View showing the mill, at the base of a large hill, possibly the Gulf Mill on Gulf Creek near Bebel Hill in Lower Merion. Near the mill, stand a residence, outhouse, and wood shack. Also shows a man standing on the creek bank in the foreground., Title printed on mount., Orange 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 - Industry [P.9449.2]
Advertisement showing three men working with mahogany logs in a four-story, brick building tenanted by the saw mill of Jacob Keyser and Bryan Fox at 225 Crown Street. One of the laborers guides a log onto a block and tackle lift from the sidewalk (left), while another holds the ropes and waits for the log on the second level. Another laborer moves a log on a ramp through an open doorway on the first floor (right). In the foreground, an unhitched dray rests near a log in the cobblestone street. The basement, first, and second floor windows and doors are flanked by open, white shutters. Keyser & Foxe operated from this location between 1853 and 1861, at which time the sawmill was renamed Bryan Fox & Son., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Aug. 1847., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 420, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator
Heiss, George G., artist
Date
[ca. 1847]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W212 [P.2138]
