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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Indian Rock Hotel
Exterior, oblique view depicting the roadhouse hotel opened in 1848 by Reuben Sands north of Rex Avenue Bridge near Indian Rock in the Wissahickon Valley. Shows the two-story building with a covered veranda. Two white men stand leaning against the columns on the veranda, while another man stands on the ground. A white woman with a young girl stand behind the bannisters on the second-story veranda. An African American man, attired in an apron, stands in the left on a staircase beside the house. The hotel was sold to the Fairmount Park Commission in 1872 and Sands opened a second Indian Rock Hotel at a nearby location., Pale pink mount with rounded corners., Paper label on verso listing over sixty Fairmount Park stereoscopic views published by the firm., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Joseph D. Bicknell's The Wissahickon in History, Song, and Story written for the City History Society of Philadelphia and read at the meeting of October 10, 1906 (Philadelphia, 1908), p. 18., Purchase 1989., 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., Newell and Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Industrial exposition hall.
Exterior view from a path in a fenced park of a hall with the painted sign "Industrial Exposition Hall" over the entrance. Most likely Saengerfest Hall looking northwest from Washington Square in Cincinnati, Ohio. Hall built in 1867, renamed Exposition Hall in 1870, and demolished in 1877 to make way for the extant Music Hall at Fourteenth and Elm Streets. An Industrial Exposition was held at this site annually from 1870-1875., Title from manuscript note on verso., Stamped on verso: A. R. Mills., Mint green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Industrial parade, Constitution Centennial, Phila., Pa. 1887.
View showing the civic and industrial parade on South Broad Street marching toward City Hall. The procession represented industrial progress from 1787 to 1887. Shows spectators crowding the sidewalks and sitting on bleachers lining the street. Procession includes: a group of marching men in black hats, white pants, and white shirts; floats; a marching band; and firemen. City Hall is visible in the background., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title from label on negative., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Instantaneous view of Elm Avenue, Philadelphia, July 4th 1876.
Oblique view looking northeast at the Main Building on the grounds of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. In the foreground, stagecoaches, horsecars and pedestrians converge on Elm Avenue near the passenger railway concourse in front of the Centennial National Bank., Title and photographer's imprint on mount., Curved orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
Interior of Carpenters Hall.
View of the interior of the hall built 1770-1774 by the builders association, Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, after designs by member Robert Smith. Shows a table with chairs in the middle of the room below a chandelier surrounded by chairs crafted by William Sanderson and benches lining the wall. Also shows framed items on the wall, including the flag of the Carpenters Company, a print, likely the 1848 Henry Sadd engraving "First Prayer in Congress," and documents. Building served as the meeting place for the First Continental Congress in 1774. The Carpenter's Company, organized 1724, was formed to provide instruction in the science of architecture and financial assistance to members and members families in need., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., 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.
Interior of Carpenter's Hall.
View of the interior of the hall built 1770-1774 by the builders association, Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, after designs by member Robert Smith. Shows a table with chairs in the middle of the room below a chandelier surrounded by chairs and benches lining the wall. Building served as the meeting place for the First Continental Congress in 1774. The Carpenter's Company, organized 1724, was formed to provide instruction in the science of architecture and financial assistance to members and members families in need., Title from faint manuscript note on verso., 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 Ms. Jane Carson James.
Interior of Cathedral of St. Peter & St. Paul.
View of church nave facing altar. Cathedral built between 1846 and 1864. Interior design by Napoleon LeBrun, exterior design executed by John Notman., Title from inscriptions on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Interior of church, Old Swedes'.
Interior view of the Episcopalian, former Lutheran, church known as Gloria Dei Church, built 1700-1703 by master builder John Harrison I at 929 South Water Street. Shows a pastor seated near the altar, galleries, pews, and a stained glass window surmounted by the phrase "Thou God Seest Me". All of these structures date to a major renovation in 1846., Title from publisher's series list printed on verso with 101 other numbered titles (No. 356-437)., Photographer's imprint printed 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., Robert Newell's son Henry entered the business in 1872 and the name changed to "R. Newell & Son".
Interior of Horticultural Hall, Phila.
Interior view of an exhibition or flower show in Horticultural Hall, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's headquarters on South Broad Street. Potted plants and flowers surround marble fountains and statues on tables erected around the room. In the center of the room stands a large shrub sculpted in a towering monument-like form. Samuel Sloan designed the hall in 1867., Photographer's label mounted on verso., Title from manuscript note on verso., Numbered 422 on verso., 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. 85., Arcadia caption text: Organized in 1827, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society began with 53 members, who according to their constitution hoped “to inspire a taste for one of the most rational and pleasing amusements of man.” In 1829 the Society held its first exhibition, beginning the tradition that continues today as the Philadelphia Flower Show. This c. 1875 view shows one of the Society’s exhibitions held in Horticultural Hall, the Society’s first permanent home erected in 1867 next to the Academy of Music on the west side of Broad Street below Locust Street., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Interior of Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.
Interior view showing the Assembly Room of the State House when used as an exhibit gallery. Shows framed portrait paintings of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, predominately from the Charles Wilson Peale collection; a framed commemorative print in honor of the Declaration of Independence; and the "Rising Sun" chair (used by George Washington as he presided over the Constitutional Convention) behind a desk on a platform. State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley., Title printed on mount., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including New York, NY; Portland, Oregon; London, Eng.; and Sydney, Aus., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed above image on mount: H69., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Independence Hall printed on verso., Gray 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.
Interior of St. Stephen's Church, Philadelphia.
Shows the pulpit of the Episcopal church built 1822-1823 after the designs of William Strickland at 19 South 10th Street. View includes stained glass windows., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Location from inscription on verso., 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.
Interior of St. Stephen's Church, Philadelphia. [graphic] / Langenheim.
Shows the pulpit of the Episcopal church built 1822-1823 after the designs of William Strickland at 19 South 10th Street. View includes stained glass windows., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Location from inscription on verso., 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.
Interior of St. Stephen's Church, Philadelphia.
Shows the pulpit of the Episcopal church built 1822-1823 after the designs of William Strickland at 19 South 10th Street. View includes stained glass windows., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Location from inscription on verso., 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.
[Interior of unidentified house]
Interior view looking toward bay window of unidentified dwelling, showing plants, garland, and a light fixture furnishing the room., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed 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., English photographer John A. Mather captured the boom of the oil industry in Titusville and nearby Pennsylvania regions from 1860 until his death in 1915.
Interior view Moody & Sankey's place of meeting, Philadelphia.
Interior view of makeshift church of religious revivalists Dwight Moody & Ira Sankey, formerly the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at 13th and Market Streets. Altered circa 1876 for Wanamaker's Grand Depot., Title printed on verso., Photographer's imprint on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats and furs displayed on hooks, racks, and counters; umbrellas hanging from light fixtures; mirrors, stools, and signs. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 57., Arcadia caption text: The Continental Hotel rented space on its first floor to tenants including Charles Oakford & Sons’ hat store. The richness of the hotel’s interior extended into its commercial space with Italian marble floors and 16 foot-high frescoed ceilings visible in this early 1860s photograph. Gentlemen entered through the hotel’s main lobby, while ladies used a separate entrance off Chestnut Street. Charles Oakford began manufacturing hats in Philadelphia in 1827 and by 1850 had expanded the business into the wholesale market, sending hats all over the country. Family members remained in the hat business into the 20th century., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats and furs displayed on hooks, racks, and counters; umbrellas hanging from light fixtures; mirrors, stools, and signs. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 57., Arcadia caption text: The Continental Hotel rented space on its first floor to tenants including Charles Oakford & Sons’ hat store. The richness of the hotel’s interior extended into its commercial space with Italian marble floors and 16 foot-high frescoed ceilings visible in this early 1860s photograph. Gentlemen entered through the hotel’s main lobby, while ladies used a separate entrance off Chestnut Street. Charles Oakford began manufacturing hats in Philadelphia in 1827 and by 1850 had expanded the business into the wholesale market, sending hats all over the country. Family members remained in the hat business into the 20th century., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Langenheim.
Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats and furs displayed on hooks, racks, and counters; umbrellas hanging from light fixtures; mirrors, stools, and signs. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 57., Arcadia caption text: The Continental Hotel rented space on its first floor to tenants including Charles Oakford & Sons’ hat store. The richness of the hotel’s interior extended into its commercial space with Italian marble floors and 16 foot-high frescoed ceilings visible in this early 1860s photograph. Gentlemen entered through the hotel’s main lobby, while ladies used a separate entrance off Chestnut Street. Charles Oakford began manufacturing hats in Philadelphia in 1827 and by 1850 had expanded the business into the wholesale market, sending hats all over the country. Family members remained in the hat business into the 20th century., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats displayed on racks, and counters; mirrors, stools, and signs. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to W. & F. Langenheim., Pale yellow paper 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.
[Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats displayed on racks, and counters; mirrors, stools, and signs. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to W. & F. Langenheim., Pale yellow paper 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.
[Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats displayed on racks, and counters; mirrors, stools, and signs. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to W. & F. Langenheim., Pale yellow paper 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.
[Interior view of factory showing industrial machinery patented by Samuel Harrison]
View includes a piece of machinery labeled in manuscript "Saml. Harrison, patent.", Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Photograph annotated with ink., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Interior view of McAllister & Brother's opticians' shop, 194 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Shows display cases, cabinets, a variety of stereviewers and other opitical instruments, stereographs, globes, and portraits . Sign at the back of the store advertises microscopes, spy glasses, opera glasses, magic lantern & dissolving views, spectacles, magnifying glasses, stereoscopes, globes, camera lucidas, and camera obsuras. Taken after the store moved to this location late in 1854, but before renumbering when the address was changed to 728 Chestnut., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title supplied by cataloger., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Interior view of McAllister & Brother's opticians' shop, 194 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Shows display cases, cabinets, a variety of stereviewers and other opitical instruments, stereographs, globes, and portraits . Sign at the back of the store advertises microscopes, spy glasses, opera glasses, magic lantern & dissolving views, spectacles, magnifying glasses, stereoscopes, globes, camera lucidas, and camera obsuras. Taken after the store moved to this location late in 1854, but before renumbering when the address was changed to 728 Chestnut., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title supplied by cataloger., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Interior view of McAllister & Brother's opticians' shop, 194 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Shows display cases, cabinets, a variety of stereviewers and other opitical instruments, stereographs, globes, and portraits . Sign at the back of the store advertises microscopes, spy glasses, opera glasses, magic lantern & dissolving views, spectacles, magnifying glasses, stereoscopes, globes, camera lucidas, and camera obsuras. Taken after the store moved to this location late in 1854, but before renumbering when the address was changed to 728 Chestnut., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title supplied by cataloger., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Interior view of unidentified hall with plants, sculptures, and chandeliers]
Interior view shows large plants, sculptures and chandeliers adorning the perimeter of a large room in a hall. Large columns extend from the floor to the ceiling in between tall rectangular windows., Title supplied by cataloger., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Photographer's imprint printed on recto., 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 Ms. Jane Carson James.
Interior views of Franklin Institute Exhibition, 1874.
Interior views of 1874 Exhibition of American Manufactures at the Franklin Institute (13-17 South Seventh Street), showing displays by Edwin Harrington & Son, manufacturer of machinist tools; F. Gossin, terra cotta; Harrison Bros., white lead; and Cornelius & Sons, gas fixtures. Images depict machinery; terra cotta vases, pedestals, statues, and urns; containers of lead; and gas fixtures and lamps. The Exhibition was held in the John Haviland-designed building on South Seventh Street., Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia., Attributed to Robert Newell., Titles written in manuscript notes on mounts., Pink mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
[Interior views of the McAllister Residence, 14 North Merrick Street, West Penn Square, Philadelphia]
Interior views of John McAllister Jr.'s residence on West Penn Square showing bedrooms, parlors, the main staircase, and the furniture and artwork decorating the rooms and walls, including a fireplace and mantle, piano, paintings, tables, chairs, mirrors, beds, and wash basins. Several views include John McAllister, Jr., with an unidentified man in one view, sitting in chairs in a parlor., Title supplied by cataloger., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., One item [P.9389.2] 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. 26., Arcadia caption text: ... This house, built around 1835 on North Merrick Street, was one of a growing number of large double townhouses that lined Penn Square by the end of the 1830s. ... The image below provides a partial view of two of the bedrooms., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Interior views of the New Masonic Temple, Phila.
Series of titled interior views of the New Masonic Temple in Philadelphia include, "Norman Room, west," "Norman Room, east," "Ionic Room, east," "Lobby to the Grand Chamber," "Grand Chamber Room, east," "Lobby to Grand Lodge," "Grand Lodge Room, south," "Egyptian Room, west," "Grand Lodge Room, west," and "Library". Views depict the furniture and architectural details of various rooms within the temple, including rows of benches, high-backed chairs, large chandeliers, ornate carpet, desks, and bookshelves. Designed by James H. Windrim, Philadelphia's Masonic Hall, located at Broad and Filbert Streets, was dedicated in 1873, but many of the interior rooms were not completed until decades later., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Distributor's imprint printed on mounts and on versos., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Masonic Temple entitled, "Masonic Temple, Philadelphia" printed on all versos, except for one [P.9644.8]. Text surrounded by 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., Frederick Gutekunst's photographs documenting Masonic Hall were used to illustrate Dedication Memorial of the New Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, September 26th, 29th, 30th, 1873. (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1875).
Interior views of unidentified churches, including an Episcopal and Moravian church.
Views include altars, pews, clergy, stained glass windows, and arched ceilings., Label accompanying (8)1322.F: With the compliments of Maurice C. Jones June 29, 1868., Manuscript note on verso of 1322.F.152c: Interior of Dr. Chapin's Church., Publisher's blind stamp on mount of 1322.F.152c: The London Stereoscopic Compy., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Contains five stereographic prints mounted on yellow mounts with square corners and three one-half stereographic prints, Jones was a Moravian historian and resident of Bethlehem, Pa., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
International Live Stock Exhibition, Philad'a, 1876.
Series of views depicting thoroughbred horses at the International Live Stock Exhibition on the Centennial grounds in 1876 include, "Graphic," owned by W.T. Cook of Foxborough, Massachusetts, "Bismark," owned by F.G. Wolbert of Jersey City, New Jersey, and two thoroughbred stallions from Canada. Also shows a view of the "Herefords" shed and three herefords (a type of cattle bred for market) on view during the livestock display at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia. The cattle display was held under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture from September 21st until October 4th. An African American man holds the bridle of one of the steer on display before the shed., Title printed on mounts., Publisher's imprint printed on mounts., Printed labels and manuscript notes on versos of four stereographs [P.9915.3-6] provide names of owners, horses, and statistics. Owners and horses illegible on two because of damage to labels., Yellow mounts 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., Four of the images gift of Helen Beitler, 2001 [P.9915.3-6], One of the images gift of Robert M. Vogel, 1984 [P.9047.66]
International live stock exhibition, Philad'a., 1876
View of the "Herefords" shed and three herefords (a type of cattle bred for market) on view during the livestock display at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia. The cattle display was held under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture from September 21st until October 4th. A number of men stand around the shed and near the cattle and look at the viewer. An African American man holds the bridle of one of the steer on display before the shed., Title printed on mount., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1876 by E.F. Hovey, publisher, 1113 Chestnut St. Phila., Gift of Robert M. Vogel, 1984 [P.9047.66]., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
International Regatta, Philadelphia, 1876.
Views depict men in racing shells on the Schuylkill River during the International Regatta in August or September of 1876 during the Centennial celebration. Includes C.E. Courtney from Union Springs, New York; R.H. Labat, F.S. Gulston, A. Trower, and J. Howell (Stroke) from the London Rowing Club; T.J. Gorman (Stroke), R.T. Gorman, J.H. McEntee, and J.T. McCormick of the Beaverwyck Crew; and four men from the Thames Rowing Club. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art from May 10 to October 10, 1876., Title printed on mounts., Manuscript note on verso of item P.9169.9: Courtney, Manuscript note on verso of item P.9169.10: London, Illegible manuscript note on verso of item P.9169.11: Biana[?], Manuscript note on verso of P.9169.12: Thames, Photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Intersection of Eleventh and Market streets, north side, Philadelphia]
View showing the 1000-1100 blocks of Market street near North Eleventh Street. Businesses include Bull's Head Hotel (1025 Market); V.E. Archambault, dry goods and carpets (N.E. cor. Eleventh and Market); a tin manufactory and John H. Parker, grocer (1101 Market); and J. Barr's bookstore (1105 Market). Awnings adorn all of the storefronts. Street traffic includes horse-drawn omnibuses, carts, and a conestoga wagon., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
I.P. Morris & Co. Works, Port Richmond, Philada.
View showing the iron works complex of the heavy machinery manufactory established by Levis, Joseph, and Isaac Paschall Morris in 1828. In 1846 the company expanded and relocated to the site in Port Richmond along the Delaware River. Complex included a foundry, a machinery shop, a smithery, and a boiler shop., Title from manuscript note on verso., Buff mount with square corners., Reproduced in Sarah J. Weatherwax's "'A frightful explosion': Frederic Graff, Jr. photographs the I.P. Morris & Co. disaster," Stereo World 27 (January/February 2001), p.16., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Graff, was an amateur Philadelphia photographer, engineer, and superintendent of the Fairmount Waterworks. In the 1850s, I.P. Morris & Co. constructed a pumping engine for the waterworks after Graff's designs.
[I.P. Morris & Co. Works, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, after boiler explosion of October 19, 1861]
View showing the ruins of the iron works complex of the heavy machinery manufactory established by Levis, Joseph, and Isaac Paschall Morris in 1828. In 1846 the company expanded and relocated to the site along the Delaware River. A man stands amongst the wreckage of the boiler shop. The explosion was purportedly caused by the spraying of cold water on the furnace., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff mount with square corners., Reproduced in Sarah J. Weatherwax's "'A frightful explosion': Frederic Graff, Jr. photographs the I.P. Morris & Co. disaster," Stereo World 27 (January/February 2001), p. 17., Explosion described in Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin, October 21, 1861. (LCP 3-B-4,5)., Duplicate of (8)1322.F.43a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Graff, was an amateur Philadelphia photographer, engineer, and superintendent of the Fairmount Waterworks. In the 1850s, I.P. Morris & Co. constructed a pumping engine for the waterworks after Graff's designs.
Iron spring fountain.
Elevated, hillside view showing the canopy or gazebo housing the iron fountain, installed in 1871, on the Lemon Hill estate in East Fairmount Park. Also shows a man sitting a bench on the side of a path adjacent to the fountain., Title printed on verso in publisher's series list with fifty-five other titles (No. 1-56)., Publisher's imprint printed in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
"Is that tooth mine?"
Comic genre scene showing a man seated in a dentist's chair. A boy has just relaxed the scarf he positioned around the patient's neck, which was used to restrain the patient while his tooth was being pulled. The dentist, attired in a silk robe and pileus, shows the patient the extracted tooth. A sign reading, "S.B. Smith, dentist," hangs on the wall., Title printed on mount below image., Distributor supplied by cataloger., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See complementary stereograph "Extracting Teeth" [stereo - unid. - Genre (P.2009.13.3)]., Gift of William Helfand., Sears Roebuck & Company issued the Metropolitan Series from 1905-1920.
Is yo' sho' lady when I wears dese stockings I won' fin' ma laigs all black.
Racist caricature reminiscent of the plate "Have you any flesh coloured silk stockings...?" from E.W. Clay's racist satiric series, Life in Philadelphia, originally published in the late 1820s and early 1830s. Depicts an African American man dressed as a woman attired in a brimmed hat, a long-sleeved dress tied with a bow at the back, a fur shawl, shoes, and with a closed umbrella and a basket at her feet. She sits in front of the counter of a dry goods store and inquires in the vernacular about a pair of dark stockings which she holds. A young white woman sales clerk smiles with her elbows on the counter and displays to the customer a second pair of dark-colored stockings. Bolts of fabric rest on shelves behind the clerk, and socks and hosiery hang above. A white woman customer shops at the other end of the counter, in the right., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood., Printed on mount: Works and Studios. Arlington, N.J. Westwood, N.J. Washington, D.C., Sun sculpture trademark printed on mount., Title printed on verso in six different languages, including French, German, and Spanish., Grey mount with rounded corners., See Life in Philadelphia. "Have you any flesh coloured silk stockings...?" [LCP Life in Philadelphia (Philadelphia) P.9701.9], Purchase 2002., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
"Its fleecy whiteness tinged with emerald green," Nevada Fall, Yosemite Valley, Ca., U.S.A.
Landscape view showing the steep misty waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite Valley, Ca. surrounded by smooth rock and trees., Copyrighted by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing description of Yosemite Valley printed on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.

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