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- Friedberger & Strouse, ribbons, silks, hats, feathers, &c., Nos. 113 and 115 North Eighth, and 733 Arch Street.
- Illustrated trade card depicting two girls and a boy standing and sitting under vining plants. The boy, with a feathered cap in his left hand, offers a flower to a girl seated with a doll by her side, but she puts her hand up and refuses. Another girl stands on the other side of the boy with a similar flower in her hand., Copyright 1878 by L. Prang & Co. Boston U.S.A., Advertising text printed on verso: Friedberger & Strouse, the oldest established millinery house on Eighth Street, 113 & 115 North Eighth, and 733 Arch Sts., Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
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- Friends' Arch Street Centre, 304 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
- Exterior view of the Friends' Arch Street Centre erected in 1915 next to the meeting house at 4th and Arch Streets., Sheet number: 50B03., Divided back. Post marked 1932., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- Friends' Book Association, 706 Arch St., Phila. Stationery, engraving and printing.
- Illustrated trade card depicting an oblique view of the exhibition hall, also known as the Art Gallery, built 1874-1876 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. The Friends' Book Association was established in 1873 and ceased operations in 1908., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
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- Friends' Meeting House, 12th Street below Market, Philadelphia, built 1812, Friends' Institute at the left, built 1892.
- Exterior view of meeting house looking west from 12th Street. Building was constructed in 1812 with reassembled parts from the 1755 Greater Meeting House. It was dismantled and re-erected at the George School in Newtown, PA in 1972. Also includes the Friends' Institute (left) built in 1892 after designs by Walter Smedley., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- Friends' Meeting House, 4th and Arch Streets postcards.
- Exterior views of the friends' meeting house built 1803-1805 after designs by Owen Biddle. Additions and renovations were added incrementally until 1906. Also includes views of congregation members outside of the meeting house., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 50A03, 50B03 and 50B04., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- From Mills House, showing the Hall in which the Ordinance of Secession was passed
- View from the Mills House hotel showing Institute Hall, the site where the Ordinance of Secession was signed, at 134 Meeting Street in Charleston, S.C. Also shows adjacent buildings, including the Circular Church (also known as the Independent Church) and a soda water restaurant, as well as signage advertising J.W. Harrisson in the lower right corner of the image., Title and name of photographer from accompanying label of 5739.F.11j., Stereographs on trimmed yellow mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso of stereograph., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of American Views and Civil War Views, Places, and Events., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- From Porter's great American shoe store, 242 N. 8th St., Philadelphia.
- Illustrated trade card depicting a man wearing a hat labeled "Porter" running with packages of shoes, one in his left hand, the other propped on his right shoulder. The Philadelphia shoe store was owned by R.W. Burns., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
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- From W. & F. Langenheim's talbotype and daguerreotype establishment Exchange 3rd story, rooms 25-27 Philadelphia.
- Illustrated trade card and envelope depicting filigree surrounding the advertisement for W. & F. Langenheim. In 1849 the Langenheim brothers purchased the American patent rights to the talbotype and in the autumn of 1850 moved their studio to a more centrally located block of Chestnut Street., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
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- Fruit of the Loom. Industria et spe.
- Oval-shaped textile label for the firm established in 1851 by B. B. & R. Knight Brothers in Providence, Rhode Island. Shows a woman seated by a loom near a cotton plant. Also contains a logo., Contains color wood engraved border., Printed and inscribed on recto: No. 490. Patt. Z59. Irish Manufacture Size 50., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
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- [F.T. Howell & Co. trade cards]
- Series of illustrated trade cards for F.T. Howell & Co.'s paper hanging establishment at 1216 Chestnut Street and later Thirteenth and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict Asian symbols, including fans, a paddle fan, bamboo, pottery, and cranes (one with a frog caught in its beak) and a witch with a broom in front of a full moon, witches flying on brooms in the distant background, snakes, rodents, an owl, and a castle atop a steep cliff. Includes geometric borders., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Theo. Leonhardt & Son and Craig Finley & Co., One print [1975.F.406] contains advertising text printed on verso: Antique drawings for the interior decoration of walls., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
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- Full moon.
- View of full moon., Title on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount within decorative ribbons flowing from shields. Also printed on verso with four vignettes of two medals, the Vienna Medal of Merit and the American Institute of New York, awarded to Charles Bierstadt in 1873., Photographer's blind stamp included twice on the mount. Stamp consists of his initials, C.B., within an art palette., Printed description and advertisement of stereograph series assortments by Bierstadt on verso under imprint., Stamped on verso: Kean Archives, Phila., Orange mount with rounded corners., Gift of Manuel Kean., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bierstadt relocated to Niagara Falls, New York from New Bedford, Massachusetts ca. 1863 and opened his own photographic studio.
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- Fulton Ferry [Brooklyn, N.Y.]
- View showing pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles traveling near the Fulton Ferry terminus in Brooklyn, New York. The bare masts of docked ships on the East River are visible in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Buff mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow.
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- [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, 1000 block of South Broad Street, Philadelphia, April 22, 1865]
- View showing throngs of mourners at the 1000 block of South Broad Street during Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. Mourners crowd the sidewalks as well as the rooftops and balconies of buildings and businesses, including the Union House and Dining Saloon., Attributed to Schreiber & Glover., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, 1000 block of South Broad Street, Philadelphia, April 22, 1865]
- View showing throngs of mourners at Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. Mourners crowd the sidewalks as well as the rooftops and balconies of buildings and businesses, including the Union House and Dining Saloon partially visible in the image., Attributed to Schreiber & Glover., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Two of the images originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of Civil War Views, Places and Events and volunteer saloons and hospital views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Views showing the procession past the State House of Lincoln's catafalque among crowds of mourners congesting the tree-lined street and sidewalks on the 500 block of Chestnut Street. Also shows a partial view of the awning of the Orleans Hotel and adjacent awning frame., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff mount with rounded corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., One of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of material related to Abraham Lincoln., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Sixth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- View showing Lincoln's catafalque followed by crowds of mourners congesting the street and sidewalk at Sixth and Chestnut. Businesses line the route, including B. C. Worthington, wholesale domestic and foreign cigar dealer (102 South 6th). Also shows soldiers holding back the crowd; a recruitment poster, advertising enlistment salaries for "Maj. Gen. Hancock's Army Corps," adorning a storefront; spectators sitting in windows and on awning frames; and members of the crowd carrying a large broadside illustrated with an American flag, which was used as a barricade., Name of photographer supplied by variant. (P.9161.3)., Title supplied by cataloguer., Unmounted half of stereograph., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Sixth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- View showing the procession of Lincoln's catafalque among crowds of mourners congesting the street and sidewalks at Sixth and Chestnut. Businesses line the street, including B.C. Worthington, wholesale domestic and foreign cigar dealer (102 South 6th). Also shows a recruitment poster, advertising enlistment salaries for "Maj. Gen. Hancock's Army Corps," adorning a storefront; spectators sitting in windows and on awning frames; and members of the crowd carrying a large broadside illustrated with an American flag., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Manuscript note on verso: 6th & Chestnut Phila., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- G. & H. Barnett, Black Diamond File Works, 39, 41 & 43 Richmond Street, Philadelphia.
- Illustrated trade card for G. & H. Barnett's Black Diamond File Works depicting a vignette of the Main Exhibition building, designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson, at the Centennial Fair in Philadelphia. A decorative border with the date "1876" surrounds the vignette and is surmounted by patriotic symbols, including an eagle flanked by four American flags. Within the illustration, men and women promenade near trees and bushes on the landscaped grounds surrounding the building. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Gift of David Doret.
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- [G. Byron Morse trade cards]
- Series of illustrated trade cards depicting various flowers; bread shaped into kipful, pinafore, twist, keyser semmel, Vienna ring, long Vienna, and short Vienna shapes; platters of fish and lobster on serving carts; a man driving a horse-drawn carriage made entirely of bread; and nets and oars partially obscured by a small landscape vignette depicting a tall rock formation., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Graf Brothers (Philadelphia), L. Prang & Co. (Boston), and McCalla & Stavely (Philadelphia)., Advertising text printed on versos promotes G. Byron Morse as a "baker of genuine Vienna bread, rolls, &c." and his "dining and ice cream parlors, fine and fancy cake depot" for weddings and private and social parties at 1312 Chestnut Street and 912 Arch Street in Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
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- G. W. Benson, shaving and hair cutting rooms, 1618 Market Street, Philadelphia.
- Illustrated trade card with floral details., Printed on pink paper., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
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- G.A. Schwarz, toy and fancy emporium, 1006 Chestnut Street, Philada.
- Interior view showing display cases and cabinets. Baby coaches and rocking horses line the aisle. Statuary and vases are displayed on counter tops., Title printed on recto., Buff mount with rounded corners., 2 cent internal revenue stamp dated 5/24/66 on verso., Printed on verso: G.A. Schwarz, importer of German, French and English toys & fancy goods. Fancy china ware, English cutlery, velocipedes, gigs, &c., &c. wholesale and retail, no. 1006 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- G.A. Schwarz, toy and fancy emporium, 1006 Chestnut Street, Philada.
- Interior view showing display cases and cabinets. Baby coaches and rocking horses line the aisle. Statuary and vases are displayed on counter tops., Title printed on recto., Buff mount with square corners., 2 cent internal revenue stamp dated 6/22/66 on verso., Printed on verso: G.A. Schwarz, importer of German, French and English toys & fancy goods. Fancy china ware, English cutlery, velocipedes, gigs, &c., &c. wholesale and retail, no. 1006 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia., Gift of the Maier family., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- [G.A. Schwarz trade cards]
- Series of illustrated trade cards for Gustavus A. Schwarz's toy store at 1006 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict children playing with toys, including lettered blocks, building blocks, a drum, a rocking horse, a swing and a velocipede; a girl sleeping and dreaming about Santa Claus delivering toys for Christmas, including candy, a doll, a book, and a rabbit playing a drum; and children watching their mother decorate the family's Christmas tree. G.A. Schwarz opened his toy bazaar on 1006 Chestnut Street in 1859. Three of his brothers (Henry, F.A.O. and Richard Schwarz) operated toy stores in Baltimore, New York, and Boston., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann (New York)., Two prints [1975.F.857 & 859] contain advertising text printed on versos promoting G.A. Schwarz's twenty-first annual Christmas exhibition (1880) and Christmas goods, including German, French and English toys and dolls, ornaments, Vienna leather and olive wood articles., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
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- Galanterie spielwaaren handlung L. Hönig in Zürich. Das neueste stets auf lager.
- Illustrated trade card for L. Hönig's toy store containing imagery from the Jack and the Beanstalk fairytale. Depicts a giant with a long beard holding a purse inscribed, "Kauf bei mir gibs billig dir". Various toys lay at his feet, including a drum, dollhouse, ship, pocketwatch, horse, puppets, flags and toy soldiers. Also contains an ornate pictorial detail reading, "25 Centralhof. Fraumünsterseite"., Text printed on verso: Ich gratulire zum neuen Iahr. Translated: [Happy New Year], Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
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- Galeries Francais, fontes d'art
- View of the cast iron display of the French iron and bronze foundry J.J. Ducel & Fils in the French Gallery at the exhibition. Display includes an ornate fountain, cherub-like and nymph statuary, and vases. Ducel produced high quality sculpture, fountains, and decorative pieces for gardens and public parks. The exposition held April 1-November 3, 1867 celebrated the technological and economic progress of the Second Empire, as well as originated the classification system followed by proceeding international exhibitions., Photographer's imprint printed on verso: M. Leon & J. Levy Ferrier, Sucrs. de Ferrier pere et fils et Soulier, 113, Boulevard de Sebastopol, 113 Paris. Vues sterescoptique sur verre de L'Exposition Universelle de 1867 ainsi que de tour les Pays, Title printed on mount., Blindstamped on mount: Concession Unique., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- Gallery at Honesdale
- Exterior view showing R.B. Whittaker's "International Photograph Gallery" in rural Honesdale in upstate Pennsylvania. Includes a man in an apron sitting on the porch of the studio and a nearby signpost advertising "cheap fresh oysters.", Pink mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on verso and mount., Photographer's name from manuscript note in red ink on mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- The game of Philadelphia buildings
- Card game containing fifty-three cards depicting landmarks and historic and well-known sites in the city. Cards depict (1) State House; (2) Carpenter's Hall; (3) Christ Church; (4) Old Swedes' Church; (5) Bartram's House; (6) Franklin's Grave; (7) University of Pennsylvania; (8) Pennsylvania Hospital; (9) Academy of Natural Science; (10) Franklin Institute; (11) Historical Society of Pennsylvania; (12) Academy of Music; (13) Academy of Fine Arts; (14) Mint (Chestnut and Juniper); (15) Girard College; (16) Custom House; (17) Old Stock Exchange; (18) Cramps' Ship Yard; (19) William Penn's Cottage; (20) Masonic Temple; (21) Odd Fellows' Hall; (22) Reading Terminal; (23) Pennsylvania R.R. station; (24) Union League; (25) Art Club; (26) Mercantile Club; (27) Memorial Hall; (28) Horticultural Hall; (29) Betsy Ross House; (30) Entrance to Zoological Garden; (31) Post Office; (32) Fairmount Water Works; (33) Philadelphia Library; (34) Ridgway Library; (35) New Horticultural Hall; (36) Chestnut Street Theater; (37) Chestnut Street Opera House; (38) Century Club; (39) Twelfth Street Meeting House; (40) Synagogue Rodef Shalom; (41) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul; (42) High School for Girls; (43) Normal School for Girls; (44) High School for Boys; (45) Bourse; (46) Baldwin Locomotive Works; (47) Drexel Institute; (48) Mary J. Drexel Home; (49) Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art; (50) St. George's Hall; (51) St. Peter's Church; (52) City Hall; and (53) [National Export Exposition Building]., Images include statuary; grave stones; site visitors; partial views of adjacent buildings; lampposts; street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages and street cars; signage, broadsides, and posters; window awnings; electrical lines; and trees. Majority of images are reproductions of photographs, except images of Cramp's Ship Yard, High School for Boys, Baldwin Locomotive Works, and the National Export Exposition Building, which are after prints., Publication date based on statement on box cover "Title copyright by Miss Mary S. Holmes 1899.", Box cover contains halftone photomechanical print showing Independence Hall on the 500 block of Chestnut Street. Also shows neighboring buildings, including Congress Hall and the roof of the Public Ledger Building. Vignette of the seal of Philadelphia is visible in the lower left corner., Accompanied by photostat of the rules to play the game and "Key to the Pictures" (1-52), including addresses and years of completion for the sites, signed "Copyrighted by Mary S. Holmes. December, 1898. The Billstein Co., Philadelphia.", Prints numbered in lower left corner, as well as labeled with a letter and sequential number in lower right corner. Letter and sequential number are absent on Card No. 53., Mary S. Holmes was most likely the Philadelphia educator with memberships in the Philadelphia Geographical Society and Teachers' Photographic Association. In the 1890s, she taught at Girls High School and Commerical High School for Girls. She later served as the principal for the Germantown High School for Girls., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box.
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- The gap at Mainville, Pa.
- Shows a group of elegantly dressed men and a woman standing on a ridge above a valley near the Catawissa Creek and Catawissa Mountain. Also shows a covered bridge and a homestead., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Title stamped on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- Garber & Bro., Lehigh and Schuylkill coal, N.E. cor. Thirteenth & Noble Sts., Philadelphia.
- Illustrated trade card depicting a stork, turkey, and flowering vines surrounding a scroll containing the name of the company. By 1880, Garber & Bro. included S. Jones, John M., and J. Lindley A. Garber., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
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- Gardel Memorial, Mt. Vernon Cemetry.
- View of the pyramid-shaped marble Gardel Monument erected in 1864 in Mount Vernon Cemetery. Commissioned by French teacher Bertrand Gardel for his wife, Julia Hawks Gardel, who died while touring Damascus, Syria., Title printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
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- [Garden with decorative urns, children playing]
- View of children playing in a tree-filled garden adorned with decorative urns. Includes a boy on hobby horse, a girl with doll carriage and kids on a hammock., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint obscured by photograph pasted on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
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- Garfield Monument postcards.
- Depicts the bronze portrait bust of the James A. Garfield Memorial on Kelly Drive near the Girard Avenue Bridge, designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1895., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Postcards issued by the Souvenir Post Card Co., New York and the Post Card Union of America, Philadelphia., Sheet numbers: 88A03 and 88B03., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- Gas holder, Philada. Gas Works
- View showing the gas holder at the Point Breeze Gas Works at Passyunk and Schuylkill avenues. The gas works, the second Philadelphia gas producing facility, was built in the Gothic style between 1851 and 1854 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer John C. Cresson., Attributed to Philadelphia photographer C.M. Cresson., Title and date from accompanying label., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- Gas well, Butler Co., Pa.
- View showing a gas well in a wooded area in Butler County. Laborers stand between the enclosed derrick and gas tanks. Butler County contained the most productive gas fields in the United States in the late 19th century., Title and publisher's imprint printed on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Brief description of the harvesting and use of natural gas printed on verso., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- Gay's China Palace, No. 1109 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
- Trade card die cut and shaped into a circle with gilt text and decorative floral border. Owned and operated by New York native George Gay., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
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- Geburt- und Tauf-zeugniss.
- Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 33.3 x 23.2 cm, Library Company copy completed in MS. for Maria Wetzel, born Feb. 17, 1860 in Mahatongo Township, Schuylkill County, Pa., the daughter of Joseph and Regina Schneider Wetzel, baptized March 18, 1860 by Rev. Isaac Stiely., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- Geburts- und Tauf-Schein.
- A birth and baptismal certificate, with verse in six numbered stanzas; first line: Ich bin Getauft auf deinen Namen,., Printed in Reutlingen, Germany, in the 1830s by B.G. Kurtz for the American market. At head of ornamental border is an eagle with a shield, and the banner: E pluribus unum., Printed area, including hand-painted ornamental border, measures 37.4 x 28.5 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- Geburts- und Taufschein.
- Copyright 1849 by Augs. Kollner., Printed area, including hand-colored ornamental border, measures 33.3 x 22.4 cm., Library Company copy 9644.F completed in MS. for Albert Moriz Althaus [later Morris A. Althouse], born May 15, 1858 in Centre Township, Berks County, Pa., son of Solomon H. and Esther Althaus Althaus, baptized Aug. 15, 1858, by Rev. Isaac Miesse, sponsored by Jacob and Catharina Nafzinger; imperfect: torn, affecting some text., Library Company copy 11396.F is blank., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- Geburts- und Taufschein
- Carl L. Rademacher is listed at this address in Philadelphia directories from 1846 to 1848., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 36.4 x 27.8 cm, Library Company copy hand colored; completed in MS. for Maria Bolich (later Koch), born Oct. 11, 1848 in East Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, Pa., daughter of William and Maria Sechler Bolich; she was baptized Dec. 19, 1848 by Rev. Jäger; godparents Jesse and Katharina Sechler., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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- Geistlicher Irrgarten
- Representation of Christian life as a journey through a maze. The typographical layout of the text follows a maze-like pattern., Augustus Gräter and Alexander Blumer were in business together about 1832 to 1834., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 35.2 x 29.1 cm., Not in: Checklist Amer. imprints., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.