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Lipp's Brewery and West Philadelphia Senger Halle in 1862 watercolor

Permanent ID:
2323
Call number:
K: 2-19
Date:
July 1862
Image Description:
Large stone building on the Schuylkill River surrounded by trees and park. People in rowboats and kayaks in the river. Exact address unknown--georeference is an approximation.
Inscription:
Philada July 1862. Sketched by D.J. Kennedy. Lipp's Brewery and West Philadelphia Senger Halle in 1862. -Philadelphia- This Building stood on the west side of the River Schuylkill nearly opposite the Turtle Rock and west of Lemon Hill Mansion, Fairmount Park. It was a great resort for German families to sing, dance, and drink lager beer, dancing hall 75 by 90 feet, building 185 deep. Demolished Sept'r 1871. (Front Bottom)
Address:
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Format:
Watercolors
Dimensions:
Width: 34 cm, Height: 26 cm (image)
Collection:
David J. Kennedy watercolors
Related Person or Organization:
David Johnson Kennedy, 1816-1898 (painter)
Related Terms:
Landscape painting (is described by)
Brewery (depicts)