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Transportation Building. 250 x 960 feet. Cost $280,000.
Trade card issued during the Columbian Exposition of 1893 advertising M&D Wrought Steel Ranges. Contains a view of the Transportation Building built after the designs of Adler & Sullivan and lower cornice vignettes showing a ship and a train. The exposition held in Chicago May 1-October 30, 1898 celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492., Copyright by A. L[os?]se & Co., Illustration and advertising text printed on verso. Illustration depicts a Mason & Davis cooking range, including six burners. Text reads: M & D Wrought Steel Ranges for Coal, Wood or Gas. All Sizes and Styles. For Families, Restaurants and Hotels. Mason & Davis Co., 72 Lake St., Chicago, Ill., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Trinity Lutheran Church, Germantown Ave. & Queen Lane, 1857. Steeple after design by Christopher Wren. Clock purchased by public subscription, was first "town clock" of Germantown.
Exterior view of front facade and steeple of church built in 1857 at Germantown Avenue and Queen Lane. Steeple constructed after designs by Christopher Wren., Photograph depicted on post card taken by J.F. Morsello., Sheet number: 101B06., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Trinity Presbyterian Church, corner Cambria St. & Frankford Ave.
Exterior view of church built in 1876., Postcard issued by A. Schneider, Philadelphia and Excelsior, Inc., Sheet number: 50B13C., Divided back. Post marked 1914., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Trolley Strike postcards.
Contains images of the trolley strike that began in Chester in 1908. The Chester Traction Company decreased pay rates dramatically in response to falling revenue. The Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees reacted by shutting down public trolleys from Philadelphia to Wilmington. Images depict striker's on parade, a mob attacking strike-breakers on a car, striker's soliciting funds and mounted police in action., Sheet number: 158B01., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Twenty five. Merits
Reward of merit designed as a bank note. Contains pictorial details, including books, an ink stand, and an urn, within a decorative border., Signed Amelia Hess, Teacher., 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., Described in Patricia Fenn and Alfred Malpa, Rewards of merit (Charlottesville, Va.: Ephemera Society of America, 1994), 110.
[Unidentified Bell Telephone Company of Philadelphia building]
Exterior view., Sheet number: 27A02, Undivided back. Text on recto., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Unidentified church.]
Exterior view of front facade and side of church., Sheet number: 50B15., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Unidentified church.]
Exterior view of front facade and flank of church., Sheet number: 50B16., Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Unidentified church sanctuary.]
Interior view of nave, pews and sanctuary of unidentified church., Sheet number: 50B16., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Unidentified street.]
Depicts row homes along an unidentified street and a delicatessen and cigar store on each corner in the foreground., Numbered 2589 on recto., Sheet number: 156B10., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked 1908., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Unidentified street scene.]
Depicts a large crowd of pedestrians and streetcars on an unidentified street., Sheet number: 156B11., Real photo. Divided back. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Union League postcards.
Depicts the Union League built 1864-1865 by John Fraser., Contains 10 postcards printed in color and 2 in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
United Gas Improvement Building (U.G.I.) and the Young Men's Christian Association Building (Y.M.C.A.) postcards.
Contains three exterior views of the United Gas Improvement Building and the Young Men's Christian Association Building on the 1400 block of Arch Street. The United Gas Improvement Building was constructed circa 1898 after designs by Wilson Brothers & Company. The Young Men's Christian Association was built in 1908 after designs by Horace Trumbauer., Contains 3 postcards printed in color., Sheet number: 27A09, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
United Gas Improvement postcards.
Depicts the United Gas Improvement building looking north on Broad Street. Building constructed circa 1898., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 4 in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
United States Express Company, principal office, 82 Broadway, branch offices, 291 (corner Reade) and 416 Broadway. New York.
Bill of lading containing an illustration comprised of a montage of scenes. In the left, a horse-drawn cart loaded with freight arrives at a train station at which several crates are piled by the tracks. In the right, a train travels through a town, past a church steeple. In the center, an American eagle perches, under a beacon of stars, on a safe box labeled "Security Speed." The privately-owned United States Express Company, operated 1854-1914, and served the northern states from New England west to Colorado. Ashbel H. and Danforth Barney founded the company., Completed in manuscript for "one box" shipping to F. Lamprecht, St. Paul, Minn., dated April 8, 1864, and signed (416) [D.M.L.?], Advertising text printed below image: General Express Forwarders and Collecting Agents to All Points throughout the West, North West, South West, Canada West, and on the Line of the New-York and Erie R.R. and its branches, under Charge of Special Messengers, on Passenger Express Trains., Liability terms printed on recto, including United States Express Company shall not be held liable for "any loss or damage by fire, the acts of God, or of the enemies of the Government, the restraint of Governments, mobs, riots, insurrections, pirates...nor upon frail fabrics....; nor upon any fabrics consisting of or contained in glass.", Manuscript note on verso: 1864 New York. April 8th. United States Express Co. Bill., 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.
United States Mint postcards.
Contains images of "Ye Olde Mint" painted by E. Lamasure. Depicts an exterior view of the first United States Mint at 37-39 North 7th Street, built in 1792. First public building erected by Act of Congress., Numbered 1924 on recto., Divided backs. Text on verso., Accession numbers: (2)1525.F.56b and P.9048.232, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
United States Mint postcards.
Contains images of "Ye Olde Mint" painted by E. Lamasure. Depicts an exterior view of the first United States Mint at 37-39 North 7th Street, built in 1792. First public building erected by Act of Congress., Numbered 1924 on recto., Sheet number: 160A01., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
United States Mint postcards.
Exterior views looking northwest of the second location of the United States Mint at the northwest corner of Juniper and Chestnut Streets. Built 1829-1833 after designs by William Strickland. Demolished in 1902., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 160A09 and 160B03., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
United States Mint postcards.
Contains images of the United States Mint on Spring Garden Street, built 1898-1901 after designs by James Knox Taylor. Includes exterior views of the front facade and views of activity within the mint showing rooms where money is made and tested, the main corridor on the second floor, machines cutting disks from strips, workers weighing silver dollars and the coin stamp., Contains 49 postcards printed in color and 11 printed in black and white., The Community College of Philadelphia acquired the property in 1971., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
United States Naval Hospital postcards.
Exterior views of the United States Naval Hospital built by Karcher & Smith in 1929-1933. Demolished in 2001., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
United States of America. Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
The words "Bucks County, Pennsylvania." are typeset within the banner of a spread-eagle headpiece., Printed area measures 37.7 x 26.3 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Conrad Deisenoth, native of Sachsen Weimar, dated Sept. 18, 1857, and signed by A.W. Gilkeson., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
University of Pennsylvania Buildings and Grounds postcards.
Contains images of University of Pennsylvania buildings and grounds including College Hall, Fisher Fine Arts Library, Quadrangle and Triangle Dormitories, gymnasium and Franklin Field, Hamilton Walk, medical building, Houston Hall, Dental Hall, Bodine Archway, law school, 34th Street entrance, Veterinary building, new laboratory building, "Class of 1893" Memorial Gate and engineering building., Contains 9 postcards printed in color and 18 printed in black and white. Also includes 4 linen postcards., Founded as a charity school in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin. Original school buildings located at 4th and Arch Streets, then moved into the Presidential Mansion at 9th and Chestnut Streets in 1802. The mansion was cleared away in 1829 and two larger university buildings were constructed. Expanded to a much larger West Philadelphia campus in 1875., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
University of Pennsylvania Campus postcards.
Contains images of the University of Pennsylvania's West Philadelphia campus, mostly depicting College Hall from various angles, built 1870-1872 after designs by Thomas Webb Richards., Contains 9 postcards printed in color and 8 printed in black and white., Founded as a charity school in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin. Original school buildings located at 4th and Arch Streets, then moved into the Presidential Mansion at 9th and Chestnut Streets in 1802. The mansion was cleared away in 1829 and two larger university buildings were constructed. Expanded to a much larger West Philadelphia campus in 1875., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
University of Pennsylvania Library postcards.
Contains images of the Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library built 1888-1891 after designs by Frank Furness. Includes exterior views of the front facade looking east and an interior view of the reading room., Contains 7 printed in color and 7 printed in black and white., Founded as a charity school in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin. Original school buildings located at 4th and Arch Streets, then moved into the Presidential Mansion at 9th and Chestnut Streets in 1802. The mansion was cleared away in 1829 and two larger university buildings were constructed. Expanded to a much larger West Philadelphia campus in 1875., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
University of Pennsylvania Museum postcards.
Contains images of the University Museum built 1893-1899 after designs by Cope & Stewardson, Wilson Eyre, Jr., and Frank Miles Day & Bro. Depicts exterior views of the front facade of the library before and after the construction of the rotunda in 1914. Also includes an interior view of the Oriental Art section of the museum., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white. Also includes 2 linen postcards., Also known as the Archaeology and Anthropology Museum., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Upsala postcards.
Exterior views of front facade and side of house. Built 1798 by John Johnson III, the house was occupied by members of the Johnson family until 1941., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sometimes identified as Johnson House on postcards., Sheet numbers: 102A07 and 102B06., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
U.S. Custom House postcards.
Depicts the U.S. Custom House built 1819-1824 after designs by William Strickland as the Second Bank of the United States. From 1844 to 1932 the building housed the Philadelphia Custom House., Contains 7 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Valley Green Bridge postcards.
Depicts the stone bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek leading to Springfield Avenue. Built in 1832 and rebuilt in 1915. Also referred to as the Springfield Avenue Bridge., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Valley Green postcards.
Contains views of Valley Green on Forbidden Drive near Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park. Includes views of a waterfall; the Springfield Avenue Bridge and the Valley Green Inn taken from various angles. Valley Green Inn is the only surviving roadhouse from the nineteenth century. Built circa 1850 by Thomas Livezey and expanded with newer rear additions. Purchased by the city in 1872., Contains 31 postcards printed in color and 12 printed in black and white. Also includes 2 linen postcards., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Van Pelt Street, south of West York Street.]
Depicts dwellings along Van Pelt Street, south of West York Street., Divided back. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Venango Street, west of Kensington Avenue, Harrowgate, Phila. Pa.]
Depicts Beyerle's drug store on the corner of Venango and L Streets, looking west. Includes dwellings in the background., Divided back. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine, $1.25 a year. Floral guide 10cts. James Vick, seedman, Rochester, N.Y.
Pictorial envelope advertising the horticulture periodical established in 1878 by printer and horticulturist James Vick. Contains a vignette composed of ornate details framing advertising text. Details include flowers, vinery, and foliage. "Vick's Illustrated Monthly" was issued 1878-1909., Title from printed return of address., Addressed to H.D. Rohrer, Lancaster, Pa., Contains a one-cent stamp printed in blue and depicting a profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin cancelled with ink-stamp postmark: Rochester, N.Y.., Manuscript notes in pencil on verso. Notes refer to deliveries of flowers., 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.
View of main assembly room, Park Avenue M.E. Church, Philadelphia.
Interior view of nave and sanctuary of church built circa 1886 after designs by Hazlehurst & Huckel at the southwest corner of North Park Avenue and West Norris Street., Sheet number: 50B07., Divided back. Post marked 1910., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Ein vortressliches Mittel gegen die Wassersucht.
Dated from typographical evidence., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 16.7 x 12.3 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Vue panoramique du parc pres du Cercle International
Panoramic view looking toward the Palais du Champ De Mars (main building of the exposition) within a four-section park showing the area near the International Circle. Rooftops and towers of other exhibition buildings surround it. In the foreground, a monumental roof sculpture comprised of a female and cheubic figure is visible. 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., 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.
Wag tails
Label containing a scene showing two dogs near tall grasses and plants in a fenced pasture. Trees are visible in the background., Printed on recto: No. 6214. Also blank. $12.50 per 1000. $1.35 per 100., 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.
Eine wahre Geschichte, oder eine probirte Kunst in Feuers-Gefahr wie auch in Pestilenz-Zeiten zu gebrauchen.
The gypsy's fire charm, a magical incantation for preventing fire or pestilence., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 25.1 x 13.0 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Wallace & Sons, manufacturers of the eagle pin, superior to all others in quality and finish.
Label for the rolling metal and drawing wire manufactory showing an American eagle framed by an ornamented border. Border includes pictorial details depicting flowers and vinery. Wallace & Sons, a brass manufactory established in 1848 in Ansonia, Ct., operated until 1895., Printed on flaps: Perfect heads & points. Spring temper., 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.
Walnut Lane Bridge postcards.
Contains views of the Walnut Lane Bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park, the largest concrete arch bridge when it was finished in 1908 by George S. Webster and Henry H. Quimby. Includes various views of the bridge, including an aerial view, side views, views from the driveway and from the Wissahickon Creek., Contains 16 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Walnut Street Theatre postcards.
Exterior views of the Walnut Street Theatre built originally as a circus in 1809, enlarged in 1811 and converted to a theatre in 1816. Remodeled in 1827-1828 after designs by John Haviland, in 1852 by Hoxie & Button, in 1903 by Willis Gaylord Hale and in 1904 by Rush Anderson Plowman. Includes an advertisement for "The Girl Rangers" at the Walnut Street Theatre in 1907., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Also identified as The Circus (1809-1811), Olympic Theatre (1811-1820) and Walnut Theatre., Sheet numbers: 157A07 and 157B03., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.

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