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Title: Footpath to Strawberry Mansion
Description: Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a dirt footpath in East Fairmount Park, leading to Strawberry Mansion., Strawberry Mansion, also known as Summerville, was commissioned by Judge William Lewis, in 1789. In the 1820s Joseph Hemphill bought the property and added two wings to the house. His son Coleman grew strawberries from roots imported from Chile, giving the property its popular name, Strawberry Mansion. The house became a picnicking spot and restaurant in 1835. The Fairmount Park Commission bought the property in 1868.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer., creator
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: stereo - Gutekunst - Views [P.9058.13]

Title: View from walk up Fairmount Basin
Description: Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View from hill looking in the direction of Fairmount Water Works on the east bank of the Schuylkill River. View mostly obscured by trees.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer., creator
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: stereo - Gutekunst - Views [P.9058.21]

Title: The Dell in Fairmount Park postcards
Description: Depicts a wooded valley in Fairmount Park, just outside East Park, showing a rustic wooden bridge spanning a stream., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A09, 86A10 and 86B05., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: Randolph Mansion, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade of the colonial mansion, Laurel Hill located on Edgeley Drive at the corner of Fairmoutn Avenue. The central portion of the house was built circa 1767, the single story addition circa 1800 and the octagonal wing after 1837. Built for Rebecca Rawle and her second husband, Samuel Shoemaker. The house was purchased by physician Philip Syng Physick in 1828 and it passed to Physick's daughter Sarah Randolph who in turn sold it to the Fairmount Park Commission in 1869. The Commission used it for employee housing from 1869-1901 and then leased it to two organizations, The Colonial Dames of America and later the Women for Greater Philadelphia, who opened it to the public., Numbered 11229 on recto., Also known as Laurel Hill and Joseph Shute House., Sheet number: 81A01., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: Laurel Hill, Randolph Mansion
Description: Exterior view of front facade of the colonial mansion, Laurel Hill. The central portion of the house was built circa 1767, the single story addition circa 1800 and the octagonal wing after 1837. Built for Rebecca Rawle and her second husband, Samuel Shoemaker. The house was purchased by physician Philip Syng Physick in 1828 and it passed to Physick's daughter Sarah Randolph who in turn sold it to the Fairmount Park Commission in 1869. The Commission used it for employee housing from 1869-1901 and then leased it to two organizations, The Colonial Dames of America and later the Women for Greater Philadelphia, who opened it to the public., Inscribed in negative: 3203., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.87]

Title: [Orestes and Pylades Fountain, East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Description: View of the bronze Orestes and Pylades Fountain, showing the seated figures of Orestes and Pylades near the bust of Diana on a plinth in the background. Created by Carl Johann Steinhauser in 1884 and cast in bronze by Bureau Brothers. Located in East Fairmount Park near Thirty-third Street and Columbia Avenue (Cecil B. Moore Avenue). A sign for Renz Park is visible in the distance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.30]

Title: "Laurel Hill," Dr. Physic's residence. Fairmount Park. Built 1765
Description: Exterior view of front facade of the colonial mansion, Laurel Hill. The central portion of the house was built circa 1767, the single story addition circa 1800 and the octagonal wing after 1837. Built for Rebecca Rawle and her second husband, Samuel Shoemaker. The house was purchased by physician Philip Syng Physick in 1828 and it passed to Physick's daughter Sarah Randolph who in turn sold it to the Fairmount Park Commission in 1869. The Commission used it for employee housing from 1869-1901 and then leased it to two organizations, The Colonial Dames of America and later the Women for Greater Philadelphia, who opened it to the public., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Browne, John C. (John Coates), 1838-1918, photographer
Date: Negative November 3, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.171]

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: [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: Stand-pipe at Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia
Description: View looking east from the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works showing the decorative distribution arch on Reservoir Hill. The arch, built in 1860, functioned as a standpipe and observatory tower. Also shows a man standing on the promenade near the forebay in the foreground and inclined walkways to Reservoir Hill in the background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's printed 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: Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Public Utilities [P.9137.1]

Title: Fountain, arch and stand-pipe at Fairmount Park, Philada
Description: View showing the decorative distribution arch on Reservoir Hill at the Fairmount Water Works. The arch, built in 1860, functioned as a standpipe and observatory tower. Also shows men, women and children standing around a pond with a fountain in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's printed label pasted on verso., Cream mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Public Utilities [P.9466.22]

Title: Fairmount Phila
Description: View from the Fairmount Water Works showing the decorative distribution arch on Reservoir Hill. The arch, built in 1860, functioned as a standpipe and observatory tower. Also shows an inclined walkway to Reservoir Hill in the background. Construction materials, including rope, stone, and balusters, are visible in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed 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: Kilburn Brothers
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Parks [P.9082.4]

Title: [Reservoir Hill standpipe and observatory tower, Fairmount Park]
Description: View showing Reservoir Hill from the basin at the Fairmount Water Works. Includes the observatory tower distribution arch, built in 1860 and the Italianate standpipe, built in 1852 after the designs of Frederick Graff, Jr. 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., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note in ink on mount: Tower - Fairmount Park., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by "1776. Philadelphia. 1876.", White curved mount with rounded corners., The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhibition was held in New Orleans from 1884-1885., Gift of Charles Isaacs., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.8975.11]

Title: Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: View from the southeast showing a fountain in the garden near the old Fairmount Waterworks engine house built 1812-1815 by Frederick Graff. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed 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., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Taggart - Parks [P.9047.158]

Title: View at Fairmount, Phila. Pa
Description: Landscape view from steep hillside showing winding entrance path flanked by ornate iron railings at the Spring Garden Street entrance to East Fairmount Park., Title on negative., Publisher'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., Gift of Sandra Markham.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Parks [P.2007.20.6]

Title: Ormiston Glen E. Park
Description: View showing a man sitting in a bare tree in the woods on the Ormiston estate in East Fairmount Park. Ormiston, located near the East Park Reservoir, was a farm and place of recreation with extensive orchards., 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.8923.10]

Title: [Spring Garden Street entrance to East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the winding path with ornate iron railings at the Spring Garden Street entrance to East Fairmount Park., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: Fairmount Phila., Publisher's printed label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9168.14]

Title: View in Fairmount Park
Description: View of a paved, sharply angled, path heading up a rocky, wooded incline in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. A man walks along the path which travels over two stone archways. A statue and a bench are in the foreground., 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 - Parks [P.9644.12]

Title: In the old park, Callowhill St
Description: View from the southeast showing a walkway flanked by benches and trees leading to the Fairmount Waterworks engine house built 1812-1815 by Frederick Graff. The walkway splits and encircles the Water Nymph and Bittern fountain designed by William Rush in 1809 for the Centre Square Pump House. Also shows a partial view of the monument dedicated to waterworks engineer Frederick Graff commissioned by the city and installed June 1, 1848 in the garden near the engine house. Monument contains a bust of Graff sculpted by Hugh Cannon, Gothic trim, an inscribed dedication, and is surrounded by an ironwork fence. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title from printed label 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., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9260.15]

Title: Lemon Hill postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of house and entrance stairway commissioned by Henry Pratt in 1799 on land called "The Hills" by the previous owner, Robert Morris. Pratt purchased the land at a sheriff's sale after Morris claimed bankruptcy. Morris's villa had been destroyed by fire, leaving only the greenhouse, which Pratt retained when he built Lemon Hill. In 1844, several years after Pratt's death, Lemon Hill became the first mansion aqcuired by the city of Philadelphia to create a public park., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Also known as the Headquarters of Colonial Dames of America, Chapter II (1957) and the Henry Pratt House., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Lemon Hill - 79]

Title: Children's Playhouse postcards
Description: Depicts the playhouse and playground built in 1899 as a country space for city children, erected by Richard and Sarah Smith., Also known as Smith's Memorial Playhouse., Sheet numbers: 81A03 and 81A04., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1910-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: [Lincoln Monument, Kelly Drive, Fairmount Park.]
Description: Depicts the bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln holding the Emancipation Proclamation, sitting on a granite pedestal decorated with four eagles and garland. Located at East River (i.e. Kelly) and Lemon Hill Drives. Designed by Randolph Rogers in 1871 and was the third bronze memorial of Lincoln to be erected in the United States. The observation tower built for the Centennial Exhibition is visible in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Commissioned by the Lincoln Monument Association., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.31]

Title: [Morton McMichael monument, Lemon Hill Drive, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Description: View of the seated figure of Morton McMichael atop a pedestal in East Fairmount Park, created by John H. Mahoney in 1881. McMichael was a Philadelphia journalist and editor, mayor of Philadelphia (1866-1869), and the first President of the Fairmount Park Commission (1867-1879)., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.32]

Title: [Grant's Cabin, East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Description: View of the cabin used by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on the east side of Carriage Drive in Fairmount Park. Photographer William Doering is seated on a bench in front of the cabin and Al Lindsay stands in the doorway, reading a posted sign. A camera is set up in the foreground. Served as Grant's headquarters and the supply center for the Union armies during the seige of Richmond. Moved to Philadelphia circa 1870 from City Point, Virginia as a gift to citizens of Philadelphia for their support during the Civil War. Transfered back to Virginia and rebuilt there in 1983., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.37]

Title: Lemon Hill mansion park
Description: View of the south elevation, divided into five bays, showing the oval pavilion of the mansion built 1799-1800 for businessman Henry Pratt in East Fairmount Park. In 1844, several years after Pratt’s death, Lemon Hill became the first mansion acquired by the city of Philadelphia to establish a public park, i.e., Fairmount Park. The residence was used as a lager beer garden following the establishment of the park in 1855., Title from manuscript note on photographer's label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint on label pasted on verso., Photographer's blind stamp on mount: Newell, 724 Arch St., Philadelphia., Mint green 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Residences [P.9047.111]

Title: Sedgely Mansion
Description: Oblique view showing two men standing behind three women seated in front of Sedgley estate's tenant's cottage. The tenant's cottage, also known as the Porter House, was used as a guard house and jail after the estate was purchased by the city for incorporation into Fairmount Park in 1857. Benjamin Henry Latrobe designed the extant cottage and the mansion built 1799 for William Cramond on the east bank of the Schuylkill River., Title and publisher's imprint from printed series list on verso. Series includes sixty-seven other titles (No. 58-125)., Manuscript note in pencil on mount: Sedgely mansion., 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. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Residences [P.9299.66]

Title: [Lincoln Monument, Kelly and Lemon Hill Drives, entrance to East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the Lincoln Monument at the entrance (Kelly and Lemon Hill Drives) of Fairmount Park surrounded by male and female spectators. Sculpted by Randolph Rogers, Abraham Lincoln is depicted seated with a quill in his hand after just signing the Emancipation Proclamation. The statue rests upon a pedestal adorned with sculpted garland, bronze eagles, and the City of Philadelphia's Coat of Arms. The granite base is adorned with four panels inscribed with a dedication to and quotes from Lincoln of which two are visible. Unveiled in September 1871, the monument was commissioned by the Lincoln Monument Association, one of the first such associations formed in the country to raise funds for a city monument in memory of Lincoln. A horse-drawn coach is visible under the shade of trees in the right background., Title supplied by cataloger., Yellow printed label pasted on verso contains explicative paragraph of text describing the history of Fairmount Park and the Lincoln Monument., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Monument described in Fairmount Park Association's Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze and Stone (New York: Walker Publishing Company, 1974) p. 46-52. (LCP Print Room Uy 8, 3208.F)., Monument described in Penny Balkin Bach's Public Art in Philadelphia. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992) p. 49-50, 198. (LCP Print Room Is 4, 9379.Q).
Creator: J. W. and J. S. Moulton
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moulton - Monuments & statues [P.9260.58]

Title: Sedgeley guard house, Fairmount Park
Description: View showing a group of men and boys standing and sitting in front of Sedgley estate's tenant's cottage. Also shows a boy filling up a cup with water from a fountain in the right foreground. The tenant's cottage, also known as the Porter House, was used as a guard house and jail after the estate was purchased by the city for incorporation into Fairmount Park in 1857. Benjamin Henry Latrobe designed the extant cottage and the mansion built 1799 for William Cramond on the east bank of the Schuylkill River., Title and publisher's imprint from printed series list on verso. Series includes twenty-three other titles (No. 150-173)., Printed on mount: American Views., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: J. W. and J. S. Moulton
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moulton - Parks [P.9054.1]

Title: Lemon Hill
Description: Oblique view of the west flank and south elevation, divided into five bays, showing the oval pavilion of the mansion built 1799-1800 for businessman Henry Pratt in East Fairmount Park. A group of children sit on the lawn in the foreground. In 1844, several years after Pratt’s death, Lemon Hill became the first mansion acquired by the city of Philadelphia to establish a public park, i.e., Fairmount Park. The residence was used as a lager beer garden following the establishment of the park in 1855., Title from manuscript note on verso., Stamped in blank ink on verso: Fairmount Park 25 cents each., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.8731.7]

Title: Approach to Lemon Hill mansion
Description: View showing marble stairs ascending from tree-lined paths in Fairmount Park east of the Lemon Hill estate. Men and boys stand around a stone fountain at the base of the stairs., Title from manuscript note 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., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9299.55]

Title: [Point lookout,] Fairmount Park, Philad'a
Description: View showing children standing and sitting on a gazebo or pavilion in East Fairmount Park overlooking the Schuykill River. Buildings on the west bank of the river are also visible., Title printed on mount., Trimmed white 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.9013.3]

Title: Sedgeley guard house, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Faded view showing a group of men and children standing and sitting in front of Sedgley estate's tenant's cottage. Also shows a boy filling up a cup with water from a fountain in the right foreground. The tenant's cottage, also known as the Porter House, was used as a guard house and jail after the estate was purchased by the city for incorporation into Fairmount Park in 1857. Benjamin Henry Latrobe designed the extant cottage and the mansion built 1799 for William Cramond on the east bank of the Schuylkill River., Title 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.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9670.1]

Title: [Lemon Hill mansion,] Fairmount Park, Phila
Description: Oblique view from dirt path of the west flank and south elevation, divided into five bays, showing the oval pavilion of the mansion built 1799-1800 for businessman Henry Pratt in East Fairmount Park. In 1844, several years after Pratt’s death, Lemon Hill became the first mansion acquired by the city of Philadelphia to establish a public park, i.e., Fairmount Park. The residence was used as a lager beer garden following the establishment of the park in 1855., Part of 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., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Residences [P.9047.31]

Title: Lemon Hill mansion
Description: Oblique, obscured view of the east flank and south elevation, divided into five bays, showing part of the oval pavilion of the mansion built 1799-1800 for businessman Henry Pratt in East Fairmount Park. In 1844, several years after Pratt’s death, Lemon Hill became the first mansion acquired by the city of Philadelphia to establish a public park, i.e., Fairmount Park. The residence was used as a lager beer garden following the establishment of the park in 1855., Title from manuscript note on mount., Gray 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. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Residences [P.9299.48]

Title: Fountain, Fairmount Park, Phila
Description: View showing the fenced-in fountain consisting of pipe rising from a base of rocks at the base of the Brown Street entrance stairs to Fairmount Park near the Lemon Hill estate. View from the entrance stairs looking west at the tree-lined paths in the park., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed 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: Kilburn Brothers
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Parks [P.9013.2]

Title: Grant's log cabin
Description: Exterior view of the cabin used by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on the east side of Carriage Drive in Fairmount Park. Served as Grant's headquarters and the supply center for the Union armies during the seige of Richmond. Moved to Philadelphia circa 1870 from City Point, Virginia as a gift to citizens of Philadelphia for their support during the Civil War. Transfered back to Virginia and rebuilt there in 1983., 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. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9047.53]

Title: Grant's Cabin at Fairmount Park, Phila. Pa
Description: View showing the cabin used by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on the east side of Carriage Drive in Fairmount Park. A man stands in the foreground at the picket fence surrounding the cabin. Served as Grant's headquarters and the supply center for the Union armies during the seige of Richmond. Moved to Philadelphia circa 1870 from City Point, Virginia as a gift to citizens of Philadelphia for their support during the Civil War. Transfered back to Virginia and rebuilt there in 1983., Title on negative. Series number obscured., Publisher'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., Gift of Sandra Markham.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Parks [P.2007.20.1]

Title: Park guards Sedgley House
Description: View showing a group of uniformed park guards standing in a row in front of Sedgley estate's tenant's cottage, also known as the Porter House, used as a guard house and jail after the estate was purchased by the city for incorporation into Fairmount Park in 1857. Benjamin Henry Latrobe designed the extant cottage and the mansion built 1799 for William Cramond on the east bank of the Schuylkill River., 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 [P.9996]

Title: View at Sedgley
Description: View showing two children standing and three men reclining in the grass near a dirt path on the Sedgley estate. The cabin used by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on the east side of Carriage Drive in Fairmount Park is visible in the distance. The cabin served as Grant's headquarters and the supply center for the Union armies during the seige of Richmond. Moved to Philadelphia circa 1870 from City Point, Virginia as a gift to citizens of Philadelphia for their support during the Civil War. Transfered back to Virginia and rebuilt there in 1983., 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 [P.9022.26]

Title: [Grant's Log Cabin, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the cabin used by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on the east side of Carriage Drive in Fairmount Park. Men, women, and children stand and sit in the grass in the foreground. Served as Grant's headquarters and the supply center for the Union armies during the seige of Richmond. Moved to Philadelphia circa 1870 from City Point, Virginia as a gift to citizens of Philadelphia for their support during the Civil War. Transfered back to Virginia and rebuilt there in 1983., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Explicative paragraph of text on verso describing history of Fairmount Park entitled "View in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa." and surrounded by decorative border., 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: J. W. and J. S. Moulton
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moulton - Parks [P.9047.47]

Title: Fountain at Brown St. entrance
Description: View showing the fenced-in fountain consisting of pipe rising from a base of rocks at the base of the Brown Street entrance stairs to Fairmount Park near the Lemon Hill estate. Shows a woman and a boy standing in front of the fence looking at the fountain in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Manuscript note on verso: D.H., 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9047.14]

Title: Grant's Cabin
Description: View showing the cabin used by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on the east side of Carriage Drive in Fairmount Park. A man stands at the picket fence surrounding the cabin. Served as Grant's headquarters and the supply center for the Union armies during the seige of Richmond. Moved to Philadelphia circa 1870 from City Point, Virginia as a gift to citizens of Philadelphia for their support during the Civil War. Transfered back to Virginia and rebuilt there in 1983., 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 [P.8731.6]

Title: River scene upper east park
Description: View showing the Schuylkill River from a small recess shaded by trees on the east bank. Includes rocks and an empty barrel floating in the water in the foreground, a docked rowboat, and a building on the west bank in the background., 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., Manuscript note on verso: Stuart., 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.9212.15]

Title: View in upper east park
Description: View showing a small recess of the Schuylkill River shaded by trees on the east bank. Includes rocks and an empty barrel floating in the water in the foreground and two men standing and looking out over the river in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp No. 28, 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 Mr. Saul Koltnow.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9022.27]

Title: The dune, Lemon Hill
Description: View showing men, women, and children standing on a dirt path flanked by trees and grass near Lemon Hill in Fairmount Park. The mansion built 1799-1800 for businessman Henry Pratt in East Fairmount Park became the first mansion acquired by the city of Philadelphia to establish a public park, i.e., Fairmount Park. The residence was used as a lager beer garden following the establishment of the park in 1855., 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.9212.13]

Title: Pleasure yacht, Flirt
Description: View looking west showing the boat, Flirt, docked with three men on board at the steamboat landing immediately north of the Fairmount Waterworks on the east side of the Schuylkill River. Also shows a woman standing on an elevated pavilion or gazebo overlooking the river in the background and buildings on the west bank of the river. Flirt was one of many recreational boats that transported passengers to various sites along the river. Dwelling on the west bank possibly the hotel inhabited and operated by Jeremiah King., 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.15]

Title: Brown Street entrance
Description: View showing marble stairs ascending from tree-lined paths in Fairmount Park east of the Lemon Hill estate. Two women sit on a park bench in the foregorund not far from a man who stands on the edge of a path looking at a garden. A boy descends the entrance stairs in the background. A stone fountain at the base of the stairs is surrounded by a fence., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, No. 29, 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.9022.28]

Title: Mineral spring fountain
Description: View showing the canopy or gazebo housing the iron fountain on the Lemon Hill estate in East Fairmount Park. Also shows men and women standing near the fountain, which was installed in 1871., Written on negative: 116, Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint partially obscured by print on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink 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 - Monuments and statues [P.9299.86]

Title: View in East Park
Description: View of the Schuylkill River from an elevated point in East Fairmount Park, showing three boys, two sitting one standing, resting among tall, bare trees in the foreground., Written on negative: 86, Title one of sixty-eight views in numbered series list printed on label pasted on verso (No. 58-125)., 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.9299.60]

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