Depicts a concrete pier jutting into the middle of a river, probably the Schuylkill River, off of which people are fishing. Smokestacks rise from a cluster of industrial buildings along the river bank., 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.8986.67]
View of ducks and swans wading in an unidentified stone-lined lake, presumably one of several lakes in Fairmount Park., Title from negative sleeve., 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.8986.4]
Depicts potted plants and hanging plants lining the perimeter of a porch, which is shaded by a striped awning. Dense foliage surrounds the porch of the unidentified residence., 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.8986.83]
Tree foliage obscures part of Sarah A. Wright's lager beer saloon, depicted here in an Italianate corner property at Ridge and Manayunk avenues., 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.8986.13]
Depicts an autumn harvest-theme food display of Mother's Oats and Quaker Oats brands, along with toasted corn flakes, squash, potatoes and corn stacked in a pyramid underneath of a trellis decorated with corn husks. The display is situated between two columns of the church, on which are posted Psalm and Hymn display signs., Quaker Oats purchased Mother's Oats brand and its owner, the Great Western Cereal Company, in 1911., 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.8986.84]
Two boys swim in a canal, underneath of a bridge, near piles of lumber lined up along the bank of the creek. Includes small industrial buildings 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.8986.62]
Depicts a dwelling, probably the rectory of the neighboring Protestant Episcopal church, along the 3900 block of Terrace Street, near Hermit Lane., The church was constructed in 1876 and enlarged twenty years later in 1896. Services stopped in 1968 and the building demolished in 1975., 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.8986.16]
Depicts children, probably included are the photographer's children, Frank W. and Alice Berry, sledding down the incline of a cobblestone street, which is flanked by row houses on the right and an open wooded area on the left. A grocery store is visible in the distance at the corner of Righter and Osborn streets., 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.8986.3]
View of the Northeast Manual Training School at the northeast corner of 8th Street and Lehigh Avenue, constructed from 1905 to 1907 after designs by Lloyd Titus, assistant architect of the Philadelphia Board of Public Education., The original Northeast Manual Training School was located on Howard Street below Girard Avenue. It was constructed after designs by M. Bethel in 1864 as the William A. Lee School and changed its name in 1890. This building on Howard Street was referred to as the Northeast Manual Training School Annex after the new school building was constructed in 1905., Known after 1913 as The Northeast High School., 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.8986.14]
View of the ivy-covered Protestant Episcopal church at the northeast corner of Terrace Street and Hermit Lane. The church was constructed in 1876 and enlarged twenty years later in 1896. Services stopped in 1968 and the building demolished in 1975., 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.8986.15]
Depicts three girls attired in white dresses standing on a path next to a rustic fence before the path takes a sharp turn. One girl stands on a rock, elevated above the other two. Path runs next to the Wissahickon Creek, which is not visible in the 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.8986.69]
Full-length portrait of a woman wearing a long-sleeved white shirt, with a high, tight collar and ruffled sleeves. She wears a tall hat with ribbon plumage and stands in front of a room screen decorated with foliage-patterned fabric., 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.8986.77]
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]
Depicts a man sitting on a rock, fishing in the Wissahickon Cree near where it flows into the Schuylkill River. The elevated deck of a mill building is visible across the water, along with trees and a wooden fence. The property later became home to the Philadelphia Canoe Club., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame., see related: 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.64]
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.34]
Depicts a crowd sitting in stands overlooking a field at Belmont Plateau, where people are dressed in costume for Philadelphia's Historical Pageant. Some of the participants hold a rope that is attached to a tall, wooden observation tower in the field., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
October 1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.35]
Depicts a dirt trail flanked by bare trees; a view away from the trail showing bare trees on a downward slope; and a group of men sitting on a bench on the side of the trail in the distance., 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.8986.37-39]
View of a winding trail along the Wissahickon, showing a large boulder on one side and a wooden fence on the other., 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.8986.51]
Depicts the photographer's oldest son, Frank W. Berry, riding a bicycle downhill on a wide, cobblestone street that ends at the intersection at the bottom of the hill. A large stone residence with an entrance gate is visible on the lefthand side., 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.8986.53]
Waist-length portrait of the photographer's oldest son, Frank W. Berry, dressed in his altar robes, with the bible open in his hands., 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.8986.58]
Depicts broken soil in the foreground, and in the distance, a man plowing with two horses in a field separated from nearby dwellings by a small wooden fence., 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.8986.60]
Depicts a snow-covered street near the photographer's home. Men stand on the cleared sidewalks with their shovels in hand. Includes the brick row homes along the 100 block of Kalos Street looking west., 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.8986.63]
View of the curve approaching the Blue Stone Bridge along Wissahickon Drive. Also known as the Lotus Inn Bridge, named after a nearby inn, constructed between 1896 and 1897 to replace the covered Old Red Bridge., 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.8986.23]
Views of an ornamented Christmas tree in the corner of a room in the photographer's home., 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.8986.41 ; P.8986.43]
Depicts a man sitting on "The Flying Merkel," a motorcycle model produced by The Light Manufacturing Company in Pottstown, Pennsylvania beginning in 1909. He is sitting on the cobblestone street in front of an unidentified stone house with a porch, most likely in Manayunk., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1909
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.42]
View of a bare tree-lined dirt trail curving in the distance to follow the path of the Wissahickon Creek., 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.8986.44]
View of a man in a canoe, paddling to a nearby dock, most likely in one of the lakes in Fairmount Park., 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.8986.46]
Shallow waters expose rocks lining the Wissahickon Creek underneath of the Hartwell Avenue Bridge in this photograph. Three canoes are tied to shore in the distance., Hartwell Avenue Bridge spanned the Wissahickon Creek at Hartwell Lane, originally known as Weiss's (Wise) Mill Road, north of Valley Green, along Forbidden Drive. No longer stands., 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.8986.48]
View of water spouting from the bronze-iron fountain sculpture erected in 1879 in the East Park entrance of Fairmount Park, near 33rd and Dauphin streets and Strawberry Mansion., 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.8986.1]
Depicts a brick row of shops along the 4300 block of Main Street, decorated with flags and patriotic bunting. Awnings cover the first floor shop windows of businesses like Jos. H. Maurer's Hardware store (4345 Main Street), and a florist shop several units to the north. Pedestrians crowd the sidewalk, especially further north near Levering Street. Depicts the block during the Manayunk Carnival and Parade, an event held from November 8 to 13, 1909, to celebrate the formation of the Manayunk Business Men's Association., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
November 1909
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8988]
Depicts a large "Faith works" sailboat model, with five smaller replicas in the foreground. The display is situated between two columns of the church, behind a wooden lectern. Potted plants and vases with flowers surround the display., 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.8986.85]
Full length portrait of a man costumed in a multi-color striped clown suit, with a ruffled collar and cone-shaped hat. He stands outside against the stone wall of a house., 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.8986.54]
View of a river scene, probably the Schuylkill River, showing boats floating in the river, industries along its banks, and a bridge in the distance., 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.8986.73]
View of two men fishing in the Wissahickon Creek. Includes a view of the waterfalls near the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and Ridge Avenue bridges, also near the junction of Wissahickon Creek and the Schuylkill River., 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.8986.80]
View of four people sitting in an "Ajax" canoe in the Wissahickon Creek near Forbidden Drive. The bridge in the background is possibly the Log Cabin Bridge. Two groups of people sit along the bank of the creek (right) in the distance., 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.8986.65]
Full-length indoor portrait of the photographer's daughter, Elizabeth Berry, standing in front of a drop cloth with her arms clasped behind her back, attired in a coat and hat. She also wears a leg brace on her left leg., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.5]
View of four boys fishing, including the photographer's son, Walter N. Berry, off of the rocky banks of the creek near where it flows into the Schuylkill River. Two bridges are visible in the distance, the Ridge Avenue Bridge in the foreground and the taller stone, arched bridge of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad in the background., Construction of the railroad bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct or High Stone Bridge) was begun in 1874 by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Due to budgetary constraints, construction was halted and later completed from 1881-1882., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame., See related: 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.34]
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.64]
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]
