Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.5.139a-bDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 5 -The Wissahickon
Page 139 contains:
(a, left) The remainder of a newspaper clipping of an article from The Suburban Press of October 22, 1931 entitled "Reading Man Tells Story of Removal of Pipe Bridge Which Spanned Wissahickon". The article began on scrapbook page 138 and has been summarized on that page (see 2013.34.5.138).
(b, right) This photograph has a typed label which reads: "Looking South from Site of Pipe Bridge, 1905". This photograph is a replica of the photograph found in this scrapbook on page 117. This photograph presents a bit more clarity than the previous photograph. Please see 2013.34.5.117 for a detailed description.
Affixed to the bottom of this photograph are two labels.
The top label reads:
"From the Journal of Councils, Philadelphia:
July 8, 1891 - Councils confirmed a contract with J. W. Schultz & Co., for the removal of the Wissahickon Pipe Line Bridge at a cost of $1560."
The bottom label reads:
Article by George W. Schultz on removal of Pipe Line Bridge, in Germantown Crier, December, 1954. See Germantown Crier, Volume 6, Number 4, December, 1954, pages 7-9.Collection
GHS Scrapbook CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1890 - 1910Notes
Creation Date: October 22, 1931 and 1905
