Fairmount Park Philadelphia Pa. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Fairmount Park Philadelphia Pa. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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This stereograph stands apart from other park views on the board because its catalog entry names a couple walking through Fairmount Park as a subject in their own right. Laid out along the Schuylkill River and enlarged in the 1850s and 1860s, the park was already one of the largest urban parks in the country and a favorite spot for leisurely outings. Made in 1870, the card was meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, a parlor device that merged two slightly offset photographs into one image with apparent depth. It captures the park's public life before the 1876 Centennial Exposition brought it wider fame.
| Created / published | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Title from item. · Harte Bret 1836-1902. |
| Subjects | Fairmount Park (Philadelphia Pa.)--1870-1890. Parks--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1870-1890. Couples--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1870-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 5,686 × 3,059 px · prints to 19 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif09249_FairmountParkPhiladelphiaPa |
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