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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E. S. 18th St. N. of Spruce.
View looking north along Eighteenth Street showing three mansions near Rittenhouse Square on the east side of the block. Mansions include the residence of hotel entrepreneur Edwards built 1849 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun (1724 Walnut); the residence of locomotive engineer Joseph Harrison, Jr. built 1855-1857 after the designs of Samuel Sloan (221-225 S. 18th); and the residence of gentleman William H. Harrison (227-229 S. 18th)., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Mansion of Joseph Harrison in center., 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Eagle cliff
View showing Eagle cliff near the old Girard Avenue Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Also shows a man standing on the riverbank in the foreground and buildings in the background. The bridge, built in 1855, was razed circa 1871 and replaced., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Date from manuscript note on verso., Woodward, proprietor of the Fine Art Depot in Rochester, was a major publisher of stereoviews during the 1870s., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Eagle house
View showing the eagle exhibition at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from printed label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
A pleasant evening at home.
Genre photograph showing an interior view of a family recreating in their den or living room. Shows a mother watching her two daughters as one plays the piano and the other holds sheet music. Their father reads the newspaper nearby., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamberg, Ger.; and St. Petersburg, Russia., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
East from Independence Hall
Panoramic view showing Banker's Row on the north side of the 400 block of Chestnut Street. Includes the Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Company, completed in 1874 after the designs of James Hamilton Windrim (413-417 Chestnut); the Philadelphia National Bank built 1857-1859 after the designs of John M. Gries (419-423 Chestnut); the Farmers and Mechanics Bank built 1854-1855 after the designs of Gries (425-429 Chestnut); the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities built 1871-1873 after the designs of Addison Hutton (431 Chestnut); and the Girard Building built circa 1871 after the designs of Windrim (435 Chestnut)., Curved orange mount with rounded corners., Title from label on negative., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
East front of Main Building.
Oblique view of the east front of the Main Building on the grounds of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. In the foreground, a white man rests his right foot on a box as he has his shoes polished by an African American man, who kneels on the ground. Two white men browse through a box of goods that an African American man peddler, attired in a white hat and apron, carries on a strap around his shoulders. Two other white men stand to the right and look at the viewer. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title and photographer's imprint on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel, 1984., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
East front of Main Building.
Oblique view of the east front of the Main Building on the grounds of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. In the foreground, a white man rests his right foot on a box as he has his shoes polished by an African American man, who kneels on the ground. Two white men browse through a box of goods that an African American man peddler, attired in a white hat and apron, carries on a strap around his shoulders. Two other white men stand to the right and look at the viewer. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title and photographer's imprint on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel, 1984., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
[East front of the U.S. Capitol during the final stages of construction, Washington, D.C.]
View showing men seated on the steps of the east extension of the Capitol building built 1851-1868 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter. View also includes a camera on a tripod near a fence surrounding the steps., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of the District of Columbia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
East River Bridge, N.Y.
View looking from Brooklyn showing the Brooklyn Bridge, built 1870-1883 after the designs of John Roebling, spanning the lower East River. In the foreground, several Brooklyn businesses and industries are visible, including a stove warehouse, grocer, liquor dealer, and a "cordage, twine, mats, & wicks" manufactory. Also shows several ferry boats and sloops docked along the shore. Manhattan is visible in the distance on the far right of the image., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount and from label on negative., Gift of Saul Koltnow., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[East River Pier 20, New York, N.Y.]
View showing laborers working on a wooden pier jutting into the East River in New York City. Also shows a horse-drawn cart on the pier and piles of lumber visible next to the pier in the right foreground. Also shows the cityscape on the opposite bank of the river in the background., Title supplied by cataloger, but derived from manuscript note on verso: Pier 20 E.R., White mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow.
Eastern Penitentiary Phila.
Exterior view from the north west showing the Fairmount Avenue facade including the entrance gate. Image includes several pedestrians and two wagons. Built 1823-1836 based on designs by John Haviland., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Eastern Penitentiary, Philadelphia.
View looking northeast at the Fairmount Avenue facade, including the entrance gate, of the prison built 1823-1836 after designs by John Haviland. A group of men sit on the stone wall in the foreground., Title on mount., Photographer's imprint on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
The Echo at Riverton, N.J.
Depicts a sailboat with the sail up on the Delaware River. Six passengers, including an African American man, sit within the boat. Trees are visible along the shoreline in the background., Green mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on paper label on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Fred S. Wiese No. 33., Purchase 2002., 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 Echo at Riverton, N.J.
Depicts a sailboat on the Delaware River with a two-men crew. At the bow, a white man leans his right hand on the boom, which the sail is rolled around. Behind him, an African American man leans his right elbow on the boom and stands with his left hand on his hip. Trees along the shoreline are visual in the background., Green mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on paper label on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Fred S. Wiese No. 34., Purchase 2002., 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.
[Eighth Street looking south from Arch Street]
View showing North Eighth Street between Market and Arch streets. Businesses include a photographic studio, job printing office, drapery store, furniture company, and Espen & Brother's lace emporium (31 N. 8th). Storefronts are heavily adorned with signage as well as ornamental animal decorations, including, an ostrich, an elephant, and eagles. Horse-drawn carriages line the street and several pedestrians walk on the sidewalk under the buildings' awnings. Espen & Brother vacated 31 North Eighth Street circa 1864., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on accompanying photographer's label: Eight St. looking South from Arch., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., See Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs, 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1976), entry #81., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Electric hobby.
Comic genre scene showing the interior of a drug store or pharmacy. Apothecary and medicine bottles line shelves covering the walls and broadsides advertising Ayers Augue Pills, Hair Invigorators, Castoria, and Catarrh treatments hang on the walls and doors. Shows a practitioner shocking his patient with an electro-magnetic device. An amused employee holding a pestle and mortar watches from the doorway., Copyrighted 1872 by F. G. Weller., Title from publisher's imprint on verso., Publisher's imprint printed on verso within decorative border., Tan mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Helfand.
Elevated r[ail] r[oad], highest point, New York.
View of steam-powered locomotive pulling cars around curved elevated track, sometimes called Suicide or Angels' Curve, located at 110th and 8th Avenues on New York City's 9th Avenue line. Two standing figures and a wagon with two passengers are at street level. After 1903 steam powered locomotives were no longer used on this line., View is numbered 7815 in a series., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Elevated railway, 42nd Street.
View looking west from the railway station over 42nd Street showing the elevated railroad tracks constructed past the Grand Central Depot (built 1871, remodeled 1913) visible in the far right background. The railway, established in 1868, was extended to the depot in 1878. The tracks pass several buildings and businesses including the Grand Union Hotel and Restaurant; a wallpaper manufactory; and Murtaugh's dumbwaiter manufactory., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Gift of Saul Koltnow., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Elevated railway, Centennial Grounds.
View showing the monorail, also known as the "Safety Elevated Railway," consisting of a steam locomotive and passenger car straddling a beam elevated above the ground. Male passengers stand on the outside of the car while others inside the car poke their heads out of the windows. Designed by General Roy Stone, the monorail transported spectators between Horticultural Hall and Agricultural Hall over Belmont Ravine. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Manuscript note on verso: Laura C. Bumpus., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Eleventh St. Opera House Philada. [graphic] / Bartlett & Smith, photographers.
View from Girard Street (i.e., Ludlow Street) looking east at the front facade of the theater at the southeast corner of Eleventh and Marble Streets (i.e., Ludlow Street). The front facade of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church (19 South Tenth Street) is partially visible in the left background and the corner dwelling at the southwest corner of Eleventh and Girard Streets is visible in the foreground. A horse stands unhitched on the side of the road. The opera house opened as "The Lyceum" by H.S. Cartee in 1854 in the building constructed for the First Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1818 and altered to a theater ca. 1854. Cotton & Dixey succeeded Cartee after one season and called the theater the "Eleventh Street Opera House." Ownership changed again the following season in 1856 to Samuel S. Sanford, who renamed it the "New American Opera House" and remained for several years until the theater was leased to Carncross & Dixey, who managed it at the time of this photograph. Theater building demolished ca. 1911., Title from pencil inscription note on mount., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on recto., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Elfreth's Alley, looking west towards Second Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
View of cobblestone street flanked by small rowhouses looking west toward Second Street. Shows a little girl halfway down the street on the sidewalk near a group of pigeons. Also includes signs for "Coach House Restaurant" and "Olde Alley ... Poor Richard" in the distant background., Title, photographer and date from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Bladen's Court extends north at arrow right. Lightfoot's daughter on pavement left by pigeons., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Named after Jeremiah Elfreth, the blacksmith that owned a large number of the properties on Elfreth's Alley between Front and Second Streets. Oldest preserved residential street in Philadelphia consisting of brick Trinity houses built early to mid eighteenth century., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Elks Convention, 1907.
View of spectators, mostly men and children, standing on the sidewalk under an awning of a building covered in patriotic bunting for the "Elks Greatest Parade" during the 21st Annual Benevolent Protective Order of Elks Convention held in Philadelphia in 1907., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on recto., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Elk's Convention, Phila. July 15-21, 1907. "Dutch Disturbers," Kansas City display.
View showing a float, a horse-drawn decorated wagon, carrying a band along Broad Street in a procession for the Elks Convention, the 21st annual reunion of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.), held in Philadelphia in 1907. A man sitting in the front holds a sign reading, "Kelly's original Dutch Disturbers, Kansas City". Signs on the side of the wagon include, "A Dam-Humbug and P.T. Nopaws consolidated air ship shows," "Winter Quarters, no. 26, B.P.O. Elks, Kansas City, Mo.," and "Greatest aggregation between earth and ski". The Court of Honor and parade spectators are visible in the background. Patriotic bunting covers buildings flanking Broad Street., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint stamped on mount., Distributor's imprint and logo stamped on mount., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., C.H. Graves published under the imprint "Universal Photo Art Co." between 1896 and 1904., See Darrah, The World of Stereographs, p. 52., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
[Engine house at Delaware Water Works]
View showing the engine house at the Delaware Water Works, formerly the Kensington Water Works, at the foot of Wood Street (i.e., Susquehanna Avenue) near the Delaware River. The waterworks, completed in 1852, provided water for the district of Kensington. Also shows laborers working on a raised platform near piles of wood planks in front of the building., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on accompanying label: Philadelphia Water Works. "Engine House." Delaware Works. H.P.M. Birkinbine Chief Engr., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Engine house, Belmont Works.
View showing the engine house with smokestack at the Belmont Water Works at West River and Montgomery drives. The pumping station, designed by Frederick Graff in the late 1860s, supplied water to the 24th Ward Reservoir at George's Hill in Fairmount Park. The station was abandoned in 1895. Also shows men by the engine house entrance and in a window of the building., Title from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Designed by Fredk. Graff Chief Engr. W. Dept. Sep 1870., Publisher'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.
Entrance lodge to Egglesfield.
View showing the guard house at Eaglesfield from under a brick arch. The estate was near the Girard Avenue Bridge in West Fairmount Park. Two men stand and sit on the small porch of the guard house adorned with lattice details. The country estate, Eaglesfield, possessed by numerous property owners, including Robert Egglesfield Griffith, Ann and James Greenleaf, and Richard Rundle, declined to obscurity following the completion of the new Fairmount dam in 1822, the mid-century construction of the Girard Avenue Railroad Bridge, and the development of Fairmount Park in the 1860s. The house was razed around 1869., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Manuscript note on verso: Mrs. Wm. B. Higgins, 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 Robert M. Vogel.
[Entrance lodge to Egglesfield, near Girard Avenue Bridge, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
View showing the guard house and "Equestrian" archway at Eaglesfield from under a brick arch. The estate was near the Girard Avenue Bridge in West Fairmount Park. Men, women and children stand and sit on the lawn in front of the guard house adorned with lattice details. The country estate, Eaglesfield, possessed by numerous property owners, including Robert Egglesfield Griffith, Ann and James Greenleaf, and Richard Rundle, declined to obscurity following the completion of the new Fairmount dam in 1822, the mid-century construction of the Girard Avenue Railroad Bridge, and the development of Fairmount Park in the 1860s. The house was razed around 1869., Title supplied by cataloger., Yellow printed label pasted on verso contains explicative paragraph of text describing Fairmount Park., Printed on mount: American Views., 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.
Entrance to Fairmount Park.
View of stone fountain at base of entrance stairs leading up to a road on the grounds of Lemon Hill. Men stand in a line behind the fountain looking toward the camera. A man descends the stairs and moves away from a horse-drawn coach parked at the top of the stairs in the background., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., 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.
[Entrance to Lansdowne Drive, Philadelphia]
View showing a section of the old Girard Avenue Bridge spanning Landsdowne (i.e., Lansdowne) Drive in West Fairmount Park. The bridge, built over the Schuylkill River in 1855 and razed circa 1871, is adorned with a sign labeled, "Entrance to Landsdowne Drive." Also shows a man standing near an arch of the bridge., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title supplied by cataloguer., Printed on mount: No. 4., Publisher's imprint printed on verso., Pink mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Entrance to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila.
Shows the gatehouse composed of a Roman arch and colonnade built 1836 after the designs of cemetery architect John Notman at 3820-3822 Ridge Avenue. View includes three children standing in the gatehouse and the "Old Mortality" monument in the background., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Entrance to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila. [graphic]. Langenheim.
Shows the gatehouse composed of a Roman arch and colonnade built 1836 after the designs of cemetery architect John Notman at 3820-3822 Ridge Avenue. View includes three children standing in the gatehouse and the "Old Mortality" monument in the background., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Entrance to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila.
Shows the gatehouse composed of a Roman arch and colonnade built 1836 after the designs of cemetery architect John Notman at 3820-3822 Ridge Avenue. View includes three children standing in the gatehouse and the "Old Mortality" monument in the background., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Entrance to Monument Cemetery.
Exterior view looking southwest at the cemetery's Gothic gatehouse, chapel and steeple on the west side of North Broad Street at Berks Street. Includes two pedestrians standing on the sidewalk in front of the cemetery's entrance, and a milkman's coach parked in the street in the left foreground. Designed by Philadelphia artist and engraver John Sartain, the building also served as an office and superitendent's house before it was demolished to open Berks Street between Broad and Sixteenth Streets in 1904. Cemetery was established in 1838 by Dr. John Elkinton., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Phila., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Entrance to Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia.
Shows the cemetery gateway built 1856-1858 after the designs of John Notman at 3301 West Lehigh Avenue., Title from label pasted on mount., Attributed to John Moran., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Contains one stereographic print mounted on yellow paper mount with square corners and two half stereographic prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Entrance to Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Phila., Pa.
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 on negative., 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 F.J. Dallet.
[Entrance to Printers' Cemetery at Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Side-view showing a man standing in front of the Gothic Revival-style gate to the Printers' Cemetery. Woodlands Cemetery was chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton at 3900 Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Entrance to Printers' Cemetery at Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Shows a man standing in front of the Gothic Revival-style gate to the Printers' Cemetery. Woodlands Cemetery was chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton at 3900 Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Entrance to the drive
View showing a section of the old Girard Avenue Bridge spanning Landsdowne ( i.e., Lansdowne) Drive in West Fairmount Park. The bridge, built over the Schuylkill River in 1855 and razed circa 1871, is adorned with a sign labeled, "Entrance to Landsdowne Drive." Shows three men, including a park guard, standing under and near the bridge arches., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Stamped on verso: E.C. Hopper., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Entrance walkway], Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
Faded copy stereograph depicting an entrance path with an ornate iron railing leading down to the Fairmount Waterworks complex at the Callowhill Street or Spring Garden Street entrance. Possibly looking north at the piers of the Spring Garden Street bridge., Title on negative., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners and black line border., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Estate of C.H. Rogers.
Shows the east of Chestnut Hill mansion and gateway to the estate of Tradesmen's Bank president Charles H. Rogers at Old York Road and the corner of Thorp's Lane (near Olney Road)., Attributed to John Moran., Cream paper mounts with square corners., Title from labels pasted on mounts., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.

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