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- Title
- Wissahickon
- Description
- Landscape view of the winding Wissahickon Creek. Shows large rocks in and around the water and trees flanking both sides of the creek. Includes a partial view of a stone mill building., Title on negative., Yellow curved 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.
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9299.52]
- Title
- On the Wissahickon below Red Bridge
- Description
- View showing mill buildings on the rocky banks of the Wissahickon Creek below the Red Bridge, later the Blue Stone Bridge. A man sits on a large rock on the opposite the tree-lined bank., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's printed 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.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.8731.2]
- Title
- [Lewis?] Mill, foot of Flying Hill
- Description
- View showing the stone mill at the end of a dirt road near the base of a small mountain in a rural area. In the foreground, a cart sits on the side of the road near a residence with a picket fence. A man stands in the road in front of the residence. A second residence is visible in the background., Title from partial label pasted on verso., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James Cremer's Stereoscopic Emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philad'a. Photo-miniatures in every style. Family groups taken for the Stereoscope., Yellow mount, trimmed., Manuscript note on verso: No. 55[crossed out]; No. 63 Mill, Front of Flying Hill., Cremer, a Philadelphia photographer and leading stereograph publisher, used distributor's labels on competing publisher's views or on his own inferiorly photographed prints., 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 - Cremer - Industry [P.9137.2]
- Title
- On the Wissahickon
- Description
- Elevated view, possibly from a nearby rooftop, looking down at a man fishing in the winding Wissahickon Creek. Shows large rocks in and around the water and trees flanking both sides of the creek. Includes a partial, obscured view of a mill building in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Sue H. Williamson No. 18., Yellow mount with rounded corners., 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 - Parks [P.9168.2]
- Title
- [Bells Mill Road Bridge spanning the Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View of the stone arch Bells Mill Road Bridge spanning the Wissahickon Creek with adjacent mill building in the right foreground, part of Bishop's Mills at time of photograph. Named after former mill owners James and John Bell, the bridge was constructed in 1820., Title providing incorrect location printed in gold on mount: View on the Wissahickon at Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Penn., Publisher's imprint printed in gold on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 - London Stereoscopic Co. - Parks [P.9466.28]
- Title
- Wissahickon stone bridge
- Description
- View of the stone arch Bells Mill Road Bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek, constructed in 1820 and named after former mill owners James and John Bell. A mill building, belonging to Bishop's Mills at the time of this photograph, is partially visible in the right foreground., Written on negative: 80, Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink curved 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.9299.79]
- Title
- General view, Dupont's Powder Mills
- Description
- View of the stone gunpowder mill buildings on the Brandywine River north of Wilmington, Delaware, where in 1802 Eleuthere Irenee DuPont DeNemours built the first DuPont Powder Mills in America. In the foreground, a man and a boy balance on the rocks near a dam, possibly Bancroft Dam, on the Brandywine. Mills in the background are surrounded by bare trees. Powder was manufactured there for the United States Government in War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish American War and Great War. Old Mills abandoned 1921., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Manuscript notes on verso: Bartlett & French; William C. Darrah Coll., Yellow mount with rounded corners., 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 - Industry [P.8484.5]
- Title
- Bishop's Mills on the Wissahickon
- Description
- View of mill building, part of Bishop's Mills at time of photograph, behind the stone arch Bells Mill Road Bridge on the Wissahickon Creek. A boy and a girl stand at the creek's edge in the foreground. Named after former mill owners James and John Bell, the bridge was constructed in 1820., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., 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 - Parks [P.9462.8]
- Title
- Bridge at Bishop's Mills
- Description
- View of the stone arch Bells Mill Road Bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek, constructed in 1820 and named after former mill owners James and John Bell. A mill building, belonging to Bishop's Mills at the time of this photograph, is partially visible in the foreground., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., 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 - Parks [P.9462.9]
- Title
- Wissahickon Creek
- Description
- Landscape view showing the stone arch Bells Mill Road Bridge on the tree-lined Wissahickon Creek. Includes a mill building, part of Bishop's Mills at time of photograph, behind the bridge in the background. Two girls stand at the creek's edge in the foreground. Named after former mill owners James and John Bell, the bridge was constructed in 1820., Title printed on mount., Photographer's name in manuscript note 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.
- Creator
- Rogers, J. L. (Josiah L.), photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rogers - Parks [P.9466.25]
- Title
- On the Wissahickon
- Description
- View of the trellised Kitchen's Lane Bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek. Shows a man fishing from the rocky bank of the creek in the foreground and an old stone mill building in the background. Bridge removed ca. 1925., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., 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 - Parks [P.9058.148]
- Title
- View from Chamounix Drive
- Description
- View from Chamounix Drive in West Fairmount Park showing the Falls Bridge, also known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Bridge, spanning the Schuylkill River. The bridge, erected in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz, was utilized by the Reading Railroad. Also shows a telegraph pole near a small stone structure in the foreground and Falls of Schuylkill Woolen Mills at East Falls in the background., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on mount., Pink mount with rounded corners., Printed on mount: No. 4., Inscribed in negative: 10., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., R. Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert Newell and his son Henry, was active from circa 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
- Creator
- R. Newell & Son, photographer
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.82]
- Title
- Views of Brandywine Creek, Delaware
- Description
- 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]
- Title
- On the Wissahickon near the Old Log Cabin
- Description
- View showing Sarah Greenwood's Woolen Mill, barn, and house above Hermit's Lane near Wissahickon Creek. The mill, built in the 1740s, was destroyed by fire in 1872. In the foreground, a couple stands on a rock in the Wissahickon near a group of people sitting in a rowboat perched on the bank of the creek., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Bartlett & French, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1867
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.9146.4]
- Title
- [Crescentville - last of winter]
- Description
- Shows a boy in a pasture in front of possibly a mill. Also shows the bridge near the dam breast at Crescentville in the distant background., Cream mount with square corners., Title and photographer from duplicate in Moran album. [P.9265], Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., Accompanied by label misidentifying view., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Moran, John, 1831-1903
- Date
- [ca. 1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Milestown [5759.F.3d]
- Title
- [Views of Milestown, Philadelphia along Old York Road, north of Branchtown, and above Oak Lane.]
- Description
- Series of views of the Philadelphia neighborhood. Shows a rundown cottage near a row of trees; a mill; and a creek. Views also include boys posed near the sites, including boys with a rowboat and holding fishing nets., Attributed to John Moran., Cream mounts with square corners., Three of images accompanied by labels., Series numbers include: 22., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of American views and Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1861
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Milestown [5739.F.1e; 5739.F.55b; 5759.F.1h; 5759.F.3c & i]
- Title
- Old Wire Bridge
- Description
- View looking east from West Fairmount Park showing the Wire Suspension Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874. View includes a man standing among piles of rock and gravel near a storage shed, possibly an ice house, on the west bank of the river in the foreground. Several buildings, including factories and mills, line the east bank of the river in the background. Also includes a distant view of the dome of the Cathedral Bascillica of SS. Peter and Paul., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on verso., Printed on mount: No. 4., Pink mount with rounded corners., 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., R. Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert Newell and his son, Henry, was active from circa 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
- Creator
- R. Newell & Son, photographer
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.9299.71]
- Title
- Wire Bridge at Fairmount, Phila. Pa
- Description
- View from the east bank of the Schuylkill River looking south showing the Wire Suspension Bridge. 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 removed in 1874. Also shows factories and mills lining the east bank; horse-drawn wagons transporting materials across the bridge; and men in rowboats on the river in the foreground., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title from label on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Missing upper left corner., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Union View Co.
- Date
- [ca. 1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Bridges [P.9260.81]
- Title
- Cotton mills, Schuylkill River, Manayunk
- Description
- 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]
- Title
- Cotton mills, Schuylkill River, Manayunk
- Description
- 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]
- Title
- Suspension bridge
- Description
- View from the east bank of the Schuylkill River looking south showing the Wire Suspension Bridge. View also shows a barge in transit and mills, factories, and stables lining the banks of the river. 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 removed in 1874., Title from accompanying label., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Mount discolored., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., McAllister operated his optician business as a sole proprietor between 1865 and 1882.
- Creator
- McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister, W.Y. - Bridges [(3)1322.F.123c]
- Title
- [Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount, Philadelphia.]
- Description
- View looking from West Fairmount Park showing the Wire Suspension Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. View also shows mills, factories, stables, and hotels lining both banks of the river. Two men stand in the foreground near a fenced property. 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 removed in 1874., Attributed to James E. McClees., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff mount with square corners., 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 - Bridges [(3)1322.F.123h]