Views of men steadying or rowing canoes on the tree-lined creek near Stranger Hollow and Catawissa Island. Catawissa Creek is a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River in east central Pennsylvania., Yellow cardboard mounts, three with square corners, two with rounded corners. Photographer's printed labels pasted on versos. Includes one hand-colored stereograph (P.8484.6)., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator
Bartlett & French
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Views [P.8484.6; P.8484.8; P.9058.151-153]
View of a man with his pants and shirt sleeves rolled up steadying a canoe in the calm, shallow waters of the tree-lined creek. Catawissa Creek is a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River in east central Pennsylvania., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Distributor's stamp on verso: William Y. McAllister Phila., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Views [P.2002.21.10]
Landscape view depicting two men and a dog in a canoe on the calm waters of the Juniata River. The man in the middle seat paddles, while the other sits at the front of the boat with a rifle in his lap. A tree-lined hill flanks the river on the opposite bank., Copyrighted 1902 by William H. Rau., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint on mount., Distributor's imprint on mount., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date
c1902
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Views [P.9757]
Views of Brandywine Creek in Delaware, showing men, women and children sitting on rocks near the banks of the creek, in canoes, and near a mill race. Includes sunset views, rocky glens, tangles of bare trees, and a partial view of a mill building., Contains seven stereographic prints mounted on yellow cardboard mounts, five of which have square corners, two rounded corners. All contain photographer's printed labels pasted on versos., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator
Bartlett & French
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Views [P.9466.5; P.8484.4; P.9058.146; P.9058.149-150; P.9058.154 and P.9058.156]
Stereoview depicting a group of Panamanian Black men and boys posed in front of huts and next to their half-made canoes. View from T.O. Selfridge's 1870-1871 naval expedition of the Isthmus of Darien. Authorized by the U.S. Government, Selfridge explored and surveyed the area as a possible route for a ship canal in Panama. He was accompanied by photographer T.H. O'Sullivan in 1870 and Philadelphia photographer John Moran in 1871., Title from item., Publication information supplied by Darrah., Manuscript note on verso: Bessie J. Smith., J.F. Jarvis was the largest manufacturer of stereoviews in Washington D.C. during the late 19th century. He published his own trade list and numerous views of government surveys., Gift of Eleanor Smith, 1977., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
Jarvis, J. F. (John Fillis), 1849-1931
Date
[1870 or 1871]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Darien Expedition [66653.D.10]
