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Title: Wissahickon Lane above Ridge Av
Description: View of a man sitting on a fence running along a winding dirt road flanked by trees below Gypsy Lane near Wissahickon Creek. The stables for Wissahickon Hall, the hostelry erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen, are also visible in the distance., Photographer's imprint on label partially visible on verso., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., See Bartlett & French P.8953.1 for similar view., 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, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.9466.6]

Title: Wissahickon Lane above Ridge Avenue
Description: View of a man leaning against the fence of a winding dirt road flanked by trees below Gypsy Lane near Wissahickon Creek. The stables for Wissahickon Hall, the hostelry erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen, are also visible in the distance., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., See Bartlett & French P.9466.6 for similar view., 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.8953.1]

Title: The old tavern at the Wire Bridge, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Upper Ferry Tavern on the West Bank of the Schuylkill River (Fairmount Park). The tavern, opened in 1820, was also known as Harding's Hotel after Richard Harding, one of its later proprietors. Includes partial views of adjacent buildings., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Image faded., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Hotels [(7)1322.F.35f; (8)1322.F.13e]

Title: The old tavern at the Wire Bridge, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Upper Ferry Tavern on the West Bank of the Schuylkill River (Fairmount Park). The tavern, opened in 1820, was also known as Harding's Hotel after Richard Harding, one of its later proprietors. Includes partial views of adjacent buildings., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Image faded., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Hotels [(7)1322.F.35f; (8)1322.F.13e]

Title: The old tavern at the Wire Bridge, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Upper Ferry Tavern on the West Bank of the Schuylkill River (Fairmount Park). The tavern, opened in 1820, was also known as Harding's Hotel after Richard Harding, one of its later proprietors. Includes partial views of adjacent buildings., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Image faded., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Hotels [(7)1322.F.35f; (8)1322.F.13e]

Title: Old Norris mansion, 7th & York Sts. Built 1727
Description: View looking northeast at the front elevation of the Fairhill mansion built 1778 near York and Seventh Streets. Shows the painted phrase, "Revolution House, Iron Sons of..." spanning the width of the front elevation, which was the name of a tavern that operated there in the 1870s. The original mansion, constructed 1712-1719 by bricklayer Richard Redman and stone mason John Hart for Isaac Norris, Sr., was destroyed by fire by the British troops in 1777. Second mansion demolished in 1885., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount. Also contains photograper's blindstamp on mount: Gutekunst, 712 Arch St., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Gutekunst - Residences [P.9047.65]

Title: View on the Wissahickon near Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Landscape view depicts the calm waters of Wissahickon Creek flanked by trees and the dirt drive looking north toward Wissahickon Hall erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen at Wissahickon Drive (i.e., Lincoln Drive) below Gypsy Lane. Shows stables facing the creek., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., 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, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [7992.F.6]

Title: Drive along the Wissahickon
Description: Landscape view showing the calm waters of Wissahickon Creek flanked by trees and the dirt drive looking north toward Wissahickon Hall erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen at Wissahickon Drive (i.e., Lincoln Drive) below Gypsy Lane. Includes stables facing the creek., Title printed on verso in numbered list with one hundred other 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.2010.6.10]

Title: Wissahickon Hall
Description: Views depict the calm waters of Wissahickon Creek flanked by trees and the dirt drive looking north toward Wissahickon Hall erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen at Wissahickon Drive (i.e., Lincoln Drive) below Gypsy Lane. View from drive shows stables facing the creek and a hand-made sign for Hoofland's German bitters. Hotel only partially visible., Title from photographer's labels pasted on versos., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., P.9047.24 gift of Robert M. Vogel., 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 - Hotels [P.9047.24 and P.9107.8]

Title: Park Boat House, Fairmount, Phila., Pa
Description: Views look southwest in the direction of West Philadelphia at the floating George Popps Park Boat House with rowboats pulled up to the dock. Men stand and sit on the dock and in the boathouse in the foreground. Also shows buildings on the west bank of the river, including a building possibly inhabited and operated by Jeremiah King., Titles on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mounts., Yellow and orange mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One item gift of Robert M. Vogel [P.9047.7]., One item gift of Sandra Markham [P.2007.20.5]
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Recreation [P.2007.20.5 and P.9047.7]

Title: Old Penn Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View photographed during the 1860s showing the William Penn Hotel at 10 Letitia Street between Market and Chestnut streets. View also includes the adjacent building incorrectly identified by 19th-century historians as the Letitia Penn House. Signs for V. Rundnagel's German saloon and Jacob Sinn, importer of liquor, (operating at the address in 1868) adorn the Penn house. The residence was incorrectly recorded as built in 1682 by William Penn and given to his daughter in 1701., Publisher's imprint including illustration printed on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., The prolific Anthony firm, established in 1859, operated from 591 Broadway between 1871 and 1881., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Anthony - Hotels [P.9462.12]

Title: The suspension bridge
Description: View looking across the Wire Suspension Bridge from the east side of the Schuylkill River. View also shows barges docked under the bridge and businesses, including factories and the Crittenden Tavern, lining the west bank in the background. The bridge, 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., Title from accompanying label., Orange mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Mount discolored., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., McAllister operated his optician business as a sole proprietor between 1865 and 1882.
Creator: McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister, W.Y. - Bridges [(3)1322.F.123d]

Title: Schuylkill River
Description: View from the east bank of the Schuylkill River looking southwest showing the Wire Suspension Bridge in the distance. The bridge, 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. Also shows Moan's boat store and stables, floating boat houses, taverns, and factories on the west bank of the river., Photographer, publisher, and title from label pasted on verso listing over sixty views published by the firm., Green mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., R. Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert Newell and his son, Henry, was active from circa 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.9299.57]

Title: Boat House and Lake, Philadelphia, Penn
Description: View looks west in the direction of West Philadelphia at Wm. F. Cline's floating "Union Boat House" with rowboats pulled up to the dock. Also shows a boat or ferry on the Schuylkill River and buildings on the west bank of the river, including Jeremiah King's hotel and tavern (left), in the background., Title printed on verso in numbered series list with fifty-three other titles (No. 100-153)., Printed on mount: Stereoscopic Gems. American Scenery., Publisher's imprint printed on verso below series list., 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [P.9047.40]

Title: Boat landing. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Copy stereograph view looks west in the direction of West Philadelphia at Wm. F. Cline's floating "Union Boat House" with rowboats pulled up to the dock. Also shows a boat or ferry on the Schuylkill River and buildings on the west bank of the river, including Jeremiah King's hotel and tavern (left), in the background., Title printed on mount below image., Manuscript note on verso: Helen B. Wellman 1882., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of F.J. Dallet.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [P.9449.1]

Title: Pleasure yacht, Flirt
Description: View looking west showing the boat, Flirt, docked with three men on board at the steamboat landing immediately north of the Fairmount Waterworks on the east side of the Schuylkill River. Also shows a woman standing on an elevated pavilion or gazebo overlooking the river in the background and buildings on the west bank of the river. Flirt was one of many recreational boats that transported passengers to various sites along the river. Dwelling on the west bank possibly the hotel inhabited and operated by Jeremiah King., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [8353.F.15]

Title: View of West Phila. from Fairmount
Description: Winter view looking from the Fairmount Waterworks toward West Philadelphia. Shows a building on the west bank of the Schuylkill River at the southern end of the Fairmount Locks. A covered canal lock is visible in the foreground, flanked on the east side by rocky terrain. In the background, dwellings and trees line the landscape. Building possibly the hotel inhabited and operated by Jeremiah King., Title and date from manuscript note 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: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Views [P.9486.1]

Title: The Wissahickon Drive crowded with one-horse sleighs, Philadelphia, Penna
Description: Winter view looking north along Wissahickon Drive (i.e., Lincoln Drive) showing horse-drawn sleighs transporting people through the snow in both directions. Wissahickon Hall, erected below Gypsy Lane circa 1849 by Harry Lippen, is visible in the background., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill.; and London, Eng., Title printed on mount., Attributed to William H. Rau., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer
Date: [ca. 1905]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Recreation [P.9047.146]

Title: Penn's House (yet standing), in Letitia Court, Philada
Description: View photographed during the 1860s showing the building incorrectly identified by 19th-century historians as the Letitia Penn House at 8 Letitia Street between Market and Chestnut streets. Signs for V. Rundangel's German saloon and Jacob Sinn, importer of liquor, (operating at the address in 1868) adorn the Penn House. View also includes the adjacent William Penn Hotel. The residence was wrongly recorded as built in 1682 by William Penn and given to his daughter in 1701. The house was relocated to Fairmount Park in 1883., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Hotels [P.9047.89]

Title: [William Penn Hotel, 10 Letitia Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View showing the William Penn Hotel on Letitia Street between Market and Chestnut streets. A group of working-class men stands near a fire hydrant in front of the hotel. View also includes the adjacent building incorrectly identified by 19th-century historians as the Letitia Penn House, which was wrongly recorded as built in 1682 by William Penn and given to his daughter in 1701. Signage decorated with a beer keg adorns the misidentified Penn house., Orange mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., 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 - Hotels [P.9047.26]

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