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Title: Pont de Lower Ferry pres de Philadelphie
Description: View showing the Upper, not Lower, Ferry bridge also known as the Lancaster-Schuylkill Bridge. Shows the full length of the single span bridge erected 1809-1812, with Robert Mills serving as architect and Lewis Wernwag as engineer. A pavilion-like structure is visible at one end of the bridge (left) and a small building at the other (right). Also includes a second covered bridge the Market Street Permanent Bridge in the distance. Market Street Permanent Bridge was built from 1798-1806 after the designs of Timothy Palmer. The Upper Ferry bridge burned 1838., Not in Wainwright., Printed upper right corner: Pl. 6., pdcc00019, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21:37
Date: [ca. 1835]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 21:37

Title: Bird's eye view, Centennial Exhibition buildings & grounds, Philada
Description: Bird's eye view looking east showing the exhibition grounds and surrounding area. Grounds are landscaped with trees, bushes, and pathways. Key to 39 depicted buildings and sites printed below the image. Includes the Main Building, Machinery Hall, Memorial Hall & Art Gallery, Agricultural Building, and Horticultural Hall. Also shows the several bridges over the Schuylkill River, including Falls, Columbia, Girard Avenue, and New York Connecting, in addition to "New Bridges over Penna. R.R." south of the grounds. Major roadways include Elm, Belmont, and Girard avenues. Other sites depicted include the 24th Ward reservoir, George's Hill, Sawyer's Elevator, Belmont Mansion, and Globe and Trans Continental hotels. East Fairmount Park is visible in the background., Copyrighted by Sydney Smirke, Distributor's stamp pasted on recto: From J. L. Smith's Map Establishment, 37 S. Sixth St., Philada., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 44, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date: 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [5225.F.7]

Title: Schuylkill boat song
Description: Lyricist: Thomas Dunn English, M.D., Lithographer: Sinclair, Lith. Phila., Price printed on recto: Price 25 Cts., Two extra verses printed on page 5. Price: 25Cts.; listed in "Early American Sheet Music" by Dichter and Shapiro, p.157., Cover illustration of lithograph of view showing two sculling barges on the Schuylkill River near Peter's Island and the Columbia Railroad Bridge. The barges contain crews of eight and a coxswain. A boat house lines the shore of the island and a train is seen exiting the bridge. The Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, was completed in 1834 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., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 682, Gift of the heirs of Helen Beitler, 2002., In excellent condition., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Trimmed copy of cover illustration held in the Print Collection.
Creator: Blanchor, F., composer
Date: [ca. 1842]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books Rare Sheet Music Sch 9913.F (Beitler)

Title: [Schuylkill Boat Song sheet music cover illustration]
Description: View showing two sculling barges on the Schuylkill River near Peter's Island and the Columbia Railroad Bridge. The barges contain crews of eight and a coxswain. A boat house lines the shore of the island and a train is seen exiting the bridge. The Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, was completed in 1834 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., Name of artist attributed by Wainwright., Title supplied by cataloguer, Poulson inscription on recto: Peter's Island R.R. Bridge., Illustration from sheet music cover: Schuylkill Boat Song, Poetry by Thomas Dunn English M.D. Music composed and dedicated to the Atlantic Barge Club by P. Blanchor. (Philadelphia: Osbourne's Music Saloon, 30, South Fourth Street, ca. 1842). [Sheet Music Collection 9913.F], Philadelphia on Stone, POS 682, Trimmed sheet music cover. LCP Print Department copy image only., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2165 and Sheet Music Collection 9913.F, Atwater Kent Museum: 49.29.1 with music., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847, artist
Date: [ca. 1842]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W331 [P.2165], Library Company of Philadelphia | RARE BOOK sheet music collection [9913.F]

Title: View from the inclined plane, near Philadelphia
Description: View looking east down the inclined plane cut into Belmont Hill (Fairmount Park) for the hauling of railroad cars in Philadelphia on route to the steam locomotives to Columbia on the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad. Shows two men watching cars being hauled by ropes from within the plane. The covered Columbia Railroad Bridge, completed in 1834 over the Schuylkill River, from which the plane leads up, is visible in the background. Also shows distant cityscape, and forestry. The plane was abandoned in 1850., Originally published as plate 4 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 286.4, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2088 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W145.4 [P.2088]

Title: Manayunk, near Philadelphia
Description: Landscape view showing the village of Manayunk along the east bank of the Schuylkill River, northwest of Philadelphia. Townscape is visible in the right of the image, including Joseph Ripka’s cotton mills erected 1831 and 1835 near the depicted Flat Rock Turnpike Bridge. Manayunk was incorporated into the city of Philadelphia in 1854., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier. Print lacking copyright statement., Issued as plate 18 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 455.1. Digital image shows third state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2093 and (1)1525.F.71d (hand-colored) and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F and Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 862 W644, pl 18., Trimmed., Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W226.1 [P.2093]

Title: From the inclined plane near Philadelphia
Description: View looking east down the inclined plane cut into Belmont Hill (Fairmount Park) for the hauling of railroad cars in Philadelphia on route to the steam locomotives to Columbia on the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad. Shows two men watching cars being hauled by ropes from within the plane. The covered Columbia Railroad Bridge, completed in 1834 over the Schuylkill River, from which the plane leads up, is visible in the background. Also shows distant cityscape, and forestry. The plane was abandoned in 1850., Issued as plate 4 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 286.1. Digital image shows fourth state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: 6626.F and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd862 W6442, pl. 4., Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75., Trimmed.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W145.1 [6626.F]

Title: View from the inclined plane, near Philadelphia
Description: View looking east down the inclined plane cut into Belmont Hill (Fairmount Park) for the hauling of railroad cars in Philadelphia on route to the steam locomotives to Columbia on the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad. Shows two men watching cars being hauled by ropes from within the plane. The covered Columbia Railroad Bridge, completed in 1834 over the Schuylkill River, from which the plane leads up, is visible in the background. Also shows distant cityscape, and forestry. The plane was abandoned in 1850., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier., Issued as plate 4 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 286.2. Digital image shows fourth state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson), Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W145.2 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)]

Title: View from the inclined plane, near Philadelphia
Description: View looking east down the inclined plane cut into Belmont Hill (Fairmount Park) for the hauling of railroad cars in Philadelphia on route to the steam locomotives to Columbia on the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad. Shows two men watching cars being hauled by ropes from within the plane. The covered Columbia Railroad Bridge, completed in 1834 over the Schuylkill River, from which the plane leads up, is visible in the background. Also shows distant cityscape, and forestry. The plane was abandoned in 1850., Originally published as plate 4 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 286.3. Digital image shows fourth state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in *Print Room Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush), Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W145.3 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]

Title: Manayunk near Philadelphia
Description: Landscape view showing the village of Manayunk along the east bank of the Schuylkill River, northwest of Philadelphia. Townscape is visible in the right of the image, including Joseph Ripka’s cotton mills erected 1831 and 1835 near the depicted Flat Rock Turnpike Bridge. Manayunk was incorporated into the city of Philadelphia in 1854., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 18 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 455.2. Digital image shows third state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W226.2 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]

Title: Manayunk near Philadelphia
Description: Landscape view showing the village of Manayunk along the east bank of the Schuylkill River, northwest of Philadelphia. Townscape is visible in the right of the image, including Joseph Ripka’s cotton mills erected 1831 and 1835 near the depicted Flat Rock Turnpike Bridge. Manayunk was incorporated into the city of Philadelphia in 1854., Copyrighted by J. T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 18 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 455.3, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2094 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W226.3 [P.2094]

Title: Manayunk
Description: Book illustration of a landscape view showing the village of Manayunk along the east bank of the Schuylkill River, northwest of Philadelphia. Townscape is visible in the right of the image, including Joseph Ripka’s cotton mills erected 1831 and 1835 near the depicted Flat Rock Turnpike Bridge. Manayunk was incorporated into the city of Philadelphia in 1854., Published in Daniel Bowen's A History of Philadelphia with a notice of villages in the vicinity (Philadelphia: Printed and published by Daniel Bowen, 1839), opposite page 134., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 455.4. Digital image shows third state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1839 Bow 9837.O and 76434.O., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [1839]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W226.4 [Am 1839 Bow 9837.O and 76434.O]

Title: Fairmount Gardens, with the Schuylkill Bridge Philadelphia
Description: Anachronistic view showing two ladies and two gentlemen, wearing mid-19th-century attire, on a walkway, surrounded by trees, below the waterworks in Fairmount Garden, i.e. Fairmount Park. Also shows garden visitors near a water fountain and the Upper Ferry Bridge (i.e., Lancaster Schuylkill Bridge) over the Schuylkill River in the background. The bridge erected 1809-1812 with Robert Mills serving as architect, and Lewis Wernwag as engineer, burned in 1838., Contains partial label pasted on verso: From George S[?] Practical b[?] Polsloe., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 232, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Also issued as sheet music cover by Brewer & Co., 23, Bishopsgate St. witihin E.C. titled "The American Quadrille" by Stephen Glover.
Creator: Brandard, John, 1812-1863, artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Parks [7970.F]

Title: Girard Avenue Bridge, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view looking from East Fairmount Park showing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge completed in 1874 after the designs of Philadelphia architects Henry A. and James P. Sims. Several horse-drawn carriages, people on horseback, and individuals on foot travel the upper, pedestrian level of the bridge. Also shows park visitors traversing the paths on the banks of the Schuylkill River below the bridge. On the river, paddelboats, scullers, and row boats are visible. Bridge demolished in 1971., Not in Wainwright., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 303, Reaccessioned as P.2283.29. Formerly 7598.F., Paper darkened slightly.
Creator: Currier & Ives
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Bridges - G [P.2283.29]

Title: Manayunk
Description: Landscape view showing the village of Manayunk along the east bank of the Schuylkill River, northwest of Philadelphia. Townscape is visible in the right of the image, including Joseph Ripka's cotton mills erected 1831, 1835, and 1853 near the depicted Flat Rock Turnpike Bridge. A rowboat sails the river and a railroad track lines the west bank. Manayunk was incorporated into the city of Philadelphia in 1854., Artist's imprint inscribed on stone lower right corner., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 453, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 C 79
Creator: Copstick, A., artist
Date: [1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 862 C 79

Title: Schuylkill
Description: Landscape view showing the Market Street Permanent Bridge commissioned by the Schuylkill Bridge Company and completed in 1805 after the designs of engineer Timothy Palmer. The William Ellis Tucker porcelain factory (est. 1826) in the old water works pumping station (Chestnut and 21st Street) stands in the foreground. A lumber yard, pairs of trees, and pastureland are visible across from the factory. Also shows Paul Beck’s Shot Tower and sailing vessels on the river in the background. Market Street Permanent Bridge was redesigned in 1850 by the Pennsylvania Railroad and destroyed by fire in 1875., Not in Wainwright., Date from inscription on stone: Ch 1836 [3 reversed], pdcc00020, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21:90, See Kathleen Foster’s Captain Watsons’ travels in America" The sketchbooks and diary of Joshua Rowley Watson, 1772-1818 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997), plate 7 for possible original study for print.
Creator: De Chastelain, A., artist
Date: [1836]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 21:90

Title: Fairmount Water-Works
Description: Leisurely view showing the Fairmount Water Works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Includes the engine house, mill house, pavilion on the mound dam, and Reservoir Hill. Activity pervades the view. In the foreground, a man with a sketchbook walks down a path to the lush riverbank. He passes two young men, seated, in conversation, on the ground. Across from them, another young men, lounges by a rock, with his dog. In the river, a crowded paddle boat, followed by a rowboat of men, travels in the water. In the background, other sailing vessels are visible near the Wire Bridge at Fairmount. A horse-drawn carriage and foot traffic cross the bridge in front of distant cityscape. Also shows visitors milling about the water works., Plate 13 of series of fifty-four views published by Goupil, Vibert and Company from 1848 to 1851 that were drawn by Kollner and lithographed by Deroy, and later bound under the title "Views of American Cities.", Printed above title: 13., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 239, Trimmed to borders., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Deroy, Laurent, 1797-1886, artist
Date: [1848]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Public Utilties [P.2283.17]

Title: Fairmount Water-Works
Description: Leisurely view showing the Fairmount Water Works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Includes the engine house, mill house, pavilion on the mound dam, and Reservoir Hill. Activity pervades the view. In the foreground, a man with a sketchbook walks down a path to the lush riverbank. He passes two young men, seated, in conversation, on the ground. Across from them, another young men, lounges by a rock, with his dog. In the river, a crowded paddle boat, followed by a rowboat of men, travels in the water. In the background, other sailing vessels are visible near the Wire Bridge at Fairmount. A horse-drawn carriage and foot traffic cross the bridge in front of distant cityscape. Also shows visitors milling about the water works., Plate 13 of series of fifty-four views published by Goupil, Vibert and Company from 1848 to 1851 that were drawn by Kollner and lithographed by Deroy, and later bound under the title "Views of American Cities.", Printed above title: 13., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 238, Trimmed to borders., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Deroy, Laurent, 1797-1886, artist
Date: [1848]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Public Utilities [P.8970.3]

Title: View of the Wire Bridge at Fairmount, Philadelphia Erected in 1842
Description: View looking northeast from below the Wire Bridge of Fairmount, the first suspension bridge in the United States, built over the Schuylkill River from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. Show pedestrians, men on horseback, wagons and carriages approaching, crossing, and departing the bridge near the Fairmount Waterworks. Waterworks include the engine house, mill house, and pavilions on the mound dam and Reservoir Hill. Also shows people fishing on the river, a man carrying a fishing pole over a foot bridge to the canal lock, men seated on the incline to the bridge, and a hotel building. The bridge was removed in 1874., Copyrighted by George Lehman., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 809, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 7 W 798
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: c1843
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 7 W 798

Title: Bicycle glide
Description: Sheet music cover containing a genre scene, circa the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, showing bicyclists on East River Drive, i.e. Kelly Drive in East Fairmount Park. In the foreground, a man in checkered coat, striped bicycle pants, and a "Deerstalker" cap rides a "High Wheeler" in front of an arch of the New York Connecting Railway Bridge (built 1866-1867) spanning the Schuylkill River. Behind him, two other bicyclists follow and pass a startled horse pulling a buggy being approached by a park guard from across the road. A locomotive travels over the bridge. In the background, the Promontory Rock Tunnel (bored in 1871), the Girard Avenue Bridge (built 1872-1874), and the Centennial Exhibition observation tower, "Iron Tower," on George's Hill in West Fairmount Park are visible. Scullers row near a steamboat under the distantly-seen bridge on which a locomotive crosses. Also shows horse-drawn carriages traveling on the drive and on the Girard Avenue Bridge. The Iron Tower was removed to Coney Island following the close of the exhibition., Dedication: Respectfully dedicated to "The Philadelphia Bicycle Club.", Not in Wainwright., Price printed on recto: 5., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 282, Johns Hopkins University: Levy Collection Box 061, Item 006, Free Library of Philadelphia Music Department holds copy.
Date: c1880
Location: Johns Hopkins University | Special Collections at the Sheridan Libraries. JHU Levy Collection Box 061, Item 006, http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/catalog/levy:061.006

Title: Fairmount
Description: Landscape view looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also includes the Schuylkill Canal lock, the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount, and the dome of the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 228, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Bovell, Thomas W.
Date: c1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Views - Philadelphia [P.2006.31.14]

Title: Birdseye view of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, with the buildings of the International Exhibition 1876
Description: Lovely bird's eye view looking east toward the city from Belmont Mansion, the former estate of Judge Richard Peters. In the foreground, visitors to the property partake of the grounds that are landscaped with trees and small gardens. Elegantly-attired men, women, and children stroll; appreciate the vista from benches and chairs; and enjoy refreshments at tables. Other patrons depart in horse-drawn carriages down a path that winds past the Belmont Water Works and Columbia Railroad Bridge. A train approaches the bridge. In the right background, the proposed Centennial Exhibition buildings, and grounds congested with visitors, are visible in West Fairmount Park. The Main Hall and Memorial Hall predominate. In the left background, the expansive cityscape dominates the view and includes Girard College, the Fairmount Water Works, Gas Works, Rodeph Shalom Synagogue, the Cathedral of S.S. Peter and Paul, Masonic Temple, and the future City Hall. Church steeples, industrial smokestacks, blocks of brick buildings, and the distant Delaware River comprise the vista as well. Also visible are the several bridges that span the Schuylkill River. The bridges include the Columbia, New York Connecting Railway, Girard Avenue, Spring Garden Street, Market Street, and Chestnut Street bridges. Several vessels travel the river. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Many of the buildings were designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson., Image arched at top center., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 55, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Inger, Christian
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***BW - Views [P.9324]

Title: Green's August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup. Portfolio of views in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia Presented by R.D. Pulford, druggist, Mineral Point, Wis
Description: Eight-page foldout advertisement for George Gill Green's "August Flower" and "Boschee's German Syrup" containing advertising text pages and five views of Fairmount Park including the Fairmount Water Works and Resevoir, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Also shows horse-drawn carriages pulling men and women racing north on East River Drive under the New York Connecting Railway Bridge, built 1866-67 after designs by Joseph A. Wilson for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Promontory Rock Tunnel, bored in 1871, is visible in the background. Other images include people leisurely rowing on a creek under the bridge to Lansdown Island; park visitors standing on a pathway that overlooks the Schuylkill River from the Fairmount Water Works; and men and women strolling, sitting, and traveling in horse-drawn carriages along Wissahickon Drive. Paragraphs of advertising text promote George Gill Green's "August Flower" as a "natural cathartic" that "corrects the acidity of the stomach," and "it is established fact in every town and village on this continent, that [Boschee's] German Syrup is the only remedy that has given satisfaction in severe cases of Lung Disease." Green was a patent medicine entrepreneur who purchased the rights of these two medicines from his father, Lewis M. Green., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 330
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Helfand Trade Cards - Patent Medicine - G [P.9828.1686a]

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