Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2023.31.36-.39 |
Collection |
James Hill Jr. Wissahickon Stereoview and Postcard Collection |
Object Name |
Stereoview |
Title |
On the Wissahickon- Log Cabin Bridge |
Description |
Four stereoviews showing the Log Cabin Bridge, which connected the west side of Wissahickon Creek with the old Wissahickon Turnpike at the Log Cabin Inn, now in the vicinity of the Hermit Lane Bridge and Leonidas Springs fountain a short distance down Lincoln Drive from the Henry Avenue Bridge. .36 Shows two rowboats with people in them, on Wissahickon Creek. Verso: label with "170 On the Wissahickon." In pencil, "The Yankee Trader West Harwich, Mass Box 121." .37 Shows rowboat with people in it, on Wissahickon Creek. In borders on front: "Penn. & Delaware Views Wholesale Depot for Stereoscopes and Views 113 Washington Street . . Boston." Verso: label with "No. 39-On the Wissahickon." In pencil, "The Yankee Trader West Harwich, Mass Box 121." .38 A colorized view, with "Union View Co., Publishers, Rochester, N.Y. Wissahickon Creek, Pa. & Vicinity." At bottom of left photo is "1072. On the Wissahickon." .39 A more general view, at a distance. In borders is "James Cremer, Photographer and Publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia Scenery in Fairmount Park." Verso, handwritten in ink: "691 Wissahickon Creek, at Log Cabin Bridge." |
Date |
1880s |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Location of Studio |
Various |
Studio |
Various |