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Old stables in Bartram's Park [Bartram's Gardens], Philadelphia, Pa. – Vintage Wall Art

Old stables in Bartram's Park [Bartram's Gardens], Philadelphia, Pa., c1908. — historic photograph
Old stables in Bartram's Park [Bartram's Gardens], Philadelphia, Pa., c1908.. 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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Working stables stood on the grounds of Bartram's Garden, the riverside estate on the Schuylkill that botanist John Bartram began cultivating in the 1728 period and that is often called the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. By about 1908, when this glass-plate negative was made, the land was a public park, and the outbuildings served the horses and carriages of a city still reliant on animal power. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for its wide range of American views, produced the image, so it records how a historic estate looked as the city absorbed it.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesH 371" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070246. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsStables. Parks.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71831

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