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Wissahickon Creek and drive, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. – Vintage Wall Art

Wissahickon Creek and drive, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., c[1908] — historic photograph
Wissahickon Creek and drive, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., c[1908]. Historic photograph from the Philadelphia collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Wissahickon Creek and drive, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Wissahickon Creek and drive, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.

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Wissahickon Creek winds through a wooded gorge in Fairmount Park, and this view shows the road that ran alongside its banks, the Wissahickon Drive. Around 1908, the drive was a popular route for carriages and riders seeking relief from the city, and the Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that sold views of American towns and scenery, recorded it on an 8 by 10 inch glass negative. The plate has a crack through its center, a typical hazard of fragile glass negatives and a reminder of how many such images were lost. The scene shows a city park valued as much for its natural quiet as for its roads.

Created / publishedc[1908]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesNegative cracked through center. H 411" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070250. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRivers. Parks. Streets.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.United States--Pennsylvania--Wissahickon Creek.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71835

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