Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the south and west elevations of Lemon Hill mansion near the Schuylkill River in east Fairmount Park as it appeared circa 1875. Henry Pratt built the house in 1800 and in 1844, several years after Pratt's death, Lemon Hill became the first mansion aqcuired by the city of Philadelphia to create a public park. A man sits on a bench and reads the newspaper. A sign for Ice Cream hangs from the second floor balcony.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a cottage located on the west side of the Schuylkill River above the Reading Railway Bridge. The farm house was on the estate of Jacob S. Waln when the Irish poet Tom Moore puportedly stayed here during his visit to Philadelphia in 1804.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the south side of the bridge spanning the Schuylkill River at Girard Avenue. Measuring 100 feet wide, the iron and stone Girard Avenue Bridge, built between 1872 and 1874, was considered to be the widest bridge in the world at the time of its construction. It replaced an earlier bridge at this site. The bridge, designed by James and Henry Sims, was demolished between 1970 and 1971.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a dirt footpath in East Fairmount Park, leading to Strawberry Mansion., Strawberry Mansion, also known as Summerville, was commissioned by Judge William Lewis, in 1789. In the 1820s Joseph Hemphill bought the property and added two wings to the house. His son Coleman grew strawberries from roots imported from Chile, giving the property its popular name, Strawberry Mansion. The house became a picnicking spot and restaurant in 1835. The Fairmount Park Commission bought the property in 1868.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Includes the observatory tower arch (built 1860). A man stands among lush vegetation on the west riverbank. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View from hill looking in the direction of Fairmount Water Works on the east bank of the Schuylkill River. View mostly obscured by trees.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of Thomas Mill Bridge, a distinctive red, covered bridge that spans the Wissahickon Creek. It is the only covered bridge still standing in Philadelphia.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the single stone arch of the Allegheny Tunnel. Men are lined up at the edge of the cliff above the tunnel. Built in 1854 for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View looking east at the single stone arch of the Greensburg Tunnel. People sit and stand near the Greensburg station building on the south side of the tracks. A church steeple and other buildings near Harrison Avenue are visible above the tunnel.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of railroad tracks and Walls Station sign board, with a two-and-a-half story residence in the background.
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.
Collection documenting the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of American Independence. The Centennial Photographic Company was granted exclusive rights to photograph the World's Fair.
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.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a man standing on the steep slope near the Allegrippus, a gorge near the Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains, along the Pennsylvania Railroad line.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Landscape view of the Allegrippus, a gorge 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 a man standing near the railroad tracks along the Horseshoe Curve just west of Altoona, Pa.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Landscape view of the ravine from the head of the Horseshoe Curve just west of Altoona, Pa.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts the rock formations at the head of the Horseshoe Curve just west of Altoona, Pa. A man stands near the rock wall and the railroad tracks.
