View of dirt road flanked by boulders and trees, showing a man standing on the side of the road looking away from the photographer toward a small toll house in the distance., Title from photographer's label 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., 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 - Parks [P.9058.155]
Shows a man standing near a toll house at the bend of a road near the Wissahickon Creek., Title printed on mount., Date from manuscript note on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [(3)1322.F.137g]
View looking downhill at a peddler and his customer on a dirt road. A stone wall and trees flank the road. The peddler holds a basket of goods and the customer his wallet., Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists thirty-four other views in the series (No. 181-294)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Views [P.2002.21.5]
View of a winding dirt road in the mountains flanked by boulders, stacked rocks, and trees., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift from the heirs of Paul D.I. and Anna S. Maier: James H. Maier, Anthony M. Maier, Marianna M. Thomas, and Cynthia C. Maier., A.M. Allen, born in Deerfield, Mass., relocated to Pottsville, Pa. ca. 1852 and set up his studio at the southwest corner of West Market and North Centre Streets. He retired from the business in 1894.
Creator
Allen, A. M. (Amos Morrel), 1823-1900, photographer
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Allen - Views [P.9844.31]
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]
Portion of the series published by North Conway photographer Nathan W. Pease in 1870 documenting the landscape of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The mountains, spilt by the Crawford Notch, comprise two ranges named Presidential (east) and Franconia (west). The scenic mountains inspired the 19th-century "White Mountain School" of painting and the publication of several series of stereographic views in the mid to late nineteenth century., Views show the Crawford Notch; Middle Montain (North Conway); Diana's Baths waterfall (North Conway); the Flume gorge with Pendent Boulder (also known as the "Great Hanging Boulder") at Franconia Notch; Crystal Cascade waterfall at the Pinkham Notch; Glen Ellis Falls; and the carriage road and "half-way house and ledge" on Mt. Washington. Views also show a stream, cliffs, trees, and a couple., Titles printed on mounts., Photographer's imprint printed on versos., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Series numbers: 26, 53, 128, 149, 151, 165., Seven of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American views., Described in "Stereoscopic Views and Photographs." Anthony's Photographic Bulletin 1 (Sept. 1870), p. 165., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Pease established his New Hampshire photographic studio in 1858.
Creator
Pease, Nathan W., 1836-1918
Date
[1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Pease - Views - White Mountains [5739.61c-d; 5739.F.61h; 5739.F.62a-c; 5739.F.62e; P.9022.15]
