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Title: Rustic boat landing. Central Park, N. Y
Description: Landscape view of two boys recreating near a small rustic boat landing on a lake or pond in New York City's Central Park. One boy fishes in the foreground and the other sits on a rock looking down at the water., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow 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. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.43]

Title: View in Fairmount Park, Phila
Description: View of fenced-in garden adorned by decorative urns used as planters in Fairmount Park., Title and photographer's imprint from 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., Gift of J.F. Dallet.
Creator: Morse, S. R.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Morse - Parks [P.9500.2]

Title: Cave of Cupica Bay Isthmus
Description: Landscape view showing a short, wide cave entrance at the bottom of a large rock formation near Cupica Bay. Also shows a man squatting inside the entrance of the cave. View from T.O. Selfridge's 1870-1871 naval expedition of the Isthmus of Darien. Authorized by the U.S. Government, Selfridge explored and surveyed the area as a possible route for a ship canal in Panama. He was accompanied by photographer T.H. O'Sullivan in 1870 and Philadelphia photographer John Moran in 1871., Title from manuscript notes on mount and verso., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9244]

Title: Rustic bridge. Fairmount Park. Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: Sweet Brier Valley, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Landscape view showing a man standing on rustic bridge carrying a tree-lined path over a small stream in Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note on verso and printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.8924.3]

Title: View from Sweet Brier, F.P
Description: Landscape view showing a rustic bridge from a trail in Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note on mount., Beige 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.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9299.47]

Title: North from Sweet Brier Height. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Landscape view showing the tree-lined Schuylkill River from Sweet Brier Heights in West Fairmount Park. Includes a utility pole in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso and partially printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.8924.1]

Title: Wissahickon
Description: Landscape view of the winding Wissahickon Creek. Shows large rocks in and around the water and trees flanking both sides of the creek. Includes a partial view of a stone mill building., Title on negative., 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.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9299.52]

Title: Wissahickon
Description: Elevated landscape view, possibly from mill building, showing a small dam or waterfall on the tree-lined Wissahickon Creek., Title from manuscript note on mount., Faded mint green 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.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9299.53]

Title: Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views
Description: Series of titled views from Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views include, "The gateway, entrance to the Garden of the Gods, and Pike's Peak ten miles distant," "Rainbow Fall," "The Cliff House, and Soda Springs, Shurtleff & Webster, proprietors, Manitou, Colorado," "U.S. Signal Station and Observatory," "Glen Eyrie". Images depict large rock formations, mountains and hills, a frozen waterfall, a hotel or inn, a signal station at the summit of Pike's Peak, and a residence, all near Manitou and Colorado Springs, Colorado., Title from printed labels pasted on versos., Photographer's imprint printed on labels pasted on versos., Contains five stereographic prints mounted on curved cardboard with rounded corners, three yellow and two buff. All contain photographer's pasted labels on verso. Most include facts about the sites under the titles., Gurnsey operated a photography studio in Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1872 until his death in 1880., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Mrs. E. Paul DuPont.
Creator: Gurnsey, B. H. (Byron H.), 1833-1880
Date: [1872-1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Gurnsey - Views [P.8486.1-5]

Title: Explorations West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1872, Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'dg
Description: Series of titled views from Wheeler's United States surveys of the West include, "The bath, Kanab Wash," "Lava Cone, Devil's Hole, Arizona," "Grand Canon; mouth of Kanab Wash," "Chocolate Mesa, Rocker Creek, Arizona," and "The Bear, Colorado Plateau." Views of the mouth and bath at Kanab Wash, Lava Cone, Devil's Hole, Arizona, and Chocolate Mesa, Rocker Creek, Arizona. Images depict a nude man standing near the creek, probably after bathing; men camping near the creek in a canyon; the photographer knealing down and setting up his shot and two men standing and sitting on large rocks near the mouth of the creek. Photographs also include rock formations, canyons, plateaus, and other geological features along Kanab Creek, a tributary of the Grand Canyon, which flows south toward the Colorado River in Arizona., Five are from the Colorado River Series and two from the Geological Series., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on versos: Bessie & Smith, Media., Yellow curved mounts with rounded corners., See Timothy O'Sullivan's series [66652.D.1-7] of the Colorado River Series for similar views of Wheeler's survey. O'Sullivan accompanied Wheeler in 1871, 1873, and 1875., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., William Bell, Philadelphia commercial photographer and father-in-law of photographer William Rau, worked in Philadelphia 1848-1910. He served as the chief photographer for the U.S. Army Medical Museum in 1865 and replaced Timothy O'Sullivan on George M. Wheeler's survey of the territories west of the 100th meridian in 1872.
Creator: Bell, William, 1830-1910
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bell - Views [66651.D.1-7]

Title: Table Rock from above, Niagara N.Y
Description: View of overhanging rock cliffs above the Niagara River on the Canadian side of the falls, showing a man sitting on the edge of the cliff, and buildings, one undergoing construction, along the land's edge., Title on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount in fancy scrollwork., Photographer's blind stamp included twice on the mount. Stamp consists of his initials, C.B., within an art palette., Distributor's label pasted on verso: James Cremer, publisher of stereoscopic views, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Stereoscopes and views, wholesale and retail., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, No. 32., Orange mount with rounded corners., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bierstadt relocated to Niagara Falls, New York from New Bedford, Massachusetts ca. 1863 and opened his own photographic studio.
Creator: Bierstadt, Charles, 1819-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bierstadt - Views [P.9022.35]

Title: Whirlpool and rapids
Description: View of whirlpool and rapids in Niagara River near Suspension Bridge (i.e., Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge and International Suspension Bridge), the world's first working suspension railway bridge connecting Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario. Bridge partially obscured by tree-covered hill in the background. Bridge completed in 1855 after the designs of John A. Roebling and operated until 1897., Title on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount within decorative ribbons flowing from shields. Also printed on verso with four vignettes of two medals, the Vienna Medal of Merit and the American Institute of New York, awarded to Charles Bierstadt in 1873., Photographer's blind stamp included twice on the mount. Stamp consists of his initials, C.B., within an art palette., Distributor's label pasted on verso: James Cremer, publisher of stereoscopic views, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Stereoscopes and views, wholesale and retail., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, No. 26., Orange mount with rounded corners., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bierstadt relocated to Niagara Falls, New York from New Bedford, Massachusetts ca. 1863 and opened his own photographic studio.
Creator: Bierstadt, Charles, 1819-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bierstadt - Views [P.9022.1]

Title: View at Fairmount, Phila. Pa
Description: 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]

Title: Lover's retreat, Fairmount Park, Phila., Pa
Description: 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]

Title: View in tropical forest
Description: View showing a small clearing in a tropical forest. View from T.O. Selfridge's 1870-1871 naval expedition of the Isthmus of Darien. Authorized by the U.S. Government, Selfridge explored and surveyed the area as a possible route for a ship canal in Panama. He was accompanied by photographer T.H. O'Sullivan in 1870 and Philadelphia photographer John Moran in 1871., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint in red text on mount., Manuscript note on verso: J.H. Lamson, private coll., Yellow 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. 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Darien Expedition [8322.F]

Title: Landsdown Valley. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Landscape view from a hill looking down at a rustic foot bridge connecting two tree-lined paths in Landsdowne (i.e., Lansdowne) Valley in West Fairmount Park. A mans stands on the bridge., Title from manuscript note on verso and printed on mount., Photographer supplied from duplicate photograph created by James Cremer: stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9022.25], Orange 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, photographer
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.8924.2]

Title: Tower view, at Water Gap House
Description: 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]

Title: Landsdown rustic bridge
Description: 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]

Title: Landsdown valley
Description: 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]

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: View in the park
Description: 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]

Title: [Tree-lined path in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Description: 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]

Title: River Drive, east park
Description: 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]

Title: Wissahickon stone bridge
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 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]

Title: Fairmount Falls
Description: 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]

Title: Germantown bend
Description: View of Wissahickon Creek near Lover's Leap looking north toward Rittenhouse Bridge, a large stone bridge with a small arch opening in Fairmount Park. Bridge carries Forbidden Drive and marks the entrance to the upper Wissahickon Valley., Title and publisher's imprint from label pasted on verso., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded 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. Their business moved from 501 Broadway to 591 Broadway in 1869.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Anthony - Parks [P.9426]

Title: Entrance to Fairmount Park
Description: 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]

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., 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]

Title: Wissahickon
Description: Landscape view depicts a man sitting on a large rock on the bank of the Wissahickon Creek in the foreground. Includes a partial view of a stone mill building on the opposite bank., 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.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Parks [P.9756]

Title: View from Ormston [sic]
Description: Landscape view showing a man sitting in the grass in the foreground looking at the Schuylkill River through the trees from the Ormiston estate in East Fairmount Park. Ormiston, located near the East Park Reservoir, was a farm and place of recreation with extensive orchards., Title printed on label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Views [P.9146.3]

Title: Up the Schuylkill from Sweet Briar walk
Description: Landscape view showing trees that obscure the Schuylkill River in the background., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer'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.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Parks [P.9058.169]

Title: American Fall from Canada
Description: Landscape view of American Falls, one of 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., Manuscript note on verso: Thanks Marie I enjoyed the book. Chris., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non-Philadelphia - New York [P.8537]

Title: Explorations West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1871, Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'dg
Description: Series of titled views from Wheeler's United States surveys of the West include, "Grand Cañon, from opposite Diamond Creek," "Middle of Black Cañon," "The Start, Camp Mohave, A.T.," "Mohave Indians; Panambona and Mitiwara," "Camp Big Horn, Black Cañon," "Mohaves Caught Napping," and "Grand Cañon, above Grotto Spring." Images depict mostly landscape views of large rock formations flanking the Colorado River. Views also include Mohave people and men leaving Camp Mohave in boats., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on versos: Bessie & Smith, Media., Yellow curved mounts with rounded corners., See William Bell's series [66651.D.1-7] of Colorado River and Geological Series for similar views of Wheeler's survey. Bell replaced O'Sullivan in 1872., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Timothy O'Sullivan accompanied George M. Wheeler on his survey of the territories west of the 100th meridian in 1871, 1873 and 1875.
Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - O'Sullivan - Views [66652.D.1-7]

Title: North from Landsdowne terrace
Description: Landscape view looking north from Landsdowne terrace in West Fairmount Park. Shows trails, pedestrian bridges, and the Columbia Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, was completed in 1834 after the designs of engineer John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company. Also shows a man walking a trail in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization 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 - Fairmount Park [8353.F.8]

Title: North from the summer house
Description: View looking north from a "summer house" near the grounds of Lemon Hill, in East Fairmount Park. Shows two Pennsylvania Railroad bridges - the Old Girard Avenue Bridge and the New York Connecting Railway Bridge - spanning the Schuylkill River. Girard Avenue Bridge, was built in 1855 and razed circa 1871. The Connecting Railway Bridge was completed in 1867 after the designs of P.R.R. chief engineer John A. Wilson., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Saul Koltnow., Digitization 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 - Bridges [P.9022.30]

Title: Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. N. [sic] from Lemon Hill
Description: 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]

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