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Mountain Springs.
View of a man drinking from a canteen as he sits under an overhanging boulder in a forest. Another man is visible through the trees in the distance. Catawissa Creek is a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River in east central Pennsylvania, Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists thirty-eight views in the series (No. 324-361)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Mower General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.
Series of views showing interiors and exteriors of the Civil War Army hospital. Photographs show the entrance to the hospital; the administration building; parade grounds; quarters of the surgeon in charge; guard house and lecture room; the water tank at Ardleigh Street; views looking south from the observatory tower located on the administration building; the cooking department; a hospital ward; the general office; and a corridor. Views include an observation deck; a fire brigade during a drill; cooking staff; office clerks; patients; and soldiers traversing the grounds., Eighteen of the images contain photographer's imprint on mount., Eighteen of the images contain manuscript note on verso: Chestnut Hill Hospital., Stereographs on yellow mounts with square corners., Five of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places, and Events and a Hart, Phillips, McAllister Civil War scrapbook., Described in Rules and special orders of the Mower United States Army and General Hospital (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865). (Am 1865 Phi Mow,15730.D)., See transcription of Coleman Sellers Letterbook, entry August 15, 1863, John Moran research file., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Mower General Hospital, built in 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr. between Stenton, Germantown, Springfield and Abington avenues opposite the Chestnut Hill track of the Reading Railroad (7900-8000 blocks Stenton Avenue) received injured soldiers transported directly from the battlefield between January 1863 - May 1865. The hospital, designed as a pavilion to control the spread of infection, consisted of several hospital wards radiating from a central enclosed complex of administrative and utility buildings. Complex included the administration building, a chapel, post office, band-stand, food preparation shops and storage houses, a barber shop, dining room, and guard house. Hospital utilized fresh water from the Chestnut Hill water works, gas lighting, and indoor plumbing. Building was razed following the war.
Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia.
View looking southwest from Reed Street near Passyunk Avenue of the prison complex, including the central two-story octagonal battlemented tower and Egyptian-style debtor's wing, constructed 1832-1835 after designs by Thomas Ustick Walter. A woman walks on the sidewalk in front of the iron gate in the foreground. The prison, also known as Philadelphia County Prison, operated under a system of solitary confinement. Demolished in 1968., Title inscribed in negative., Photographer's imprint on mount., Label pasted on verso includes paragraph describing Moyamensing Prison., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Carol Soltis., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Mr. & Mrs. Turtledove's new French cook.
Series of titled comic genre photographs include "Mr. & Mrs. Turtledove's new French cook," "You sweet thing, when did you arrive?" "Now don't be so shy!" "Oh my, but you are lovely," "Sh! Sh! I hear my wife coming," "Heavens, what does she mean," "Well, I am caught sure enough," "She must leave this house at once," "Mr. Turtledove trying to get out of the difficulty," "Mr. Turtledove making promises to be good," "Darling, I love you more than ever," and " Mr. & Mrs. Turtledove's next "French" cook." Images depict a straying husband's relationship with the pretty French cook, his wife's discovery of the relationship, and his attempts and success at reconciling with his wife. The pretty female cook is eventually replaced by an unattractive "French" cook, represented by a man dressed as a woman., Series copyrighted 1902 by William H. Rau., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on mounts., Gray curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Mr. [blank] To Mifflin & Parry, [blank] Dr. To [blank] months' subscription to the Pennsylvanian
A receipt., Printed area measures 4.9 x 13.5 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Wm. Whitman, Jan. 6, 1838, for a 12-month subscription, signed by C. Taylor., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Mrs. Geo. M. Baker, stationery, fancy goods, &c. 987 N. Second St.
Illustrated trade card for Mrs. George M. Baker's stationery and fancy goods shop depicting a lamp flanked by flowers and a decorative fan., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Mrs. H. Steward, London & Paris Millinery, No. 435 North Second St., Philadelphia.
Illustrated trade card depicting a spray of flowers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Mrs. Lena Mason's Chautauqua meetings, Aug. 1st - Sept. Phila, Pa.
Postcard showing an African American Chautauqua meeting. Depicts African American men, women, and children gathered near several tents. In the foreground, an African American woman and man, possibly Mrs. and Mr. Mason, stand and look at the viewer next to a wooden chair with a hat on top of it. Chautauqua meetings, developed from the Lyceum Movement, were traveling tent shows providing education and entertainment to early 20th-century audiences., Title and date from item., Photographic paper company's imprint on verso: Mermont Photo Paper Co., New York., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Mrs. S. A. Allen's improved hair restorer. Favorite hair dressing. New style in one bottle. Price, one dollar.
Envelope illustrated with a central image showing a fashionable woman, her long hair loose, and over her shoulder. Also contains a border comprised of floral imagery. Susan Allen, wife of a New York dentist, marketed her restorer starting in the 1840s. She sold her business to Selah R. Van Duzer circa 1862., Text printed on verso: A Real Hair Restorer and Dressing in One Bottle. Mrs. S. A. Allen's Improved New Style Hair Restorer. Price one dollar. Buy a Bottle of Mrs. Allen's Hair Restorer and receive a Perfumed Sachet free. Perfumed Sachet. Place this unopened in Drawer or Trunk, the Odor is delicious. Its remarkable success is due to the superiority and freshness of its ingredients, and the scrupulous care bestowed in its manufacture; also for its prompt, quick action, great growth, life, and vigor that it is sure to give to the hair-never failing by a few applications, to restore Gray or White Hair to its Natural Color. Ladies will find it a standard toilet luxury to dress their hair. Sold by all druggists. Principal Sales Offices, 198 and 200 Greenwich Street, New York, and 266 High Holborn, London, England., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Mrs. Swasey, 340 N. Eighth St., Philada.
Illustrated trade card depicting a spray of flowers. Trimmings store owned by Georgiana Swasey, wife of Captain W.P. Swasey., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Mt. Airy Ave. & Chew St., Mt Airy, Philadelphia.
Depicts residences on the west side of Chew Avenue near Mount Airy Avenue., Sheet number: 156B09., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Mt. Airy water pipes.
View showing the water pipes called the Pipe Bridge over the Wissahickon Creek. The pipe aqueduct, constructed in 1870 to provide water to Germantown from the Schuylkill River via the Mount Airy reservoir, was built after the designs of engineer Frederick Graff, Jr. It was razed in 1891. In the foreground, a man sits on a cliff near the pipe bridge., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Inscribed in negative: 84., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son, Henry, was active from circa 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
M.T. Hess, successor to D.L. Page, manufacturer of fine confections, no. 918 Arch Street, Philad'a.
Series of illustrated trade cards depciting boys and girls outside fishing, climbing trees, and taking eggs from a property with a "no trespassing" sign attached to a stone wall., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Mt. Pleasant.
Exterior view of the front of the Middle-Georgian country house built 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson after the designs of Thomas Nevil on Mount Pleasant Drive in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. View includes two wood frames leaning against the house. Macpherson, a privateer during the Seven Years’ War, purchased the estate with profits from these operations. Free white and Black laborers, indentured servants, and at least four enslaved people of African descent, whose names are unknown, worked on the plantation. In 1779, General Benedict Arnold purchased Mount Pleasant for his wife Peggy Shippen, but they never occupied the house. In 1792, General Jonathan Williams purchased the mansion. The City of Philadelphia purchased the property from the Williams family in 1869. On behalf of the city, the Philadelphia Museum of Art restored the house in 1926., Yellow paper mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Date inferred from photographic medium and content., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Mt. Starr King, Jefferson, N.H.
Shows the mount named after Universalist Rev. Thomas Starr King in the White Mountains. In the foreground, men and boys sit and stand in a pasture in front of a farm and hotel buildings., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kilburn Brothers, was a partnership between brothers Benjamin West Kilburn and Edward Kilburn from 1865 to 1877.
Mull a la Suisse
Die-cut textile label containing the image of a ballet dancer, She stands on her pointed toes and with one arm curved over her head. She wears an ankle-length, full skirt, and broad-rimmed hat. Also contains pictorial details, including flowers and filigree., Embossed and inscribed in border: No. 10 Yds., 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.
Munn & Co., 37 Park Row, N.Y, solicitors of American and foreign patents and publishers of the "Scientific American."
Trade card-size advertising calendar containing illustration drawn by Frank Bellew and captioned "Ready-Acting Dog-Tail and Gun-Barrel Attachment." Shows a hunter, with a hunting basket containing a frog on his back, and his dog wearing the gun attachment "Invented by Donald Read" at a pond. The hunter holds a bullfrog in one hand and the trigger attachment in the other as the dog is aimed at a frog in the water. A farmhouse is visible in the background., Contains several lines of advertising text promoting "Scientific American" "the oldest, largest, cheapest, and the best weekly illustrated paper devoted to Engineering, Mechanics, Chemistry, New Inventions, Science and Industrial Progress, published in the United States" on recto. Text describes the depth of the engravings, subscription prices, and benefits of a subscription., Contains calendar for year 1875 and several lines of advertising text promoting "Patents, Munn & Co. Established 1846" on verso. Text solicits for inventor's patents, notes "special notices" in "Scientific American," and advises the attainment of their pamphlet detailing patent laws., 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.
[Musicians playing in a field]
View of nine musicians, including one woman, with instruments playing outside in a field., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Mutual Life Insurance, Philadelphia
View from the corner of Tenth and Chestnut streets showing the Philadelphia headquarters of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (incorporated 1841). Built from 1874-1875 after the designs of New York architect Henry Fernbach, the building at 1001-1013 Chestnut Street, also known as the Victory Building, served as the insurance company's regional headquarters from 1875 to 1920. View also shows adjacent businesses on Tenth Street., Title annotated on negative., Buff mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
My country residence. [graphic].
Puzzle showing farm life, including livestock grazing and sitting in an enclosed pasture, a horse-drawn cart hauling hay toward the barn, and a horse-drawn coach traveling toward the main house. A man and woman work in the enclosure as children play nearby., One of four puzzles housed in clamshell box., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Myerstown Enterprise, Myerstown, Penna. Message by Mail. An angry message.
Advertisement blotter depicting a satiric, whimsical scene with two women and a life-size, stamped envelope. A woman gesturing in anger stands on one end, and another, attired in hat, coat, and bustled skirt, stands and looks taken aback on the other. Also contains rates for the "Advertising Schedule of the Myerstown Enterprise, W. S. Uhrich, Publisher, Myerstown, Pa." printed on verso. Rates based on one to three weeks, one to six months, and one year and inches and column size range from $.50 to $80. Myerstown Enterprise was issued 1888-1919., Date inferred from clothing of figures depicted., 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.
N. & G. Taylor Co., importers of tin plate, metals, sheet iron &c. [graphic] : Established 1810.
Receipt for the metal house containing a vignette view of a sailing ship on torrent waters. Also contains an anaglyptographic background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Leonhardt relocated his establishment to 114 South Third Street in 1868.
N. Bryan, electro gold and silver plating, 1113 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting business cards inset into flowers with bumblebees., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Nath'l W. Appleton, stationer, No. 7 School Street, Boston.
Illustrated trade card depicting an anthropomorphic cat attired in human clothing including trousers, striped shirt, vest and straw hat. The cat empties a bucket of water printed with the stationer's name into a jug. An "ice wagon" is visible behind him., Copyrighted 1881 by J.C. Beard., Advertising text printed on recto., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
The nation honors a great American. "From slave cabin to hall of fame." Booker Washington Bookplace, Virginia. U.S. Post Office established February 12, 1948. [graphic]
Illustrated envelope containing a composite image depicting a portrait of Black educator Booker T. Washington, a view of a log cabin, and a view of a classical-style building., Title and date from item., Date supplied from research and content., Image caption: She Guided More Than 300 Slaves to Freedom., Contains ink-stamp postmark: Booker Washington Birthplace Va. Feb 12 1948 5PM and cancelled (Opening Day Cancellation) violet color-printed 3-cent stamp after the format of the Famous American Scientists Series of 1940 and depicting a bust-length portrait of George Washington Carver, Director of Agriculture at Tuskegee Institute., Inscribed in ink: [Pntd?] Washington Pitt [?], Addressed in type: Patricia Chapman, Newfield, N.J., Accompanied by four circulars titled: "Team Work ... by Dr. Booker T. Washington" (2 copies); "Atlanta Exposition Address Delivered by Booker T. Washington, September, 1895, Atlanta, Georgia"; and "Gems of Wisdom. Thoughts from Booker T. Washington's Philosophy That Have Rendered Invaluable Service to Mankind.", Gift of George R. Allen, 2022.
National College of Commerce, 1200 and 1202 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Illustrated trade card depicting three scenes surrounded by flower garlands and a banner inscribed "National College of Commerce". A central vignette shows an exterior view of the Beneficial Saving Fund Building (built 1887 after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang) at 1200-1202 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. The exterior view of the building housing the college is flanked on the left by a scene showing various vessels on the water, including two men in a small rowboat in the foreground and on the right by a scene depicting a locomotive stalled at a railroad station showing a cityscape in the background., Advertising text printed on verso discusses the benefits of a business education., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
The National Live Stock Journal, handsomely illustrated, contains 48 large pages, devoted to the interests of stock breeders and farmers.
Pictorial envelope containing vignettes of live stock on recto and verso. Vignettes on recto depict oval-framed images of the head of a cow and the head of a horse. Vignettes on verso depict full-length portraits of a cow, two pigs, and a ram. Images also include grass and fencing. The National Live Stock Journal was established in 1870., Addressed in manuscript to: Clark Co. Democrat, Winchester, Ky., Date inferred from stamp., Contains cancelled one-cent stamp printed in blue and depicting a profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin., Printed on verso: Price of cuts, this size, post paid, one cut, $2.50; two cuts $1.00. For specimen sheet of cuts, address Stock Journal Co., Chicago, Ills., 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.
[Nature prints of leaves]
Albums of predominantly nature prints of leaves produced by inking both sides of the specimen, placing it between a folded sheet of paper, and pulling the sheet through a printing press. Sheets contain one to several specimens (a few numbered) and several are annotated with the date of printing, inscriptions, and identifications of specimens. Some sheets contain manuscript notes about the provenance of and how the specimens were dried or inked, the condition of the leaves, their medicinal uses, and descriptions of the plants from which they came. Inscriptions of note include "Engraven by the Greatest and Best engraver in the Universe"(v. 1, p. 2); "... leaves dried and press'd in my Heap of News-Papers for 7 or 8 years" (v. 1, p. 43); "Done July 18th 1742, when I impress'd 6 or 8 sheets more for my Frd's Kent, Bard, Pratt, Browne, Shoemaker, &" (v. 1, p. 74); "These were done in my new Press which Joseph Watkins made & now brought Home 2nd of May 1734" (v. 1, p. 94); "Done July 1st 1744 with L' & Vel't B'll"(v. 1, p. 95); Nov. 23rd 1738 A Leaf of Rhubarb and withered. Somewhat hurt by the Frost (v. 1, p.128) and "From Jno. Bartram 18th Augst. 1734. The most excellent remedy for the bite of a Rattlesnake - Sysimachia Quadrafolia - 1st 7br 1734 - "An Indian specific for fevers and aguas [sic] and a substitute for tea [I think Green]" - "From Peter Sonmans (who brought it from Albany). Done 31st Augst. 1734. A famous Snake weed" - "Mem the other Side I sent to Peter Collinson, June 1735" (v.2, p. 58)., Botanical specimens represented in album include wormwood, hollyhock, althea, marsh mallow, lavender, moss, creeper, quince, plantain, service, sage, tansey, mulberry, a sarabacca, rattlesnake weed, gooseberries, hemp, laurel, pawpaw, mustard, bind weed, wild grape, water plantain, wild betony, teasel, pineapple, Indian Fluxwort, "parsimon," arrowhead, oak of Cappadocia, squash, cattail grass, Goat's-Rue, sanicle, yam, maidenhair, tobacco, cat mint, saffron, caterpillar, marygold, horse radish, sun flower, gelder rose, may heart, St. John's-Wort, wild Angelica, marjoram, silk cotton, buck wheat, potato, burdock, rattle snake golden rod, mulleins, and Carolina Bean. Album also contains printed images of feathers, pieces of fabric, and a twenty-four line poem written in pencil and signed by "A Botanist" and dated 1855 (v. 1, p. 106). Provenances of the specimens include John Bartam, Stephen Benezet, "Spring Garden," John Holland, E. Woolley, G. Gray, "R.R.'s Ginseng Hill," Peter Sonmans, and Esther Banks., Title supplied by cataloger., Some sheets contain watermark: Pro Patria., Gift of Mrs. Joseph Breintnall in 1746., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Volume 1 (P.2011.7.1) reformatted and arranged in two cases of folders numbered (1-10) and (21-34)., Index to inscriptions held at repository., Described in Edwin Wolf and Marie Elena Korey, eds., Quarter of a Millennium (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1981), entry 11., Described in Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976) #29., Joseph Breintnall (d. 1746), scrivener, public servant, author, poet, and colleague of Benjamin Franklin, was also an amateur scientist who experimented with solar heat and botany. A founder and secretary of the Library Company of Philadelphia, he engaged in the study of botany through Peter Collinson, the library's London book agent. Between circa 1731 and circa 1744, he created hundreds of leaf prints as records of botanical specimens he gathered himself and from networks. Breintnall also most likely used his experience with leaf printing to assist Franklin in the creation of a metal cast of a leaf impression used to print currency incapable to be counterfeited.
Near Belmont Cottage
View looking from West Fairmount Park showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, completed in 1834. Built after the designs of engineer John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company, the bridge spanned over the Schuylkill River below Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park. A small brick building is visible in the lower left foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Near east park, Phila. [graphic] / A. Kollner, fect.
Etching looking southeast showing two men walking between two large mounds of land, one with a goat standing near the edge, the other surmounted by a frame shack surrounded by a fence. Also includes dwellings, a tower and a train traveling south on tracks running along Pennsylvania Avenue in the right background., Manuscript note on album page: S.E. corner 27th & Aspen., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Near summit of reservoir
View showing the pavilion on Reservoir Hill at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows a woman with a parasol standing on the path leading to the pavilion. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Near Sweet Briar, West Phila. [graphic].
Etching showing a stream flowing over large rocks near Sweet Briar in West Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note in pencil on print., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Nelson, Baker & Co., manufacturing pharmacists.
Billheads used by Nelson, Baker & Co. salesman P. Nortoni containing ornamented type, pictorial details, and a vignette exterior view of the factory of the Detroit firm established in 1889. View also shows the building adorned with a smoke stack and a flag, a horse-team leaving the central entryway, and street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage and omnibus. Pictorial details include clouds, sunbursts, and a banner., Printers include Calvert Lith. Co. and Detroit Litho. Co., Printed above images: Agents Not Authorized to Make Collections., P.2011.46.198 completed in type to H. F. Belanger, Esq., Houma, La. on April 28, 1897 for several items, including "American Condition Powd.," Ze-an, and "Wrappers Cod liver Oil" for $63.20. Stamped: Examined by [RSG]. Also contains manuscript note: Paid in full, Nelson Baker Co. P. Nortoni., P.2011.46.199 completed in type to H. F. Belanger, Esq., Houma, La. on August 19, 1897 for several items, including Elix. Alatris Co., Antiseptine, and Baby Soothing Syr. for $38.47. Stamped: Examined by [G], Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Neujahrs-Wunsch des Herumträgers des Lancaster Adlers, an seine Kunden, bey dem Eintritt des Jahrs 1829.
Verse in ten unnumbered stanzas; first line: Glück zu! ihr Werthen Kunden mein,., Caption title., Presumably printed late in 1828 by Jacob Baab and Herman W. Villee, printers of the Lancaster Adler, for distribution on or about New Year's Day., Verse printed in two columns divided by a column of type ornaments; printed area, including arched ornamental border, measures 35.7 x 23.3 cm., Not in Shoemaker., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
New Chestnut Street Theatre. [graphic].
View looking northwest at the north side of the 1200 block of Chestnut Street showing the Chestnut Street Theater built in 1863 after designs by John Crump. Includes signs for Joseph M. Durr's restaurant (1211 Chestnut) at street level, Allen's furniture store (i.e., Joseph Allen, cabinet maker, 1209 Chestnut) and a concert hall west of the theater building. All of the properties have awnings shading the street level, except for the theater, which has street lamps lining the sidewalk and a broadside advertising "The Black Crook" near the entrance. Also includes trolley tracks and three horse-drawn coaches travelling in the street., Titles from printed label pasted on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., The Black Crook played at the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia in 1868., See duplicates: Bartlett & French (8)1322.F.29b and (8)1322.F.35i, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
[New Chestnut Street Theatre.] [graphic].
View looking northwest at the north side of the 1200 block of Chestnut Street showing the Chestnut Street Theater built in 1863 after designs by John Crump. Includes signs for Joseph M. Durr's restaurant (1211 Chestnut) at street level, Allen's furniture store (i.e., Joseph Allen, cabinet maker, 1209 Chestnut) and a concert hall west of the theater building. All of the properties have awnings shading the street level, except for the theater, which has street lamps lining the sidewalk and a broadside advertising "The Black Crook" near the entrance. Also includes trolley tracks and three horse-drawn coaches travelling in the street., Titles from printed label on duplicate: (8)1322.F.29b., Yellow paper mount with square corners., The Black Crook played at the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia in 1868., See duplicates: Bartlett & French (7)1322.F.1c and (8)1322.F.35i, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
[New Chestnut Street Theatre]
View looking northwest at the north side of the 1200 block of Chestnut Street showing the Chestnut Street Theater built in 1863 after designs by John Crump. Includes signs for Joseph M. Durr's restaurant (1211 Chestnut) at street level, Allen's furniture store (i.e., Joseph Allen, cabinet maker, 1209 Chestnut) and a concert hall west of the theater building. All of the properties have awnings shading the street level, except for the theater, which has street lamps lining the sidewalk and a broadside advertising "The Black Crook" near the entrance. Also includes trolley tracks and three horse-drawn coaches travelling in the street., Title and series name and number from duplicate: (8)1322.F.29b., Date supplied by cataloger., The Black Crook played at the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia in 1868., See duplicates: Bartlett & French (8)1322.F.29b and (8)1322.F.35i, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
[New England Glass Company display, Main Building]
Views show glass tableware, light fixtures, and a candelabra created by the New England Glass Co. from Boston displayed in the Main Exhibition Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts and on versos. Imprint on versos contain initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mounts with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
New Girard Avenue Bridge
Views looking from Girard Avenue showing the Girard Avenue Bridge, completed in 1874 after the designs of Philadelphia architects Henry A. and James P. Sims, over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. The wrought-iron Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, demolished in 1971, also served as a pedestrian bridge. View also shows the nearby New York Connecting Railway Bridge, completed in 1867. In the foreground, spectators observe the river., One print [P.9260.71] on grey mount with rounded corners., One print [P.2011.47.52] on light blue mount with rounded corners., Paper labels on versos listing over sixty-five park views published by the firm., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., One print [P.2011.47.52] gift of Raymond Holstein., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
[New Hampshire State Building, 1876]
View showing the exterior of the two-story frame building on State Avenue. Men stand on the porch of the house and on a path near the entrance stairs. An American flag flies from a tall flag pole on the roof of the house. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Variant of Holstein stereo - P.2011.47.249., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.

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