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[A View on the Wissahickon, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.] – Vintage Wall Art

[A View on the Wissahickon, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[A View on the Wissahickon, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.], [between 1900 and 1915]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [A View on the Wissahickon, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A wooded stretch of Wissahickon Creek, the stream that cuts through the rugged gorge in Fairmount Park, is the subject here, and the bridges listed in the record suggest the crossings that let visitors reach the trails on either side. The park's Wissahickon section was prized as a rural escape within a growing industrial city, drawing walkers, riders and picnickers. This glass dry plate negative was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that documented American scenery and cities in the years around 1900 and 1915. Its plate format and catalog number mark it as part of that commercial effort to show the country's places to a wide audience.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 6109" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039143. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRivers. Bridges. Parks.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.United States--Pennsylvania--Wissahickon Creek.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan797 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68830

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