Unmounted stereograph showing the interior of an architectural model of a house designed by premier tradesmen of the city. Displayed on Union Avenue. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair held June 7-28, 1864 on Logan Circle was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization., Title from printed paper label below image., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Watson, A., photographer
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Watson - Fairs [5781.F.155h]
Unmounted stereograph showing the interior of an architectural model of a house designed by premier tradesmen of the city. Displayed on Union Avenue, the main thoroughfare in the fair building. Patriotic bunting hangs from the rafters in the background. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair held June 7-28, 1864 on Logan Circle was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization., Title from printed text on paper label below image. Also from manuscript note on mount: $1000 baby house., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Watson, A., photographer
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Watson - Fairs [5781.F.172f]
Reward of merit cut from sheet of merits typically accumulated by students to be redeemed for a larger certificate or fancy card from their teacher. Contains ornamental border., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler., Described in Patricia Fenn and Alfred Malpa, Rewards of merit (Charlottesville, Va.: Ephemera Society of America, 1994), 110.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Rewards of Merit [P.2011.10.160]
View of dwellings and landscaped lawns separated by iron fences on the 2200 block Green Street. Two fountains decorate the lawns in the foreground. Possibly from 2222-2224 Green Street looking east., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint in black text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.9260.44]
View showing the African American 24th Regiment standing in ranks at Camp William Penn, Cheltenham Township. Two white officers stand in front of the regiment gathered next to the camp's barracks. Begun in 1863 with the support of the Union League, Camp William Penn was the first Pennsylvania camp for volunteer African American regiments. Eleven regiments were formed at the camp, including the 24th. Camp William Penn was the largest existing camp for the training of officers to lead African American troops., Accessioned 1981., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - military [P.8687.6]
Depicts the Memorial Tower connecting the dormitories, constructed 1894-1911 after designs by Cope & Stewardson., Founded as a charity school in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin. Original school buildings located at 4th and Arch Streets, then moved into the Presidential Mansion at 9th and Chestnut Streets in 1802. The mansion was cleared away in 1829 and two larger university buildings were constructed. Expanded to a much larger West Philadelphia campus in 1875., Divided back., Accession numbers: P.9076.23 and P.9105.17., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Education - [various]
Exterior view looking west at the three story corner grocery store owned by Frank Hummel. A table advertising "Old Dutch Cleanser" sits in front of the shop facing Roxborough Avenue and a wooden stand rests underneath the shop window facing Fleming Street. A side entrance enables access to upper floors above the grocery store along the southeast flank facing Roxborough Avenue. A one story shed occupies the lot north of the grocery store on Fleming Street., Title from manuscript note on verso., Real photo. Divided back. AZO stamp box with diamonds in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Streets - [P.2005.6]
Ticket for the Phildelphia Jewish social club event containing vignettes and filigree. Vignettes show couples attired in medieval and peasant costumes. Also shows one of the costumed men holding a banner marked "MRA." The Mercantile Reading Association, originally the Mercantile Club, was established in 1853., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See also the proofs before tint stones [P.9349.140e&154e].
Date
[1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.153m]
View looking east from City Hall showing the Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry standing in formation on the 1300 block of Market street during the celebration commemorating the end of the Spanish American War in 1898. Spectators crowd the sidewalks and flags and bunting adorn the businesses, including John Wanamaker's department store, completed in 1876 after the designs of Theophilius P. Chandler (1300-1326 Market)., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamburg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Griffith & Griffith, established in Philadelphia in 1896, expanded in 1908 to included offices in St. Louis and Liverpool. The non-Philadelphia offices were relocated in 1910., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date
[ca. 1898]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Processions [P.9047.129]
Reward of merit designed as a bank note. Contains pictorial details of instruments of learning, including a paint palette, lamp, books, and a globe, within a decorative border., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler., Described in Patricia Fenn and Alfred Malpa, Rewards of merit (Charlottesville, Va.: Ephemera Society of America, 1994), 110.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Rewards of Merit [P.2011.10.162]
Depicts row homes along the 900 block of south 60th Street, near Carpenter Street in West Philadelphia., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Streets - [P.9231]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting the flags of France, Germany, Norway, Russia, and Sweden., Title supplied by cataloger., Prints contain advertising text on versos for A. & J. B. Bartholomew's children's clothing store at 23 North Eighth Street in Philadelphia. Three prints [1975.F.78; 1975.F.111; 1975.F.117] include text that advertises "kid gloves, parasols, hosiery, underwear, neckwear, &c." and two prints [1975.F.106 and 1975.F.114] serve as admission tickets to the store., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Bartholomew [1975.F.78; 1975.F.106; 1975.F.111; 1975.F.114; 1975.F.117]
Advertising blotter containing a caricature of "Our Commercial Traveler" (i.e., a traveling agent for wholesale merchants). Shows a gentleman sales agent caricatured with a large head, mustache, side burns, and prominent nose, attired in a suit and top hat, and carrying a valise and umbrella., Manuscript note on recto: Property of Jho. Shower, Orwigsburg, Pa., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.3]
Illustrated trade card depicting a vignette of two St. Bernard dogs sitting in the snow with an incapacitated traveller framed by ears of corn to represent the starch industry and patriotic symbols, including laurel wreaths, bugles, and a flag., Contains "Legend of the St. Bernhard Dog" text printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Erkenbrecher [1975.F.291]
Illustrated bag showing a traveler, his valises at his side, and an umbrella under his arm, stopped on the roadside, and reading a sign marked: For bargains & low prices go to A. Gsell's cheap store where you will get a bargain every time., Advertising text printed on verso: Teething Syrup will save Babys from Cholera Infantum. Teething Syrup will make Baby's Healthy and Hearty. Teething Syrup will make Baby's Teeth Come Easy. Teething Syrup will cure Baby's Sleeplessness and Relieve Pain. Teething Syrup is sold Everywhere for 25 cents per bottle. Teething Syrup is Made Only By Drs. D. Fahrney & Son, Hagerstown, MD., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Ephemera Collection - Bags and envelopes [P.2010.37.100]
Illustrated trade card depicting a vignette of a kitten standing and propped inside of men's cuffs on a dressing table with jars and a hairbrush. Vignette surrounded by plants and flowering vines., Copyright 1883 George Perry., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
c1883
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Heineman [P.9651.9]
Series of illustrated trade cards for A.J. Chauveau's Philadelphia confectionery business at 110 South Eleventh Street. Illustrations depict a man courting a woman in Colonial garb in a garden; a boy and a monkey wearing the same style feathered hat sitting on top of a drum; and a vignette within an artist's palette depicting an idyllic coastal scene, including pedestrians, buildings, a docked sailboat, and a body of water., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.211] copyrighted 1881 by J.H.H., One print [1975.F.211] die cut and shaped into an artist's palette., One print [1975.F.211] contains advertising text on verso: A.J. Chauveau, manufacturer of choice caramels and pure confections, 110 South Eleventh St., six doors below Chestnut, Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Chauveau [1975.F.151; 1975.F.153; 1975.F.211]
Bill of lading for the Philadelphia shipping warehouse containing two vignette wood engravings. Images show a steam locomotive, and a horse-drawn canal boat., Completed in manuscript for Mr. Schrack shipping "1 bbl oil" to Brubacker & Co., dated September 22, 1846 and signed by A.L. Gerhart., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1840]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.118]
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting two girls gathered around a table picking at a large plate of sweets and two boys in horseback riding gear trying to mount the back of a large muzzled dog. Alfred Maron, son of Anna Maron who worked with Charles Penas at his 830 Walnut Street establishment, succeeded in Penas ca. 1885. Alfred Maron owned confectioneries at both 830 Walnut Street and 1612 Chestnut Street in 1885., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Maron [1975.F.627 & 1975.F.631]
A. Ripka & Bro., the partnership between Adolph and Gustave Ripka, operated from 1525 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia beginning ca. 1886., Subtitles enclosed within decorative borders., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1886]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Ripka [P.2006.20.9]
Trade card containing images of a convertible carriage and a coach., Printed in red ink., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.53]
Illustrated trade card depicting three children playing with a model sailboat in shallow water., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Singer [P.9651.21]
Illustrated trade card depicting a cowboy boot and a ladies ankle boot., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Alan Smith., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Smith [P.9387.4]
Bill of lading for the Philadelphia shipping warehouse containing two vignette wood engravings. Images shows a steam locomotive, and a horse-drawn canal boat., Completed in manuscript for C. Schrack shipping 1 box glass, 1 tin [illegible], 1 bbl oil to H.L. [Emmons, Wilkes Barre?], dated September 30, 1846 and signed L.B.C., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1840]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.120]
View showing a man leaning down to pick something up in the sand dunes in Atlantic City, with the Absecon Lighthouse in the background. The lighthouse, the tallest in New Jersey and the third tallest masonry lighthouse in the United States, was constructed 1854-1857 after designs by George Meade and deactivated in 1933., Title from label pasted on verso., Photographer's blind stamp on mount., Duplicate photograph, #67 entitled "Light house - Atlantic City," in Moran album, "Old Philadelphia Views, 1861." See albums - Moran [P.9265]., Creme mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8464.13]
Series of illustrated trade cards for A.C. Yates & Co. clothing store, which began operations on the ground floor of the Public Ledger Building at Sixth and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia in 1876. Illustrations depict a bust portrait of William Penn and Penn's treaty with the Indians to commemorate the Penn Bicentennial (1682-1882); children walking in the snow and carrying sprigs of holly; a boy sitting on a bare tree limb under a smiling moon serenading cats from sheet music labeled "Au Clair de la lune"; couples on the beach painting, reading by moonlight, and embracing behind the privacy of a large umbrella; swans swimming with flower garlands in their beaks; a traveling hunting party, including two men mounted on horses with a large group of hounds; three bystanders watching a man paint a large sign for A.C. Yates & Co. onto a brick wall; birds; sprays of flowers; two women and a man ice skating together; children blowing bubbles; children tumbling to the ground after hoisting one another to grab canisters from the top of a pantry; putti holding grotesque masks; and a view of Fairmount Park from Belmont, showing well-dressed couples sitting and walking in the park, a horse-drawn carriage and a man riding horseback on a dirt path in the foreground, and bridges spanning the Schuylkill River in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Hatch Lith. Co. (New York); Chas. Shields' Sons (New York); and E. Ketterlinus & Co. (Philadelphia)., Eighteen prints contain advertising text printed on versos., Two prints contains calendars for 1881 printed on versos., One print [P.9057.52] contains a manuscript note on verso: A.N. Fisher, card with which she read the three volumes of "The Dutch Republic" winter of '77 & '78. The ending of the books were nicer than the rest. Suge? of Leipsig--very good--& you couldn't help being interested in persons, places & performaces. Wm. of Orange's nearly only despicable characteristic was having spies and thru them interrupted [?]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1876-ca. 1882]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Yates [1975.F.679; 1975.F.907; 1975.F.1013 & 1014; 1975.F.1016; 1975.F.1018-1032; P.8666.3i-3l; P.8666.3p; P.8666.3z; P.9057.52; P.9642.7; P.9802.12]
View of front facade of brick and sandstone Italianate style building. Architects Napoleon LeBrun and Gustav Runge formed a short-lived partnership to win design competition. Building constructed 1855-1857., Title from printed paper label., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of images relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Theaters & halls [(8)1322.F.35g]
Exterior views of the Academy of Music, built 1855-1857 based on designs by LeBrun & Runge., 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
1905-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Academy of Music - 19]
View of front and partial side facade of brick and sandstone Italiantate style building. Architects Napoleon LeBrun and Gustav Runge formed a short lived partnership to win the design competition. Building constructed 1855-1857., Printed label on verso contains title, series title, photographer's imprint and a list of Philadelphia views offered by the firm., Pale green mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date
ca. 1875
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Theaters & halls [P.9299.22]
Series of illustrated trade cards promoting performances and events at the Academy of Music. Illustrations depict men and women dressed in costumes and dancing and celebrating Carnival, including a joker disembarking from a gondola; a little girl sitting in a lily pad; fairies; angels; jokers; butterflies; flowers; bust portraits of unknown actors in the Humpty-Dumpty show surrounding a vignette of a horse-drawn cart carrying "humpty-dumpty"; portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Rial flanked by dogs; and L.H. Stockwell as lawyer Marks and his trained donkey Jerry. The Academy of Music was designed by architects Napoleon LeBrun and Gustav Runge. Building constructed 1855-1857 at the southwest corner of Broad and Locust Streets. Served as home of Philadelphia Orchestra from 1900-2000., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Bailey, Banks & Biddle, The Courier Lith. Co., Reen Lith. Co., H.A. Thomas, and Maerz Lith. Co., One of prints [1975.F.1] die cut in shape of keystone., Several of the prints contain promotional text printed on the recto and/or verso. Performances and events promoted include the Reception of the Bi-Centennial Mystic Tableau Association; Grand Cannstatter Carneval; Cannstatter Bal Masque; Maennerchor Carneval Mardi Gras; the Fairy Juvenile Troupe's Little Red Riding Hood; German Comic Opera starring Mme. Marie Geistinger.; Humpty-Dumpty (performance); and The Jay Rial Uncle Tom's Cabin Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.2011.45.24] gift of David Doret., Digitized.
Date
1879-1882
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Academy of Music [1975.F.1; 1975.F.5; 1975.F.7; 1975.F.11; 1975.F.17; 1975.F.20; 1975.F.23-24; 1975.F.26; 1975.F.738; P.2011.45.24]
Contains views of the Academy of Natural Sciences built 1868 after designs by James Hamilton Windrim. Images depict the exterior of the museum before major renovations and additions, and an interior view of the Audubon bird hall., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 27A01A and 27B01A., 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
1905-1911
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
