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Title: On Catawissa Island, Catawissa Pa
Description: Landscape view showing a man walking over fallen trees in a wooded area. A railroad bridge stands in the distance., Title from manuscript note on accompanying label., Buff mount with square corners., Attributed to John Moran., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views and 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. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Moran - Views - Cattawissa Railroad [5759.F.9b]

Title: [Falls Village, Schuylkill River]
Description: View looking through an arch of the Old Falls Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River showing Falls Village (East Falls) at the Falls of Schuylkill. The village, established in the latter 18th century around a private fishing club, evolved into a mill town in the 19th century, and was incorporated into Philadelphia in 1854. The Old Falls Bridge, also known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Bridge, was erected in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz., Publisher's name supplied by cataloger., Publisher's address and series title printed in red on mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Reissued by C.W. Woodward in Rochester, N.Y., on July 8, 1871 and entitled "Falls Village" [P.9007.3]., 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, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Bridges [P.8484.1]

Title: Girard Avenue Bridge postcards
Description: Contains views of the Girard Avenue bridge, built 1872-1874 by Henry Augustus Sims and James Peacock Sims. Images document the railroad bridge spanning the Schuylkill River at Girard Avenue from the banks of the river, the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, West Drive and Fairmount Park., Contains 35 postcards printed in color and 9 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: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Bridges - Girard Avenue - 12]

Title: Penn R.R
Description: 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]

Title: Falls Village
Description: View looking through an arch of the Old Falls Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River showing Falls Village (East Falls) at the Falls of Schuylkill. The village, established in the latter 18th century around a private fishing club, evolved into a mill town in the 19th century, and was incorporated into Philadelphia in 1854. The Old Falls Bridge, also known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Bridge, was erected in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Date from manuscript note on verso., Reissue of a circa 1868 view entitled "Falls Village, Schuylkill River" by Bartlett & French of Philadelphia. [P.8484.1]., Digitization 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, photographer
Date: July 8, 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Woodward - Bridges [P.9007.3]

Title: P.R.R. Bridge over Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: 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]

Title: [Falls Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View looking northwest from East Fairmount Park showing the Falls Bridge also known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The six-arched bridge, completed near the Falls of Schuylkill in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz, was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Railroad. A covered bridge and factory buildings are seen in the background., Green mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Bridges - Falls Bridge [P.2003.24]

Title: East River Drive postcards
Description: Depicts various views of East River Drive in Fairmount Park including the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park, built 1866-1867 by engineers John A. Wilson and Alexander C. Shand. Construction of bridge was one of many factors that enabled the implementation of a direct route from West Philadelphia to New York City. Includes trains travelling east and west over the bridge. Also depicts pedestrian and vehicular traffic on East River Drive near the bridge., Contains 59 postcards printed in color and 26 printed in black and white., Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge also known as the Mantua Junction Viaduct., 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: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - East River Drive - 66-68]

Title: Landsdown Drive looking north
Description: View showing a horse-drawn coach approaching two men standing on Lansdowne Drive near Sweet Briar Mansion in West Fairmount Park. A trestle railroad bridge spans the drive in the background., 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.9299.99]

Title: View from Belmont looking S.E
Description: View looking southeast from Belmont Mansion in West Fairmount Park showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in the distant left background. Also shows benches and chairs near the mansion in the foreground. One of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, the bridge was completed in 1834 after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad. The Reading Railroad purchased the bridge in the 1850s., Written on negative: 42, 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.9299.89]

Title: Old Falls Bridg[e] Schuy[l]kill R[i]ver
Description: View from Laurel Hill in East Fairmount Park looking northeast showing the six-arched bridge completed in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz near the Falls of Schuylkill on the Schuylkill River. The bridge was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Railroad. A covered bridge is seen in the background., Title printed on mount., Date from manuscript note on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Woodward, C. W. (Charles Warren)
Date: May 29, 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Woodward - Bridges [P.9007.4]

Title: View from the New Park, Phila[delphia]
Description: View looking from West Fairmount Park showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge over 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 use by the Reading Railroad Company. A residence is visible in the foreground and buildings line the river bank in the background. A line of freight cars enters the bridge., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Francis J. Dallett., 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 - Columbia [P.9528.1]

Title: Connecting R.R. Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View from Laurel Hill in Fairmount Park looking northwest showing the Falls Bridge spanning over the Schuylkill River near the old Falls in the Schuylkill. The six-arched bridge, completed in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz, was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Railroad. A covered bridge is seen in the background., Orange mount with rounded corners., Gift of Francis James Dallett., Digitization 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 - Bridges - Falls Bridge [P.9233.3]

Title: Near Belmont Cottage
Description: View looking from West Fairmount Park showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, completed in 1834. Built after the designs of engineer John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company, the bridge spanned over the Schuylkill River below Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park. A small brick building is visible in the lower left 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. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Bridges [8353.F.12]

Title: Callowhill St. Bridge, Phila
Description: View from within the Callowhill Street Bridge showing the lower pedestrian deck of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The bridge, also known as the Spring Garden Street Bridge, was built by the Keystone Bridge Company from 1874-1875 after the designs of engineer Jacob H. Linville. It was demolished in 1964., Grey mount with rounded corners., Title inscribed in negative., 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. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9260.85]

Title: [Columbia Railroad Bridge, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking north from East Fairmount Park showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. One of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, it was completed in 1834 after the designs of engineer John C. Trautwine for use by the Reading Railroad Company. In the foreground, a man sits on a rock near a small ravine in a grassy knoll. Also includes two multi-storied buildings, possibly beer saloons, near the bridge., Pale blue mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., 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.9299.49]

Title: Columbia Railroad Bridge
Description: View looking north from East Fairmount Park showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. One of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, it was completed in 1834 after the designs of engineer John C. Trautwine for use by the Reading Railroad Company., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount: Columbia Bridge., Pale yellow mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., 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.9299.43]

Title: Old Columbia Bridge over the Schuylkill River
Description: View showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, completed in 1834. Built after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company, the bridge spanned over the Schuylkill River below Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park., Title from photographer's label on verso., Manuscript note on mount: Old Columbia Bridge. Philadelphia., Buff mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Bridges [P.9326.3]

Title: [Old Columbia Bridge over the Schuylkill River]
Description: View showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, completed in 1834. Built after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company, the bridge spanned over the Schuylkill River below Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park., Title and publication information from similar stereoview by McClees., Light grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.)
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Bridges [(3)1322.F.123a]

Title: Girard Ave. Bridge from south side of bridge looking to the city
Description: View looking from West Fairmount Park showing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River. Completed in 1874 after the designs of Philadelphia architects Henry A. and James P. Sims, the bridge also served as a pedestrian bridge. Demolished in 1971. View includes concrete blocks and stones laying on the ground near the bridge., Title from label and manuscript note on verso., Description of Fairmount Park and Water Works printed on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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 [P.9260.19a]

Title: New Girard Avenue Bridge
Description: Views looking from Girard Avenue showing the Girard Avenue Bridge, completed in 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. View also shows the nearby New York Connecting Railway Bridge, completed in 1867. In the foreground, spectators observe the river., One print [P.9260.71] on grey mount with rounded corners., One print [P.2011.47.52] on light blue mount with rounded corners., Paper labels on versos listing over sixty-five park views published by the firm., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., One print [P.2011.47.52] gift of Raymond Holstein., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.9260.71], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Bridges [P.2011.47.52]

Title: Railroad bridge Girard Ave. looking S.E
Description: Depicts a segment of the wrought-iron railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River completed after the designs of Henry A. and James P. Sims in 1874. The bridge, demolished in 1971, also served as a pedestrian bridge. In the distant background, Callowhill Street Bridge and downtown Philadelphia are visible., Title from manuscript note on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.9299.78]

Title: On the Ridge Road, near Manayunk
Description: Buff mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., View showing a section of the second Norristown Railroad Bridge over the mouth of the Wissahickon Creek. The bridge, built by Haughey and Snyder for the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad (later Philadelphia and Reading Railroad), was razed by fire in 1862 and replaced with a temporary trestle-work bridge. Also shows the falls of Wissahickon Creek in the foreground., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Views [(3)1322.F.132b]

Title: The Susquehannah Bridge from above
Description: View showing the Susquehanna Bridge, known as the Rockville Bridge, spanning the Susquehanna River at Rockville, Pa. The wood bridge used by the Middle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was completed in 1849 by contractors Holman, Simon & Burke and Daniel Stone. The bridge was removed and replaced in 1877. View also shows two boys standing on the riverbank in the foreground., Title from publisher's label pasted on verso., Cream mount with square corners., Manuscript note on mount: The Susquehannah [sic] Bridge Pennsylvania., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Anthony operated his New York stereoscopic firm as a sole proprietor from 1859 to 1860. He produced a primary series of views and specialized sets of views with negative numbers in the 600 range before establishing the partnership, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., with his brother in 1860., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Anthony - Bridges [P.9326.2]

Title: New York R.R. Bridge
Description: View from the west bank of the Schuylkill River (Fairmount Park) depicting the Victorian-style stone and wrought iron Connecting Railway Bridge or Schuylkill River Bridge utilized by the New York division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, the bridge served as the railroad's first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City. Gas-lighted lamps and an arch truss adorn the bridge., Title from manuscript note on mount., Publisher's imprint stamped on verso., Name of artist supplied by duplicate views photographed circa 1870. (P.9060.31a and P.9062.89a)., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.9299.81]

Title: N.Y. Bridge from N.W
Description: View looking from West Fairmount Park showing the New York Connecting Railway Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, was utilized by the New York division of the railroad and served as the first connecting railway between New York and Philadelphia. Also shows a group of men and women sitting on a bench and conversing in the park in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Inscribed in negative: 135., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization 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 - Bridges [P.9299.46]

Title: Girard Ave. Bridge
Description: View looking east from Girard Avenue showing the Girard Avenue Bridge, completed in 1872-74 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. Also includes a partial view of the nearby New York Connecting Railway Bridge, completed in 1867. In the foreground, spectators observe the river., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from manuscript note 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 David Doret.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1874]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.2010.6.6]

Title: View from Belmont, Phila. Park. Schuylkill River in the distance with Penna R.R. Bridge
Description: View looking south from Belmont Mansion in West Fairmount Park showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in the distant left background. One of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, it was completed in 1834 after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad. The Reading Railroad purchased the bridge in the 1850s., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., 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 David Doret.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.7]

Title: Girard Avenue Bridge postcards
Description: Contains views of the Girard Avenue bridge, built 1872-1874 after designs by Henry Augustus Sims and James Peacock Sims for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Depicts the bridge spanning the Schuylkill River from the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens and a detailed view of the Promontory Rock Tunnel, bored in 1871, on East River Drive (i.e., Kelly Drive)., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.9048.163, P.9048.391, P.9048.395, P.9105.3 and P.2002.67.35., 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 - [various]

Title: Fairmount Park high stone bridge postcards
Description: Depicts the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridge at the junction of Wissahickon Creek and the Schuylkill River, above Ridge Avenue. Includes views of Wissahickon Falls in the foreground, a motorcar and pedestrians. Marks the entrance to Wissahickon Creek, Wissahickon Drive and Wissahickon Park., Contains 22 postcards printed in color and 3 in black and white., Construction of the 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., 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: 1900-1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Bridges - High Stone Bridge - 61]

Title: Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park , Phila. (Columbia Bridge)
Description: Lithograph showing people in rowboats on the Schuylkill River in the foreground and the Columbia Bridge in the background. One of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, it was completed in 1834 after the designs of engineer John C. Trautwine for use by the Reading Railroad Company., 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. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.2]

Title: Views of Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge spanning the Niagara River
Description: Views depict the Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge spanning the Niagara River constructed 1851-1855 after John A. Roebling to connect the railroads of New York Central and Great Western Railway of Canada. One image shows the large stone pylons and two decks of the bridge from the river bank and another depicts the enclosed wooden carriage level with two men standing on the sides near the lattice work., Photographer's stamp pasted 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: Mason, Samuel (Samuel J.)
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Mason - Bridges [P.9022.7-8]

Title: View of Niagara Falls, New York and Ontario
Description: View of the falls in the distant background. Includes a tent labeled "photographic and stereoscopic views of the falls" sheltering a camera in the left foreground., Photographer's stamp pasted 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.
Creator: Mason, Samuel (Samuel J.)
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Mason - Views [P.9022.9]

Title: Views from the Reading Railroad near Reading, Pa
Description: 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]

Title: View from Belmont
Description: View looking east from a dirt path near Belmont Mansion in West Fairmount Park showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in the distant background. One of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, the bridge was completed in 1834 after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad. The Reading Railroad purchased the bridge in the 1850s., Written on negative: 47, 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.9299.91]

Title: [McCauley Mountain Rail Road]
Description: Depicts tracks leading to the McCauley Mountain Railroad bridge on the Catawissa Railroad near a farm residence in Maineville. Four men sit and stand on the tracks. The railroad, incorporated in 1831 and opened in 1854, traveled through the Blue Ridge Mountains connecting Port Clinton and Williamsport, Pennsylvania., Manuscript note on verso: MCauly Mtn. R.R., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Series title from duplicate stereograph., Duplicate entitled McCauley Bridge, McCauley Mountain R.R., Pa. (P.8992.3)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Cattawissa Railroad [P.9462.16]

Title: McCauley Bridge, McCauley Mountain R.R., Pa
Description: Depicts tracks leading to the Catawissa Railroad bridge which passes over a farm residence near Maineville. Four men sit and stand on the tracks. The railroad, organized in 1831 and opened in 1854, traveled through the mountains near Blue Ridge connecting Port Clinton and Williamsport, Pennsylvania., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Buff mount with square corners., Contains distributor's stamp on verso: James W. Queen & Co., 924 Chestnut Street Phila., 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. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8992.3]

Title: Girard Bridge & c
Description: View from the riverbank showing a section of the Old Girard Avenue Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. The bridge, completed in 1855, was razed circa 1871 and replaced. Also shows, in the background, a section of the Connecting Railway Bridge, built from 1866-1867 after the designs of Pennsylvania Railroad Chief Engineer John A. Wilson., Title from manuscript note on mount., Curved orange mount with rounded corners., Promotional text with trademark printed on verso by Baltimore printer, Woods, advertising "Chase's Celebrated Collection of National Views." Includes the Capitol, U.S. Naval Academy, Central Park, Schuylkill Park, and Baltimore., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Chase, a Baltimore photographer, operated as a stereograph photographer and publisher between circa 1872 to 1890.
Creator: Chase, William M., 1818 or 1819-1901
Date: [ca. 1870, ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Chase - Bridges [P.9466.27]

Title: [Girard Avenue Bridge monument]
Description: View showing the railroad bridge monument near East River Drive. The sculpted monument, composed of an ornate archway, basin, and plaque commemorates key figures in the construction of the bridge. Names inscribed on the plaque include: Clarke, Reeves, & Co. of the Phoenixville Bridge Works; Samuel L. Smedley, chief engineer and surveyor; and H.A. and J.P. Sims, architects. The bridge, built from 1872-1874, was demolished in 1971., Title supplied by cataloguer., Copyrighted by A.W. Fatsinger., Label pasted on verso inscribed Alfred Rigling., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer
Date: cApril 1,1873
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - Monuments and statues [P.9058.175]

Title: Callowhill St. Bridge Upper deck, 2,734 ft.; Lower, 850 ft
Description: View showing a segment of the Callowhill Street railroad bridge, also known as Spring Garden Street Bridge, built 1874-1875 by the Keystone Bridge Company after the designs of engineer Jacob H. Linville. Depicts the lower deck used by pedestrians. Bridge demolished in 1964., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Description of "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" printed on verso., 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. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Bridges [P.9466.19]

Title: Callowhill Street Bridge
Description: View showing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, also known as Spring Garden Street Bridge, built over the Schuylkill River from 1874-1875 by the Keystone Bridge Company after the designs of engineer Jacob H. Linville. Demolished in 1964. Bridge adorned with ornate ironwork, including lampposts and fencing., 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. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Bridges [P.9466.20]

Title: Landing, South Laurel Hill
Description: View showing two men working at a boat landing on the bank of the Schuylkill River near Laurel Hill Cemetery in East Fairmount Park. Platform steps for disembarking are visible on the landing. Also shows the Old Falls Bridge also known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Bridge near the Falls of Schuylkill in the background. The six-arched bridge, completed in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz, was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Railroad., Title printed on mount., Date inscribed on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Woodward, proprietor of the Fine Art Depot in Rochester, was a major publisher of stereoviews during the 1870s., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Woodward, Charles Warren, 1836-1894
Date: May 29, 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Woodward - Rivers [P.9007.1]

Title: View at Landsdowne
Description: 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]

Title: North from Landsdowne terrace
Description: 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]

Title: North from the summer house
Description: 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]

Title: The Wissahickon at the mouth
Description: View showing the Norristown Railroad Bridge and the Ridge Avenue Bridge over the mouth of the Wissahickon Creek. The new permanent Norristown Railroad Bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct or High Stone Bridge) was under the early stages of construction in 1874 by its new owners, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, when due to budgetary constraints, the construction was halted and later completed 1881-1882. Also shows a man rowing a boat on the creek., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on verso: Muschaux No. 22., 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. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Bridges [P.9022.29]

Title: [Pine grove, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View from a grove of pine trees in West Fairmount Park looking northeast toward the Schuylkill River. In the right foreground, two African American men park guards, attired in caps and uniformed suits, stand in a field divided with wooden fences. In the distant background, the New York Connecting Railway Bridge is visible., Possibly by R. Newell & Son., Title supplied by cataloger., Orange mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note written on verso: "Pine Grove.", Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Jane Carson James, 1990.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9299.44]

Title: Tunnel near Girard Ave. Bridge
Description: View looking north from in front of the Girard Avenue Bridge showing the Promontory Rock Tunnel, bored in 1871, on East River Drive (i.e., Kelly Drive) in East Fairmount Park. Also shows a section of the New York Connecting Railway Bridge, built for the Pennsylvania Railroad 1866-1867, in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Green mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint 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.
Creator: Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer
Date: c1873
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - Bridges [P.9260.55]

Title: Girard Avenue Bridge
Description: View showing a Fairmount Park guard standing near the entrance to the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge. Adorned with ornate ironwork, including fencing and lamposts, the bridge was completed over the Schuylkill River in 1874 after the designs of Philadelphia architects Henry A. and James P. Sims. Also shows a partial view of the New York Connecting Railway Bridge in the background. The Girard Avenue Bridge was razed in 1971., Yellow mount with rounder corners., Negative annotated with series number and title., Description of Fairmount Park and Water Works printed on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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 - Bridges [P.9260.19]

Title: Bridges across the Wissahickon
Description: View showing sections of the second Norristown Railroad Bridge and the Ridge Avenue Bridge over the mouth of the Wissahickon Creek. The railroad bridge, built in 1845 by Haughey & Snyder, was razed by fire in 1862 and replaced with a temporary trestle bridge. The Ridge Avenue Bridge was rebuilt from 1888-1890. Also shows two men, one seated with a sketchbook, on the bank of the creek., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Bridges [(3)1322.F.132a]

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