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- [Wm. W. Clark, drug & chemical warehouse, 16 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia]
- Advertisement showing the 4-story building covered in signage for the druggist at 16 North Fifth Street. Signs advertise "Drugs, Paint Oil & Glass. English. French. German & Mediterranean Drugs." Through the open entranceways of the business, shelves of bottles on cabinets are visible lining the walls. A clerk reaches for one of the notions as a patron enters the store. Another clerk descends into the cellar in front of the building. Crates and barrels of "elixir," "drugs," and "paint" marked with delivery addresses (e.g., J.H. B. & Co.) line the sidewalk across from a horse-drawn dray parked in the street. Also shows bottles, decanters, jugs, and boxes adorning the central display window and upper floor windows. An oversize model of a mortar and pestle is displayed above the entrances. Clark operated from the address 1839-1853., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: June 1847. North Fifth St., Title partially supplied by cataloguer., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 862, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Trimmed and lacking title.
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- [Womrath & Neville, manufactory of fringes, tassels, cords & c. & Geo. F. Womrath, fur store, 15 & 13 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia]
- Advertisement showing the adjoining four-story storefronts adorned with signage and displayed windows above Market Street on North Fourth Street. At the Womrath & Neville storefront (15), a clerk is visible helping a female patron through the open entry to the building. Shelves of merchandise line the wall behind the employee. Fringes, tassles, a framed graphic, a small broadside, and other trimmings fill the display windows marked "Hosiery," "Trimmings," "Bindings," and "Tapes & Thread." Another clerk stands at an upper floor window and two crates, one marked "W&N," line the sidewalk. Between the stores, a woman and girl stand in front of an open entry to a stairwell and between the cellar doors of the establishments. The girl points at a fur piece in the display window of the "George F. Womrath Fur Store" (13). A couple enters the building past a stack of wrapped bundles and packages, some marked "Black" and "White," and fur muffs and skins displayed near the entry. More fur muffs and stoles fill the showcase window. Two packages of "Bear Skins" line the sidewalk. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings, including signage reading "...use" and "....er." Womrath and Neville partnered at the address 1846-1849. Womrath established his fur business in 1829., Tite supplied by cataloguer., Date from Poulson insciption on recto: Dec. 1846. 1846. North Fourth Street., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 863, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Trimmed and lacking title.
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- Wood & Perot. Wood, Miltenberger & Co. Ornamental iron works. 1136 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia. 57 Camp Street, New Orleans.
- Advertisement containing two side-by-side views bordered on top by an ornate floral design. Depicts heavy street and pedestrian traffic showing the neighboring "Ridge Avenue" factory and the "Twelfth Street" foundry of the iron works. Ridge Avenue view shows the massive "Wood and Perot Ornamental and Iron Railing Factory Iron Works" at 1136 Ridge Avenue. Signage advertising "Manufacturers of decorative iron work," "verandahs," and "counters" adorns the building. On the roof, a large statue of Henry Clay stands, and an American flag flies from a tower. Workers load horse-drawn wagons stationed in front of the works as pedestrians mill past. Iron railings lean against the building, animal statuary is displayed on the sidewalk, and employees and patrons stand in doorways. In the street, a carriage travels in the direction of a stopped, packed "Ridge Avenue" omnibus receiving and discharging passengers. Across the street, near a tree, ladies in heavy capes and holding parasols promenade past a man pointing out the Clay statue to his male companion., Twelfth Street view shows the new iron foundry completed circa 1858 to the rear of the Ridge Avenue works on the 400 block of Twelfth Street. Two laborers steady a horse-drawn cart near the entry to the factory that is adorned with a tower flying a "Wood & Perot" flag. In the street, an omnibus is followed by a volunteer riding one of a two-horse team drawing a steam fire engine. Three boys follow and direct the engine. Across the street, a man, potentially a constable, prepares to open the call box attached to a telegraph pole as a family of five promenades down the block. Also shows the tops of the spires of the Church of Assumption (1133 Spring Garden Street) in the background. Wood & Perot, a partnership between Robert Wood and Elliston Perot, was active between 1857 and 1865., Published in Edwin T. Freedley's Philadelphia and its manufactures: a handbook exhibiting the development, variety, and statistics of the manufacturing industry in Philadelphia in 1857 (Philadelphia: Edward Young, 333 Walnut Street, 1859 [c1858]), opposite page 450., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 864.2, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: HC 108 .P5 F8 1859.
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- Wood & Perot's ornamental iron works. Philadelphia.
- Advertisement of two views with heavy street and pedestrian traffic showing the neighboring "Ridge Avenue" factory and the "Twelfth Street" foundry of the iron works. Ridge Avenue view shows the massive "Wood and Perot Ornamental and Iron Railing Factory Iron Works" at 1136 Ridge Avenue. Signs adorn the building advertising "Wood & Perot," Manufacturers of Decorative Iron Work" and "Iron Railings, Verandahs, Balconies, Stairs, Counters &c." On the roof, a large statue of Henry Clay stands, and an American flag flies from a tower. Workers load three horse-drawn wagons stationed in front of the works as pedestrians mill past. Iron railings lean against the building, animal statuary is displayed on the sidewalk, and employees and patrons stand in doorways. In the street, a carriage travels in the direction of a stopped, packed "Ridge Avenue" omnibus receiving and discharging passengers. Across the street, near a tree, ladies in heavy capes and holding parasols promenade past a man pointing out the Clay statue to his male companion., Twelfth Street view shows the new iron foundry completed circa 1858 to the rear of the Ridge Avenue works on the 400 block of Twelfth Street. Two laborers steady a horse-drawn cart near the entry to the factory that is adorned with a tower flying a "Wood & Perot" flag. In the street, a "Fairmount via Chestnut St./Twelfth & Green St." omnibus travels followed by a volunteer riding one of a two-horse team drawing a steam fire engine. Three boys follow and direct the engine. Across the street, a man, potentially a constable, prepares to open the call box attached to a telegraph pole as a family of five promenades down the block. Also shows the tops of the spires of the Church of Assumption (1133 Spring Garden Street) in the background. Wood & Perot, a partnership between Robert Wood and Elliston Perot, was active between 1857 and 1865., Lettering in color., LCP copy in two pieces housed separately., Date from Poulson inscription on rectos: Dec. 28, 1848., Philadelphia on Stone, POs 864.1, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc35 W873.
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- The wood-cart.
- Plate from children's moral instruction book showing an African American man and three passengers traveling in a horse-drawn cart down a dirt path towards the lumber yard. A residence facing the road is visible in the background., Published in Common sights in town & country. Delineated & described for young children (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, [ca. 1853])., Accompanied by text titled "The wood-cart" moralizing, through the tale of the diligent wood-carter, that good habits in this lifetime offer peace and comfort, and prepare us "for the better life which is to come"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 865, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8342.30, Free Library of Philadelphia:, Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.1.3
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- Woodlands Cemetery. Main entrance.
- Shows the arched gateway entrance to the cemetery chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton at 3900 Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia. View includes a carriage passing under the arch and two families, one entering and one exiting, both attired in black. The entranceway, built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., was razed in 1936., Frontispiece to The charter, by-laws and regulations of the Woodlands Cemetery Company, with a list of lot holders (Philadelphia: James B. Chandler, printer, 1857)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 866, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1857 Phi Woo Cem 16256.O.1., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ws*.161
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- Wootten's excelsior stove lustre or pure black lead
- Racist advertisement promoting Wootten’s Excelsior Stove Lustre and depicting an African American man, portrayed in caricature, polishing a stove. Shows the African American man servant, barefoot and attired in a plaid, collared shirt and pants, kneeling before a stove with a brush in his left hand. On the floor in front of him is a glass of water, an open can of polish, and a box labeled, Wootten’s Excelsior Stove Lustre or Pure Black Lead. In the right, a white woman stands wearing her brown hair in a bun and attired in an off-the-shoulder dress with a bow at the chest and lace sleeves. She looks toward the man and asks, “Uncle Tom whose blacking is that you are useing [sic].” He replies in the vernacular, “La Missey don’t you know dat -- dat is Wooten's Lustre." To the left of the woman, a black cat stands on a wooden chair with its back raised and looks at the man. Also visible in the image are plates, bowls, and cups on shelves, another wooden chair, and an open window that has a potted plant on the ledge. John Wootten Jr. (1820-1872) is listed in the 1861 Philadelphia city directory as a blacking maker., Title from item., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Mar. 28 -59; S. 4 (old no.) Spruce Street., Not in Wainwright., Text printed on recto: For polishing and beautifying stoves, this Lustre stands unrivalled. It may with perfect justice be called The Housekeeper’s Choice; it gives a more brilliant appearance, retains it gloss longer, and requires Fifty per cent less labor than any other preparation in existence, when moistened with a little water, and applied vigorously to iron work of any kind, the effect is truly magical; housekeepers and others are well aware what great labor is requisite, and time expended in the attempt to give a fine polish with many of the lustres sold at the present day – here however both these evils are remedied; a beautiful gloss is obtained in a few minutes, and without scarcely any exertion whatever. Another advantage which this article possesses over all others, is, that it tends to preserve the iron from the deleterious effects of damp and rust, which so often render a stove entirely useless in the course of a few seasons. This Lustre is prepared with great care from the very best lead that can be found in the market, and is entirely free from all those foreign substances which so greatly destroy the efficacy of other articles.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 279, Accessioned 1982., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
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- Works, East Schuylkill Falls. Powers & Weightman, manufacturing chemists, Philadelphia. Established 1818.
- View showing the laboratory complex of processing plants and storage sheds established in 1848 on Ridge Avenue near Schuylkill Falls (i.e., East Falls). Within the complex, laborers haul goods by horse among the several buildings, smoke stacks, and trees. Men and women converse near the entrance to the complex in the foreground, as a horse-drawn cart exits the compound. In the background, a locomotive travels past the complex (right) and a laborer works with a team of horses that pull several railroad carts loaded with goods (left) on the series of tracks surrounding the complex. View also shows adjacent lots of pasture land. In the lower corners are two vignettes depicting exterior views of the tartaric and citric acid department and the laboratory for fine chemicals at Ninth and Parrish Streets. In 1847, Powers & Weightman succeeded Farr & Kunzi (established in 1818), and became internationally renown for their manufacture of medicinal and other fine chemicals. The company was the first to introduce quinine to the United States. A second factory complex operated between 9th, Parrish, Brown, and Darien Streets. The East Falls operation included housing for employees., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 867, A. Blanc worked as an artist for Longacre & Co. between 1870 and 1876.
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- Wright, Hunter & Co. S.W. cor. Ninth & Walnut Sts. Philadelphia.
- Advertisement showing the five-story corner property tenanted by the plumbing and gas fitting establishment of William Wright, John C. Hunter, J.H. McFetrich, and Thomas Brown at 900 Walnut Street. Seventeen bays of windows extend the length of the property on Ninth Street. Two women and a young girl stand in front of an unidentified property adorned by a metal skeleton for an awning (left). One man drives a horse-drawn cart north on Ninth Street, while another unloads goods from a dray. Two gentlemen wearing long coats and top hats stand at the Walnut Street entrance to the plumbing store. One of them grasps the handle of a pump in the doorway. Chandeliers and other wares are visible through the large shop windows. Two white horses are hitched to a closed cab stopped in front of the entrance, and a horse-drawn omnibus is partially visible in the background. The name of the business appears prominently on the cornice, and on signboards facing both Walnut and Ninth Streets. Managed at this site beginning in 1855, the store name changed to John C. Hunter & Co. in 1864., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: December 11, 1858., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 868, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
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- W.W. Knight Son & Co. 509, Commerce St. between 5th. & 6th & Market and Arch Sts. Formerly 619, Market St. Philadelphia.
- Display card containing a skating scene, possibly on the Schuylkill River. Shows dozens of persons in winter attire skating, as well as men pushing women in chairs with blades, and a man pulling a boy on a sled. Also shows a female peddler with her basket, a man fallen on the ice, and another adjusting his skates in the foreground across from a skating boy. In the background, a single span bridge spans the river near hill sides from which the top of an observation tower rises., Copyrighted by W.W. Knight & Son, & Co., Philadelphia on Stone, Library of Congress: DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen - 9 prints/10 drawings/1 photo (A size) W.W. Knight
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- The Young Men's Christian Association [certificate]
- Life membership certificate containing an exterior view of the YMCA building building erected 1875-1877 after the designs of Addison Hutton at the southeast corner of Fifteenth and Chestnut streets for the branch of the Christian voluntary organization founded in 1854. View contains street and pedestrian traffic. Also contains a border shaped like a frame with ornamented cornices, and banners inscribed with Bible quotations referring to young men, wisdom, and love. Quotes include I John 2:14; Prov. 11.30; Zech. 2.4; and John 13:35., Not in Wainwright., Issued to John R. Whitney on October 23, 1878. Signed Frances W. Kennedy, Treas. and John Wanamaker, Prest., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 869, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Young