#fairmountpark

[librarycompany]

This stereograph view shows the crowds visiting the Centennial International Exposition on July 4, 1876. Stagecoaches, horses, and pedestrians make their way down Elm Avenue (now Parkside Ave), with the Main Exhibition Building stretching along the entire length of the background.  At the time, the Main Exhibition Building was the largest building in the world. 

Of the 200 structures that were built in Fairmount Park for the Centennial Exhibition, only four remain, including Memorial Hall (the Art Gallery), now home to the Please Touch Museum.  The Main Building was demolished in 1881.

 George Barker. Instantaneous view of Elm Avenue, Philadelphia, July 4th 1876. (Niagara Falls, N.Y, 1876)

[willkimart]

Late nite drawing with my wife to begin the weekend! . . . #willkim #art #drawing #doodle #sketch #painting #pastels #nupastel #landscape #flowers #trees #palmtree #lake #sky #nature #illustration #design #riverside #fairmountpark https://www.instagram.com/p/BnvF_YPBq0k/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dsd80mrzbwyq

[5mil3yy]

[brittmiscast]

New Rement friends from Sakura Sunday. 😍 #rement #sakurasunday #fairmountpark #subarucherryblossomfestival #cherryblossom #sumikonoyu #philadelphia

[librarycompany]

We’re looking at the Wissahickon on this #FlashbackFriday! 

Acquired by the Fairmount Park Commission in 1868 in order to preserve the purity of the City’s water supply, Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Valley Park has inspired countless artists, poets, and visitors with its natural beauty.

In 1894, artist Augustus Kollner compiled an album of his prints and drawings, Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park, at Philadelphia, Penna, which includes this circa 1878 lithograph of the Wissahickon looking much the same as it does today.

See Kollner’s digitized Bits of Nature album here.

Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist. In Wissahickon Valley, Fairmount Park, Philada. [graphic] / A.K. [Philadelphia] [ca. 1878] 1 print : lithograph, tinted with one stone and mounted on album page ; 28 x 36 cm. (11 x 14 in.) 

[thehistorygirlnj]

Yesterday we had the opportunity to tour two historic mansions in Fairmount Park, #Philadelphia, #Pennsylvania. The first was #Woodford Mansion, built William Coleman, a wealthy merchant and justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The original section was built circa 1756, with subsequent additions of a second story and kitchen wing in 1772 and a later addition in the 1920s. The #mansion opened to the public as a house museum in 1930. The home has been elegantly restored and furnished to reflect the summer home of a wealthy Philadelphian. The home is open for tours Wednesday - Sunday from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. #pa #SpreadTheHistory #pahistory #jerseycollective #explorepa #americanhistory #hisotry #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #architecture #archi_ologie #oldhouselove #woodfordmansion #fairmountpark #philly #georgian #housemuseum #igerspa (at Woodford Mansion)

[blizzardbeaches]

Surely the City of Brotherly Love isn’t this depressing… • #thingswithfaces #art #gallery #museum #fairmountpark #schuylkillriver #philadelphia #pennsylvania (at Three Logan Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnziIjwuzpl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[forkadelphia]

Halloween Candlelight Concert #laurelhillcemetery #candlelightconcert #candlelighteventsandentertainment #fairmountpark #kellydrive #schuykillriver #allegheneywest #ridgeavenue #swampoodle (at Laurel Hill Cemetery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkRlvj-pkxG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=