Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
JJA.1940.1.40Description
This is a stereograph or stereocard of an albumen print mounted on cardstock/cardboard. The images depict a metal bridge. The text on the back identifies it as an "Iron Bridge of our Murphy Whipple Plan, erected in the year 1856, for the North Pennsylvanian Rail Road." The text also describes this type of bridge design as "the safest and most durable now known." Detailed text on the back of the discolored gray mount indicates that the stereograph was from the "Office of the Pencoyd Iron Works, No. 410 Walnut Street, Philad'a," and the text describes other structures the company has built. It is addressed to a "C A [?] Withers Esq[?]" of Covington, Ky. The text on the back also identifies the photographers as "Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philada."Collection
Mrs. William R. Marrs CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
* Communication Artifacts, Photographs, StereographsDimensions
Height
6-3/4 inWidth
3-1/4 inMaterial
Paper; Cardboard, Cardstock.