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Title: World War One Posters

Title: American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection
Description: Collection of 5,462 lyric sheets, also known as slip ballads, published in the 19th century and offered for sale by stationers, street-corner vendors, and by catalog through the mail.
Date: 1850-1870

Title: John C. Browne Photograph Albums
Description: Views of Photographic Society of Philadelphia excursions, Philadelphia landmarks, and regional natural scenery, 1873-1882.

Title: David Doret Ephemera Collection
Description: Collection of ephemera primarily related to the Centennial Exhibition, late 19th century.

Title: Library Company of Philadelphia Miscellaneous Ephemera Collection
Description: Ephemera related to Philadelphia area institutions including announcements, trade cards, programs, receipts, tickets, religious tracts, circulars, ballots, certificates, and newspaper clippings.

Title: Stereograph Collection
Description: Collection of nearly 3,000 stereographs published and distributed in or of Philadelphia. The photographs mainly portray commercial and residential street scenes, particularly Market and Chestnut streets; religious, public, financial, and industrial buildings and institutions; and historic and prominent landmarks as well as a small selection of non-Philadelphia views.

Title: Frank H. Taylor Illustration Collection
Description: Collection of over 200 prints from the Frank H. Taylor series Ever-Changing Philadelphia and Old Philadelphia, issued 1915-1925.

Title: Residence of William P. M. Braun, Pelham, Germantown
Description: Depicts the front facade of William P. M. Braun's residence in Pelham, an area where many members of Philadelphia's mercantile class erected mansions., Numbered 509 on verso., Sheet number: 100B01A., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Young Mens Christian Association, Germantown, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade of young men's christian association building (Y.M.C.A.) constructed in 1891 after designs by Benjamin Franklin Betts. The building included a pool, gymnasium, running track, two bowling alleys and a dormitory. Y.M.C.A. of Germantown moved to a new building on Greene Street, constructed after designs by Thomas, Martin & Kirkpatrick in 1928., Numbered 923 on verso., Sheet number: 100A07., Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Christ Church Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. -- Founded in 1772
Description: Exterior view of front facade of hospital built 1856-1861 after designs by John M. Gries. Founded in 1772 by Dr. John Kearsley to support poor and widowed women of the Church of England., Also known as the Kearsley Home., Sheet number: 108B01., Divided back. Post marked 1958., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1958
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]

Title: Jewish Hospital, York & Tabor Roads, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of the Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites constructed in 1888 by Furness, Evans & Co. on the campus of the Jewish Hospital., Sheet number: 108A04., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]

Title: Germantown High School, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade of high school built circa 1914 after designs by Henry DeCourcey Richards on land where the Morris-Littell House formerly stood., Numbered 255 on verso., Sheet number: 106A03., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Schools - 106]

Title: Dooner's Hotel, Phila
Description: Exterior view of front and flank of hotel at the southeast corner of South 10th and Ludlow Streets., Hotel building renovated after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang in 1894., Sheet number: 112B03., Undivided back. Post marked 1908., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112]

Title: Bellevue Stratford postcards
Description: Contains images of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, built 1902-1904 by G.W. & W.D. Hewitt. Includes exterior views of the hotel looking southwest. Also depicts interior views of the hotel including the Clover Club Banquet Hall, Vienese Room, Ladies' Restaurant, main office, lobby, grand ballroom and the Oak Hall and South Garden sections of the roof garden. Also includes an image of William Penn holding a model of the Bellevue Stratford in his hand., Contains 37 postcards printed in color and 26 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1900-1960
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bellevue Stratford - 110]

Title: Old "Jolly Post" Hotel, Frankford, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of building constructed in 1680. Demolished circa 1912., Also identified as the Old Jolly Post Inn and the Jolly Post Boy Tavern. Located on Frankford Road, which formed part of the main passage that connected New York and Philadelphia. John Worrell purchased the property in 1698. His son Isaiah may have been the first to operate the inn from this location., Sheet number: 115A02., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Huylers through Keystone - 115]

Title: Morris House postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of the Deshler-Morris House, built in 1772 for Quaker merchant David Deshler. Colonel Isaac Franks' owned the house when George Washington sought refuge here from the Yellow Fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793. Nicknamed the "Germantown White House" during his occupation. The Morris family occupied the house for more than 100 years until they donated it to the National Park Service in 1948., Contains 8 postcards printed in color and 6 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 102A09, 102A10, 102B10 and 102B11., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1900-1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]

Title: Jaques Marie Roset House, Germantown, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of front facade and flank of the Roset House at the corner of West Manheim Street and Portico Street (Spring Alley), showing advertisements for a cigar store on the first floor. Originally home of Jacques Marie Roset who came to America in 1792 and moved to Germantown in 1821. One of his granddaughters married Anthony J. Drexel., Sheet number: 102B13., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]

Title: Old Red Hill Tavern. Built before the Revolution. Full of Indian relics. Can be seen by calling on James Emery
Description: Exterior view of tavern with trolley stopped in the foreground., Sheet number: 117B02A., Undivided back. Post marked 1906., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Lauber's through Stenton - 117]

Title: Independence Hall postcards
Description: Contains architectural images and copies of paintings depicting Independence Hall and the leading politicians associated with the Declaration of Independence. Architectural images include exterior views of the front facade on Chestnut Street; oblique views of the state building from Fifth and Sixth Streets and the rear elevation facing Independence Square showing the Commodore Barry Monument designed by Samuel Murray in 1908. The overwhelming majority of interior views portray the room where the Declaration of Independence was signed, also called the Assembly Room, Philadelphia Room, Declaration Chamber and Independence Chamber. Others include the banquet room, Supreme Court room, main stairway and the ballroom. Paintings include portraits of Robert Morris, Richard Henry Lee, Samuel Huntingdon, Thomas McKean and Benjamin Franklin and the signing of the Declaration by these iconic figures. Also depicted is a popular series called the Cradle of Liberty, a collage of exterior and interior images of Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell and George Washington., Contains 188 postcards printed in color and 97 printed in black and white. Also contains 25 linen postcards., Built 1732-1748 by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Extensive renovations and additions completed incrementally between 1750 and 1973. Meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1783 and the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776., Also identified as the Pennsylvania State House., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1900-1950
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Independence Hall - 122 - 127]

Title: League Island postcards
Description: Contains images of the Naval Yard on League Island, an island four miles south of Philadelphia, purchased by the government in the 1870s to accommodate larger iron ship building facilities. Includes various views of acitvity in the Naval Yard including docked ships viewed from the river and men building and repairing ships on the dry dock. Specific ships include: the Mississippi, Washington, St. Louis and the Tennessee. Also depicts an exterior view of the barracks, the old sea wall and the officer's quarters., Contains 33 postcards printed in color and 11 printed in black and white. Also contains 1 linen postcard., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1900-1935
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [League Island - 130]

Title: [Caroline Wood in a plaid dress with scalloped white collar and a brooch.]
Description: Copy photograph. Detail of full plate portrait of Caroline with her two sisters, Mary and Julianna (see P.8926.21) in reverse. Very pale hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. No design., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.21]

Title: [Balding man, possibly Frederick Klett, Jr.]
Description: Hand colored pale pink on cheeks. Possibly Frederick Klett, Jr., partner in Potts & Kletts of Camden, N.J. Kletts was the son of Frederick Klett, a founder of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded velvet, embossed Bailey 198 Chesnut St. Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers within a double oval. Same design on verso.
Creator: Bailey, Jason, fl. 1853-1855, photographer.
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9956.1]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man, head slightly lowered, looking toward his right.]
Description: Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet embossed "Van Loan's Rooms 126 Arch St., Philada." Geometric border with swirls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Eagle with outstretched wings, sitting on a branch within a nonpareil-like border. Swirls all around. Geometric design on verso.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9792]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man wearing a black satin vest with his left arm is resting on a book on a table.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Marston's, Case: Uncased.
Creator: Marston, Joseph, photographer.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.5]

Title: [Anna Lea Bakewell as a girl.]
Description: Young Anna Lea Bakewell is sitting sideways on a chair, facing to her right. She wears a woolen cloak. Her hair is parted in the middle. Hand colored pink on cheeks, and hand coloring on her cloak., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Geometric design with fancy swirls., Mat: Curved oval., Case: Leather. A small spray of flowers is in an oval bordered by a curved oval. Scrolls all around. Same design on back., See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.7]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified couple sitting side by side.]
Description: She is wearing a checked dress with a white collar. He is wearing a jacket with a velvet collar. Hand colored pale pink on their cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded tan velvet with a peacock in the center, and scrolls all around., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Two birds are over a basket of flowers, under a spray of water from a fountain. Scroll work all around. The design of the case is called Birds and the Fountain and is plate 93 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity, ca. 1857.
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9491.9]

Title: [George Washington Conarroe, 1803-1882 or 4]
Description: Portrait of a mature Conarroe looking slightly to his left. He has frown marks on his forehead., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Photographer's embossed imprint in the center is torn and illegible. Geometric border all around., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint embossed on pad: Richards 179 Chestnut St. Philada., Case: Leather. Large spray of flowers within an octagonal border. No design on verso., Conarroe was a Philadelphia portrait and genre painter. See Conarroe Family research file., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer.
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.1]

Title: [Bootmaker with a boot on the table beside him.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. Embossed in center Reimer 617 N. 2nd St. Philada. Fancy scroll work all around., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Geometric design in center surrounded by fancy scrolls and swirls. Same design on verso.
Creator: Reimer, Benjamin, 1826-1899, photographer.
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2003.23]

Title: [George Henry Lea as a very young boy]
Description: Bust length portrait of a bare shouldered Lea. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Geometric design in center, scrolls all around., Mat: Oval. Stamped: Ambrotype by V. L. Richardson., Case: Leather. Geometric design. Modified octagon surrounding a four sided figure. Scrolls all around. Same design on verso., See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Richardson, V. L., photographer.
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.10]

Title: [Mrs. Isaac Lea, 1799-1874.]
Description: Portrait of Frances Carey Lea at about 60 years of age. Her hair is parted in the middle and she is wearing a lace scarf on her hair that comes down the sides of her face. Hand colored pale pink on her cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet with geometric design with a crown on top., Mat: Ornamented double elliptical. Stamped at top, upside down: Ambrotype by Rehn. Stamped on bottom: Patented July 4 and 11, 1854., Case: Thermoplastic. Geometric design with interlocking swirls.This design is #3-131in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. : Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) It is designated as common. Same design on verso., See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Rehn, Isaac, photographer.
Date: ca.1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.12]

Title: [Double portrait of two young siblings, Anna and George Henry Lea.]
Description: Double images. On the left, George Henry Lea, age 4 years and 9 months, hair parted low on the left side. On the right, Anna Lea (later Bakewell), age 9 years and 7 months, hair parted in the middle with big ribbons on each side. Hand colored pale pink on cheeks of both children., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Rehn. Chestnut St. Patented July 4 & 11 1854. Inscribed in mat: Feb. 1858., Case: Leather. No design., Small slip of paper inside case identifying the date and ages of the children. See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Rehn, Isaac, photographer.
Date: February or March 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.9a&b]

Title: Algernon Roberts, 1828-1868. Age about 21. Pencoyd
Description: Seated, waist-length portrait of Roberts, well coiffed, wearing a big black bowtie. His left arm is resting on a table. Pencoyd was the Roberts Family estate near Philadelphia., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. It is shaped like a book and is similar to Fig. 41 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) The case manufacturer is identified as H.A. Eichmeyer of Philadelphia., Attributed to Simons based on entry in Robert's diary dated September 4, 1848 (HSP, Roberts Family Papers #2087) that reads: Had my daguerreotype taken with Sidney for Uncle George at Simmons [sic] ....He took us in a sitting posture., Reproduced in "The Ties That Bind: Daguerreotypes and the Roberts and Thompson Families" by Sarah Weatherwax in The Daguerreian Annual 1999 (Pittsburgh, Pa.: The Daguerreian Society, 1999) p. 210. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer.
Date: September 4, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9562.5]

Title: St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, 50th Street and Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade of church built circa 1904 after designs by Isaac Pursell., Sheet number: 50A10., Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Souvenir of Erie Avenue M.E. Church. Jubilee occasion, February, 1907
Description: Exterior view of church at the intersection of West Erie Avenue, Rising Sun Avenue and North Seventh Street., Sheet number: 50B02B., Undivided back. Portrait of Rev. J.C. Petre on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Jewish Synagogue, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of Keneseth Israel Temple built circa 1891 after designs by Oscar Frotscher and Louis Caron Hickman on North Broad Street north of Cecil B. Moore Avenue., Numbered 061 on recto., Sheet number: 50B06., Undivided back. Post marked 1905., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Interior, St. James Episcopal Church, 52nd & Master Sts., Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of sanctuary., Sheet number: 50B10., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Old Swedes Church postcards
Description: Contains exterior views of the oldest church in Pennsylvania, built 1698-1700 after designs by John Harrison I and Reverend Andrew Rudman. The wings were added 1703-1705 and the tower circa 1733. Also includes an interior view of the sanctuary., Contains 21 postcards printed in color and 10 printed in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., Stands on the site of the first Swedish Lutheran Church in Philadelphia., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1900-1935
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Old Swedes - 51]

Title: St. Peters Church postcards
Description: Contains exterior views of church built 1758-1761 after designs by Robert Smith. William Strickland designed the monument to Benjamin Carr in 1831 and added the tower and spire in 1842., Contains 9 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1900-1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - St. Peters - 52]

Title: Fairmount Park boats, dam & waterworks postcards
Description: Depicts views of the Schuylkill River including Fairmount Waterworks, Fairmount dam and canal and Boat House Row along East River Drive. The waterworks were built after designs by engineer Frederick Graff 1812-1815. Also includes views of boats on the river and an evening view of the river from Boat House Row., Contains 27 postcards printed in color and 1 in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Boats, Dam & Waterworks - 60]

Title: Grant's cabin postcards
Description: Depicts the cabin used by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on the east side of Carriage Drive in Fairmount Park. 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., Contains 10 postcards printed in color and 7 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Grant's Cabin - 70]

Title: East River Drive postcards
Description: Depicts various views of East River Drive in Fairmount Park including the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park, built 1866-1867 by engineers John A. Wilson and Alexander C. Shand. Construction of bridge was one of many factors that enabled the implementation of a direct route from West Philadelphia to New York City. Includes trains travelling east and west over the bridge. Also depicts pedestrian and vehicular traffic on East River Drive near the bridge., Contains 59 postcards printed in color and 26 printed in black and white., Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge also known as the Mantua Junction Viaduct., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - East River Drive - 66-68]

Title: Fairmount Park entrances postcards
Description: Depicts several entrances to Fairmount Park including the Lemon Hill (Callowhill Street) entrance showing a woman admiring William Rush's seven and one-half feet tall Water Nymph and Bittern fountain sculpture (1809) and the marble Frederick Graff Memorial (commissioned in 1844); the Dauphin Street entrance to the park showing another fountain sculpture located near Strawberry Mansion at Thirty-third and Dauphin Streets; the winding entrance path to the Spring Garden Street entrance; Emmanuel Fremiet's Joan of Arc statue marking the entrance to the Fairmount Park at 25th Street and Kelly Drive and the entrance near the Sunken Gardens and Horticultural Hall, showing vehicular traffic and pedestrians. Includes one unidentified entrance to the park., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1910-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Entrances - 69]

Title: Randolph Mansion, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade of the colonial mansion, Laurel Hill located on Edgeley Drive at the corner of Fairmoutn Avenue. The central portion of the house was built circa 1767, the single story addition circa 1800 and the octagonal wing after 1837. Built for Rebecca Rawle and her second husband, Samuel Shoemaker. The house was purchased by physician Philip Syng Physick in 1828 and it passed to Physick's daughter Sarah Randolph who in turn sold it to the Fairmount Park Commission in 1869. The Commission used it for employee housing from 1869-1901 and then leased it to two organizations, The Colonial Dames of America and later the Women for Greater Philadelphia, who opened it to the public., Numbered 11229 on recto., Also known as Laurel Hill and Joseph Shute House., Sheet number: 81A01., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: Residence of John Penn, Colonial Governor, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of house built 1784-1785 for John Penn, grandson of William Penn. It became part of Fairmount Park in 1867. Currently part of the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens., Numbered 24 on recto., Also known as Solitude., Sheet number: 81A01., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: c1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: Pond lilies and rustic bridge, artificial lake, Fairmount Park postcards
Description: Depicts a rustic, wooden bridge spanning an artificial lake filled with water lilies in Fairmount Park. Includes two women crossing the bridge and a man strolling along the water's edge. Possibly depicts Centennial Lake since water lilies covered eighty percent of the water's surface in the summer., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A01 and 86B01., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: Belmont Canal postcards
Description: Contains various views of a canal boat on Belmont Canal., Sheet number: 86B03., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: Religious Liberty Statue postcards
Description: Depicts the statue of Religious Liberty symbolized by a classical figure wearing a cap with a border of thirteen stars representing the Colonies. She holds the Constitution of the United States in her left hand and raises her right hand above Faith, represented by a youthful figure holding the lamp of Religion. Designed by Moses Jacob Ezekiel in 1876 in honor of the Centennial anniversary. Also includes views of the cactus beds surrounding the base of the monument., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Statue commissioned by B'nai B'rith and dedicated in 1876. Moved near the National Museum of American Jewish History on North Fifth Street above Market Street in 1985., Sheet numbers: 88A06 and 88B05., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1905-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]

Title: Christopher Columbus statue postcards
Description: Depicts a statue of Christopher Columbus standing on a large stone base with his hand resting on a globe. Attributed to sculptor Emanuele Caroni. Commissioned by Italian-Americans for the Centennial Exhibition in 1876. Moved to Marconi Plaza in South Philadelphia in 1982 from its original site in West Fairmount Park., Sheet number: 88B01., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]

Title: Founders Week parade postcards
Description: Contains photographic postcards of Founders Week, celebrating the 225th anniversary of the founding of Philadelphia. Depicts scenes from parades held throughout the week including the Military Parade on October 5, 1908 showing U.S. Troops; the Industrial Parade on October 7, 1908 displaying products and advertisements from local companies on floats and Historical Day on October 9, 1908 showing people in costume recreating Philadelphia history., Divided backs. Azo stamp boxes with upward pointing triangles in corners., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Founders Week - Parade Real Photos - 96]

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