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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: [Pennsylvania Railroad Connecting Railway Bridge from Lansdowne, Philadelphia]
Description: View from the west bank of the river showing men and a woman holding a child standing and sitting near a rustic railing overlooking the New York Railroad Bridge, known as the Connecting Railway Bridge, built from 1866-1867 after the designs of Pennsylvania Railroad Chief Engineer John A. Wilson. The PRR bridge served as the railroad’s first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City., Title supplied by cataloger., Series list printed on verso. Includes one hundred titles in the series (No. 1-100)., Publisher's imprint printed on series 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 David Doret.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.12]

Title: Views of Johnstown Flood 1889
Description: Album containing images of Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1881 and after the great flood of May 31, 1889. Across the first two leaves is "View of Johnstown after the flood of May 31st 1889" showing the devastation of the destroyed buildings and including the “Railroad Bridge, Millville,” “Johnstown,” and “Conemaugh Borough with Woodvale in the distance.” Images depicting the destruction include of the South Fork Dam, Main Street, Clinton Street, St. John’s Catholic Church, the Methodist Church, Cambria Iron Company Club House, B. &. O Depot, debris above the P.R.R. Bridge, Gautier Wire Mill and Cutlery Works, and the wreck of the Day Express train at East Conemaugh. Illustrations show people gathered around the ruins and finding bodies of the deceased including “The finding of the bodies of James Murther, wife and three children, and Maggie Ripple, corner Main and Clinton Streets.”, Title from album cover., Date inferred from content., Text printed on the first leaf: "Published & Copyrighted by S.W. Fleming, Harrisburg Pa. From Views of LeRue Lemer, Harrisburg Pa.", Text printed on the final leaf: "Manufactured by Chisholm Bros-Portland Me. Manufacturers of Chas. Frey's Original Souvenir Albums of all American & Canadian Cities & Sceneries.", Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2011.45.27]

Title: Album of Pennsylvania R. R. scenery
Description: Souvenir viewbook containing twelve captioned views of prominent sites and landmarks of and along the Pennsylvania Railroad in the Mid-Atlantic. Includes "Pennsylvania R. R. Station, Jersey City, Showing Birds eye View of the Hudson River, New York City Etc."; "Pennsylvania R. R. Ferries Plying Between Jersey City & New York"; "New Brunswick N. J. Penna. R. R. Bridge Crossing the Raritan River"; "Broad St. Station Penna. R. R. Co. Philadelphia. Grandest R. R. Depot in America" with inset showing Independence Hall"; "New Public Building, Philadelphia Cor. Broad & Market Streets. Built of Marble & Granite. Grandest Single Structure in the World. Cost Already Over $15,000,000. View at Left, U. S. Mint. View on the Right, Penna. R. R. Depot."; "Views at Bryn Mawr, 10 miles West of Philadelphia: Bryn Mawr Hotel. Bryn Mawr Station. Residences."; "Penn. R.R. Bridge Crossing the Susquehanna River 6 Miles West of Harrisbugh PA"; "Lewiston Narrows"; "Jacks Narrows, From Mapleton"; "Along Jack Narrows"; "The Horse Shoe Curve, Pennsylvania Railroad"; "Near Bolivar on the Conemaugh with inset showing "Scene at Allegrippus"; "In the Pack Saddle, On the Conemaugh/Spruce Creek Tunnel"; "Penna. R. R. Co’s Depot, Pittsburgh Pa."; View of Pittsburgh & Allegheny City Pa. with inset showing "Iron Works South Side." Views also show American's first immigration center Castlegarden (i.e., Castle Clinton, Battery Park, N.Y.), traveling trains, piers, factories, pedestrian and street traffic, and landscapes, including mountains, valleys, and creeks. Some inset images also designed as trompe l'oeil., Publication information from copyright statement., Title from embossed brown morocco binding, front cover stamped: Album of Pennsylvania R. R. Scenery., Prints connected by accordion folds., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [1888]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Album [P.2011.45.26]

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