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Title
Bird’s eye view of Philadelphia
Creator
Bachmann, John, active 1849-1885, artist
P.S. Duval & Son, printer
Weik, John, publisher
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1857
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
Image of an aerial cityscape view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the Schuylkill River in the foreground, and the Delaware River in the background.
"J. Bachman del. & lith."--text, bottom left margin. "Published by John Weik, 195, Chesnut Street Philad."--text, bottom margin centered. "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1857, by John Weik, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania"--text, bottom margin centered. "P. S. Duval & Son's Lith. Philad."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 81.28 x 100.97 cm (32 x 39 3/4 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_VIEW_000515
408329
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1252
Language
English
Subject
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--Pictorial works
Schuylkill River (Pa.)--Pictorial works
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Pictorial works
Cities and towns--Pictorial works
Landscapes--Pictorial works
Rivers--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
View Prints
Large Size
Northeast
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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