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Title: Wissahickon Creek
Description: Elevated landscape view showing two women and two children scattered on the opposite bank of the Wissahickon Creek. A small stone bridge or dam is visible in the distant background. View includes trees and rocks in the water., Title printed on verso in numbered list with sixty-eight other titles in the series (No. 58-125)., Publisher's imprint printed on series label pasted on verso., Gray 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
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.67]

Title: [View from Sharp Mountain, Schuylkill County, Pa.]
Description: Landscape view showing a girl on a mountain side overlooking a townscape in the distance. Large boulders and trees form the landscape in the distance., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso., 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., Gift from the heirs of Paul D.I. and Anna S. Maier: James H. Maier, Anthony M. Maier, Marianna M. Thomas, and Cynthia C. Maier., A.M. Allen, born in Deerfield, Mass., relocated to Pottsville, Pa. ca. 1852 and set up his studio at the southwest corner of West Market and North Centre Streets. He retired from the business in 1894.
Creator: Allen, A. M. (Amos Morrel), 1823-1900, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Allen - Views [P.9844.27]

Title: Tumbling Run scenery, Schuylkill County, Pa
Description: Views of the park Tumbling Run, located at the southern foot of Sharp Mountain, south of Pottsville, Pa., including a farm on the bank of the twin dams looking east toward Pottsville, a dried-up stream with a stagecoach adorned with signage "A.M. Allen, photographer, Pottsville" in the background, and a man sitting on a large boulder next to a small stream., No. 97; 100; and 102, Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint from label pasted on versos., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Yellow and orange mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift from the heirs of Paul D.I. and Anna S. Maier: James H. Maier, Anthony M. Maier, Marianna M. Thomas, and Cynthia C. Maier., A.M. Allen, born in Deerfield, Mass., relocated to Pottsville, Pa. ca. 1852 and set up his studio at the southwest corner of West Market and North Centre Streets. He retired from the business in 1894.
Creator: Allen, A. M. (Amos Morrel), 1823-1900, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Allen - Views [P.9844.28-30]

Title: [View of road in West Branch Valley, Schuylkill County, Pa.]
Description: View of a winding dirt road in the mountains flanked by boulders, stacked rocks, and trees., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso., 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., Gift from the heirs of Paul D.I. and Anna S. Maier: James H. Maier, Anthony M. Maier, Marianna M. Thomas, and Cynthia C. Maier., A.M. Allen, born in Deerfield, Mass., relocated to Pottsville, Pa. ca. 1852 and set up his studio at the southwest corner of West Market and North Centre Streets. He retired from the business in 1894.
Creator: Allen, A. M. (Amos Morrel), 1823-1900, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Allen - Views [P.9844.31]

Title: Fishbach neck
Description: View of tree stumps, trees, and residences scattered throughout the rolling hills in the northwest suburb of Pottsville, Pa. known as Fishbach (i.e., Fishback)., Title and photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift from the heirs of Paul D.I. and Anna S. Maier: James H. Maier, Anthony M. Maier, Marianna M. Thomas, and Cynthia C. Maier., A.M. Allen, born in Deerfield, Mass., relocated to Pottsville, Pa. ca. 1852 and set up his studio at the southwest corner of West Market and North Centre Streets. He retired from the business in 1894.
Creator: Allen, A. M. (Amos Morrel), 1823-1900, photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Allen - Views [P.9844.21]

Title: Pine Cottage
Description: View of a Victorian residence and adjacent hexagonal building adorned with battlements sitting on the slope of a tree-covered hill in the distance. Livestock, probably sheep, graze in the pasture in the foreground., Title and photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Cream mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift from the heirs of Paul D.I. and Anna S. Maier: James H. Maier, Anthony M. Maier, Marianna M. Thomas, and Cynthia C. Maier., A.M. Allen, born in Deerfield, Mass., relocated to Pottsville, Pa. ca. 1852 and set up his studio at the southwest corner of West Market and North Centre Streets. He retired from the business in 1894.
Creator: Allen, A. M. (Amos Morrel), 1823-1900, photographer
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Allen - Views [P.9844.22]

Title: Sharp Mountain scenery, Schuylkill County, Pa
Description: Series of views of Sharp Mountain, located west of Pottsville, Pa., including large boulders, trees, and portraits of men and children sitting on rocks. One image shows a photographer setting up his camera, possibly a self-portrait of Allen., No. 127; 130; 132; and 133, Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint from label pasted on versos., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Yellow and orange mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift from the heirs of Paul D.I. and Anna S. Maier: James H. Maier, Anthony M. Maier, Marianna M. Thomas, and Cynthia C. Maier., A.M. Allen, born in Deerfield, Mass., relocated to Pottsville, Pa. ca. 1852 and set up his studio at the southwest corner of West Market and North Centre Streets. He retired from the business in 1894.
Creator: Allen, A. M. (Amos Morrel), 1823-1900, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Allen - Views [P.9844.23-26]

Title: [Winter view of icicles and waterfall, Niagara Falls, New York]
Description: Winter view of Niagara Falls, New York. Large icicles hang from boulders in the foreground and a large waterfall is visible in the background., Inscribed in negative: 1278., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint from label pasted on verso. Printed on label: These are a few select views taken in the winter of 1860 and '61., Distributor's 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., E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. was one of the largest suppliers of photographic apparatus in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Anthony - Views [8248.F.11]

Title: Wissahickon Hall
Description: Views depict the calm waters of Wissahickon Creek flanked by trees and the dirt drive looking north toward Wissahickon Hall erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen at Wissahickon Drive (i.e., Lincoln Drive) below Gypsy Lane. View from drive shows stables facing the creek and a hand-made sign for Hoofland's German bitters. Hotel only partially visible., Title from photographer's labels pasted on versos., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., P.9047.24 gift of Robert M. Vogel., 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 - Hotels [P.9047.24 and P.9107.8]

Title: River Road at Fairmount Park
Description: View of River Road running parallel to the Schuylkill River. Shows a gazebo in the distance, along with a dwelling on the opposite bank., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., 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 - Parks [P.8484.3]

Title: [View of a farm in a river valley in the mountains, Schuylkill County, Pa.]
Description: View of a farm in a river valley in the mountains. In the foreground, a man stands with a rake or pitchfork looking toward the camera (left). Two warehouses are visible at the tree-lined river bank in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., 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., Gift from the heirs of Paul D.I. and Anna S. Maier: James H. Maier, Anthony M. Maier, Marianna M. Thomas, and Cynthia C. Maier., A.M. Allen, born in Deerfield, Mass., relocated to Pottsville, Pa. ca. 1852 and set up his studio at the southwest corner of West Market and North Centre Streets. He retired from the business in 1894.
Creator: Allen, A. M. (Amos Morrel), 1823-1900, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Allen - Views [P.9844.35]

Title: Fall on the Wissahickon
Description: View of waterfalls and large rocks in the Wissahickon Creek. Trees line the banks of the creek in the background., Title from photographer's 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., 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 - Parks [P.9168.1]

Title: On the Wissahickon
Description: Elevated view, possibly from a nearby rooftop, looking down at a man fishing in the winding Wissahickon Creek. Shows large rocks in and around the water and trees flanking both sides of the creek. Includes a partial, obscured view of a mill building in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Sue H. Williamson No. 18., Yellow mount with rounded corners., 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 - Parks [P.9168.2]

Title: Bishop's Mills on the Wissahickon
Description: View of mill building, part of Bishop's Mills at time of photograph, behind the stone arch Bells Mill Road Bridge on the Wissahickon Creek. A boy and a girl stand at the creek's edge in the foreground. Named after former mill owners James and John Bell, the bridge was constructed in 1820., Title from photographer's 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., 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 - Parks [P.9462.8]

Title: Bridge at Bishop's Mills
Description: View of the stone arch Bells Mill Road Bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek, constructed in 1820 and named after former mill owners James and John Bell. A mill building, belonging to Bishop's Mills at the time of this photograph, is partially visible in the foreground., Title from photographer's 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., 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 - Parks [P.9462.9]

Title: Wissahickon Valley
Description: Rooftop view, probably from a building in the Monastery complex, showing a man standing with a horse-drawn cart on a dirt road leading to the trellised Kitchen's Lane Bridge. Bridge removed ca. 1925., Photographer's imprint on label partially visible on verso., Title from photographer's 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., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.9462.10]

Title: Wissahickon Creek
Description: Elevated view, possibly from upper floors of a nearby mill building or bridge, of a dam on Wissahickon Creek., Title from photographer's 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., 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 - Parks [P.9466.4]

Title: Wissahickon Lane above Ridge Av
Description: View of a man sitting on a fence running along a winding dirt road flanked by trees below Gypsy Lane near Wissahickon Creek. The stables for Wissahickon Hall, the hostelry erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen, are also visible in the distance., Photographer's imprint on label partially visible on verso., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., See Bartlett & French P.8953.1 for similar view., 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, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.9466.6]

Title: Wissahickon Lane
Description: View of a rocky, dirt road (now Forbidden Drive) flanked by trees leading up to the trellised Kitchen's Lane Bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek. Bridge removed ca. 1925., Photographer's imprint partially trimmed from label on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., See Bartlett & French P.9047.21 (Vogel) for similar view., 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, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.9466.7]

Title: Wissahickon Creek at Valley Green
Description: View of the calm waters of Wissahickon Creek near Valley Green. Shows the reflection of trees flanking the creek., Photographer's imprint partially visible on label on verso., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., 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, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.9466.8]

Title: Views of Brandywine Creek, Delaware
Description: Views of Brandywine Creek in Delaware, showing men, women and children sitting on rocks near the banks of the creek, in canoes, and near a mill race. Includes sunset views, rocky glens, tangles of bare trees, and a partial view of a mill building., Contains seven stereographic prints mounted on yellow cardboard mounts, five of which have square corners, two rounded corners. All contain photographer's printed labels pasted on versos., 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.9466.5; P.8484.4; P.9058.146; P.9058.149-150; P.9058.154 and P.9058.156]

Title: Views of Catawissa Creek
Description: 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]

Title: Beaver Hollow
Description: Bird's eye view of the tree-lined creek near Beaver Hollow. Includes farmland and buildings in the background., Publisher's name supplied by cataloger., Publisher's address and series title printed in red on mount., Title from photographer's printed label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., 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.8484.7]

Title: Wissahickon Lane above Ridge Avenue
Description: View of a man leaning against the fence of a winding dirt road flanked by trees below Gypsy Lane near Wissahickon Creek. The stables for Wissahickon Hall, the hostelry erected circa 1849 by Harry Lippen, are also visible in the distance., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., See Bartlett & French P.9466.6 for similar view., 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 - Parks [P.8953.1]

Title: On the Wissahickon
Description: View of the Old Log Cabin Bridge from Wissahickon Creek showing three men standing on the bridge looking toward the camera and a man on the rocky bank of the creek below pulling to shore a rowboat full of men and women. Bridge named after the nearby Old Log Cabin Hostlery at Lincoln Drive above Gypsy Lane., Title from photographer's 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., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.9058.145]

Title: On the Wissahickon
Description: View of the trellised Kitchen's Lane Bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek. Shows a man fishing from the rocky bank of the creek in the foreground and an old stone mill building in the background. Bridge removed ca. 1925., Title from photographer's 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., 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 - Parks [P.9058.148]

Title: Toll house, Wissahickon Lane
Description: View of dirt road flanked by boulders and trees, showing a man standing on the side of the road looking away from the photographer toward a small toll house in the distance., Title from photographer's 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., 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 - Parks [P.9058.155]

Title: County bridge, Valley Green
Description: View of the stone arch bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek leading to Springfield Avenue. Built in 1832 and rebuilt in 1915. Also referred to as the Springfield Avenue Bridge., Title from photographer's 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., 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 - Parks [P.9146.6]

Title: Belmont Road
Description: View looking downhill at a peddler and his customer on a dirt road. A stone wall and trees flank the road. The peddler holds a basket of goods and the customer his wallet., 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.2002.21.5]

Title: Mountain Springs
Description: 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]

Title: Catawissa Creek at Stranger Hollow
Description: 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]

Title: Moss Cataract
Description: View of a downhill stream running over a smooth rock bed covered in green moss in the Delaware Water Gap. Both sides of the stream are flanked by trees and bushes., Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists eighteen other titles in the series (No. 192-209). Also includes series titled A Trip on the Catawissa (No. 210-235)., 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.2002.21.8]

Title: The shaded nook
Description: View of two women attired in capes and hats sitting on rocks in a shaded nook., Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists thirty-six other titles in series (No. 362-397)., 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.9168.3]

Title: View on the Wissahickon
Description: Landscape view showing a calm, tree-lined creek., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Parks [P.9212.10]

Title: Mill dam, Darby Creek
Description: Landscape view of mill dam on tree-lined creek., Title on negative., Photographer and publisher's imprint printed on mount in decorative text., Yellow 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: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Rivers [P.9299.54]

Title: Wissahickon Creek
Description: Landscape view showing a rocky hillside adjacent to the Wissahickon Creek., Title printed on mount., Photographer's name in manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Rogers, J. L. (Josiah L.), photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rogers - Parks [P.9466.24]

Title: Wissahickon Creek
Description: Landscape view showing the stone arch Bells Mill Road Bridge on the tree-lined Wissahickon Creek. Includes a mill building, part of Bishop's Mills at time of photograph, behind the bridge in the background. Two girls stand at the creek's edge in the foreground. Named after former mill owners James and John Bell, the bridge was constructed in 1820., Title printed on mount., Photographer's name in manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Rogers, J. L. (Josiah L.), photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rogers - Parks [P.9466.25]

Title: Central Park, N. Y. The lake, from terrace
Description: Landscape view of the lake from Bethesda Terrace in New York City's Central Park. Shows row boats on the water and a small boat landing in the distance., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 34., White mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.48]

Title: General view of the falls, Niagara, from Prospect Point
Description: Landscape view from Prospect Point of American Falls in the foreground and Horseshoe Falls in the background, two of the larger three falls that form Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the border of the United States and Canada., Title printed on mount below image and on verso., Explicative paragraph of text printed on verso describes the scene from a quote by British author and poet Eliza Cook. Includes vignette of eagle clutching "United States of America" banner, arrows and a shield in its talons. Text and vignette enclosed within decorative border., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Saul Koltnow.
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.38]

Title: The Horse-shoe Fall, Niagara, as viewed from Goat Island
Description: Landscape view depicts a man walking toward the Terrapin Rocks and Terrapin Tower from Goat Island over a boardwalk bridge spanning the Niagara River. Depicts the Horseshoe Falls, one of three falls that form Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the border of the United States and Canada. Boardwalk bridge removed in 1887., Title printed on verso., Quote printed on verso by N.P. Willis describes the scene depicted in the photograph. Also includes a poem by the Earl of Carlisle below the quote. A vignette of eagle clutching "United States of America" banner, arrows and a shield in its talons surmounts text. Text and vignette enclosed within decorative border., Creme mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Saul Koltnow.
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.39]

Title: Photographs
Description: Album of predominantly landscape photographs of the Delaware Valley and upstate New York taken by Philadelphia amateur photographer John C. Browne. Contents include views of Tacony, Cobb’s, Chester, and Pennypack Creeks; Germantown; Fairmount Park and the Wissahickon; Media, Dauphin, and Hamburg, Pa.; and Dutchess County and Newburgh, N.Y. Views also show estates, including S. H. Lloyd Garden on School House Lane and the W.C. Kent residence (Germantown), Mount Pleasant (Fairmount Park), Henry W. Sargent’s estate (Wodenthe) in Fishkill on the Hudson, and Presqu’ile (built 1813, Dutchess County, N.Y.); churches, including St. Timothy’s (built 1862, Roxborough) and St. Luke’s (Matteawan, Beacon, N.Y.); bridges, including the Norristown Railroad Bridge, Ridge Avenue Bridge, and the P.R.R. Bridge over Hamburg; Humphrey Yearsley’s Mill (built 1792, near Media); Delaware Water Gap; Glen Mills; St. Denning’s Point; waterfalls; cascades; wooded paths; woodlands; creek beds; and posed male and female figures in entryways, gardens, and near trees and waterfalls. Album also contains images of the Pennsylvania Hospital, Spring House and Croton Aqueduct near Tarrytown, the Washington Oak at Denning’s Point, and the Old Swedes Church (i.e., Holy Trinity Church), including cemetery, in Wilmington, Delaware. St. Luke's image also shows parishioners entering the church., Mount Pleasant Mansion was built 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson after the designs of Thomas Nevil in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. Macpherson, a privateer during the Seven Years’ War, purchased the estate with profits from these operations. Free white and Black laborers, indentured servants, and at least four enslaved people of African descent, whose names are unknown, worked on the plantation. In 1779, General Benedict Arnold purchased Mount Pleasant for his wife Peggy Shippen, but they never occupied the house. In 1792, General Jonathan Williams purchased the mansion. The City of Philadelphia purchased the property from the Williams family in 1869. On behalf of the city, the Philadelphia Museum of Art restored the house in 1926., Title from title page written in ink manuscript: Photographs by John C. Browne., Photographs contain titles in ink manuscript below the images. Signed J.C. Browne Photo. or J.C. Browne., Several photographs removed before acquisition., Includes "Index" of titles numbered 1-73. Titles for 61-69 are blank., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and Jon Randall Plummer, 2010., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Image "Tacony Creek" (#4) published as frontispiece in Philadelphia Photographer (April 1865)., Image "On the Pennypack" (#36) published as frontispiece in Philadelphia Photographer (October 1866)., One of missing photographs (#13) located and acquired through auction. See "Red Bridge on the Wissahickon" [*photo -Browne (P.2011.57)], LCP holds loose duplicate of photograph of Pennsylvania Hospital (#9). See photo - Browne (P.9260.485)., Housed in phase box.
Creator: Browne, John C. (John Coates), 1838-1918, photographer
Date: ca. 1862-ca. 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2010.38.44]

Title: [Album of Richard DeReef Venning]
Description: Photograph album of African American government worker Richard DeReef Venning, a member of the African American middle-class Stevens-Cogdell and Sanders-Venning family, and containing predominantly unidentified portraits of African American and white men, women, and children, including family and friends. Contains bust, half and full-length portraits, often studio portraits. Several of the female sitters wear ornate hairstyles and many sitters also wear crosses. Also contains a carte de visite reproduction of a painted portrait of possibly George Cogdell (p.16) and a carte de visite inscribed “Pete” and “Sam” showing two men in checkered patterned jumper costumes, wigs, hats, and full-face masks (p.18). Identified sitters include Samuel Le Count Cook (p.2, photograph dated 7/4/[18]90 and imprint of DC photographer Rice on verso, ), Edward W. Venning (p.13, photograph dated 1869 and imprint of Philadelphia photographer G.W. Cheston on verso), Sarah Venning (p.13 &14, imprint of Philadelphia photographer Larkin on the verso), Richard DeReef Venning (p.13, photograph dated 12/7/[18]74 on recto and imprint of Philadelphia photographer Henrici & Garns on verso), Sarah Ann Sanders, daughter of Sarah Sanders (p.14, lower right, ca. 1865, inscribed on recto: S.A.S.; imprint of Philadelphia photographer B.F. Reimer and "property of ed. y.v." inscribed on verso), Cordelia Chew Hinkson (p.35), and Cordelia Hinkson Brown as a baby (p.35). Other sitters may possibly be William H. Chew (p.1), Addie Howard (p.3) and George Washington Musgrave (group portrait, p.19)., Album also contains a portrait signed "Ellie" (p. 22, photograph dated 11/16/[1875] and imprint of NY photographer G.H. Johnson on verso) and an unidentified portrait that is likely Cordelia Sanders (Chew) and her sons Richard and Charles Chew (p.15, lower left, imprint of Philadelphia photographer Miles & Foster on verso). Another unidentified portrait is likely Jacob C. White, co-founder of the Pythians, Philadelphia's first African American baseball club (p. 27, upper left, imprint of Philadelphia photographer Gutekunst). Also contained are inserted portraits (rehoused on boards and with album), including one of a Black man inscribed "H.S.S." and Jan. 11/82 on the recto and verso of the mount (L.W. Cook, Boston, photographer) and one of a Black woman inscribed "Respects of Marie" on the verso (J.P. Silver, photographer)., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Contains title page: Album. Page illustrated with ornamental border., Contains several loose portaits., Various photographers, including Philadelphia photographers H. D. Garns & Co., G. W. Chesterton, African American photographer Gallo Cheston, Larkin Gallery, O. B. DeMorat, C. Hagemann & Co., Henrici & Garns, B. F. Reimer, H. D. Garns & Co., Miles & Foster, Broadbent & Phillips, M. S. Hagaman, Lothrop’s Ferrotype Gallery, Germon, J. Fenton, J. P. Silver, Parlor Galleries, as well as Washington, D.C. photographers Kets Kemethy and Rice, Norfolk photographer J. A. Faber, Trenton photographer J. Bainbridge, Charleston photographer Jesse E. Bolles, Boston photographer L. W. Cook, Salem photographer Smith & Bousley, and New York photographer G. H. Johnson., Inscription on front free end paper: R.D. Reef Venning, June 12/84, Washington, D.C., Some of the photographs contain inscriptions, including dates, identifications, and valedictions, on the versos., Label pasted on back cover: No. 464 Gately & Haskell, booksellers, Hoen building, Baltimore, MD., Ca. 1900 pastel portrait of possibly Clara, nurse to children and grandchildren of Sarah Sanders and R. W. Cogdell (P.9367.32, Stevens-Cogdell/ Sanders-Venning Collection) after ca. 1875 tintype photographed by J. Fenton (729 South St., Phila) P.2012.37.1.23b originally inserted in album and housed with album., See Lib. Company Annual Report, 1991 p. 26-31., Gift of descendants Cordelia H. Brown, Lillie V. Dickerson, Mary Hinkson Jackson, and Georgine E. Willis in honor of Phil Lapsansky., See LCP exhibit catalogue: African American Miscellany p. 45., Genealogical charts available at repository., Some photographs dated during conservation treatment in July 2021. Conservation notes in collection research file at repository (Graphic Arts Department)., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Richard DeReef Venning (1846-1929), born in Philadelphia, was son of seamstress Elizabeth and carpenter Edward W. Venning. Venning worked as a grocer in Philadelphia before being appointed as a clerk to the Eastern Division of the Pension Office in 1881. He resided in Washington, D.C. from the early 1880s to early 1900s, and boarded with the African American Presbyterian minister Francis Grimké and his brother, lawyer and diplomat Archibald Grimké for several years. In 1914, Venning returned to Philadelphia and lived with his nephew George E. Venning's family who referred to him as "Dah." The family was active in the Philadelphia African American political, social, educational, and cultural community from the 1850s to the 20th century, including the St. Thomas P.E. Church, Church of the Crucifixion, Central Presbyterian Church, the Colored Institute of Youth, and the Citizens Republican Club.
Creator: Venning, Richard DeReef, 1846-1929
Date: [ca. 1865 - ca. 1922]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Collection [P.2012.37.1]

Title: [Album of Richard DeReef Venning]
Description: Photograph album of African American government worker Richard DeReef Venning, a member of the African American middle-class Stevens-Cogdell and Sanders-Venning family, and containing predominantly unidentified portraits of African American and white men, women, and children, including family and friends. Contains bust, half and full-length portraits, often studio portraits. Several of the female sitters wear ornate hairstyles and many sitters also wear crosses. Also contains a carte de visite reproduction of a painted portrait of possibly George Cogdell (p.16) and a carte de visite inscribed “Pete” and “Sam” showing two men in checkered patterned jumper costumes, wigs, hats, and full-face masks (p.18). Identified sitters include Samuel Le Count Cook (p.2, photograph dated 7/4/[18]90 and imprint of DC photographer Rice on verso, ), Edward W. Venning (p.13, photograph dated 1869 and imprint of Philadelphia photographer G.W. Cheston on verso), Sarah Venning (p.13 &14, imprint of Philadelphia photographer Larkin on the verso), Richard DeReef Venning (p.13, photograph dated 12/7/[18]74 on recto and imprint of Philadelphia photographer Henrici & Garns on verso), Sarah Ann Sanders, daughter of Sarah Sanders (p.14, lower right, ca. 1865, inscribed on recto: S.A.S.; imprint of Philadelphia photographer B.F. Reimer and "property of ed. y.v." inscribed on verso), Cordelia Chew Hinkson (p.35), and Cordelia Hinkson Brown as a baby (p.35). Other sitters may possibly be William H. Chew (p.1), Addie Howard (p.3) and George Washington Musgrave (group portrait, p.19)., Album also contains a portrait signed "Ellie" (p. 22, photograph dated 11/16/[1875] and imprint of NY photographer G.H. Johnson on verso) and an unidentified portrait that is likely Cordelia Sanders (Chew) and her sons Richard and Charles Chew (p.15, lower left, imprint of Philadelphia photographer Miles & Foster on verso). Another unidentified portrait is likely Jacob C. White, co-founder of the Pythians, Philadelphia's first African American baseball club (p. 27, upper left, imprint of Philadelphia photographer Gutekunst). Also contained are inserted portraits (rehoused on boards and with album), including one of a Black man inscribed "H.S.S." and Jan. 11/82 on the recto and verso of the mount (L.W. Cook, Boston, photographer) and one of a Black woman inscribed "Respects of Marie" on the verso (J.P. Silver, photographer)., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Contains title page: Album. Page illustrated with ornamental border., Contains several loose portraits., Various photographers, including Philadelphia photographers H. D. Garns & Co., G. W. Chesterton, African American photographer Gallo Cheston, Larkin Gallery, O. B. DeMorat, C. Hagemann & Co., Henrici & Garns, B. F. Reimer, H. D. Garns & Co., Miles & Foster, Broadbent & Phillips, M. S. Hagaman, Lothrop’s Ferrotype Gallery, Germon, J. Fenton, J. P. Silver, Parlor Galleries, as well as Washington, D.C. photographers Kets Kemethy and Rice, Norfolk photographer J. A. Faber, Trenton photographer J. Bainbridge, Charleston photographer Jesse E. Bolles, Boston photographer L. W. Cook, Salem photographer Smith & Bousley, and New York photographer G. H. Johnson., Inscription on front free end paper: R.D. Reef Venning, June 12/84, Washington, D.C., Some of the photographs contain inscriptions, including dates, identifications, and valedictions, on the versos., Label pasted on back cover: No. 464 Gately & Haskell, booksellers, Hoen building, Baltimore, MD., Ca. 1900 pastel portrait of possibly Clara, nurse to children and grandchildren of Sarah Sanders and R. W. Cogdell (P.9367.32, Stevens-Cogdell/ Sanders-Venning Collection) after ca. 1875 tintype photographed by J. Fenton (729 South St., Phila) P.2012.37.1.23b originally inserted in album and housed with album., See Lib. Company Annual Report, 1991 p. 26-31., Gift of descendants Cordelia H. Brown, Lillie V. Dickerson, Mary Hinkson Jackson, and Georgine E. Willis in honor of Phil Lapsansky., See LCP exhibit catalogue: African American Miscellany p. 45., Genealogical charts available at repository., Some photographs dated during conservation treatment in July 2021. Conservation notes in collection research file at repository (Graphic Arts Department)., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Richard DeReef Venning (1846-1929), born in Philadelphia, was son of seamstress Elizabeth and carpenter Edward W. Venning. Venning worked as a grocer in Philadelphia before being appointed as a clerk to the Eastern Division of the Pension Office in 1881. He resided in Washington, D.C. from the early 1880s to early 1900s, and boarded with the African American Presbyterian minister Francis Grimké and his brother, lawyer and diplomat Archibald Grimké for several years. In 1914, Venning returned to Philadelphia and lived with his nephew George E. Venning's family who referred to him as "Dah." The family was active in the Philadelphia African American political, social, educational, and cultural community from the 1850s to the 20th century, including the St. Thomas P.E. Church, Church of the Crucifixion, Central Presbyterian Church, the Colored Institute of Youth, and the Citizens Republican Club.
Creator: Venning, Richard DeReef, 1846-1929
Date: [ca. 1865 - ca. 1922]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Collection [P.2012.37.1]

Title: Philad'a, from State House steeple
Description: Panoramic view looking southwest from the State House at 520 Chestnut Street. Includes L. Johnson's Type and Stereotype Foundry at 6 Sansom Street and the tops of trees in Washington Square., Title on negative., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Views [P.9229.1]

Title: Scenery of Pennsylvania. Cattawissa Rail Road
Description: Incomplete collection of the series, published by John Moran between 1862 and 1868, of scenic views along the Catawissa Railroad, including views in Lycoming, Carbon, and Schuylkill County. Two unlabeled views titled "Bridge over the Susquehanna at Williamsport" and "Tunnel at Summit Station" included as part of the series. Incorporated in 1831 and opened in 1854, the passenger and commercial railroad traveled through the mountains near Blue Ridge connecting Port Clinton and Williamsport, Pennsylvania., Views predominately depict Catawissa Island, a retreat on the Susquehanna River below the town of Catawissa. Views include scenes near a farm and the river. Series also contains views of Lycoming Creek; McCauley Mountain and Railroad; Pine Swamp at Ringtown; base of Summit Hill, Quakake Railroad; and head waters of the Schuylkill River, Summit Station. Many of the views contain posed male figures, including possibly John Moran. Two of the views include a railroad car and railroad tracks., Buff and cream mounts with square corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso of sixteen views in the series., Imprint of distributor, James W. Queen & Co., 924 Chestnut Street, Phila. stamped on verso of two of the series., Label of distributor, McAllister & Brother, 728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia pasted on verso of one of the series., Five of the series are numbered: No. 150, 153, 158, 162 1/2, 174, and 184., Title stamped on mount of sixteen of the series., Three of series originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views and political miscellany., Includes accession numbers: 5759.F.9b; 5759.F.3h; 5759.F.1j; P.8546; P.8992.1-.11; P.8979.6-9., Digitization 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. The men visited and documented the Catawissa Valley around 1862.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [5759.F.9b; 5759.F.3h; 5759.F.1j; P.8546; P.8992.1-11; P.8979.6-9]

Title: Scenery of the Allegheny Mountains and Pennsylvania Central R[ail] R[oad]
Description: Incomplete collection of the series, published by John Moran circa 1863, showing scenic views of the Allegheny Mountains and Conemaugh and Susquehanna rivers along the Pittsburgh division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The railroad (incorporated in 1846) traveled from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh through the mountain passage known as the "Horse Shoe Curve," completed in 1854. Three views attrtibuted to Moran titled, "Head Waters of the Susquehanna, Cambria Co., PA.," "Kittaning Point, Allegheny Mountains," and "The pass through Jack's Mountain, Huntingdon, Co." included as part of the series., Views depict: the forest at the summit of the Alleghanies; an overlook and rocky valley at Kittaning Point in the Alleghenies; old bed of the Conemaugh River; sand ridge at Mapleton at the foot of Jack's Mountain; views of the head waters of the Susquehanna River in Cambria County, and a canal lock in "Jack's Narrows" on the Juniata River. Three of the views include posed male figures., Cream mounts with square corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso of six views in the series., Six of the series are numbered: No. 237, 244, 254, 259, 260, and 294., Title stamped on mounts., Digitization 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. He resided at 806 Coates Street between 1862 and 1864.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8979.10; P.8992.14-19; P. 9462.20; P.9466.15]

Title: [Panorama of Philadelphia northeast from State House]
Description: Panoramic view showing several city blocks northeast from the State House at 520 Chestnut Street. In the foreground, identifiable businesses include W.H. Selheimer, book and job printing (n.w. corner Fifth and Chestnut), and H.J. Toudy & Co., practical lithographer (503-505 Chestnut). In the background, White Hall, clothiers, the steeple of Christ Church, and various businesses' rooftops with signage advertising hardware, drugs, and clothing are visible. Toudy tenanted 503-505 Chestnut Street from around 1868 until 1871., Attributed to Robert Newell and his "American Views" series., Unmounted half of stereoview., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Views [(6)1322.F.73b]

Title: A slate quarry Burlington, N.J
Description: View of the quarry and ridge., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., 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. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Industry [P.8464.11]

Title: [McCauley Mountain Rail Road]
Description: Depicts tracks leading to the McCauley Mountain Railroad bridge on the Catawissa Railroad near a farm residence in Maineville. Four men sit and stand on the tracks. The railroad, incorporated in 1831 and opened in 1854, traveled through the Blue Ridge Mountains connecting Port Clinton and Williamsport, Pennsylvania., Manuscript note on verso: MCauly Mtn. R.R., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Series title from duplicate stereograph., Duplicate entitled McCauley Bridge, McCauley Mountain R.R., Pa. (P.8992.3)., Digitization 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. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Cattawissa Railroad [P.9462.16]

Title: McCauley Bridge, McCauley Mountain R.R., Pa
Description: Depicts tracks leading to the Catawissa Railroad bridge which passes over a farm residence near Maineville. Four men sit and stand on the tracks. The railroad, organized in 1831 and opened in 1854, traveled through the mountains near Blue Ridge connecting Port Clinton and Williamsport, Pennsylvania., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Buff mount with square corners., Contains distributor's stamp on verso: James W. Queen & Co., 924 Chestnut Street Phila., 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. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8992.3]

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