Landscape view of the pedestrian bridge built ca. 1860 after designs by Calvert Vaux spanning a tree-lined Bank Rock Bay in New York City's Central Park. Bridge replaced in 1935., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 37., Mint green 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.9022.47]
Panoramic view from the 1800 block of Chestnut Street looking north showing the spire of St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church at the southwest corner of Twentieth and Cherry Streets, the dense group of trees in Logan Square, and Founder's Hall on Girard College's campus. Signboards reading "Lane," most likely for John S. Lane's carriage manufactory at 1907 Market Street, and "Lancaster Flour Store" are visible in the foreground., Title from 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.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Views [P.8464.31]
Landscape view of Lodore Falls surrounded by trees near Derwent Water, England. A man stands behind two women that sit in the grass in the foreground., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Views [P.9844.36]
Genre scene showing a man kissing a woman good night in her boudoir. The man kisses the woman's cheek as he extinguishes the candlestick that she holds with his fingers. Interior decoration includes a plant resting atop an open dresser; a watering can; a hat resting upon a hat box; and a wash stand with a wash bowl and mirror., Distributor's imprint and advertisement printed on mount: Sherman Stevens, 99 cent store, Norwalk & Stamford, Conn. Jewelry, Pictures, Frames, Fancy Goods, Bags, Lamps, Cutlery, &c., &c., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Jesse Randall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Unidentified - Genre [P.2005.19.15]
Comic genre scene showing a mother and father finding their daughter and her suitor, seated and asleep, in a dining room. Shows the young woman resting her head on the chest of the young man; her father wearing a robe and holding a poker; and the mother looking for the time on a grandfather clock., Tan mount with rounded corners., Gift of Jesse Randall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Unidentified - Genre [P.2005.19.16]
Scenic views showing the Horse Shoe Curve and Pack Saddle along the Pittsburgh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Views also show locomotives, men posed on rock ledges, including one labeled "Sit Box," railroad tracks, and townscape., Series title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Three of the series numbered. Collection contains: 341; 517; 703., Two of stereographs inscribed on verso: T.N. Haskill., Gift of Jessy Randall., Created postfreeze., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Purviance was commissioned as an official photographer of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1867.
Creator
Purviance, William T.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Views [P.2005.19.1-4]
Rooftop view looking south showing the cityscape of Philadelphia from the upper floors or roof of Girard College's Founder's Hall. View includes the front entrance gate and landscaped school grounds in the foreground, row houses, the Corinthian Avenue Reservoir, and the outline of Eastern State Penitentiary in the distance background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Pale yellow mount with square 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. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8464.15]
Landscape view showing the Cheat River in Rowlesburg, West Virginia. The river is flanked by tree-covered hills., Title from manuscript note on 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. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9466.14]
Landscape view showing a man standing on the bank of Catawissa Creek looking across at the opposite tree-lined bank., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James Cremer's stereoscopic emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Family groups taken for the stereoscope., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 published views of Catawissa Valley and Catawissa Island, a retreat on the Susquehanna River below the town of Catawissa, between 1862 and 1868.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Cattawissa Railroad [P.9462.13]
Landscape view showing the three-span stone arch Pennypack Creek Bridge (i.e., Frankford Avenue Bridge) from the tree-lined creek. Bridge built 1697-1698., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: No. 44, Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9168.12]
View showing two men in the woods amidst bare trees. One man stands and grasps a small tree trunk and the other reclines in the leaves., Attributed to John Moran., Title from 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.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9260.77]
Faded view showing a bridge spanning the shallow creek. Includes large rocks in the foreground., Attributed to John Moran., Title from label pasted on mount., Distributor's label pasted on verso: McAllister & Brother, 728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia., Buff 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. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9040.2]
View showing the cityscape in the distance with rocky terrain in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9146]
Landscape view showing a man standing on railroad tracks running parallel to the Juniata River. Also shows mountains in the distance., Attributed to John Moran., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8992.21]
Landscape view showing a lily pond surrounded by plants and ferns., Title supplied by cataloger., 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.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8464.22]
View of the falls in the distant background. Includes a tent labeled "photographic and stereoscopic views of the falls" sheltering a camera in the left foreground., Photographer's stamp pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Mason, Samuel (Samuel J.)
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Mason - Views [P.9022.9]
Landscape view showing a winding path flanked by trees in Fairmount Park, which was officially created by an act of the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1867., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow mount with rounded corners. Mount in two equal pieces held together by paper pasted on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1867]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9814]
Landscape view showing a small dam or waterfall on the tree-lined, shallow Wissahickon Creek. Includes a man sitting on large rocks in the foreground., Title on negative., 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. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9146.1]
Landscape view showing the calm waters of the tree-lined Wissahickon Creek., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 36., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9022.37]
Rooftop view looking northeast from LaPierre House on Broad Street, showing the front elevation of St. John the Evangelist Church (23-25 South Thirteenth, built 1830, William Rodrigue, architect), the top of the Pennsylvania Railroad freight depot (Thirteenth and Market), a mostly obscured view of the United States Mint (1331-1337 Chestnut, built 1883, William Strickland, architect), and rooftops of adjacent buildings., Title and photographer from series list printed on blue paper and pasted on verso with thirty-one other titles (No. 1-31)., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Views [P.9107.11]
View showing the trunk of a large jobo tree (Spondias momben ; Spondias lutea) in Cuba. Members of the Amateur Photographic Exchange Club distributed their own prints with homemade labels to all other members for review. The club operated from 1861-63., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint on printed label pasted on verso., Description printed on label pasted on verso: Amateur Photographic Exchange Club ; Negative, Wet Collodion. ; (Pronounced in Spanish, Hobo.) This tree is formed by the natural intertwining of a number of vines which adhere to each other at various points of contact, leaving a hollow space in the centre., Buff mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Guilloû, Constant, 1812-1872
Date
Sept. 1863
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Guilloû - Views [P.8644]
Landscape view shows a woman seated and leaning next to a tree near a creek., Attributed to John Moran., Title stamped on mount., Distributor's stamp, printed in red ink, pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9326.1]
Genre scene shows two girls standing near a bird cage looking at a bird perched on the top of the cage (rather than inside of it). The girl closer to the bird holds her hand up and offers the bird a morsel., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 14., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9022.66]
Genre scene showing two girls looking at a bird's nest on top of rocks next to a picket fence. One girl, attired in bloomers, kneels on the ground to observe the nest., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's imprint on mount., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James Cremer's stereoscopic emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Stereoscopes and views, wholesale and retail., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 15., 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. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9022.68]
Comic genre scene showing a dentist, attired in a silk robe and pileus, administering gas to a male patient seated in a chair. A pipe hangs from the dentist's mouth. His young male helper watches the scene with glee. A sign reading, "S.B. Smith, dentist," hangs on the wall., Title on negative., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.2009.13.2]
Comic genre scene showing a man being restrained in a dentist's chair by a boy who holds a scarf around the man's neck. The dentist, attired in a silk robe and pileus, pulls out the patient's teeth with an abnormally large instrument. A sign reading, "S.B. Smith, dentist," hangs on the wall., 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., See complementary stereograph "Is That tooth Mine?" [stereo - unid. - Genre (P.2009.13.4)]., Gift of William Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.2009.13.3]
Rooftop view from rear of dwelling looking over adjacent, snow-covered roofs and yards in the city., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on recto., Yellow mount with square corners., Possibly a view from one of George O. Bartlett's studios. He tenanted 602 Poplar Street with John E. Smith in 1867 and 1202 Chestnut Street the following year., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date
[ca. 1867]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Views [P.2002.21.4]
Winter views of snow-capped rocks on Mount Washington and Tuckerman's Ravine in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. One view depicts two men sitting on the rocks in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Yellow mounts with square 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 Brothers were active ca. 1860-1867 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Sold their gallery to S.F. Adams in 1867.
Creator
Bierstadt Brothers, photographer
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bierstadt Brothers - Views [P.9022.2-4]
Views of individuals recreating near the Delaware River, Caldeno Creek, and Rebecca's Bath in the area of the Delaware Water Gap. Includes a man sitting on a rock and reading near railroad tracks overlooking the river, a distant view of Kittatinny Hotel on Mount Minsi, and children sitting on rocks and benches near the river and streams., Yellow cardboard mounts with rounded corners. Photographer's printed labels pasted on versos., Distributor's stamp on verso of P.9168.4: William Y. McAllister, Phila. Jul. 31, 1868., Stamped on verso of P.8484.9: J.W. Deane., Manuscript note on verso of P.8484.10: Seely., Manuscript note on versos of P.8484.11-12: Bartlett & French; William C. Darrah coll., 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.8484.9-12; P.9168.4]
Views of the rocky landscape adjacent to railroad tracks near Reading, Pa., including the Lebanon Valley Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Includes a man standing in front of a steep, rocky hill and a horse-drawn coach resting near the river. The bridge, completed in 1857, was burned down during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877., Yellow cardboard mounts with rounded corners. Photographer's printed labels pasted on versos., Manuscript note on versos of P.8484.19 and P.8484.21: Bartlett & French; William C. Darrah coll., 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.8484.19-21; P.8731.1; P.9462.7]
View of leafy branches from trees and bushes on the creek's banks extending over the water. Mount Moriah Cemetery is divided by Cobbs Creek, the boundry between Philadelphia and Delaware Counties., Distributor's stamp on verso: William Y. McAllister, Phila., Jun. 27, 1868., 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 1867-1868.
Creator
Bartlett & French
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Views [P.9085.3]
View of creek with large rocks flanked by trees above the Ridge Avenue bridge. The body and pillar of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridge before the construction of the high, stone arch bridge that spans the river today is partially visible. Construction of the bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct or High Stone Bridge) was begun in 1874 by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Due to budgetary constraints, construction was halted and later completed from 1881-1882., 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 1867-1868.
Creator
Bartlett & French
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Views [P.9085.1]
Landscape view of a small dam or waterfall on the tree-lined, shallow Wissahickon Creek. Includes large rocks in the foreground., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on verso: Falls., Mint green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Simons, M. P., (Montgomery P.)
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Parks [P.9276.57]
Landscape view of a small dam or waterfall on the tree-lined, shallow Wissahickon Creek. Includes large rocks in the foreground., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on verso: Falls., Mint green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Simons, M. P., (Montgomery P.)
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Parks [P.9276.57]
Series of titled views documenting the landscape of the White Mountains in New Hampshire include, "Pillar of snow, Tuckerman's Ravine, August 28, 1861," "Mt. Washington Carriage Road, at ledge--looking down," and "Interior of snow arch--Tuckerman's Ravine, August 14, 1862". The mountains, spilt by the Crawford Notch, comprise two ranges named Presidential (east) and Franconia (west). The scenic mountains inspired the 19th-century "White Mountain School" of painting and the publication of several series of stereographic views in the mid to late nineteenth century., Views show Mount Washington, part of the Presidential Range, and Tuckerman's Ravine, located on the east side of Mount Washington. They include three men surveying a large block of ice in the ravine; a horse-drawn carriage pulling a man up an inclined dirt-road; and an expedition party sitting and standing with walking sticks from the interior of a cave filled with rocks., Title supplied by cataloger., Titles of individual stereographs printed on mounts., Photographer's imprint printed on versos., Pale yellow mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Soule maintained photographic studios on Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts ca. 1861 to 1882 before relocating to Seattle, Washington.
Creator
Soule, John P., 1828-1904
Date
[ca. 1861-1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Soule - Views [P.9022.12-14]
Landscape view shows large boulders or rock formations on the banks of the Wissahickon Creek. A man stands leaning against one of the large rocks., Title and photographer from manuscript note 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., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator
Storey, John, photographer
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Storey - Parks [P.9047.52]
Faded group portrait of four older women seated outdoors on rocks and on the ground. Includes trees in the background., Water damage in upper-left corner., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's printed label pasted on verso., Light mint green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Views [P.8643.2]
Landscape view showing men and women sitting in a beached rowboat on a rocky shore. A strip of tree-covered land juts into the water in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in black text on mount., Buff 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
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Views [P.9022.32]
Landscape view showing two men, one standing and one squatting, in a creek. Leafy branches from trees and bushes on the creek's banks extend over the water. A bridge is visible in the background. Mount Moriah Cemetery is divided by Cobbs Creek, the boundry between Philadelphia and Delaware Counties., Title from printed label pasted on verso., Publisher'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.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Views [P.9644.18]
Landscape view from hilltop showing trees in Lansdowne section of West Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text 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
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9466.18]
View showing a group of uniformed park guards standing in a row in front of Sedgley estate's tenant's cottage, also known as the Porter House, used as a guard house and jail after the estate was purchased by the city for incorporation into Fairmount Park in 1857. Benjamin Henry Latrobe designed the extant cottage and the mansion built 1799 for William Cramond on the east bank of the Schuylkill River., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text 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
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9996]
Elevated landscape view, possibly from upper floors of a nearby mill building or bridge, of a dam on Wissahickon Creek., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow 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
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.8923.4]
Landscape view of the calm Wissahickon Creek flanked by trees and bushes., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text 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
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.8923.5]
Elevated landscape view of the Wissahickon Creek flanked by trees, bushes and boulders., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow 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
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.8923.7]
Landscape view of a man standing on the Old Log Cabin Bridge on the tree-lined Wissahickon Creek. Bridge named after the nearby Old Log Cabin Hostlery at Lincoln Drive above Gypsy Lane., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text 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
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9260.23]
Winter scene showing a bench and trees covered in snow., Title from manuscript note on photographer's label pasted on verso., 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.
Creator
Gill, W. L. (William L.), 1827-1893
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Gill [P.9168.13]
Comic genre view showing boys and girls sitting in a parlor creating or holding artwork. One boy stands on a table and draws a caricature of a man's face on the wall. Another boy holds his rough sketch of a horse for others to see. One girl stands in front of a sophisticated painting with a palette in her hand., Title on negative., 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 F.J. Dallet.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [P.9461.1]
Landscape, winter view showing a stone bridge spanning a creek or stream in the distance. Snow blankets the ground and bare trees., Title supplied by cataloger., Beige mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9844.38]
Faded landscape views showing the stone arch bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek leading to Springfield Avenue. A man leans against a tree in the foreground, looking toward the bridge. Built in 1832 and rebuilt in 1915. Also referred to as the Springfield Avenue Bridge., Title from manuscript notes on mounts., Beige mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9844.39-40]
View showing a man sitting in a bare tree in the woods on 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 from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow 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
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.8923.10]
