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Pennsylvania Glass Plate Negatives

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(circa 1900s)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier SC2019.014
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SC2019.014
Language(s) English
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Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Jennifer Piegols, December 2019.
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Abstract

This collection of 91 glass plate negatives document life around the turn of the 20th century. Most of the photographs were taken from areas around Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with some possibly from New York or New Jersey. Some of the identified photographs include images of the Strawberry Mansion Fountain in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, the Harrisburg Capitol building, Benjamin West's painting of William Penn's 1701 Treaty with the Delaware Indians, the lion statue outside the Garden Zoological Society or Philadelphia Zoo, the Indian statue on Council Rock at Wissahickon Gorge, the William McKinley Monument in Niagara Square, Buffalo, New York, a Great Northern Railway train engine, the statue of Matthias Baldwin, the Washington Monument in Eakins Oval in Philadelphia, an ironclad warship and the Monument to the 90th Pennsylvania Infantry at Gettysburg. The rest of the photographs are of families, homes, towns, railroads, or ships and shipyards.

Scope and Content Note

This collection of 91 glass plate negatives document life around the turn of the 20th century. Most of the photographs were taken from areas around Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with some possibly from New York or New Jersey.  Some of the identified photographs include images of the Strawberry Mansion Fountain in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, the Harrisburg Capitol building, Benjamin West's painting of William Penn's 1701 Treaty with the Delaware Indians, the lion statue outside the Garden Zoological Society or Philadelphia Zoo, the Indian Statue on Council Rock at Wissahickon Gorge, the William McKinley Monument in Niagara Square, Buffalo, New York, a Great Northern Railway train engine, the statue of Matthias Baldwin, the Washington Monument in Eakins Oval in Philadelphia, an ironclad warship, and the Monument to the 90th Pennsylvania Infantry at Gettysburg.  The rest of the photographs are of families, individuals, home interiors, towns, railroads, or ships in shipyards.

Arrangement Statement

Items were left in their original order. All images have been digitized.

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • City and Town Life
    • Country Life
    • Photography
    • Family Life
    • Labor History

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Photograph Descriptions

  1. Family in field
  2. Child in stroller
  3. Family in their backyard
  4. Hilltop view of a town
  5. Washington Monument in Eakins Oval, Philadelphia
  6. Train on bridge
  7. Stone and wooden bridge
  8. Ten family members on the porch of their house
  9. Couple with table of items for sale
  10. Double Photo: Family on porch and couple's portrait
  11. Family on top of hay stack
  12. Couple with table of items for sale
  13. Two couples dressed in costumes: women in masks, one man with mustache, other man in black face
  14. Wedding photo
  15. Child among toys beside Christmas tree
  16. Mountain with railroad around base
  17. Woman standing outside in front of curtain
  18. Children standing in street lined with American flags
  19. Harrisburg Capitol Building
  20. Profile of a person
  21. Large group in small room with American Flag in background
  22. Boy on stairs with four family members on porch behind him
  23. Little boy
  24. Stone house
  25. Two docked ships
  26. Benjamin West's painting of "William Penn's 1701 Treaty with the Delaware Indians"
  27. Docked ship
  28. Man in a canoe
  29. Workers outside a factory
  30. City street – Flags say "Welcome B.P.O.E" (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks)
  31. Docked ship (2)
  32. Large group of people in a small room
  33. Large group of people in a tent made of American flags
  34. Family of five in front of Christmas tree
  35. Mansion on other side of river
  36. Three Women in a Hammock
  37. Child next to Christmas tree
  38. Family picture outside
  39. Building with awnings
  40. Houses along the river
  41. A bedroom (Mrs. Armstrong’s?)
  42. Woman outside in front of blanket
  43. Child next to Lion statue at Garden Zoological Society/Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia
  44. Building 817 and 819 on 24th street
  45. Three children having tea next to Christmas Tree
  46. Three men in two canoes
  47. Two boys outside house 15 (could be front of house in #3)
  48. Docked ship (3)
  49. Crowd on sidewalk as car comes along the road
  50. Six family members outside by a tree
  51. Spillover dam – possibly at Wissahickon Gorge
  52. A bedroom (possibly Mrs. Armstrong’s)
  53. Room with lounge and table (possibly Mrs. Armstrong’s cozy corner)
  54. Four children at a table with a cake
  55. Child in a small toy car powered by petals
  56. Indian Statue on Council Rock, Wissahickon Gorge
  57. Family at edge of pond
  58. Two ladies in front of a bush
  59. Lady and child in front of same bush as #58
  60. McKinley Monument, Niagara Square, Buffalo, New York
  61. Two adjoining houses with flora on the outside
  62. Family picture by a lake
  63. Three men in the woods
  64. Walking bridge over a river
  65. Portrait of a child with a stuffed animal
  66. Group of workers
  67. Group of men standing on a dock
  68. Train tracks going up a steep mountain
  69. Two women on the porch of a duplex
  70. Great Northern Railway Train Engine 2002
  71. Christmas Tree
  72. Men sitting on fences outside a factory
  73. Three men with dogs in a field
  74. Table with cake on it (same table as #54)
  75. Group of workers with sign that says “Baldwin”
  76. Street lined with houses, one sign says "Kolb’s Pan-Dandy Bread" and another says "Milk"
  77. Matthias Baldwin Statue, picture taken between 1905 and 1921 before statue was moved to City Hall; Located at Broad and Spring Garden Streets
  78. Child with stroller in a park
  79. Strawberry Mansion Fountain in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
  80. Christmas tree and doll house
  81. Baseball team
  82. Baseball team (2)
  83. Houses along river (2) (Same as #40)
  84. Family eating outside
  85. City street – Flags say "Welcome POS of A" (National Patriotic Order Sons of America) (same street as #30)
  86. Family outside of house
  87. Floral display on a long open mall
  88. Portrait of a man 
  89. Portrait of a man (2)
  90. Monument to the 90th Pennsylvania Infantry at Gettysburg. “Right of the First Corps. Here fought the 90th Penna. Infantry. On the afternoon of July 1, 1863, Killed and mortally wounded 11, wounded 44, captured or missing 39, total 94, of 208 engaged. Organized at Phila. Oct. 1, 1861. Mustered out, Nov. 26, 1864” “90th P.V. 2nd Brig. 2nd Div. First Corps.”
  91. Snow covered area
  92. Two men in a canoe (same men as #46)
  93. Docked ship (4)
  94. Child next to Christmas tree
  95. Ironclad warship 
  96. Woman in rocker outside 
  97. Overlook of a countryside
  98. Two women on the porch of a duplex (2) (same as #69)

 

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