Buff mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., View showing a section of the second Norristown Railroad Bridge over the mouth of the Wissahickon Creek. The bridge, built by Haughey and Snyder for the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad (later Philadelphia and Reading Railroad), was razed by fire in 1862 and replaced with a temporary trestle-work bridge. Also shows the falls of Wissahickon Creek in the foreground., 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
ca. 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Views [(3)1322.F.132b]
View showing the Susquehanna Bridge, known as the Rockville Bridge, spanning the Susquehanna River at Rockville, Pa. The wood bridge used by the Middle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was completed in 1849 by contractors Holman, Simon & Burke and Daniel Stone. The bridge was removed and replaced in 1877. View also shows two boys standing on the riverbank in the foreground., Title from publisher's label pasted on verso., Cream mount with square corners., Manuscript note on mount: The Susquehannah [sic] Bridge Pennsylvania., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Anthony operated his New York stereoscopic firm as a sole proprietor from 1859 to 1860. He produced a primary series of views and specialized sets of views with negative numbers in the 600 range before establishing the partnership, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., with his brother in 1860., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Anthony - Bridges [P.9326.2]
View looking from West Fairmount Park showing the New York Connecting Railway Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, was utilized by the New York division of the railroad and served as the first connecting railway between New York and Philadelphia. Also shows a group of men and women sitting on a bench and conversing in the park in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Inscribed in negative: 135., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization 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 - Bridges [P.9299.46]
Film negative showing a group of boys standing near a river at Pocono Lake. Two boys stand on rocks near the riverbank and two boys sit on a wooden bridge while another boy stands next to them. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., September 3 & 4, 1909., 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
September 1909
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.396]
Photograph showing a group of boys standing near a river at Pocono Lake. Two boys stand on rocks near the riverbank and two boys sit on a wooden bridge while another boy stands next to them. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., September 3 + 4, 1909., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.396., 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
September 1909
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.621]
Film negative showing a man seated on a stone bridge over Egg Harbor River eating a sandwich. The man wears glasses, a cap, and a collared shirt., 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
October 12-14, 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.174]
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
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
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the elegant wire-suspension bridge spanning the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, designed by John A. Roebling, constructed 1857-59, and replaced in 1892. Known as the Sixth Street Bridge and the St. Clair Bridge.
Cigarette card promoting the Honest Long Cut brand of the American Tobacco Company. Depicts a view of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, also known as Spring Garden Street Bridge, built over the Schuylkill River from 1874-1875 by the Keystone Bridge Company after the designs of engineer Jacob H. Linville. Demolished in 1964. Bridge adorned with ornate ironwork, including lampposts and fencing., Title printed on recto and verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.34]
View from the west bank of the river showing men and a woman holding a child standing and sitting near a rustic railing overlooking the New York Railroad Bridge, known as the Connecting Railway Bridge, built from 1866-1867 after the designs of Pennsylvania Railroad Chief Engineer John A. Wilson. The PRR bridge served as the railroad’s first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City., Title supplied by cataloger., Series list printed on verso. Includes one hundred titles in the series (No. 1-100)., Publisher's imprint printed on series 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., Gift of David Doret.
Creator
R. Newell & Son
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.12]
View showing the mills of Joseph Ripka erected in 1831, 1835, and 1853 between Main Street and the Schuylkill River in Manayunk. Ripka's mills, one of the largest U.S. textile manufacturers during the 1840s and 1850s, went bankrupt during the Civil War with the loss of the essential patronage of the Southern states. General Robert Patterson purchased and reopened the mills following the war. Includes the Flat Rock Turnpike Bridge, a covered bridge near the mills., Title from manuscript note on verso., Unmounted half of stereoview., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Industry [P.2282.32]
View showing the mills of Joseph Ripka erected in 1831, 1835, and 1853 between Main Street and the Schuylkill River in Manayunk. Ripka's mills, one of the largest U.S. textile manufacturers during the 1840s and 1850s, went bankrupt during the Civil War with the loss of the essential patronage of the Southern states. General Robert Patterson purchased and reopened the mills following the war. Includes the Flat Rock Turnpike Bridge, a covered bridge near the mills., Title from manuscript note on verso., Unmounted half of stereoview., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Industry [P.2282.39]
View looking from East Fairmount Park showing the Old Girard Avenue Bridge and the New York Connecting Railway bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Girard Avenue Bridge, was built in 1855 and razed circa 1871. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge in the background, the New York Railroad Bridge, known as the Connecting Railway Bridge, was built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson. It served as the railroad's first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City. A woman sits and reads on a bench in the foreground., Title inscribed on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Image blurred., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Saul Kotnow.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9022.36]
View showing a section of the Girard Avenue Bridge under construction. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, completed in 1874 after the designs of Henry A. and James P. Sims, was demolished in 1971. In the background, a section of the Connecting Railway Bridge, also known as the New York Railroad Bridge, is visbile. Built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, the bridge served as the railroad's first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City. Includes a man on a pier, in the foreground, near a row boat, crane, and stone rubble., Title supplied by cataloguer., Orange mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: From Fairmount Park, Phila. series., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1874
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9424]
Depicts a pin connected Pratt truss bridge spanning Red Clay Creek near Kiamensi. A small stone dam is located underneath. A brick building, probably a mill, is partially visible.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.64]
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]
View looking southeast in the direction of the Fairmount Water Works at the floating George Popps Park Boat House with rowboats pulled up to the dock. Men stand and sit on the dock and in the boathouse in the foreground. Also shows the standpipe on Reservoir Hill (built 1852) and the Callowhill Street Bridge (built by the Keystone Bridge Company 1874-75 after designs by Jacob Hayes Linville) spanning the Schuylkill River in the distant background. Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, also known as the Spring Garden Street Bridge, was demolished in 1964., Written on negative: 127, Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed 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 - Parks [P.9299.72]
View showing Lansdowne Avenue in West Fairmount Park under the old Girard Avenue Bridge. The bridge, completed at the Schuylkill River in 1855, was razed circa 1871 and replaced by the new Girard Avenue Bridge. Shows a horse-drawn carriage traveling on Lansdowne under an arch of the bridge. Also shows the New York Connecting Railway Bridge, completed in 1867, in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Grey mount with rounded corners., Inscribed in negative: 136., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9260.96]
View showing the Promontory Rock Tunnel, bored in 1871, on East River Drive (Kelly Drive) between the New York Connecting Railway Bridge and the Girard Avenue Bridge in East Fairmount Park. Includes views of segments of the two Pennsylvania Railroad bridges spanning the Schuylkill River. The Connecting Railway bridge was completed in 1867 after the designs of John A. Wilson. The Girard Avenue Bridge was completed in 1875 after the designs of Henry A. and James P. Sims., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount: Tunnel & NY bridge Park., Inscribed in negative: 129., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization 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 - Bridges [P.9299.45]
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
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]
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks are elevated above Eastern Avenue in the Canton neighborhood of Baltimore. A man stands next to a horse-drawn cart on the dirt road under the pony plate girder bridge. Railroad cars and businesses are visible in the distance.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.5]
Depicts a deck plate girder bridge spanning Moore's Run in in Baltimore, Maryland. Several men stand on the tracks over the bridge, and a group of men sit in a hand cart.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.9]
Depicts a wide dirt road under the pony plate girder bridge in the Canton neighborhood of Baltimore. Horse-drawn carts are visible on the road in the distance.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.4]
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]
Depicts a deck plate girder bridge spanning Shipley Road in Bellefonte, Delaware, just outside of Wilmington. Six men stand on the tracks near the bridge.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.76]
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the south side of the bridge spanning the Schuylkill River at Girard Avenue. Measuring 100 feet wide, the iron and stone Girard Avenue Bridge, built between 1872 and 1874, was considered to be the widest bridge in the world at the time of its construction. It replaced an earlier bridge at this site. The bridge, designed by James and Henry Sims, was demolished between 1970 and 1971.
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]
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]
A group of people are fishing near an old iron-truss bridge along the Schuylkill Canal. A small landing, which functioned as a dock for the canal tow boats, is visible along the banks of the canal in the foreground., 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.9453.22]
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]
