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8 pannells [sic] for stand pipe West Philada Waterworks [graphic] / Birkinbine & Trotter, engineers, 16 Arch St. Philada.
Architectural drawing showing the design for the panels around the base of the standpipe erected at Thirty-Fifth and Sycamore Streets as part of the Twenty Fourth Ward Water Works (i.e., West Philadelphia Water Works) and completed circa 1855 after the designs of engineers Birkinbine & Trotter. Shows the panel with a decorative floral pattern and with measurements written in pencil around the piece and a label in the right indicating that it is “full size.” Above the panel image are two pieces, probably tabs to hold the panels, labeled “full size.” Also includes structural outlines marked with notes about “cement” and “1/2m” or “1/3m bolts.” The standpipe served as a reservoir for the waterworks located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River above the Fairmount Dam and was removed in 1870., Title from item., Date inferred from date of construction., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., Birkinbine & Trotter was a partnership between Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Edward H. Trotter (1814-1872).
Addition to residence of Mr. & Mrs. William J. Strawbridge near Paoli, Penna. [graphic] / G. Edwin Brumbaugh, reg. architect.
Architectural drawings showing the first floor plan and exterior of the Strawbridge estate in Willistown, PA. Plan includes terraces, library, reception room, dining room, gallery, hall, lavatory, closet, living room, garden court, and box garden. Also includes details for a "beam over"; cedar dipping well; measurements for the reception room, hall, gallery, living room, and garden court; and a compass., Title from drawings., Signature of architect in lower right corner. P.2018.62.3 also contains initials of architect in lower right of image., Date inferred from architect's active dates in Philadelphia, his membership in American Institute of Architects (AIA), and the aesthetic of the drawing., Caption on P.2018.62.2: Plan of First Floor., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., G. Edwin Brumbaugh was a Philadelphia architect and architectural historian who specialized in restoration. A member and fellow of the AIA, he worked for the firms Mellor & Meigs and Charles Barton Keen 1912-1920s, as well as started his own practice in 1916.
[Architectural drawing depicting a tower, possibly a standpipe for a Philadelphia water works] [graphic].
Architectural drawing showing a tower with arch details at the base and a spire adorned with a flag., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from possible Philadelphia water works context., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
[Girard Trust Company on South Broad Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Exterior view of the Girard Trust Company building constructed in 1905 to 1907 based on designs by Furness, Evans & Co. with detailing by McKim, Mead & White at 34-60 South Broad Street, Philadelphia. Shows the building, inspired by the Roman Pantheon, with porticos supported by Ionic columns, pediments decorated with a portrait of Stephen Girard and ships, and a dome. Numerous pedestrians walk along the sidewalks. Also visible are City Hall and the Land Title Building., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from date of construction of the building and accompanying label., Labels removed from the frame: For [Girard Trust Ceo.], Order No. [A149], Date [6-8-08], Ketterlinus Litho Mfg. Co. Philadelphia. [R356]. Mellon Bank No #1., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022.
An artist's conception of Swarthmore Crest. A highly restricted residential park. [graphic] / Taber.
Architectural drawing from a bird's eye perspective showing the residential park originally developed by William E. Witham ca. 1928-early 1930s. Shows the inverted pyramid-shaped residential park between Swarthmore Avenue, and Crest and Cedar Lanes. Swarthmore Avenue and Cedar Lane form the borders of the community. Crest Lane is depicted containing a traffic circle and running down the center of the development. Development includes over a dozen residences with at least two-levels. Most include multiple sections and all include gable roofs and driveways. A small number of cars travel down the street and up driveways. Trees line the interior and exterior of the residential park. Traveling salesman-turned real estate developer William E. Witham developed Swarthmore Crest following the purchase of part of the Gibbon Estate in 1928. Witham built his own Tudor Revival-style residence in Swarthmore Crest in 1931. That year, he advertised the residences already built in Swarthmore Crest as "establish[ing] a standard for the future ... substantial, without show.", Title inscribed on drawing., Signature of artist in lower right corner., Date inferred from artist's active dates in Philadelphia and years of development of residences depicted., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Donald C. Taber, born in New York, was a commercial artist in Philadelphia by 1930.
At the close of the day, 200 Berlin Rd, Haddonfield, N.J., Feb. 17, 1882 [graphic] / Debbie Peacock 1882.
Pencil sketch of scene showing a horse-drawn cart and man shepherding a cow traveling on Berlin Road and in front of a three-story, Victorian-style residence. An ornamental fence lines the property. Two women sit on rockers on the porch and near the open front door of the residence. Trees adorn the property. In the left background, two men row a boat on a waterway., Artist's signature lower left corner., Title from manuscript note on verso of item., Manuscript note on verso: Abbie A. Peacock. No. 31. Original., Date from title., Caption in pencil lower right: Berlin Road., Scribbling in pencil lower left corner., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Abigail "Abbie" A. Peacock (1864-1927) was an artist who trained at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women 1880-1884. A resident of Friends Insane Asylum, Philadelphia by 1900, Peacock later was a resident of the Camden County Hospital for the Insane beginning in 1905.
Babylonian bargaining. [graphic].
Drawing depicting two men bargaining in ancient Babylon. In the left, shows the man wearing long hair and a beard and attired in a cap and robe, standing with his right hand up negiotating. In the right, the man, wearing a beard and attired in a headdress and robe, leans foward with his right hand towards the man. He rests his left hand on a woman kneeling with a young child. In the background, a man stands with three camels in front of buildings., Title from item., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Benjamin Franklin Perry, midshipman of the United States Navy. Born June 19, 1843. Died July 3, 1860. Aged 17 years. Given to his country. Taken to his God. [graphic] / Baird. Philadelphia.
Pen and watercolor drawing probably commissioned by Baird Marble Works, Philadelphia showing the design for the sepulchral monument for the midshipman. Depicts a column-shaped monument on a pedestal inscribed with Perry's epitaph. An American eagle with a laurel wreath in his beak sits atop the column that is entwined by an American flag. An anchor and American shield, partially wrapped in the flag, adorns the bottom of the column. Shield inscribed: Given To His Country. Taken To His God. Perry was the son of the 72nd Governor of South Carolina Benjamin Perry. The elder Perry was a Southern Unionist who did not support secession before the Civil War. Known as Frank, the younger Perry attended the U.S. Naval Academy before his death. The monument, near identical to the rendering, marks Perry's grave in Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina., Title from text included on depicted monument., Inscribed in ink in lower right corner: Baird, Philadelphia., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Bridge over the Schuylkill at Philadelphia. [graphic] / W. Constable, Del.
View of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge built after the designs of Timothy Palmer and completed in 1805 at Market Street over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. Shows the stone, covered bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Trees are visible along the river bank. The bridge was redesigned in 1850 by the Pennsylvania Railroad and destroyed by fire in 1875., Title and date from item., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., Manuscript written in top left corner on recto: 32., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022., William Constable (1783-1861) learned to draw as an apprentice in an engineering firm in Lewes, England. He traveled to the United States in 1806 and began taking painting lessons. He and his brother Daniel traveled America sketching and making watercolors. He returned to England in 1808.
[Calligraphic label on folder] [graphic].
Calligraphic label reading: A Number of Vehicles, in use about Fifty years ago; sketched at the places and in the years, as indicated on the drawings, now enlarged executed in 1865 and 1888, by Augs. Kollner, Phila. (Formerly Calligrapher in Lithography.) Most of the calligraphy is in cursive. Kollner's signature is in Gothic letters., Item mounted on front cover of empty cardboard folder., Memorandum in type to Mr. Wainwright from Henry Shaw Newman, The Old Print Shop, Inc. dated November 26, 1962 pasted on inside back cover: Dear Mr. Wainwright: Perhaps you can find a a place for the label on this old folder, now empty, alas. When it came to us some years ago it had some Kollner water colors in it, but not vehicles, as I recall. I find it interesting because of his own "ex post facto" statement. hsn/ea. Dictated but not signed by Mr. Newman., Label pasted inside front cover: Patented Jan. 21, 1901., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Augustus Kollner (1813-1906) a German-born and trained Philadelphia lithographer began to focus his career more on drawing and painting in the 1860s. During the 1880s, he executed watercolors based on earlier sketches and often mounted them and placed them in albums for sale.
Careta [graphic].
Portrait of a cow named Careta. The cow stands in left profile in a field with hills and trees in the background. The landscape view around the cow has been added with watercolors., Title from manuscript note on recto., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Manuscript note written on recto: Card only., Attributed to Schreiber Studio., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Caught [graphic].
Drawing depicting a young white girl, in front of a small garden of flower bushes, and holding up a flower to her mother who stands in the doorway of a residence. In the left, the girl holds a flower up with her right hand near a basket of picked flowers and several flowers lying on the ground. In the right, in the doorway the mother, portrayed with an expression of dismay on her face, raises both her hands up. Image also includes a residence in the left background., Title and date from item., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2020., Abigail "Abbie" A. Peacock (1864-1927) was an artist who trained at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women 1880-1884. A resident of Friends Insane Asylum, Philadelphia by 1900, Peacock later was a resident of the Camden County Hospital for the Insane beginning in 1905.
Charter of the rector, church wardens and vestrymen of the Memorial Church of St. Paul, Overbrook [graphic].
Calligraphic charter for the Protestant Episcopal church first petitioned for in 1896 by members of the Overbrook Farm community. Charter contains the names of the vestrymen (also the witnesses) to hold office until Easter Monday 1899. Following the granting of the charter in February 1899, ground was broken for the church in March 1899 (completed 1901, enlarged 1903), and in May 1899, the parish of the church was admitted a member of the Convention of the Diocese of Pennsylvania., Title from item., Recorded in the office for Recording Deeds in and for the County of Philadelphia in [Charter] Book No. [24] page [293 &c]. Witness my hand and seal of office this [24th] day of [February A.D. 1899]. [John Virden, Recorder of Deeds.], Witness on January 25, 1899 by the hands and seals of Edmond Brooks; Edward A. Casey; Edwin E. Cassell; Warren P. Laird; Edward M. Collin; David Morgan; John E. Rayner; W. P. Simpson; Lewis A. Thompson; and Charles C. Townsend, Contains seals of notary public, Recorder of Deeds, and ten witnesses., Also signed January 25, 1899 by J. Howard Rhoads, Notary Public and approved on February 20, 1899 Robert N. Wilson, Judge., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Item mounted on board with large border of remants of dried glue.
Chew House Germantown [graphic].
Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the facade of the two-story stone building with a pediment over the front door, shuttered windows, and dormers and chimneys on the roof. View includes the west wing of the estate house. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Title from manuscript note on verso: Chew House Germantown. [43?] Ross. [#H.B.?] Pencil., Date inferred from aesthetic style of drawing., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2018., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Clarke Hall, s.w. corner of Third and Chestnut Streets, built soon after 1700. [graphic] : From 1700 to 1795 it was occupied as the office of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. After many changes it was removed to make room for the Ledger
Drawing of an early 1800s street view showing storefronts on the former site of the mansion of colonial lawyer William Clarke (built circa 1699, razed 1800) on Third and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia. A man patron exits the two-and-half-story building near two women who peer into one of the multi-paned windows of the storefront. View also shows neighboring residential buildings as well as pedestrian and street traffic, including a woman resident being greeted by a man at her front door and a horse-drawn carriage traveling down the street., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of the artist., Signed by the artist in the lower right., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., See related: Taylor – Case 12-15 [2717.F].
Clark’s Inn [graphic] : (commonly known in the ante revolutionary period as the “Coach and Horses” in 1745) opposite the State House. / Geo. E. Essig.
Watercolor after William Breton’s lithograph in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia (1830) of Clark’s Inn, also known as the State House Inn, on the north side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street. Shows the two-and-a-half story inn with a gabled roof and an addition in the rear. Five men sit and stand under a covered portico at the front entrance. To the left are two neighboring buildings. Several pedestrians walk along the road, including a man in the foreground attired in eighteenth-century clothes and using a walking stick. Trees flank the inn, and several trees are visible in the background. The inn, built circa 1693, served as a respite for members of Congress and purportedly William Penn., Title from item., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Signed by the artist in the lower left corner., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., George Emerick Essig (1838-1923), a Philadelphia-born painter, watercolorist, and etcher, specialized in marine scenes, particularly of the New Jersey coast. He exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1876 to 1888.
Commissioners Hall, 2nd and Christian St., 1873 [graphic] / B.R. Evans; Copied from copy in Bement Collection by J.M. Keller. 1896.
Exterior view of the Southwark Commissioners Hall erected in 1811 at Second and Christian Streets, Philadelphia. Shows the front façade of the neo-classical, two-story building containing a clock on the pediment, a bell tower and cupola with a weather vane on top of the roof, and stairs leading to the front door that is decorated with columns and a lunette window. Image also shows pedestrians walking along the sidewalk and partial views of the adjacent buildings. Following the consolidation of Southwark into Philadelphia in 1854, the building was used as a police station until it was demolished in 1882., Title and date from item., Artist’s signature in the left corner., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., Later copy of an Evans watercolor created for Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Dreer circa 1880., See also Benjamin Evans Watercolor Collection.
[Curtis Publishing Company Building at 7th and Sansom Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Drawing, possibly for an advertisement, of an exterior view depicting the rear of the multi-story complex of the Curtis Publishing Company Building built after the designs of Edgar Seeler in 1911. Shows a line of cars and trucks parked in the garage. Workers move a pallet onto a delivery truck. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalks around the building, and cars travel down the street. In the right is a street light with street signs for “7th St.” and “Sansom St.” The firm occupied a city block between 6th and 7th and Walnut and Sansom Streets and included four structures: publication building; convenience belt; manufacturing building; and power building., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content and attire of the people., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
[Dante Alighieri] : Note: As the name of this celebrated poet is interwoven into the background work of this copy it was deemed superfluous of repetition underneath. / Kollner drawn. [graphic].
Ink-drawn portrait showing a right-profile, bust-portrait of the major Italian poet who wrote the long narrative poem "The Divine Comedy." Depicts the poet wearing a tunic, and on his head, a coife under a hood with a tippet that is also adorned with a laurel wreath. His eye is rendered statuary-like and without a pupil. The background is comprised of overlapping hatch marks. The portrait is possibly after the frontispiece portrait by Gustave Doré in his illustrated folio of the poet's work "Inferno" (1861)., Title from manuscript note below image and partially supplied by cataloger., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Augustus Kollner (1813-1906) a German-born and trained Philadelphia lithographer began to focus his career more on drawing and painting in the 1860s. In 1861 Kollner enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the fine arts life class and continued to take the class until at least 1867. Kollner also exhibited genre, historical, and landscape drawings at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1865 and 1868.
Deed of release Thomas Mifflin Jr. to Elizabeth Mifflin [cartographic material].
Indenture for the division of Mifflin Family lots in Southwark containing a manuscript map by Reading Howell showing the Thomas Mifflin Jr. and Elizabeth Mifflin lots (N. 1, N. 4-12) along Shippen Street and Mariott's Lane from Passyunk Road, to Second Street, to Front Street, to Swanson Street, to Delaware River. Also shows Marriot's Lane and the surrounding lots of William Clifton; Paul Beck; Estate of E. Flowers; D. Conry; Shippen; Thomas Penrose; and Joseph Huddels. Elizabeth Mifflin lots are annotated in pencil: "Feby. 15, 1798 sold in G. Rent and Sold on G. Rent by E. Wistar" (N. 6-8); "Sold By E. Wistar to Adam Iseminger Decr 18, 1820" (N.12); "Sold by E. Wistar to John Livezley, July 14, 1819" (N. 9); and "Sold by E. Wister to John Livezley 14 July 1819" (N. 10), Completed in manuscript on parchment for Thomas Mifflin Jr.; dated February 16, 1798; sealed and delivered in the presence of Sarah Waln and Caleb Cresson, Jr.; witnessed by Edward Shippen and signed by Thomas Mifflin Jr., Contains annotations in pencil dated 1819 and 1820., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., See also Freedman Collection - Maps - Southwark maps [P.2013.87.374]
Delaware River canal [graphic].
Drawing depicting the Delaware River canal in New Hope, Pa. Shows a canal boat with an American flag traveling down the Delaware River canal. Buildings flank the canal including the two-and-a-half-story bar with a sign that reads, "River House Bar." Snow covers the ground., Title from item., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Delaware River canal River House near New Hope dining & guest rooms and bar [graphic].
Drawing depicting the Delaware River canal in New Hope, Pa. Shows a canal boat with an American flag traveling down the Delaware River canal. Buildings flank the canal, including the two-and-a-half-story River House Bar. Snow covers the ground., Title from item., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Double Head Study of an Older and a Young Woman.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022., Label on the verso from Montclair Art Museum (Montclair, N.J.) (Double Head Study), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ethan D. Alyea. 1964.51., Bust-length, forward-facing portrait study of two white women. In the left, shows an older woman with brown ringlet curls framing her forehead and attired in a white lace day cap tied in a bow under her chin and a dark-colored dress with a white lace collar. In the right, shows a young woman with her dark brown hair parted in the middle and tied back and attired in dress with a white neckline. There is an additional portrait of a woman on the verso of the canvas. A cut out in the frame reveals the eyes of the portrait. A photocopy reproduction is taped to the back. Bust-length portrait of a white woman with her blonde hair tied back and attired in drop earrings, a multi-stranded necklace, and a light blue dress.
Draught of four lots or parcel of lands belonging to the estate of the late William Bingham, Esquire, deceased, situate in the island and township of Tinicum, in the county of Delaware and the state of Pennsylvania, marked and containing as follows, vizd.
Manuscript map showing landowner's names, lots, creeks, and lanes near the Delaware River in Kingsessing Township, Philadelphia. Lots include "Other land belonging to the estate of the late Wiliam Bingham, Esquire, deceased"; "Moses Palmer's Land"; "John Serrill's Land"; "Thomas Serill's Land"; "George Gesner's Land"; "Hunter's Land"; "Thomas Bradley's Land"; and "Land belonging to the heirs of Joseph Carson, decd." Also shows River Creek Lane, Martin's Lane, Bow Creek Drain and County line, Church Creek, Church Creek dam, Tinicum I[sland] Road, Martin's Bar in the Delaware River and part of Hog's Island. By 1800, Bow Creek and the Back Channel created boundary lines that separated Philadelphia and Delaware County. Bingham held one of the larger estates in this area., Right edge trimmed., Includes "Table of the Cou: & Dist: of the several Lots." Includes 10 coordinate and distance listings under "D"; 5 under "E"; 15 under "F"; and 9 under "G.", Includes scale: 20 perches to an Inch., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Map mounted on textile backing. Backing includes makers mark: Germantown [illegible] End Works. Power Loom. Mark illustrated with the seal of Pennsylvania.
[Drawings of early 20th-century metropolitan and industrial Philadelphia] [graphic].
Collection of pencil drawings published in Section III of Historic Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Public Ledger Company, 1922). Depicts Colkenny, the Elizabethan-style estate of Acme Tea founder Thomas P. Hunter (built 1909 after the designs of Horace Trumbauer, Haverford, Pa); the Commercial Museum, opened in 1897 as a museum promoting manufacturing and international commerce (34th and South Streets); Lindenhurst, the French classical-style estate of department store pioneer John Wanamaker (Jenkintown, Pa., rebuilt ca. 1911); garden-elevation view of Penhurst, the Elizabethan-style estate of Pencoyd Iron Works owner Percival Roberts, Jr. (built 1902 after the designs of Peabody & Stearns, Narbeth, Pa.); Widener Memorial Industrial Training School opened about 1905 to provide home and medical care and manual training for children with disabilities (founded by P. A. B. Widener, built after the designs of Horace Trumbauer, 5400 North Broad Street); and the Willow Grove Park amphitheater. Majority of the views include personages on estate grounds or as street pedestrians, as well as automobiles on driveways or as street traffic and street lights. Lindenhurst view also shows a pond with swans, a foot bridge, and pavilion. Amphitheatre view includes an orchestra on stage and a near full audience., Majority signed lower right: Vernon Howe Bailey., Two of drawings dated by artist 1918., Date inferred from date given by artist to two of the drawings and publication date of the text in which they were reproduced., Published in Historic Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Public Ledger Company, 1922)., Vernon Howell Bailey (1874-1953) was a Philadelphia artist known for his architectural and naval works. Bailey studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was a member of the Society of Illustrators and early in his career (1892-1901) worked as a staff artist for the Philadelphia Times and Boston Herald. His later career focused on naval works commissioned by the U.S. Government during World War I, as well as an artist’s tour in Europe and lithographic studies of New York skyscrapers during the 1920s., Forms part of the David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection.
[Early 20th-century drawings of prominent Philadelphia sites] [graphic].
Collection of drawings, predominantly pencil, depicting views of prominent sites in Philadelphia, mainly exteriors. Includes the residence of William Penn, the Slate Roof House (built circa 1687-circa 1699 and demolished 1867, 100 block of South Second Street), Benjamin Franklin Bridge (built 1922-1926), Rittenhouse Square, and John Wanamaker department store (built 1902-1910, 1300-1326 Market). Many of the exterior views include pedestrian traffic. The three Wanamaker’s pencil sketches show interiors of the department store, including the restaurant, balconies, American flags, and arm chairs. The sketches portray an impressionist aesthetic. Bridge view includes an automobile and cityscape. Rittenhouse view includes an apartment building in the background and visitors seated on park benches in the foreground. Collection also includes a pen & ink exterior view of an unidentified stone commercial building, likely in Philadelphia., P.2017.15.3 signed lower right corner: T. F. Bancroft 1923., P.2017.15.4 signed lower right corner: T. F. Bancroft., P.2017.15.1-2 & 5-7 attributed to Bancroft., P.2017.15.3 manuscript note on recto : Slate Roof House “1863.” From photo courtesy of Mr. L. C. Siner., P.2017.15.3 manuscript note on verso : Slate Roof House in 1863 (from Photo by Gutekunst) mentioned in “Watsons Annals” as home of Wm. Penn in 1700. S. E. cor. 2nd & Norris Alley (or Sansom St), P.2017.15.1 manuscript note lower right corner: Aug 11th. Bridge from 2nd & Race., P.2017.15.2 manuscript note lower right corner: Rittenhouse Sq. Aug. 2nd., P.2017.15.5-7 inscribed: Wanamakers., Thomas F. Bancroft (1864-1934) was a Philadelphia engraver and later illustrator for popular periodicals like “Ladies Home Journal.” Bancroft worked as a button maker early in his career and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in the late 19th century. He resided in Collingswood, NJ by 1930., Forms part of the David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection., Leander C. Siner was proprietor of the Philadelphia gun and sporting goods business first established by John Krider in 1837. Siner assumed operations of the firm in 1903 with partner Charles Mohr as L. C. Siner & Co.
East side of Broad St. north from Walnut St. 1865 [graphic] / Henry B. McIntire.
View looking north from below Walnut Street showing the 100 block of Broad Street, Philadelphia, including the Dundas-Lippincott Mansion built in 1839 for banker James Dundas after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter at 1335 Walnut Street. Shows, in the right, the front façade of the mansion with a portico and surrounded by a wall and a wrought iron fence. Also shows several trees lining the sidewalks and growing on the enclosed property of the mansion. Pedestrians walk in front of and around the residence, and horse-drawn carriages travel down the streets. The mansion, also called the “Yellow Mansion,” passed to Dundas' niece, Agnes Dundas-Lippincott, upon his death in 1865, and stayed in the family until razed around 1905., Title and date from item., Signed by the artist in the lower right., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., Henry B. McIntire (1872-1963) was an architectural illustrator active in Philadelphia from the 1930s to 1950s. His 1936 book, Philadelphia Then and Now, contained drawings of no longer extant buildings and contemporary images of those locations. He often used an offset lithographic printing process called aquatone in his work.
[Exterior view of an unidentified house] [graphic] / Henry F. Graeff, Dec. 21, 1942.
Drawing depicting an exterior view of an unidentified residence. Shows the front facade of the two-and-a-half story, brick house. Stairs lead to the front door. The house has a covered porch, dormers, and two chimneys. There is a wing in the left, which has a separate covered porch and front door. A stone wall borders the front of the property and fences divide the sides and back., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from the item., Signed by artist in the lower right corner., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
[Exterior view of an unidentified residence] [graphic].
Drawing depicting an exterior view of an unidentified residence. Shows the front facade of the two-story, brick house. A long series of stairs leads from the yard to the front door. The house has chimneys, shuttered windows, and an additional wing in the right. Trees and shrubs grow on the grounds. A stone plaque with writing is in front of the brick wall, which surrounds the property., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
First city hall, court house and jail [graphic] / by Craft.
Pencil drawing showing the Camden, NJ three-story, municipal building built in 1829. Two trees stand in front of the building near a fenced walkway. The building was replaced by a market house in 1877., Title written on recto., Date inferred from complementary drawing signed E. Craft 1890 [P.2018.62.7]., Artist possibly Edward Craft, a fireman, listed in the 1890 Camden City Directory., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., See complementary drawings depicting Camden views, Doret & Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2018.62.7-12].
[Front and side architectural elevations for William M. Weigley's residence, Heidelberg Hall, in Schaefferstown, Pa.] [graphic] / Isaac H. Hobbs & Son, Architects, Phil. Pa.
Front and side architectural elevations for Heidelberg Hall after designs by Isaac H Hobbs and Son and constructed from 1876 to 1882 at 1373 Heidelberg Avenue, Schaefferstown, Pa. Shows a front and side view of the three-story, sandstone mansion with a mansard roof, ornamental cast iron roof crests, first and second-story porches with columns, and three formal entrances. The mansion was built for businessman William M. Weigley., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from active dates of the artist., Manuscript written on recto: Wm. M. Weigley, Shafferstown [sic] Lebanon Co., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022., Architects Isaac H. Hobbs (1817-1896) and his son George T. Hobbs (1846-1929) formed Isaac H. Hobbs and Son in 1870 and were active until circa 1891. The firm concentrated on the suburban or country house along the East coast but particularly in the rural areas of Pennsylvania and New York.
The Hoffman homestead. Balt. Ave, and Cobbs Creek Parkway [graphic] / Frank H. Taylor. 1921.
Drawing reproduced in Frank Taylor’s Old Philadelphia series showing an exterior view of the Hamilton-Hoffman house built 1791-1800 for merchant Gavin Hamilton. Shows an oblique view of the residence with a covered porch, shuttered windows, dormers, and multiple additions. A woman stands before the front door. In the foreground, shrubs and a tree grow around a picket fence. After Gavin Hamilton’s death, the estate was sold to Samuel Woodward in 1831, then to Jacob Hoffman in 1832. The residence remained in the possession of the Hoffman family until demolished in 1960., Title and date from item., Signed by the artist in the lower right., Manuscript note written on recto: Make corrections., Contains series number written in ink and on sticker label in upper left corner: 245. Number corresponds to the series, Old Philadelphia: Artistic reproductions from drawings by Frank H. Taylor depicting old structures and scenes of historic interest., See HABS Report No. PA-1053, https://memory.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa0700/pa0766/data/pa0766data.pdf., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Home of Walt Whitman, 330 Mickle St., Camden, N.J. [graphic] / Max Miller.
Pencil drawing showing the front facade of the two-story, wood-slat, row house residence purchased by poet Walt Whitman in Camden in 1884. Building includes a stoop to the doorway and seven windows, including three upper ones with shutters and two on the cellar level. Also includes partial sketches of adjacent buildings. Whitman died in the residence in 1892., Title written on recto., Date inferred from inscription on recto: 1890., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., See complementary drawings depicting Camden views, Doret & Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2018.62.7-10 and 12].
The Hotel at French Creek Falls [graphic] / taken from nature by Aug. Kollner of Philada 1884.
Watercolor landscape showing an exterior view of the Excursion House or hotel built by Davis Knauer in 1881 in Saint Peters at the Falls of French Creek in Warwick Township, Pennsylvania. Shows the four-story building with several people on the covered porches and a horse tied to a post at the front entrance. A horse-drawn cart carrying two people travels down the road in front of the hotel. In the foreground are large rocks protuding from the hillside, and a man with a walking stick sits on a rock with his dog. Hills of trees grow in the background., Title and date from manuscript note written on verso., Label from Hirscl & Adler Galleries Inc., 21 East 67th Street, New York 21, N.Y. in accession file., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022., Augustus Kollner was born in Germany and settled in Philadelphia in 1840. An artist, lithographer, and etcher, Kollner produced series of lithographs, etchings, and watercolors in the 1870s and 1890s after sketches he executed in the 1840s. Subjects included Fairmount Park and Pennsylvania.
Independence Hall [graphic] / An original drawing by Donald C. Taber, 1934.
Impressionistic drawing looking north from Independence Square showing the rear elevation of Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. View also includes a barren tall tree in the left, a sole pedestrian, and a tree with foliage in the right., Title inscribed on drawing., Signature of artist in lower left corner., Date from accompanying label: Built in 1731, - Independence Hall, originally called The State House, took its name from the signing of the Declaration of Independence within its walls in 1776. It contains the Liberty Bell, cracked while tolling the death of Chief Justice Marshall, and other precious relics of history. It is located on Chestnut Street, between 5th and 6th Streets, Philadelphia. An original drawing by Donald C. Taber, 1934., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Donald C. Taber, born in New York, was a commercial artist in Philadelphia by 1930.
[Interior view of a sitting room] [graphic] / L-R.
Floor plan of a sitting room or parlor. Shows an interior view depicting the room's architectural features, including beams on the ceiling, arches, and chair rails. Also shows two wooden chairs, a bench chair with back, and a table., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from active dates of the artist., Signed by the artist in lower right corner., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022., Harry Leith-Ross (1886–1973) was a British-American landscape painter and draftsman. He taught at the art colonies in Woodstock, New York and Rockport, Maine, and later was part of the art colony in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
Invasion. [graphic] / Henry F. Graeff, Mar. 24, 1944, 7320 Briar Rd., Phila. Pa.
Drawing depicting the shore landing of American troops during World War II. In the foreground, an American soldier looks at the viewer as he holds up a rifle. In the background, an amphibious landing vehicle opens and a large number of soldiers march out in a line through the water. One soldier runs while waving his arm, beckoning the soldiers behind him forward., Title and date from item., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
J. H. Preston and J. Connor's imprisoned for evacuating Fort Mifflin [graphic].
Pencil drawing showing two men, in a cinder-block cell, seated on the floor and with a ball and chain around one of each of their wrists. The man in the left, wears a mustache, and sits with his left knee bent and his right leg outstretched. He leans on his right hand to which the ball and chain are attached to that wrist. He wears a jacket, vest, cravat, pants, and shoes. The man in the right has very wavy hair, sits with his knees bent and his arms wrapped around them. His ball and chain is attached to his left wrist. He wears a flouncy-sleeved shirt, vest, breeches, and boots. In the left of the cell is a window with bars. A man, attired in a hat and coat, points and shouts through the bars., Title inscribed in ink below drawing., Date from manuscript note below image: received Septem 3/63., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
[Joseph] Cooper home, Park Bouelvard [graphic] / E. Craft.
Pencil drawing showing the 18th-century Georgian residence, also known as Pomona Hall, originally built in the 1710s and expanded in 1726 and 1788 at Park Boulevard and Euclid Avenue in Camden, N.J. "12 M" and "1726" are written on a chimney on the left of the building. Trees line the front of the property. Erected by Quaker yeoman and slave owner Joseph Cooper, Jr., the residence was inherited by his nephew Marmaduke Cooper in 1767. The estate became the property of the Camden County Historical Society in 1924 following the sale of the building to the city in 1915., Title written on recto. Misidentifies name of original owner of residence: Jacob M. Cooper Home, Park Boulevard., Date inferred from inscription on recto: 1890., Artist possibly Edward Craft, a fireman, listed in the 1890 Camden City Directory., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., See complementary drawings depicting Camden views, Doret & Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2018.62.6 and 8-12].
Kaufman Plush Co. [graphic] / J.M. Grocke. Philadelphia.
Bird’s Eye view drawing for an advertisement depicting the Kaufman Plush Co. factory at Pensdale and Mitchell Streets, Philadelphia built circa 1922. Shows the factory complex, including a five-story mill with a tower labeled, Kaufman Plush Co, and a one-story building with a steam tower labeled, Kaufman. On the grounds between the buildings, a worker loads goods onto a truck near two other trucks, one parked and one departing. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk in front of the factory. In the right foreground, a line of trees grows along the fence outside the complex. In the background, the skyline of the Manayunk neighborhood is visible. Founded in 1919 by Harry Kaufman, the Kaufman Plush Co. operated through circa 1970s., Title from item., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Signed by the artist in the lower right corner., Accompanying label reads: To [Kaufman Plush Co. Roxborough] From Grocke Art Co., Aerial View Illustrating of Manufacturing Plants. 1507 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., Grocke Art Co. was a Philadelphia firm that specialized in bird's eye views in the 1920s.

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