Collection of lantern slides of informal family portraits and family excursions taken by William Harvey Doering, amateur photographer and native Philadelphian, 1888-1905.

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[Albert Lindsay and Karl Doering playing with friends in the snow, 1837 N. Bouvier Street, Philadelphia.]
Depicts brothers Albert Lindsay and Karl Doering (sons of the photographer) bundled and playing in the snow with friends in the middle of the street near the Doering family residence at 1837 North Bouvier Street. Four of the children sit on two sleds and two older boys stand in the foreground. The awning for S.H. Newman's Fancy Groceries at 1851 North Bouvier Street is visible at the corner of the tree lined street (right), along with row homes on the north side of Berks Street., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Albert Lindsay and Karl Doering shoveling snow near 1837 N. Bouvier Street, Philadelphia.]
Depicts brothers Albert Lindsay and Karl Doering (sons of the photographer) bundled and shoveling snow outside of the Doering family residence at 1837 North Bouvier Street. The awning for S.H. Newman's Fancy Groceries at 1851 North Bouvier Street is visible at the corner of the tree lined street, along with row homes on the north side of Berks Street., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Albert Lindsay Doering standing along pathway next to the Schuylkill River Canal, below the Columbia Bridge, Philadelphia.]
Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Albert Lindsay Doering standing in the backyard of the family residence, 1837 N. Bouvier Street, Philadelphia.]
Depicts Albert Lindsay Doering, son of the photographer, standing with his hands clasped near the back door of the Doering residence., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bathers near a canoe in the Chesapeake Bay.]
Depicts bathers swimming near a log canoe with two sails carrying at least five people in the Chesapeake Bay. A woman stands in the foreground with her back to the camera, facing the canoe in the distance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bathers swimming in the Chesapeake Bay.]
Depicts various men, women and children swimming in the Chesapeake Bay. Includes bathers splashing, playing and posing for pictures in shallow water. One bather dives into the water from the shoulders of two men. Depicts sailboats in the far distance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bathers wading through the water near a pier in Atlantic City, N.J.]
Depicts a group of bathers in bathing suits standing on the beach and wading through shallow water. Several children grasp one of the many ropes that run along wooden poles from the beach into the water. An amusement pier is visible in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bicycling trip along the Schuylkill Canal, Al Schwarts and Al Lindsay bicycling along path near canal.]
Depicts Al Lindsay and Al Schwarts (photographer's brother-in-law) bicycling along a path near the canal. Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer) is visible in the distance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bicycling trip along the Schuylkill Canal, group with Catharine Rupp Doering resting near the canal.]
Depicts Al Lindsay and Al Schwarts (photographer's brother-in-law) standing and smoking cigars and talking to their wives, Catharine Rupp Doering and Mrs. Schwarts, while resting with their bicycles near the canal in a wooded area., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bicycling trip, group stopped on dirt road to gather branches.]
Depicts three women and a man with their bicycles, gathering branches near the side of a dirt road., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bicycling trip, group with Catharine Rupp Doering stopped in front of an old farm.]
Distant view of four women and two men, including Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer), Mrs. Schwarts (photographer's sister), and Mrs. Lindsay, standing with their bicycles in front of an old farm. A wooden fence divides the photographer from the group in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bicycling trip, group with Catharine Rupp Doering stopped on dirt road.]
Depicts four women and two men with their bicycles, stopped along the side of a dirt road, posing for the camera. Includes Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer) holding dogwood branches, Mrs. Schwarts (photographer's sister) and Mrs. Lindsay., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bicycling trip, Karl Doering and Mrs. Schwarts bicycling on dirt road.]
Depicts Karl Doering (son of the photographer) and Mrs. Schwarts (photographer's sister) bicycling behind an unidentified woman on a dirt road. Al Lindsay is visible in the background, in front of a large dwelling., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bicycling trip, man drinking from fountain, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Depicts an unidentified man drinking water from a fountain in Fairmount Park. His bicycle rests against the stone wall behind him., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bicycling trip, man standing on branches of bare tree.]
Depicts two women and a man standing with their bicycles, watching a man climb a thin branched, bare tree. He stands on branches close to the top of the tall tree., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bicycling trip, observing icicles in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Depicts Al Lindsay (crouching, left) and William Doering (photographer, leaning against rocks) with three other men leaning against a rocky ledge covered with icicles in Fairmount Park., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bicycling trip, William Doering drinking from fountain, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Depicts William Doering (photographer) drinking water from a fountain in Fairmount Park. His bicycle rests against the stone wall behind him., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bicycling trip, William Harvey and Catharine Rupp Doering and friends.]
Depicts a group of four men, three women and one boy with bicycles on the side of a road, including Karl Doering (son of the photographer), Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer), William Harvey Doering (photographer), Mrs. Schwarts (photographer's sister), her husband Al Schwarts and Al Lindsay., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bicycling trip, with Al Lindsay and William Doering in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Depicts Al Lindsay (standing in the foreground) and William Doering (photographer, right of Al Lindsay) posed with three other men with their bicycles on a trail in Fairmount Park., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Bicycling trip, with William, Catharine Rupp and Karl Doering.]
Depicts William Doering (photographer), Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer) and Karl Doering (son of the photographer) bicycling along a wide path flanked by large trees., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Boats on the Delaware River near Beverly N.J.]
Depicts one large boat and two smaller sailboats on the Delaware River near Beverly N.J. Two women and a man sit near the river, looking at the boats as they pass by., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Church in the country.]
View showing the exterior of the meeting house. Also shows the back of a man leaning against a tree in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloger., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Carlin's Park, white horse diving from a high platform, Baltimore, Md.]
Depicts a large crowd watching a white horse leap from a high wooden platform in Carlin's Park, near Druid Hill Park in Baltimore, Md. A pool of water awaits the horse underneath of the platform. The word "tintypes" is advertised on the side of a building in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Carlin's Park, white horse diving from a high platform, Baltimore, Md.]
Depicts a large crowd watching a white horse leap from a high wooden platform in Carlin's Park, near Druid Hill Park in Baltimore, Md. A pool of water awaits the horse underneath of the platform. The word "tintypes" is advertised on the side of a building in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Carpenters' Hall, taken from the narrow alley of Carpenters' Court, Philadelphia.]
View of the front of Carpenters' Hall, surrounded by large office buildings on three sides, including the Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co. (left), the Bullitt Building (rear) and the new Carpenters' Hall (right). Built between 1770 and 1774 by the Carpenter's Company of the City and County of Philadelphia after designs by member Robert Smith. Served as the meeting place for the First Continental Congress in 1774., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Catharine Rupp Doering drinking from fountain along the Wissahickon Creek.]
Depicts Catharine Rupp Doering, wife of the photographer, drinking from the Leonidas Spring Fountain in Fairmount Park, located near the Henry Avenue Bridge. Water spouts from a lion's head that decorates the center wall of the fountain., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Catharine Rupp Doering sitting on stone wall near covered bridge in a wooded area.]
Depicts Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer) sitting on a stone wall, against the wooden frame of a covered bridge. Two bicycles lean against the bridge, which is covered by advertisements and posters., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Catharine Rupp Doering standing in front of a mill building.]
View of an old mill building covered in shingles with a stone foundation. Catharine Rupp Doering, wife of the photographer, stands on a steep wooden staircase (left), opposite an old wooden water wheel (right)., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Catharine Rupp Doering standing on a canal bridge.]
Depicts Catharine Rupp Doering standing on a wooden canal bridge, leaning against a rail and looking out at the water. A man is standing and looking toward the camera on a canal boat that is passing in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Catharine Rupp Doering standing on bank of Wissahickon Creek.]
Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Catharine Rupp Doering, with son Albert, Haddon Heights, N.J.]
View of Catharine Rupp Doering, wife of the photographer, posing with her son Albert on her back. She is wearing a bathing suit and is standing in the sand. Large piles of lumber sit near a dwelling and two outbuildings in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Catharine Rupp Doering with the Lindsays on a pathway.]
Depicts Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer) standing and facing Al Lindsay on his bicycle. Standing next to him is his wife, Mrs. Lindsay, who holds a bunch of flowers in her hand. They stand underneath a large tree and in front of an illegible wooden sign., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Cemetery, with distant view of windmill, Long Island, N.Y.]
Depicts gravestones behind a white picket fence, with a large windmill and barn structure in the distance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Children sitting in the backyard of the Doering residence, 1837 N. Bouvier Street, Philadelphia.]
Depicts three children, including Alma Lindsay (left) with her arm around Albert Lindsay Doering (center) and Karl Doering (right), sitting on a back step of the Doering residence. A small planted tree sits in front of them. A wide eyed statue of a dog rests next to Karl Doering against the brick wall., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Children sitting in the backyard of the Doering residence, 1837 N. Bouvier Street, Philadelphia.]
Depicts four children, including Alma Lindsay, Albert Lindsay Doering (son of the photographer) and Albert's cousins, William and Ed Doering, dressed in wool coats and hats for cold weather and posing on a back step of the Doering residence., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Church of St. Asaph, Conshohocken State Road and St. Asaph's Road, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.]
Exterior view of ivy-covered church, with bell tower, built in 1888 after designs by Theophilus P. Chandler. The Welsh founders of the church wanted the design to resemble St. Asaph Cathedral in Wales. Built on land donated by one of several founders, George B. Roberts, near his Pencoyd estate in Bala Cynwyd., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Climbing in Ringing Rocks Park, Pennsylvania.]
Depicts two couples in Ringing Rocks Park in Bucks County, Pa, known for its igneous boulders that ring if struck by a hammer. In one image they're sitting on the rocks and posing in the distance. In another, the men are guiding the women over large boulders. One of the couples might be Catharine Rupp and William H. Doering., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Connecting Railway Bridge over the Schuylkill River near Girard Avenue, showing the installation of the Pratt truss, October 1897.]
Depicts a locomotive crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River near Girard Avenue. Wooden scaffolding supporting a new Pratt truss flanks both sides of the bridge over the main channel of the river. The Pratt truss, which could hold heavier train loads, replaced the old Whipple truss in October of 1897., Title supplied by cataloguer., The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, completed in 1867 after the designs of P.R.R. Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, served as the first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Peace Jubilee, construction of triumphal arch and columns, possibly for naval celebration.]
Depicts a group of people standing near an arch and columns under construction. Many large sculptures adorn the arch. In the foreground is a barrel with a sign reading in part: Dewey Week. Arch built in Madison Square in New York City to celebrate Admiral George Dewey's victory in the Battle of Manilla during the Spanish-American War., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Couple on rustic bridge over a canal, Long Island, N.Y.]
Depicts a woman sitting on the rail of a rustic wooden bridge, facing a man standing and leaning against the opposite rail. His back is to the camera., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.

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