View of three people standing near a thatch-roof pavilion made of interwoven logs and branches. Stairs lead from the pavilion, which rests on large boulders, up a narrow path to higher ground., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1890
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.46]
Depicts young men and women from a Sunday school group from Zion or Oxford Presbyterian Church sitting on rocks near a thatch-roof pavilion made of interwoven logs and branches., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1890
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.47-48]
Views of the thatch-roof pavilion made of interwoven logs and branches near Devil's Pool, a pool where the waterfalls of Cresheim Creek merge and is surrounded by large jagged rocks and boulders. The creek is not visible in this image., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.33 ; P.8986.45 ; P.8986.75 ; P.8986.76]
View showing several park visitors seated within a rustric pavilion in Fairmount Park. A park guard stands in front of the pavilion. Also shows benches lining the path to the building and tents in the distant background., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., Green mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Parks - F [P.9058.158]
Aerial view of the rectangular music pavilion at Strawberry Mansion in Fairmount Park designed in 1905 by Horace Trumbauer. The pavilion was razed in 1930 when replaced by Robin Hood Dell. View includes the Schuylkill River and Laurel Hill Cemetery., Title supplied by cataloger., Negative number: 12703n., Negative 12703 dated June 23, 1930.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1930
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.12703]
Depicts the stone arch bridge that carries a city pipeline over Devil's Pool, along with a wooden pedestrian bridge spanning Cresheim Creek. The waterfalls of Cresheim Creek merge into Devil's Pool, an area surrounded by large jagged rocks and boulders. A thatch-roof pavilion made of interwoven logs and branches is visible near the pedestrian bridge in the background., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.29]
View showing one of the thatch-roof rustic pavilions installed at the waterworks between 1864-1866 as a decorative improvement. View also shows the promenade leading to the pavilion. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822, were altered and expanded until 1872., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title supplied by cataloguer., Green mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Public Utilities [P.9058.163]
View looking west from above one of the rustic pavilions at the Fairmount Water Works showing the Wire Suspension Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built between 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874. The pavilions, built near the reservoir at the waterworks between 1864-1866, were installed as a decorative improvement., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on verso: Shelter taking west., Green mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Bridges [P.9058.159]
