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- Title
- [Fairmount Waterworks. Pictorial Embellishment of the Philada. Saturday Courier a family paper of the largest size published at two dollars a year in advance including two engravings of this kind yearly.]
- Description
- View from the west bank of the Schuylkill River looking south showing the Fairmount Water Works, Lancaster-Schuylkill Bridge, and buildings on the west bank of the river near the canal lock. In the foreground, a man stands on the bucolic river bank watching two sculling teams race near a rowboat in the river. In the left background, the engine house, mill house, and Fairmount, i.e., Reservoir Hill of the water works are visible. A dock floats above the works and the covered Lancaster-Schuylkill Bridge spans the river in the distance. Also shows the toll house or superintendant's house of the Schuylkill Navigation Company in the right of the image. The Fairmount Water Works were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. The bridge, also known as the Upper Ferry Bridge, was erected 1809-1812, with Robert Mills serving as architect, and Lewis Wernwag as engineer. It burned in 1838., Copyright secured by J. T. Bowen 1838., FLP Castner 21:6, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 241.2, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21:6. FLP copy contains vignette sketch of the reservoir on Fairmount, i.e., Reservoir Hill depicted below the image. Includes text: Fairmount is one of the most beautiful spots in the world. There are six basins (a birds eye view of which is shown in the vignette) elevated upon a high hill above the tops of the houses of the city. The water is thrown into them by means of force pumps which are driven by a head of water from the river Schuylkill affording a never failing supply to the inhabitants of the city, the Northern Liberties & Southwark. The works cost upwards a million dollars., Trimmed LCP copy of POS 241.1 (duplicate image, variant imprint) shown in digital file.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
- Date
- [c1838]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 21:6
- Title
- U. S. Bank
- Description
- Possible proof copy of view looking east showing the Second Bank of the United States, built 1821-1824 after the designs of William Strickland at 420 Chestnut Street. Also shows the neighboring Bank of Philadelphia, completed in 1837, also after the designs of Strickland, at 400-408 Chestnut. Pedestrians traverse the sidewalks in front of the banks and across from the buildings. Couples promenade and greet each other, and patrons ascend the stairs of the U.S. Bank and convene in front of the Philadelphia Bank. Also shows two dogs playing in the street and a man exiting the adjacent building (134, i.e., 426 Chestnut) partially visible in the right of the image. Building served as the Custom House 1844-1935., Originally published as plate 2 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., pdcp00018, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 762, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 4th-5th. FLP copy contains albumen print showing the Custom House pasted on recto., See Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53., Title variant of Wainwright 415.4.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
- Date
- c1840
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 4th-5th
- Title
- The industrious man It is Saturday night. The industrious man returns home from his labour in peace-He is welcome to an humble home-Pleasant smiles and happy voices greet him. Let him fear and serve God will bless him and his household for ever
- Description
- Shows a man returning to his quaint home and family convened around the dining table after a day of work. He enters the door with a lunch pail in his hand and greets his son who runs to him. In front of the table, laid out with a pot of tea, an older daughter uses a plate of water to bathe her younger sister who has been stripped to her waist. At the end of the table, the mother holds a baby at her bosom. Nearby, the family cat sits in front of the stove slightly visible in the right of the image., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00026, Issued as plate in series Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Manuscript note on verso: James L. & Isaac W. Morris from Aunt Sarah [Pitrom’s?] Christmas 1849, Accompanied by text titled "Welcome Home" moralizing that a happy home stems from a strong work ethic by the "honest laborer" who is one of the "noblest of men.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 117, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - American Sunday School Union
- Creator
- Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1849]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - American Sunday School Union
- Title
- The rogue caught These boys often told, not to throw stones, but they would not mind and now one of them has broken the grocers window, and he or his poor father must pay for it
- Description
- Depicts a grocery clerk, in his apron, angrily grabbing a boy outside of his “Temperance Grocery” store that contains a broken window. One of the boy's mischievious friends holds his knee in pain as the other flees from him and the clerk. Two girls depart from the store entrance behind the hurt boy. Rows of merchandise line the window of the store., Date inferred from complementary print with dated manuscript note., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00025, Issued in series Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Accompanied by text titled "A Common Snare" moralizing about the tempation to do wrong is one of the "snares of the Wicked One" that will lead one to ruin. "Fear God and you need fear nothing else.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 196, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - American Sunday School Union
- Creator
- Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1849]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - American Sunday School Union
- Title
- View of Sharon Boarding School
- Description
- View showing the female boarding school, Sharon Female Seminary, established in 1837 by Hicksite Quakers John and Rachel Jackson at their residence in Darby, later Sharon Hill, Pa. A few girls walk on the tree-lined grounds of the school. The institution provided a curriculum that combined teacher training with a liberal arts education of natural philosophy, chemistry, astronomy, and other sciences. The school closed in the early 1850s and the property was purchased by Sister Cornelia Connelly in 1867 for Holy Child Academy., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00016, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 263, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 17:61
- Creator
- Thomas, E.W, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1840]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 17:61
- Title
- P.S. Duval's colour printing & lithographic establish P.S. Duval & Co. Artisan Building Ranstead Place, West from 26, South 4th St. Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement utilizing classical figures, Gothic-style architectural details, and vignettes to promote the addition of "Chromolithography" to the Ranstead Place lithographic studio tenanted by Duval 1849 -1855. Iconography includes a scene with two male and two female allegorical figures, including one resting on a lyre; a bas-relief depiction of lithographic artists and printers at work at a press, table, and ink stone; and a female classical figure holding a paint brush, and a portrait print of George Washington. Other pictorial elements include portrait profile vignettes, filigree, and floral ornamentation. The floral details surround the several lines of advertising text. Text promotes the "spacious location," "steam power" press, and types of print work executed by the firm. Works include portraits, landscape, anatomical and architectural drawings, machinery, music titles, maps, plans, circulars, checks, bill heads, bills of lading, price current, fac-similes, commercial blanks, and transferring. Text also "particularly recommends" transfer prints to map and book publishers, druggists, and merchants given the lack of wear of the original, the low cost, and the printing of their own hand-writing from "furnished" ink and paper suitable for transfer. Duval added chromolithography to his print services in 1849., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00015, Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 75, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Lithographers
- Creator
- Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1849]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Lithographers
- Title
- Penn sylvania State Agricultural Society [diploma]
- Description
- Certificate containing vignettes and graphic elements related to agriculture. Vignettes at the bottom of the print show clusters of farm animals, including cows, pigs, and fowl; a man providing a bowl of feed to a couple of horses with a foul in a fenced pasture in front of a house; and a farmer plowing his field. Graphic elements in the upper corners include farm implements, tools, and equipment, including shovels, pitchforks, sickles, rakes, and a grinding implement. Also includes a vignette depicting the state seal. Flowers, produce, and vinery border the graphics and surround the text of the certificate. The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society was founded in 1851 by representatives from 50 counties with the object to "foster and improve agriculture, horticulture, and the domestic and household arts." The first annual exhibition of the society was held the same year., pdcp00032, Not in Wainwright., Issued to J.E. McClees for Photographs in Watercolors at the exhibition of 1859. Signed Davis Taggert, President; A.O. Hiester, Secretary, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 168, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Societies and Certificates, Variant of circa 1851 Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society [diploma] signed in 1857. [Philadelphiana - Societies and Certificates], Rosenthal relocated his lithographic studio to 5th and Chestnut circa 1856.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1857]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Philadelphiana - Societies - Certificates
- Title
- Penn sylvania State Agricultural Society [diploma]
- Description
- Certificate containing vignettes and graphic elements related to agriculture. Vignettes at the bottom of the print show clusters of farm animals, including cows, pigs, and fowl; a man providing a bowl of feed to a couple of horses with a foul in a fenced pasture in front of a house; and a farmer plowing his field. Graphic elements in the upper corners include farm implements, tools, and equipment, including shovels, pitchforks, sickles, rakes, and a grinding implement. Also includes a vignette depicting the state seal. Flowers, produce, and vinery border the graphics and surround the text of the certificate. The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society was founded in 1851 by representatives from 50 counties with the object to "foster and improve agriculture, horticulture, and the domestic and household arts." The first annual exhibition of the society was held the same year., pdcp00033, Not in Wainwright., Issued to Mrs. G. B. Johnston for best specimen of animal oil painting at the exhibition of 1857. Signed David Taggert, President. Robt. Walker, Secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 167, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Societies and Certificates
- Creator
- Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1851]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Philadelphiana - Societies - Certificates
- Title
- Robe rt's old mill. Built 1685. [sic]
- Description
- View of the first gristmill in Philadelphia built in 1683 by Richard Townsend in Germantown at Church and Wingohocking streets. Named for its early 19th-century owner, Hugh Roberts, the mill was razed in 1873. Shows the wheelhouse, waterfall, and mill race of the mill., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on recto: Germantown., Manuscript note on verso: Roberts, Hugh, Mill (1683-1878). On Wingohocking Creek, a half mile from Branchtown in old Bristol township near Mill St. (now Church Lane). Historic Germantown, p. 129. Church Lane, north side, east of Stenton Ave., pdcp00012, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Mills, Hart originally issued a series of prints of Germantown between 1863 and 1888, several of which were published as John Richards' Quaint old Germantown in Pennsylvania. A series of sixty former landmarks of Germantown and vicinity... Collated, arranged and annotated by Julius Friedrich Sachse (Philadelphia, 1913), Pl. LI. Caption in publication reads: Roberts Mill on the north side of Church Lane, east of Stenton Avenue, built 1683. Removed about 1873. The second mill in Philadelphia county built (the year when Germantown was laid out) by Richard Townsend.
- Creator
- Richards, John, d. 1889, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1863-ca. 1888]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Philadelphiana - Mills
- Title
- Menn onite Church & Keyser's House Built 1770
- Description
- View showing the stone Mennonite meetinghouse built 1770 at 6121 Germantown Avenue in the right of the image. Also shows the church burial ground and adjacent residence and shop of shoemaker Samuel Keyser (6133 Germantown Avenue). A water pump is visible near the residence. Keyser residence razed circa 1873., Date lower right corner of stone., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00031, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 38:13, Hart originally issued a series of prints of Germantown between 1863 and 1888 several of which were published as John Richards' Quaint old Germantown in Pennsylvania. A series of sixty former landmarks of Germantown and vicinity... Collated, arranged and annotated by Julius Friedrich Sachse (Philadelphia, 1913), Pl. XVI. Caption in publication reads: The Mennonite church and Samuel Keyser's, built A.D. 1770 (No. 6121-31), and the Samuel Keyser House with its old pump site (Site of no. 6133-35). Demolished about 1871.
- Creator
- Richards, John, d. 1889, artist
- Date
- 1870
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 38:13
- Title
- Dann enhower's [sic] Dam in 1833. Near Shoemaker's Lane & Railroad
- Description
- View showing the dam for the Dannehower Mill at the Wingohocking Creek between Duy's and Shoemaker lanes. In the foreground, two men stand at the pond formed by the dam. The pond is lined by mill buildings and trees. Also shows fencing near the water in the left of the image. George and Charles Dannenhower operated the mill., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00033, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 38:40, Hart originally issued a series of prints of Germantown between 1863 and 1888, several of which were published as John Richards' Quaint old Germantown in Pennsylvania. A series of sixty former landmarks of Germantown and vicinity... Collated, arranged and annotated by Julius Friedrich Sachse (Philadelphia, 1913).
- Creator
- Richards, John, d. 1889, artist
- Date
- 1868
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 38:40
- Title
- [Southwark Coffee & Spice Mills. J. O. Thornley.]
- Description
- Advertisement showing J.O. Thornley Coffee Roaster & Spice Factory at 1215 South Third Street in Southwark. Depicts the factory buildings, including a “coffee roasting” facility, in the left of the image. Horse-drawn factory wagons, one marked “J.O. Thornley Coffee Roaster & Spice Factory Southwark,” drawn by horse are parked in, and arrive and depart from around the factory, including the alley between the complex and a residence (Mrs. Smith). A laborer hoists a barrel up the front of the main building while in the street below another moves a sack from a pile of them marked “D&B.” Two marked barrels also appear in the pile. Sheds adjoin the main factory building, and workers are visible operating equipment within the structures. Also shows an elegantly-attired couple walking past the residence in the right of the image., Title supplied by Wainwright., Manuscript note on recto: South 3rd St. below Federal Philada. East Side 1855. Residence of Mrs. Smith., pdcp00011, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Factories, etc.
- Creator
- Reynolds, Robert F., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1847]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Factories, etc. - S
- Title
- Merrick & Hijo, Succesores De Merrick & Towne, Filadelfia. = Merrick & Son, successors to Merrick & Towne, Philadelphia. = Merrick & Fils, Successeur De Merrick & Towne, Philadelphie Ingernieros y Fabricantes de Maquinas de Vapor, de Calderas, trapiches y de Maquinaria en general. Ellos son tambien agents exclusivos para la fabrica y la venta del martillo patente de vapor de accion de Nasmyth, -y del aparato ò maquina patente de Rillieux para cocer azucar. = Engineers and manufacturers of steam engines and boilers, sugar mills, and machinery in general. They are the exclusive agents for the manufacture and sale of Nasmyth's patent direct-action steam hammer, and for Rillieux’s patent apparatus for the manufacture of sugar. =Ingénieurs et fabricants de machina à vapeur, de chaudières, Moulin à cane at de machines et appareilles en général. Ils sont les agents exclusives pour la fabrique et la vente du marteau a vapeur à action directe (breveté) de Nasmyth,- et pour l’appareil (breveté) de Rillieux pour la fabrication de sucre
- Description
- Advertisement showing the factory complex between Washington, Federal, Fourth, and Fifth streets for the firm established in 1836 as Merrick & Towne (renamed Merrick & Son in 1849 and Merrick & Sons in 1852). In the right of the image, several laborers remove a pipe through the stable-like doors of a warehouse near which a pile of pipes lies on the sidewalk. A boy, sitting on a hydrant, with a dog watches the scene from the opposite corner. To the rear of the warehouse, a horse-drawn cart filled with coal enters the fenced courtyard. Piles of pipe are visible in the yard and workers are visible at the doorway of the workshop bordering the yard. Past the courtyard, a laborer pushes a hand cart by another workshop. Smokestacks adorn most of the buildings and machine parts and tools line the sidewalk in front of them. In the street, a team of six horses pulls a truck carrying a large pipe. The team driver walks on the sidewalk behind a couple taking a stroll., pdcp00023, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Factories, etc.
- Creator
- Rease, W.H, artist
- Date
- 1850
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Factories, etc. - M
- Title
- Williams Ogle coach and harness maker, no. 280, Chestnut Street, above 10th.. south side, Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement showing a view of the three-and-a half story factory of the “Ogle’s Coach & Harness Manufactory” on the 1000 block of Chestnut Street. Building adorned with signage, including “Wm. Ogle Coach 280 Maker” signs by the entranceway. A gentleman, probably the proprietor, stands at the open entranceway to the first-floor showroom in which several carriages are displayed. A couple approaches the entrance. In the street, a horse-drawn carriage is parked and attended by a disembarked driver on the side. An unhitched sulky is also visible in the street in front of the store. Also includes slight views of the adjacent buildings. Ogle operated as a sole proprietor from the address 1847-1850., pdcp00031, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Factories, etc.
- Creator
- Rease, W.H, artist
- Date
- [1850]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Factories, etc. - O
- Title
- Powers & Weightman manufacturing chemists Philadelphia East view of Schuylkill Falls Laboratory. Office at City Laboratory Ninth & Parrish Sts. New York Office No. 6 Maiden Lane
- Description
- View showing the laboratory complex established in 1848 on Ridge Avenue near Schuylkill Falls (i.e., East Falls). In the foreground, the “No. 40” coal-tender locomotive approaches from one of the series of tracks surrounding and within the factory grounds. Nearby, a line of freight cars, some covered in tarp rest on a set of tracks. Within the factory grounds comprised of processing plants and storage sheds, a horse-drawn cart travels and stacks of wood slabs are piled on an elevated, centrally-located piece of land. Smokestacks adorn several of the buildings. Another stack of wood and hillside are visible in the right background. In 1847, Powers & Weightman succeeded Farr & Kunzi (established in 1818), and became internationally renown for their manufacture of medicinal and other fine chemicals. The company was the first to introduce quinine to the United States. A second factory complex operated between 9th, Parrish, Brown, and Darien Streets. The East Falls operation included housing for employees., pdcp00035, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories and Foundries (N-Z)
- Creator
- Rease, W.H
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories and Foundries (N-Z)
- Title
- Fountain Park, Falls of Schuylkill, Philada
- Description
- View showing the estate of the Philadelphia newspaper proprietor, Andrew McMakin, that was located northwest of Laurel Hill on the Ridge Turnpike at East Falls. Trees partially obscure the main residence that is flanked by outbuildings that were used as an ice-house, bath-house and hot-house. A fountain adorns the lawn on which two deer graze. In the foreground, two men travel on horseback and a third walks with a cane. They pass on the dirt road in front of the stone wall surrounding the property. The estate was originally built for Governor Thomas Mifflin in the 18th century and was later acquired by Fairmount Park. The residence was removed., Part of title from label pasted on recto., pdcc00030, Accompanied by clipping “Extract of a Letter from one of the editors of New York Mirror, dated: Philadelphia, September 1845." Describes in detail the architecture, grounds, and surrounding area of the estate, including the "stocked deer park, marble statues, flower garden, gardner’s cottage ornee, &c &c"; "the couple of lakes from one of which the summer stock of spring water ice is gathered, while the other by means of pipes is conveyed to the mansion, stables, bath and green houses"; and the "facilities of access to and from the city" as a result of the Norristown and Philadelphia Rail Road, Ridge Turnpike, and Schuylkill., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 31:21
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- ca. 1845
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 31:21
- Title
- Satterlee Polka for the piano. Composed and respectfully dedicated to Surgeon I.I. Hayes U.S.V. Comg. Satterlee U.S.A. Genl. Hospital W. Phila
- Description
- Sheet music cover containing a view looking down at the Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital grounds from a hill in West Philadelphia. In the foreground, soldiers, women, and children, on foot and horseback, descend a path on the elevation en route to the Civil War Union hospital. Recuperating soldiers and visitors recline on a large rock on the hillside and in the adjoining valley. A foot bridge lined by trees leads from the valley to Satterlee. Several figures are visible walking, and arriving by foot and omnibus at the hospital grounds that are also lined by tents. In the left, a horse-drawn omnibus crosses a bridge, overshadowed by trees, spanning Mill Creek., Manuscript note on recto: NW fr. Balto Ave. N of 43rd St., Price printed on recto: 4., pdcc00023, Philadelphia on Stone, Library Company copy acquired after POS 2010: P.2011.63.5., Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 9:71, Hayes served as the ship's surgeon during Elisha Kent Kane's Artic explorations (1853-1855) and organized his own Arctic exploration in 1860 before serving at Satterlee General Hospital.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 9:71
- Title
- Tabernacle Baptist Church, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the church built 1853 after the designs of William Boyington on the 1800 block of Chestnut Street. Church contains a tower and spire. A few pedestrians walk on the sidewalk in front of the building that is surrounded by a wrought iron fence. Trees adorn the church grounds. The church, razed in 1900, was the only Baptist church situated west of Broad Street when completed., pdcc00011, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 23:62
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1855]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 23:62
- Title
- Passenger Railroad Relief Association of Philadelphia [certificate]
- Description
- Certificate for the mutual aid association incorporated in 1859 containing seven vignettes showing street cars and street car depots and stations. Two untitled views flank the certificate text. One shows a horse-drawn omnibus traveling during the night by lantern (left) and the other shows a brightly painted and elegantly detailed steam powered street car (right). The steam powered car passes a couple in the doorway of the "Duval" lithography studio. Other vignettes show passenger railroad depots at “Race & Vine Sts.”; “Second & Third Sts.”; “Tenth & Eleventh Sts,”; “Ridge Avenue”; and “Fifth & Sixth Sts." Views include omnibuses parked in and arriving and departing from the depots; pedestrian and street traffic, including ladies on promenade, a man herding a flock of sheep, and a horse-drawn carriage; and neighboring buildings. Race Street view also includes a bridge and Fifth Street view includes train traffic in the background. Other incidental figures include a man seated on a chair and conversing on the sidewalk; two men leaning on the fence of a stable yard; and two young men descending a street enbankment. Also includes at the top of the print an eagle holding an American shield in its claws and a banner in its beak. Banner reads “Instituted Nov. 27, 1858. Incorporated March 30th 1859." Twigs covered with vines separate the graphic elements. The philanthropic society was established by city passenger railway employees for the purpose "of assisting each other when in distress," including securing a burial lot in Greenwood Cemetery., pdcp00034, Title supplied by Wainwright: This certifies That [blank] was elected a member of The Passenger Railroad Relief Association of Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Societies - Membership Certificates
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1859]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Oversize Philadelphiana - Societies - Membership Certificates
- Title
- Treaty Tree
- Description
- Print, probably a book illustration, after the Benjamin West painting (1771) showing the treaty made at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington) on the Delaware River. Penn, surrounded by his delegates, negotiates with the Delaware Indian chief near a giant elm tree. Crates of goods are sat upon and displayed by the English delegation. Also shows residences standing in the background., Date and name of artist from manuscript note on recto: by Edw. Mumford 1828., Not in Wainwright., pdcj00005, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 29
- Creator
- Mumford, Edward William, 1812-1858, artist
- Date
- [1828]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 29
- Title
- Swar thmore College
- Description
- View showing the original building, later named Parrish Hall, of the college founded by Hicksite Quakers in 1860 and opened in 1869. In the foreground, a dirt road runs past the college. Parrish Hall, named for first president Edward Parrish, contained a library, geological museum, classrooms, a chemical laboratory, parlors, dining-room, kitchen, and student rooms. The cornerstone was laid 1866 and the building completed after the designs of Addison Hutton., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00028, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 247, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 27A:41
- Creator
- Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1869]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 27A:41
- Title
- [Centennial Memorial]
- Description
- Allegorical print showing the figure of liberty holding a laurel wreath over a bust of George Washington that is mounted on a pedestal reading “E. Pluribus Unum 1876 1776”. The image of two overlapping torches separates the dates on the pedestal and an American flag drapes the bust. The figures are surrounded by an eagle, American flags and oak leaves intertwined with a banner that reads “These United Colonies Are And Of Right Ought To Be Free And Independent States,” a quote from the Declaration of Independence., pdcp00038, Copyrighted by the "Centennial Album.", Title from duplicate in the collections of the Boston Athenauem, Boston, Massachusetts., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Centennial, Trimmed.
- Creator
- Maurer, Louis, 1832-1932, artist
- Date
- c1875
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana – Centennial
- Title
- [Unidentified residential boys seminary in the countryside, probably in or near Philadelphia]
- Description
- View showing a three-story building with covered porch on a small elevation of land. Three pairs of older and younger boys are visible on the front yard. Two crouch as if playing marbles, two carry golf clubs, and two walk arm in arm. Individual boys also stand on the porch and lean on a post on the lawn. Trees landscape the grounds and an auxilliary building stands to the right of the main building., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00026, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 27A:30
- Creator
- Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1833]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 27A:30
- Title
- [Certificate of the Guardians, Physicans and Surgeons of the] Philadelphia Alms House
- Description
- Certificate containing an exterior view of the Blockley Almshouse and Philadelphia General Hospital in West Philadelphia. Under a cloudy sky, a horse-drawn carriage passes and a few men walk in front of the building. A large yard and a tree are visible in the foreground. The Board of Guardians, the governing board of the Guardians of the Poor, established in 1782 and abolished in 1877, oversaw the operations of the almshouse, including admissions, accounts, and employment of the poor. The almshouse was completed in 1833 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland., pdcp00029, Title supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 100, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Alms House, Originally Castner 9:63.
- Creator
- Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1835]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Alms House
- Title
- Fairmount Fire Engine Co. No. 32, of Philadelphia [membership certificate]
- Description
- Honorary membership certificate containing firefighting vignettes, scenes, and pictorial elements. Shows the company horse-drawn steam engine, manned by two volunteers, racing down a street; several firefighters drawing the hose carriage while a man runs in the street beside them; and an exterior view of the station house at Ridge Avenue above Wood Street in Spring Garden. The company engine is parked in front. Also contains, at the top of the certificate, a bust portrait of the “Chief Engineer D.M.L” attired in his fire fighter’s hat and coat. Pictorial elements depict bundles of fire fighting equipment, including hats, horns, ladders, and a rope designed as side borders; eagles holding the American flag in their beaks, and swans gliding on water. Fairmount Company, organized in 1823 and incorporated in 1850, was established after the dissolution of the Whale Fire Company. Butchers comprised much of the early membership., pdcp00030, Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on recto: Presented by Joseph W. Montgomery 529 York Ave., Issued to William McCormick on March 29, 1852. Signed Joseph S. Baker, President and Henry F. Dibbs, Secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Fire Companies
- Creator
- Kurtz, Henry, ca. 1822, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Philadelphiana - Fire Companies
- Title
- Richmond Chemical Works near Philadelphia N. Lennig & Co. Offer for sale
- Description
- Advertisement card showing a view of the large chemical works for N. Lennig & Co., also known as Tacony Chemical Works, established in 1831 at Richmond and Ann streets in Port Richmond. Several of the buildings contain smokestacks, and most are absent or only contain a few windows. In the foreground, a man leans on a fence lining the road, while behind him, a horse-drawn carriage and man on horseback travel in front of the complex. Also contains a list of 20 chemicals produced by the factory, including Chloride of lime, Aqua fortis, and Muriate of tin, printed below the image. The works ceased operations circa 1848 following the relocation of the plant to Bridesburg beginning in 1847., Date supplied by Wainwright., pdcc00006, Name of printer printed on stone with incorrect first initial "P.", Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:1A, Kollner operated from 6 Bank Alley in 1844.
- Creator
- Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
- Date
- [1844]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Castner 26:1A
- Title
- Blanchard & Rock, manufacturers & importers of paper hangings. No. 227 Chestnut Street, North side below 8th [billhead]
- Description
- Contains view of the storefront of “H.R. Blanchard & Co. Upholstery * Blanchard & Rock Wallpaper at 227 Chestnut St. Lettering on the large storefront windows read “H.B. Blanchard & Co. Curtains Bedding” and “Blanchard & Rock, Manufacturers of Paper Hangings.” Large display cabinets line the walls of the store and near the entrance at which patrons (a couple and a man) enter, a wallpaper sample is on view on a tall standing rack. Other patrons are visible within the establishment as well., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00007, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 60, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 7th-8th
- Creator
- Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 7th-8th
- Title
- Fairmount
- Description
- View looking toward Reservoir Hill showing the engine house, mill house, and mound dam of the water works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. A row boat and sail boat are visible on the Schuylkill River in the foreground., Not in Wainwright., pdcj00003, Date from manuscript note on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 227, Free Library of Philadelphia: FLP Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 51, Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
- Creator
- Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
- Date
- [1848]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 51
- Title
- Deaf and Dumb Asylum
- Description
- View showing the educational institution built 1824-1826 after the designs of John Haviland at 320 South Broad Street. Trees are visible in the courtyard. A carriage passes in the street and two men converse at the opposite street corner., Not in Wainwright., pdcj00004, Date from manuscript note on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: FLP Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 52, See Wainwright 93.
- Creator
- Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
- Date
- [1847]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 52
- Title
- [Sunday in the Country]
- Description
- Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing two young women attired in bonnets and day dresses as they sit sidesaddle and race their horses down a dirt road in the country side on the way to Sunday-school. Accompanying text explicates: These ladies have been accustomed to the saddle from their childhood, and ride the fleetest horses without fear. They have a fine wholseome air this morning, and we hope their conversation by the way, is such as will best fit them for worship of God., Not in Wainwright., pdcj00002, Accompanying text explicates: These ladies have been accustomed to the saddle from their childhood, and ride the fleetest horses without fear. They have a fine wholseome air this morning, and we hope their conversation by the way, is such as will best fit them for worship of God., Published in Common sights in town and country (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, between 1847 and 1857)., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 246, Free Library of Philadelphia: Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 57
- Creator
- Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 57
- Title
- Lithography, engraving and printing establishment. Augs. Kollner designer, engraver & lithographer. Henry Camp copperplate & lithographic printer. Phoenix Block corner of Second & Dock streets Philadelphia The Public is respectfully informed this establishment offers inducements for the execution of the finest down to the coarsest work in the different branches of this business, which no other similar establishment can offer. Any order will be thankfully received and promptly executed with neatness, dispatch, and at as moderate a price as will give entire satisfaction._ Original designs, as well as copies of any description, in any manner on paper, steel, copper & stone (lithographed), also printing and transferring from steel, copper, etc. executed in a superior style
- Description
- Advertisement containing an ornamental border, vignette examples of Kollner's work, and several lines of advertising text for the collaboration between Camp and Kollner at the Phonenix Block circa 1849-1851. Vignettes, marked with variant Kollner imprints, include General Washington, accompanied by two of his officers, and dismounted from a horse that is managed by a black handler (Servant William Lee?); a line drawing of the Phoenix Block building; the back of an old man, possibly Franklin, dressed in colonial attire, and seated at his secretary; and a view showing a grand building, probably a Capitol, along a river on which vessels sail. Border also includes vignettes. Vignettes depict a military scene with an officer on horseback accompanied by another soldier on the shore of an ocean on which a ship sails; and a trade scene between a gentleman and a Native American reviewing a stack of goods of commerce at a pier. Advertisement also contains depictions of female allegorical figures representing probably Spring and Fall flanking two ornamented poles entwined with banners. The banners are marked with the subject matter and types of prints issued by the partners, including "Portraits, Landscapes, Animals, taken from life. Vignettes from books, drafts, music titles etc." and "Showbills, labels, architectures, machine d. maps, plans, business & visiting cards.", Not in Wainwright., pdck00001, Printed on recto: To Publishers, Manufactures, etc. A.K. has taken from nature and is in possession of upwards of 500 views of picturesque scenery from the states of Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware & Ohio., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 59, Free Library of Philadelphia: Augustus Kollner Collection - Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs Box - Lithographs-Tradesmen's Cards
- Creator
- Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Augustus Kollner Collection - Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs Box - Lithographs-Tradesmen's Cards
- Title
- Baeder, Delany & Adamson, manufacturers of glue curled, cow hide whips, sand & emery paper, neatsfoot, oil, bone, dust, plastering hair Stores: Philada. No. 14 S. 4th St. New York No. 225, Pearl Street; N.B. The highest price in cash given for glue pieces, damaged hides, cattle tails, ceroons, horns, bones &c. &c
- Description
- Tradecard showing a view of the glue and animal product manufacturing complex for partners Charles Baeder, Charles Delany, and William Adamson at 1006 North Sixth Street. Complex contains several buildings and two courtyards. The two largest buildings contain several stories, receiving entrances, and cupolas. Laborers holding tools with handles work on the roof of a shed-like building in the center of the complex. Horse-drawn carts are visible in the yard. Also includes street traffic in the foreground. A horse-drawn omnibus, wagon, and men on horseback travel in front of the fenced manufactory. The firm, established in 1828 by Baeder, became the premier manufacturer of its kind in the United States. The manufactory, of the firm later renamed Baeder, Adamson & Co., relocated to Richmond Street, Allegheny Avenue, and Westmoreland Street circa 1866., Not in Wainwright, pdcc00010, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:12b, POS 33
- Creator
- Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Castner 26:12b
- Title
- Porter ale and lager beer brewery at Fountain Green of Engel & Wolf Office Dillwyn St. above Vine 26 & 28 betw. 3d & 4th Sts. Philada. Pa
- Description
- Tradecard containing a view of the facility at Fountain Green (Fairmount Park) for the brewery established in 1844 by Charles Engel & Charles Wolf. Includes the wash house and entrance to the vault on the lowest level of the hill, the office (middle level), fermenting and brewing building, and three-story storage house with fermenting cellar (upper level). A Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad locomotive pulling one train car passes in the foreground. Engel & Wolf purchased Fountain Green in 1849 to dig lager beer vaults to ferment and age the beer brewed at Dillwyn Street. A third-story was added to the storage house after 1855 and the plant was remodeled in 1859. The brewery ceased operations in 1870 when Fountain Green, the former estate of Samuel Meeker, was seized by the city for the park., pdcp00024, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 615, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Breweries
- Creator
- Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
- Date
- [ca. 1859]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Breweries
- Title
- Deaf & Dumb Asylum. Broad Street
- Description
- View showing the educational institution built 1824-1826 after the designs of John Haviland at 320 South Broad Street. Trees are visible in the courtyard. Near the street intersection, a driver leads a horse-drawn cart loaded with goods, a horse-drawn omnibus travels, and a man rides on horseback. On the sidewalks across from the institution, two gentlemen converse and two woman stroll next to a neighboring building that is enclosed by a wall., Manuscript note on mount: c. 1850., pdcc00001, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 9:62
- Creator
- Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 9:62
- Title
- [Garsed & Brother Wingohocking Mills billhead]
- Description
- Billhead for R. Garsed & Brother containing a view of the firm's textile mills built 1853 on the northwest corner of Ashland Street along Frankford Creek in Frankford. The mills include a small office building adjacent to a long single-story building with three portico entrances, a smokestack, and cupola adorned with a weather vane. The main building housed the spinning, carding, warping, and spreading rooms. Women stand in two of the portico entries, individuals walk on the grounds, and a “Wingohocking” horse-drawn wagon travels past the mill. In the foreground, by the creek, a horse and colt stand near a canoe marked "Wingohocking Mills" moored at the bank. Across from the animals, a Native American stands with his canoe moored behind him. Richard Garsed was a pioneer in the improvement of cotton mill machinery, including the increased efficiency of power looms, during the 1840s and 1850s., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00009, Title supplied by cataloguer., Printed on recto: Frankford, Pa. Invoice of Goods consigned to ______ for Sale on account of R. Garsed & Brother. Marks & Nos. Pieces. Description Yards. Total Yards. Price pr. Yard $____ Cts., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:12a, See Castner 26: 17 for watercolor study for print titled “At Frankford, Phila, Pa.” Signed A. Kollner drawn 1855. Drawing also dated "30 Nov. 1853." View includes, in the foreground, a “Frankford” paddleboat on the creek and horses at the creek bank. Also shows horses frolicking in front of the mills in the background.
- Creator
- Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
- Date
- [ca. 1855]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Castner 26:12a
- Title
- Henry Miller's concert garden. Nos. 720 & 722 Vine Str. Philadelphia
- Description
- Sheet music cover containing an interior view of the crowded concert hall and theater operated by Henry Miller beginning circa 1854. Several men and women sit at, and converse and walk among the many tables of the seating area as a number of waiters serve the patrons. A music ensemble plays on a raised platform with guard rails in the left of the image and several people line a small stage in the center rear of the hall where a small performance appears to be happening. To the right of the performance, the stairwell to the upper balcony, lined with people, is visible. Greenery and vinery decorate the hall that includes a glass ceiling and windows, some open, across and adjacent to the balcony. After several proprietors, the theater was renamed the Lyceum in 1888., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00021, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 2:19
- Creator
- Knirsch, Otto, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1861]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 2:19
- Title
- The celebrated Blasius Pianos. Blasius & Sons piano manufacturers Warerooms: 1101-1103-1119 Chestnut St. Factory: 2240-2242-2244, 2246-2248 North Ninth St. Philadelphia Pa
- Description
- Advertising card containing a romantic genre scene bordering captioned views of the Chestnut Street warerooms of the manufactory established in 1855. View captioned "Warerooms: 1119 Chestnut St.” shows part of the front façade of the 4-story storefront marked “Blasius & Sons Piano Manufacturers.” Patrons and pedestrians mill in front of the business. View captioned “Warerooms: 1101 & 1103 Chestnut St.” shows the multiple-story storefront marked “Blasius & Sons Manufacturer of the Blasius Pianos.” Several pedestrians walk in front of the large display windows and patrons enter the building. A horse-drawn carriage is parked in the street. In the left of the print, the genre scene set during the medieval period shows a troubadour serenading a lady from below her window., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00005, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 23, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 11th-12th
- Creator
- Hoover, Joseph
- Date
- [ca. 1885]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 11th-12th
- Title
- South view of the old Landreth nurseries, Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the Philadelphia nursery of David Landreth founded in 1784 at Twenty-second and Federal streets. The nursery includes rows and a cluster of greenhouses, foot paths, trees, shrubbery, and a lawn lined with potted plants. A water pump stands at the center of the property at which men and women stroll the paths. View also includes the Landreth residence shrouded by trees in the left of the image. The nursery, one of the earliest seed houses established in America, relocated to Bristol, Pa. in 1847. The business introduced a variety of flowers, fruits and vegetables, including zinnias, white potatoes, and tomatoes, to the country., pdcc00005, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 14:87
- Creator
- Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790
- Date
- 1847
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 14:87
- Title
- Hoffy’s lithographic & painting establishment. 88 Walnut St. Philadelphia Scriptural & historical designs & illustrations. Correct likenesses landscapes, interior & exterior views of churches & other edifices. Country, city & sea views. Steam-boats, ships, animals, birds, fruit & flowers. Anatomical drawings. Military & firemen’s certificates, reviews & parades. Music titles. Perspective drawings from the elevation plans of architects or builders. Machinery, pictorial business cards, diplomas &c &c. All executed in the best style of lithography or painted in oils or water colours. From life nature or real objects in correct drawing & true perspective. 88 Walnut St. 88. 3d house above Fourth, south side
- Description
- Advertisement containing classical architectural elements and figures to promote the lithographic studio of the English-born artist Alfred Hoffy. Image includes the advertising text printed on a centrally-located monument adorned with column details. An eagle rests on the top of the stone piece. A woman in Roman garb holding a bird on her finger stands to the left and a boy in Roman garb clutching a bird to his chest stands to the right of the monument. Trees and a tree stump form the background to the figures. Hoffy operated from 88 Walnut Street 1844-1847. He was also a pomological enthusiast and the artist for and publisher of the first illustrated American journal devoted to fruit cultivation, the "Orchardist's Companion," published 1841-1842. He attempted two other pomological publications in 1851 and 1860., Not in Wainwright., Partially legible manuscript note on recto:……7th St., pdcc00015, Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 38, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:8
- Creator
- Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790
- Date
- [ca. 1845]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 26:8
- Title
- Geo. S. Harris & Sons. Printers & lithographers. Nos. 718, 720, 722, 724 Arch St. Philadelphia Branch houses: New York: S.E. cor. Grand & Brewery. Chicago: No. 53 State St
- Description
- Advertisement calendar for the year 1886 containing a genre scene bordered to the left by pictorial details for the firm renamed Geo. S. Harris & Sons in 1876. Scene shows a woman attired in a naval-themed costume dress descending a flight of marble stairs during a masquerade ball. She holds a mask in one hand and the hem of her dress in the other. In the background, a few men in costume, including a harlequin and clown, watch the woman. Border details include an oriental-style vase of roses atop cloth draped over the calendar, and the lithographer's tradecard. Also includes decorative trim in the upper edge. Harris, first listed as a printer in 1847, operated one of the largest Philadelphia lithographic studios in the later 19th-century. The firm specialized in cigar box labels and stock trade cards., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00014, Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 34, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Lithographers
- Creator
- Geo. S. Harris & Sons
- Date
- 1886
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Lithographers
- Title
- Geo. S. Harris & Sons. Printers & lithographers. Nos. 718, 720, 722, 724 Arch St. Philadelphia Branch houses: New York: S.E. cor. Grand & Brewery. Chicago: No. 53 State St
- Description
- Advertisement calendar for the year 1884 for the firm renamed Geo. S. Harris & Sons in 1876 that contains a large genre scene bordered to the left by pictorial details . The scene, set in a colorfully decorated room, shows a woman lighting the cigar of a man. The woman attired in a dress with a trim decorated in a mosaic flower pattern uses a slip of paper marked "1884" to light the cigar of the man who is attired in dress-tails. Border details include an oriental-style vase of roses atop cloth draped over the calendar, and the lithographer's tradecard. Also includes decorative trim in the upper edge. Harris, first listed as a printer in 1847, operated one of the largest Philadelphia lithographic studios in the later 19th-century. The firm specialized in cigar box labels and stock trade cards., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00051, Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 35, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards
- Creator
- Geo. S. Harris & Sons
- Date
- 1884
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards
- Title
- Schuylkill
- Description
- Landscape view showing the Market Street Permanent Bridge commissioned by the Schuylkill Bridge Company and completed in 1805 after the designs of engineer Timothy Palmer. The William Ellis Tucker porcelain factory (est. 1826) in the old water works pumping station (Chestnut and 21st Street) stands in the foreground. A lumber yard, pairs of trees, and pastureland are visible across from the factory. Also shows Paul Beck’s Shot Tower and sailing vessels on the river in the background. Market Street Permanent Bridge was redesigned in 1850 by the Pennsylvania Railroad and destroyed by fire in 1875., Not in Wainwright., Date from inscription on stone: Ch 1836 [3 reversed], pdcc00020, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21:90, See Kathleen Foster’s Captain Watsons’ travels in America" The sketchbooks and diary of Joshua Rowley Watson, 1772-1818 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997), plate 7 for possible original study for print.
- Creator
- De Chastelain, A., artist
- Date
- [1836]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 21:90
- Title
- Amer ican hair dye warranted Prepared only by Dr. D. Jayne, No. 8 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Proprietor of Jayne’s Hair Tonic, which besides being a delightful perfume, will increase the growth [sic] & beauty of the hair, and prevent it from falling off. No gentleman or lady’s toilet should be without it
- Description
- Advertisement containing a full-length portrait of a Native American standing in a clearing in the woods. He holds a bow in one hand and points to the sky with the other. A bundle of arrows is partially visible from above his shoulder and he wears a feathered headband. An ornamental border surrounds the image., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00027, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 9, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Advertisements
- Creator
- Dacre, Henry, b. ca. 1820, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1848]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Philadelphiana - Advertisements
- Title
- A. Fiot publisher of music, importer of musical merchandize [sic]. Wholesale & retail, No. 196 Chestnut Street Philadelphia Piano, harps, guitars, violins, flutes, brass instruments, Italian strings &c&c
- Description
- Advertisement containing a whimsical view surrounded by an ornamental border to promote the music store of Augustus Fiot. View shows cherubs playing and surrounded by instruments, including a cello, harp, trumpet, flute, guitar, and organ. Scene also includes sheet music resting on the floor and propped on a stand. The ornamental border includes a vignette, cherubs playing instruments (harp, cymbals, trumpet, flute), vinery, and floral details. Vignette shows a woman at a piano and a boy playing the flute at a recital in front of a small audience. Fiot began to publish music in 1835 with partner Leopold Meignan. The partnership operated until 1839. Fiot continued to operate a music store until 1855., Date from manuscript note on recto., pdcj00001, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 1, Free Library of Philadelphia: Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 60
- Creator
- Dacre, Henry, b. ca. 1820, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP FLP Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 60
- Title
- Wakefield – The “Hunt,"
- Description
- Montage of five scenes from a "Hound and Hare Club of Germantown" meet at Wakefield Meadow, part of the estate of Thomas and Sarah Fisher near Germantown. Large central scene shows elegantly attired men, women, and children, a few astride horses, milling on the grounds near the old residence, pond and creek. Surrounding scenes show horsemen galloping on the grounds, over fences, and in front of distant crowds of on-lookers standing in front of the dwelling. Dwelling built circa 1795. The meet involved horsemen acting as "hounds" and "hares" through horns and pieces of paper. The riders were tracked by their fellow mounted clubmen. The club started meets at Wakefield circa 1871., Not in Wainwright., Printed above image: Germantown, December 1876. Vol. I, No. V. $1 Per Annum in Advance This December No., 5 CTS., Manuscript note on recto: Fishers Lane., pdcc00032, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 38:32
- Creator
- Cooper, Colin Campbell, Jr.
- Date
- December 1876
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 38:32
- Title
- South view of Haverford School, Pennsylvania
- Description
- View showing Founder’s Hall of the educational institution founded as a school for Quaker boys in 1833 in Haverford, Pa. Includes the arbor of grape vines given to Haverford in 1836, a residence, and a lane lined by trees in the foreground. Individuals, including men, women, and boy mill the grounds. Forestry dominates the background., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00025, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 223, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 27A:24
- Creator
- Collins, John, 1814-1902, artist
- Date
- 1837
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 27A:24
- Title
- Chestnut Street, east of Third
- Description
- Reproduction of lithographic view showing the 200 block of Chestnut Street with pre-consolidation addressed buildings. Businesses include Lewis Brothers & Co., importers of silk goods, Senat, Perot & Co., importers, Cottringer, Boyd & Gibbons, importers, and Lawrence Stone & Co. (80-82, i.e., 238-240); the Jayne Building (built 1849-1850) tenanted by Wesendock & Co. importers of silks & cloths, Dr. D. Jayne & Son, patent medicine, and Ellwood Shannon, tea dealer (84-86, i.e., 242-244); Oberteuffer & Freytag, importers, and Samuel Robinson, importers of Irish linens (88, i.e., 246); N. Thouron & Sons, importers of French goods, and Harden’s [sic] Express, probably A. Howard & Co. express (92, i.e., 248); and the U.S. Life Insurance Annuity & Trust Saving Fund building tenanted by Draper, Welsh & Co. Bank Note Engraving (94, i.e., 250). Includes heavy street and pedestrian traffic. Horse-drawn carriages, wagons, an omnibus, and drays travel in the street in addition to a dray situated to be loaded in front of the Jayne Building. Clusters of pedestrians walk near the Jayne and the Saving Fund buildings. In the foreground, on the opposite side of the street, families stroll, converse, and are greeted by other individuals near men, including laborers, talking near a pile of crates and a loaded dray. Also shows lettering reading "Howard" above the doorway of 92 Chestnut Street and a partial view of adjacent buildings., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00010, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 113, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut Street 2nd-3rd
- Creator
- Collins & Autenrieth, artist
- Date
- c1857
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut Street - 2nd-3rd
- Title
- Chestnut Strasse, Sudwetseite der 4th.= Chestnut Street, west of Fourth
- Description
- Street scene showing the south side of Chestnut Street between 4th and 5th Streets depicting two bank buildings designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland: the Philadelphia Bank building (built 1836) and the custom house (formerly the Second Bank of the U.S., built 1818-24). Philadelphia Bank building (400-408 Chestnut, after renumbering) houses and includes signage for the Western Bank and Girard Life & Trust Company, as well as H.S. & C. Ogden, tailors; Kelly & Bright, stationers; Edward Borheck, optician; Martin Leans, engraver; Wilcox & Delleker, custom house brokers; and Wm. H. Patton, dealer in decorative wall papers. Street scene includes a vendor, two coaches, a man on horseback, and pedestrians., Title and imprint variant of one in the series "Panorama of Philadelphia" published 1856 by Schnabel, Finkelday & Demme., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00019, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 4th-5th, Schnable & Finkelday operated as a partnership 1858-1860 following the departure of partner Willliam Demme in 1857.
- Creator
- Collins & Autenrieth, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1858]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 4th-5th
- Title
- Brandywine Springs Hotel near Wilmington Del
- Description
- View showing the elegant four-story hotel completed in 1826 after the designs of Thomas U. Walter in Brandywine Springs, Delaware. Elegantly attired guests crowd the first floor porch, are visible in some upper floor windows, and walk and lounge on the grounds. A man on horseback, and a horse-drawn carriage arrive at the hotel near two dogs chasing each other in the driveway. The hotel served as a summer retreat for the well-to-do of the region. The building was razed by fire in 1853., Title from manuscript note in ink on recto., pdcc00012, Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 19, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 11:54
- Creator
- Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857, artist
- Date
- 1830
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 11:54
- Title
- Wm C. Rudman’s Philadelphia pale ale on draught, warranted for from all pernicious drugs and alcoholic admixture, Brewery, 121 Green Street, Northern Liberties
- Description
- Advertisement looking down the alley way of the brewery, also known as Eagle Brewery, established in 1829. Includes the "Pale Ale Brewery Counting House" (left) and adjoining and adjacent processing buildings. In the foreground, within the doorway of the red brick counting house, a clerk interacts with a drayman. The brewery employee hands the driver a small piece of paper as the deliveryman also holds the reigns of his horse harnessed to a dray loaded with beer barrels. The horse wears blinders. Behind the clerk, a gentleman holding a mug of beer stands with another man in the doorway. In the alley, laborers, some in aprons, transport barrels out off a three-archway storage building, pause near a dray loaded with barrels, and stand by a row of barrels near a doorway of a building opposite the counting house. In the background, other workers hoist a sack to an upper receiving door of a building. Also shows a pipe extending between the storage house and the building lined with kegs. Brewery operated from 121, i.e., 309-311 Green Street 1829-1862. Brewery purchased by Robert Gray., pdcp00028, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories and Foundries (N-Z)
- Creator
- Breton, William L., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1835]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories and Foundries (N-Z)