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Title: Alirene Mills textile plant at Frankford Creek, 1200-1300 Adams Avenue, Frankford, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of Alirene Mills (formerly Bromley Mills) textile plant at Frankford Creek and Adams Avenue. The mill was owned by James Bromley and was built in 1903, designed by the architecture firm Stearns and Castor. Row homes can be seen adjacent to the factory complex., Negative numbers: 13002n, P98, P99, P103, P104., Manuscript note on negative sleeve of 13002n: Buckman and Buckman, Fkd. Creek, N. Phila, Pa, August 27, 1930.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1930-1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.13002n; P.8990.P98; P.8990.P99; P.8990.P103; P.8990.P104]

Title: [Bertha T. Webster sitting on a log near a creek]
Description: Depicts the photographer's brother's wife, Bertha Taylor Webster, attired in a striped dress sitting on a log near a creek. A wooden barn structure sits along the edge of the creek in the background. Several long pieces of lumber are piled on the ground near the outbuilding., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.45]

Title: Bits of nature and some art products
Description: Landscape views showing "At South Laurel Hill"; "East of Columbia Bridge"; and "West of Wire Bridge (1842)" in Fairmount Park. Includes a mule driver in front of a hotel, possibly the Upper Ferry Tavern, near the bridge; park visitors; vessels on the Schuylkill River; rock formations; trees; and a cascading brook. The Wire Bridge at Fairmount, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 56a, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 61 K 8346.85, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 61 K 8346.85

Title: Bits of nature and some art products in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Uncut sheet of landscape views showing "Below Girard Bridge, East"; "East of Columbia Bridge"; "Above Columbia Bridge"; "Ravine near Reservoir East"; "At South Laurel Hill"; "Belmont Prospect (1848)"; "East of Girard Bridge (1857)";"West of Wire Bridge (1842)"and "Above Girard Bridge East." Includes a man on horseback approaching the residence, on the plateau, at Belmont, the former estate of Judge Richard Peters; a distant view of the Columbia Bridge (completed 1834) across the Schuylkill River; a horse-drawn wagon and man on horseback crossing the Old Girard Avenue Bridge; a mule driver in front of a hotel, possibly the Upper Ferry Tavern, near the Wire Bridge; park visitors, including children; vessels on the Schuylkill River; cliffs; a cascading brook; rock formations; and trees. Belmont was the country seat of Peters until his death in 1828. The old Girard Avenue Bridge was built in 1855 and razed in 1871. The Wire Bridge at Fairmount, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 56, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 81 Z 99, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 81 Z 99

Title: Centennial grounds from Judges' Pavilion
Description: View looking north from the rear of the Judges' Hall showing four men standing on a path flanked by trees. A small bridge spanning a stream is visible in the distance. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9734.9]

Title: Cobbs and Darby Creeks postcards
Description: Depicts images of Cobbs and Darby Creeks including Independence Falls, an old log cabin and homes of early settlers along Darby Creek., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 4 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 [Cobbs and Darby Creeks - 57]

Title: Cobbs Creek
Description: View of rocky creek with a few leafless trees on banks., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Late fall - Cobbs Creek above falls (about 1/4 mile). Note old crumbling bridge head - middle distance left. The water was cold and decidedly damp. O, we know - we went in with both feet. Slipped on one of those so called crossing stones. Double crossing stones would be more apropos., 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 62 [P.8513.62], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson62.htm

Title: [Cobbs Creek, near the Cobbs Creek Golf Course, Philadelphia]
Description: View of rocky creek bordered by snow-covered ground and trees., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Near Public Golf Course. 69 St. Terminal of El. Trees encased in ice. Water was cold. I know. I slid in - both feet., 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 60 [P.8513.60], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson60.htm

Title: The Dell in Fairmount Park postcards
Description: Depicts a wooded valley in Fairmount Park, just outside East Park, showing a rustic wooden bridge spanning a stream., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A09, 86A10 and 86B05., 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: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: Devil's Pool, Cresheim Creek, looking up, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Cresheim Creek with a rocky riverbed and a small pool at one end. The bank is steep, with trees clinging to the rocks., Photographer remarks: In neg. preserver., Time: 12:15, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: November 8, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.451]

Title: Fairmount Park Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Uncut sheet containing 2 views of landscapes in Fairmount Park titled "In Robert's Hollow oppst. Laurel Hill" and "Ravine below Laurel Hill, Philada." Views include waterfalls, brooks, rocky cliffs, spectators, trees, and animal life. Spectators include young men and a boy., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 234, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 81 L 372, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Roberts Hollow, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Ravine

Title: Fairmount Park Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Uncut sheet containing 2 views of landscapes in Fairmount Park titled "In Robert's Hollow oppst. Laurel Hill" and "Ravine below Laurel Hill, Philada." Views include waterfalls, brooks, rocky cliffs, spectators, trees, and animal life. Spectators include young men and a boy., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 234, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 81 L 372, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Roberts Hollow, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Ravine

Title: Frankford Creek at Frankford Ave., looking east
Description: Depicts bend in creek with industrial buildings lining banks and bridge crossing creek in the distance., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., 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 129 [P.8213.129], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson129.htm

Title: Glen near Horticultural Hall postcards
Description: Contains views of a wooded valley near Horticultural Hall, including a stream, a wooden pedestrian bridge and a stone arch bridge., Sheet numbers: 86A13 and 86A14., 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: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: [Kensington Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the low bridge carrying Kensington Avenue over the Tacony Creek in Frankford. Includes a boy leaning against the iron railing of the bridge looking down toward the creek and the camera. Also shows one of the stone abutments of the bridge, with a partial view of dwellings and businesses on Kensington Avenue in the background., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.4-8, P.9501.11]

Title: Near Sweet Briar, West Phila
Description: Etching showing a stream flowing over large rocks near Sweet Briar in West Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note in pencil on print., 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.21]

Title: Pegs Run
Description: View showing the stream running above Callowhill Street in Northern Liberties named after nearby property holder Daniel Pegg. In the foreground, a man steers a boat by pole and exits from the culvert under the dirt road that crosses the waterway. Cows graze on the adjacent marshland and Pegg's farm is visible in the distant background. Also shows a wagon and pedestrian traversing the dirt road and overpass., Plate published in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia...(Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1830), opp. p. 379., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 548
Creator: Breton, William L., artist
Date: [1830]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Views - P [P.8970.35]

Title: Pennypack Creek. Above the dam west of Pennypack Park
Description: Depicts a scenic view of creek bordered by trees and brush., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Below this scene there were many youngsters desporting themselves in the water, in various costumes. One-piece bathing suits in this locality consist of a pair of "nearly almost B.V.D.s"., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.3: same neg., 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 74 [P.8513.74], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson74.htm

Title: Pennypack Creek -- looking into Pennypack park from the bridge over the creek
Description: Depicts creek with brush on either bank., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., 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 70 [P.8513.70], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson70.htm

Title: [Pennypack Creek, Philadelphia]
Description: Depicts Pennypack Creek bordered by undergrowth and trees., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Along the Pennypack Creek. With trees and shrubs of almost jungle growth, who would think we are within the limits of a city having a population of about 2,000,000 people., 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 61 [P.8513.61], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson61.htm

Title: [Pennypack Creek, Philadelphia]
Description: Depicts view of creek bordered by trees., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Another view of the Pennypack., 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 49 [P.8513.49], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson49.htm

Title: In ravine near Sweet Briar Fairmount Park, Phila
Description: Lithograph showing a stream flowing downhill and split around large rocks in a wooded area on Sweet Briar estate in West Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Includes a rabbit near the water's edge in the right foreground., 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, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.5]

Title: Remington Rd. just beyond 69th and Market Sts
Description: View of bridge crossing rocky creek bordered by trees., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: A more romantic stretch of road than the Wissahickon Drive, but not as well kept. Deserted old houses, old bridge heads, huge rock outcroppings, a laughing stream that ever and anon in placid mood seems to whimsically borrod over the sun kissed ripples that have gone or the babble of playful turbulance [sic] to the fore. All these things greet the eye. Travelers do not jamb the road or paths and automobiles praise Heaven are few., 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 66 [P.8513.66], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson66.htm

Title: [Ridge Avenue and Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridges over the Wissahickon Creek, Roxborough, Philadelphia.]
Description: Aerial view of the Ridge Avenue and Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridges spanning the Wissahickon Creek in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia. Bridges cross the river not far from where it empties into the Schuylkill River., Negative numbers: 14387n.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.14387n]

Title: Scene on the Wissahickon
Description: Bucolic scene showing an elegantly attired couple crossing the creek over a red foot bridge bolstered by stone abutments. Another couple, partially obscured by a tree, stands on the banks. The women wear bustles. The lush valley is visible in the background., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00013, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 203, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 39:53
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 39:53

Title: [A shady glade near the Pennypack, north Philadelphia]
Description: Depicts Pennypack Creek flowing downhill past rocks and beneath trees., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: A shady glade - near the Pennypack, no. Phila. We follow this ridge of rock down hill a few hundred feet and come upon a small brook as well as one of its wee tributaries., Duplicate: P.8513.2: same neg., 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 72 [P.8513.72], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson72.htm

Title: [Spring flowing into stream]
Description: View of spring flowing into another stream between rocks. Trees and bushes grow on banks., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: The wee tributary seem [sic] to spring from nowhere and plung [sic] into the main stream without fuss or confusion. O, that we could enter and flow along with the stream of life with the quietude and complacency of this wee brook. Why the battle? Why the strife? Why the doubt? Why the fear? Irving wrote (in his "The Brook") "while I go on forever" so it is with life, not what we matearialistic [sic] call life. Ah! No. The spirit, that inner life. The infinite, that all enveloping [sic] life - forever, onward, into the glow of understanding, achieving, persuing [sic], enjoying, loving. In a word forever. A soul comes into being, a soul will forever be., 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 73 [P.8513.73], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson73.htm

Title: Summer rambles. - Frankford Creek
Description: View of a tree stump covered with brush on the bank of the Frankford Creek in Philadelphia, Pa. The stump, with an overgrowth of plants on top of it, rests on the edge of the bank as the creek flows around it. Trees and shrubs are visible growing in the background., Attributed to John Moran., Half of stereograph., Yellow mount with square corners., Title stamped on mount., Retrospective conversion record, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., See duplicate copy: Doret Collection – Photos [P.2019.64.51]., 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 - Views - Frankford [5759.F.19]

Title: View at Germantown
Description: View of two men near a small stream in the foreground and a large house in the distant background. One man stands near one bank of the stream as the other reclines in the grass on the other., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Views [P.9212.12]

Title: [Views of Milestown, Philadelphia along Old York Road, north of Branchtown, and above Oak Lane.]
Description: Series of views of the Philadelphia neighborhood. Shows a rundown cottage near a row of trees; a mill; and a creek. Views also include boys posed near the sites, including boys with a rowboat and holding fishing nets., Attributed to John Moran., Cream mounts with square corners., Three of images accompanied by labels., Series numbers include: 22., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of American views and Pennsylvania views & 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, photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Milestown [5739.F.1e; 5739.F.55b; 5759.F.1h; 5759.F.3c & i]

Title: [Views on Tacony Creek, Philadelphia]
Description: Views include a water fall, trees, and brush near the creek. Majority of views depict the creek during the winter., Title supplied by cataloguer., Contains five stereographic prints mounted on white or yellow mounts with square corners and accompanied by labels, including four stamped with the photographer's imprint., Series numbers include: 1, 3, 17., Two originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of Pennsylvania views & political miscellany and views of Philadelphia., 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. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Tacony Creek [(8)1322.F.39g; 5759.F.1e; P.8979.4-5; P.9260.78]

Title: Views on the Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Landscape views showing the creek, creek bed, Wissahickon Road (i.e., Wissahickon Drive), public drinking fountain, and a bucolic area near the Wissahickon Valley residence, the Hermitage. Many of the views also include posed figures., Contains nine stereographic prints mounted on yellow or white mounts with square corners, including seven with titles, one with the photographer's imprint, and one with the distributor's imprint (The London Stereoscopic Company). Also contains one stereographic print mounted on paper., Six of the images 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.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Parks [(3)1322.F.132d; (3)1322.F.135a; (3)1322.F.137b-e; (3)1322.F.137i; P.8544; P.9260.79; P.9462.17]

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