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[Factory building, Manayunk] [graphic].
Depicts four large stone buildings along a street on a hillside. Telephone poles and wires line the street., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[First Unitarian Church, 2121-2125 Chestnut Street, at northwest corner Van Pelt Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Depicts part of facade and side of church which was built 1885-1886 and designed by Furness, Evans & Co. Automobile parked in street., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut Street at northwest corner Van Pelt Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Depicts entrance to First Unitarian Church, which was built 1885-1886 and designed by Furness, Evans & Co., architects., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Not an entrance to an old world mortuary. Doorway of Unitarian Church, Van Pelt and Chestnut Sts. Gilpin the architect probibily [sic] endeavored to evolve something unsightly. He succeeded. Early medieval., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Similar view to P.8513.227a., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania, 34th and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Depicts Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library of the University of Pennsylvania--an ivy-covered circular building and tower--near 34th and Walnut. Building was designed by architect Frank Furness of the firm Furness, Evans & Co. and built from 1888 to 1891. It is also known by the names University Library and Museum, Furness Building, and Furness Library., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Frame houses and an odd skyline at Thompson St. and Susquehanna Ave. -- Kensington, Phila. [graphic].
Depicts wood row houses., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry,edited.
[Frame houses next to Manayunk canal, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Depicts row houses built immediately next to canal. Shrubs grow around canal's stone wall and first floor of houses., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Scene along the canal at Manyunk [sic]. (Holland). (Blockout radio)., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[Frame rowhouses, East Thompson and East Columbia Streets, Fishtown, Philadelphia.] [graphic].
Depicts a block of dilapidated row houses. Nearest house advertises oysters and clams. Trolly tracks run in street; trees grow along sidewalk., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: An entire row of old frame houses in Fishtown, Phila. Thompson and _______ Sts. These houses were recently torn down (1923) to make way for a playground., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Frankford Creek at Frankford Ave., looking east [graphic].
Depicts bend in creek with industrial buildings lining banks and bridge crossing creek in the distance., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St George, formerly St. Andrews Church, 250-256 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Depicts church facade, including six-columned portico and pediment. Building was built from 1822 to 1823 and designed by architect John Haviland., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: 8 ab Spruce. Said to be the most excellent example of Greek architecture in Phila., Now a Greek church, formerly an Episcopal Church [St Andrews]., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[Group of children, Southwark, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Depicts group of boys and girls in coats and hats posed in front of a wall., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: A group from one of the melting pot sections of Phila., Southwark. Note: the two little boys on the left, the questioning seriousness of one and the amused assurance of the other. (Tell about sledding down an ash pile without snow, ice or cold weather and about tin-can-decorated trees and electric wires.), Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[Group of unidentified children outside of storefront] [graphic].
Depicts a boy holding the handles to a wagon in which a baby sits. A third child sits, looking directly at the camera. In the background are two girls and a boy looking at the baby in the wagon, and a woman shielding her eyes from the sun. Numerous cans of Chipso, the first laundry soap designed for use in washing machines, are stacked in store window behind the group., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Frederic M. Miller, Morris J. Vogel, and Allen F. Davis' Still Philadelphia: A Photographic History, 1890-1940 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983), p. 164.
A group of young hill climbers of Manyunk [sic] with a background of overlapping roofs, to say nothing of a weekly wash. [graphic].
Depicts seven children standing in the snow in front of a wooden fence. Background of image includes the backs of houses built on a hill, backyards separated by fences, and wash hanging on clotheslines., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[Headhouse Square and market, Second and Pine Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].
View of of the "Headhouse" of market from north side of Pine Street. The fire-engine house (i.e., headhouse), designed with a cupola and alarm bell, was added around 1804 with the extension of the market sheds to South Street. The market was razed in 1956 and rebuilt between 1959 and 1963., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Old Second St. Market House. 2" and Pine Streets. (get data about this.), Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Holy Trinity Church at sunset (winter) [graphic].
Depicts silhouette of church and nearby trees against winter sky. Designed by architect John Notman, the church was built from 1856 to 1859., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Duplicate: P.8513.29: same neg., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
House 18[th] and Spruce Sts [graphic].
Exterior view showing the residence of Philadelphia cotton merchant George McFadden and former residence of Mrs. Lavinia Thomson (widow of PRR Chief Engineer J. Edgar Thomson) at the northeast corner of Eighteenth and Spruce streets. A peddler with his pushcart stands in front of the house., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Graceful, homelike and cheerful. Reminiscent of a southern style. (make another in the late spring)., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
House 6th and Wharton Sts. [graphic].
Depicts facade and side wall of dilapidated frame house., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Soon due for a fall. Note bridge in side wall. About 90 years old. (Tell about man and woman in first floor window.), Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[House and court on Fourth Street above Arch Street, Philadelphia.] [graphic].
Nighttime view of three-story brick house and adjacent courtyard., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: The atmosphere of Soho or Whitechapel, London. As one of our friends said "A good place for a murder." It is a night picture of a house and court on 4" ab. Arch St. (Note reflection of St. lamp on walls up the court. The party residing in the house has been living there 60 years. Rent of houses in court - [$]9.00 per mo. (Tell about Pud's Poolroom across the street)., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[House at Pine Street between 21st and 22nd streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].
View showing the residence at 2103 Pine Street near Rittenhouse Square., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: House. Pine St. bet. 21" and 22" Sts. Note: Canopy form of cornish makes building seem top heavy. Little balcony with bay window. Probably an adaption [sic] of some Italian style. Florentine. Venetian., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
[Industrial buildings lining canal in Manayunk, Philadelphia during winter] [graphic].
Depicts buildings lining canal in Manayunk from opposite side of canal. Includes bridges crossing the canal., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Canal scene in winter - Manayunk, Phila. Along this canal are located the largest mills and factories of Manayunk, the output of which represents several hundred thousand dollars a year. Akin to a scene in Holland., Duplicate: P8513.18: same neg., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Frederic M. Miller, Morris J. Vogel, and Allen F. Davis' Still Philadelphia: A Photographic History, 1890-1940 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983), p. 68.
[Industrial buildings lining canal in Manayunk, Philadelphia, during winter] [graphic].
Depicts buildings lining canal in Manayunk from opposite side of canal. Includes bridges crossing the canal., Photographer's manuscript note on duplicate: Canal scene in winter - Manayunk, Phila. Along this canal are located the largest mills and factories of Manayunk, the output of which represents several hundred thousand dollars a year. Akin to a scene in Holland., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.214: same neg., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Frederic M. Miller, Morris J. Vogel, and Allen F. Davis' Still Philadelphia: A Photographic History, 1890-1940 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983), p. 68.
[Jewish man standing and Irish woman seated on a staircase, between Water and Front Streets, north of Market Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Depicts a Jewish man standing and an Irish woman seated on a staircase between Water and Front Streets, north of Market Street, Philadelphia. A sign reading " 'The Headless Wonder' Made without 'Heads'. No useless Expense. All Quality. Flexo Giants Cigars. 10 for 30 cents" is pasted to the brick wall next to the people., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Not in Florence, Genoa or Naples. An outside stairway between Water and Front Sts., No., of Market St., Phila. The characters are not Italians. The man is a Jew and the young woman is Irish., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.11: same neg., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Frederic M. Miller, Morris J. Vogel, and Allen F. Davis' Still Philadelphia: A Photographic History, 1890-1940 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983), p. 162.
[John C. Bell and other residences, 22nd and Locust Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].
View of facades of seven houses along Locust Street, and the first house on 22nd Street, which belonged to John C. Bell, district attorney of Philadelphia. This residence was built in 1905 after designs by architect Horace Trumbauer., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Location: 22nd and Locust St. One of the most artistic and interesting rows of houses in Phila. Note: no two houses are the same in style. There is represented colonial, modern colonial, English, and a mixture of colonial and French architecture., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
John Callahan et-al at 23rd and South Sts. [graphic].
Depicts John M. Callahan seated outdoors next to two signs advertising his candidacy for U.S. Senator. In the foreground are several varieties of stoves, a pump, and a teapot., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: John's business is Second Hand Furnishings, his hobbies are matrimony and Politics. Having been married 3 times, marriage has pulled upon him and politics now makes a tremendous appeal to his imagination as a patriot and citizen. He has run for president of the U.S., U.S. senator, U.S. congressman, mayor, councilman, magistrate and assessor of Phila. He has the distinction of never having been elected for any office for which he ran. (see biographical leaflet)., With printed biography., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.8: same neg., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[Josef Yazbek, Syrian Catholic Bishop] [graphic].
Depicts full-length portrait of Josef Yazbek., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso of duplicate., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Guess the nationality of this man. He is the verry [sic] Rev. Josef Yazbek, Syrian Catholic Bishop of the U.S. - and not a Jewish Rabbi. An intensly [sic] interesting man, a tempermental [sic] man, an abrupt man and one who is exceptionally well informed [sic]. (Relate a few incidents.), Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[Keneseth Israel Temple, 1717 North Broad Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
View shows facade of synagogue with two automobiles parked outside., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Not Cario [sic]. Venetian Campanile. E side Broad ab Columbia Ave., Similar view to P.8513.226., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[Keneseth Israel Temple, 1717 North Broad Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
View of facade of synagogue with automobiles parked outside and people walking past., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: It could be mistaken for Bagdad [sic] or Cairo, but it is the Jewish Synagogue at Broad and Columbia Ave. (Get name of this Synagogue, name of Rabbi, heighth of tower, dome, seating capacity)., Similar view to P.8513.128., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[Landscape in winter west of Frankford Elevated terminal at 69th and Market Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].
View of ice and snow-covered trees., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: West of 69" St terminal of El. The houses of the city can be seen east of this point., Similar view to P.8513.59., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[Landscape with dirt path] [graphic].
View of dirt path bordered by trees., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[Landscape with trees at dusk] [graphic].
View of trees silhouetted against cloudy sky., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.4: same neg., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Lantern Lane [graphic].
Depicts small court between row houses. Each house has a lantern hanging on the wall next to front door. Lanterns also rest atop brick gateposts at court entrance. Taller buildings visible in background., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Ludlow St bet 18" and 19" Sts. An acquaintance of ours suggests that an apparently good way to make money is to buy a row of houses for $10,000 with a $9500 mortgague [sic] and $500 cash. Then paint the shutters alternately green and red, the doors pink and yellow, after which sell the properties at $10,000 each. Dutch., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Ladners Point [graphic].
Depicts numerous large tubes lying in a grassy yard. Behind these rise four smokestacks and various industrial buildings. Smoke billows out of one building., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Ladner's [sic] Point - Pumping station above Arsnel [sic] [Arsenal], Frankford, Phila on Delaware River. (Find out capacity in gals per 24 hrs)., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
A little court off Front St. no. of Arch St. [graphic].
Depicts two brick homes, with two children posed in front of each building., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: These houses in the picture, likewise all those in court are considerably over 125 years. At the upper end of this court there is an alley. In this alley there is a three story, Flemish bond front, house. In this house Benj Franklin resided. So he passed the buildings herewith photographed, in going to - or coming from his home, since there never was any other way of gaining entrance to his home than by passing up this alley. Houses rent from $6 to $9 per mo. (Tell about woman and the Dardenells story. Judicate the pride of residentials (Americans) of this section in the houses of the neighborhood. Proud of the long periods they have resided there., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
A little rural scene in Frankford [graphic].
Exterior view showing a quaint area of the Frankford section of Philadelphia including Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church on the 1600 block of Oxford Avenue (that is Kinsey Street). In the right, is a two-story, colonial-style home with shuttered windows situated behind a fence. In the left is the African American church, founded in 1804, with its door open. Several trees line the property. A fire hydrant is visible in the left foreground., Title from descriptive manuscript note by photographer on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: One block away the Frankford El rumbles past - the trolleys clang, and general traffic rolls along., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Logan Square, Park Boulevard, Philadelphia [graphic].
Scene depicting two African American women walking past the Swann Memorial Fountain at Logan Square in Philadelphia before the installation of Alexander Stirling Calder's sculpted naiad figures in 1924. In the foreground, two women walk side-by-side on the sidewalk in front of the active fountain. Walking on the inside, the woman is attired in a black dress, stockings, and shoes, and the woman walking on the outside closer to the viewer is attired in a patterned dress, black stockings, and shoes., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from content., Duplicate print of P.8513.9., Gift of Mrs. Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
[Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, 21st and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].
View of church spire from another rooftop. Architect Isaac Pursell designed the building, which was built circa 1889 and is also known as Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, and Reformed Protestant Episcopal Church., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Lutheran Church spire. Van Pelt and Chestnut Sts. Taken from roof on 22 St. no of Walnut. (Try another of this spire - from street)., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Magnolia tree Rittenhouse Sq. Summer. [graphic].
View of the full tree. Buildings surrounding Rittenhouse Square are visible in background., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., One of four Wilson images depicting the Rittenhouse magnolia tree in each of the four seasons., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Magnolias from our little tree in Rittenhouse Sq. [graphic].
Close-up view of flowers on magnolia tree in Rittenhouse Square., Similar views: P.8513.159, P.8513.148, P.8513.146, P.8513.130., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Manayunk: in the summer [graphic].
Depicts railroad tracks, stone wall bordering tracks, and stone steps leading to tracks in foreground. Houses built on hills of Manayunk appear in the background., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: The Readnig [sic] [Reading] R.R. tracks run along this street, which is the first street north of Main St., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[Manayunk, Philadelphia, in winter] [graphic].
Winter scene depicting buildings next to the Schuylkill River in the foreground. The hills of Manayunk and the houses built on them rise in the background., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Many people in Manayunk live on a bluff. The Schuylkill river is in the foreground., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
[McKinley's Court, west from 516 North Second Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Depicts a short courtyard bordered on three sides by houses. Washtubs hang on house facades, benches line house walls, wires cross the street between houses, and a lamppost sits next to a spicket on the sidewalk. McKinley's Court is located west of Second Street, east of American Street, between Noble Street to the south and Buttonwood Street to the north., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Another view of McKinley's Court. In this little court of six houses the following nationalities are represented: Jewish, Slavish, Hungarian, Polish and Italian. Is it any wonder Israel Zengwell's titel [sic] "The Melting Pot" found favor because of its truth, yet incongruity., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., For other views of McKinley's Court, see P.8513.117, P.8513.121, and P.8513.176., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.

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