Collection of nearly 3,000 stereographs published and distributed in or of Philadelphia. The photographs mainly portray commercial and residential street scenes, particularly Market and Chestnut streets; religious, public, financial, and industrial buildings and institutions; and historic and prominent landmarks as well as a small selection of non-Philadelphia views.

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Mount Vernon Cemetery.
View of the cemetery gateway built 1856-1858 after the designs of John Notman at 3301 West Lehigh Avenue., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Phila.
View of the cemetery gateway built 1856-1858 after the designs of John Notman at 3301 West Lehigh Avenue. A man stands on the dirt path in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Distibutor's printed pink label pasted on verso., Mint green mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Mountain Springs.
View of a man drinking from a canteen as he sits under an overhanging boulder in a forest. Another man is visible through the trees in the distance. Catawissa Creek is a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River in east central Pennsylvania, Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists thirty-eight views in the series (No. 324-361)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Mower General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.
Series of views showing interiors and exteriors of the Civil War Army hospital. Photographs show the entrance to the hospital; the administration building; parade grounds; quarters of the surgeon in charge; guard house and lecture room; the water tank at Ardleigh Street; views looking south from the observatory tower located on the administration building; the cooking department; a hospital ward; the general office; and a corridor. Views include an observation deck; a fire brigade during a drill; cooking staff; office clerks; patients; and soldiers traversing the grounds., Eighteen of the images contain photographer's imprint on mount., Eighteen of the images contain manuscript note on verso: Chestnut Hill Hospital., Stereographs on yellow mounts with square corners., Five of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places, and Events and a Hart, Phillips, McAllister Civil War scrapbook., Described in Rules and special orders of the Mower United States Army and General Hospital (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865). (Am 1865 Phi Mow,15730.D)., See transcription of Coleman Sellers Letterbook, entry August 15, 1863, John Moran research file., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Mower General Hospital, built in 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr. between Stenton, Germantown, Springfield and Abington avenues opposite the Chestnut Hill track of the Reading Railroad (7900-8000 blocks Stenton Avenue) received injured soldiers transported directly from the battlefield between January 1863 - May 1865. The hospital, designed as a pavilion to control the spread of infection, consisted of several hospital wards radiating from a central enclosed complex of administrative and utility buildings. Complex included the administration building, a chapel, post office, band-stand, food preparation shops and storage houses, a barber shop, dining room, and guard house. Hospital utilized fresh water from the Chestnut Hill water works, gas lighting, and indoor plumbing. Building was razed following the war.
Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia.
View looking southwest from Reed Street near Passyunk Avenue of the prison complex, including the central two-story octagonal battlemented tower and Egyptian-style debtor's wing, constructed 1832-1835 after designs by Thomas Ustick Walter. A woman walks on the sidewalk in front of the iron gate in the foreground. The prison, also known as Philadelphia County Prison, operated under a system of solitary confinement. Demolished in 1968., Title inscribed in negative., Photographer's imprint on mount., Label pasted on verso includes paragraph describing Moyamensing Prison., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Carol Soltis., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Mr. & Mrs. Turtledove's new French cook.
Series of titled comic genre photographs include "Mr. & Mrs. Turtledove's new French cook," "You sweet thing, when did you arrive?" "Now don't be so shy!" "Oh my, but you are lovely," "Sh! Sh! I hear my wife coming," "Heavens, what does she mean," "Well, I am caught sure enough," "She must leave this house at once," "Mr. Turtledove trying to get out of the difficulty," "Mr. Turtledove making promises to be good," "Darling, I love you more than ever," and " Mr. & Mrs. Turtledove's next "French" cook." Images depict a straying husband's relationship with the pretty French cook, his wife's discovery of the relationship, and his attempts and success at reconciling with his wife. The pretty female cook is eventually replaced by an unattractive "French" cook, represented by a man dressed as a woman., Series copyrighted 1902 by William H. Rau., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on mounts., Gray curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Mt. Airy water pipes.
View showing the water pipes called the Pipe Bridge over the Wissahickon Creek. The pipe aqueduct, constructed in 1870 to provide water to Germantown from the Schuylkill River via the Mount Airy reservoir, was built after the designs of engineer Frederick Graff, Jr. It was razed in 1891. In the foreground, a man sits on a cliff near the pipe bridge., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Inscribed in negative: 84., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son, Henry, was active from circa 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Mt. Pleasant.
Exterior view of the front of the Middle-Georgian country house built 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson after the designs of Thomas Nevil on Mount Pleasant Drive in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. View includes two wood frames leaning against the house. Macpherson, a privateer during the Seven Years’ War, purchased the estate with profits from these operations. Free white and Black laborers, indentured servants, and at least four enslaved people of African descent, whose names are unknown, worked on the plantation. In 1779, General Benedict Arnold purchased Mount Pleasant for his wife Peggy Shippen, but they never occupied the house. In 1792, General Jonathan Williams purchased the mansion. The City of Philadelphia purchased the property from the Williams family in 1869. On behalf of the city, the Philadelphia Museum of Art restored the house in 1926., Yellow paper mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Date inferred from photographic medium and content., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Mt. Starr King, Jefferson, N.H.
Shows the mount named after Universalist Rev. Thomas Starr King in the White Mountains. In the foreground, men and boys sit and stand in a pasture in front of a farm and hotel buildings., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kilburn Brothers, was a partnership between brothers Benjamin West Kilburn and Edward Kilburn from 1865 to 1877.
[Musicians playing in a field]
View of nine musicians, including one woman, with instruments playing outside in a field., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Mutual Life Insurance, Philadelphia
View from the corner of Tenth and Chestnut streets showing the Philadelphia headquarters of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (incorporated 1841). Built from 1874-1875 after the designs of New York architect Henry Fernbach, the building at 1001-1013 Chestnut Street, also known as the Victory Building, served as the insurance company's regional headquarters from 1875 to 1920. View also shows adjacent businesses on Tenth Street., Title annotated on negative., Buff mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Near Belmont Cottage
View looking from West Fairmount Park showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, completed in 1834. Built after the designs of engineer John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company, the bridge spanned over the Schuylkill River below Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park. A small brick building is visible in the lower left foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Near summit of reservoir
View showing the pavilion on Reservoir Hill at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows a woman with a parasol standing on the path leading to the pavilion. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
New Chestnut Street Theatre. [graphic].
View looking northwest at the north side of the 1200 block of Chestnut Street showing the Chestnut Street Theater built in 1863 after designs by John Crump. Includes signs for Joseph M. Durr's restaurant (1211 Chestnut) at street level, Allen's furniture store (i.e., Joseph Allen, cabinet maker, 1209 Chestnut) and a concert hall west of the theater building. All of the properties have awnings shading the street level, except for the theater, which has street lamps lining the sidewalk and a broadside advertising "The Black Crook" near the entrance. Also includes trolley tracks and three horse-drawn coaches travelling in the street., Titles from printed label pasted on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., The Black Crook played at the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia in 1868., See duplicates: Bartlett & French (8)1322.F.29b and (8)1322.F.35i, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
[New Chestnut Street Theatre.] [graphic].
View looking northwest at the north side of the 1200 block of Chestnut Street showing the Chestnut Street Theater built in 1863 after designs by John Crump. Includes signs for Joseph M. Durr's restaurant (1211 Chestnut) at street level, Allen's furniture store (i.e., Joseph Allen, cabinet maker, 1209 Chestnut) and a concert hall west of the theater building. All of the properties have awnings shading the street level, except for the theater, which has street lamps lining the sidewalk and a broadside advertising "The Black Crook" near the entrance. Also includes trolley tracks and three horse-drawn coaches travelling in the street., Titles from printed label on duplicate: (8)1322.F.29b., Yellow paper mount with square corners., The Black Crook played at the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia in 1868., See duplicates: Bartlett & French (7)1322.F.1c and (8)1322.F.35i, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
[New Chestnut Street Theatre]
View looking northwest at the north side of the 1200 block of Chestnut Street showing the Chestnut Street Theater built in 1863 after designs by John Crump. Includes signs for Joseph M. Durr's restaurant (1211 Chestnut) at street level, Allen's furniture store (i.e., Joseph Allen, cabinet maker, 1209 Chestnut) and a concert hall west of the theater building. All of the properties have awnings shading the street level, except for the theater, which has street lamps lining the sidewalk and a broadside advertising "The Black Crook" near the entrance. Also includes trolley tracks and three horse-drawn coaches travelling in the street., Title and series name and number from duplicate: (8)1322.F.29b., Date supplied by cataloger., The Black Crook played at the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia in 1868., See duplicates: Bartlett & French (8)1322.F.29b and (8)1322.F.35i, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
[New England Glass Company display, Main Building]
Views show glass tableware, light fixtures, and a candelabra created by the New England Glass Co. from Boston displayed in the Main Exhibition Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts and on versos. Imprint on versos contain initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mounts with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
New Girard Avenue Bridge
Views looking from Girard Avenue showing the Girard Avenue Bridge, completed in 1874 after the designs of Philadelphia architects Henry A. and James P. Sims, over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. The wrought-iron Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, demolished in 1971, also served as a pedestrian bridge. View also shows the nearby New York Connecting Railway Bridge, completed in 1867. In the foreground, spectators observe the river., One print [P.9260.71] on grey mount with rounded corners., One print [P.2011.47.52] on light blue mount with rounded corners., Paper labels on versos listing over sixty-five park views published by the firm., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., One print [P.2011.47.52] gift of Raymond Holstein., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
[New Hampshire State Building, 1876]
View showing the exterior of the two-story frame building on State Avenue. Men stand on the porch of the house and on a path near the entrance stairs. An American flag flies from a tall flag pole on the roof of the house. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Variant of Holstein stereo - P.2011.47.249., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
New Jersey Dept.
Unmounted stereograph shows a long aisle in the New Jersey Department flanked by displays and patriotic bunting. A "New Jersey" banner hangs over the hall entrance. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair held June 7-28, 1864 on Logan Circle was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization., Title from printed paper label below image., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The "new man" on Blue Monday.
Genre scene satirizing the role of the "new man" in relation to the "new woman". Shows the lady of the house sitting with her feet propped and reading a newspaper as her husband washes and hangs the laundry nearby., Copyrighted by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed text in six languages on verso: Es ift blauer Montag; L'"Uomo Nuovo" in Blue Monday.; Le "Nouvel homme" le lundi; El lúnes del "Nuevo Hombre"; Den "ny mand" på en blå Mandag; Den nykomne på blåmåndag., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
New market house, 10th Street, Philada.
Interior view showing the Franklin Market, named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, under construction at Tenth and Marble, i.e. Ludlow streets (between Market and Chestnut streets). Completed after the designs of John McArthur, the building served as a market until sold to the Mercantile Library in 1867. The market relocated to a newly constructed building adjacent to the Farmer's Market at Twelfth and Market streets. Shows five men looking over the building's framework including a nearly completed ceiling and dirt sub-floor. Scaffolding covers the inside walls and stands in the center of the construction site., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Distributor's label pasted on verso: M.I. Franklin, optician, 112 S. Fourth St., Philad'a., See clipping in Poulson's scrapbook vol 1, p.19-20., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 113., Arcadia caption text: This 1859 construction view shows the Franklin Market, designed by Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr., on [South Tenth Street between Market and Chestnut streets]. Built by the Centre Market Company to house several of the displaced farmers and butchers, who previously occupied sheds on Market Street, the market house, named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, accommodated nearly 300 stalls under its fireproof roof. Around 1864, as a result of poor business, the market relocated to a different facility at Twelfth and Market streets adjacent to the successful Butchers’ and Farmers’ Market., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
New Masonic Temple.
Elevated view looking northeast from the City Hall construction site showing the west front and north flank of the new Masonic Temple, built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim. Also shows pedestrians standing on the corner in the foreground., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Philadelphia., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
New Masonic Temple, corner Broad & Filbert Sts. Phila, Pa. To be dedicated Sept. 26, 1873.
View looking northeast showing the west front and north flank of the new Masonic Temple, built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim. Also shows construction materials and a dray in the street in front of City Hall in the right foreground., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
New Masonic Temple, Phila. Parade of Knights Templar, Sept. 30, 1873.
View showing the Knights Templar marching in uniform in front of a large crowd of spectators standing on the sidewalk on South Broad Street on September 30, 1873 in connection with closing ceremonies of the Masonic Temple dedication. Includes the front facade of Chambers Presbyterian Church, originally known as the First Presbyterian Church, built in 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom Streets., Title printed on mount., Copyrighted in 1873 by F. Gutekunst in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C., Distributor's imprint printed on mount and on verso: James Cremer, sole agent, 18 S. 8th St., Phila., Printed description and history of Masonic Temple in paragraph form printed on verso with distributor's imprint., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
New Masonic Temple, Philadelphia.
Titled views, including "Main entrance" and "Dedicated September 26, 1873," show the entrance on the west front of the temple flanked by two gaslights and a rooftop view looking southeast at the entire west front of the temple built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim. The Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church built 1869-1870 after designs by Addison Hutton is partially visible north of the temple and the City Hall construction site in Penn Square is partially visible to the south., Inscribed on negative P.8944.5: 2355., Labels on versos contain printed description and history of temple under heading "Masonic Temple, Philadelphia" within a decorative border., Orange mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
New mill house, Fairmount Water Works, Phila.
View looking northwest from the west base of the old mill house at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the new mill house constructed between 1859-1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Also shows men standing on the roof terrace and in a window balcony of the building. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
New Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane building, Pa. [graphic] / Langenheim.
View showing the progress of the construction of the Male Department, Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, built from 1856 until 1859 after designs by Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan. Construction workers, including African American men, pose before and inside the partially completed building. Two well-dressed white men, possibly including the hospital superintendent Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride, are seated in the foreground. Kirkbride, an authority on asylum construction, promoted and oversaw the construction of the new building to alleviate the overcrowding and to abolish the co-educational conditions at the original asylum opened at 44th and Market in 1841., Title printed on mount., Date inferred from history of the building's construction., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of engravings relating to Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, of Philadelphia were pioneer photographers, and stereographic publishers. Between 1849 and 1865, the Langenheims produced over ninety different stereoviews of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane and its staff as well as lantern slides of various subjects to be used for patient therapy.
New Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane building, Pa.
View showing the progress of the construction of the Male Department, Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, built from 1856 until 1859 after designs by Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan. Construction workers, including African American men, pose before and inside the partially completed building. Two well-dressed white men, possibly including the hospital superintendent Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride, are seated in the foreground. Kirkbride, an authority on asylum construction, promoted and oversaw the construction of the new building to alleviate the overcrowding and to abolish the co-educational conditions at the original asylum opened at 44th and Market in 1841., Title printed on mount., Date inferred from history of the building's construction., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of engravings relating to Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, of Philadelphia were pioneer photographers, and stereographic publishers. Between 1849 and 1865, the Langenheims produced over ninety different stereoviews of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane and its staff as well as lantern slides of various subjects to be used for patient therapy.
New Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane building, Pa.
View showing the progress of the construction of the Male Department, Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, built from 1856 until 1859 after designs by Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan. Construction workers, including African American men, pose before and inside the partially completed building. Two well-dressed white men, possibly including the hospital superintendent Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride, are seated in the foreground. Kirkbride, an authority on asylum construction, promoted and oversaw the construction of the new building to alleviate the overcrowding and to abolish the co-educational conditions at the original asylum opened at 44th and Market in 1841., Title printed on mount., Date inferred from history of the building's construction., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of engravings relating to Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, of Philadelphia were pioneer photographers, and stereographic publishers. Between 1849 and 1865, the Langenheims produced over ninety different stereoviews of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane and its staff as well as lantern slides of various subjects to be used for patient therapy.
New Suspension Bridge
View looking through the arched entrance of one of the two towers of the New Suspension Bridge built in 1868 over the Niagara River. A man sits and a man stands near the entrance. Also shows men standing on the bridge and the second bridge tower in the distance, Title from label on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
New west side of Schuylkill
View photographed from the west bank of the Schuylkill River soon after the site's incorporation into West Fairmount Park. Shows the old Girard Avenue Bridge in the distance. The bridge, built in 1855, was razed circa 1871. A man lies on the bank in the foreground. The west bank of the river was incorporated into West Fairmount Park during the 1860s and 1870s., Attributed to John Moran., Title from manuscript note on mount., Light yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
The "new woman."
Genre scene satirizing the "new woman" and the role of women in the home. Shows the lady of the house sitting at a table reading a newspaper as her husband stands in the kitchen dryng dishes. With a confused look, he peers at her from the other room. She is dressed in bicycle garb with her bicycle resting in the doorway nearby., Copyrighted by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed text in six languages on verso: Die "moderne frau."; La 'donna nuova."; La femme nouvelle."; La Nueva Mufer."; Den "ny kvinde."; and Des "na kvinnan.", Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Erika Piola.
The new woman barber.
Genre photograph satirizing the "new woman" depicting a scantily clad female barber sitting with her legs crossed and holding a razor in mid-air as she prepares to shave the beard of her frightened male patron., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The new woman--wash day.
Genre scene satirizing the "new woman" and the role reversal of men and women in the home. Depicts a woman attired in bloomers and gloves (bicycle garb), with one foot propped on a chair as she smokes. Her husband bends over the wash tub and wrings an article of clothing as he does her laundry, some of which dries above their heads on a line. The woman's bicycle is propped near the door., Additional places of publication printed on mount include: London; Toronto-Canada; Ottawa-Kansas., Printed on mount: Works and studios. Arlington, N.J.; Littleton, N.H.; and Washington, D.C., Sun sculpture trademark printed on mount., Copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Title also printed on verso in five additional languages., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Erika Piola.
The new woman--wash day.
Genre scene satirizing the "new woman" and the role reversal of men and women in the home. Depicts a woman attired in bloomers and gloves (bicycle garb), with one foot propped on a chair as she smokes. Her husband bends over the wash tub and wrings an article of clothing as he does her laundry, some of which dries above their heads on a line. The woman's bicycle is propped near the door., Additional places of publication printed on mount include: London; Toronto-Canada; Ottawa-Kansas., Printed on mount: Works and studios. Arlington, N.J.; Littleton, N.H.; and Washington, D.C., Sun sculpture trademark printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Title also printed on verso in five additional languages., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Erika Piola.
New York R.R. Bridge
View from the west bank of the Schuylkill River (Fairmount Park) depicting the Victorian-style stone and wrought iron Connecting Railway Bridge or Schuylkill River Bridge utilized by the New York division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, the bridge served as the railroad's first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City. Gas-lighted lamps and an arch truss adorn the bridge., Title from manuscript note on mount., Publisher's imprint stamped on verso., Name of artist supplied by duplicate views photographed circa 1870. (P.9060.31a and P.9062.89a)., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
New York, Union Square [sic], Gen. Worth's Monument.
Shows the General William Jenkins Worth obelisk monument designed by James Goodwin Batterson and situated in 1857 in the northern end of Madison Square known as General Worth Square in New York City. Also shows adjacent commercial buildings. Worth served in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the Seminole Wars before he died of cholera in 1849. Removed from Green-wood Cemetery and interred in a tomb under the monument., Title with incorrect location from manuscript notes on versos., Photographer and publisher from printed series labels pasted on versos., Manuscript note on verso of one item [8335.F.3]: 20 cents each., Yellow mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Niagara -- General view from American side.
Landscape view showing the waterfall on the Niagara River near New York and Ontario, Canada. Includes a man wearing a top hat and a boy sitting on the edge of the cliff in the foreground., Title printed on mount., Photographer's blind stamp on mount., Publisher's label pasted on verso., White mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim Brothers copyrighted a series of stereographs with labels inscribed: "American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philadelphia" in 1858. They continued to produce stereographs until 1865, when they withdrew from the American Stereoscopic Co.
Niagara. Winter. Down the river from Table Rock.
View showing a snow covered ledge above the Niagara River past the Canadian Horseshoe Falls. Also shows a lodge resort in the distant background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of New York., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.

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