Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.1.104a-bDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 1, Part 2- The Wissahickon
Page 104 contains (a, top) a photograph, and (b, bottom) an article entitled: "A Wissahickon Sphinx".
(a, top) is a photograph affixed to a piece of while, lined paper. The caption (handwritten) is: "'State in Schuylkill' and Mouth of Wissahickon, 1904". The photograph shows (in the foreground) a man sitting on a rock on the bank of the Wissahickon . On the opposite bank (in the background) is seen the side of a three story stone building, with a raised porch on the second story (supported by wooden columns) and an "addition" on the right of the second story. This building is sited at the Wissahickon Creek edge. The photograph names it as "State In Schuylkill" and it is most likely the home of the Philadelphia Canoe Club. In the distance is a twin-arched low stone bridge spanning the creek. Beyond that, there appears in the far distance, a much taller arched bridge.
(b, bottom) is a clipping from a newspapaer article entitled: "A Wissahickon Sphinx". Handwriting on the left indicates "Robeson's Knoll". Handwriting at the bottom indicates "Gtn. Independent, 1903" likely indicating the article is from The Germantown Independent. The text of the article mentions the Sphinx-like rock formation found along the Wissahickon Drive near the mouth of the creek where it empties into the Schulykill. The formation bears a "slight" resemblance to a sphinx and can be seen from the Ridge Avenue trolleys and trains passing over the "high bridge". The photographs (atop the text) are courtesy of The Philadelphia Inquirer and show a profile of the rock formation. A "circle insert" to the left shows a more frontal pose with what appears to be a "face".Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection
