View showing a playground on the Sweet Briar estate, including two tents, one shading a merry-go-round, the other benches. Also shows a swing set in the foreground and a group sitting under the shade of trees on the lawn in the distance., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., 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 [8353.F.7]
Landscape view showing trees that obscure the Schuylkill River in the background., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Parks [P.9058.169]
View showing the former country house of Philadelphia merchant and politician Samuel Breck built in 1797 in West Fairmount Park. House adorned with sign reading "Ice Cream." Mansion incorporated into park in 1869 and remodeled in 1870 for use as a children's restaurant., Title supplied by cataloguer., Orange mount with rounded corners., 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., Mount discolored., McAllister operated as the sole proprietor of the optician store, including the publication of stereographs, between 1865 and 1882.
Creator
McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister, W.Y. - Residences [(3)1322.F.50h]
