Location: East bank Schuylkill, mile above Fairmount., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc88 N 874.
Creator
Scott, Thomas M., creator
Date
1852.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W254.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W254 [P.2128]
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a dam in the Juniata River from Franklin Forge, a stop along the Williamsburg Branch of the railroad.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the railroad tracks on the Williamsburg Branch running next to the Juniata River. Includes a partial view of a dam in the distance. Probably the same dam from P.9058.91.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a locomotive on the tracks in Jacks Narrows. A man stands next to his horse-drawn cart on a dirt path that runs parallel to the railroad tracks.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a small tower near the railroad tracks at Walls Station. Includes a view of the Walls Hotel in the background (left).
Depicts the curve of the Delaware River with cliffs in the distance. Includes the top of a house near the river, obscured by surrounding trees., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.104-106]
Exterior view of residence partially obscured by trees. Includes a family (father, mother, and daughter) posed on the front lawn., 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
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Residences [7992.F.21]
Landscape view showing two men sitting on a rustic bench overlooking a large waterfall in the forest near Jim Thorpe, Pa., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount and on verso., Buff 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
Roberts & Fellows
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Roberts & Fellows [P.9047.123]
Depicts a concrete pier jutting into the middle of a river, probably the Schuylkill River, off of which people are fishing. Smokestacks rise from a cluster of industrial buildings along the river bank., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.67]
Exterior views of an three story Italianate residence, with a low pitched roof, square cupola, narrow, shuttered windows and overhanging eaves. The photographer's wife, Jane Lownes Webster, is depicted with her family in Springfield township, Pa., on the front and back porches of the house. Two of the images depict the stone farm buildings in the back of the property, including a distant view of the house., Modern reference prints available in the research file., 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.9501.21 & 22, P.9501.101-103]
Exterior views of the rear elevation of the residence on the Lownes Clovercrest Farm in Springfield, Pa., showing the pointed arch dormers projecting from the shingled roof and a one story addition covered with siding. The Lownes family constructed the home in 1827 and resided here until 1913. The photographer's wife, Jane Lownes Webster, is depicted with her family on the front porch of the house. Also includes an image of the barn behind the residence., Images of the property that were catalogued separately include: P.9501.58 and P.9501.85, both views of women sitting on the front porch of the residence on the Lownes Clovercrest Farm., Modern reference prints available in the research file., 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.9501.28, P.9501.106]
Views of men steadying or rowing canoes on the tree-lined creek near Stranger Hollow and Catawissa Island. Catawissa Creek is a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River in east central Pennsylvania., Yellow cardboard mounts, three with square corners, two with rounded corners. Photographer's printed labels pasted on versos. Includes one hand-colored stereograph (P.8484.6)., 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 - Views [P.8484.6; P.8484.8; P.9058.151-153]
View of a stone arch tunnel under which the shallow Silver Brook passes. A man stands in profile in front of a stone wall on the other side of the tunnel., Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists thirty-four other views in the series (No. 181-294)., Yellow mount with rounded 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. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Views [P.2002.21.9]
View of a man with his pants and shirt sleeves rolled up steadying a canoe in the calm, shallow waters of the tree-lined creek. Catawissa Creek is a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River in east central Pennsylvania., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Distributor's stamp on verso: William Y. McAllister Phila., 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.2002.21.10]
View of a train going around the Horseshoe Curve on a double set of railroad tracks. A steep embankment drops down from either side of the tracks and a forested mountain rises up in the background. The Horseshoe Curve opened to train traffic on February 15, 1854 and allowed trains to travel over Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains., Image is made from the same negative as P.9644.22., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., William T. Purviance became an official photographer for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1867.
Creator
Purviance, W. T. (William T.), photographer
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo-Purviance-transportation [P.9644.20]
View of a double set of tracks running along the Spruce Creek in Huntingdon County in Central Pennsylvania. The tracks run through a tunnel cut into a mountain in the background., Publisher's imprint on verso: Published by S.M. Morse, bookseller and stationer, dealer in pictures and picture frames, stereoscopes and views, 75 Main Street, Nashau, N.H., Label on verso printed by Miller & Best, 67 High St., Boston., 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 - Transportation [P.9644.23]
Landscape view showing men fishing on the Connoquenessing Creek near Harmony, Pa. Also shows several people standing on a trestle bridge in the background., Pink mount with rounded corners., Title from label on negative., 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 - Bridges [P.9171]
Series of titled landscape views include, "View on Broadhead's Creek," "Little Bushkill Creek, above the Falls," "Buttermilk Falls," "Buttermilk Falls, vicinity of Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania," "Caldeno Falls," "Delaware River, from Prospect Rock," "The Gap, Blockhead Mountain," "The Gap, from the bed of the river," "Gap, from Table Rock, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania," "Marshall's Falls, Marshall's Creek," and "Mossy dell". Images depict tree-lined creeks, waterfalls, rocks, dams, a mossy dell and a snake in the Delaware Water Gap. Many of the views contain posed male figures, possibly John Moran and John Storey., Titles printed on labels pasted on versos., Photographer's labels pasted on versos., Imprint of distributor, Johnson & D'Utassy, photographers, printed on verso of two items in series: 952, 954, 956 Broadway, New York, corner Madison Square, opposite Fifth Avenue Hotel, and Kittatinny House, Delaware Water Gap, Pa. All branches of the photographic art executed in the most skillful manner and with despatch. Photographs colored in oil or water colors or india ink. N.B. A large and choice collection of stereoscopic views, taken from nature, on hand. John H. Johnson. Fred. George D'Utassy., Imprint of distributor, J.W. Queen & Co., 924 Chestnut Street, stamped on verso of one items in series., Buff and yellow mounts with square and rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Moran and Storey was a short-lived partnership between Philadelphia photographers John Moran and John Storey in the early 1860s.
Creator
Moran & Storey
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran & Storey - Views [8248.F.2-4; 8248.F.12; 8353.F.29; P. 2002.4.2; P.8771; P.8899; P.8982; P.9009.3; P.9079.7; P.9168.5; P.9462.21; P.9466.11-13]
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts two men standing on a pedestrian bridge near the Jackstown aqueduct.
View depicting a posed male figure near birch trees at Cohocking Creek near Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's gilt 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., Moran, a Philadelphia photographer, specialized in landscape photography and often took artistic excursions with his painter brothers, Thomas and Edward.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8543]
Views depict a waterfall flowing from large rock formations into a stream in the Delaware Water Gap., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on labels pasted on versos., Manuscript note on publisher's label of one item [P.8709.2]: Marshall's Falls, near Del. Water Gap, Pa., Imprint of distributor, Johnson & D'Utassy, photographers, pasted over publisher's label on verso of two items in series [8248.F.6 and P.9462.11]: (formerly Johnson, Williams & Co.), 952, 954, 956 Broadway, New York, corner Madison Square, opposite Fifth Avenue Hotel, and Kittatinny House, Delaware Water Gap, Pa., Yellow mounts 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 [8248.F.6; P.8709.2; and P.9462.11]
Landscape view showing a tree-lined creek from a dam. Includes a pile of stones in the foreground and a building on the bank of the creek in the right background., Title from manuscript notes on mount and verso., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging 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. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9079.8]
View of a man drinking from a canteen as he sits under an overhanging boulder in a forest. Another man is visible through the trees in the distance. Catawissa Creek is a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River in east central Pennsylvania, Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists thirty-eight views in the series (No. 324-361)., Yellow mount with rounded 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. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Views [P.2002.21.7]
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of a narrow, jagged rock above the railroad tracks near Bedford, Pa.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts dwellings and railroad buildings near the tracks in Bedford, Pa. A locomotive is stopped in the foreground. A large depot is visible in the distance.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the town of Tyrone, probably from the railroad tracks. Includes a large signboard for the toothpaste product, Sozodont.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Landscape view of railroad tracks in Jacks Narrows, running parallel to the Juniata River.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts two tracks running alongside the Juniata River. A man sits on the edge of the tracks, looking at the river.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts railroad tracks running through the Lewistown Narrows, an area between the Juniata River and Black Log and Shade mountains.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Landscape view of Mill Creek near Terrace Mountain. Includes a railroad hand cart in the foreground.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a locomotive approaching the photographer on railroad tracks running through the Lewistown Narrows, an area between the Juniata River and Black Log and Shade mountains.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts support beams in the middle of the river, supporting cables that connect both sides of the river. Unidentified location.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts railroad tracks running next to hieroglyphic rocks, graffitied with names and advertising slogans, facing Stone Creek Ridge, near Huntingdon.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts railroad tracks running next to hieroglyphic rocks, graffitied with names and advertising slogans, facing Stone Creek Ridge, near Huntingdon.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts railroad tracks running next to hieroglyphic rocks, graffitied with names and advertising slogans, facing Stone Creek Ridge, near Huntingdon.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the wild landscape of Allegrippus gorge, a natural formation near the Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains, along the Pennsylvania Railroad line.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the railroad tracks cutting across the deep fill in the Allegrippus, a natural formation near the Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains, along the Pennsylvania Railroad line.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the steep slope of the Allegrippus, a natural formation near the Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains, along the Pennsylvania Railroad line.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the landscape near Allegrippus station. The Allegrippus gorge is a natural formation near the Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains, along the Pennsylvania Railroad line.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a man standing on the steep slope near the Allegrippus, a gorge near the Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains, along the Pennsylvania Railroad line.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Landscape view of the Allegrippus, a gorge near the Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains, along the Pennsylvania Railroad line.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a man standing near the railroad tracks along the Horseshoe Curve just west of Altoona, Pa.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Landscape view of the ravine from the head of the Horseshoe Curve just west of Altoona, Pa.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the rock formations at the head of the Horseshoe Curve just west of Altoona, Pa. A man stands near the rock wall and the railroad tracks.
