Depicts a wooden pedestrian bridge over a stream in Fairmount Park. Identified as the "Rustic Bridge" on two postcards and as the "Bridge in Glen" on the other., Two postcards issued by the Douglass Post Card Co., 21 N. 10th St., Philadelphia, Pa., Sheet number: 62A05., 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
1900-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Bridges - Miscellaneous - 62]
Landscape view of a tree-lined rustic footbridge carrying a trail or path in Fairmount Park., Title printed on mount below image., Buff 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 F.J. Dallet.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9488.3]
Landscape view showing rustic foot bridge spanning a creek or depression in West Fairmount Park., Title one of eighty-eight views in numbered series list printed on label pasted on verso (No. 1-57; 126-138; 1000-1018)., Publisher's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., Buff 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
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.65]
Landscape view showing rustic foot bridge spanning a creek or depression in West Fairmount Park., Written on negative: 23, Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint obscured by photograph pasted 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.9299.97]
Depicts the s-curve of Lincoln Drive near an unidentified pedestrian bridge spanning Paper Mill (Monoshone) Run. View looking north toward Harvey Street., Contains 11 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., 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
1905-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Lincoln Drive - 76]
View of an unidentified man with two young girls leaning against the wooden supports of a foot bridge near a dilapidated stone mill building on the Livezey homestead., Title supplied by cataloguer., Thomas Shoemaker constructed a dwelling and outbuildings, including a grist mill, from 1733 to 1739. Thomas Livezey purchased the property, including a grist mill, from Shoemaker in 1747 and named it Glen Fern. In 1909 became the Valley Green Canoe Club., 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.9453.50]
View of a woman standing against the rail of a rustic bridge spanning a stream in Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note below image on mount., Distributor's stamp 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. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.2003.14]
Depicts a wooded valley in Fairmount Park, just outside East Park, showing a rustic wooden bridge spanning a stream., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A09, 86A10 and 86B05., 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
1905-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
Depicts the back of a man walking along a path near Wissahickon Creek. A foot bridge spanning the creek is visible in the distance., 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.9453.44]
Landscape view showing a man standing on rustic bridge carrying a tree-lined path over a small stream in Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note on verso and printed 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. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.8924.3]
Landscape view showing a rustic bridge from a trail in Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note on mount., Beige 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.9299.47]
View of tree-lined path leading to a rustic foot bridge in Fairmount Park. A man stands near the bridge looking toward the photographer., Written on negative: 1013, Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on mount: View of mineral spring and flower bed., 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.9299.95]
View looking along a tree-lined path at a group of men, women and children standing and sitting on a rustic pedestrian bridge on the Sweetbriar estate in West Fairmount Park., Written on negative: 1005, Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint mostly obscured by photograph pasted 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.9299.94]
View showing four men and a toddler in a stroller standing on the steps of a rustic pedestrian bridge on the Sweetbriar estate in West Fairmount Park., Written on negative: 1004, Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint obscured by photograph pasted 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.9299.93]
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]
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]
View looking from Landsdowne (i.e., Lansdowne) in West Fairmount Park. Shows the Columbia Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in the far left background. Also shows a man standing in a field by a fence in the foreground and a pedestrian walkover bridge in the center of the image. The bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, was completed in 1834 after the designs of engineer John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Description of "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks - Fairmount Park [P.8923.9]
Landscape view looking north from Landsdowne terrace in West Fairmount Park. Shows trails, pedestrian bridges, and the Columbia Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, was completed in 1834 after the designs of engineer John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company. Also shows a man walking a trail in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks - Fairmount Park [8353.F.8]
Series of views of the estate in Northeast Philadelphia. Shows "The Piazza; "The Mansion"; "The Pond"; and "The Park." Images include posed individuals, including two seated women near a lounging bearded man in a turban and a horse-handler with a horse; potted plants and trees adorning the piazza; posed horse-drawn carriages; and a foot-bridge near the pond., Cream paper mounts with square corners., Four of images contain photographer's imprint and are accompanied by labels., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of 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
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [(8)1322.F.41c; 5759.f.1a-d]
