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]
Contains views of Valley Green on Forbidden Drive near Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park. Includes views of a waterfall; the Springfield Avenue Bridge and the Valley Green Inn taken from various angles. Valley Green Inn is the only surviving roadhouse from the nineteenth century. Built circa 1850 by Thomas Livezey and expanded with newer rear additions. Purchased by the city in 1872., Contains 31 postcards printed in color and 12 printed in black and white. Also includes 2 linen postcards., 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
1900-1945
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Valley Green - 92]
View showing the inn built by Thomas Livezey circa 1850 near the Wissahickon Creek. The inn, managed by several proprietors under the Livezey family, was purchased by the city in 1872 and given over to the supervision of a patriotic women's society circa 1900. Shows signage adorning the building advertising a tea room and a telephone pay station. Lettering spelling "Valley Green" is visible on the side of the inn. Also shows a stone fence and a stable adjacent to the building., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
Negative 1911
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.162]
View showing the inn built by Thomas Livezey circa 1850 near the Wissahickon Creek. The inn, managed by several proprietors under the Livezey family, was purchased by the city in 1872 and given over to the supervision of a patriotic women's society circa 1900. Shows signage adorning the building advertising a tea room. Lettering spelling "Valley Green" is visible on the side of the inn. Also shows a stone fence and a stable adjacent to the building. Several people sit on the front porch overlooking the dirt drive., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date
ca. 1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.2]
Depicts a guard standing near a guard-house (left), next to Wissahickon Drive, a wide dirt road shaded by large trees. The stone arches of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridge is visible in the background., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
1914
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.138]
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]
Winter view showing a man in the foreground observing traffic on Wissahickon Drive on the opposite side of Wissahickon Creek. Traffic includes horse-drawn sleighs, horses, and pedestrians walking in the snow that blankets the drive and trees in the park., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Gray 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
c1908
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Parks [P.9450.1]
Landscape views showing the creek, creek bed, Wissahickon Road (i.e., Wissahickon Drive), public drinking fountain, and a bucolic area near the Wissahickon Valley residence, the Hermitage. Many of the views also include posed figures., Contains nine stereographic prints mounted on yellow or white mounts with square corners, including seven with titles, one with the photographer's imprint, and one with the distributor's imprint (The London Stereoscopic Company). Also contains one stereographic print mounted on paper., Six of the 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.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Parks [(3)1322.F.132d; (3)1322.F.135a; (3)1322.F.137b-e; (3)1322.F.137i; P.8544; P.9260.79; P.9462.17]
