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Photo, Print, Drawing Stereographs of Philadelphia, Pa., from the Marian S. Carson Collection

About this Item

Title

  • Stereographs of Philadelphia, Pa., from the Marian S. Carson Collection

Summary

  • Photographs show views of Philadelphia and vicinity, including Fairmount Park. Images of the park include the Water Works and other park facilities, landscapes, fountains, the Schuylkill River, views along Wissahickon Creek; George's Hill and Lemon Hill observatories. City views include Independence Hall showing the interior chamber, yard, and facade; streets; office buildings; churches; a soda water fountain; the Masonic Temple, and the University of Pennsylvania. LOT also includes ten cityscapes taken from Lemon Hill and George's Hill observatories at Fairmount Park, one shows the 1876 Centennial Exposition buildings.

Names

  • Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
  • Cremer, James, 1821-1893, publisher
  • Carson, Marian S., collector
  • Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia] : James Cremer, photographer, publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, 1860-1880.

Headings

  • -  Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)--1860-1880
  • -  Parks--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1860-1880
  • -  Buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1860-1880
  • -  Streets--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1860-1880
  • -  Philadelphia (Pa.)--1860-1880
  • -  Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)--1860-1880

Format Headings

  • Albumen prints--1860-1880.
  • Cityscape photographs--1860-1880.
  • Stereographs--1860-1880.

Genre

  • Cityscape photographs--1860-1880
  • Stereographs--1860-1880
  • Albumen prints--1860-1880

Notes

  • -  James Cremer (1821-1893) was born in England, and moved to the United States when he was twenty-two. He worked for photographic supply companies in Boston and New York. Cremer established his own photographic supply company in Philadelphia. By 1860, he had a portrait studio and began to publish stereo views. Throughout the 1870s, he achieved great success as a stereographer, winning prizes and documenting important events and places in Philadelphia, such as the construction of City Hall and the Zoological Gardens in Fairmount Park. He eventually sold his studio and retired to Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • -  Some caption information appears on front and back of stereographs.
  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105).
  • -  Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Medium

  • 88 photographic prints on stereo cards : stereograph, albumen ; 12 x 18 cm or smaller.
  • 3 photographic prints on stereo cards : stereograph, hand-colored ; 10 x 18 cm or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13602 (S) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Carson, Marian S. Visual materials from the Marian S. Carson collection

Repository

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2004678837

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Cremer, James, Publisher, Marian S Carson, and Marian S. Carson Collection, Cremer, James, photographer. Stereographs of Philadelphia, Pa., from the Marian S. Carson Collection. Pennsylvania Fairmount Park Philadelphia, 1860. [Philadelphia: James Cremer, photographer, publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, to 1880] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2004678837/.

APA citation style:

Cremer, J., Carson, M. S. & Marian S. Carson Collection, Cremer, J., photographer. (1860) Stereographs of Philadelphia, Pa., from the Marian S. Carson Collection. Pennsylvania Fairmount Park Philadelphia, 1860. [Philadelphia: James Cremer, photographer, publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, to 1880] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2004678837/.

MLA citation style:

Cremer, James, Publisher, Marian S Carson, and Marian S. Carson Collection, photographer by Cremer, James. Stereographs of Philadelphia, Pa., from the Marian S. Carson Collection. [Philadelphia: James Cremer, photographer, publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, to 1880] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2004678837/>.