Image / Girard avenue bridge. : Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

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Title: Girard avenue bridge. : Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Creator: Currier & Ives, printer
Currier & Ives, publisher
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
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 elevated landscape view of the Girard Avenue Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, and boats.
Probable date based on publisher history and 1874 opening date of the bridge. "Published by Currier & Ives"--text, bottom left margin. "125 Nassau St. New York"--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 25.08 x 35.08 cm (9 7/8 x 13 13/16 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_VIEW_001202
399938
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1431
Language: English
Subject: Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Pictorial works
Parks--Pictorial works
Bridges--Pictorial works
Leisure--Pictorial works
Rivers--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
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Source: Jay T. Last Collection
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The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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