View looking through the arched entrance of one of the two towers of the New Suspension Bridge built in 1868 over the Niagara River. A man sits and a man stands near the entrance. Also shows men standing on the bridge and the second bridge tower in the distance, Title from label on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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.9279.2]
Views depict the Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge spanning the Niagara River constructed 1851-1855 after John A. Roebling to connect the railroads of New York Central and Great Western Railway of Canada. One image shows the large stone pylons and two decks of the bridge from the river bank and another depicts the enclosed wooden carriage level with two men standing on the sides near the lattice work., Photographer's stamp pasted on versos., Yellow mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Mason, Samuel (Samuel J.)
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Mason - Bridges [P.9022.7-8]
View of the falls in the distant background. Includes a tent labeled "photographic and stereoscopic views of the falls" sheltering a camera in the left foreground., Photographer's stamp 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.
Creator
Mason, Samuel (Samuel J.)
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Mason - Views [P.9022.9]
