Landscape view of a tree-lined rustic footbridge carrying a trail or path in Fairmount Park., Title printed on mount below image., 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 F.J. Dallet.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9488.3]
Landscape view from steep hillside showing winding entrance path flanked by ornate iron railings at the Spring Garden Street entrance to East Fairmount Park., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange 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 Sandra Markham.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Parks [P.2007.20.6]
Elevated landscape view looking down at bare trees in the ravine partially obscuring the view of the Schuylkill River north of Horticultural Hall in West Fairmount Park. Includes men and women standing on a path in the foreground., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange 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 Sandra Markham.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Parks [P.2007.20.2]
Bird's eye view from a circular window looking north at the Delaware Water Gap region from the Water Gap House built in 1872 on Mt. Minsi. Shows the Delaware River (right), the adjacent hilly landscape, and a residence on the west bank of the river in the foreground., Title from printed series label on verso with twenty-three other titled views (No. 121-144)., Photographer and publisher's printed label pasted on verso., Manuscript note on mount below image: Tower view, Water Gap House., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Graves, Jesse A. (Jesse Albert)
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Graves [P.9168.6]
View looking west at the dam or falls on the Schuylkill River north of the Water Works. In the foreground, one man stands, hands on his hips, looking toward the camera, as another bends down on one knee and observes the water below. Includes a partial view of the elevated pavilion or gazebo and the buildings on the west bank of the Schuylkill River in the background., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Seely, Yellow curved 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
[photographed ca. 1868, printed ca. 1879]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.8484.18]
View of stone fountain at base of entrance stairs leading up to a road on the grounds of Lemon Hill. Men stand in a line behind the fountain looking toward the camera. A man descends the stairs and moves away from a horse-drawn coach parked at the top of the stairs in the background., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow curved 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
[photographed ca. 1868, printed ca. 1879]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.8484.23]
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., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., See Bartlett & French P.9466.7 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
[photographed ca. 1868, printed ca. 1879]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.9047.21]
Album of photographs of aerial and landscape views taken in the park during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Photographs predominately depict views from observation towers at George's Hill and Lemon Hill. Images show the Centennial Exhibition grounds, including the buildings, monuments, ponds, 24th Ward Reservoir, and Centennial Station and tracks of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad; Fairmount Water Works; Girard College and surrounding neighborhood, including Brewerytown; the breweries of H. J. Walter (North Thirty-third and Thompson streets), Bergner & Engel (3200 block Thompson Street), F. A. Poth (North Thirty-first and Jefferson streets) and Bergdoll & Psotta (Twenty-ninth and Parish streets, built 1875); boat houses and landings near the waterworks; bridges, including the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount, Girard Avenue Bridge, and New York Connecting Railroad Bridge; and cityscape. Also contains views of Wissahickon Creek and Fairmount Park, including Belmont Pumping Station, fountains, landscaped gardens, and the observation tower at George's Hill; the Lincoln and Humboldt monuments; signage on the Centennial pavilions; and park visitors., Title from black morocco binding, stamped front cover. Stamped with incorrect date., Spine stamped: Views. Fairmount Park 1866., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Select images reproduced in Kenneth Finkel’s Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1980).
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.8465]
Landscape view showing rustic foot bridge spanning a creek or depression in West Fairmount Park., Written on negative: 23, Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint obscured by photograph pasted on mount., 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.9299.97]
Landscape view showing two rustic benches near a tree-lined path in West Fairmount Park., Written on negative: 13, Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint and series number obscured by photograph pasted on mount., 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.9299.98]
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]
Landscape view showing the feather-like plumage of a large white pampas grass plant in the center foreground. Includes landscaped garden with shrubs and trees in the background., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint obscured by photograph pasted on mount., 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.9299.90]
Landscape view of tree-lined path in Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint obscured by photograph pasted on mount., 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.9299.92]
Landscape view looking north at the winding dirt road flanked by steep, jagged rocks and trees on the east and the Schuylkill River on the west., Written on negative: 1008, Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint mostly obscured by photograph pasted on mount., 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.9299.96]
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 right foreground., Written on negative: 80, Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., 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.9299.79]
View looking southwest from the Lemon Hill estate showing the top of a floating boat house on the Schuylkill River through the trees., Title from mount and manuscript note on verso., Photographer's printed label pasted on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jim Dallet.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9305]
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Men sit and stand on the porch of the four-story Logan House hotel, built 1852-53 by Pennsylvania Railroad carpenter foreman Thomas Burchinell. The hotel closed in 1927 and was converted to a post office in the early 1930s.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Distant view of a gazebo on the property of the Bedford Springs Hotel, which featured seven freshwater, "medicinal" springs.
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 one of seven freshwater, "medicinal" springs on the property of the Bedford Springs Hotel. A columned pavillion sits above the spring in the distance.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts men and women recreating on the grounds of the Bedford Springs Hotel, home to seven freshwater, "medicinal" springs. Includes an ornate stairway leading up to a pavillion.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts one of the springs on the grounds of the Bedford Springs Hotel, home to seven freshwater, "medicinal" springs. A pedestrian bridge is visible in the distance.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a group of people sitting on benches near the Lime Spring, one of seven freshwater, "medicinal" springs on the grounds of the Bedford Springs Hotel.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a man standing on a path leading up to the Bedford Springs Hotel, a resort that offered seven freshwater, "medicinal" springs on the property.
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., View of the railroad bridge spanning the Susquehanna River, connecting Columbia with Wrightsville on the York division.
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 sheds and piles of lumber as the railroad tracks approach the Susquehanna Bridge, which connects Columbia with Wrightsville on the York division.
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 the railroad tracks near a forge in Tyrone, a stop on the Tyrone and Clearfield Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Other buildings in the town are visible in the distance (left).
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., View showing the rolling mills situated beside the Susquehanna River near the junction of the Juniata River at Duncannon, Pa. The iron works, specializing in nails, was established in 1828 by Stephen Duncan and John D. Mahon and purchased by Duncannon Iron Company in 1861. The rolling mill ceased operations in 1908.
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 three men standing on the long, wooden platform near Cresson Station. Cresson was a popular summer resort town.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of the concealed Mountain House within Cresson Springs Resort near Cresson Station. The Pennsylvania Railroad owned the resort, which was moved to Cresson from Hollidaysburg in the 1860s and rebuilt in 1880-81 to accommodate about 600 people.
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.
