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]
