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St. John's Orphan Asylum postcards.
Depicts boys playing on the lawn in front of the entrance to the orphanage and boys sitting on the lawn in front of Our Lady's Shrine., Photographs by Sliker., Sheet number: 138B18., Real photos. Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. John's R.C. Church, Manayunk, Philadelphia.
Exterior view of church built in 1894 after designs by Charles Patrick Keely at the corner of Rector and Cresson Streets in Manayunk., Also known as St. John the Baptist Church., Sheet number: 50B11., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. John's R.C. Church, Thirteenth St. above Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Exterior view of front facade of church built in 1900 after designs by Frank Rushmore Watson., Numbered 107 on recto., Sheet number: 50A09., Divided back. Post marked 1917., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, Pa.
Exterior view of St. Joseph's College on Stiles Street between 17th and 18th Streets. Built after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang in 1887., Numbered 76 on verso., St. Joseph's College formed in 1851 on the site of the old St. Joseph's Church near 4th Street and Willings Alley. Expanded and moved to the site of the old Evening Bulletin building at Filbert and Juniper Streets in 1856. Moved again to 17th and West Stiles in 1889., Sheet number: 153A04., Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. Joseph's Hospital postcards.
Exterior views of hospital founded in 1849 to care for the community of Irish immigrants in Philadelphia, who fled from the famine in Ireland. The hospital began in a three story home at the corner of 16th Street and Girard Avenue. Considered the oldest Catholic hospital in Philadelphia., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 108A08 and 108B06., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. Laurentius R.C. Church, Memphis & Vienna Sts, Philadelphia.
Exterior view of front and flank of church built in 1890 after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang at the southwest corner of East Berks and Memphis Streets. Traditionally congregation primarily Polish American., Sheet number: 50B11., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. Luke's Church and rectory postcards.
Exterior views of Episcopal church with parrish buildings constructed 1875-1876 after designs by Henry Martyn Congdon. Tower built in 1892. Also includes an interior view of the high altar decorated for Thanksgiving Day., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., Sheet numbers: 101A06, 101B05 and 101L01., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church, South Broad and Jackson Streets, Ballinger and Perot, architects and engineers, 1200 Chestnut St., Phila.]
Exterior view of front facade of church built circa 1896. The parrish house was constructed in 1901 after designs by Hales & Ballinger and in 1903 Ballinger & Perrot designed a false floor in the church., Sheet number: 50B15., Undivided back. Post marked 1906., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. Martha's House.
Exterior view of St. Martha's House, a settlement house founded on South Eighth Street in 1901 to provide social services to the neighborhood and to prepare young women for Church parrish work. St. Martha's House was supervised by Deaconess Jean Colesbury until 1930. Affiliation with the Protestant church weakened over time and the settlement's name changed to the Houston Community Center in 1966., Sheet number: 138B19., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. Mary's P.E. Church, 38th & Locust Sts., Easter greetings altar, in memory of Mrs. Isabella Macomb Wetherill.
Interior view of altar of church built in 1897 after designs by George Nattress in the middle of the 3900 block of Locust Street. Depicts altar covered in palm fronds for the Easter holiday., Sheet number: 50B12., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. Michael's Ev. Luth. Church.
Exterior view of church located in Allentown, Pennsylvania., Sheet number: 50B12., Undivided back. Post marked 1907., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Germantown, Philadelphia.
Exterior view of front facade, tower and cemetery attached to church built circa 1896 after designs by Thomas Francis Miller., First German Lutheran Congregation in Pennsylvania, organized in 1730. Church built in 1819 was used until the present church was constructed., Sheet number: 101B05., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, 50th Street and Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, Pa.
Exterior view of front facade of church built circa 1904 after designs by Isaac Pursell., Sheet number: 50A10., Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. Peters Church postcards.
Contains exterior views of church built 1758-1761 after designs by Robert Smith. William Strickland designed the monument to Benjamin Carr in 1831 and added the tower and spire in 1842., Contains 9 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Roxboro near Wissahickon, Philadelphia, Pa.
Exterior view of church built 1862-1863 after designs by Emlem Trenchard Littell. Charles Marquedent Burns designed the corner tower and baptistry in the 1870s. Additional renovations were made incrementally until 1931., Sheet number: 50A10., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. Vincent De Paul R.C. Church postcards.
Interior views of the nave, sanctuary, vault and fresco paintings within St. Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic church built in 1849 at 109 East Price Street., Sheet numbers: 101A07., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Stapeley, northwest corner of Greene Street and Washington Lane, Germantown.]
Exterior view of front facade of Stapeley, the Quaker retirement home commissioned by Anna T. Jeanes. Built in 1902 by Bunting & Shrigley. Opened on April 4, 1904., Also known as the Friends' Boarding Home and Jeanes Home for Friends., Sheet number: 100B03., Real photo. Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Staton Brothers, Stationery and Art Shop, Germantown Ave. and Coulter St., Germantown, Pa.
Exterior view of front facade of Staton Brothers stationery store at 5402 Germantown Avenue., Sheet number: 100A07., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Stenton postcards.
Exterior views of front facade and south door of house built 1728-1734 by James Logan. The house remained in the Logan family until the early 20th century when the city acquired the property in 1910., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 6 printed in black and white., Also identified as the Logan Home., Postcards issued by a variety of publishers, with about half issued by The Rotograph Co., New York City., Sheet numbers: 102A12, 102A14, 102A15 and 102B1., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Strawberry Mansion Bridge postcards.
Contains views of the Strawberry Mansion Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River, built 1894-1896 by Russell M. Thayer and Theodore Cooper. Depicts the bridge in Fairmount Park from Strawberry Mansion and a view of the bridge with the boathouse in the background., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 5 in black and white., Also known as the Fairmount Park Trolley Bridge., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Strawberry Mansion postcards.
Contains views of Strawberry Mansion in Fairmount Park including the entrance stairway with a group of women and children; the drive and a partial view of the Strawberry Mansion trolley bridge; the fountain statue; the spring; the top of Strawberry Hill showing people picnicking and reclining on the green and several views of the mansion house. Judge William Lewis commissioned the mansion house, also known as Summerville, in 1789. In the 1820s Joseph Hemphill bought the property and added two wings to the house. His son Coleman grew strawberries from roots imported from Chile, giving the property its popular name, Strawberry Mansion. The house became a picnicking spot and restaurant in 1835. The Fairmount Park Commission bought the property in 1868., Contains 30 postcards printed in color and 2 in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., Also known as the William Lewis House., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Strawbridge & Clothier postcards.
Contains exterior views of Strawbridge & Clothier store on Market Street between 7th and 8th streets. Contains views of the row of commercial buildings occupied by the firm that included an addition designed by Addison Hutton in 1897 located at the northwest corner of 8th Street. Also includes views of the later store designed by Simon & Simon built at the same location in 1932. Includes interior views of fine laces, embroideries and the dress trimmings store and a holiday advertisement containing a poem superimposed on Santa's bag., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 4 in black and white., One of the images reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 62., Arcadia caption text: In 1861 with $2,500 in capital, Justus Strawbridge opened a dry goods store at the northwest corner of Market and Eighth streets. In 1868 another young Quaker, Isaac Clothier joined him and together they prospered selling good quality domestic and imported dry goods. The business continually expanded until by the time of this early 20th-century postcard the store took up almost the entire block. In the 1890s the shop became a department store selling a variety of products including clothing, furniture, bicycles, books, and candy., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Sunday's Tabernacle, Phila. Pa.
Depicts a group of people gathering for Billy Sunday's Tabernacle in Philadelphia in front of a large unidentified wooden building. It is unclear if he was preaching in the building in the background of the photograph. Includes an inset of Billy Sunday in the top lefthand corner., Sheet number: 50B13A., Real photo. Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Teedyuscung Statue postcards.
Depicts the twelve foot limestone figure of Lenni-Lenape chief of the Wissahickon, Teedyuscung, crouching with his hand over his eyes, squinting into the distance from Indian Rock near Wissahickon Creek. Designed by John Massey Rhind in 1902 for Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Henry, a wealthy Chestnut Hill couple, to replace the original wooden figure., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 88A08, 88A09, 88B06 and 88B07., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Tel-Aviv Inc. Hotel and Convalescent Home for the Elderly and Retired, 145 West School House Lane, Philadelphia, Pa.
Collage of views depicting the hotel and convalescent home at 145 West School House Lane, built as the Louis Adler residence in 1915 after designs by Magaziner & Potter. Depicts an exterior view of the front facade, the garden and lawn, a semi-private room, a sitting room and a patient receiving oxygen., Numbered 3753 on verso., Also identified as the Cedars of Tel Aviv nursing home, started by Rabbi Hiatt. One of the first institutions in the city to offer kosher food to residents., Sheet number: 138A07., Divided back. Description of home on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Temple University postcards.
Exterior views of several buildings on Temple University's campus, including College Hall next to Grace Baptist Church, built circa 1893 after designs by Thomas Preston Lonsdale; Carnell Hall built in 1928 and Conwell Hall built in 1924 after designs by the same architect, William Harold Lee. Lee also proposed the Tower of Learning in 1927, a Gothic five-tower design similar to Raymond Hood's Chicago Tribune building. Unexecuted., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white. Also includes 3 linen postcards., Founded by Dr. Russell H. Conwell as a night school for parishoners of Grace Baptist Temple at the southeast corner of North Broad and Berks Street. He obtained a college charter in 1888 and three years later received the right to confer degrees., Sheet numbers: 153A06 and 153B06B., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Thones Kunder's House, Germantown, Philadelphia.
Exterior view of front facade of house built on the site of Thones Kunder's original house, built in 1683. The first meetings of the Society of Friends were held in this house, along with the first public protests against slavery written here by Daniel Pastorius in 1688., Numbered 571 on recto., Sheet number: 102B09., Undivided back. Post marked 1906., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Tioga Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Rev. Rutger Dox, Pastor.
Exterior view of church before additions and alterations were made by Heacock and Hokanson in 1926., Sheet number: 50B13B., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Tom Moore's Cottage postcards.
Exterior views of the cottage located on the west side of the Schuylkill River above the Reading Railway Bridge. The farm house was on the estate of Jacob S. Waln when the Irish poet Tom Moore puportedly stayed here during his visit to Philadelphia in 1804., Also known as Boelson Cottage, Belmont Cottage and Pig's Eye Cottage., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Train entrance of the Philadelphia subway, Front & Arch Sts. [sic], Philadelphia, Pa.
Depicts the train entrance for the Market Street subway near Front and Market Streets looking west, showing a train emerging from underground about to loop around a steep incline to continue along Delaware Avenue. Also depicts commercial store fronts on the south side of Market Street., Numbered 302 on verso., The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT) built the Market Street subway - elevated from 15th Street to 69th Street in 1907. Construction expanding the line eastward to Delaware Avenue finished in 1908, but the elevated section connecting Frankford to the Center City line was not completed until 1922., Sheet number: 158A01., Divided back. Post marked 1914., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Trinity Lutheran Church, Germantown Ave. & Queen Lane, 1857. Steeple after design by Christopher Wren. Clock purchased by public subscription, was first "town clock" of Germantown.
Exterior view of front facade and steeple of church built in 1857 at Germantown Avenue and Queen Lane. Steeple constructed after designs by Christopher Wren., Photograph depicted on post card taken by J.F. Morsello., Sheet number: 101B06., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Trinity Presbyterian Church, corner Cambria St. & Frankford Ave.
Exterior view of church built in 1876., Postcard issued by A. Schneider, Philadelphia and Excelsior, Inc., Sheet number: 50B13C., Divided back. Post marked 1914., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Trolley Strike postcards.
Contains images of the trolley strike that began in Chester in 1908. The Chester Traction Company decreased pay rates dramatically in response to falling revenue. The Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees reacted by shutting down public trolleys from Philadelphia to Wilmington. Images depict striker's on parade, a mob attacking strike-breakers on a car, striker's soliciting funds and mounted police in action., Sheet number: 158B01., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Unidentified Bell Telephone Company of Philadelphia building]
Exterior view., Sheet number: 27A02, Undivided back. Text on recto., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Unidentified church.]
Exterior view of front facade and side of church., Sheet number: 50B15., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Unidentified church.]
Exterior view of front facade and flank of church., Sheet number: 50B16., Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Unidentified church sanctuary.]
Interior view of nave, pews and sanctuary of unidentified church., Sheet number: 50B16., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Unidentified street.]
Depicts row homes along an unidentified street and a delicatessen and cigar store on each corner in the foreground., Numbered 2589 on recto., Sheet number: 156B10., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked 1908., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Unidentified street scene.]
Depicts a large crowd of pedestrians and streetcars on an unidentified street., Sheet number: 156B11., Real photo. Divided back. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Union League postcards.
Depicts the Union League built 1864-1865 by John Fraser., Contains 10 postcards printed in color and 2 in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.

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