The Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog contains over 1300 lithographs, related ephemera, and prints documenting Philadelphia commercial lithography between 1828 and 1878 derived from the surveys conducted at eight collaborating institutions between May 2007 and May 2010. Lithographs listed in Nicholas Wainwright’s Philadelphia in the Romantic Age of Lithography (1958), lithographs not listed in Wainwright portraying the built environment of Philadelphia, and advertisements for and printed views of Philadelphia lithographic establishments form the core content of the records and images contained in this catalog.

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Lafourcade, Bros. & Irwin [banknote vignette].
Vignette illustrating a banknote for the Philadelphia National Bank. Shows the fabric store in Jayne’s Hall (constructed 1856) at 631 Chestnut Street. Members of the Lafourcade family worked as Philadelphia merchants from around 1840, with the partnership between the brothers and Irwin established around 1866. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk past a horse-drawn dray parked in the street to be loaded. A horse-drawn surrey travels nearby., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 427, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Landing of Penn. Dock Creek.
Book illustration showing the landing of William Penn at Philadelphia in 1682. Depicts a crowd of several people, including early Pennsylvania colonists, waiting on the banks of the river as Penn and his entourage prepare to disembark from a small boat. Also shows the a tavern and the Delaware River in the background. Penn arrived in Philadelphia at a basin off of Dock Creek via a barge upriver from Chester, Pa. where he had moored his ship "Welcome.", Plate opposite page 69 in John F. Watson's Historic tales of olden time : concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ; for the use of families and schools ; illustrated with plates (Philadelphia : E. Littell : Thomas Holden, 1833)., William L. Breton and Kennedy & Lucas created many of the lithographic plates for Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, so it is probable that they also created the plates in Historic tales of olden time., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 428
Landing of William Penn.
Sentimental scene showing the landing of William Penn at Philadelphia in 1682. Depicts a crowd of several people, including early Pennsylvania colonists and Delaware Indians, surrounding and greeting Penn who is flanked by his entourage. Colonists, predominately men, include an elderly man and a boy. Also shows the sails of Penn's docked ship, a building, and the Delaware River in the background. Penn arrived in Philadelphia at a basin off of Dock Creek via a barge upriver from Chester, Pa. where he had moored his ship "Welcome.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 429, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 18 S 385
Laurel-Hill Cemetery.
View looking northeast toward the grounds of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Shows two men in riding clothes, on horseback, galloping on the tree-lined dirt road above the cemetery. Visitors on foot and by carriage approach the main gate of the memorial site visible in the background. Tombs, monuments, and a chapel are visible in the cemetery., Plate 10 of series of fifty-four views published by Goupil, Vibert and Company from 1848 to 1851 that were drawn by Kollner and lithographed by Deroy, and later bound under the title "Views of American Cities.", Copyrighted by August Köllner., Printed above the title: 10., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 431
Laurel-Hill Cemetery
View looking northeast toward the grounds of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Shows two men in riding clothes, on horseback, galloping on the tree-lined dirt road above the cemetery. Visitors on foot and by carriage approach the main gate of the memorial site visible in the background. Tombs, monuments, and a chapel are visible in the cemetery., Plate 10 of series of fifty-four views published by Goupil, Vibert and Company from 1848 to 1851 that were drawn by Kollner and lithographed by Deroy, and later bound under the title "Views of American Cities.", Printed above the title: 10., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 431
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.
View showing the main gate of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. A man on horseback rides past the cemetery in which the Gothic-style funerary chapel is visible in the background. Countryside and trees dominate the foreground., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier., Issued as plate 20 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 430.1. Digital image shows the third state of the print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: LCP 6626.F and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F and Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 862 W6442, pl. 8., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Cemeteries (2 copies), Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.
View showing the main gate of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. A man on horseback rides past the cemetery in which the Gothic-style funerary chapel is visible in the background. Countryside and trees dominate the foreground., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 20 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 430.2. Digital image shows the third state of the print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.
View showing the main gate of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. A man on horseback rides past the cemetery in which the Gothic-style funerary chapel is visible in the background. Countryside and trees dominate the foreground., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 20 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 430.3, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2090 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Cemeteries, Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PR299, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Leadbeater's renouned [sic] stove polish.
Racist advertisement for Leadbeater & Co.’s stove polish depicting a white woman and an African American woman polishing stoves. In the left, the brown-haired white woman, attired in a blue ruffled dress, white gloves, a necklace, and bracelets, stands holding a bottle of Leadbeater’s stove polish in her left hand, which she brushes onto a heating stove. In the right, an African American woman domestic, attired in a yellow head kerchief, gold hoop earrings, a red collared shirt with the sleeves rolled to her elbows, and a green skirt with black stripes, kneels as she brushes polish on the cooking stove. She turns her head to see her reflection on the stove in the left. Also visible in the image are a framed portrait, landscape, and still life, and a green sideboard with white plates and a cup. Leadbeater & Company, was a one year partnership between Philadelphia stove polish merchants, F.C. Leadbeater and D.L. Wells, at 920 Market Street., Title and date from manuscript note written on recto: Leadbeater's Renowned Stove Polish; Feb. 1861., Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 134, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of engravings relating to Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
The Ledger polka. /
Copyrighted by Edward L. Walker., Cover illustration is a lithograph showing a group of comically-portrayed men in top hats and suits surrounding a man reading the Public Leder in front of the office of the newspaper at 300 Chestnut Street. Some of the audience look aghast and have their mouths open in shock. Two boys, one a newsboy carrying the "City Item," also listen in with interest. Also shows two gentlemen, probably two of the proprietors of the paper (William Swaim and Arunah S. Abell), standing in the doorway of the office and looking on with content. Public Ledger operated from site 1840-1867., Polka dance., Publisher's plate # 3., Printer: T. Sinclairs lith. 101 Chesnut St. Phil., One copy [10075.F] contains manuscript note on recto: Nettie from J.G. Bolton. Nettie from Nannie., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 432, Taped down the left side., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with edits., Duplicate copy with sheet music [10075.F] housed in the Print Department. Gift of David Doret. Two of the three sheets pinned together on left side.
Leedom, Shaw & Stewart. Philadelphia Carpet Mills. Office and Warehouse 635 Market St.
Advertisement showing the four buildings of the wholesale department (organized 1866) of the business established by Thomas Leedom and Adam Shaw in 1865. Laborers load and hoist rolled carpets into company wagons and carts in the street and in a courtyard. Carpets dry on racks on the roof of a small building bordering the courtyard. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn wagons hauling crates, barrels, and wood slabs, and several pedestrians on promenade. Robert and Arthur Stewart joined the firm in 1869, which remained in business until 1885., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 433, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 35 L 484, Longacre & Co. operated at 30 & 32 S. 7th Street in 1871.
Lehman & Bolton, lithographers, printers, engravers & publishers, 418, 420, 422 Library St., Philadelphia.
Advertising calendar for 1881 for Lehman & Bolton, a partnership between William H. Lehman and Mahlon Bolton, Jr. formed in 1871. Surrounded by a gilt border, the image shows an ornate setting containing patriotic allegorical figures and symbols, including Liberty with a lyre, marble bust, fasces, and an American shield at her feet sitting with the liberty pole draped across her lap and a laurel wreath on her head as she looks at an album of U.S. Presidents; flowers and cherubs holding grain, holly, a scythe, an umbrella, a watering pot, and other spring symbols; and the dome of the United States Capitol in the background. Text describes various kinds of job printing undertaken by the firm., Not in Wainwright., On bottom recto outside of gilt border: "Bell Telephone Communication.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 52
Lehman & Bolton, printers, publishers, [and] lithographers, 418, 420, 422 Library St., Philadelphia.
Advertising calendar for 1882 for Lehman & Bolton, a partnership between William H. Lehman and Mahlon Bolton, Jr. formed in 1871. Surrounded by a gilt border, the image shows an ornate stage setting containing classical figures and symbols of the arts, spring, and prosperity, including children surrounded by flowers, fruit, gold coins, a lyre, a marble bust, a tragedy mask, and an art palette. Text describes various kinds of job printing undertaken by the firm., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 53
Lehman & Bolton steam power lithograph & letter press printing rooms. Nos. 418, 420 & 422 Library Street, Philadelphia. Opposite Post Office.
Trade card containing an ornate border design comprised of scrolls, banners, and an angel surrounding the advertising text. The lithographic firm operated 1873-1920., Not in Wainwright., Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 2 - Lehman & Bolton - Advertisement, Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 54
Lehman & Bolton steam power lithographic & letter press printing rooms. Library Street, Goldsmith's Hall. Opp. Post Office, Philadelphia.
Advertisement containing a view of the exterior of the six-story brownstone and print shop at 420 Library Street tenanted by lithographic partnership who purchased the business of Jacob Haehnlen in 1873. Signage advertising the "Jacob Hahenlen Lithographic Establishment" adorns the doorway, front, and side of "Goldsmith’s Hall." Building also adorned with large display windows and an American flag. View includes street and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians walk and stand on the sidewalk. Horse-drawn wagons and drays pass in the street. Floral details and a beehive border the view. Building destroyed by fire on December 20, 1882., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 56, Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 2 - Lehman & Bolton - Building
Lehman & Bolton. Steam power lithographic & letter press printing rooms. Nos 418, 420 & 422 Library Street. Opposite Post Office.
Tradecard illustrated with scrolls, filigree, a banner and a cherub drawing on a pad. William H. Lehman & Mahlon Bolton Jr., purchased the print shop of Jacob Haehnlen in 1873 and remained at the site until 1882 when the business relocated, following a fire, to 715 Arch Street. The firm was active until 1920., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 55
Lemon Hill Mansion
Proof print containing four duplicate views showing the former mansion of businessman Henry Pratt built 1799-1800 in East Fairmount Park. Includes visitors walking on the grounds populated by trees with autumnal colored foliage. Lemon Hill, purchased by the city of Philadelphia in 1844, was the first Fairmount mansion obtained by the city to establish a public park, i.e., Fairmount Park. The residence was used as a lager beer garden following the establishment of the park in 1855., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 434, One of the prints gift of S. Robert Teitelman. [P.2007.23.9]
Letitia House.
Book illustration showing the building known incorrectly as the Letitia Penn House on Letitia Street between Market and Chestnut streets. A man and a woman walk toward the house, which stands alone except for a large tree in the foreground. The misidentified residence, purportedly built in 1682 by William Penn and given to his daughter in 1701, was relocated to Fairmount Park in 1883., Plate opposite page 88 in John F. Watson's Historic tales of olden time : concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ; for the use of families and schools ; illustrated with plates (Philadelphia : E. Littell : Thomas Holden, 1833)., William L. Breton and Kennedy & Lucas created many of the lithographic plates for Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, so it is probable that they also created the plates in Historic tales of olden time., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 435
[Lewis Fatman & Co., blacking manufactory, steam friction matches manufactory, back of No. 412 Coates Street, Philadelphia]
Advertisement showing the adjoined three-and two-story manufactory buildings covered in signage for the polish and match business located on the 1000 block of Coates Street, i.e. Fairmount Avenue. Laborers, including one carrying a stack on his shoulder, are visible at a few windows and at an entrance. In the foreground, a gentleman walks, and a boy plays with a hoop near some crates and barrels, on the sidewalk. In the street, a drayman transports planks of wood, a "Fatman and Co.'s Matches & Blacking" wagon is parked, and a laborer loads crates on to a dray. Fatman operated a factory from this location circa 1844-1848 in addition to a second factory on North Front Street., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Dec. 1847. Back of No. 412 Coates Street., Title supplied by cataloguer., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 436, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Trimmed and lacking title.
[Lewis Fatman & Co., steam paste blacking, steam friction matches, 41 N. Front Street, Philadelphia]
Advertisement showing the three-story building covered in signage for the polish and match business located between Market and Arch streets on Front Street. A clerk, crates, cans piled on a table, and a rope hoist are visible through the first floor window and entrances. Another worker is visible in a third-floor window. A conestoga wagon passes in the street with the driver astride one of the four horses in the team. Fatman operated a second factory at 412 Coates Street, i.e., Fairmount Avenue., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: N. Front streets. Dec. 1847., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 437, LCP copy trimmed and lacking title and imprint., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Lincoln Monument, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
View showing several park visitors surrounding the monument sculpted by Randolph Rogers that was erected in 1871 at East River (i.e, Kelly) and Lemon Hill drives. Visitors view the monument, converse, greet one another, read newspapers, sit on benches, and ride in carriages. Monument shows Abraham Lincoln, seated, with a quill in his hand after just signing the Emancipation Proclamation. The statue rests upon a pedestal adorned with sculpted garland, bronze eagles, and the City of Philadelphia’s Coat of Arms. The granite base is adorned with four panels inscribed with a dedication to and quotes from Lincoln of which two are visible. The monument was commissioned by the Lincoln Monument Association, one of the first such associations formed in the country, to raise funds for a city monument in memory of Lincoln. Also shows, in the background, boat houses along the Schuylkill River, river traffic, the West Philadelphia standpipe, and City Park Hotel., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 438, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Lippincott & Co. south west corner of Fourth & Market St Philadelphia.
Advertisement showing the red, two-bay, six-story building tenanted by Barclay and Isaac Lippincott's clothing store at the southwest corner of Fourth and Market Streets, marked with pre-consolidation addressed buildings. An advertisement painted in white on the east side of the building reads, "Lippincotts one price clothing warehouse cheap for cash." The same phrase is displayed on the front facade, along with the address, "4th & Market Sts., 130" A large flag reading, "Clothing Lippincott & Co.," flies at the top of the building. Two men stand near a display of shirts, pants, vests, and other articles of clothing under the corner awning. Patrons speak with sales clerks who stand behind counters, in front of shelves that extend to the ceiling. The store's wares cover the shop windows. A man walks with a woman holding a parasol near boxes piled outside of the adjacent, four-story property occupied by Lippincott's Clothing Warehouse (132 Market Street, ie. 402 Market Street). Next to the clothing warehouse, framed engravings are displayed in the partially visible shop window of Thomas, importer of engravings (404 Market Street). A large framed print is prominently advertised on the outside of the shop. A person stands in the front doorway of the building immediately south of Lippincott & Co. on Fourth Street. A woman in a red dress rides a white horse along Market Street, and two dogs stand together in the middle of the street in the foreground., The clothing store operated at this address as Lippincott, Taylor & Co., until 1851 when it became Lippincott & Co. under the ownership of Barclay and Isaac Lippincott. The named changed again in 1860 to Lippincott, Hunter & Scott, with an additional store at 424 Market Street. Purportedly the store where John Wanamaker worked and was introduced to the clothing business., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Decemr. 1858., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 439, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Lithographic and letter press printing. Lehman & Bolton, Goldsmiths Hall, Library Street, opposite post office.
Advertising card containing ornamental lettering and filligree border for Lehman & Bolton, a partnership between William H. Lehman and Mahlon Bolton, Jr. formed in 1873., Date assigned by cataloger., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 57
Lithography
Clever advertisement in the style of trompe l'oeil containing examples of the lithographer's work interlayered on top of a black background. Includes billheads, bills of laden, checks, maps and plans, marine and landscape views, portraiture, animal portraiture, sheet music, professional cards and advertisements. Some of the corners of the prints curl up. Pictorial elements of note include a portrait of Aloys Senefelder, the inventor of lithography; the business card of lithographic artist "A. Newsam"; advertising prints showing Duval's "Lithographic Establishment," and the Merchant's Exchange; and sheets of advertisement text in script promoting Duval's ability to "execute orders at short notice," his types of prints, and the advantages of the "facility" and "cheapness" of "facsimiles" for businesses. Duval, an early and premier Philadelphia lithographer, operated alone from 7 Bank Alley 1840-1848., Probably drawn by Albert Newsam., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 60, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Albert Newsam Collection, V -100, Box 10, Folder 3
Lithography 120 South Second Street (entrance Elmslies Alley) Philadelphia.
Advertisement for the Philadelphia lithographer containing a vignette of a maritime view. Shows sailboats, probably in the Delaware River at Philadelphia, sailing past Smith Island near larger ships at anchor in the city harbor at left. In the foreground, two men ground a small row boat carrying a small load., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 58, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithf Koll Kollvv
Lithography, engraving and printing establishment. Augs. Kollner designer, engraver & lithographer. Henry Camp copperplate & lithographic printer. Phoenix Block corner of Second & Dock streets Philadelphia
Advertisement containing an ornamental border, vignette examples of Kollner's work, and several lines of advertising text for the collaboration between Camp and Kollner at the Phonenix Block circa 1849-1851. Vignettes, marked with variant Kollner imprints, include General Washington, accompanied by two of his officers, and dismounted from a horse that is managed by a black handler (Servant William Lee?); a line drawing of the Phoenix Block building; the back of an old man, possibly Franklin, dressed in colonial attire, and seated at his secretary; and a view showing a grand building, probably a Capitol, along a river on which vessels sail. Border also includes vignettes. Vignettes depict a military scene with an officer on horseback accompanied by another soldier on the shore of an ocean on which a ship sails; and a trade scene between a gentleman and a Native American reviewing a stack of goods of commerce at a pier. Advertisement also contains depictions of female allegorical figures representing probably Spring and Fall flanking two ornamented poles entwined with banners. The banners are marked with the subject matter and types of prints issued by the partners, including "Portraits, Landscapes, Animals, taken from life. Vignettes from books, drafts, music titles etc." and "Showbills, labels, architectures, machine d. maps, plans, business & visiting cards.", Not in Wainwright., pdck00001, Printed on recto: To Publishers, Manufactures, etc. A.K. has taken from nature and is in possession of upwards of 500 views of picturesque scenery from the states of Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware & Ohio., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 59, Free Library of Philadelphia: Augustus Kollner Collection - Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs Box - Lithographs-Tradesmen's Cards
The little homeless one or "no one to kiss me good night"
Sheet music cover containing a view looking down an alley of wooden buildings, probably in Philadelphia. Shows a male figure leaning on a lamppost in front of a girl seated on the sidewalk and leaning on a shed on a street lined with debilitated colonial-style small wooden dwellings., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, Library of Congress: P&P Sheet Music Little Homeless One
The little pilferers.
Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing two girls standing on the sidewalk in front of the shop window of a bakery. One holds a basket of bread under her right arm, as the other girl steals a sip from a drink., Not in Wainwright., Date supplied by cataloger., Issued as plate in series Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Originally accompanied by text titled "Avoid the beginning of evil" moralizing that "there is no such thing as a little sin" since small lies engrain a "habit of falsehood and dishonesty" making children "a little bolder at every step.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 136, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Liverpool & London & Globe Ins Co. 331-333-335-337 Walnut St. Philadelphia.
Advertisement showing an exterior view of the building for the insurance company that established a branch in Philadelphia in 1851. Also shows patrons exiting and entering the building; walking on the sidewalk; and a horse-drawn carriage passing in the street. The insurance company, organized in Great Britain in 1836, established a branch in the United States in 1848., Manuscript note on recto: Complt. of John C. Browne. Nov. 19, 1886., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 137, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 3 L 785
The Livzey [sic] Place, Allen's Lane & Wissahickon Creek.
View of the south elevation of the farmhouse also known as Glen Fern, originally built 1733-1739, on the east side of the Wissahickon Creek at 1100 Livezey Lane in Fairmount Park. A couple stands near the entrance of the kitchen and two chickens and a rooster forage in the foreground. Also shows the cooper shop, a small mason building, built circa 1808 on the property in the right of the image. Farmer, miller, and provincial commissioner Thomas Livezey purchased the land and residence in 1747. Property remained in the Livezey family until 1869 when purchased by the Fairmount Park Commission., Date printed on recto., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 138, Gift of David Doret., Hart originally issued a series of prints of Germantown between 1863 and 1888, several of which were published as John Richards' Quaint old Germantown in Pennsylvania. A series of sixty former landmarks of Germantown and vicinity... Collated, arranged and annotated by Julius Friedrich Sachse (Philadelphia, 1913). Caption in publication reads: Glen Fern, or Livezey Mansions on the Wissahickon Creek at the foot of Livezey's Lane. Built about 1745. The scene of stirring events in Peterson's "Pemberton." [i.e., Henry Peterson's Pemberton, or One Hundred Year's Ago (Philadelphia, 1873).
L.N. Rosenthal. Lithographic office, removed to N.W. cor. of Fifth & Chestnut Sts. Philadelphia.
Advertisement. Contains large central area of text describing types of artistic, and job and color printing work undertaken by the firm including book illustration; scientific, mechanical and architectural drawings; views; landscapes; portraits; labels and forms. Surrounded by an elaborate border containing flowers, classical statuary, two muses, a bust, a medallion reading "Awarded for tthe Best Chromolithography," and a small landscape view. Name of the firm in ornamental lettering is cleverly intertwined among flowers at the top. Rosenthal moved from southeast corner of 3rd and Dock to a larger printing shop at northwest corner of 5th and Chestnut in 1856., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Oct. 1856. Specimen of Lithography in colors., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 51, Accession number amended by cataloger., Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia., Duplicate in Specimen's Album. [P.9349.39]
[Lockwood & Smith, importers and dealers china, glass and Queensware, 7 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia]
Advertisement showing the five-story storefront for the importer and dealer at 7 South Fourth Street between Market and Chestnut streets. A clerk greets a male patron at one of the open entryways. Shelves of plates, bowls, and pitchers line the walls of the store. In the display windows, more china, glass, and queensware, including tureens and pitchers are on view. On the sidewalk, clerks handle a large hamper lying between large marked barrels and a second large hamper. Marked barrels read "China Withers & Stowers Cynthiana. KY." and "F. Cornog Phoenixville, Pa." Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings. Lockwood & Smith partnered at the address 1845-1846., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: South Fourth Street Oct. 1846., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 441, Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Trimmed and lacking title.
Locomotive steam engine of William Norris, Phila. Class B.
Shows the steam locomotive "Washington" built by the company started by William Norris and Col. Stephen H. Long in 1836. Locomotive contains a nameplate. Also includes a scale printed below the image. In July 1836, the "George Washington" hauled a load of 19,200 pounds at 15 miles per hour up the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad's inclined Belmont Plane. It was the first locomotive to ascend a hill on its own power. In 1837, the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railway assumed ownership of the machine. Norris & Company, the internationally recognized premier steam locomotive manufactory of the 1830s-1860, produced several innovative designs, including the "Washington," a leading truck; and the first ten-wheel locomotive., Not in Wainwright., Published in Locomotive steam engine of William Norris, Philadelphia. [HSP Wf*.9999 v. 2], Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 139, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 6741 N 861, Manscript note on verso: Removed from pamphlet on William Norris Locomotive Engineer Wf* 999 no. 1.
London Coffee House
Exterior view of the coffee house and merchants' exchange at the southwest corner of Front and Market streets in Philadelphia during the colonial era. An auction of enslaved African American people occurs outside the coffee house and pedestrians traverse the sidewalks and street, including an African American woman carrying a basket on her head. Views of the adjacent printing house and book store of "Pennsylvania Journal" publisher, William Bradford, are visible. Erected in 1702 and established as a coffee house in 1754 by Bradford, the site was a public center for social and economic activities during the later 18th century, including auctions of enslaved people. Razed in 1883., Title from item., Plate published in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia...(Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1830), opp. p. 339., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 442, Gift of James Rush., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
"Look upon this picture and on this." Shakespeare.
Allegorical genre scene showing an intemperate and temperate family in front of a tree on the banks of the Schuylkill River. In the left of the image, a man dressed in ragged clothing leads his somberly-dressed wife and barefoot sleepy child from a dilapidated tavern down a weed strewn path. At the tavern, men drink, cajole and are passed out on the porch underneath the tavern sign adorned with the image of a pig. Pigs laze and eat from a trough beside the drinking establishment. In the right of the image, a well-dressed couple watches their child pick flowers into a basket as others picnic on the grass in the background. In the distance, the Fairmount Waterworks is visible. Also shows the half of the tree on the intemperate side dead and leafless while the other half on the temperate side is full of foliage., Not in Wainwright., Name of printer partially crossed out and deduced by cataloger., Manuscript note pasted on verso: The original sketch of this picture was made by Thomas Birch, about the year 1826. His daughter Mrs. Veacock, now (Aug. 1891) living at the age of 83 years remembers seeing her father working at the drawing. This copy was found in her garret where it had been for many years., Label pasted on verso: Presented to the Historical Society of Pa. by A. R. Thomas, M.D., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 443, Revised August 2018 based on copy at American Antiquarian Society, Lithf Chil Birc Look. Originally recorded Childs & Lehman as printer with ca. 1834 as the publication date., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 61 B 617, Inscribed in verso: Taken off the wall, 1940.
Louis L. Peck manufacturer & dealer in burning fluid varnishes...
Advertisement showing the busy street corner at Front and Walnut streets near the Delaware River with a view of the building containing the oil manufactory, and the flour and farina store. The scene is depicted within a lithographed tromp l'oeil wood frame containing an inset of an exterior view of Peck's Works at Dock Street. Delivery wagons and drays traverse the business-lined streets, including one for Peck's driven by an African American man. Pedestrians walk the sidewalks and cross the intersection, and a white boy rolls a hoop past a white woman peddler sewing by her food stand. Visible in the background are the busy Walnut Street Ferry wharf and Smith and Windmill Islands in the Delaware River. Louis L. Peck's varnish business operated from around 1848 until 1855., Title from item., Date supplied by Wainwright., Printed below the image: Orders for the City, Country, or Shipping put up, with Care and Despatch, at the lowest market prices., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 444, Reproduced in Edwin Wolf's Quarter of a millennium (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1981, rev. 1990), p. 177., LCP exhibition catalogue: Made in America #79., Lithograph reproduced on the cover of Nicholas B. Wainwright's Philadelphia in the romantic age of lithography (Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1958). Proof of cover in the Library Company's collections (W222.1)., Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Wagner & M'Guigan, was an early successful experimenter in chromolithography, winning a silver medal at the 1844 Franklin Institute exhibition.
M. H. Traubel & Co. respectfully call your attention to their Lithographic Institute, no. 46 1/2 Walnut St. opposite the Merchants Exchange. Philadelphia
Advertisement for the lithographic firm that operated 1853-ca. 1857 containing an allegorical scene. Shows the female figure lithography seated in an outdoor setting, a stone on her lap, and surrounded by tools for industrial arts, including an angle, mallet, and compass. In the background, a farmer plows his field and a ship sails on the water. Also contains corner piece vignettes showing the seal of Pennsylvania and the American eagle. A border depicted as a twig surrounds three-quarters of the scene. Names of the members of the firm are printed below the image: M. H. Traubel, Th. Leonhardt, Ed. Schnabel, and J. F. Finkelday. Also contains several lines of advertising text promoting the several types of lithographs "executed in a most Superior Style" by the firm, and the "Transferring from Steel or Copper, Wood Cuts, Stone and Manuscript," which is "particularly recommended" as "Millions of Impressions may be printed with but little wear to the Original Plate and at a far greater speed and a more moderate cost than from the Copperplate press." Lithographs advertised include portraits, showcards, bills of exchange, drug & perfumery labels, and "Maps, Plans, Architectural, Ornamental & Machine drawings." Also contains a N.B. about "Blank Drafts, Notes, Bills of Exchange; also a variety of Perfumery Labels constantly on hand.", Not in Wainwright., Pencil sketch signed M.H.T.and titled "Sunday morning June 23, 1878" drawn on verso. Shows two women, one holding a child, seated near, and leaning on two trees., Philadelphia on Stone, PSA 61, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 61 T 693e
M. H. Traubel, lithographer, 146 So. Eighth St., Philadelphia. [graphic] : Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.
Trade card for the Philadelphia lithographer active ca. 1849-ca. 1880s. Shows cherubic figures sowing seeds and reaping sheaths of wheat. Also contains flying birds and vinery details. Textual elements include Gothic and cursive letters. Traubel operated from 146 South Eighth street beginning in 1881., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 119.1, See POSA 119, LOC proof copies of trade card., LCP copy acquired after 2010., Lib. Company. Annual report, 2016, p. 70-71.
M. H. Traubel, lithographer, 146 So. Eighth St., Philadelphia.
M. H. Traubel, lithographer, 146 So. Eighth St., Philadelphia.
Proofs of tradecards for the Philadelphia lithographer active ca. 1849-ca. 1880s. Shows cherubic figures sowing seeds and reaping sheaths of wheat. Also contains flying birds and vinery details. Prints contain variant script designs. Traubel operated from 146 South Eighth street beginning in 1881., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 119, Library of Congress: Papers of Horace and Anne Montgomerie Traubel, Family Papers, Box 22
M. H. Traubel lithographic establishment, 409 Chestnut St. above 4th Philadelphia [circular]
Circular containing patriotic vignettes above paragraphs of advertising text in addition to bank note specimens for the lithographic studio that began operating at 409 Chestnut in 1858. Central vignette shows the figure of Liberty, one breast exposed, holding a shield and a liberty staff beside a fache and eagle. Surrounding vignettes show sailing vessels, the figure of Justice surrounded by symbols of patriotism and trade, and an allegorical scene with three women posed around an anchor with one, seated, and clinging to the legs of another who stands in a forceful stance. Specimens include female figures and the Traubel imprint. Figures depicted as a romanticized peasant woman, the figure of Justice, and a Native American princess, possibly Columbia. Businesses represented include Freed, Ward, & Freed, Commission Merchants, No. 811 Market Street and Bank of the Northern Liberties. Traubel began work as a lithographer in Philadelphia in the early 1850s and worked solely and in partnerships., Not in Wainwright., Text: Permit me to call your attention to the annexed Specimens of Notes, Drafts, Checks, etc. and to my Lithographic Establishment in general where I am prepared to execute all Orders of Commercial & Pictorial Works of which a large variety of Specimens can at any time be examined at my office. I have always on hand a variety of Blank Drafts, Notes, Checks & Bills of Exchange bound in small books or on sheets where names of Firms can be inserted at a very short Notice, at moderate prices. Manufacturers Tickets & Sample Cards, Perfumery, Drug and all other Kinds of Labels & Showcards furnished to order in Chromo or in black. Having been in this business in Europe and this country for a number of years and being therefore well experienced in all branches of this Art. I can guarantee all Orders entrusted to my Care to be executed in a most superior Style., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 118, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: HSP Society Print Collection - Posters & Broadsides - Advertisements - Print Trade & Allied Business Folder - Traubel

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