Sunlit Wissahickon Drive ca 1900 (Middleton Fountain)
Entry/Object ID
2001.002.00310
Description
Scene along the Wissahickon at the Middleton Fountain which is inscribed with the words "Pro Bono Publico". Shows a man drinking water from the fountain. Photo taken by Prescott Adamson about 1900. Print by Brian Peterson from a Lantern Slide- Gtn Historical Society. In "Forgotten Images" p 14. This fountain was sealed in the 1960's because the water was no longer safe to drink.
