The Wissahickon

Name/Title

The Wissahickon

Entry/Object ID

2013.34.9.97a-b

Description

The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 9 -The Wissahickon Page 97 contains two photographs: (a, top) This photograph has a typed caption that reads: "At Bergner's Meadow, below Ambler. 1905". The photograph shows the Wissahickon in the foreground. On the right bank, is Bergner's Meadow, a large expanse of open grassland. Trees predominate throughout the photograph (b, bottom) This photograph has a typed caption that reads: "Below Butler Pike, Ambler. 1905." This photograph shows the Wissahickon encompassing almost the entire bottom half of the photograph. The upper half of the photograph shows the two shorelines and the ever-present tree canopy lining both banks. An interesting feature, evident through magnification, shows a "cupola" type structure (a conical roof supported by four poles) set atop a large rock formation on the right.

Collection

GHS Scrapbook Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1890 - 1910

Notes

Creation Date: 1905