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Title: Chamounix Lake postcards
Description: Contains views of people recreating on Lake Chamounix, including various groups rowing boats on the lake and people relaxing near the water's edge., Sheet numbers: 86A08 and 86B04., 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: 1905-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: [Pond, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: Landscape view showing a tree-lined pond in the distance. Includes two horses near the edge of the pond and a man in a rowboat in the distant right background., Title supplied by cataloger., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink 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 Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.87]

Title: Sweet Brier Lake
Description: Landscape view showing a rustic bridge in the background spanning a small stream flowing into a pond in the foreground. A man stands on the edge of the pond near the bridge., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., 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 [P.8923.1]

Title: Pond lilies and rustic bridge, artificial lake, Fairmount Park postcards
Description: Depicts a rustic, wooden bridge spanning an artificial lake filled with water lilies in Fairmount Park. Includes two women crossing the bridge and a man strolling along the water's edge. Possibly depicts Centennial Lake since water lilies covered eighty percent of the water's surface in the summer., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A01 and 86B01., 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: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: Victoria regia, Phila., Pa
Description: View of water lilies and lily pads in the lily pond near Horticultural Hall in West Fairmount Park. Building, pond and gardens constructed for the Centennial celebration in 1876., Title printed on mount below image., 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., The Standard Series, mostly pirated stereographs, were created in New York in the 1890s.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9047.145]

Title: Centennial Lake postcards
Description: Depicts the Centennial Lake and Island in Fairmount Park including miniature boats and pedestrians sitting in the foreground. The area, located near Belmont Avenue and Concourse Drive in West Fairmount Park, was a wetland before the lake was created for the Centennial Exposition in 1876., Contains 12 postcards printed in color and 2 printed 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 [Fairmount Park - Centennial Lake - 65]

Title: [Duck pond with swans, Fairmount Park]
Description: View of ducks and swans wading in an unidentified stone-lined lake, presumably one of several lakes in Fairmount Park., Title from negative sleeve., 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.8986.4]

Title: Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia
Description: View looking southeast from the reservoir near Belmont Avenue at the fair grounds, showing several state buildings along State Avenue, Centennial Lake bordered by trees and smaller exhibition buildings, and partial views of the colossal Main Exhibition Building and Machinery Hall designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title from unnumbered, untitled series list on verso with sixty-seven other titles., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: C. J. Raymond & Co.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Raymond [P.9107.5]

Title: Boating party
Description: Shows two women and four men sitting in a covered boat resting at the edge of a lake in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Rocks, weeds and fallen leaves form the shore line., Buff mount with rounded corners., Note on verso: No. 17 Papa 1876., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Gift of Raymond Holstein.
Creator: Hemple, A. H., (Alfred) photographer, fl. 1860-1879
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Fairmount Park [P.2011.47.856]

Title: Centennial grounds looking east
Description: View showing the landscaped Centennial grounds looking east, including the lake and the Main Exhibition Building and Machinery Hall designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. In the foreground, a tower surmounted by a flag is attached to a cart. A man stands on a platform at the top. 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., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., 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.9047.177]

Title: Miniature yachts, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View of model sailboats on Gustine Lake in East Fairmount Park north of the Queen Lane Pumping Station near the confluence of the Wissahickon Creek and the Schuylkill River. A crowd stands around the perimeter of the lake., Title printed on mount below image., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9573.29]

Title: Philadelphia, Lilly basin, Fairmount Park
Description: View showing a woman standing on the perimeter of the lilly pond or basin in front of Horticultural Hall built in 1875 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann. Building demolished in 1955 even though the 383' long, 193' wide building was supposed to remain a permanent botanical conservatory, showcasing exotic plant species and Victorian gardens., Title on negative., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Naperville, Ill.; New York; London; and Hamburg., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Tan curved mount with rounded corners., C.H. Graves published under the imprint "Universal Photo Art Co." between 1896 and 1904., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graves - Parks [P.8932.2]

Title: Bird's eye view from observatory, George's Hill, F't P'k
Description: Series of bird's eye views depict the Centennial Exhibition's landscaped grounds in West Fairmount Park from George's Hill Observatory. Shows the Main Exhibition Building, Machinery Hall, U.S. Government Building, Women's Pavilion, Horticultural Hall, Memorial Hall, Agricultural Hall, the reservoir, various state buildings, the lake, and the Catholic Total Abstinence Fountain. Many of the buildings were designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Date supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed in red ink on mounts., Photographer's manuscript note in ink on verso of P.9169.4 is illegible. Manuscript notes in pencil on some versos, probably made by former owner, list buildings depicted., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., P.9047.103-107 gift of Robert M. Vogel; P.9299.34 gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Exhibitions [P.8551.1; P.9047.103-107; P.9119.1; P.9169.13; P.9169.14; P.9299.34]

Title: Pennsylvania Day
Description: Bird's eye view looking northwest from the Main Exhibition Building showing visitors traveling the wide walkways radiating from Bartholdi's Fountain of Water and Light and extending into Belmont Avenue. View includes the lake, Bartholdi's Electric Light (i.e., Freedom Enlightening the World), the World's Ticket Office designed by H.J. Schwarzmann, the Washington statue by M. Dickerson Eyre, the Centennial Photographic Co. building, the Pennsylvania Railroad Office designed by J.M. Wilson, the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, and the music pavilion on Belmont Avenue. Image taken on Pennsylvania Day on September 28, 1876. 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., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., 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.9047.174]

Title: Pennsylvania Day
Description: Bird's eye view looking northwest from the Main Exhibition Building showing visitors traveling the wide walkways radiating from Bartholdi's Fountain of Water and Light and extending into Belmont Avenue. View includes the lake, Bartholdi's Electric Light (i.e., Freedom Enlightening the World), the World's Ticket Office designed by H.J. Schwarzmann, the Washington statue by M. Dickerson Eyre, the Centennial Photographic Co. building, the Pennsylvania Railroad Office designed by J.M. Wilson, the Judges' Hall designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann and Hugo Kafka, the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, and the music pavilion on Belmont Avenue. Image taken on Pennsylvania Day on September 28, 1876. 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., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., 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.9047.180]

Title: Birdseye view from M.B
Description: Bird's eye view looking northwest from the Main Exhibition Building showing the wide, empty walkways radiating from Bartholdi's Fountain of Water and Light and extending into Belmont Avenue. View includes the lake, the World's Ticket Office designed by H.J. Schwarzmann, the Washington statue by M. Dickerson Eyre, the Centennial Photographic Co. building, the Pennsylvania Railroad Office designed by J.M. Wilson, the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, and the music pavilion on Belmont Avenue. 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., Series number illegible on negative. Taken from duplicate in the collections of the New York Public Library., 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.9573.28-1]

Title: Fountain, arch and stand-pipe at Fairmount Park, Philada
Description: View showing the decorative distribution arch on Reservoir Hill at the Fairmount Water Works. The arch, built in 1860, functioned as a standpipe and observatory tower. Also shows men, women and children standing around a pond with a fountain in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's printed label pasted on verso., Cream mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Public Utilities [P.9466.22]

Title: [Horticultural Hall, from the lily ponds, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Description: View of hall from lily ponds. Built 1875 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann, demolished in 1955 even though the 383' long, 193' wide building was supposed to remain a permanent botanical conservatory, showcasing exotic plant species and Victorian gardens., 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.9453.35]

Title: Colossal hand and torch "Liberty"
Description: View of Bartholdi's Electric Light or Liberty Enlightening the World hand and torch statue on display near the lake. A group of men, including an African American man in the foreground, stand near the kiosk and two white men stand on the balcony of the torch. The Women's Pavilion designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann and Horticultural Hall designed by James H. Windrim are partially visible in the background. Money raised at the fair, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art, helped to pay for the completion of the statue and pedestal., 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., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Purchase 1989., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9260.45]

Title: Colossal hand and torch "Liberty"
Description: View of Bartholdi's Electric Light or Liberty Enlightening the World hand and torch statue on display near the lake. A group of men, including an African American man in the foreground, stand near the kiosk and two white men stand on the balcony of the torch. The Women's Pavilion designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann and Horticultural Hall designed by James H. Windrim are partially visible in the background. Money raised at the fair, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art, helped to pay for the completion of the statue and pedestal., 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., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Purchase 1989., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9260.45]

Title: Lake from Mach. Hall
Description: Rooftop view from Machinery Hall looking northwest showing the lake and buildings surrounding it, including the World's Ticket Office designed by Hermann J. Schwartzmann, the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, the Trois Frères Provençaux French Restaurant and the music pavilion in the middle of Belmont and Fountain Avenues. The Avenue of the Republic is visible in the foreground with railroad tracks running parallel to the road on the north side. Also shows a fountain in the middle of the lake and a canoe docked on the opposite shore. State buildings are visible in the left background. 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., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., 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.9047.181]

Title: Beautiful basin and gardens before Horticultural Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing a marble fountain in front of a long lily pond or reflecting pool flanked by shrubs and trees extending in a line toward Horticultural Hall, the exhibition hall built in 1875 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann in West Fairmount Park. Building demolished in 1955 even though the 383' long, 193' wide building was supposed to remain a permanent botanical conservatory, showcasing exotic plant species and Victorian gardens., Title printed on mount., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including New York, N,Y.; Chicago, Ill.; and London, Eng., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed above image on mount: 9., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of the basin and gardens in Fairmount Park printed on verso., 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.
Date: [ca. 1905]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Parks [P.9047.147]

Title: Views at De Silverwood. Near Holmesburg, Pa
Description: Series of views of the estate in Northeast Philadelphia. Shows "The Piazza; "The Mansion"; "The Pond"; and "The Park." Images include posed individuals, including two seated women near a lounging bearded man in a turban and a horse-handler with a horse; potted plants and trees adorning the piazza; posed horse-drawn carriages; and a foot-bridge near the pond., Cream paper mounts with square corners., Four of images contain photographer's imprint and are accompanied by labels., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of 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
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [(8)1322.F.41c; 5759.f.1a-d]

Title: Views at Chestnutwold: Residence of C. H. Clark Album
Description: Album of 12 photographic views showing the West Philadelphia estate of Philadelphia banker and collector Clarence Howard Clark at 4200 Locust Street. Images depict the front gate to the residence, the residence, green house and garden, and pond with fountain. Also depicts members of Clark's family posed at the residence, on the grounds, in a goat carriage, and in a boat on the pond. Views also include an African American servant posed near an entrance, gardeners at the greenhouse, wooded areas, paths, and lawn chairs.

Title: Views at Chestnutwold, residence of C.H. Clark
Description: Album of 12 photographic views showing the West Philadelphia estate of Philadelphia banker and collector Clarence Howard Clark at 4200 Locust Street. Images depict the front gate to the residence, the residence, green house and garden, and pond with fountain. Also depicts members of Clark's family posed at the residence, on the grounds, in a goat carriage, and in a boat on the pond. Views also include an African American servant posed near an entrance, gardeners at the greenhouse, wooded areas, paths, and lawn chairs., Photographer's imprint from blind stamp on mounts., Title from brown morocco binding, plate on front cover., Bookplate of The Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church pasted inside front cover. Typed Gift of Clarence Clark Zantzinger (1925)., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1990, p. 54., Housed in phase box., Clarence Howard Clark, banker, book collector, philanthropist, horticulturalist, and prominent land developer of West Philadelphia resided in Chesnutwold from about the 1860s. The property was originally built by Samuel K. Hopkins Jr. for banker Nathaniel Borrodail Browne after 1851. Altered during the 1880s, including an addition, the estate grounds were open to the public by 1895 when Clark donated some of his other land holdings for an adjacent public park (i.e., Clark Park). Following Clark's death, Chestnutwold was presumed to be given to the city as a public park, but instead was purchased in 1917 by The Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Clark was married to Amie Hampton Westcott (d. 1870) and later Marie Motley Davis with whom he had three sons, including Philadelphia mayor Joseph S. Clark.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9291]

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