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Title: Wood & Perot. Wood, Miltenberger & Co. Ornamental iron works. 1136 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia. 57 Camp Street, New Orleans Manufacturers of iron railings for cemetery enclosures, public squares, churches and private residences, iron verandahs, balconies, bank counters, stairs (in every variety), mausoleums or tombs, chairs, settees, tables, tree boxes, hitching posts, lamp posts, brackets, statuary and all other iron work of a decorative character. Drawings furnished to those who wish to make selections
Description: Advertisement containing two side-by-side views bordered on top by an ornate floral design. Depicts heavy street and pedestrian traffic showing the neighboring "Ridge Avenue" factory and the "Twelfth Street" foundry of the iron works. Ridge Avenue view shows the massive "Wood and Perot Ornamental and Iron Railing Factory Iron Works" at 1136 Ridge Avenue. Signage advertising "Manufacturers of decorative iron work," "verandahs," and "counters" adorns the building. On the roof, a large statue of Henry Clay stands, and an American flag flies from a tower. Workers load horse-drawn wagons stationed in front of the works as pedestrians mill past. Iron railings lean against the building, animal statuary is displayed on the sidewalk, and employees and patrons stand in doorways. In the street, a carriage travels in the direction of a stopped, packed "Ridge Avenue" omnibus receiving and discharging passengers. Across the street, near a tree, ladies in heavy capes and holding parasols promenade past a man pointing out the Clay statue to his male companion., Twelfth Street view shows the new iron foundry completed circa 1858 to the rear of the Ridge Avenue works on the 400 block of Twelfth Street. Two laborers steady a horse-drawn cart near the entry to the factory that is adorned with a tower flying a "Wood & Perot" flag. In the street, an omnibus is followed by a volunteer riding one of a two-horse team drawing a steam fire engine. Three boys follow and direct the engine. Across the street, a man, potentially a constable, prepares to open the call box attached to a telegraph pole as a family of five promenades down the block. Also shows the tops of the spires of the Church of Assumption (1133 Spring Garden Street) in the background. Wood & Perot, a partnership between Robert Wood and Elliston Perot, was active between 1857 and 1865., 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 450., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 864.2, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: HC 108 .P5 F8 1859.
Date: [1859]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania W469.2 [HSP HC 108 .P5 F8 1859]

Title: America Fire Engine Co. of the city of Philadelphia
Description: Fire company membership certificate containing two side panel views, vignettes, and firefighting iconography. The left panel shows firefighters running from the fire house on Buttonwood Street, below Third Street. Two men stand lookout on the tower above the house, as others pull the fire engine from the garage. The right panel shows the fire company attempting to extinguish the January 14, 1869 fire caused by an explosion of a steam boiler at the southeast corner of Ninth and Chestnut Streets. Flames shoot from the top of three adjacent businesses on land formerly occupied by the Burd Mansion including, Howell & Brothers, paper hanging (900 Chestnut Street); J.M. Hafleigh, dry goods (902 Chestnut Street); and J.F. & E.B. Orne, carpets & oil cloths (904 Chestnut Street). The center vignette, below the membership text, depicts a man standing in front of the two horses that are hitched to a carriage pulling the fire company's engine. At the top of the certificate, American and Pennsylvania flags flank the image of lady liberty sitting on the wing of an eagle. With a lightning bolt in her left hand, she floats above a banner that reads "Allways [sic] ready and willing to assist". Fire fighting equipment, including a helmet, engine, and bugles, are drawn as decorative elements interspersed with the side panel views. Also contains the company's number "No. 9" and institution date, April 10th 1790. Incorporated on April 13, 1844., Not in Wainwright., Signed by Thomas F. Moore, president, and Frank Jacoby, secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 16, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Fire Companies - American Fire Engine
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Fire Companies - American Fire Engine

Title: Chinese Museum Grand Carnival Ball of the Broken-Hearted Club. Philadelphia. Dec. 28th. 1853
Description: Philadelphia on Stone, POS 116, Cited by Wainwright as in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Copy unlocated., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: copy unlocated
Date: 1853
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania W60 [HSP unlocated]

Title: The original Moravian Church of 1742. S.E. corner of Moravian Alley (now Bread St.) & Race St
Description: View of the first Moravian church building in Philadephia built 1742-1743 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church. Shows the hip-roof building with a front yard containing a path and a white picket fence in the background. Also shows a partial view of a nearby building. The church building, which was expanded and a parsonnage added, housed the congregation until 1819 and the erection of a new sanctuary., Published in Abraham Ritter’s History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell, 1857), opposite page 49. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 530, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797. HSP copy hand-colored., Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 23:6, uncolored.
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.24]

Title: The original Moravian Church of 1746 to 1820 with the parsonage, S.E. corner of Moravian Alley (now Race St.) & Race St
Description: Oblique view of the expanded Moravian church with the newly constructed parsonage built in 1746. Shows an elongated hip-roof building on a corner lot. Also shows two small frame structures on the south and east sides of the property. The church building, constructed 1742-1743 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church, housed the congregation until 1819 and the erection of a new sanctuary., Published in Abraham Ritter’s History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell, 1857), opposite page 52. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 531, LCP also holds copy with misprint in title: 1742 instead of 1746. [P.9830.23], Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797b
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.22]

Title: Inte rior of the lower audience chamber of the Moravian Church, of 1746
Description: Interior view of the lower audience chamber of the first Moravian church building in Philadephia built 1742-1743, and expanded in 1746 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church. Shows the pulpit, benches, gallery, a ten-plate stove in the middle of the room, a large chandelier suspended from the ceiling, and an organ in the center of the eastern gallery, opposite the pulpit. The church building, which was expanded and a parsonnage added in 1746, housed the congregation until 1819 and the erection of a new sanctuary., Published in Abraham Ritter’s History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell, 1857), opposite page 55. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 383, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797c
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.21]

Title: View looking from the north east [Department for White Children. House of Refuge]
Description: Philadelphia on Stone, POS 784, Cited by Wainwright as in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Copy unlocated., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Print Collection - Prisons - small size. Copy unlocated
Date: 1854
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania W420 [HSP unlocated]

Title: Interior of the upper chamber or hall of the Moravian Church, of 1742
Description: Interior view showing the "The Hall" in the attic of the first Moravian church building in Philadephia built 1742-1743, and expanded in 1746 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church. Shows the organ in the southeast corner, dormer windows on the east and west sides of the room, six rows of benches, the minister's table and chair, and a chandelier suspended from the ceiling in the middle of the room. This upper chamber was used primarily for evening services. The church building, which was expanded and a parsonnage added, housed the congregation until 1819 and the erection of a new sanctuary., Published in Abraham Ritter’s History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell, 1857), opposite page 68. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 384, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797a
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.20], Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 138 M 797a

Title: Germantown schottisch To Miss Julia Rogers
Description: Prince printed on recto: 2 1/2., Includes the sheet music., Sheet music cover containing a view of the Germantown Town Hall built circa 1854-1855 after the designs of Napoleon LeBrun at 5928 Germantown Avenue. The hall contains a cupola and is protected by an ornate iron fence. Trees flank the building. The hall was occupied by the police station and rented for entertainment and political meetings before use as a hospital during the Civil War. The building was declared structurally unsafe in 1920 and a new town hall was erected in 1923., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 302, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 22 G 317, Library Company of Philadelphia: Sheet Music 11308.F (Doret), Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PRM098
Date: c1856
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 22 G 317

Title: 1710 The prison at 3rd & High (Market) sts
Description: Detail of a view looking east from above Third and High (Market) streets showing the High Street Prison built circa 1723 and the nearby old market stalls (built 1710) during the colonial era. Shows a couple in colonial attire walking on the sidewalk and two men in a stockade at the jail. The prison operated until the early 1770s when replaced by the Walnut Street Prison. The market shambles was replaced by the permanent Jersey Market circa 1765., Originally part of the lithograph titled "Philadelphia in the Olden Times," printed by F.J. Wade, Philadelphia, and copyrighted in 1875 by Smith & Cremens in Washington, D.C. [HSP Bc 864 W 121], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 1, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Prints - small - Prisons, Box 39, Inscribed on verso: Mrs. Hampton L. Carson 5/21/[19]25.
Date: [1875]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Prints - small - Prisons, Box 39

Title: [Dyottville Glass Works]
Description: View showing the Dyottville Glass Works, in Kensington along the bank of the Delaware River, purchased in the late 1810s by English-born boot black maker and patent medicine dealer Thomas Dyott. Shows several of the 50 buildings of the premier glass works, including the factory adorned with the sign "Dyottville Glass Works", farmhouses, and barns. Workers enter the factory and walk on the grounds. Also shows several skiffs docked in front of the complex. The works also had a butcher shop, bakery, and chapel. Originally established as the Kensington Glass Works in 1771 by Towars and Leacock, the Dyottville Glass Works manufactured vials, bottles, flask, demijohns, and "indispensable articles." The factory ceased operations following Dyott's conviction for fraud in 1837 but resumed glass manufacturing in 1842 under the new ownership of Henry Seybert and was active until the end of the century., Philadelphia on Stone, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Stauffer, vol. I, folder 56, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 14:84, Trimmed.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Stauffer, vol. I, folder 56

Title: The Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Co. 316-318 and 320 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Advertisement showing an exterior view of the building built 1873-5 after the designs of Furness & Hewitt. Several pedestrians stroll on the sidewalk, including a man with a cane, and patrons enter the safe deposit company. In the right of the image, shows the gates open to the alley leading to Carpenter's Hall, visible in the background. Also contains the names of six officers of the bank, including President Thomas Cochran, printed below the title. The Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company, established in 1872, provided safe storage for securities, currency, jewelry, silver plate, and other valuables., Manuscript note on recto: Complt. of John C. Browne. Nov. 19, 1886., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 102, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 3 G 914, Burk & McFetridge operated from 304 and later 306-308 Chestnut Street.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 3 G 914

Title: Franklin Iron Works, Franklin Str. between Second and Front sts. Kensington Philadelphia J. T. Sutton & Co. take this method of informing their friends and the public that they have been making an extensive addition to their foundry, and are now prepared to make any sized casting that may be called for. They have also increased their already large stock of tools by an addition of several planning machines, lathes, and an upright boring mill and can bore the largest size low and high pressure steam and blowing cylinders with it, that may be offered
Description: Advertisement for the iron foundry established at the 100 block of Franklin Street in 1841. Shows an exterior view of the foundry complex adorned with the company sign "Franklin Iron Works. J. T. Sutton & Co. Iron Foundry, Steam Engines, Boilers & Machinery Of All Descriptions." Cylinders, shafts, and wheels lay on the sidewalk in front of the building. Workers are visible at many of the numerous entranceways, hoisting, talking with company officers, and spotting machinery. At the corner, two gentlemen converse as a driver via a three-horse team cart transports a large cylinder in which he stands. Smoke rises from three smokestacks. Below the main image, a Corinthian frame for a steam engine adorned with the makers plate "J. T. Sutton & Co. Makers. Kensington. Phila" is depicted. Also contains several additional lines of advertising text noting that the firm continues to manufacture steam engines and boilers in addition to machinery for mills and cotton processing; the excellence of their patterns, blacksmith's work, and lathes and tools; and the accuracy, efficiency, and reasonableness in dispatching orders from the concentration of the "subscribers who are all practical mechanics of the different branches of the business.", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 276, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 35 S 967
Date: [ca. 1842]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 35 S 967

Title: Potts, Linn & Harris Importers, manufacturers & dealers in drugs, medicines, chemical tests, surgical and obstetrical instruments, patent medicines, medicine chests, medical [saddlebags], paints, oils, window glass, dye stuffs, acids, varnishes, teeth and paint brushes, spices [perfumery]
Description: Partial advertisement for the wholesale druggists showing the upper half of the storefront at 213 1/2 Market Street covered in signage. Signage reads "Potts, Linn, & Harris Whoslesale Druggists," "Drugs," and Potts & Linn. Medicines, Chemicals, Chemical Tests, Medicine Chests, Surgical Instruments." Includes, boxes, bottles, and barrels visible in the upper-floor windows. Potts, Linn & Harris, comprised of partners Robert B. Potts, Claudius B. Linn, and John Harris, M.D. operated from 213 1/2 Market Street 1843-circa 1847., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 619, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 P 857, Lower half missing., See advertisement in O'Briens Business Directory for 1844, p. 28-29.
Date: [ca. 1843]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 38 P 857

Title: [Pine Street Church. Built A.D. 1764. Remodeled 1857]
Description: Proof of an exterior view showing the remodeled Third Presbyterian Church also known as Old Pine Street Church, originally built 1766-1768 after the designs of Robert Smith, at 400-416 South 4th Street. Columns on pediments adorn the front of the building and an iron-wrought fence protects the church property. Church remodeled from a meeting house to a Greek-style temple in 1857 after the designs of John Fraser., Title and name of printer from published copy of print in the collections of the Free Library of Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 602, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 136 T 445c, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 23:24 [published copy]
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 136 T 445c

Title: The Roxborough Baptist Church
Description: Exterior view of the second church completed in 1830 for the Baptist congregation at 6305 Ridge Avenue. Includes the church cemetery protected with a post and rail fence in the foreground. Barren trees surround the church. Congregation organized in 1789 from Roxborough congregants of the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia. The church building was enlarged in 1832 and 1846., Title supplied by cataloguer., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 663, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 13 R 887
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 13 R 887

Title: Clermont Academy
Description: Handbill containing a view of the boy's boarding school built in 1804 for brothers John Thomas and Charles Carre at Heart Lane and Nicetown Lane, between Germantown and Frankford. School property includes landscaped lawns, a barn, and trees. A man approaches the entrance of the school where a woman waits at the door. Pupils are visible in the first floor windows. Also contains several paragraphs signed by administrator Samuel S. Griscom describing the school, including location, "Course of Instruction," "Terms for Tuition," and the school philosophy in addition to names of references. The school was acquired by Griscom in 1828., Variant of engraving "Clermont Seminary, near Philadelphia" from The Casket (April 1830)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 142, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Print Collection - small - Schools & Colleges, Box 48, Folder 4
Date: [ca. 1830]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Print Collection - small - Schools & Colleges, Box 48, Folder 4

Title: Humboldt Monument in Fairmount Park, designed by Collins & Autenrieth, for the Humboldt Festival Committee
Description: View showing a rendering of the monument, surrounded by trees and bushes, to be erected in honor of German natural scientist Alexander von Humboldt in East Fairmount Park. Monument composed of a bust of Humboldt resting on a column pedestal adorned with lion-mouthed fountains and two cherubs holding a globe marked "Cosmos" (representing Humboldt's 5-volume work about his knowledge of the earth). A stone canopy with benches protects the monument under and near which a lady and two gentlemen stand. Also shows a short level of stairs leading to the monument. The cornerstone of the monument, commissioned by German societies, was laid facing the entrance to Girard Avenue Bridge during a celebration of the centennial of the birth of Humboldt on September 13, 1869. The completed monument, including a full-length sculpture by Frederick Drake, was unveiled on July 4, 1876 during the Centennial Exhibition., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 366, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 632 H 881, Collins & Autenrieth, were German-born Philadelphia architects who worked on several projects for the German immigrant community of Philadelphia.
Date: [ca. 1869]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 632 H 881

Title: Grand reception ball in full regalia in honor of the Grand Lodge of the United States. I. O. of O. F. [invitation]
Description: Invitation containing a scene of a mother with her children and a border containing Independent Order of Odd Fellows iconography. Scene shows the mother holding a baby in her lap and pointing to a temple in the background. Two sons read books, one on the ground, and the other near her lap. A daughter kneels in front of her and hands her a flower. Border contains vinery, a bee hive, the all-seeing eye, American eagle, a hand with a heart in the palm (charity) above a three-link chain (friendship, love, and truth) in which an ax rests in one of the rings. Text of invitation reads: M.__________ compliments to M.___________ and requests the pleasure of her Company at the Chinese Museum on Thursday Evening September 6th, 1859., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 95, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 61 D 956c
Date: [1859]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 61 D 956c

Title: Camp Dupont Advance Light Brigade, under Brigadier General Cadwalader
Description: View showing the War of 1812 camp for Pennsylvania volunteers above the Brandywine River, near Wilmington, De. In front of rows of tents, troops drill on foot, perform mock battles on horseback, and exercise their mounts. In the foreground, on the dirt road lining the fenced enclosure of the encampment, a man and supply wagon are stopped by sentries on guard as a carriage travels in the opposite direction. Camp Dupont was organized on Oak Hill in the spring of 1814 in response to the threat of British attack on the Dupont powder mills. The militia was largely comprised of volunteers from Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., After aquatint originally published in The Martial Music of Camp Dupont (Philadelphia: George E. Blake, ca. 1816), Philadelphia on Stone, POS 78, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 54 D 928
Date: [ca. 1830]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 54 D 928

Title: Princeton Presbyterian Church, Phila
Description: Exterior view showing the greenstone church built 1858-1860 at 39th Street (i.e., Saunders Avenue) and Powelton Avenue in West Philadelphia. An iron fence surrounds the church and trees line the sidewalk in front of the sanctuary. A lot of land and a grove of trees flank the property. Exiting parishioners are visible in the doorway and individuals greet and converse with one another on the sidewalk as a horse-drawn buggy rushes past in the street. A new church building was completed on the site in 1876. Congregation organized October 1855., Manuscript note on recto: 39th & Powelton Ave., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 627, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 136 P 957
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 136 P 957

Title: Synagogue for the Congregation Rodef Sholam [sic], s.e. corner Broad & Mount Vernon Strts. Phila
Description: Exterior view showing the Moorish-style synagogue built 1869 after the designs of Fraser, Furness, & Hewitt. In the foreground, couples and families, including children tugging eagerly at their guardians in site of something out of view, walk in the street. Building razed in 1925. Congregation was founded in 1795 as the first Ashkenazic synagogue established in the Western Hemisphere., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 733, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 133 R 687
Date: 1869
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 133 R 687

Title: Cedar Hill Female Seminary N. Dodge. A. M. Principal
Description: View showing the girls boarding school built 1837-1839 in Mount Joy, Pa. administered by Reverend Dodge. School located adjacent to the track between Harrisburg and Philadelphia on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Includes a fenced pasture near a gated path in the foreground and a train traveling in the background. Dodge operated the seminary, originally called Young Ladies Lyceum Institute, until the 1860s when it was closed during the Civil War. The school was reopened by Prof. David Denlinger in 1874, and later closed, and then destroyed by fire., Not in Wainwright., Mount contains printed border., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 22, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 46 C 326
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 46 C 326

Title: Aston Ridge Seminary for Young Ladies near Philadelphia Rev. B. S. Huntington A.M. principal
Description: Shows young ladies walking past the seminary building and seated on the grounds of the school. Willow trees and a gazebo adorn the property., Not in Wainwright., Mount contains printed border., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 29, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 46 As 47
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 46 As 47

Title: Franklin Institute, Seventh Street between Chestnut and Market, Philadelphia
Description: Book illustration, possibly from a business directory, showing the science and technology institute building built 1825-27 after the designs of John Haviland. A man stands on the steps leading to the entrance. The building served as the Franklin Institute from 1827 to 1933., Not in Wainwright., Contains advertisements for Philadelphia businesses Leibrandt & McDowell Stove Co. (123 N. 2nd), and Orr, Painter & Co. distributor of Reading Stove Works (64 & 66 N. 2nd) on verso. Orr advertisement includes a vignette depicting a stove., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 83, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 43 An 791
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 43 An 791

Title: Old courthouse the building occupied by Congress in the Revolution
Description: View showing the courthouse used by the Continental Congress following the Battle of Brandywine and subsequent occupation of Philadelphia by the British 1777-1778. Also shows pedestrian traffic, including a man walking and holding a child's hand, and neighboring buildings., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on verso: York, Pa., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 523, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 24 Y 62
Date: [ca. 1845]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 24 Y 62

Title: [Ruins of Landsdowne, the estate of the late Wm. Bingham Esqr. Pennsylvania]
Description: View showing the ruins of the mansion on the estate west of the Schuylkill River (West Fairmount Park) purchased by legislator William Bingham in 1797. Debris rests on the steps of the shell of the residence. Trees surround the property. The mansion, originally built around 1773 for Pennsylvania governor John Penn, later served as the residence for Bingham's son-in-law Alexander Baring, i.e. Baron Lord Ashburton, in the early 19th century. The ruins were bought and ceded to the city in 1866 for inclusion in Fairmount Park., Not in Wainwright., Title from manuscript notes on recto: Ashburton Est. Old Landsdowne House destroyed by fire July 4, 1854 burned by fireworks., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 665, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 16 L 291, Inscribed on verso: Gift of Thomas Wynne 9/13/[19]68
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 16 L 291

Title: [Scene in the woods at Landsdowne, the estate of the late Wm. Bingham Esqr. Pennsylvania]
Description: Shows four men chopping trees and logs on the estate west of the Schuylkill River (West Fairmount Park) purchased by legislator William Bingham in 1797. Tree stumps are visible in the foreground. The estate, originally owned by Pennsylvania governor John Penn, was bought and ceded to the city in 1866 for inclusion in Fairmount Park., Not in Wainwright., Title from manuscript note on recto: Lansdowne woods & field., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 679, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 16 L 291a, Inscribed on verso: Gift of Thomas Wynne 9/13/[19]68
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 16 L 291a

Title: Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo, Philadelphia
Description: Shows the seminary building built 1864-1871 at 100 East Wynnewood Road. View includes gentlemen in coats and top hats, and boys, walking the grounds as a horse-drawn carriage approaches the building. St. Charles Borromeo, founded in 1832 by Rt. Rev. F. P. Kenrick, tenanted several locations in Philadelphia before relocating to Overbrook in 1871., Not in Wainwright., Date from manuscript note on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 690, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 46 S 136, P. S. Duval, Son & Co. operated as a firm 1867-1869.
Date: [ca. 1869]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 46 S 136

Title: Camp Meigs
Description: View showing the Civil War camp under the command of Col. R.H. Rush at Old Second Street and Nicetown Lane on the estate of James Logan. In the foreground, soldiers drill on horseback in front of drill sergeants, officers-in-charge, and camp visitors, including men, women, and children. Also shows rows of tents for companies A-K, Conestoga wagons, hitched horses, a flagpole, and a locomotive traveling past the camp in the right background. Also includes the names and ranks of the field and staff officers, and a key to the camps depicted, including the names of the ranking officers, below the image. Officers include Lieut. Col. J.H. McArthur; 1st Major C. Ross Smith; Chaplain Rev. Erben, Surgeon Willliam Moss, and Quartermaster Sergeant Richard M. Sheppard. Company captains include George E. Clymer (G), Joseph Wright (D), and Howard Ellis (K)., Copyrighted by Charles Baum., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 79, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 54 M 512
Date: c1861
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 54 M 512

Title: [Wharves along the Delaware River at Walnut Street]
Description: Proof print of a panoramic view showing the Delaware riverfront near the Walnut Street Wharf. Includes from south to north the merchant house of Samuel and William Welsh (218 S. Del. Ave.), Bloodgood's Hotel (10 Walnut, infamous for the 1855 Jane Johnson fugitive slave case), the wharf, the Cope Line Ticket office (1 Walnut, major passenger service for Irish immigrants operated by the merchants, the Cope Brothers), and Bethel Mariner's Church, i.e., Mariner's Presbyterian Church (organized 1830 on Water St. above Walnut St.). Several vessels, including one at the Walnut Street Wharf and two Liverpool packets of Cope, are docked in the choppy waters of the river. Also shows crates and barrels piled on piers and under shelters at the docks, street activity, and buildings running west on Walnut Street. During the mid-nineteenth century, steam catamarans to Smith Island (a resort) left the Walnut Street Wharf constantly throughout the day., Title supplied by Wainwright., Contains pencil annotations identifying key sites depicted in the view., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 835, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 72 Z 99 oversize, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphia - Views - Philadelphia from Delaware River. FLP copy contains manuscript notes.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 72 Z 99

Title: Diagrams [ ] illustrating lectures on ventilation [deliv]ered before the Franklin Institute by L. W. Leeds 1866-67
Description: Sheet containing 9 captioned diagrams explicating the correct and incorrect modes of proper ventilation for a heated room as lectured by Leeds, Civil War health inspector and consulting engineer of ventilation and heating for the U.S. Treasury Department. Captions read Erroneous; The Popular Mistake; The General Remedy - Very Bad; Partial Improvement; Correct. When Heating and Ventilating by Warmed Air; Change of Circumstances, Consequently, Incorrect; Incorrect; Correct; Direction Radiation - Exclusively. Diagrams include red and grey shading to represent heat and "foul air"; representations of flues and windows; and human figures. Figures include men, women, and a baby. The figures sit at a table, read in chairs, sleep in bed, sitin a toddler chair on the floor, and iron in the kitchen. Other room furnishings include a nightstand, stove, and fireplace. Also contains two proverbs "Man's own Breath is his greatest enemy" and "Always sleep with Open windows" and a warning about direct radiation from steam pipes as done in most printing offices and editorial rooms as the most "killing arrangement ever made.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 50, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Society Print Collection - Posters & Broadsides - Advertisements - Miscellaneous Folder 1, Variants of six of the diagrams published as two lithographs in Lewis W. Leeds Lectures on ventilation: being a course delivered in the Franklin Institute,.... (NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1868). [LCP Am 1868 Leeds, 17720.O]., Separated into 3 pieces and upper corners missing.
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Society Print Collection - Posters & Broadsides - Advertisements - Miscellaneous Folder 1

Title: Firemen's furnishing house. Fire hats, belts, fatigue caps, shirts, &c. J.M. Migeod & Son 27 South Eighth St. Philada. Manufacturers of firemen's, military & society goods Service and parade horns, lanterns, torches, spanners, metal badges, ball badges, marshal's badges, sashes and batons for parades. Mourning draperies for hose carriages and steamers, feather plumes for horses, flags, banners and markers. Gold and silver fringe and trimmings, gloves of all kinds, woolen neck ties, coat buttons ad covers, firemen's pictures. Military & fire companies and societies fitted out with every article required
Description: Advertisement containing vignettes, and firefighting, military, and patriotic iconography. Central scene shows firefighers rushing equipment to and battling a building on fire during the evening. Other vignettes show a military parade and a masonic parade. Iconography includes an American eagle clutching a bundle of firefighting tools, American flags, men in Zouave and firefighting uniforms, a firefighter's and dress calvary helmet. The business J.M. Migeod was renamed J.M. Migeod & Son in 1866., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 254, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Society Collection - Posters & Broadsides - Advertisements - Miscellaneous Folder 2, Haehnlen operated a lithography studio until ca. 1873.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Society Collection - Posters & Broadsides - Advertisements - Miscellaneous Folder 2

Title: [Bulkley's hat store, 149 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Advertisement showing the hat store operated by C & J. H. Bulkley on the 400 block of Chestnut Street. Hats are displayed in the windows. Includes the adjacent buildings, the United States Hotel (419-423) and R. H. Hobson, stationery and print store. Portrait prints and stationery adorn the display window of the print store. Also shows pedestrian traffic, including guests arriving at the hotel, an African American laborer transporting a valise on a hand-cart, a gentleman with an umbrella, and a lady and gentleman admiring the display at Hobson's. A dog stands on the sidewalk., Title and publication information supplied by Wainwright., Inscribed on verso: United States Hotel. Hotels., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 67, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 38 B 934, Trimmed.
Date: [ca. 1833]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 38 B 934

Title: Billiards. J. Jeater's subscription room. No. 40, South 5th Street
Description: Advertisement showing the interior of the billiard hall operated by probably Joseph Jeater. At the corner of the table, a gentleman in shirt-sleeves lines up his cue stick to the billiard ball as his opponent watches on. Four gentlemen, two just arrived, watch the match. One stands and another sits beneath three framed pictures hanging on the wall. A gas lamp chandelier hangs over the billiard table., Title and publication information supplied by Wainwright., Inscribed on verso: Presented by Mrs. John C. Broome. Oct. 10, 1918., Artist possibly E. W. Clay., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 40, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 04 C 436, Trimmed.
Date: [1830]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 04 C 436

Title: Blake's cabinet of music Grand march as performed by the Philadelphia Band, composed and respectfully dedicated to the Philadelphia fire-men by John M. Clemens
Description: Sheet music cover showing a woman playing a mandolin on the race bridge of the Fairmount Waterworks. Includes the engine house, mill house, and Reservoir Hill in the background. A couple strolls near the mill house and individuals ascend a foot path to a pavilion on the reservoir. The waterworks were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff., Includes the sheet music., Inscribed on recto: Oct. 18, 1959 Penrose fund., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 58, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 88 K 35
Date: c1832
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 88 K 35

Title: Thomas Sparks shot & bar lead manufacturer. Warehouse no. 121 Walnut St. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the Sparks shot tower at Carpenter Street near Second Street and the office/warehouse at 121 Walnut Street. Signage adorns the office which reads " T. Spark's Philadelphia Shot Tower. Office 121 Walnut St." Also shows neighboring wood-frame buildings, and street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carts and two men admiring the tower. Tower built by Sparks in 1807., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 752, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 38 S 736
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 38 S 736

Title: Home run quick step Respectfully dedicated to the members of the Mercantile Base Ball Club of Philada. by John Zebley, Jr
Description: Sheet music cover containing a view of a baseball game surrounded by an ornate border. View shows six players on the field, possibly during practice, as a group of male and female spectators watches the action from under and near a tent adorned with a "M. B. B. C." flag. Border contains two baseball players, one holding a ball and the other holding a bat; baseball paraphernalia including balls, bats, a cap, and belt; mountain ranges, trees, and vines. Mercantile Base Ball Club was organized circa 1859 with its playing ground at 18th and Master streets., Price printed on recto: 4., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 356, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 07 B 291
Date: [1861]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 07 B 291

Title: Waverly bowling saloon. No. 169 & 171 Chestnut Street, above Fifth, Philadelphia. Nine splendid alleys on one floor N. B. The bar is stocked with the finest quality of brandies, wines, liqueurs and segars._ Oysters and all the other delicacies in season, served up at the shortest notice. J. J. Galusha & Co
Description: Advertisement showing the interior of the saloon and bowling alley operated on the 400 block of Chestnut Street by Galusha circa 1854. Several men, many in top hats, sit, drink, read, and are served at four tables in front of the bowling lanes, two of which are in use. Also shows two men, standing and engaged in conversation in the center of the room. In the left of the image, two men drink at the bar that is manned by a bartender. Large framed pictures adorn the wall and pin boys sit at the backs of the lanes. Also includes a decorative border containing a trellis covered in a grapevine; a banner labeled Waverly Saloon; and bowling pins., Trimmed., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 823, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 07 B 787, LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America, entry #74
Date: [ca. 1854]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 07 B 787

Title: Fountain in Franklin Square Philad
Description: View showing the working central marble fountain in the public square, originally known as the Northeast Square, laid out between Race, Vine, North Sixth, and North Franklin streets. Includes several well-dressed park visitors, including a woman with a child in a tram, strolling, in conversation, reading, seated on park stools, and feeding a squirrel. Also shows trees lining the plaza, a guard house, and partial views of buildings obstructed by the fountain in the background. Ornamental border surrounds the view. Built in 1837, the fountain was one of several improvements to the square following the relinquishment of the grounds by the German Reformed Church circa 1836. Square renamed in 1825. Stools lined the landscaped paths of the public space to prevent loitering., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 267, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 824 C 436
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 824 C 436

Title: New Mill House at Fairmount. H. P. M. Birkinbine. Chief Engineer
Description: View showing the new mill house on the mound dam at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Also shows a partial view of the old mill house and a visitor at the top of the stairs leading to the interior of the new building. The new mill house, built between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine, housed the engines that replaced the water wheels that previously powered the waterworks. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Printed upper right corner: Pl. 1., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 503, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Print Collection - small - Water Works, Box 73, Folder 8
Date: 1861
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Print Collection - small - Water Works, Box 73, Folder 8

Title: Railroad bridge over the Wissahickon, near Manayunk
Description: Landscape view showing the first Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad (later Philadelphia & Reading Railroad) bridge completed in 1833 over the Wissahickon near a waterfall. A train comprised of an engine, two crowded passenger coaches, i.e., trucks, and a freight car cross the Town lattice truss bridge. The neighboring Robeson's Mill is visible in the right foreground. Cows graze near the creek on which a group of ducks swim. Bridge razed in 1844. Ithiel Town patented his lattice truss design in 1820., Probable printer supplied by Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 632, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 7 R 131
Date: [ca. 1834]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 7 R 131

Title: United States Army Hospital, Philadelphia This is one of the largest army hospitals in the world it is capable of accommodating 3000 men, it has two dining rooms, each 775 feet long, the whole establishment covers twelve acres of ground, and is enclosed by a fence, 14 feet high, the surgeon in charge is Doctor Isaac J. Hays, the distinguished Arctic explorer, who was a former companion of the lamented Doctor Kane
Description: Bird’s eye view showing the Satterlee U. S. General Hospital, opened June 9th, 1862 at Forty-fourth Street and Baltimore Avenue in the farmland of West Philadelphia. A horse-drawn wagon, a man pushing a handcart of linens, and a line of pedestrians approach the entrance of the hospital complex that is guarded by a soldier. Within the complex, visitors stroll and a troop of soldiers drill in the central courtyards bordered by over twenty wards. Also shows a neighboring building, soldiers reclining near the fence of the complex, and a soldier on horseback. The hospital was closed in August 1865 and the buildings demolished., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 774, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 15 U 58 (oversize), Inscribed on verso: Gift of Arthur Sussel, Aug. 23, 1957.
Date: c1863
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 15 U 58 (oversize)

Title: [Fifth Baptist Church]
Description: Unfinished proof showing an interior view of the Baptist church during a baptism. Parishioners fill the pews and balconies. The men, women, and children look toward a small group of individuals as they stand in front of the pulpit before they proceed to the baptismal well in the center of the church. Many of the women wear ornate bonnets. Incomplete depictions include the well and parishioners. The church, organized by Dr. William Staughton, was built 1811-1812 after the designs of Robert Mills on the 800 block of Sansom Street., Title supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 248, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 13 F 527
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 13 F 527

Title: St. Vincent de Paul's Church, Germantown, Pa
Description: View showing the church complex of the Catholic parish, including the church (built 1849-1851, enlarged 1857), and seminary and chapel (completed in 1879) at 109 East Price Street. Complex also includes a landscaped lawn with a statue, probably of St. Vincent de Paul. Horse-drawn carriages travel in front of the buildings near pedestrians, including a priest, on the sidewalk. The church was the first parish named after St. Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century French priest and founder of the Congregation of the Mission., Contains dashed lines below the image., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 236, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 131 S 155, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Vincent de Paul
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 131 S 155

Title: Exterior view of the tabernacle of the Alexander Presbyterian Church, Rev. Alfred Nevin. D.D. Pastor. N. E. corner of Nineteenth and Green streets. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the one-story red brick temporary church building that housed the congregation, later the West Green Street Church, 1858-1859. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn coach, promenading families and couples, and a boy waving an American flag. Congregation originally named for Rev. Archibald Alexander. The permanent church structure was built during the 1860s and complete by 1869., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 218, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 136 A 374
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 136 A 374

Title: Interior view of the tabernacle of the Alexander Presbyterian Church, Rev. Alfred Nevin. D.D. Pastor. N. E. corner of Nineteenth and Green streets. Philadelphia
Description: View looking toward the pulpit of the temporary church building that housed the congregation, later the West Green Street Church, 1858-1859. Includes the pulpit, organ, three rows of pew benches, a chandelier hanging between roof beams, and a wood stove at each end of the church. Permanent church building was built during the 1860s and completed by 1869., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 389, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 136 A 374a
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 136 A 374a

Title: The old First Independent Church corner Broad and Sansom streets. Rev. John Chambers, pastor
Description: Exterior view of the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows a partial view of an adjacent building and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians include a man with a cane, a woman with a parasol, and two men greeting one another. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Inscribed on the mount: In March of 1830, the cornerstone was laid. In June of 1831, the Church was opened for religious worship. In April, 1853, the Church was enlarged by an extension Eastward of Fifteen feet and the erection of a portico in front. This picture is undoubtedly the church that commenced in March, 1830, and first opened for worship in June, 1831., Title from label taped on verso. Label annotated: North East corner., Inscribed on verso: Gift of Gladywn Hill Library 11-9-62., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 524, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 136 C 356
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 136 C 356

Title: First Presbyterian Church, Southwark, Phila
Description: Exterior view of the church built 1857-1859 after the designs of Samuel Sloan at German Street below Third Street. Church includes two small and a large spire. Also shows an obelisk behind the church in the background., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 261, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 136 S 728
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 136 S 728

Title: Centre Mission School of Christ Church Germantown This engraving is respectfully presented to the friends of the mission
Description: View showing the double-entranced stone school house containing a small bellfry. Townscape is visible in the left of the image and a country house with farmland in the right., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 97, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 132 C 555
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 132 C 555

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