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Wissahickoning: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 8:50am.
Philadelphia circa 1906. "Hermit Lane Bridge on the Wissahickon." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Well built bridge is still there!
Submitted by J W Wright on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 1:26pm.
And it has a big brother now:
Color postcard version
Submitted by TimB on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 12:04pm.
Here is the colorized postcard version as sold by the DPC. I have to say, the colorizer artists as well as the printing process often gave pretty impressive results for the time.
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