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Grant's Log Cabin, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
View showing the cabin used by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on the east side of Carriage Drive in Fairmount Park. Two men stand and pose at the picket fence surrounding the cabin. Served as Grant's headquarters and the supply center for the Union armies during the seige of Richmond. Moved to Philadelphia circa 1870 from City Point, Virginia as a gift to citizens of Philadelphia for their support during the Civil War. Transfered back to Virginia and rebuilt there in 1983., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow 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.
Grant's monument postcards.
Depicts a bronze equestrian statue of General Ulysses S. Grant at Kelly Drive and Fountain Green Drive, designed by Daniel Chester French and Edward C. Potter in 1897., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 88A04, 88B04 and 88B05., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gray Reserves Company D, First Regiment, Reserve Brigade, P.M. [certificate] [graphic].
Membership certificate containing an allegorical vignette depicting the seal of Pennsylvania as a scenic view. View includes horses, the American eagle, and cityscape and a steam boat in the background. Certificate also contains corner details and a decorative border. The Gray Company was established in 1861 and active into the 20th century., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The great capadura has been, is now, and ever shall be the best 5 ct. cigar in the world.
Illustrated trade card depicting a scantily-clad woman standing with her elbows propped on the back of an armchair in front an ornate drape., Advertising text printed on verso: The three champions! Capadura half dime, capadura de la reina, capadura olivette. Dealers only supplied by R.C. Brown & Co. New York. Branch, 601 and 603 Market St. Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
The Great Central Fair, Philadelphia 1864.
Views from the the Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864 that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Shows Union Avenue, the main thoroughfare; the Horticultural Department; and the Art Gallery. Views include exhibition displays, framed paintings on gallery walls, viewing benches, tropical greenery, patriotic decorations, and guards., Contains three stereographic prints on yellow mounts with square corners, including two accompanied by photographer's labels and one with a distributor's stamp. Also contains one stereographic print mounted on paper accompanied by a label., Three of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook on the Civil War Sanitary Commission., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The great Know Nothing song, "I don't know."
Song in eight unnumbered stanzas, with chorus; first line: Of all the many mighty things in this here Quaker city,., The American Party, also known as the Know-Nothing Party, flourished between 1849 and 1856., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 21.3 x 14.3 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, 1864.
Unmounted stereograph shows women and men (exhibit volunteers) posed in front of booths for the Department of Labor, Income, and Revenue on the main thoroughfare, Union Avenue. Patriotic bunting, garlands, and flags cover the wall behind the booths. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair held June 7-28, 1864 on Logan Circle was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization., Title from printed paper label below image., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The great trestle, Mt. Washington Railway
View of the first mountain climbing railway in the world, completed in 1869, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. The brain-child of Sylvester Marsh, the cog railway utilized coal-powered locomotives. Shows "Tip Top," the first four-cylinder locomotive used on the railway pulling a passenger car labeled "Mt. Washington" down a steep decline of track. Passengers stand near the car windows. A boy stands in front of the trestle., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Negative number printed on mount: 1825., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kilburn Brothers, was a partnership between brothers Benjamin West Kilburn and Edward Kilburn from 1865 to 1877.
Greatest rosin market in the world, Savannah, Ga.
View of a large number of neatly arranged barrels, probably on a dock, with a sailing ship in the background. Several African American men workers are visible moving the barrels by rolling them., Title from item., Date inferred from photographic medium and content., View is numbered 193 in a series., Purchase 1998., 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.
Green Street Friends Meeting House postcards.
Exterior views of meeting house erected circa 1827, by Green Street meeting house followers of Elias Hicks after the "Hicksite separation". They purchased property on School House Lane and kept the name of the Philadelphia meeting house., Sheet numbers: 101A03 and 101B03., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Green Street west of 19th Street.]
Depicts row homes along the south side of Green Street west of 19th Street., Numbered 4906 on recto., Sheet number: 156B07., Real photo. Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Green Tree Inn postcards.
Exterior, oblique views of tavern built in 1748 by Daniel and Sarah Pastorius adjacent to the homestead of his grandfather Francis Daniel Pastorius. Also known as the Saddler's Arms, The Hornet's Nest, and Mackinett's Tavern. David Mackinett was Sarah's second husband after the death of Daniel Pastorius. Includes partial views of properties north of the old tavern. Building moved north in 1930 for the expansion of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Germantown and used as church offices., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Alternate names include Saddler's Arms, Hornet's Nest and Mackinett's Tavern. Used by the First Methodist Church of Germantown as offices since 1907., Sheet numbers: 100A02 and 100B04., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Greenfield's candies. 909 Broadway.
Illustrated trade card depicting a man and a dog playing tug of war with a goose near the edge of a pond., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
[Green's August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup trade cards]
Series of illustrated trade cards promoting George Gill Green's "August Flower" and "Boschee's German Syrup". Four trade cards depict views of Fairmount Park, including one eight-page foldout advertisement containing advertising text pages. Illustrations include the Fairmount Water Works and Resevoir, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Also shows horse-drawn carriages pulling men and women racing north on East River Drive under the New York Connecting Railway Bridge, built 1866-67 after designs by Joseph A. Wilson for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Promontory Rock Tunnel, bored in 1871, is visible in the background. Other images include people leisurely rowing on a creek under the bridge to Lansdown Island; park visitors standing on a pathway that overlooks the Schuylkill River from the Fairmount Water Works; and men and women strolling, sitting, and traveling in horse-drawn carriages along Wissahickon Drive. Paragraphs of advertising text promote George Gill Green's "August Flower" as a "natural cathartic" that "corrects the acidity of the stomach," and "it is established fact in every town and village on this continent, that [Boschee's] German Syrup is the only remedy that has given satisfaction in severe cases of Lung Disease." Two photographic reproductions depict inverted images of sailboats on the ocean and an inset portrait of a woman. Green was a patent medicine entrepreneur who purchased the rights of these two medicines from his father, Lewis M. Green., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co. and Donaldson Brothers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Two prints [P.9993.5 & 6] gift of Helen Beitler., Digitized.
Green's Hotel postcards.
Contains images of Green's Hotel at the northeast corner of 8th and Chestnut Streets. Depicts an exterior view looking northeast and interior views of the writing and smoking room, dining room, tea room, the lobby and writing room. Also includes an advertisement for the hotel, with an inset of the exterior of the hotel building. Places of interest in Philadelphia printed on verso of advertisement., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Thomas H. Green opened a restaurant on the site of the former Edwards residence at 731 Chestnut Street in 1866. The former site of the Edward Shippen house, Philemon Dickenson house and the Union Building (735 Chestnut Street) were incorporated into Green's Hotel in 1883. The property was sold in 1923 and demolished soon after., Sheet numbers: 112A05, 112A06 and 112B05., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Greenwood Cemetery.
View showing a man sitting on a bench near a pond and a little girl standing behind him in the cemetery founded in 1838 in Kings County, New York. They look in the direction of the mausoleums and headstones built into the hill in the distance., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Gift of Aaron Wunsch., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Greer & Son, N.E. cor. Tenth and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia.
Illustrated trade card depicting flowers and a bird., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
[Grey wolf, (canus occidentalis)]
Depicts a wolf in its holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., 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.
Grice & Long, patentees. Steam passenger car and self adjusting trucks for rail way curves. Offices 205 1/2 Walnut St. Philada. 94 Wall St. New York.
Trade card containing a central vignette showing a "Grice & Long" street car on a city block. Car contains ornate details. Cityscape is visible in background. Grice & Long, the partnership between Trenton entrepreneur Joseph Grice and Philadelphia engineer Robert H. Long, was established in 1860. The firm originally marketed their steam passenger car (patented by Long in 1860) for street railways, before changing production to steam railways in 1861. The firm dissolved in 1871., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Grice & Long, patentees. Steam passenger car and self adjusting trucks for rail way curves. Offices 205 1/2 Walnut St. Philada. 94 Wall St. New York. [graphic] :
Trade card containing a central vignette showing a "Grice & Long" street car on a city block. Car contains ornate details. Cityscape is visible in background. Grice & Long, the partnership between Trenton entrepreneur Joseph Grice and Philadelphia engineer Robert H. Long, was established in 1860. The firm originally marketed their steam passenger car (patented by Long in 1860) for street railways, before changing production to steam railways in 1861. The firm dissolved in 1871., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
A group of natives, Chipigana. Tropical Scenery. Darien Expedition.
Stereoview depicting a group of Panamanian Black men and boys posed in front of huts and next to their half-made canoes. View from T.O. Selfridge's 1870-1871 naval expedition of the Isthmus of Darien. Authorized by the U.S. Government, Selfridge explored and surveyed the area as a possible route for a ship canal in Panama. He was accompanied by photographer T.H. O'Sullivan in 1870 and Philadelphia photographer John Moran in 1871., Title from item., Publication information supplied by Darrah., Manuscript note on verso: Bessie J. Smith., J.F. Jarvis was the largest manufacturer of stereoviews in Washington D.C. during the late 19th century. He published his own trade list and numerous views of government surveys., Gift of Eleanor Smith, 1977., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
[Group on beach, Cape May, New Jersey]
[Group on beach, Cape May, New Jersey]
View showing a group of people gathered on the beach in Cape May, New Jersey with large hotel buildings in the background. Several men and women wear bathing suits and are stretched out in the sand in the foreground. Others sit in chairs or stand with parasols. In the background, a large building with tall columns, probably Congress Hall, is partially visible., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint on verso with printed list of fifty-three unnumbered views in the series., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Samuel C. Chester and Levin Corbin Handy partnered together in the 1880s.
G.T. Stockdale, printer, 117 South Second Street, Philadelphia.
Illustrated trade card depicting an American flag facing left., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Guarantee Trust Co., Philadelphia.
Exterior view of building at 316-320 Chestnut Street, built 1873-5, designed by Furness & Hewitt., Title inscribed in negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Printed in red on mount: Stereoscopic views., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., 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. 95., Arcadia caption text: The Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company, established in 1872, provided safe storage for securities, currency, jewelry, silver plate, and other valuables. Safe depositories became more common during the Civil War when the threat to personal possessions in battleground states was very real, and they continued to grow in number and popularity in the years after the war. Frank Furness, the architect of this eclectic brick structure located on the 300 block of Chestnut Street, was commissioned to create plans for almost a dozen financial and trust company buildings in Philadelphia. His idiosyncratic designs provided his clients with visually distinctive structures and also tended to generate a great deal of publicity., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Guard house, entrance to Fairmount Park.
View of a man, presumably a guard, standing in front of a small guard house at an entrance to Fairmount Park. Row houses are visible in the left background., Title printed on mount below image., 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 Raymond Holstein.
Guess - who is it?
Genre photograph showing two women, one standing and grinning at the photograher and holding the other's eyes shut, while the other woman, seated at a desk, attempts to write a letter., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Gulf Saw Mill
View showing the mill, at the base of a large hill, possibly the Gulf Mill on Gulf Creek near Bebel Hill in Lower Merion. Near the mill, stand a residence, outhouse, and wood shack. Also shows a man standing on the creek bank in the foreground., Title printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Gift of Francis J. Dallett., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Gunnis, Barritt & Co. trade cards]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a Japanese man attired in traditional clothing seated on a rock and fishing. Also shows a Chinese dragon boat at sea and two storks on a patch of land in the foreground., One print includes date of "important peremptory sale...on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 19th & 20th, 1881"., Advertising text promoting the sale of Chinese and Japanese lacquer goods by auctioneers Gunnis, Barritt & Co. at 524 Market Street printed on versos., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Guns in front of Gov't B'l'd'g.
View showing Rodman guns and carriages lined up near the entrance to the U.S. Government Building, designed by James Windrim, looking southeast along Belmont Avenue. Also shows a train next to the covered platform across the street and the music pavilion in the middle of the intersection of Belmont and Fountain Avenues. 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., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views.
Series of titled views from Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views include, "The gateway, entrance to the Garden of the Gods, and Pike's Peak ten miles distant," "Rainbow Fall," "The Cliff House, and Soda Springs, Shurtleff & Webster, proprietors, Manitou, Colorado," "U.S. Signal Station and Observatory," "Glen Eyrie". Images depict large rock formations, mountains and hills, a frozen waterfall, a hotel or inn, a signal station at the summit of Pike's Peak, and a residence, all near Manitou and Colorado Springs, Colorado., Title from printed labels pasted on versos., Photographer's imprint printed on labels pasted on versos., Contains five stereographic prints mounted on curved cardboard with rounded corners, three yellow and two buff. All contain photographer's pasted labels on verso. Most include facts about the sites under the titles., Gurnsey operated a photography studio in Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1872 until his death in 1880., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Mrs. E. Paul DuPont.
H. Jahke, wholesale & retail dealer in all descriptions of fresh & salt pork, hams, lard, tongues, &c. 130, 131, 132 & 133 Nineteenth St. market, residence, cor. Baring & Sloan Sts., West Phila.
Racist, trade card promoting butcher John Henry Jahke and depicting a caricature of an African American man on mule-drawn plow. Shows the African American man, attired in a hat and a blue, plaid jacket and pants, sitting on top of a plow. He holds the lever to the plow in his right hand and the reins to the mule pulling the plow in his left hand. The mule is kicking its back legs into the air because three pigs are running around it. Trees are visible in the background. John Henry Jahke (1835-1919) was a prominent butcher who owned a slaughtering and packing plant in West Philadelphia on Baring and Sloan Streets., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., Digitized., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
[H. N. Harbach trade cards]
Series of illustrated trade cards for Horatio N. Harbach's stationery and frame business at 807 Filbert Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict flowers, dogs and holiday winter snow scenes, including Santa Claus wrapped in a blue blanket holding a Christmas tree and reindeer pulling Santa Claus in his toy-filled sleigh., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.433 & 446] printed by Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann (New York)., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
H. Thompson, plumber & gas fitter, no. 1110 Germantown Road & Second St., Philadelphia. [graphic] : Pumps, vitriol and chemical apparatus, hydrants, baths, bath boilers, lead & copper, pipe of best quality. Stores, dwellings, churches and factories fitted
Trade card containing vignettes depicting a hydrant and gas lamp chandelier. Also includes a border designed with ornate cornices., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Hahnemann Hospital and Medical College postcards.
Exterior views of Hahnemann medical college and hospital building occupied circa 1885 after the Homeopathic Medical College merged with the Hospital of Philadelphia to create Hahnemann. This gothic structure was razed in 1928 to make way for a new 20 story hospital building., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 108B03, 153A01A and 153A01B., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
The Hairless Wonder, "Blue Bell," 1315 Market Street, Philadelphia.
Depicts a man standing next to a hairless horse in a field., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Hale, Kilburn & Co. trade cards]
Series of illustrated trade cards, one bookmark and one small pamphlet, for Hale, Kilburn & Co.'s furniture manufacturing establishment at 48 & 50 North Sixth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict vignettes of furniture, including rocking chairs, mirrors, and folding beds; a bird's eye view of the company's factory complex at North Sixth and Filbert Streets; and a business card for the company tucked into a long-stemmed rose. Hale, Kilburn & Co. began manufacturing household furniture in 1873. The factory at 48 & 50 North Sixth Street was built in 1867., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9803.2] printed by Samuel Loag., Advertising text promoting furniture manufactured by Hale, Kilburn & Co. printed on versos, including upholstery, parlor suits, chamber suits, chairs, tables, wardrobes, sideboards, champion folding bed and cribs, mirrors, and picture frames., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Hall & Harrop, successors to N.P. Hall, deceased, wholesale and retail, dry goods store, No. 53
List of items sold printed in three columns below address., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Don Yoder and William Woys Weaver.
Hall's vegetable Sicilian hair renewer. Prevents gray hairs and baldness.
Illustrated trade card depicting seven cherubs fixing the long hair of a woman who is seated outside in the grass. The cherubs carry and hold bottles, fans, and a mirror. Includes doves pulling a wagon full of hair renewer through the air and rabbits in the grass., Advertising text promoting Hall's vegetable Sicilian hair remover and Buckingham's dye for the whiskers printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Hamilton mansion, Woodlands.
Depicts the Hamilton Mansion, the Woodlands, built 1770-1790. Originally the country seat of Andrew Hamilton. His grandon William Hamilton (1745-1813) renovated and enlarged the house from 1787 until his death in 1813. In 1843 the house became the headquarters for the Woodlands Cemetery., Sheet number: 27A11, Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
[Hamm monument, Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.]
View showing a standing angel sepulchral monument with a bench at its base surrounded by an iron fence., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: Monument in Woodland Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa., Yellow 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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