Watercolor showing a small sailboat on a tree-lined river, presumably the Schuylkill River. Includes a building on the opposite bank of the river in the background., Title from manuscript note on recto., Manuscript note in pencil on recto: 1842., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date
[ca. 1842]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.11]
Etching showing two men and a woman gathered on a wharf with food and drink. One man rests in a wheelbarrel, as the other sits upright next to the woman who leans against a wooden fence with her hands clasped. Also shows boats and the riverscape in the background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date
1894
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.20]
Lithograph showing a man with a book sitting on a large rock near a towering rock formation on the edge of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. Includes a dog curled up on the ground nearby, people in rowboats on the river, and a dwelling on the edge of the river in the right background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date
[ca. 1878]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.6]
A ticket., Printed area measures 42 x 75 mm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Union Temporary Home for Children (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date
[1858]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1858 Union 3321.F.81 (McAllister)
Exterior views of the front facade of a stone mansion with a large, wraparound porch., Yellow mounts with square corners., Photographer's imprint blind stamped on mount of P.2002.21.1. Manuscript note on verso of 7992.F.3: Aulin's mansion, near Philadelphia, Pa. Manuscript note on verso of P.2001.21.1: St. Auylin's, Chelten Hills., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Residences [7992.F.3 and P.2002.21.1]
View showing a circular fountain at the base of a hill in Fairmount Park. Fountain contains five spouts, including one with ornamentation, spraying water into the air. The hill is adorned with a walkway and pavilion., 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.9058.161]
Scenic views showing the Horse Shoe Curve and Pack Saddle along the Pittsburgh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Views also show locomotives, men posed on rock ledges, including one labeled "Sit Box," railroad tracks, and townscape., Series title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Three of the series numbered. Collection contains: 341; 517; 703., Two of stereographs inscribed on verso: T.N. Haskill., Gift of Jessy Randall., Created postfreeze., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Purviance was commissioned as an official photographer of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1867.
Creator
Purviance, William T.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Views [P.2005.19.1-4]
View of cobblestone street flanked by small rowhouses looking west toward Second Street. Shows a little girl halfway down the street on the sidewalk near a group of pigeons. Also includes signs for "Coach House Restaurant" and "Olde Alley ... Poor Richard" in the distant background., Title, photographer and date from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Bladen's Court extends north at arrow right. Lightfoot's daughter on pavement left by pigeons., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Named after Jeremiah Elfreth, the blacksmith that owned a large number of the properties on Elfreth's Alley between Front and Second Streets. Oldest preserved residential street in Philadelphia consisting of brick Trinity houses built early to mid eighteenth century., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator
Lightfoot, Frederick S., photographer
Date
November 4, 1947
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Lightfoot - Streets [P.9047.36]
View showing the guard house and "Equestrian" archway at Eaglesfield from under a brick arch. The estate was near the Girard Avenue Bridge in West Fairmount Park. Men, women and children stand and sit on the lawn in front of the guard house adorned with lattice details. The country estate, Eaglesfield, possessed by numerous property owners, including Robert Egglesfield Griffith, Ann and James Greenleaf, and Richard Rundle, declined to obscurity following the completion of the new Fairmount dam in 1822, the mid-century construction of the Girard Avenue Railroad Bridge, and the development of Fairmount Park in the 1860s. The house was razed around 1869., Title supplied by cataloger., Yellow printed label pasted on verso contains explicative paragraph of text describing Fairmount Park., Printed on mount: American Views., 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Creator
J. W. and J. S. Moulton
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moulton - Parks [P.9047.50]
Landscape view showing canal locks on the Juniata River in a mountain pass known as "Jack's Narrows". Tree-covered mountains, part of the Allegheny Mountain chain, flank the winding river., Attributed to John Moran., Title printed on mount., Creme mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9462.20]
View looking along Chestnut Street showing a crowd of spectators packing the street and sidewalks for an unidentified event. A large clock is visible across the street on the sidewalk., Title printed on mount below image., Decorative printed floral pattern flanks 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Date
[ca. 1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9047.125]
View looking southwest at the west and north elevations of the stone country house built ca. 1856 after designs by Samuel Sloan at 200 West Walnut Lane in Germantown., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: [Walnut Lane + Greene St.], Creme mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Residences [8353.F.23]
View showing a man leaning against the gate of a Gothic-style residence built in Germantown after the designs of Samuel Sloan. The design of the residence is a near mirror of another commissioned by Chestnut Hill developer Charles Taylor and built at Chestnut Hill and Norwood Avenues in 1861 after the designs of Samuel Sloan. Mirrored architectural details included recessed gable fronts on opposite sides of the house., Title supplied by cataloger., Creme mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Image previously misidentified as "Charles Taylor residence, northwest corner of Chestnut Hill and Norwood Avenues, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia." The Chestnut Hill property was sold to Horace Brown in the fall of 1861 and was later purchased by Dr. Robert Bolling and then Colonel George H. North in 1883. The residence was demolished in 1928.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Residences [8353.F.17]
Landscape view showing a winding path flanked by trees in Fairmount Park, which was officially created by an act of the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1867., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow mount with rounded corners. Mount in two equal pieces held together by paper pasted on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1867]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9814]
Exterior view of frame mission building with picket fence and sign over entrance reading, "Turner's Mission, Sabbath School 2:30pm, prayer meeting every Thursday evening". Two girls stand near the open entranceway to the mission., Title supplied by cataloger., Mint green 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 - unidentified - Religion [P.8709.10]
Receipt containing a central vignette showing a foot., Title inferred from text on print., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.144c]
View showing children standing and sitting on a gazebo or pavilion in East Fairmount Park overlooking the Schuykill River. Buildings on the west bank of the river are also visible., Title printed on mount., Trimmed white 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.9013.3]
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 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]
Views of the rocky landscape adjacent to railroad tracks near Reading, Pa., including the Lebanon Valley Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Includes a man standing in front of a steep, rocky hill and a horse-drawn coach resting near the river. The bridge, completed in 1857, was burned down during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877., Yellow cardboard mounts with rounded corners. Photographer's printed labels pasted on versos., Manuscript note on versos of P.8484.19 and P.8484.21: Bartlett & French; William C. Darrah coll., 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.8484.19-21; P.8731.1; P.9462.7]
Exterior view, with parishioners standing in front of the church., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Gray mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Schofield, John, 1835-1910
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schofield - Religion [P.9774.4]
Exterior view of front facade of a two story residence. An illegible sign protrudes from the building near the entrance door. Includes a partial view of a carriage house and adjacent houses and yards., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on verso: H.M.B.S., Gray mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Schofield, John, 1835-1910
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schofield - Residences [P.9774.6]
Landscape view shows large boulders or rock formations on the banks of the Wissahickon Creek. A man stands leaning against one of the large rocks., Title and photographer from manuscript note 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., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator
Storey, John, photographer
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Storey - Parks [P.9047.52]
View looking from the southwest corner of Broad and Stiles Streets showing dwellings lining the east side of Broad Street. Also shows trees spaced evenly in front of the dwellings and a lamppost in the foreground with "Stiles" etched into it., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer'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.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.9260.42]
View of dwellings and landscaped lawns separated by iron fences on the 2200 block Green Street. Two fountains decorate the lawns in the foreground. Possibly from 2222-2224 Green Street looking east., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint in black text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 - Streets [P.9260.44]
Depicts the bronze statue, Hudson Bay Wolves Quarreling over the Carcass of a Deer, created by Edward Kemeys in 1872 and installed on the east side of Lansdowne Drive in West Fairmount Park. First purchase of the Fairmount Park Art Association., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint on mount., Distributor's imprint on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., C.H. Graves published under the imprint "Universal Photo Art Co." between 1896 and 1904., See Darrah, The World of Stereographs, p. 52., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Denise Larrabee.
Date
c1897
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graves - Monuments and statues [P.9487]
View showing two young girls seated in a carriage pulled by two goats at the Philadelphia Zoo. A smiling man stands next to them. Another man standing on an elevated pavilion or gazebo is visible in the background., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint stamped on mount., Distributor's imprint and logo stamped on mount., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., C.H. Graves published under the imprint "Universal Photo Art Co." between 1896 and 1904., See Darrah, The World of Stereographs, p. 52., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date
c1903
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graves - Zoo [P.9047.150]
Landscape view looking north from Landsdowne (i.e., Lansdowne) terrace in West Fairmount Park showing freight cars on railroad tracks traveling north., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Morris Finkel.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.8643.5]
Landscape view from hilltop showing trees in Lansdowne section of West Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 [P.9466.18]
Elevated landscape view, possibly from upper floors of a nearby mill building or bridge, of a dam on Wissahickon Creek., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 [P.8923.4]
Landscape view of a man standing on the Old Log Cabin Bridge on the tree-lined Wissahickon Creek. Bridge named after the nearby Old Log Cabin Hostlery at Lincoln Drive above Gypsy Lane., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 [P.9260.23]
Landscape view showing a woman reading in the grass near a tree-lined path leading up to a rustic foot bridge in the background. Also shows two people standing on the bridge., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 [P.8923.8]
Views depict unidentified residences and the rear of these properties with a circular tent and flagpole., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint from printed red text on versos., Yellow mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown - Residences [8353.F.31-32]
Landscape view of River Road running parallel to the Schuylkill River. Shows a pavilion in the distance, along with dwellings on the opposite bank., Title and series number on negative., 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 - unidentified - Parks [P.8731.10]
Elevated view showing frame houses and yards from R.B. Whittaker's "International Photograph Gallery" in rural Honesdale in upstate Pennsylvania., Title from manuscript note in ink on mount., Photographer's name from manuscript note in red ink on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Whittaker, R. B.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Whittaker [P.9212.6]
Elevated view looking northeast from the City Hall construction site showing the west front and north flank of the new Masonic Temple, built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim. Also shows pedestrians standing on the corner in the foreground., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Philadelphia., 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Date
[ca. 1873]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [P.9047.96]
Faded landscape views showing the stone arch bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek leading to Springfield Avenue. A man leans against a tree in the foreground, looking toward the bridge. Built in 1832 and rebuilt in 1915. Also referred to as the Springfield Avenue Bridge., Title from manuscript notes on mounts., Beige mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9844.39-40]
View showing a man sitting in a bare tree in the woods on the Ormiston estate in East Fairmount Park. Ormiston, located near the East Park Reservoir, was a farm and place of recreation with extensive orchards., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 [P.8923.10]
View showing a playground on the Sweet Briar estate, including two tents, one shading a merry-go-round, the other benches. Also shows a swing set in the foreground and a group sitting under the shade of trees on the lawn in the distance., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 [8353.F.7]
View showing a man leaning against a rustic wooden railing on a tree-lined path in Belmont glen in West Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 [8353.F.14]
View showing the Schuylkill River from a small recess shaded by trees on the east bank. Includes rocks and an empty barrel floating in the water in the foreground, a docked rowboat, and a building on the west bank in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., Manuscript note on verso: Stuart., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 [P.9212.15]
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]
Landscape view showing a man standing on a wide, tree-lined dirt road running parallel to the Wissahickon Creek., Title from manuscript note on label pasted on verso., Publisher's imprint printed on 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., Gift of F.J. Dallet.
Creator
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9488.2]
View of a horse-drawn coach parked on a path in Fairmount Park near the Schuylkill River. The coach, hitched to two horses, accomodates about eight people in its carriage. Also shows buildings on the opposite bank of the river in the distant background., Written on negative: 31, 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.9299.84]
View showing two farm buildings adjacent to a wide dirt road in West Fairmount Park. A horse-drawn dray rests in between the two buildings, along with piles of lumber. Referred to as "the oldest house in Lansdown" in Newell album [P.9062.63a]., Title one of sixty-eight views in numbered series list printed on label pasted on verso (No. 58-125)., 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.9299.61]
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]
Landscape view showing two rustic benches near a tree-lined path in West Fairmount Park., Written on negative: 13, Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint and series number 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.9299.98]
View showing a playground on the Sweetbriar estate in West Fairmount Park, including two tents (one shading a merry-go-round) and a swing set. Men sit and stand on the hillside in the foreground and under the empty tent and near the merry-go-round in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., Incorrect location in manuscript note on mount: Flying horse tents, Lemon Hill., Photographer's imprint obscured by photograph pasted on mount. Series number also partially obsured., 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.9299.102]
Landscape view showing a tree-lined pond in the distance. Includes two horses near the edge of the pond and a man in a rowboat in the distant right background., Title supplied by cataloger., 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.9299.87]
