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- Title
- Capitol at Washington, 1857
- Description
- Faded view showing the United States Capitol building with a canal in the foreground. Also shows a docked rowboat and piles of lumber stacked on the ground nearby. Capitol building built 1793-1829 after the designs of Benjamin Henry Latrobe and Charles Bulfinch and the current dome and the House and Senate wing extensions by Thomas U. Walter and August Schoenborn in the 1850s., Publication date inferred from color and style of mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [1857 [but published ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Government Buildings [P.8643.3]
- Title
- Fairmount, Philadelphia
- Description
- View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, the mill house, the stand pipe (built 1852), and the pavilion at the end of the pier of the mound dam. Also shows the Schuylkill Canal lock and rocks lining the riverbank in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.119d., 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. 1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120f]
- Title
- Fairmount, Philadelphia
- Description
- View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, the mill house, the stand pipe (built 1852), and the pavilion at the end of the pier of the mound dam. Also shows the Schuylkill Canal lock and rocks lining the riverbank in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.119d., 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. 1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120f]
- Title
- Fairmount, Philadelphia
- Description
- View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, the mill house, the stand pipe (built 1852), and the pavilion at the end of the pier of the mound dam. Also shows the Schuylkill Canal lock and rocks lining the riverbank in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.119d., 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. 1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120f]
- Title
- Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia
- Description
- View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, the mill house, the stand pipe (built 1852), and the pavilion at the end of the pier of the mound dam. Also shows the Schuylkill Canal lock and rocks lining the riverbank in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Another print entitled: Fairmount, Philadelphia., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.120f., 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. 1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.119d]
- Title
- Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia
- Description
- View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, the mill house, the stand pipe (built 1852), and the pavilion at the end of the pier of the mound dam. Also shows the Schuylkill Canal lock and rocks lining the riverbank in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Another print entitled: Fairmount, Philadelphia., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.120f., 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. 1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.119d]
- Title
- Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia
- Description
- View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, the mill house, the stand pipe (built 1852), and the pavilion at the end of the pier of the mound dam. Also shows the Schuylkill Canal lock and rocks lining the riverbank in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Another print entitled: Fairmount, Philadelphia., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.120f., 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. 1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.119d]
- Title
- Fairmount from the locks
- Description
- View looking from above the Schuylkill Canal lock showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); the standpipe, distribution arch, and pavilion on Reservoir Hill; and a man standing on the rocks forming the lock. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P. M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr. until 1872., Title from accompanying label., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., 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
- Bartlett & French, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1868.]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120c]
- Title
- Fairmount Waterworks Ph'a
- Description
- View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works and Schuylkill Canal lock. Shows the old engine house, altered old mill house with peristyle temple, and the standpipe and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows a pile of wood planks on the canal lock in the foreground and the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount in the far right background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr. until 1872., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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
- De Young's Palace Dollar Store (Firm)
- Date
- [ca. 1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young's - Public Utilities [P.9356.1]
- Title
- Wire Bridge Fairmount
- Description
- View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River near the Schuylkill Navigation Company Canal and locks showing the Wire Bridge at Fairmount. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was razed in 1874. View includes a team of horses and a horse-drawn wagon on the riverbank in front of the canal locks near the house built in 1833 for Schuylkill Navigation Company officials. Also shows factories adjacent to the bridge in the background., Title from accompanying publisher's label., Buff mount with square corners., 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
- Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [(3)1322.F.119f]