Illustrated trade card depicting a woman's hand holding flowers., Advertising text printed on verso: Visitors should not [?] Delightful park [?] It is the easiest approach to the [?] bridge, Sheddler's Hotel, the [?] from which a view of the country around, for 30 miles, can be [?] Most beautiful pavilion on the river. Special accommodations for private parties at reasonable rates., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Riley [1975.F.724]
Aerial views of a track meet on the south end of City Island in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The three bridges that span the Susquehanna River and connect City Island to downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on the east bank of the river are also visible: the Walnut Street Bridge (the People's Bridge); the Market Street Bridge; and the Cumberland Valley Railroad Bridge. One additional railroad bridge is visible south of the island. View is from the northwest side of the island facing southeast towards the track meet, with portions of Harrisburg visible in the distance., Negative numbers: 1505., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Harrisburg Bridges.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1505]
Aerial views of Indian Head Park Beach on Perkiomen Creek. The location was the site of W.M. Keyser's Mill, which was sold to the park in 1918. Views show several buildings of various sizes alongside the creek at the site of a small dam., Negative numbers: 6834, 6835., Text included in image: Indian Head Park Beach; "On the Perkiomen"; Oaks, Penna.; Dancing, Roller Skating, Bathing, Boating and Canoeing; Inn and Picnic Pavillion.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6834; P.8990.6835]
Aerial views of Norristown, Pennsylvania show areas outside the city center, including areas thick with housing developments alongside sparsely populated farmlands. Schools, farmhouses, streets and portions of the Schuylkill River and Stony Creek are also visible. Manuscript notes on some negative sleeves indicate the areas shown may be adjacent to the Norristown State Hospital, but the hospital is not visible in any of the images., Negative numbers: 6816, 6817, 6818, 6820, 6822, 6823, 6824, 6826, 6827, 6828, 6829, 6833aa., 6828 not digitized; zoom-in view of 6827.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6816-6818; P.8990.6820; P.8990.6822-6824; P.8990.6826-6829; P.8990.6833aa]