Photo, Print, Drawing A View of Point Airy Opposite South Street, Philadelphia. A view of Point Airy opposite South Street, Phila
About this Item
Title
- A View of Point Airy Opposite South Street, Philadelphia.
Other Title
- A view of Point Airy opposite South Street, Phila
Summary
- Louis (or Lewis) Haugg was born in 1827 in Germany, immigrated to the United States in 1847, and worked as a lithographic artist and printer in Philadelphia circa 1855-1900. This advertisement shows the Point Airy Hotel and dock operated by David Warren at the resort located on the southern end of Windmill Island, a summer resort area popular in the 19th century before the removal of the island in 1897 to allow passage for larger ships on the Delaware River. Trees surround the resort. In the foreground, a wide variety of river traffic including ferries, sailboats, and rowboats traverse the river. A man attired in a suit and top hat helps row one of the vessels. In the background, sailing ships and a ferry are visible in front of the New Jersey waterfront. From the mid-1850s through the 1860s, Haugg produced fashion plates, advertisements, and certificates. Most of these lithographs were printed by prominent local firms, and he was a partner in 1869-79 in the A.L. Weise & Company lithography establishment. Haugg's later lithographs have imprints indicating that he served as lithographer and printer, possibly with his own establishment.
Names
- Haugg, Louis, active 1856-1894 Artist.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : L.N. Rosenthal Lithography, 1856.
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1856
- - Advertising
- - Delaware River (New York-Delaware and New Jersey)
- - Ferries
- - Hotels
- - Islands
- - Lithographs
- - Resorts
- - Rowboats
- - Sailboats
- - Ships
- - Steamboats
- - Tourism
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Digital catalog number: POS 789"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 53 x 64 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
- - Content in English.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Philadelphia on Stone
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021670387
Online Format
- compressed data
- image