Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of a single arch, stone tunnel that spans two railroad tracks. A sign near the tunnel reads, "Spruce Creek, 1 mile".
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of a deck truss railroad bridge spanning an unidentified creek or river, possibly the west branch of the Susquehanna River, on the Tyrone and Clearfield branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a locomotive crossing a railroad bridge that spans Little Juniata River.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a man sitting next to the railroad tracks near the Spruce Creek tunnel.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a man and a boy looking down from a hill at a cluster of dwellings in Mifflin, Pa.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a locomotive on the tracks next to a large rock wall in Duncannon, a town not far from Harrisburg, Pa. on the Susquehanna River.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of the Mountain House hotel within Cresson Springs Resort near Cresson Station. The Pennsylvania Railroad owned the resort, which was moved to Cresson from Hollidaysburg in the 1860s and rebuilt in 1880-81 to accommodate about 600 people.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of the Mountain House hotel within Cresson Springs Resort near Cresson Station. The Pennsylvania Railroad owned the resort, which was moved to Cresson from Hollidaysburg in the 1860s and rebuilt in 1880-81 to accommodate about 600 people.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts railroad tracks running alongside an unidentified river. A locomotive approaches the photographer.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of large, numbered oil tanks that are sectioned off from a dirt path where the photographer stands by a small fence.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts one of the many industries near the Scottsdale station on the South-West Pennsylvania Branch, leased by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1873. Probably one of the coke works in the area.
View of a bridge, possibly a railroad bridge, crossing over a creek. Cows and people stand on the bridge. Forested hills rise up in the background., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso reads: R.E. Gilray., Yellow mount with rounded corners., 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- unidentified - Bridges [P.9644.24]
View of the Girard Avenue Bridge, completed in 1872 to 1874 after the designs of Philadelphia architects Henry A. and James P. Sims, over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. The wrought-iron Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, demolished in 1971, also served as a pedestrian bridge. Shows shrubs and trees growing on boths sides of the shoreline., Title from text printed on mount., Date inferred from content., Text on negative: No. 89. Girard Avenue Bridge., Gift of David Doret, 2011., Image is mounted on the verso of: photo - unidentified - government buildings [P.2011.45.14].
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo- unidentified - government buildings [P.2011.45.15]
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of the railroad bridge spanning the Susquehanna River, connecting Columbia with Wrightsville on the York division.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts sheds and piles of lumber as the railroad tracks approach the Susquehanna Bridge, which connects Columbia with Wrightsville on the York division.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the railroad tracks near a forge in Tyrone, a stop on the Tyrone and Clearfield Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Other buildings in the town are visible in the distance (left).
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts three men standing on the long, wooden platform near Cresson Station. Cresson was a popular summer resort town.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of the concealed Mountain House within Cresson Springs Resort near Cresson Station. The Pennsylvania Railroad owned the resort, which was moved to Cresson from Hollidaysburg in the 1860s and rebuilt in 1880-81 to accommodate about 600 people.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a dirt footpath in East Fairmount Park, leading to Strawberry Mansion., Strawberry Mansion, also known as Summerville, was commissioned by Judge William Lewis, in 1789. In the 1820s Joseph Hemphill bought the property and added two wings to the house. His son Coleman grew strawberries from roots imported from Chile, giving the property its popular name, Strawberry Mansion. The house became a picnicking spot and restaurant in 1835. The Fairmount Park Commission bought the property in 1868.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depict's a water wheel next to a small stream in Roaring Spring, once named Spang Mills after the grist mill operated in the area.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a stone railroad bridge spanning the Kiskiminetas River at Saltsburg. View includes properties on the hills in the distance.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of the railroad bridge spanning the Susquehanna River, connecting Columbia with Wrightsville on the York division.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of the railroad bridge spanning the Susquehanna River, connecting Columbia with Wrightsville on the York division.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a man sitting in the grass on a hill overlooking Lewistown. Includes a view of the Lewistown railroad station and railroad cars on the tracks in the foreground.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a man standing in the doorway of a railroad car sitting on the tracks in Mount Union, Pa.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a locomotive crossing the deck truss bridge that spans the Juniata River near Lewistown.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a locomotive crossing a railroad bridge, which is most likely the May's Bridge spanning the Juniata River depicted in P.9058.77.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts two men standing on a pedestrian bridge near the Jackstown aqueduct.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Oblique view of the south side of the Gothic Revival-style station. Three men stand on the platform facing the tracks. The station was constructed in 1869 after designs by Joseph M. Wilson for the straightened route between Ardmore and Rosemont. Demolished in 1963.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the single stone arch of the Allegheny Tunnel in the distance. A row of men stand at the edge of the cliff above the tunnel, looking toward the photographer. Built in 1854 for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of Thomas Mill Bridge, a distinctive red, covered bridge that spans the Wissahickon Creek. It is the only covered bridge still standing in Philadelphia.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the single stone arch of the Allegheny Tunnel. Men are lined up at the edge of the cliff above the tunnel. Built in 1854 for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of a stone, double arch bridge carrying railroad tracks over Turtle Creek near Stewart's Station. A house and a church are visible in the distance.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of Stewart's Station, with a man and two children sitting on the stairs leading down to the platform.
Exterior view of the Bustleton station of the Pennsylvania Railroad, used as a barn, an arsenal and a powder storage magazine during the Revolutionary War before the property was taken over by the railroad in 1870., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Transportation - [P.9933.1]
Exterior view of the Pennsylvania Railroad's original Chelten Avenue Station looking north along the tracks. Includes two men working on the tracks. Image taken before the old station was razed in 1916., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1916
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.130]
Depicts a locomotive crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River near Girard Avenue. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, completed in 1867 after the designs of P.R.R. Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, served as the first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City., Numbered 23609 on recto. Publisher's monogram on verso., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Bridges - [P.9048.358]
View of the Pennsylvania Railroad adminstrative office building at 233 South 4th Street, Philadelphia. The railroad utilized the building between circa 1871 and 1895 when leased to the Commercial Museum. Includes partial views of adjacent buildings and a horse-drawn carriage., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1871
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Transportation [P.9260.83]
View looking north from a "summer house" near the grounds of Lemon Hill, in East Fairmount Park. Shows two Pennsylvania Railroad bridges - the Old Girard Avenue Bridge and the New York Connecting Railway Bridge - spanning the Schuylkill River. Girard Avenue Bridge, was built in 1855 and razed circa 1871. The Connecting Railway Bridge was completed in 1867 after the designs of P.R.R. chief engineer John A. Wilson., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Saul Koltnow., 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 - Bridges [P.9022.30]
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Men sit and stand on the porch of the four-story Logan House hotel, built 1852-53 by Pennsylvania Railroad carpenter foreman Thomas Burchinell. The hotel closed in 1927 and was converted to a post office in the early 1930s.
A puzzle comprised of 24 blocks with lithograph images of: “Penna. Dairy Scene,” Map of U.S., Pennsylvania Railroad, Mount Vernon, William and his Sister Fishing, “Row Boat Excursion,” “Mary and Sally Feeding the Pet Pony.”, "Pubd by Jacob Shaffer Philada" on the map., Purchase of the Library Company, 1966.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a man standing on a path leading up to the Bedford Springs Hotel, a resort that offered seven freshwater, "medicinal" springs on the property.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the south and west elevations of Lemon Hill mansion near the Schuylkill River in east Fairmount Park as it appeared circa 1875. Henry Pratt built the house in 1800 and in 1844, several years after Pratt's death, Lemon Hill became the first mansion aqcuired by the city of Philadelphia to create a public park. A man sits on a bench and reads the newspaper. A sign for Ice Cream hangs from the second floor balcony.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Includes the observatory tower arch (built 1860). A man stands among lush vegetation on the west riverbank. 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.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Two men sit on the last railroad car, one of many that are filled with coal. The locomotive is stopped on a tall, wooden trestle bridge in the Bell's Gap section of the railroad, which runs to an extensive and valuable coal-field in the Allegheny Mountains.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the four-story Logan House hotel, built 1852-53 by Pennsylvania Railroad carpenter foreman Thomas Burchinell. View includes the railroad tracks and platform in the foreground. The hotel closed in 1927 and was converted to a post office in the early 1930s.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Interior view of the long dining room in the Logan House hotel, built 1852-53 by Pennsylvania Railroad carpenter foreman Thomas Burchinell. The hotel closed in 1927 and was converted to a post office in the early 1930s.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of a locomotive pulling a long line of railroad cars through the Pack Saddle, which is a deep gorge that runs through Chestnut Ridge Mountains alongside the Conemagh River. Includes a detailed view of the rock formations near the tracks.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View looking east at the single stone arch of the Greensburg Tunnel. People sit and stand near the Greensburg station building on the south side of the tracks. A church steeple and other buildings near Harrison Avenue are visible above the tunnel.
