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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[Group portrait of unknown young persons standing in a row.]
Depicts five young women and three young men standing in a row in a wooded area. The fifth person from the front may be Catharine Rupp Doering, wife of the photographer. The Doering family dog's head is visible in the image., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Group portrait with Al Lindsay and Catharine Rupp Doering on porch of unidentified house.]
Depicts four women, a man, a boy, and a dog sitting on the steps of a porch. Albert Lindsay is the only person standing (left) and Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer) is seated to the far right. Three large single dwellings are visible in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Group portrait with Catharine Rupp Doering and Charles Rupp in a wooded area.]
View of three men, one of them Charles Rupp, the photographer's brother-in-law, with Catharine Rupp Doering, the photographer's wife. She is standing to the side, wearing a hat and holding an umbrella. One of the men is reclining on tree branches. Charles Rupp stands in the center holding a cigar and facing a man sitting on a tree stump, offering him a bottle., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Group portrait with Catharine Rupp Doering standing under tall trees, Sellersville, Pennsylvania.]
View of two women pretending to fawn over an unidentified man, one of them Catharine Rupp Doering, wife of the photographer. A child and a man sit in the grass in front of them., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Group portrait with George and Catharine Rupp Doering.]
Depicts a group of five women, four men and a baby on the stairs of an unidentified home. Catharine Rupp Doering, wife of the photographer, plays with baby Karl Doering (left) and George Doering, the photographer's brother, rests on the ground against a tree. An unidentified young girl rests in a hammock nearby., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Group portrait with George and Catherine Rupp Doering in the country]
Depicts George and Catherine Rupp Doering posed with a group of three white men and three white women sitting and lounging on top of an old stone foundation. Two young African American boys, attired in hats, shirts, jackets, pants, and shoes, sit on the ground in front of the stone wall and look at the viewer. Behind the wall are a number of trees., Title supplied by cataloger., Gift of Albert L. Doering, 1994., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
[Group portraits aboard the Ericsson en route to Betterton, Md.]
Depicts a large group of people sitting on an Ericsson steamboat from Philadelphia, en route to Betterton, Md., a popular summer resort town made accessible to visitors via the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Sitters include William H. Doering, Catharine Rupp Doering, and their children Albert and Karl., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Group portraits near a rustic pavilion, near Devil's Pool in Cresheim Creek, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Depicts young men and women from a Sunday school group from Zion or Oxford Presbyterian Church sitting on rocks near a thatch-roof pavilion made of interwoven logs and branches., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Group sitting on a log on a beach.]
Depicts four naked men sitting on a log with their arms folded over their chests. They're on a sandy beach with grass and vegetation in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Group sitting on steps of log outbuilding, Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge, Pa.]
Depicts three women, including Mrs. Lindsay and Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer), and four men sitting near the entrance of the log outbuilding near the Potts residence, built 1758-1777 by Isaac Potts. Later served as George Washington's headquarters., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Group sitting on steps of Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge, Pa.]
Depicts three women, including Mrs. Lindsay and Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer), sitting on the front entrance stairs of the Potts residence, built 1758-1777 by Isaac Potts. Later served as George Washington's headquarters. Al Lindsay stands on the top step behind them against the front door., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Group sitting on steps of Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge, Pa.]
Depicts three women, including Mrs. Lindsay and Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer), and three men sitting on the front entrance stairs of the Potts residence, built 1758-1777 by Isaac Potts. Later served as George Washington's headquarters., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Group swimming in deep water.]
Depicts the five heads of people swimming in a deep body of water, not far from a rocky ledge and trees in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Group swimming in the Chesapeake Bay.]
Depicts a group of men and women swimming in the Chesapeake Bay. A sailboat full of spectators sits in the distance. An empty row boat floats nearby., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Halloween party, Doering family and friends in costume at the Doering residence, 1837 N. Bouvier Street, Philadelphia.]
Depicts eight people standing and posing in a corner, dressed in costumes for a Halloween party held by the Doerings in their N. Bouvier Street home circa 1897. Catharine Rupp Doering (left) is dressed as a man. The three boys have painted their faces black, but one is wearing a bonnet, the other a conical dunce cap. Two of the boys may be dressed as maids. A woman in the center wears a cloth covered with stars on her head., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Horticultural Hall, from the lily ponds, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
View of hall from lily ponds. Built 1875 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann, demolished in 1955 even though the 383' long, 193' wide building was supposed to remain a permanent botanical conservatory, showcasing exotic plant species and Victorian gardens., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Hudson Bay Wolves Quarreling over the Carcass of a Deer, Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, Philadelphia.]
Depicts the Hudson Bay Wolves Quarreling over the Carcass of a Deer, created by Edward Kemeys in 1872 for the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens. First purchase of the Fairmount Park Art Association., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Independence Hall, south elevation, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.]
Depicts the south elevation and bell tower of Independence Hall. Built 1732-1748 by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Extensive renovations and additions completed incrementally between 1750 and 1973. Meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1783 and the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776., Title supplied by cataloguer., Also identified as the Pennsylvania State House., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Interior of the Old Trappe Church, showing a minister directing the religious service, Trappe, Pa.]
Interior view of the Old Trappe Church, also known as Augustus Lutheran Church, showing a minister directing the religious service from a wooden pulpit. Members of the church hold hymn books in pews below. The cornerstone of the church was laid in 1743, during the pastorship of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, but was not completed until 1745. Purportedly the oldest, continuously used Lutheran church in the United States., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Iron-truss bridge spanning the Schuylkill Canal, Philadelphia.]
A group of people are fishing near an old iron-truss bridge along the Schuylkill Canal. A small landing, which functioned as a dock for the canal tow boats, is visible along the banks of the canal in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Iron truss canal bridge spanning dry land.]
[Iron truss canal bridge spanning dry land.]
View of a pedestrian iron truss canal bridge spanning dry land in the country. A wooden cart leans against the stone canal wall underneath of the bridge. Outbuildings and weeping willow trees are visible in the distance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Jules and Bill Doering crossing water on stepping stones, Pocono Mountains, Pa.]
Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Karl Doering as a young child, sitting in the backyard of the family residence, 1837 N. Bouvier Street, Philadelphia.]
Depicts Karl Doering, son of the photographer, dressed in a white gown, sitting in a wooden rocking horse in the backyard of the Doering residence., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Landscape view of country road from top of hill.]
Depicts a dirt country road from the top of a hill, looking toward dwellings and trees in the distance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Landscape view of curving country road, with man posing on side of road.]
Depicts a curving dirt country road, looking toward dwellings and trees in the distance. An unidentified man stands on the side of the road in the foreground, posing for the camera., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Landscape view of woman walking bicycle along road in countryside.]
Depicts a woman (possibly Catharine Rupp Doering, wife of the photographer) walking her bike on a road in the countryside. A house is visible at the bottom of a tree covered hill in the distance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Lincoln Monument, Kelly Drive, Fairmount Park.]
Depicts the bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln holding the Emancipation Proclamation, sitting on a granite pedestal decorated with four eagles and garland. Located at East River (i.e. Kelly) and Lemon Hill Drives. Designed by Randolph Rogers in 1871 and was the third bronze memorial of Lincoln to be erected in the United States. The observation tower built for the Centennial Exhibition is visible in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Commissioned by the Lincoln Monument Association., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Livezey House, on the banks of the Wissahickon Creek at Livezey Lane, Germantown, Philadelphia.]
View of the front facade of dwelling built for Thomas Shoemaker from 1733-1739. Two men stand in the front yard, one leaning on a tree stump, the other sawing wood with a bow saw. Thomas Livezey bought the property, including a grist mill, from Shoemaker in 1747 and named it Glen Fern. The house was enlarged and raised one story in 1765, and sometime before 1853 a rear ell was constructed. In 1909 became the Valley Green Canoe Club., Title supplied by cataloguer., Also known as Glen Fern, the Thomas Shoemaker House and the Valley Green Canoe Club (1909)., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Living room of the Doering family residence, 1837 N. Bouvier Street, Philadelphia.]
Interior view of Doering living room, showing a large mirror over the fireplace and mantel, along with two tables, chairs, paintings, sculptures and a lamp near the corner of the ornate living room., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Log cabin in the woods.]
Depicts the front of a log cabin, with a rustic thatch roof, in a wooded area. Two wooden tables sit in the front yard, along with several tree stumps., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Lotus Inn Bridge spanning the Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park.]
Depicts the Lotus Inn Bridge over Wissahickon Creek at Rittenhouse Street in Fairmount Park. Erected between 1896 and 1897. Includes a small waterfall in the foreground. Replaced by the Blue Stone Bridge in 1920., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Man and two girls in front of the old Livezey mill on the Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia.]
Distant view of two girls sitting on a stone near a door of the old Livezey Mill. A man stands in the middle of the path leading to a foot bridge nearby. The old stone building is abandoned and windowless., Title supplied by cataloguer., Thomas Shoemaker constructed a dwelling and outbuildings, including a grist mill, from 1733 to 1739. Thomas Livezey purchased the property, including a grist mill, from Shoemaker in 1747 and named it Glen Fern. In 1909 became the Valley Green Canoe Club., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Man diving from a rowboat.]
Depicts a man diving from a small rowboat into an unidentified body of water. Three companions hold onto the edge of the boat and stabilize it for the diver., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Man leading ox cart on an unidentified farm.]
Depicts a man standing in front of two oxen pulling a cart. An unidentified barn structure sits in the distance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Man with a mule, Sellersville, Pa.]
View of a mule standing near a wooden fence, dividing the mule from the man holding its ears., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Men clasping hands around the circumference of large tree.]
Depicts three men (with others out of view) demonstrating the large size of a tree trunk in a wooded area by clasping hands around its circumference., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Men drawing water from Wissahickon Creek.]
View of two men drawing and drinking water from the creek and one man standing and drying his hands with a hankerchief., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Men rowing a sailboat in the Chesapeake Bay.]
Depicts three men, two in the foreground and one in the background, rowing a sailboat with wooden oars., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Morton McMichael monument, Lemon Hill Drive, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
View of the seated figure of Morton McMichael atop a pedestal in East Fairmount Park, created by John H. Mahoney in 1881. McMichael was a Philadelphia journalist and editor, mayor of Philadelphia (1866-1869), and the first President of the Fairmount Park Commission (1867-1879)., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
[Movie poster for "Souls Adrift" with Ethel Clayton.]
Color slide of movie poster with teel blue background depicting the bust of Ethel Clayton resting her chin in her left hand. Next to her figure is the title written in black: William A. Brady, Director-General, World-Pictures present Ethel Clayton in "Souls Adrift" with Milton Sills. Directed by Harley Knowles, story by Andrew Soutar. The World-Pictures icon rests in the upper left-hand corner., Title supplied by cataloguer., Inscribed on border of slide: Excelsior Illustrating Co., 219 Sixth Ave., N. Y. City., Gift of Albert L. Doering.

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