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Philadelphia. From fair mount looking down the river Schuylkill – Historic Reproduction

Philadelphia. From fair mount looking down the river Schuylkill, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
Philadelphia. From fair mount looking down the river Schuylkill, [no date recorded on shelflist card]. Historic print 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 print of Philadelphia. From fair mount looking down the river Schuylkill. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Philadelphia. From fair mount looking down the river Schuylkill

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Looking down the Schuylkill from Fairmount gives this view its particular angle: the high ground of the Fairmount waterworks, where the river bends past the city's northwest edge. Fairmount was one of the earliest municipal water systems in the United States, built in the early 1800s to pump Schuylkill water into Philadelphia, and its reservoirs and pump house made the hill a well-known vantage point for visitors. Printed views like this one were popular in the 19th century, when engravers and lithographers sold scenes of American cities to a public eager to see the new industrial landscape. The record lists no date and only the name Hill from the shelflist card, so the exact maker and year remain unconfirmed.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hill.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 2,790 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175637

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