Image of an eye-level view of a large crowd of people assembled outside on the frozen Delaware River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the winter of 1856; people socializing, skating and sledding on the frozen Delaware River in front of the old Navy Yard at Southwark with ships moored in the ice in background. "From nature and on Stone by J. Queen."--text, bottom center margin. "P.S. Duval & Co's steam lith. press, Phila."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed hand colored ; overall 35.56 x 42.86 cm (14 x 16 7/8 in.)
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--Pictorial works Philadelphia (Pa.)--Pictorial works Rivers--Pictorial works Ships--Pictorial works Winter--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Place
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) Philadelphia (Pa.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection View Prints Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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