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The Evangelical Home for the Aged of the Evangelical Church, Roosevelt Boulevard above Pennypack Circle, Philada, Pa.
Exterior view of retirement community building constructed 1930-1931., Founded as German Home for the Aged in 1888, became Evangelical Home for the Aged in 1924. Building in image constructed in 1930-31. Became known as the Evangelical Manor in 1962., Sheet number: 138B06., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Evangelical Lutheran Tabor Church, Roosevelt Boulevard & Mascher Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Exterior view., Divided back. Post marked 1931., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Evening Bulletin postcards.
Contains exterior views of the office building of the Philadelphia newspaper, the Evening Bulletin, built 1906-1908 after designs by Edgar Viguers Seeler., Sheet number: 40A02B, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Factories of Brainerd & Armstrong Co.
Contains views of the dye house, spinning and twisting mill, and weaving and spooling mill of Brainerd & Armstrong Co., Number 2697 on recto., Text on verso., Sheet number: 40A02A, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Fairmount Park boats, dam & waterworks postcards.
Depicts views of the Schuylkill River including Fairmount Waterworks, Fairmount dam and canal and Boat House Row along East River Drive. The waterworks were built after designs by engineer Frederick Graff 1812-1815. Also includes views of boats on the river and an evening view of the river from Boat House Row., Contains 27 postcards printed in color and 1 in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Fairmount Park entrances postcards.
Depicts several entrances to Fairmount Park including the Lemon Hill (Callowhill Street) entrance showing a woman admiring William Rush's seven and one-half feet tall Water Nymph and Bittern fountain sculpture (1809) and the marble Frederick Graff Memorial (commissioned in 1844); the Dauphin Street entrance to the park showing another fountain sculpture located near Strawberry Mansion at Thirty-third and Dauphin Streets; the winding entrance path to the Spring Garden Street entrance; Emmanuel Fremiet's Joan of Arc statue marking the entrance to the Fairmount Park at 25th Street and Kelly Drive and the entrance near the Sunken Gardens and Horticultural Hall, showing vehicular traffic and pedestrians. Includes one unidentified entrance to the park., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Fairmount Park high stone bridge postcards.
Depicts the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridge at the junction of Wissahickon Creek and the Schuylkill River, above Ridge Avenue. Includes views of Wissahickon Falls in the foreground, a motorcar and pedestrians. Marks the entrance to Wissahickon Creek, Wissahickon Drive and Wissahickon Park., Contains 22 postcards printed in color and 3 in black and white., Construction of the bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct or High Stone Bridge) was begun in 1874 by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Due to budgetary constraints, construction was halted and later completed from 1881-1882., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Falls M.E. Church, Philadelphia, Pa.
Exterior view of church built circa 1872., Sheet number: 50B02B., Real photo. Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Fellowship Commission Building postcards.
Contains images of the Philadelphia Fellowship Commission Building at 260 South 15th Street, originally constructed as the Security Title & Trust Company. Includes an exterior view of the front facade and interior views of the library and auditorium., Sheet number: 138B07., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The F.G. Farnharm Brush Man'f'g Co. Manufacturers of shoe manufacturers, brass polishers & nickel platers' wheel brushes from 5 to 24 inches diameter. Glass cutters wheel, feeding up & swab brushes & flat glass cutters' wheel brushes. Lock box 642, Honesd
Trade card containing a vignette image of Farnham's "Our 'Great Mogul' 14 to 24 inch Diam. patented" circular brush. Pictorial details also include filigree and banners., Names of incorporated firm's officers printed on recto: N. C. Farnham, Sec'y. F. C. Farnham, Pres.; F. G. Farnham, Treas.; F. G. Farnham, Mgr.; Thos. R. Thirsk, Supt., 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.
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Building postcards.
Series of views of the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Building constructed circa 1928 after designs by Simon & Simon. Images document the exterior of the building looking north and east; the bronze doors; the sculptural detail on the bronze doors and over the board room windows; the historical window and marble clock; the marble lunette "Protection" in the elevator lobby and the medallion "Lafayette Medal" on the facade., Contains 12 postcards printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Fifth Baptist Church, Eighteenth and Spring Garden Streets.
Exterior view of church before Horace Trumbauer was commissioned to renovate the church in 1924. Includes an inset of an unidentified man, possibly the pastor of the church., Also known as the Brandywine Fifth Baptist Church., Sheet number: 50B02B., Divided back. Church bulletin on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Fifth Street north of Allegheny Avenue.]
Depicts row homes along the west side of 5th Street north of Allegheny Avenue. Includes a grocery store on the corner and a sign for the adjacent cigar store. Also depicts pedestrian and street traffic., Numbered 1062 on recto., Sheet number: 156B05., Real photo. Undivided back. Post marked 1907., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Fifty-sixth Street north of Girard Avenue.]
Depicts row homes along the west side of 56th Street north of Girard Avenue., Numbered 5676 on recto., Sheet number: 156B06., 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.
F[ire] and P[olice] Dept. Record. [certificate] [graphic].
Blank membership certificate for members of fire and police departments that contains eleven views, some montages, documenting the activities of life as a police officer and fireman. Views include call boxes in use by concerned citizens; scenes of rescue, including victims pulled from fires and the restraining of run-away horses and of crowd control, including police assistance during a fire alarm; police in a horse-drawn wagon in a shoot out with a mob throwing bricks; police manning and marching in a parade; racing fire engines and trucks; and a courtroom scene. Also includes a vignette showing a policeman and fireman shaking hands in front of a call box; pictorial details of a billy club, an ax, and flags of different nations; and a border containing cornices depicted as police and firemen helmets. Imagery surrounds a blank entry for genealogical, professional, and death information., Gift of David Doret., Vickroy, a prominent Indiana fine arts publisher, specialized in genealogical and fraternal order certificates.
Fire company ephemera collection
Invitations, tickets, and trade cards relating to volunteer fire companies in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Buffalo, 1847-1867., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., This collection gathers fire company related items from several sources, and is open to new additions.
First Baptist Church, 17th & Sansom Sts., Philadelphia.
Exterior view of church built in 1899 after designs by Edgar Viguers Seeler. Congregation formed in 1698., Sheet number: 50B03., Undivided back. Post marked 1908., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
First Baptist Church, Germantown (Built 1852).
Oblique view showing front portico and side of church built 1852-1853 after designs by Samuel Sloan., Also known as the Polite Temple Baptist Church (1955)., Sheet number: 101B02B., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
First Church of Christ "Scientist," Philadelphia, Pa.
Exterior view., Sheet number: 50B03., Undivided back. Post marked 1906., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
First Congregational Church and parsonage, Germantown, Philadelphia.
Exterior view of apse protruding from the stone church. Located at West Seymour Street at the corner of Merion in the Germantown section of Philadelphia., Sheet number: 101B03., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The first court house of Cumberland, Co. First court held July 24, 1750. Shippensburg, Pa.
Exterior view., Numbered 125 on recto., 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.
First M.E. Church, Gtn., Philadelphia.
Exterior view of front facade and tower of church built 1896-1898 after designs by Rankin & Kellogg., Sheet number: 101B03., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
First Regiment Armory, Philadelphia, Pa.
Depicts the front of the First Regiment Armory looking southeast., Sheet number: 27B01B, Undivided back. Post marked 1907., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The First United Presbyterian Church of Germantown, Wayne Avenue above Manheim Street.
Exterior view., Sheet number: 101B03., Divided back. Post marked 1910., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Flying Horses postcards.
Depicts statue of Pegasus as two winged horses flanking the drive leading up to Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park. Designed by Vincenz Bildhauer Pilz in 1863., Sheet number: 88A02., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
For Congress: B. Frank Eshleman, of Lancaster City. Subject to Republican rules.
Business card promoting Eshleman, a Pennsylvania district attorney, politician, and judge advocate general. Contains the pictorial detail of a stem of "Forget-Me-Not.", Manuscript note on verso: [Illegible] Willie Carpenter. ABCDE., 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.
Forest
Cigar box label showing a felled tree, in a forest, laying over a log and with an ax struck into it., 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.
Founders Week parade postcards.
Contains photographic postcards of Founders Week, celebrating the 225th anniversary of the founding of Philadelphia. Depicts scenes from parades held throughout the week including the Military Parade on October 5, 1908 showing U.S. Troops; the Industrial Parade on October 7, 1908 displaying products and advertisements from local companies on floats and Historical Day on October 9, 1908 showing people in costume recreating Philadelphia history., Divided backs. Azo stamp boxes with upward pointing triangles in corners., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Fountain in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.
Depicts William Rush's seven and one-half feet tall Water Nymph and Bittern fountain sculpture near the Lemon Hill (Callowhill Street) entrance to Fairmount Park. Also includes the marble Frederick Graff Memorial, commissioned in 1844 in honor of Frederick Graff, the designer of Fairmount Waterworks., Numbered 173-9 on recto., Sheet number: 86A12., Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Foxy Granduncle's first mistake. How is that? Hello! Hello! Hello! Well, well, well! What's this?
Metamorphic foldout trade card promoting "Imperial Metal Polish." Card composed to portray the perceived and actual scene viewed by an old man "Granduncle" looking through a peephole in a fence (completely folded). The perceived scene shows a bare bottom and a woman's feet (partially-folded). The actual scene shows a racily-attired young woman, smoking cigars, drinking, and seated on a hammock near a pig with his rear to the viewer (unfolded). Also contains the "Imperial" trademark label depicting an image of the world. Label captioned "Reg. U.S. Pat. Office.", Distributor's stamp on verso: Hainsworth Supply Co., 2247 N. 8th St., Phila., Registration Applied For., 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.
Frankford Arsenal postcards.
Depicts a row of cannons lined up on a field near unidentified arsenal buildings. The first buildings of the Frankford Arsenal were built in 1816 as storage facilities around an open square, but the base expanded incrementally to include 281 buildings as its function included the manufacture of small arms munitions and the development of precision instruments and production line manufacturing techniques., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Frankford Ave., looking North from Dr. Guernsey's.
Depicts the 4300 block of Frankford Avenue, showing the Real Estate Trust Building, the 2nd National Bank and the Pennsylvania Railroad Station in the distance., Numbered 21 & 852 on verso., Sheet number: 156A05., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Frankford Friends' Meeting House postcards.
Exterior views of meeting house built in 1832 at Orthodox and Penn Streets., Accession numbers: P.9048.258 and P.9050.95., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Frankford (section) postcards.
Depicts landmarks in the Frankford section of Philadelphia showing exterior views of the Free Library of Frankford; the Real Estate Trust Building on Frankford Avenue; Frankford High School and Frankford Baptist Church., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Franklin Bank Building and Betz Building. Broad and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
Exterior view of Girard Trust Company building constructed 1888-1889 after designs by Addison Hutton and the Betz Building constructed 1889-1890 after designs by William H. Decker., See earlier postcard view printed in black and white dated before 1908 when the building served as the Girard Trust Company. Sheet number: 27B04., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Divided back. Post marked 1914., Sheet number: 27A05B
The Franklin Institute.
Depicts the original Franklin Institute building constructed in 1825 based of designs by John Haviland., Sheet number: 27A05B, Undivided back., Manuscript note on verso giving the history of the Institute., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Franklin Institute of Science postcards.
Exterior views of the Franklin Institute building constructed 1929-1931 after designs by John Torrey Windrim. Includes the Benjamin Franklin Memorial in the foreground, designed by James Earle Fraser in 1938., Divided backs. Text on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Franklin's grave postcards.
Depicts Benjamin Franklin's grave in Christ Church's cemetery at the southeast corner of Fifth and Arch Streets. Includes sightseers behind the iron fence that replaced a section of the stone wall built in 1858 to allow for a better view of the tomb., Contains 20 postcards printed in color and 6 printed in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The Free Library of Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill Branch, 8711 Germantown Avenue.
Exterior view of front facade of library built in 1907 after designs by Cope & Stewardson., Sheet number: 132B01., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The Free Library of Philadelphia, Children's Department, 1233 Locust Street.
Exterior view of the front facade of the Children's Department of The Free Library of Philadelphia at 1233 Locust Street. Built as the residence of Jules Junker., Sheet number: 132B01., 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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