Collection featuring 285 of the lithographs described by Nicholas B. Wainwright in his book Philadelphia in the Romantic Age of Lithography: An illustrated history of early lithography in Philadelphia with a descriptive list of Philadelphia scenes made by Philadelphia lithographers before 1866 (Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1958).

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[Garden & Brown, silk & fur hat manufactory, 196 Market Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / On stone by W. H. Rease, 17 So. 5th. St.
Location: 196 Market Street (pre-consolidation)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
General view of Laurel Hill Cemetery. [graphic].
Location: between Ridge Road and the Schuylkill four miles from Philadelphia., Frontispiece to Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: For sale at the cemetery, and by the treasurer, 1847)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.7 and in Am 1847 Phi Lau 10497.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
General view of Laurel Hill Cemetery. [graphic] / J. Notman Archt. et del. ; On stone by Pinkerton.
Location: between Ridge Road and the Schuylkill four miles from Philadelphia., Frontispiece to Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia (Philadelphia: For sale at the cemetery, and by the treasurer, etc.; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.6 and in *Am 1844 Phi Lau 11129.O., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Geo. W. Ridgway, successor to Saml. P. Griffitts, Jr. Drugs [and] chemicals, N.W. corner of 9th and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Location: Northwest corner of Ninth and Chestnut Streets., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
[George Mecke cabinet maker and upholsterer, No 355, North 2nd St. nearly opposite Tammany St. Philadelphia.] [graphic].
LCP copy lacking title and attributions., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 M487.
George W. Watson coach & harness maker. Factory 13th & Parrish Sts. Old stand No. 9 Sth. Sixth. [graphic] / Executed on stone by W. H. Rease, No. 17, So. 5th. St.
Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Girard College [graphic]
Issued as one of two annual "pictorial illustrations" for the Philadelphia Saturday Courier., LCP copy lacking title, imprint, and vignette., View of Founder's Hall at Girard College constructed 1833-1847 from designs by Philadelphia architect Thomas U. Walters. The Hall occupied a site between what became Girard Avenue and Ridge Avenue at Corinthian Avenue. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans.
The Girard College [graphic] / Lith of J.T. Bowen, Ph[iladelphi]a.
Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen in 1840., Originally issued as plate 5 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Snyder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75., Exterior view of Girard College at Girard Avenue including Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings. The school buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revial style, were constructed 1833-1847. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans.
Girard college. Main building. Now erecting near Philadelphia under the superintendence of T.U. Walter Esq. [graphic] / Designd. by T.U. Walter. Archit. ; Geo. Lehman, del.
View of Founder's Hall, Girard College based on designs by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter, issued separately as a souvenir of the building while it was still under construction. Constructed 1833-1847, the hall occupied a site between what became Girard Avenue and Ridge Avenues at Corinthian Avenue. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans.
The gold & silver artificers of Phila. In civic procession 22 Feb 1832. [graphic] / M.E.D. Brown's Lith. No. 5 Library St.
Location: Second Bank, Chestnut Street, Fourth to Fifth., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Goodyears Rubber-Packing & Belting Company. Warehouse 104 Chestnut St. Philada. Factory Newtown, Connecticut. Belting, packing, hose, clothing, druggist-articles, etc. [graphic].
Location: 102-104, later 306-308 Chestnut Street., Imprint from duplicate printed in colors., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Goodyears Rubber-Packing & Belting Company. Warehouse 104 Chestnut St. Philada. Factory Newtown, Connecticut. Belting, packing, hose, clothing, druggist-articles, etc. [graphic] / E. Luders lith.
Location: 102-104, later 306-308 Chestnut Street., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Grand lodge room of the new Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street Philadelphia. To the R. W. Grand Master, Grand Officers, and Members of the Grand Lodge of Penna, and the Order in general this print is respectfully dedicated by L. N. Rosenthal. [graphic] / On st
Location: 713-721 Chestnut Street, interior, second floor., LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #78., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: BC 05 S634.
Grigg Block, North Fourth Street, Philadelphia. [graphic] / W.H. Rease, No. 17 1/2 South Fifth Street.
Contains advertisements for six of the depicted businesses below the image., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Dec. 1848., View of the active business block containing and named after Grigg, Elliot, & Co., the largest and most prosperous publishing firm in the city that was founded by John Grigg in 1823 and purchased by J. B. Lippincott in 1849. Shows the block of buildings (10-20 North Fourth Street) covered in signage and including Barcroft, Beaver & Co., dry good dealers and S. M. Day, wholesale combs, brush and fancy goods trimmings (10); Goff & Peterson, importers and manufacturers of saddlery, carriage, and harness trimmings (12); Grigg, Elliot & Co. (14); C. H. & Geo. Abbott, dealers and importers of hardware and cutlery and C. Ahrenfeldt & Co., importers of toys & fancy goods (16); C. B. Lassell & Co., hats and caps and Charles Wingate, dealer in shoes, boots, and palm leaf hats (18); and Edwin & John Tams, importers and dealers of china, earthernware, and glass (20). Patrons exit and enter the various storefronts; delivery men, including an African American man, haul, load, and remove goods from horse-drawn and push carts; laborers load goods into shop storage cellars and use a pulley to raise a large cask; store clerks inspect and open newly arrived packages on the sidewalk; a horse-drawn dust settling machine passes in the street; and artisans and merchandise are visible in several of the shops' upper floor windows. Partial views of the adjacent buildings and a nearby alley with a laborer and push cart are also visible.
H. B. McCalla, successor to the late Andrew McCalla, No. 252 Market St. First hat & cap store below 8th St. south side, Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by R. F. Reynolds No. 30, So. 5th. St. below Walnut 4th. story.
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H. P. & W. C. Taylor perfumers [graphic] / W. Dreser, delt. & lith.
Location: Delaware River above the Navy Yard., LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #71., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
H. S. Tarr's marble yard, no. 274 Green St. above Seventh Philadelphia Pa. [graphic] / Lith. by W. H. Rease N. E. cor. 4th & Chesnut.
LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #83., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Harrison Brothers' white lead works & chemical laboratory, Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by W. H. Rease, 17, So. 5th. St.
Location: Fitler and Harrison Streets., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Hart, Montgomery & Co. Successors to Isaac Pugh & Co. Manufacturers and importers of paper hangings, No. 118 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Manufactory N.E. Cor. Schuyl[kill] Front & Wood Streets [graphic] / On Stone by W.H. Rease, 17 So. 5th St.
Exterior view of the manufactory operated from 1849 until 1860 by William Hart and A.J. Montgomery at Schuylkill Front (i.e., Twenty-second) and Wood Streets depicted within a lithographed tromp l'oeil wood frame. A horse-drawn cart stands idle by a side entrance of the multi-storied factory and four goats roam a nearby yard. Smaller factory buildings are visible to the right. Horse-drawn delivery carts, one steered by an African American man, travel pass each other on the adjacent street. Pedestrians and laborers walk the sidewalks and converse near a street lamp. Eastern State Penitentiary is visible in the background. During the mid-nineteenth century, Philadelphia was the premier American city of fine wallpaper production., Title from item., Date of publication supplied by Wainwright., Accessioned 1982., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 344, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Rease, a prominent mid-19th century Philadelphia trade card lithographer known to highlight details of human interest in his advertisements, partnered with Francis H. Schell in the 1850s and eventually operated his own press until around 1872.
[Hartley & Knight's bedding warehouse, 148 South Second Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Location: 148 South Second Street (pre-consolidation)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Henry Beagle, blacksmith and hame manufacturer, corner of Magnolia & Willow Sts. between Fifth & Sixth Sts. Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by W. H. Rease, 17 So. 5th. St.lwisn
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Henry Simons. Wagon & U.S. national coach works. Philadelphia [graphic] / W.H. Rease N.E. cor 4th. & Chestnut Sts.
Date of publication supplied by Wainwright., Select link below for a digital image., Lower left corner missing., Advertisement with ornate border containing a series of vignettes displaying several types of wagons, coaches, and carts produced by the manufactory. Vignettes are captioned with details of the products uses and surround a central view of the exterior of the busy "Simons, Coleman & Co. National Wagon Works" factory and office at No. 1109 North Front Street. Vignettes depict: African American plantation workers transporting sugar cane to a barge by a "cane cart"; laborers and settlers hauling materials out West by "road wagon" and "catamaran"; an ambush of U.S. Army soldiers, baggage wagon, and ambulance by Native Americans; and a busy Philadelphia port scene with a disinterested constable overseeing the wharf congested with carts and wagons as docked Henry Simons's factory ships ready for departure. Also contains an allegorical scene with a Northern factory worker and his Southern patron extending each other their hands before the shadowy figure of a factory agent; a large American eagle clutching the American flag; promotional text; and a listing of the factory's several business locations and names of agents. The city's high quality blacksmithship and large local lumber supply made Philadelphia the primary national and international manufacturer of wagons immediately following the Civil War.
Horizontorium. [graphic] / From the original drawing by Wm. Mason in the possession of Charles N. Bancker Esqr.; Drawn on stone by J.J. Barker.
Location: [Philadelphia Bank, SW cor. Chestnut & Fourth Sts.], LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #47., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc19 H811.
Hoskins, Hieskell & Co. Importers & jobbers of fancy and staple dry goods. No. 213 Market & 34 Commerce St. Philada. [graphic] / On stone by Inger & Haugg.
Location: [513 Market Street], Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
In commemoration of the great parade of the Philadelphia Fire Department October 16th 1865 [graphic] : Dedicated to the Philadelphia firemen and their visiting brethren / on stone by Jas. Queen; designd. by Schell; P.S. Duval & Son lith. Philada.
Copyrighted by Barclay & Co., Commemorative print containing a portrait of Chief Engineer David M. Lyle; three vignettes including a view of the Citizens Volunteer Hospital, a horse drawn steam engine, and fire fighters battling a blaze; and a list of fire companies who participated in the parade.
Independence Square recruiting camps. [graphic]. James Queen del.
Printed on recto: Childrens Central Clothing Emporium. M. Shoemaker No. 2 North Eighth Street Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Trade card depicting well-dressed children on the central promenade of Independence Square when used as Camp Independence, Civil War recruitment camp, in September and October 1862. Tents manned by soldiers line the promenade and the children who carry drums, flags, and a hoop, walk between a group of men and a mother and son. Mary Shoemaker operated from 2 North Eighth Street circa 1862-circa 1864.
Indian Queen Hotel. [graphic].
Manuscript note on verso: No. 15 So. Fourth Street., Print trimmed and lacking caption., Poulson inscription on recto: 1831, no. 15 So. Fourth Street., Advertisement depicting the three-and-a-half story hotel at 15 South Fourth Street operated, as indicated by a placard above the door, by Horatio Wade. Wade remained proprietor from 1831 until 1833. Elegantly dressed guests enter the building, converse on the sidewalk, and rest and read inside near the first floor windows. On the sidewalk, well-dressed pedestrians stroll and an African American hotel porter pushes a wheelbarrow of luggage. The Indian Queen Hotel established in 1771, the building altered several times until razed in 1851, was until the mid 19th century incorrectly identified as the site of Thomas Jefferson's writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Interior view of Independence Hall, Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone Max Rosenthal.
Location: Chestnut Street, Fifth to Sixth., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc47 R815.
Interior view of the new church of St. Joseph Philada. (Founded 1733 - Enlarged 1821 - Rebuilt 1838 - Consecrated 1839.) Erected on the site of the old Church of St. Joseph, the first R. C. Church erected in the State of Pennsylvania. [graphic] / painted
Location: Willing 's Alley between Third and Fourth Streets., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
[J. & J. Reakirt, wholesale druggists and importers of drugs, chemicals, paints, dye-stuffs, &c. &c. S.E. cor. of Third & Callowhill Sts., Philada.] [graphic] / M. S. Weaver, del.
LCP copy trimmed, lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb38 R288.
[J. C. Jenkins & Co. grocery and tea store, S.W. corner of Chestnut and 12th Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Desnd. & drawn by Ellwood D. Long.
Location: Chestnut and Twelfth Sts., southwest cor., LCP copy lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
J. H. Michener & Cos. curing, packing & smoking establishment S.W. corner of Front and Willow Sts. Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by W. H. Rease, 17 So. 5th. St.
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[J. Hartman's biscuit bakery, No. 90 Penn Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Executed on stone by W. H. Rease, No. 17 1/2 S. 5th. St.
Location: 90 S. Wharves, later at 412 S. Delaware Avenue., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
[J. Mayland, Jr. & Co. tobacco & snuff manufactory. Segars, foreign & domestic. Wholesale grocers, N.W. corner of Third and Race Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Location: Third and Race Sts., northwest corner., LCP copy lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
[J. Willis, shoe manufactory, 241 Arch Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Location: 241 Arch Street (pre-consolidation)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
[Jacob Emerick importer and wholesaler, dealer in china, glass & Queensware, No. 215 North Third Street. Philada. 4 doors below Callowhill St. east side. Packing warranted.] [graphic] / M.S.W.
LCP copy lacking title. Illustrated in Wainwright page 155., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb38 E53.
[James Lane's stove store, No. 218 North Third Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Drawn on stone by W. H. Rease, 17, Sth. 5th St. Phil.
Location: 218 North Third Street., LCP copy lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
[James S. Mason & Co. ,108 North Front Street, challenge blacking, ink &c. manufactory] [graphic] / J. Queen, del.
Location: 108 North Front Street, later 138-140 North Front St., Title from accompanying manuscript note., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
John Baird, steam marble works, Ridge Road above Spring Garden St. Philadelphia. [graphic]
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Exterior view showing the Ridge Road entrance to the works and the central courtyard. Adjoining yard contains a variety of fountains, vases, and statues. Gravestones are displayed at the doorway and on the balcony. Signage reads: Spring Garden steam marble works; Spring Garden marble mantle works; John Baird monuments; and garden statuary, vases, ornamental sculpture, &c. Includes workers moving large slabs of marble, several pedestrians, a couple on horseback, and two dogs.
John Bancroft, Jr. soap and candle manufactory. No. 19, Wood St. betw. 2nd & 3rd Sts. & Vine and Callowhill Sts. Philadelphia. [graphic] / Drawn on stone by G. Heiss.
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