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Photo, Print, Drawing Souvenir of the Coldest Winter on Record. Scene on the Delaware River at Philadelphia during the Severe Winter of 1856. Souvenir of the coldest winter on record. Scene on the Delaware River at Philada. during the severe winter of 1856

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Title

  • Souvenir of the Coldest Winter on Record. Scene on the Delaware River at Philadelphia during the Severe Winter of 1856.

Other Title

  • Souvenir of the coldest winter on record. Scene on the Delaware River at Philada. during the severe winter of 1856

Summary

  • In the mid-19th century, the winter of 1856 was known as the coldest on record. This genre scene from Philadelphia shows hundreds of persons skating and sledding on the frozen Delaware River in front of the old Navy Yard at Southwark. The participants include men pushing women in chairs with blades, men pushing a sleigh of women passengers, a man pulling a boy on a sled, and a man being pulled by a dog running through a crowd of skaters. In the foreground, a couple stands and watches; a woman peddler, seated on a stool, sells an apple to a boy; and a man has fallen on the ice, near two other boys. In the background, a ride has been fabricated with several men pushing a large pivoted pole lever to propel a toboggan of women passengers. Moored ships, steamboats, and sailing vessels line the shore. Also seen in the print is a distant cityscape of Philadelphia. The work is by James Fuller Queen, a Philadelphia lithographer and pioneer chromolithographer known for his attention to detail.

Names

  • Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : P.S. Duval & Company Lithography, 1856.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1856
  • -  Chromolithographs
  • -  Crowds
  • -  Delaware River (New York-Delaware and New Jersey)
  • -  Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • -  Piers and wharves
  • -  Ships
  • -  Skating
  • -  Sleds and sleighs
  • -  Winter

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 704"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 25 x 33 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

  • 2021670393

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Queen, James Fuller, 1820 Or 21-1886 Artist. Souvenir of the Coldest Winter on Record. Scene on the Delaware River at Philadelphia during the Severe Winter of. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1856. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Company Lithography. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670393/.

APA citation style:

Queen, J. F. (1856) Souvenir of the Coldest Winter on Record. Scene on the Delaware River at Philadelphia during the Severe Winter of. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1856. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Company Lithography. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670393/.

MLA citation style:

Queen, James Fuller, 1820 Or 21-1886 Artist. Souvenir of the Coldest Winter on Record. Scene on the Delaware River at Philadelphia during the Severe Winter of. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Company Lithography. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670393/>.