Fairmount Park, Strawberry Mansion: Parlor

Item — Drawer: 4-1, Box: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection contains approximately 200 postcards from 1875 and 2001, though most of the postcards are from 1885 and 1915. A majority of the postcards depict Fairmount Park sites, although two Virginia and one New Hampshire postcard are included in the collection.

Of particular note are the postcards in Series I: Centennial Exposition. The postcards in this series were created in 1875 and each depicts a building from the Centennial Exposition of 1876.

Dates

c. 1900 - 1994
Majority of material found within 1905-1914

Extent

From the Collection: .5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Physical Description

Recto: Colored photographic print depicting the interior of Strawbery Mansion.

Verso: Judge William Lewis Parlor* Historic Strawberry Mansion Fairmount Park East, Philadelphia, Pa. William Lewis (1751-1819) built Summerville, now Strawberry Mansion, Ca. 1789. An eminent Pennsylvanian and noted Federalist lawyer, he was a member of the Penna. Convention for the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1787. *Maintained by the Pennsylvania Society of New England Women (PSNEW)