Shows the side of the barn on the estate of George Washington in Mount Vernon, Virginia., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Virginia., 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 - Views [5737.F.6b]
Cityscape view showing a barn in the foreground and a long row of dwellings in Souderton, Pennsylvania. Souderton was incorporated in 1887., Title on negative., 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.
Date
[ca. 1887]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Views [P.9047.61]
View showing Sarah Greenwood's Woolen Mill, barn, and house above Hermit's Lane near Wissahickon Creek. The mill, built in the 1740s, was destroyed by fire in 1872. In the foreground, a couple stands on a rock in the Wissahickon near a group of people sitting in a rowboat perched on the bank of the creek., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Bartlett & French, photographer
Date
ca. 1867
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.9146.4]
Views show the Wilson family recreating on their estate. Depicts the family reading, picnicking, sitting and lounging in their yard, walking and working in their gardens, harvesting corn, playing with family dogs, posing near a small footbridge, and eating on their porch. Several members of the family are seated on their horses in a few of the images. One image includes an African American man, attired in a white chef’s hat and apron, overseeing a meal under a tent. Also shows exterior views of the family's two-and-a-half story residence with porches on the first two levels, a stone barn, and outbuildings. American flags are included in several of the images., Title supplied by cataloger., Date based on content and attire of the people., Photographer's labels pasted on versos., Stereograph [P.9439.17] contains manuscript note on verso: "For Mr. Wilson with compliments of the artist.", Contains twenty-two photographs, seventeen printed on yellow mounts with square corners and five printed on mint green mounts with square corners., Purchase 1993., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Residences [P.9439.1-22]
