[Columbia Bridge from below]

[Columbia Bridge from below]

Transparency

W. & F. Langenheim

American, 1843–1874

[Columbia Bridge from below]

ca. 1850
Albumen silver transparency with applied color (Hyalotype)
Image (diameter): 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)
Overall: 3 7/8 × 7 5/16 × 7/16 in. (9.8 × 18.5 × 1.1 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley
Inscriptions Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder recto, TC: Philadelphia
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder recto, RC: $4.00 \ By W.&F. Langenheim \ Philada
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder recto, BC: Columbia bridge 4 from below.
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder bottom edge, C: $4.00
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder right edge, C: 4
Typed on applied label on wood slide holder verso, RC: ORIGINAL VIEW, \ Taken from Nature, by the Camera Obscura, \ BY W. & F. LANGENHEIM, \ No. 216 Chesnut Street, between Eighth and Ninth Sts. \ Talbotypes from life, or copied from Daguerreotypes of any size up to the \ size of life, and painted by the most competent artists. Hyalotypes on Glass \ for Magic Lantern Sliders, Light Shades, or Ornament. Views from Nature, \ on paper, and Daguerreotype Portraits, on plates, in their well known style.

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