Entrance to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. – Historic Print
![Entrance to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa., [1905?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f8/f8b063db6928-L.webp)
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Entrance to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Entrance to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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The gateway at the Laurel Hill Cemetery entrance in Philadelphia marks the edge of one of the country's first rural cemeteries, laid out in 1836 on bluffs above the Schuylkill River. Its winding paths and landscaped grounds were meant to give visitors a park-like place for quiet reflection, a departure from crowded urban churchyards. This negative came from the Detroit Publishing Company, which produced large numbers of views of American towns and landmarks in the early 1900s. The date of about 1905 is an estimate drawn from the company's 1906 catalog.
| Created / published | [1905?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). 2744 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018592. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Cemeteries. Gates.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 803 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-62101 |
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