View of ducks and swans wading in an unidentified stone-lined lake, presumably one of several lakes in Fairmount Park., Title from negative sleeve., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.4]
Depicts three girls attired in white dresses standing on a path next to a rustic fence before the path takes a sharp turn. One girl stands on a rock, elevated above the other two. Path runs next to the Wissahickon Creek, which is not visible in the image., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.69]
Depicts a crowd sitting in stands overlooking a field at Belmont Plateau, where people are dressed in costume for Philadelphia's Historical Pageant. Some of the participants hold a rope that is attached to a tall, wooden observation tower in the field., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
October 1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.35]
View of a winding trail along the Wissahickon, showing a large boulder on one side and a wooden fence on the other., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.51]
View of a footpath through the snow, surrounded by bare trees, leading deeper into the park. Photographer looking toward entrance, showing homes in the distance., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.52]
Depicts the photographer's oldest son, Frank W. Berry, riding a bicycle downhill on a wide, cobblestone street that ends at the intersection at the bottom of the hill. A large stone residence with an entrance gate is visible on the lefthand side., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.53]
Full length portrait of a man costumed in a multi-color striped clown suit, with a ruffled collar and cone-shaped hat. He stands outside against the stone wall of a house., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.54]
Half-length, seated portrait of a woman attired in a large, wide brimmed hat, a dark fur coat, with her hands tucked into a fur muff. She's sitting indoors on a cushioned wicker seat., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.55]
Half-length portrait of a woman in a hat adorned with feathers, attired in a double-breasted jacket., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.56]
A family poses for the photographer in an unidentified backyard. Includes a man, two women and three children, the relationship between all of them is unclear. A nearby dwelling is visible in the background., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.57]
Two boys swim in a canal, underneath of a bridge, near piles of lumber lined up along the bank of the creek. Includes small industrial buildings in the background., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.62]
View of the 100 steps from the Wissahickon Creek. A small waterfall is visible in the foreground, and large houses along Freeland Avenue are perched at the top of the hill overlooking the creek., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.21]
Depicts a man sitting on "The Flying Merkel," a motorcycle model produced by The Light Manufacturing Company in Pottstown, Pennsylvania beginning in 1909. He is sitting on the cobblestone street in front of an unidentified stone house with a porch, most likely in Manayunk., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1909
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.42]
View of a man in a canoe, paddling to a nearby dock, most likely in one of the lakes in Fairmount Park., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.46]
View of water spouting from the bronze-iron fountain sculpture erected in 1879 in the East Park entrance of Fairmount Park, near 33rd and Dauphin streets and Strawberry Mansion., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.1]
Interior., Location: 1819 Arch Street., Moved to Haverford & City Line Aves. in 1924. Currently, Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, 4080 Bryn Mawr Ave., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date
ca. 1924
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department [P.8514.103]
Depicts children, probably included are the photographer's children, Frank W. and Alice Berry, sledding down the incline of a cobblestone street, which is flanked by row houses on the right and an open wooded area on the left. A grocery store is visible in the distance at the corner of Righter and Osborn streets., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.3]
Two unidentified women stand between two unidentified men and pose for a photograph on the porch of a property along the 200 block of Righter Street in Manayunk., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.6]
Depicts the photographer's youngest daughter, Elizabeth Berry, taking a photograph of her older sister, Alice, who sits in a rocking chair in the backyard of their home in Manayunk. A cobblestone path runs behind the house, and a wooden fence separates the property from those in the background., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.8]
Waist-length portrait of Frank Berry, Sr., standing on the porch of his residence at 201 Righter Street in Manayunk. He stands behind a chair on the porch, gripping the top of the chair for support. Berry is in his mid-forties in this photo, balding with a mustache, and is attired in striped trousers, a tie and a single breasted jacket buttoned only in the first hole., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.9]
Waist-length portrait of Frank Berry, Sr., sitting next to a camera, photographing himself using the reflection of a dresser mirror in a bedroom. Berry is in his mid-forties in this photo, balding with a mustache and attired in a three-piece suit. This self-portrait was probably taken inside of his home in Manayunk., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.10]
Tree foliage obscures part of Sarah A. Wright's lager beer saloon, depicted here in an Italianate corner property at Ridge and Manayunk avenues., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.13]
Depicts a group of young boys, including the photographer's sons Frank W. and Walter N. Berry, marching down the 200 block of Kalos Street in Manayunk banging metal pails with sticks. A boy marching in the rear wears a hat made of triangle-shaped wires projecting out from a center rod, almost like an umbrella hat without the cloth. Walter N. stands in the front left of the group, while Frank W. marches in the back left with other older, taller boys., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.66]
View of the stone arch bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek leading to Springfield Avenue. Built in 1832 and rebuilt in 1915. Also referred to as the Springfield Avenue Bridge., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.31]
Depicts the stone bridge built circa 1790 over Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park. Named after John Kelpius, a hermit who lived near the bridge in the 1690s., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.32]
Views of the thatch-roof pavilion made of interwoven logs and branches near Devil's Pool, a pool where the waterfalls of Cresheim Creek merge and is surrounded by large jagged rocks and boulders. The creek is not visible in this image., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.33 ; P.8986.45 ; P.8986.75 ; P.8986.76]
Depicts a snow-covered street near the photographer's home. Men stand on the cleared sidewalks with their shovels in hand. Includes the brick row homes along the 100 block of Kalos Street looking west., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.63]
View of the curve approaching the Blue Stone Bridge along Wissahickon Drive. Also known as the Lotus Inn Bridge, named after a nearby inn, constructed between 1896 and 1897 to replace the covered Old Red Bridge., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.23]
Possibly depicts the waterfall over the remains of a stone dam underneath of the Blue Stone Bridge over Wissahickon Creek., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.24]
Depicts the stone arch bridge that carries a city pipeline over Devil's Pool, along with a wooden pedestrian bridge spanning Cresheim Creek. The waterfalls of Cresheim Creek merge into Devil's Pool, an area surrounded by large jagged rocks and boulders. A thatch-roof pavilion made of interwoven logs and branches is visible near the pedestrian bridge in the background., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.29]
Depicts a boy hunched over a camera as he photographs another young boy, who is seated in a rocking chair, reading a book in the backyard of the photographer's residence at 201 Righter Street in Manayunk., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.40]
Views of an ornamented Christmas tree in the corner of a room in the photographer's home., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.41 ; P.8986.43]
Depicts the photographer's oldest daughter, Alice Berry, with a camera, photographing her two younger siblings, Walter N. and Elizabeth, who sit on the porch steps of their home in Manayunk., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1908
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.49]
Depicts the photographer's son, Frank W. Berry, blowing a large bubble from a pipe, holding a cup of soap in his right hand. He stands on the front porch of the family home in Manayunk., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.17]
Depicts the photographer's children, Walter N. and Elizabeth Berry, playing with pails in the dirt, in their backyard at 201 Righter Street in Manayunk., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.19]
Depicts the stone arches of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridge, begun in 1874, but not completed until 1882 after budgetary restraints slowed construction. Also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct and the High Stone Bridge. Includes two billboards, one for Blasius Piano and the other for Campbell's Soup., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.26]
Depicts the 100 steps, leading from the Wissahickon Creek to Freeland Avenue, visible through the stone arches of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridge, begun in 1874, but not completed until 1882 after budgetary restraints slowed construction. Also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct and the High Stone Bridge., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.27]
Depicts a stretch of Wissahickon Drive underneath of the stone arches of the Reading & Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, begun in 1874, but not completed until 1882 after budgetary restraints slowed construction. Also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct and the High Stone Bridge. The 100 steps are visible in the distance, along with the houses on Freeland Avenue perched at the top of the hill, overlooking Wissahickon Creek., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.30]
Depicts the Walnut Lane Bridge during several phases of construction, showing the wooden erection truss, arches, underbelly, and concrete temporary foundation piers in the Wissahickon Creek. Also includes a view of the completed bridge from the creek and a view of the dirt roadway and balustrade railings over the bridge., The Walnut Lane Bridge was the largest concrete arch bridge when it was completed in 1908 by engineers George S. Webster and Henry H. Quimby. The central arch spans 233 feet, and the five smaller arches each measure 53 feet wide. It serves as a connecting link between Roxborough and Germantown., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.22 ; P.8986.25 ; P.8986.59 ; P.8986.79 ; P.8987.1-10]
View of the Northeast Manual Training School at the northeast corner of 8th Street and Lehigh Avenue, constructed from 1905 to 1907 after designs by Lloyd Titus, assistant architect of the Philadelphia Board of Public Education., The original Northeast Manual Training School was located on Howard Street below Girard Avenue. It was constructed after designs by M. Bethel in 1864 as the William A. Lee School and changed its name in 1890. This building on Howard Street was referred to as the Northeast Manual Training School Annex after the new school building was constructed in 1905., Known after 1913 as The Northeast High School., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.14]
View of the ivy-covered Protestant Episcopal church at the northeast corner of Terrace Street and Hermit Lane. The church was constructed in 1876 and enlarged twenty years later in 1896. Services stopped in 1968 and the building demolished in 1975., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.15]
Depicts a dense forest on one side of the creek and a field on the other, with a dwelling in the distance., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.78]
View of two men fishing in the Wissahickon Creek. Includes a view of the waterfalls near the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and Ridge Avenue bridges, also near the junction of Wissahickon Creek and the Schuylkill River., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.80]
View of the stone dam and a waterfall in the Wissahickon Creek, looking toward the west bank, with the stone arches of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridge in the background. Includes a view of the rustic fence separating the trail from the water., Construction of the bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct or High Stone Bridge) was begun in 1874 by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Due to budgetary constraints, construction was halted and later completed from 1881-1882., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.81]
View of four people sitting in an "Ajax" canoe in the Wissahickon Creek near Forbidden Drive. The bridge in the background is possibly the Log Cabin Bridge. Two groups of people sit along the bank of the creek (right) in the distance., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.65]
Depicts a man sitting on a rock, fishing in the Wissahickon Cree near where it flows into the Schuylkill River. The elevated deck of a mill building is visible across the water, along with trees and a wooden fence. The property later became home to the Philadelphia Canoe Club., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame., see related: 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.64]
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.34]
Depicts a dirt trail flanked by bare trees; a view away from the trail showing bare trees on a downward slope; and a group of men sitting on a bench on the side of the trail in the distance., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.37-39]
Depicts a dwelling, probably the rectory of the neighboring Protestant Episcopal church, along the 3900 block of Terrace Street, near Hermit Lane., The church was constructed in 1876 and enlarged twenty years later in 1896. Services stopped in 1968 and the building demolished in 1975., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.16]
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