Title

Old home of David Rittenhouse, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1905. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Old home of David Rittenhouse, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1905. Vintage postcard showing the exterior of the the Rittenhouse home, a small stone structure with a white picket fence set in a wooded area. David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) was a noted American astronomer. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and served as the first director of the United States Mint.
Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Date

2007

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Reference

HRM19D82_331

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,5Mb (3,7Mb) / 15,8in x 9,9in / 4744 x 2983 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior park building buildings house home country science astronomy color colour location century Philadelphia Pennsylvania outside picket fence United States of America United States Fairmount Park 18th century 1900s 20th century astronomer Eighteenth Century American America USA TGN David photograph postcard Curt Teich Postcard Archives Unknown David Rittenhouse Rittenhouse David Rittenhouse photograph postcard