Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.5.79a-bDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 5 -The Wissahickon
Page 79 contains two photographs:
(a, top) The photograph has a typed label which reads "Old Allen Lane Bridge". The photograph shows two female figures in the left foreground on the shoreline of the creek. In the distance, high above and spanning the creek is the Old Allen Lane Bridge. The bridge is covered on both sides and also has a roof. There is an opening visible at the top of the bridge along the side for ventilation and light. Trees and vegetation line both sides of the creek.
(b, bottom) The photograph has a typed label w hich reads: "Platt's House, Allen Lane, approaching the Wissahickon".. The photograph shows the house on the right with a wooden fence and trellis bordering the frontage. The white picket fence is mounted atop a stone wall. A male figure standing to the right in the road can be seen in right side of the photograph . The lane extends into the distance. In the left background is the entrance to a a covered bridge bordered by two curving stone walls. Only a small portion of the front of the Platt House is visible in the photograph showing it to be a two story stone structure.Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection
