Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.1.160a-cDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 1, Part 2- The Wissahickon
Page 160 contains two handwritten notes by Jellett and a small newspaper clipping.
(a, top) This Jellett note reads: "Maple Spring Hotel was kept by a man named Smith who made a speciality of 'Root' decoration. Orange lillies now mark the site of the Maple Spring Hotel." (June, 1905).
(b, center) This Jellett note reads: "Odd buttonwood tree along creek about 50 feet below site of Hotel."
(c, bottom) This newspaper clipping is composed of two sections. The top section mentions that in 1868 William Walmsley sold the Mineral Springs for $5000 to William Craven, who five years later sold it to the city of Philadelphia for $20,000. (There appear to be some missing lines at this point). The bottom section relates some lines about the Maple Spring Hotel and Joseph Smith. a former proprietor, renowned for his rustic decorations and for the catfish and waffles dinners served at the Hotel.Collection
GHS Scrapbook CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1894 - 1925Notes
Creation Date: June, 1905
