Depicts people climbing exterior staircase that rises above snow-covered boulders in Manayunk, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: The Switzerland of Phila is Manyunk [sic]. No wonder it is said the people of Manyunk [sic] get round shouldered from climbing the hills of that busy section of Phila, but to add stair cases such as these would seem to add insult to injury., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 125a [P.8513.125a], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson125a.htm
View of exterior staircase leading into west wall of the Church of the New Jerusalem. Includes view of three-arched walkway extending from main building. William Schlatter, grandfather of architect T.P. Chandler, was one of the founders of this church, built in 1881., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Not a monestary [sic] in France, or a church in rural England, just a peep at one corner of the New Jerusalem Church. 22nd and Chestnut Sts. Italian Gothic., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 191 [P.8513.191], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson191.htm
Designed by architect John McArthur, Jr., City Hall was built 1871-1901., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: View of self-supporting stairway. City Hall corner towers., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 31 [P.8513.31], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson31.htm
Designed by architect John McArthur, Jr., City Hall was built 1871-1901., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: City Hall: self-supporting stairway, corner towers. Looking directly upward. Stairs of Granite. Banisters [sic] of Bronz [sic]. 156 steps., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 39 [P.8513.39], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson39.htm
Depicts third floor doorway off of City Hall corner stairway. Designed by architect John McArthur, Jr., City Hall was built 1871-1901., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Sectional view of self-supporting stairway. City Hall corner towers., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 200 [P.8513.200], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson200.htm
