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- Title
- Craig, Finley & Co. Steam-power lithographers and printers, 1020 Arch Street
- Description
- Series of tradecards advertising the lithographic firm established as Craig, Butt & Finley in 1869 and renamed Craig, Finley & Co. in 1872. Seven of the tradecards depict quaint scenes of children at play and work in addition to one containing a montage of vignette views of buildings at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Scenes include a boy presenting flowers to a girl, children witnessing breaking and broken wares, children chasing a rabbit, a shepherd boy with a lamb, and girls performing the wash. All the boys are attired in knickers and most wear hats. Most of the girls are attired in peasant-like dresses. Centennial tradecard shows Machinery Hall, the Main Building, Art Gallery, Agricultural Hall, and Horticultural Hall. Also includes the promotional text: Publishers of this style Centennial Card. Firm operated until 1950., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 14, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - Scrapbook. Gift of F. Lyman Windolph.
- Creator
- Craig, Finley & Co.
- Date
- [ca. 1876]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - Scrapbook
- Title
- T. Sinclair & Son. Lithographic establishment. Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement calendar for 1883 containing a genre scene showing children walking down a path in the woods. The boy and girl walk arm in arm. The boy holds a branch in his free hand. The girl wears a cape with bonnet-like hood and the boy wears a vest. Calendar forms side borders. Thomas Sinclair & Son operated as a partnership 1870-1889., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 93, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - Scrapbook [Wf. 98 vol. 1], LCP holds copy trimmed to image. **Tradecards - S [8173.F].
- Creator
- T. Sinclair & Son
- Date
- 1883
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - Scrapbook [Wf. 98 vol. 1]
- Title
- Col. Hyatt's military polka
- Description
- Sheet music cover containing a view of cadets drilling in front of the Pennsylvania Military Academy, relocated from Wilmington, Delaware in 1862. One troop stands at attention as another group mans a row of cannons. A large flag pole rises from behind the multi-storied academy building that is adorned with a cupola and portico. Also shows a white picket fence surrounding the grounds. The academy, founded as the Bullock School for Boys in 1821, relocated from Wilmington, De. to Chester, Pa. in 1868 and operated as the Pennsylvania Military College 1892-1966. The institution was reincorporated as Widener University in 1979., Dedication: Respectfully dedicated to the cadets of the Penna. Military Academy West Chester, Pa., Not in Wainwright., Price printed on recto: 5., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 281, Johns Hopkins University: Levy Collection Box 044, Item 037
- Date
- c1864
- Location
- Johns Hopkins University | Special Collections at the Sheridan Libraries. JHU Levy Collection Box 044, Item 037, http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/catalog/levy:044.037
- Title
- Church of the Assumption. Spring Garden St. betw. 11th & 12th St. Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the front elevation of the Gothic-style church built 1848-1849 after the designs of Patrick Neeley at 1133 Spring Garden Street. An iron work fence lines the building that contains two towers. Church closed by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1995., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, PAHRC: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Church of the Assumption
- Creator
- Kramer, Peter, 1823-1907, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1849]
- Location
- Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Church of the Assumption
- Title
- Interior of St. Mary's Church Philadelphia Penna
- Description
- Confirmation and Holy Commmunion certificate containing an interior view showing the ornate altar of the Roman Catholic church built 1763 and enlarged 1810-1811 (Charles Johnson, master carpenter) at 242-250 S. 4th Street. Includes a large crucifix carved circa 1810 by William Rush behind the altar; the baptismal font; alcoves with holy figure sculptures; a ceiling mural of the Virgin Mary; and the pews and balconies. St. Marys served as the city's first Catholic Cathedral 1810-1837., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 121, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Old St. Mary
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Old St. Mary
- Title
- Our Mother of Sorrows, Cathedral Cemetery W. Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the Roman Catholic Church (corner stone laid 1867, 4800-4814 Lancaster Avenue), and adjacent St. Johns Orphan Asylum (built circa 1852) at the east end of the Cathedral Cemetery. In the right of the image, the Gothic-style church stands next to the gated entrance with gatehouse to the cemetery. A small church outbuilding, trees and paths landscape the church grounds. On a hillside behind the church, the asylum is visible. Several children stroll and play under the presence of Sisters of St. Joseph on the tree-lined property. In the foreground, pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages and buggies travel on Lancaster Avenue. Also includes printed annotations for the "Cemetery Gate" and "48th St." Our Mother, built after the designs of Edwin Forest Durang, replaced St. Gregory's Church built on the site soon after the purchase of the land in 1849 by Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick for the development of a cemetery and other Catholic institutions in West Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Copyright secured., Date inferred from variant duplicate in the Print and Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Inscribed in block letters below title: Original Plan - 1875., Philadelphia on Stone, PAHRC: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Mother
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Mother
- Title
- Church of Our Lady of Consolation. Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa In charge of the Augustinian Fathers
- Description
- Certificate containing an exterior view of the Roman Catholic church, also known as St. Mary's Lady of Consolation Church, and later Our Mother of Consolation Church, built in 1855 at 7-25 East Chestnut Hill Avenue. Church contains the Gothic spire built in 1885. A Victorian-style residence stands adjacent to the church and an iron-work fence bordered by bushes line the properties. A man enters the church building while nearby a lady walks across the path in the sidewalk, which leads to the church yard. In the street, a horse-drawn buggy travels. On the opposite sidewalk, a gentleman on a stroll walks in the direction of two young men, one carrying a basket on his arm. Also shows a street lamp. The church, founded in 1855, was built with funding from founding parishioner Joseph Middleton., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 32, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Lady of Consolation
- Date
- [ca. 1885]
- Location
- Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Lady of Consolation
- Title
- Church of Our Lady of the Visitation, cor. Lehigh Ave. and Leamy St. Philadelphia Pa Rev. Thomas J. Barry pastor
- Description
- View showing the Roman Catholic church, also known as Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, completed circa 1879 at 2625 B Street in Kensington. On the sidewalk, pairs of men converse near street lamps, two passing boys, and a well-dressed lady. In the street, a man rides on horseback past two priests as a woman with a little girl crosses nearby. Parish established circa 1873 under the name of St. Cecilia. Rev. Thomas J. Barry, who changed the location and name of the church, was appointed pastor in 1875., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 33, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Lady of the Visitation
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Lady of the Visitation
- Title
- Church of St. Charles Borremeo. Twentieth and Christian Streets Philadelphia Rev. J. O'Reilly, pastor
- Description
- View showing the Roman Catholic Church built 1868-1876 in a High Victorian baroque style after the designs of Edwin Forest Durang at 900 S. 20th Street. Building contains a French-roof tower, domed tower with clock faces, and gable roof. Two men converse at the corner near a fire hydrant. An iron-work fence lines the side of the building., Not in Wainwright., Label pasted on recto: Presented by Martin J. Griffin., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 35, PAHRC: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Charles Borromeo, Griffin, a Catholic historian, writer and editor of The Catholic Standard and Times, was founder of the America Catholic Historical Society, in 1884. The Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center provides research access to the collections of the society.
- Date
- [ca. 1876]
- Location
- Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Charles Borromeo
- Title
- St. Agatha's Church Philadelphia, Penna Rev. John E. Fitzmaurice pastor
- Description
- View showing the Roman Catholic Church built 1874-1878 in the High Victorian Gothic style after the designs of Durang at 3801 Spring Garden Street in West Philadelphia. Building includes the octagonal spire erected 1882-1883 and a gable-roof with cross-gables. Near the church, a woman strolls with a parasol, two men convene near a street lamp, two ladies converse with a gentleman, and a man carries a package in front of a fire hydrant. In the street, individuals cross the intersection near a man on horseback and the "Race, Hestonville, Vine, Fairmount & Exchange, Zoological Garden" horse-drawn street car. Also shows a fenced residence adjacent to the church. Residence contains a covered side-porch, addition, and iron-work fencing. Trees surround the property., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 227, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Agatha's
- Date
- [ca. 1883]
- Location
- Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Agatha's
- Title
- St. Augustine's Church. Philadelphia, Penna
- Description
- View showing the second edifice of the Roman Catholic church built 1848-1849 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun at 260-262 North Fourth Street. Building contains the steeple added in 1867 after the designs of Edwin F. Durang. Neighboring residences, a business adorned with an awning, and the church cemetery are visible adjacent to St. Augustine's. In front of the church, pedestrians, including a mother and child, stroll; a newsboy runs toward a parked carriage; and a man crosses the street. Also shows a fire hydrant, street lamps, and the church property protected by an ironwork fence and stone wall with doorway., Not in Wainwright., Contains inset titled "St. Augustine's School and Parochial Residence, E.F. Durang, Arch't." Shows the three-story school rebuilt in 1870 and the adjoining parochial residence on the north side of the church. Includes light pedestrian traffic., Reproduction of print published as frontispiece to Rev. Francis X. McGowan, ed., Historical Sketch of St. Augustine's Church, Philadelphia, Pa. 1796-1896 (Philadelphia: Published by the Augustinian Fathers, 1896), Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 230, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Augustine's
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Augustine's
- Title
- St. Bonifacius Church. Norris Square Philadelphia, Penna
- Description
- View showing the Roman Catholic church, also known as St. Boniface, built 1868-1872 at Diamond and North Hancock streets in Kensington. St. Boniface School stands adjacent to the church. An American flag adorns the roof. Pedestrians walk and greet one another on the sidewalk in front of the church and on the opposite side of the street in front of Norris Square. Two gentlemen cross the street near a parked carriage and another transporting two ladies. Iron work fences line the church and square in which trees are visible., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 231, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Bonifacius
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Bonifacius
- Title
- Church of St. Charles Borremeo. Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Certificate showing the interior of the Roman Catholic Church built 1868-1876 in a High Victorian baroque style after the designs of Edwin Forest Durang at 900 S. 20th Street. View looks toward the ornate rectangular chancel, with sculptural details, including angels, and a crucifix icon. Side altars include religious icons and sculptural details. Also shows a crucifix adorning a side wall, low-hanging chandelier in front of the altar, stained glass windows, pews, and balconies. Image contains ornamented cornices, including one containing "IHS.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 34, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Charles Borromeo
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Charles Borromeo
- Title
- Church of St. Edward the Confessor Philadelphia, Penna Rev. P. F. Sullivan pastor
- Description
- View showing the Roman Catholic Church at 2401-2427 North 8th Street built as an Episcopal church and bought by the Archdiocese for the parish established in 1865. Also shows the adjacent church school. The church, which does not contain a tower, and school are surrounded by a yard with trees that is protected by a picket fence. A few pedestrians, including a woman and child, walk on the sidewalk in front of the property. Rev. P. F. Sullivan assumed the pastorship of the church in 1873. A cornerstone for a new church was laid in 1883., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 36, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Church of St. Edward the Confessor
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Church of St. Edward the Confessor
- Title
- Christopher Gallagher. Wholesale liquor dealer 806 Lombard St
- Description
- Advertisement showing the two-story brownstone storefront, adorned with signage, of the liquor dealer who relocated to 806 Lombard Street circa 1875. Barrels, visible through the open central entry, are stacked within the space on the first floor. Architectural ornamentations and etched, arched windows adorn the upper story facade. A man, possibly proprietor Gallagher, stands near one of two other doorways to the establishment across from a laborer prying on one of several barrels lined on the sidewalk. In the street, a boy attends to one of two horses drawing a cart loaded with more barrels. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings. Gallagher immigrated to the United States in 1856 and established a wholesale liquor business in Philadelphia. He was a member of the Hibernian Society, Catholic societies, and president of the Building and Loan Association., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 121, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Firefighting Album Am 3989 Gallagher
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Firefighting Album Am 3989 Gallagher
- Title
- Cut outs of firefighting scenes from The Fire Insurance Company of the County of Philadelphia advertisement
- Description
- First cutout is captioned "1800" and is within a border containing a banner reading "Incorporated 1832 Charter Perpetual." Shows several volunteers, attired in long coats and top hats, operating a hand-pumper engine near a pond of water and water pump during the day. Other men operate the water pump and use buckets to collect water from the pond as flames shoot from two windows of a building in the background. Two volunteer firefighters, including Joseph Tipler of the United States Engine Company, in uniform flank the scene. The second firefighter's shirt and hat is adorned with "1." Second cutout is captioned "1866" and is surrounded by a border of filigree. Shows several volunteers, during the evening, using steam engines to battle the blaze of two multi-story buildings. Men run and operate hoses from the ground and by ladder, pull equipment, and direct their fellow firefighters. Some volunteers hold an ax or a horn. United States Engine Company was incorporated in 1832., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Breuker & Kessler from duplicate print in auction catalog., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 169, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Firefighting Album Am 3989 Cutouts
- Date
- [ca. 1866]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Firefighting Album Am 3989 Cutout 1, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Firefighting Album Am 3989 Cutout 2
- Title
- Cut outs of firefighting scenes from The Fire Insurance Company of the County of Philadelphia advertisement
- Description
- First cutout is captioned "1800" and is within a border containing a banner reading "Incorporated 1832 Charter Perpetual." Shows several volunteers, attired in long coats and top hats, operating a hand-pumper engine near a pond of water and water pump during the day. Other men operate the water pump and use buckets to collect water from the pond as flames shoot from two windows of a building in the background. Two volunteer firefighters, including Joseph Tipler of the United States Engine Company, in uniform flank the scene. The second firefighter's shirt and hat is adorned with "1." Second cutout is captioned "1866" and is surrounded by a border of filigree. Shows several volunteers, during the evening, using steam engines to battle the blaze of two multi-story buildings. Men run and operate hoses from the ground and by ladder, pull equipment, and direct their fellow firefighters. Some volunteers hold an ax or a horn. United States Engine Company was incorporated in 1832., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Breuker & Kessler from duplicate print in auction catalog., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 169, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Firefighting Album Am 3989 Cutouts
- Date
- [ca. 1866]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Firefighting Album Am 3989 Cutout 1, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Firefighting Album Am 3989 Cutout 2
- Title
- Decatur Steam Fire Co. membership certificate
- Description
- Membership certificate containing a vignette of a steam engine in a rural setting, presumably Frankford. Also contains filigree and cornice details, including American eagles holding shields, and the letter "D" ornamented with anchor details. The fire company stationed in Frankford was instituted in 1803 and incorporated in 1842. The company was named after the Naval hero Stephen Decatur whose father purportedly resided in Frankford., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Edward Deal on February 19, 1867. Signed George Burns, Presidentand Rufus T. Corson, Secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 178, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Firefighting Album Am 3989 Decatur
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Firefighting Album Am 3989 Decatur
- Title
- South east view of West-town Boarding School. Chester Co. Penna. Instituted 1794, opened 1799, enlarged 1847
- Description
- Genre scene showing female students gathered on the main path and grounds at the west end of the main building of the co-educational Quaker boarding school. Girls stroll, converse, read under a tree, and hold hands in a game. Also shows a man with a young boy, and another man carrying two baskets, walking on the grounds landscaped with several trees. Westtown was established in 1794 by the Society of Friends as a boarding school for boys and girls. The campus was separated into the girls' and boys' bounds, i.e., yards for recreation. Sledding, or coasting, was a favorite winter activity., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone., POSP 222, Westtown School Archives
- Creator
- Collins, John, 1814-1902, artist
- Date
- 1858
- Location
- Westtown School Archives WSA Collins color, Westtown School Archives WSA Collins bw
- Title
- West Philadelphia Manufacturing Cos. starch & farina works Corner of Chestnut & Bridgewater Sts
- Description
- Advertisement showing the bustling industrial starch and farina works at the corner of Chestnut and Bridgewater Streets (ie. Chestnut and Thirtieth Streets) looking northeast toward the Schuylkill River. Laborers direct horse-drawn drays and wagons to and from factory buildings and railroad cars. Scene includes a man on horseback riding toward the factory buildings, a laborer standing in the foreground near the tracks, smoke rising from several chimneys in the complex, the Market Street Bridge crossing the Schuylkill River in the distance, and the outline of Philadelphia Gas Works gasholders immediately east of the bridge., Published in Edwin T. Freedley's Philadelphia and its manufactures: a handbook exhibiting the development, variety, and statistics of the manufacturing industry in Philadelphia in 1857 (Philadelphia: Edward Young, 333 Walnut Street, 1859 [c1858]), opposite page 460., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 826.2, Atwater Kent Museum: 88.98.74, Free Library of Philadelphia: 917.481 F87, Artist's study for print held in the collections of the Library of Congress. [DLC-PP-1997-105-Prints-StarchWorks]
- Date
- 1859
- Location
- Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 88.98.74
- Title
- Cottage of W.H. Gatzmer, at Tacony
- Description
- View showing the ornately trimmed cottage house of railroad agent William H. Gatzmer. In the front lawn, a girl and a boy play hoop near a hobby horse. Vessels travel on the Delaware River in the background. The Tacony neighborhood formed in 1846, when Gatzmer secured a charter for the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad and the riverfront area was used as a railroad terminus. In 1867, Gatzmer became president of the Camden & Amboy Railroad., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00024, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 18:8
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Castner 18:8
- Title
- [Stevens-Cogdell and Sanders-Venning family portrait collection]
- Description
- Primarily studio portraits and snapshots of members of the Venning line of the middle-class Philadelphia African American family descended from the 19th-century white South Carolinian Richard Walpole Cogdell (1787-1866), and Sarah Martha Sanders (1815-1850), a Black enslaved woman. Includes professionally photographed group portraits depicting the family's participation in the Philadelphia African American music community of the early 20th century, including: the Mendelssohn Singing Society; Sid Stratton's Orchestra; the Treble Clef Mandolin and Guitar Club; and the Soap Box Social, a minstrel club associated with the African American political club, Citizen's Republican Club. Other formal portraiture includes the graduation portrait for the South Philadelphia High School for Girls class of 1921, including Lillie Venning and contralto Marian Anderson, and a group portrait of the Citizens Republican Club (ca. 1910). Collection also contains studio portraits and snaphots photographed during family summer excursions to Pleasantville and Atlantic City, New Jersey; portraits of family friends and family members through marriage; silhouettes of members of the Cogdell family cut by Master Hankes, i.e., Jarvis F. Hanks (ca. 1828); and an album (ca. 1860-ca. 1913) containing portraits of members of the Venning family and of unidentified sitters., Sitters include members from the Cogdell family, the Venning family, the Capps family, and the Saunders family. Cogdell family members include: Cecilia Cogdell, wife of Richard Walpole Cogdell, and three of their sons - James Gordon Cogdell, George Burgess Cogdell, and John Walpole Cogdell. Venning family members include: Richard Cogdell and Sarah Sanders' daughter, Julia Sanders Venning, her husband Edward Y. Venning (a contractor), and his brother, Richard DeReef Venning (a government clerk). Julia Sanders Venning and Edward Y. Venning's children - Louise Sanders Venning, Miranda Cogdell Venning (a school principal), Oliver Casey Venning (family historian), George Edward Venning (postal worker), Sarah (Sallie) Venning (Holden) (substitute teacher), and her husband William B. Holden (caterer). George Edward Venning and Julia Capps Venning's children - Mary Venning, Martha Venning (Bowie), and her husband Charles Bowie. Capps family members include: Julia Capps Venning's father Augustus Capps (butler), and her siblings, Lillie Capps Adams (educator/musician), Oscar Capps (post office clerk), Adolphus Capps (an undertaker), Berkley Capps (bellman), and Meta Capps (Thomas). Other sitters include family members George Saunders; Agnes Saunders; Georgine Rex Saunders (Chew); Mary Saunders (Patterson) (soprano and music instructor of Marian Anderson); Susan Saunders (Williams); Richard Sanders Chew; and Charles Sanders Chew; and acquaintances African American bibliophile and Tribune columnist William C. Bolivar, African American undertaker Joseph Seth, and Mrs. and Dr. Perry., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Date of silhouettes inferred from active dates in Charleston, S.C. of silhouettist Jarvis F. Hanks. See Charleston Courier, March 13, 1828, 2 and "For A Few Days," Charleston Courier, March 31, 1928, 3., Various photographers, including the following Philadelphia photographers: Bell Studio; Frederick Gutekunst; H.D. Garns & Co.; Moses S. Hagaman; Charles Hagemann & Co.; Frank W. Harris, Jr.; Miles & Foster; Parlor Gallery; Charles M. Sullivan; and Daniel Slutzky Studio., Sitters identified by descendants, from manuscript notes on versos, and/or accompanying photographic prints., P.9367.32, ca. 1900 pastel portrait of possibly Clara, nurse to children and grandchildren of Sarah Sanders and R. W. Cogdell, after ca. 1875 tintype photographed by J. Fenton (729 South St., Phila.), P.2012.37.1.23b, Richard DeReef Venning Album, Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Collection., Lib. Company. Annual Report, 1991, p. 26-31., Gift of descendants Cordelia H. Brown, Lillie V. Dickerson, Mary Hinkson Jackson, and Georgine E. Willis in honor of Phil Lapsansky., LCP exhibit catalogue: African American Miscellany p. 45., Genealogical chart available at repository., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Middle-class African American family active in the Philadelphia African American political, social, educational, and cultural community from the 1850s to the 20th century. The family was involved in several prominent local African American institutions, including the St. Thomas P.E. Church, Church of the Crucifixion, Central Presbyterian Church, the Colored Institute of Youth, and the Citizens Republican Club.
- Date
- [ca. 1830 - ca. 1940, bulk 1910-1925]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | PRINT. Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Collection [P.9367.1-51]
- Title
- [Eiichi Hirose collection of bookplates]
- Description
- Collection of seventeen Japanese bookplates owned by Eiichi Hirose. Sixteen bookplates were designed and created by Yumimaro Ohmori, and one was created by Koson Nakayama. The bookplates depict scenes of Japanese landscapes, flowers, insects and animals, and people, including a person on a bridge over water and looking at a mountain; a man leading a horse; two people at a camp fire; a Japanese woman attired in a kimono; a young man farmer riding backwards on an ox; a potted plant; cherry blossoms; dragonflies; and a bird flying over bamboo. Two type-written letters are included describing some of the bookplate designs and gifting the bookplates to the Library Company of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from letter of gift., Partial transcript of letter accompanying the gift: I enclosed my ex-libris in use, designed and engraved by Yumimaro Ohmori, a graduate of the Tokyo College of Fine Arts, and would be glad to make an exchange of ex-libris with you. Because of my great interest in which I have been collecting ex-libris for three years, I shall appreciate very much if you can favor me with some of your specimens. I desire to extend this collection all over the world, and any information in this connection will be deeply appreciated. With best wishes, I am yours very truly, Eiichi Hirose. Oct. 8th, 1935., Text of accompanying letter: The design of this ex-libris represents a tombstone characteristic of 12th century Japan. This plate is designed and used by Koson Nakayama of Tokyo. The design of this plate is symbolical of dramatic art, the three colors, perhaps of curtains, representing the three largest theatres that existed in Yedo (present Tokyo). This plate is used by Shuzan E. Hirose. The design show a youthful farmer rising an ox. From this one may infer that the owner (Hirose) is a collector of books on agriculture and rural problems.
- Creator
- Ohmori, Yumimaro, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1935]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare LCP Records MSS 00270 Series 4B Bookplates Box 23, Folder 10 [12126.Q.10]
- Title
- Jay Rial's ideal Uncle Tom's Cabin L.H. Stockwell as lawyer Marks & his trained donkey Jerry
- Description
- Trade card for Jay Rial's touring stage company's production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Shows actor L.H. Stockwell in character as Marks from the play standing on the sidewalk. He is attired in a top hat, a white collared shirt, a white bowtie, a black jacket with tails, yellow-and-black striped pants, and black shoes and holds a red umbrella. In the left, a donkey stands in the street. In the background is a block of buildings. Jay Rial, a New York theatrical manager, began tours of his production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" circa 1881. The production was associated with novel features of live dogs and donkeys and props, such as floating cakes of ice, and was purported to have earned $1,000,000 by the end of its run., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of the theatrical production., Advertising text printed on verso: Academy of Music! Week commencing September 12. Matinees Wednesday & Saturday. The survival of the fittest. Sixth season. The Jay Rial Uncle Tom's Cabin Co. This Great Company is the only one considered worthy of metropolitan recognition. The only Company that has stood the test of all the important Academies and Theatres in the great capitals of the country. All the old favorites. New scenery. Trained donkey. Beautiful music. The magnolia jubilee band. Camp meeting shouters. And the only genuine trained bloodhounds in the world. The enormous success of the enterprise has prompted imitation in many ways. The matter of the show bills has been widely copied, and especially have efforts been made to give the appearance of presenting Bloohounds; but imitation is ever entirely successful. Excellence is only obtatined by time and labor. The people's prices: 25, 35 & 50 cents. No higher. No extra. Sale of Tickets will commence, Thursday, Sept. 8, at 9 a.m., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
- Date
- [ca. 1881]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP Trade Cards - Academy [P.2011.45.24]
- Title
- Jules Hauel's eau lustral hair restorative For the restoration, growth, beauty and preservation of the hair
- Description
- Advertisement for the Philadelphia perfumer at 120, i.e., 324 Chestnut Street. Shows two well-dressed women in a boudoir that is decorated with carpet, drapes, and a candlelabra. One woman combs her long, lush, flowing hair with her back to a nightstand with a mirror as she looks at the second woman with short wispy hair. Perfume bottles rest on the night stand. Also contains an ornamental border including columns and advertising text. Text promotes the stopping of "decay in the middle of decline, to preserve what is beautiful" through use of Haul's "Hair Restorative" that "stops the falling off of Hair, promotes the growth of it, vivifies the roots and the skin and gives a new vigor to hair." Hauel began his perfumery business in Philadelphia in 1839 by selling vegetable hair dyes and fancy soaps., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 127, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 392 W 363, Trimmed.
- Creator
- Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1842]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 392 W 363
- Title
- [Marriage certificate]
- Description
- Marriage certificate illustrated with an ornate border containing a romantic scene. Scene shows a couple, accompanied by the female allegorical figure Love, sailing in a gondola. Love holds an arrow and torch and the gondola is adorned with a garland of flowers. Border also includes flowers, vinery, doves, the Bible, and clasped hands over the Biblical quote "What God hath joined together let not man put asunder, Matth. XIX.6.", Title supplied by cataloguer., Copyrighted by J.R. Jones in Washington, D.C., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Mr. Daniel S. Schaeffer of Fleetwood Berks co. Pa. and Miss Mary F. Potteiger of Jefferson Twp. Berks Co. Pa. on September 4, 1875. Signed by Rev. Thomas Calvin Leinbach of Womelsdorf. Witnessed by Adam N. Potteiger and Adam S. bright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 144
- Date
- c1870
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 14342.Q [Roughwood]
- Title
- [Marriage certificate]
- Description
- Contains a border comprised of gothic architectural elements, floral motifs, and two vignettes. First vignette shows the reverend blessing the formally attired couple. The bride wears an off-the-shoulder wedding dress and veil and the groom wears a tuxedo. Second vignette shows the married couple exiting the church, hand in hand, followed by three wedding guests., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Henry W. Shouse of Hauley Wayne Co. Pa. and Ann Eliza Nekerris of District of Spring Garden County Philada. on October 16, 1851. Signed by Edmund Neville, Rector of Christ Church, New Orleans., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 90
- Creator
- Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 14349.Q [Roughwood]
- Title
- Junger Maennerchor [membership certificate]
- Description
- Membership certificate for the German-American choral society founded in 1852. Includes an ornamental border and vignettes. Vignettes depict a Grecian-attired female with harp; an American eagle grasping a harp and a banner marked with the establishment date of the society; the female allegorical figure of music holding a harp, laurel wreath, and attended by a cherub displaying a sheet of music on a pillow; and a view of the society's hall at the N.W. corner of Sixth and Vine streets. By the mid 1870s, German-Americans had formed 24 singing societies in Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 128, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: **NB 1 75 - 403
- Creator
- Theo. Leonhardt & Son
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP **NB 1 75 - 403