Showing posts with label hillside. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hillside. Show all posts

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Photo of a Road Near Flying Hills, Pennsylvania (1870's)

View of a road near Flying Hills, Pennsylvania, c. 1870s. Taken by photographer James Cremer and originally published as a stereoview. What is probably Cremer's photography wagon is visible on the left hand side of the road. A bucket is visible next to the right rear wheel.

Source: Library of Congress.

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Photo of a Small Wood and Stone Dam Holding Back a Stream on a Hillside Possibly Along Rock Creek in Washington DC (1850's)


View of a small wood and stone dam holding back a stream on a hillside possibly along Rock Creek (in the foreground) in Washington, D.C., c. 1855-1860. Attributed to Titian Ramsay Peale.

Source: National Museum of American History.

Saturday, January 4, 2025

View of a Pool of Water, Possibly a Drainage Pool For the C&O Canal Along the Potomac River in Or Near Washington DC (1860)


View of a stream feeding a pool of water, possibly a drainage pool for the C&O Canal along the Potomac River in or near Washington, D.C., c. 1860. Attributed to Titian Ramsay Peale and originally produced to be a stereoview.

Source National Museum of American History.