The Wissahickon

Name/Title

The Wissahickon

Entry/Object ID

2013.34.7.146a-b

Description

The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 7 -The Wissahickon Page 146 contains the following: (a, top) A postcard color photograph captioned "Old Mill Dam On The Wissahickon, Philadelphia, Pa." The photograph shows water cascading over the stone dam wall in the foreground. A stone structure is seen in the background built alongside the creek bank with a first story porch on the side. A tree canopy predominates in the background. (b, bottom) This postcard color photograph is captioned "Wissahickon Creek At Kitchen Lane, Germantown". In the photograph, the Wissahickon can be seen flowing along its path. Trees and vegetation line both banks and a tree canopy predominates throughout the photograph framing a "pastoral" landscape.

Collection

GHS Scrapbook Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1890 - 1910