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Title: Park Trolley Bridge postcards
Description: Depicts the Strawberry Mansion Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River, built 1894-1896 by Russell M. Thayer and Theodore Cooper. Depicts the bridge in Fairmount Park from Strawberry Mansion., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Also known as the Fairmount Park Trolley Bridge., Accession numbers: P.9048.116, P.9048.333 and P.9076.12., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Bridges - [various]

Title: Hermit Lane Bridge postcards
Description: Depicts the new stone bridge built circa 1790 over Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park. Also includes Lincoln Drive looking north next to the creek, people rowing boats and lounging on the green., Sheet number: 62A03., Divided backs., 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 - Bridges - Miscellaneous - 62]

Title: Rustic bridge postcards
Description: Depicts a wooden pedestrian bridge over a stream in Fairmount Park. Identified as the "Rustic Bridge" on two postcards and as the "Bridge in Glen" on the other., Two postcards issued by the Douglass Post Card Co., 21 N. 10th St., Philadelphia, Pa., Sheet number: 62A05., 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: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Bridges - Miscellaneous - 62]

Title: [Wissahickon Drive at the Blue Stone Bridge, Fairmount Park]
Description: 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]

Title: [Wooden bridge walkway, Fairmount Park]
Description: Views of a short, wooden bridge connecting a dirt path over a stream 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.8986.47 ; P.8986.70]

Title: [Hartwell Avenue Bridge, Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park]
Description: Shallow waters expose rocks lining the Wissahickon Creek underneath of the Hartwell Avenue Bridge in this photograph. Three canoes are tied to shore in the distance., Hartwell Avenue Bridge spanned the Wissahickon Creek at Hartwell Lane, originally known as Weiss's (Wise) Mill Road, north of Valley Green, along Forbidden Drive. No longer stands., 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.8986.48]

Title: Walnut Lane Bridge postcards
Description: Contains views of the Walnut Lane Bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park, the largest concrete arch bridge when it was finished in 1908 by George S. Webster and Henry H. Quimby. Includes various views of the bridge, including an aerial view, side views, views from the driveway and from the Wissahickon Creek., Contains 16 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., 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: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Bridges - Walnut Lane - 15]

Title: [The Wissahickon]
Description: Landscape view showing the Wissahickon Creek. Trees and rocks line the creek banks and a stone bridge is visible in the background., Attributed to Thomas Moran., Title supplied by catalgouer., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 848, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926, artist
Date: [1869]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Parks & Squares [8065.F.3]

Title: No. 2 to 3 Market St. Bridge, Oct. 1879
Description: Depicts the Pennsylvania Railroad Market Street Bridge over the Schuylkill River from the water level looking up at the girders of the red metal bridge and the stone piers to the opposite bank where a coal yard is located. When the Market Street permanent bridge was destroyed by a fire in 1875 the Pennsylvania Railroad built a temporary bridge in nine days. Also includes Sherman & Co., marble (Market Street wharf), a coal yard and a coal barge on the river., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., LCP AR (Annual Report) 1975, p. 6-11.
Creator: Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
Date: October 1879
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.74], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc074.html

Title: Gray's Ferry
Description: View showing the floating bridge across the Schuylkill River at Gray's Ferry. On the bridge, two men fish, a boy looks out onto the river, and a horse-drawn dray travels. In the background, a residence, possibly the Say family estate, is partially visible behind trees at the top of a rocky cliff rising from the river, and buildings line the Gray's Ferry Road leading to the bridge. Gray’s Ferry was named after the ferry service operated by the Gray family on the lower section of the Schuylkill River during the 18th century. Floating bridge razed 1838., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 326, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 7 G 795
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: [1830]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 7 G 795

Title: Falls and Bridge near old Rittenhouse Mansion - Wissahickon
Description: Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of Thomas Mill Bridge, a distinctive red, covered bridge that spans the Wissahickon Creek. It is the only covered bridge still standing in Philadelphia.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer., creator
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: stereo - Gutekunst - Views [P.9058.27]

Title: Drive near Sweet Briar Mansion postcards
Description: Depicts an identified bridge spanning the drive near Sweet Briar Mansion in Fairmount Park., Numbered 2290 on recto., Sheet number: 86A10., Divided backs., 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: 1910-1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: Lincoln Drive postcards
Description: Depicts the s-curve of Lincoln Drive near an unidentified pedestrian bridge spanning Paper Mill (Monoshone) Run. View looking north toward Harvey Street., Contains 11 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., 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 - Lincoln Drive - 76]

Title: [East River Drive from the Strawberry Mansion Trolley Bridge, Philadelphia.]
Description: View of East River Drive (Kelly Drive) looking north from the Strawberry Mansion Trolley Bridge. Laurel Hill Cemetery occupies the land east of the tree-lined drive. A Philadelphia and Reading Railroad bridge spanning the Schuylkill River is visible in the distance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.39]

Title: [Wooden foot bridge near the old Livezey mill on the Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia.]
Description: View of an unidentified man with two young girls leaning against the wooden supports of a foot bridge near a dilapidated stone mill building on the Livezey homestead., Title supplied by cataloguer., Thomas Shoemaker constructed a dwelling and outbuildings, including a grist mill, from 1733 to 1739. Thomas Livezey purchased the property, including a grist mill, from Shoemaker in 1747 and named it Glen Fern. In 1909 became the Valley Green Canoe Club., 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.9453.50]

Title: Henry Avenue Bridge construction, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the Henry Avenue Bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Memorial Bridge) under construction. The bridge spans Wissahickon Creek at Lincoln Drive and Henry Avenue and was built from 1930-1932 after designs by Ralph Modjeski and and Paul Cret. Areas of the city to the north and east of the bridge are also visible., Negative numbers: 13961n, 13963n, 14393n.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.13961n; P.8990.13963n; P.8990.14393n]

Title: Looking up Wissahiccon [sic] from Valley Green Bridge, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the Wissahickon Creek, its stony banks lined with trees. Valley Green Bridge crosses the river in the distance., Photographer remarks: Overtimed, Time: 10:45, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: November 8, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.447]

Title: Valley Green Bridge. Looking up [Wissahickon] Creek, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the Valley Green Bridge spanning the Wissahickon Creek. Trees grow on either side of the bank., Time: 11, Light: Fair sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: November 8, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.448]

Title: Pipe Bridge on Wissahiccon [sic], from drive, [Mount Airy, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a series of pipes trussed up into a bridge spanning the Wissahickon Creek. A path with a wooden fence stands next to a deep gorge that leads down to the creek., Photographer remarks: In neg. preserver [crossed out]. Collodion flowed over plate., Time: 12:30, Light: Good sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: November 8, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.452]

Title: View of Manayunk (distant) down river from below Flat Rock Dam, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a distant view of Manayunk with buildings with tall smokestacks located on the left bank of a river. The right bank is filled with trees and the riverbed contains a few large rocks. A bridge across the river is visible in the distance., Time: 9:50, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 22, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.942]

Title: R[ail]R[oad] bridge. Crescentville from Uncle Samuel's house
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a farm surrounded by trees with a railroad bridge in the distance., Photographer remarks: Good picture, but too much detail. Several pin holes. Varnished., Time: 12:35 PM, Light: Rather hazy. Good light., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 24, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.12]

Title: Strawberry Mansion Bridge postcards
Description: Contains views of the Strawberry Mansion Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River, built 1894-1896 by Russell M. Thayer and Theodore Cooper. Depicts the bridge in Fairmount Park from Strawberry Mansion and a view of the bridge with the boathouse in the background., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 5 in black and white., Also known as the Fairmount Park Trolley Bridge., 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: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Bridges - Strawberry Mansion - 14]

Title: P.W. and B. R.R. Br.
Description: Depicts a through truss bridge spanning the Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad tracks. The bridge is located at South 57th Street, between Woodland Avenue in the north and Grays Avenue in the south.
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.118]

Title: Seventieth Street Station
Description: Depicts a through truss bridge spanning a dirt road. Wide wooden stairs lead from the tracks to the road, which is most likely South 70th Street, not far from Cobbs Creek Parkway.
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.113]

Title: Woodland Ave.
Description: View looking east at the pony plate girder bridge carrying Woodland Avenue over the railroad tracks near Sixtieth Street Station.
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.117]

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: Glen near Horticultural Hall postcards
Description: Contains views of a wooded valley near Horticultural Hall, including a stream, a wooden pedestrian bridge and a stone arch bridge., Sheet numbers: 86A13 and 86A14., 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: [Distant figure walking along a path near Wissahickon Creek.]
Description: Depicts the back of a man walking along a path near Wissahickon Creek. A foot bridge spanning the creek 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.9453.44]

Title: Old blacksmith shop, Ridge Ave. & Wissahickon opposite Millverton
Description: Exterior view of an old stone, two story blacksmith shop, across the street from Millverton and near the Robeson house and mill. A man works with a carriage frame on the second story, above the entrance and another man sits at the edge of the flat, overhanging roof nearby. Carriage frames and wheels are visible, along with the wall of the Norristown Railroad Bridge in the background., 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 December 10, 1881
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.166]

Title: East River Drive postcards
Description: Depicts various views of East River Drive in Fairmount Park including the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park, built 1866-1867 by engineers John A. Wilson and Alexander C. Shand. Construction of bridge was one of many factors that enabled the implementation of a direct route from West Philadelphia to New York City. Includes trains travelling east and west over the bridge. Also depicts pedestrian and vehicular traffic on East River Drive near the bridge., Contains 59 postcards printed in color and 26 printed in black and white., Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge also known as the Mantua Junction Viaduct., 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: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - East River Drive - 66-68]

Title: [Ridge Avenue and Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridges over the Wissahickon Creek, Roxborough, Philadelphia.]
Description: Aerial view of the Ridge Avenue and Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridges spanning the Wissahickon Creek in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia. Bridges cross the river not far from where it empties into the Schuylkill River., Negative numbers: 14387n.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.14387n]

Title: Race & foot bridge, [Little Wakefield, Germantown] [graphic]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of large, leafy trees standing next to a small foot bridge crossing a stream near Little Wakefield in Germantown. A path curves to the right., At same place., Time: 12:45, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1288]

Title: Frankford Creek at Frankford Ave., looking east
Description: Depicts bend in creek with industrial buildings lining banks and bridge crossing creek in the distance., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 129 [P.8213.129], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson129.htm

Title: Old Columbia Bridge over the Schuylkill River
Description: View showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, completed in 1834. Built after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company, the bridge spanned over the Schuylkill River below Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park., Title from photographer's label on verso., Manuscript note on mount: Old Columbia Bridge. Philadelphia., Buff mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Bridges [P.9326.3]

Title: [Old Columbia Bridge over the Schuylkill River]
Description: View showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, completed in 1834. Built after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company, the bridge spanned over the Schuylkill River below Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park., Title and publication information from similar stereoview by McClees., Light grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.)
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Bridges [(3)1322.F.123a]

Title: [Industrial buildings lining canal in Manayunk, Philadelphia during winter]
Description: Depicts buildings lining canal in Manayunk from opposite side of canal. Includes bridges crossing the canal., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Canal scene in winter - Manayunk, Phila. Along this canal are located the largest mills and factories of Manayunk, the output of which represents several hundred thousand dollars a year. Akin to a scene in Holland., Duplicate: P8513.18: same neg., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Frederic M. Miller, Morris J. Vogel, and Allen F. Davis' Still Philadelphia: A Photographic History, 1890-1940 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983), p. 68.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 214 [P.8513.214], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson214.htm

Title: [Industrial buildings lining canal in Manayunk, Philadelphia, during winter]
Description: Depicts buildings lining canal in Manayunk from opposite side of canal. Includes bridges crossing the canal., Photographer's manuscript note on duplicate: Canal scene in winter - Manayunk, Phila. Along this canal are located the largest mills and factories of Manayunk, the output of which represents several hundred thousand dollars a year. Akin to a scene in Holland., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.214: same neg., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Frederic M. Miller, Morris J. Vogel, and Allen F. Davis' Still Philadelphia: A Photographic History, 1890-1940 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983), p. 68.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 18 [P.8513.18], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson214.htm

Title: Reading Rail Road Bridge, near the Schuylkill Falls
Description: View from Laurel Hill looking northeast showing the Falls Bridge also known as the Reading Railroad Bridge over the Schuylkill River. Erected by mason Christian Swartz in 1853, the bridge was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Rail Road to "connect with the main road upon the west side of the river." Industries and a hotel line the bank of the river., Title from accompanying descriptive label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - McClees - Bridges [(3)1322.F.122h]

Title: Scene on the Wissahickon
Description: Bucolic scene showing an elegantly attired couple crossing the creek over a red foot bridge bolstered by stone abutments. Another couple, partially obscured by a tree, stands on the banks. The women wear bustles. The lush valley is visible in the background., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00013, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 203, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 39:53
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 39:53

Title: Panorama of Philadelphia and Centennial Exhibition grounds
Description: Panoramic view looking east from West Fairmount Park showing the city between the fair grounds and to near Southwark and the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers. The names of major sites depicted are printed above and below the image, respectively. Includes the major exhibition buildings of the U.S. Government Building, Machinery Hall, Women's Pavilion, Judges Hall, Agricultural Hall, Horticultural Hall, Memorial Hall, and the Main Exhibition Building; the Columbia, N.Y. Connecting Railway, Girard Avenue, Callowhill Street, Market Street, and Chestnut Street bridges; Treaty and Smith's islands; Girard College; the Zoological Garden; the N.Y. Connecting Railroad; Camden, N.J.; Independence Hall; the Masonic Temple; Fairmount Water Works; the "new Public Building", i.e., the future City Hall; Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul; "European Steam Ship Wharves"; and the Penna. R.R. Depot. Also shows scullers in front of Boathouse Row, the gas works, fair visitors, travelling trains, and maritime traffic. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Several of the exhibition buildings were designed by Herman Schwarzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 540, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 865 B 124, Inscribed on verso: William C. Stokes, June 29, 1936.
Creator: Bachmann, Henry
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 865 B 124

Title: Millverton, home of Joseph Lea and Sarah Ann Robeson, his wife, at mouth of Wissahickon. From painting
Description: Copy of a painting depicting Millverton from the west bank of the Schuylkill River looking northeast. Occupied by Joseph Lea and Sarah Ann Robeson, the daughter of Peter Robeson, who purchased the nearby estate in Shoomac Park the year Sarah was born. Located immediately north of the Wissahickon Creek near Ridge Avenue. In the background, a train crosses the Norristown Railroad Bridge, which dwarfs the Ridge Avenue Bridge in front of it. Another house sits on a hill north of Millverton. There is activity on and near the river in the foreground., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Property later known as the Riverside Mansion.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.165]

Title: Wharton Street Bridge
Description: View looking north at the deck plate girder bridge carrying Wharton Street over the Baltimore & Ohio tracks, just east of the Schuylkill River. Includes a distant view of the west approach of the tunnel under the intersection of Grays Ferry Avenue and South 34th Street.
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.121]

Title: Gray's Ave.
Description: Depicts a pony plate girder bridge carrying the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks over Grays Avenue.
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.119]

Title: Mt. Moriah Lane
Description: Depicts the roadway bridge carrying Mount Moriah Lane (Cemetery Avenue?) over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks. A man stands on the tracks nearby, looking toward the photographer. The platforms of the Mount Moriah Station are visible in the distance.
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.114]

Title: Valley Green postcards
Description: 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]

Title: Pond lilies and rustic bridge, artificial lake, Fairmount Park postcards
Description: Depicts a rustic, wooden bridge spanning an artificial lake filled with water lilies in Fairmount Park. Includes two women crossing the bridge and a man strolling along the water's edge. Possibly depicts Centennial Lake since water lilies covered eighty percent of the water's surface in the summer., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A01 and 86B01., 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. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: [Group bicycling over a canal bridge, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Description: Depicts four men bicycling over a canal bridge in Fairmount Park. A couple stands to the side of the path as the group rides by., 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.9453.170]

Title: [William Harvey Doering taking a photograph from the Strawberry Mansion Bridge, Philadelphia.]
Description: Profile view of photographer William Harvey Doering leaning and steadying his camera on top of the iron side of the Strawberry Mansion Bridge in Fairmount Park., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.290]

Title: King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Description: View of "Bridge at Centennial grounds, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia" depicting pedestrians promenading and horse-drawn carriages and coaches traveling along the 210-foot iron bridge in the foreground and Horticultural Hall, designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann, in the background. The Cenntenial, held in 1876, celebrated America’s one-hundredth anniversary of independence and showcased the strengths of the country’s industry, manufactures, agriculture, and art., View of "Bridge at Fremont, Ohio, built for Ohio State Board of Public Works" depicting pedestrians walking and horse-drawn carriages and drays traveling the State Street Bridge (built in 1878) crossing the Sandusky River in Fremont, Ohio. Includes buildings on the banks of the river flanking the bridge in the background., Advertising text printed on recto: Manufacturers of Z. Kings, patent tubular arch bridge and all kinds of wrought iron bridges., Advertising text printed on verso: Manufacturers of arch bridges, truss bridges, swing bridges, turntables, jail cells and all kinds of wrought iron bridges., Distributor's name and address annotated on recto and verso from "Chas. E. King, agent, 79 Water Street, Boston, Mass." to "Chas. E. King, ag't, Wakefield, Mass.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - King [P.2002.9.1]

Title: Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park , Phila. (Columbia Bridge)
Description: Lithograph showing people in rowboats on the Schuylkill River in the foreground and the Columbia Bridge in the background. One of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, it was completed in 1834 after the designs of engineer John C. Trautwine for use by the Reading Railroad Company., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.2]

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