators, including a man leaning on a bench; the statue of Diana near the inclined walkway to Reservoir Hill; partial views of a pavilion and the standpipe arch of the water works; and snow on the ground., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Title from label on verso of P.9212.17., Yellow mount with square corners., Distributor's label on verso of P.9212.17: From James Cremer's Stereoscopic Emporium, 18 South Eighth St. Philadelphia., One of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo -Bartlett & French - Monuments & statues [(3)1322.F.106b; P.9212.17]]

Title: Fairmount from the park
Description: View from above the waterworks looking northwest across the Schuylkill River including a partial view of the old and new mill houses; the mill race; the dam and several boathouses., Printed label on verso contains title, photographer's imprint and list of 39 views in the series., 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 - Public Utilities [P.9644.10]

Title: Agricultural Hall
Description: Exterior view of Agricultural Hall behind wooden fence at Philadelphia's Centennial exhibition held in Fairmount Park. The view shows three large entryways dwarfed by steeply pitched roofs and flanking towers., Paper label on verso lists twenty-eight other titles in the series., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9644.2]

Title: [Fountain and rock garden, probably in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View from a high vantage point showing a few spectators near a fountain with a circular basin near a rock garden and trees. Also shows a fence in the background., Manuscript note on accompanying label: Fountain Basin Fountain, Title supplied by cataloguer., Trimmed yellow mount., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Parks [(3)1322.F.123e]

Title: [Fountain and rock garden, probably in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View from a high vantage point showing a few spectators near a fountain with a circular basin near a rock garden and trees. Also shows a fence in the background., Manuscript note on accompanying label: Fountain Basin Fountain, Title supplied by cataloguer., Trimmed yellow mount., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Parks [(3)1322.F.123e]

Title: Fair Mount from promenade
Description: View looking east from a promenade near the basin at the Fairmount Water Works showing Reservoir Hill. Shows the observatory tower distribution arch, built in 1860; the Italianate standpipe, built in 1852 after the designs of Frederick Graff, Jr.; and the promenades on the hill. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Attributed to Robert Newell., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Inscribed in negative: 124., 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [P.9299.58]

Title: [Fountain and rock garden, probably in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View from a high vantage point showing a few spectators near a fountain with a circular basin near a rock garden and trees. Also shows a fence in the background., Manuscript note on accompanying label: Fountain Basin Fountain, Title supplied by cataloguer., Trimmed yellow mount., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Parks [(3)1322.F.123e]

Title: View in Fairmount Park
Description: View looking north from a stairwell near the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works showing the peristyle temple on the altered old mill house. Three men stand near the temple. The Fairmount Water Works, originally built on the Schuylkill River between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Manuscript note on verso: Fairmount Waterworks., Title from label on negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher'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: De Young's Palace Dollar Store (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young's - Public Utilities [P.9260.5]

Title: Fairmount from the locks
Description: View looking from above the Schuylkill Canal lock showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); the standpipe, distribution arch, and pavilion on Reservoir Hill; and a man standing on the rocks forming the lock. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P. M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr. until 1872., Title from accompanying label., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., 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: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868.]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120c]

Title: [Fairmount Water Works.]
Description: View looking north past the old mill house showing the new mill house at the water works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. The new mill house, built between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine, housed the engines that replaced the water wheels that previously powered the waterworks., Title and name of photographer from label on verso of duplicate P.9466.9., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., 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: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.121g]

Title: Regetta [sic] at Fairmount
Description: View looking northeast from the Fairmount Water Works showing several spectators watching the regatta from the bank of the Schuylkill River and the balcony of a boat house. View also includes a canal boat., White paper mount with square corners., Title from accompanying label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks - Fairmount [(3)1322.F.122f]

Title: The old tavern at the Wire Bridge, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Upper Ferry Tavern on the West Bank of the Schuylkill River (Fairmount Park). The tavern, opened in 1820, was also known as Harding's Hotel after Richard Harding, one of its later proprietors. Includes partial views of adjacent buildings., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Image faded., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Hotels [(7)1322.F.35f; (8)1322.F.13e]

Title: The old tavern at the Wire Bridge, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Upper Ferry Tavern on the West Bank of the Schuylkill River (Fairmount Park). The tavern, opened in 1820, was also known as Harding's Hotel after Richard Harding, one of its later proprietors. Includes partial views of adjacent buildings., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Image faded., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Hotels [(7)1322.F.35f; (8)1322.F.13e]

Title: The old tavern at the Wire Bridge, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Upper Ferry Tavern on the West Bank of the Schuylkill River (Fairmount Park). The tavern, opened in 1820, was also known as Harding's Hotel after Richard Harding, one of its later proprietors. Includes partial views of adjacent buildings., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Image faded., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Hotels [(7)1322.F.35f; (8)1322.F.13e]

Title: F. Graff's monument, Fairmount, Phila
Description: Shows the monument dedicated to Fairmount Water Works engineer Frederick Graff commissioned by the city and installed June 1, 1848 in the garden near the Fairmount Dam. Monument contains a bust of Graff sculpted by Hugh Cannon, Gothic trim, an inscribed dedication, and is surrounded by an ironwork fence., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #142., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Monuments & statues [(3)1322.F.106a]

Title: F. Graff's monument, Fairmount, Phila
Description: Shows the monument dedicated to Fairmount Water Works engineer Frederick Graff commissioned by the city and installed June 1, 1848 in the garden near the Fairmount Dam. Monument contains a bust of Graff sculpted by Hugh Cannon, Gothic trim, an inscribed dedication, and is surrounded by an ironwork fence., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #142., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Monuments & statues [(3)1322.F.106a]

Title: F. Graff's monument, Fairmount, Phila
Description: Shows the monument dedicated to Fairmount Water Works engineer Frederick Graff commissioned by the city and installed June 1, 1848 in the garden near the Fairmount Dam. Monument contains a bust of Graff sculpted by Hugh Cannon, Gothic trim, an inscribed dedication, and is surrounded by an ironwork fence., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #142., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Monuments & statues [(3)1322.F.106a]

Title: The Centennial - George's Hill from Elm Avenue
Description: View from the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 depicting an African American man standing next to an occupied horse-drawn passenger cart decorated with flags and posters in front of George's Hill in Fairmount Park. The observation tower upon the hill, and several sheds, pavilions, and tents are seen in the background., Title and photographer's imprint on mount., Number 1017 in a series of views entitled: The Centennial., Manuscript note on verso: No. 21., Manuscript note on verso: Isaac Sterns Burlington, VT., 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 Robert M. Vogel, 1984., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
Creator: Barker, George, photographer
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Barker [P.9047.20]

Title: Main aisle, Horticultural Hall, Nov. 26, 1901
Description: Interior view showing a man observing a plant from the main aisle in Horticultural Hall. Large fern trees flank the main aisle. Hall built 1875 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann for the Centennial Exhibition, demolished in 1955 even though the 383' long, 193' wide building was supposed to remain a permanent botanical conservatory, showcasing exotic plant species and Victorian gardens. The Centennial fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title from manuscript note on verso., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1901]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Theaters and halls [P.9047.67]

Title: [Graff Memorial,] Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Shows the monument dedicated to Fairmount Water Works engineer Frederick Graff commissioned by the city and installed June 1, 1848 in the garden near the Fairmount Dam. Monument contains a bust of Graff sculpted by Hugh Cannon, Gothic trim, an inscribed dedication, and is surrounded by an ironwork fence. View also includes two spectators, a man and a girl, and a statue of Diana near the inclined walkway to Reservoir Hill in the background. At the base of the Callowhill Street entrance to the park., Title on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9047.136]

Title: Victoria regia, Phila., Pa
Description: View of water lilies and lily pads in the lily pond near Horticultural Hall in West Fairmount Park. Building, pond and gardens constructed for the Centennial celebration in 1876., Title printed on mount below image., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., The Standard Series, mostly pirated stereographs, were created in New York in the 1890s.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9047.145]

Title: [Entrance walkway], Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Faded copy stereograph depicting an entrance path with an ornate iron railing leading down to the Fairmount Waterworks complex at the Callowhill Street or Spring Garden Street entrance. Possibly looking north at the piers of the Spring Garden Street bridge., Title on negative., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners and black line border., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9567.12]

Title: [Balustrade, Fairmount Waterworks,] Fairmount Park, Philada
Description: View showing a decorative balustrade lining a stairway leading from Reservoir Hill down to the Fairmount Waterworks complex. Includes a small waterfall from the rocky hil adjacent to the stairs., Title printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 - Parks [P.9146.2]

Title: The sunken gardens, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
Description: View showing a long flower bed flanked by trees, also known as the "Sunken Gardens," extending in a line to Horticultural Hall, the exhibition hall built in 1875 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann in West Fairmount Park. Building demolished in 1955 even though the 383' long, 193' wide building was supposed to remain a permanent botanical conservatory, showcasing exotic plant species and Victorian gardens., Title printed on mount., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including St. Louis, Mo.; Portland, Ore.; New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Can.; London, Eng., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park printed on verso., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: c1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Parks [P.9047.151]

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