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Philadelphia on a busy day.
Depicts a "Quick Delivery" truck standing in the middle of the street, the driver napping and the horse eating grass from the street. A cop leans on a lamppost and twirls his nightstick. Children play marbles in the street, and a dog sleeps. The building in the background resembles Independence Hall., Undivided back. Post marked 1915., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Philadelphia Record postcards.
Depicts interior views of the Philadelphia Record building on Chestnut Street, including the lobby showing a giant global map and a printing room during Franklin's time. Constructed in 1886 after designs by Willis Gaylord Hale., Accession numbers: P.9048.267 and P.9048.284., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Philadelphians have push; what?
Depicts a heavily perspiring man pushing a trolley car., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Pilgrim Laundry Co., North Philadelphia.
Exterior view of front facade of Pilgrim Laundry Co. at Broad and Glenwood Avenues. Request form for laundry service delivery on verso., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Post Office, 9th & Chestnut Sts. postcards.
Exterior views of the Chestnut Street facade of the United States Post Office and Courthouse at 9th and Chestnut Streets. Built 1873-1884 after designs by John McArthur, Jr. and Alfred Bult Mullett., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.9076.19 and P.9512.10., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
P.R.R. Bridge over Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.
Depicts a locomotive crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River near Girard Avenue. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, completed in 1867 after the designs of P.R.R. Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, served as the first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City., Numbered 23609 on recto. Publisher's monogram on verso., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Philadelphia.
Exterior view looking southeast at the Broad Street front. Built in 1912 and expanded in 1914. Commissioned by the Widener family., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Roberts' Old Mill, Germantown, Philadelphia.
View of old grist mill showing wheelhouse, built by Richard Townsend in 1683 on Mill Street (Church Lane) and Wingohocking Street. Considered the oldest mill in Pennsylvania. Later it was known as Lukens Mill and then Roberts Mill after its 19th century owner, Hugh Roberts. Demolished circa 1873., Photographed circa 1870 by Robert Newell., Undivided back. Dated 3/15/1910 in manuscript note on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The Rodin Museum.
Depicts the front facade of the Rodin Museum built 1926-1928 after designs by Paul Philippe Cret. Includes the statue "The Thinker" by Rodin in the foreground., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Shibe Park. Philadelphia, Pa. The Home of the Athletics.
Exterior view of stadium built in stages from 1908-09 to 1939 by William Steele & Sons Company., Numbered A-17128 on verso., Also known as Connie Mack Stadium (1953)., Divided back. Post marked 1913., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Signing of the Declaration of Independence postcards.
Depicts copies of the painting created by John Trumbull circa 1819, showing members of the Second Continental Congress gathered in the East Room of Independence Hall signing the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. John Adams, Robert Sherman, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin stand before John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. Clement's Church postcards.
Contains images of church built 1855-1859 by John Notman. Includes an exterior view and an interior view of the sanctuary. Horace Wells Sellers built the crypt chapel beneath the apse in 1898 and enlarged the sanctuary in 1908., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Divided backs., Accession numbers: P.9048.264 and P.9049.92., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. David's P.E. Church, Manayunk, Philadelphia.
Exterior view of church built in 1881 at the corner of Dupont and St. David's Streets in Manayunk., Original church was built in 1835 and remodeled in 1857. On December 23, 1879 the original church was destroyed by a fire., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church postcards.
Exterior view of front facade of church built 1763-1812 after designs by master builder Robert Smith. Includes an interior view of the nave and sanctuary. First conference of American Methodists held here in 1773., Undivided backs., Accession numbers: P.9048.245 and P.9050.4., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. James, 21st and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
Exterior view of church and bell tower. Demolished circa 1947., Numbered 25427 on verso., Divided back. Post marked 1910., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. James Church of Kingsessing postcards.
Exterior views of ivy-covered facade of church built in 1762 as a Swedish Lutheran church after designs by architect Thomas Webb Richards. It became an Episcopal church in 1810., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Divided backs., Accession numbers: P.9048.91 and P.9049.90., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. James Episcopal Church postcards.
Contains views of the church at the northeast corner of 52nd and Kershaw Streets including an exterior view of the church looking northeast and an interior view of the sanctuary., Accession numbers: P.9050.29 and P.9050.39., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The St. James, Philadelphia, Pa.
Exterior view of The St. James Hotel built circa 1904 after designs by Horace Trumbauer., Numbered M18098 on verso., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. James the Less, Falls of Schuylkill postcards.
Contains views of church built in 1846 after designs by John E. Carver and George Gordon Place. Includes exterior views of the church and adjoining burial ground, along with interior views of the nave and sanctuary., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., The Ecclesiological Society, a British church architecture society, provided the plans for the church to be recreated in the style of a 13th-century English country parish., Accession numbers: P.9050.50, P.9050.59 and P.9050.79 - 80., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. Johns Church, Phila., Pa. The first English Lutheran Church in the world.
Exterior view of front facade of Evangelical Lutheran Church built 1928-1929 after designs by Charles Augustus Ziegler., Publisher's monogram on verso., Also identified as Old St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
St. John's R.C. Church, Manayunk, Philadelphia.
Interior view of the nave and sanctuary. Church built in 1894 after designs by Charles Patrick Keely at the corner of Rector and Cresson Streets in Manayunk., Also known as St. John the Baptist Church., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The studio, -- salesroom.
Advertising postcard showing an interior view of the salesroom of William Rau's photographic studio at 238-244 South Camac Street. Salesroom features framed photographs showing a variety of Rau's work including two views from his Pennsylvania Railroad commission "On the Conemaugh" and "Washington's Crossing, above Trenton" ; a large cabinet probably containing stereoviews; two card files; and other office furniture. Two albums, one containing photographs of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, are displayed on the cabinet top. Verso contains advertising text describing types of work undertaken by the studio including residential, institutional and commercial views; portraits; printing, copying and enlargements; and color photography "direct from Nature." Also promotes the sale of lantern slide views., Photographer's imprint inscribed in negative., Negative number: 28718., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Three black crows
Racist, satiric postcard depicting three young African American boys perched from oldest to youngest on a branch as "Black crows." The boys are attired in loin clothes. The middle child is crying with his hands over his eyes and falling off the branch. In the left, the oldest boy attempts to hold him up. The youngest, a baby, pats the middle child's shoulder with his right hand., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyrighted, 1899., Accessioned 1999., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
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 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.
[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.
The Wanamaker Store postcards.
Exterior views looking southwest at the front facade of the department store built 1902-1910 after designs by Daniel H. Burnham & Company., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Two out of three postcards issued for the 21st annual reunion of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.) held in Philadelphia in 1907. Includes a portrait of a woman and an elk superimposed onto a clock on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
West Spruce Str., Philadelphia, Pa.
Depicts a row of dwellings and trees lining the residential area of West Spruce Street., Numbered 785 on verso., Undivided back. Post marked 1906., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Wharton Street Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, 54th and Catharine Street, Philadelphia.
Exterior view of church looking northwest. Built in 1905 after designs by Wesley Lesher Blithe., Also identified as Wharton Wesley United Methodist Church., Undivided back. Post marked 1911., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
White Swan Hotel, Mount Airy, Pa.
Exterior view of hotel with a horse and carriage standing in the front and a sign bearing the name S.C. Rotzell in the rear., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
William Penn's treaty with the Indians postcards.
Depicts William Penn's treaty of 1682 for Pennsylvania as a peaceful interaction with Native Americans., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Divided backs., Accession numbers: P.9049.22 and P.9049.25., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Winter street cleaning in Philadelphia.
Depicts three men using water pressure from a large hose and a shovel to clean a Philadelphia street. Includes a sketch of a lady in period dress holding a parasol on verso., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
"Wish you'd hush"
Racist postcard depicting an African American boy looking exasperated at the crying African American baby beside him. The children are shown from the waist up and are bare-chested. The older boy has a glistening substance around his mouth and on his cheeks. The baby holds, possibly, ice in their hands., Title from item., Publication information and date from copyright statement: Copyrighted, 1905, and published by Knaffl & Bro., Knoxville, Tenn., Accessioned 1999., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.

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