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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: Accident on the Camden and Amboy Railroad, near Burlington, N.J. Aug. 29th 1855. 21 persons killed_ 75 wounded
Description: Disaster scene showing the carnage and melee following the collision between a Camden and Amboy mail and passenger train on route from Philadelphia to New York and a horse-drawn wagon of an elderly physician. In the background, rescue workers attend to the tangled wrecks of the derailed passenger cars. Some are smashed and lay in a ditch. The mail car remains upright and on the tracks. The horse pulling the wagon lays dead, his guts seeping out, in the left of the image. Onlookers gather on a debris-strewn hill near the overturned wagon and crash site. In the foreground, dozens of evacuated passengers and crash victims lie on the ground and assist the injured among debris and passengers' valises and personal effects. The crash occurred when the train reversed its direction to accommodate a south-bound train on the one-track system. Physician John T. Hannegan witnessed the initial passing of the railcars and assumed he had safe crossing. He and his accompanying family survived the crash., Not in Wainwright., Name of artist supplied by Peters., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 4, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 674 C 14, Inscribed on verso: From Horace W. Smith, Oct. 18, 1866.
Creator: Collins, John, 1814-1902, artist
Date: [1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 674 C 14

Title: Adams & Co.'s American Express General agency, forwarding & commission house
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia branch (est. circa 1843) of the rail express service company started by Alvin Adams of Boston in 1840. Shows a line of freight cars being pulled by a fireball and lightning across train tracks on a stone culvert in a wilderness setting. The cars are marked with the city and name of its recipients, including Boston & New York, Adams & Co.; Philada. & Baltimore, Adams & Co.; Baltimore, Washington & Richmond, Rogers & Co.; Baltimore & Wheeling, Green & Co. A creek with rocky banks flows through the culvert. Also includes an American eagle standing on a rocky ledge rising about the freight cars. The express service incorporated in 1854 served as the Union Army paymaster., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 5, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 67 A 211, Trimmed.
Creator: Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847, artist
Date: [ca. 1843]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 67 A 211

Title: The Albion Society. [membership certificate] Established Decr. 18th 1855
Description: Membership certificate for the society "established at Philadelphia for the advice and assistance of English men in distress" containing a view of Dover, England. Depicts men dragging a boat on to the coastline near the white cliffs, Dover castle, and piers. Ships sail on the turbulent waters. Also contains a blue ribbon adorned with the seal of the society. The society also aided the wives, widows, and children of members and sought to "promote social intercourse among members.", Not in Wainwright., Issued to John F. Smith on February 13, 1875. Signed William Elliate, President and H. K. Day, Secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 7, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Albion, Traubel & Co. operated as a firm 1853-1869., Inscribed on verso: Presented by Mrs. John F. Combs, Feb, 12, 1912.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Albion

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: Armory of the First Troop Philadelphia City Calvary
Description: View of the first permanent First City Troop armory erected in 1863 at 21st and Ludlow streets below Market Street. Shows mounted members of the troop, including a bugler making a call, creating a formation on the street beside the building. Troop members on foot enter the building and walk on the sidewalk as two on mounts exit from the side of the armory. Also shows civilian spectators and pedestrians, including a gentleman tipping his hat to a couple of ladies. Armory was rebuilt in 1874. The First City Troop, a private military organization and one of the oldest continually mounted U.S. military units, was organized in 1774 to defend against British invasion., Manuscript note on recto: With kind regards to Thomas Wallis, son of Genl. H. S. Huidekoper, W. S. Vols. From the General's comrade in the field., Inscribed on recto: 21st St. South of Market., Inscribed on verso: Walter Huidekoper May 8, 1944., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 24, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 5 P 544, Trimmed.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 5 P 544

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: The belt of wampum delivered by the Indians to William Penn at the "Great Treaty" under the Elm Tree at Shackamoxon in 1682. "Not Sworn to and never Broken." Presented by Granville John Penn Esq of England
Description: Near life-size depiction of the belt made from oyster-shell beads and leather that purportedly the Delaware Indians gave to William Penn at the signing of the treaty. The belt was given by Penn's great-grandson to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1857., Not in Wainwright., Two of the prints are varnished., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 14, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 69 L 567
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 69 L 567

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: Bird's eye view. Centennial International Exhibition. Fairmount Park. Philadelphia. 1876
Description: Bird's eye view looking toward East Fairmount Park showing the proposed buildings on the exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Shows the English Commissioners Building, U.S. Government Building, Agricultural Hall, Machinery Hall, Ladies' Pavilion, Judge's Hall, Horticultural Hall, offices, Photographic Hall, Art Gallery, and the Main Building. Also shows fountains, the Total Catholic Abstinence Fountain, and the Columbia Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Figures representing fair visitors populate the view. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres) of the buildings in the lower left corner. Key to buildings printed below the image. Many of the buildings were designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 45, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Bird's Eye Views - Bird's eye view
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, artist
Date: c1875
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Bird's Eye Views - Bird's eye view

Title: Bird's eye view of Centennial buildings Centennial Station of Philada. & Reading R.R
Description: Tradecard for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad showing a view looking west toward the exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park. Includes the Centennial station (in the foreground), the Main Building, Machinery Hall, the Art Gallery (Memorial Hall), Judges Hall, Ladies Pavilion, U.S. Government Buildings, Horticultural Hall, Agricultural Hall, George's Hill, and the 24th Ward reservoir. Also shows a train approaching the station. Contains train schedule and ticketing information on the verso. Several of the depicted buildings were built after the designs of Henry Petit, Hermann Schwarzmann, and Joseph Wilson. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 47, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 8 C 3924.3
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 8 C 3924.3

Title: Bird's eye view of Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view predominately showing the built city from the Schuylkill to the Delaware rivers and Port Richmond to South Philadelphia. Market Street runs down the center of the view. Shows the residential, commercial, industrial, religious, educational, and cultural buildings lining the streets and outer lying areas of Center City. Also shows parts of West Philadelphia, Windmill Island, and Camden, NJ. and public utilities, bridges, railroad depots, and reservoirs. Includes from west to east, grounds for the Agricultural Society Fair of 1856, the Woodlands, Blockley Almshouse, the Upper Ferry Bridge, Market Street Bridge, the two Gas Works, Fairmount Water Works, Girard College, Eastern State Penitentiary, the Naval Asylum, Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, St. Mark's Church, Christ Church, Independence Hall, Pennsylvania Hospital, St. Peter's Church, and Spark's Shot Tower. Also shows the five major squares (as well as Independence Square) and adjacent landmarks, including the P.R.R. Freight Depot, U.S. Mint, First Independent Church, Pennsylvania Asylum for the Blind, and Will's Eye Hospital. Masts of docked ships line the piers along the Delaware and vessels sail on the waters of both rivers. Pedestrian and street traffic is also visible on the city road ways. Foundries with smokestacks and undeveloped land border the built city to the North and South. Upper corners of image rounded., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 49.1, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 865 B 124a, Second state republished in 1868 by John Weik held in the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia (POS 49.2)., Copyright statement torn.
Creator: Bachmann, John, artist
Date: [c[1857]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Bc 865 B 124a

Title: [Bird's eye view of the Centennial Exhibition grounds, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: Trimmed detail of a bird's eye view looking toward the city showing the exhibition grounds. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Shows several of the exhibition buildings, including the Main Hall, Machinery Hall, Memorial Hall, Horticultural Hall, U.S. Government Building, and Agricultural Hall. Several exhibition attendees walk and use carriages on the landscaped grounds between the buildings. In the foreground, park visitors view the vista from a tree-lined cliff and small observation deck. Some converse and make sketches. In the background, the New York Connecting Railway Bridge and Girard Avenue Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River are visible in addition to cityscape. Trains approach and depart from the bridges and steamboats traverse the river. View surrounded by an ornamental border. Many of the buildings designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 48, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 8 Z 99
Date: [1876]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 8 Z 99

Title: Bits of nature and some art products
Description: Landscape views showing "At South Laurel Hill"; "East of Columbia Bridge"; and "West of Wire Bridge (1842)" in Fairmount Park. Includes a mule driver in front of a hotel, possibly the Upper Ferry Tavern, near the bridge; park visitors; vessels on the Schuylkill River; rock formations; trees; and a cascading brook. The Wire Bridge at Fairmount, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 56a, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 61 K 8346.85, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 61 K 8346.85

Title: Bits of nature and some art products in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Uncut sheet of landscape views showing "Below Girard Bridge, East"; "East of Columbia Bridge"; "Above Columbia Bridge"; "Ravine near Reservoir East"; "At South Laurel Hill"; "Belmont Prospect (1848)"; "East of Girard Bridge (1857)";"West of Wire Bridge (1842)"and "Above Girard Bridge East." Includes a man on horseback approaching the residence, on the plateau, at Belmont, the former estate of Judge Richard Peters; a distant view of the Columbia Bridge (completed 1834) across the Schuylkill River; a horse-drawn wagon and man on horseback crossing the Old Girard Avenue Bridge; a mule driver in front of a hotel, possibly the Upper Ferry Tavern, near the Wire Bridge; park visitors, including children; vessels on the Schuylkill River; cliffs; a cascading brook; rock formations; and trees. Belmont was the country seat of Peters until his death in 1828. The old Girard Avenue Bridge was built in 1855 and razed in 1871. The Wire Bridge at Fairmount, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 56, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 81 Z 99, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 81 Z 99

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: Broad St. Baptist Church. Philadelphia, Penna
Description: View showing the Baptist church at Broad and Brown streets for the congregation organized in 1844. Church surrounded by a wrought-iron fence and landscaped with trees. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a couple on promenade and a horse-drawn carriage. View surrounded by a border with ornamental details in the upper corners. Church sold in 1915., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 63, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 13 B 863, Accompanied by label printed: Broad Street Baptist Church. Built 1856., Landis, was a lithographer in Philadelphia, Newark, and New York who alone and in partnerships produced from the 1880s-1910s a number of views of cities in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.
Creator: Landis, T. J. Shepherd
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 13 B 863

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: The butcher From life at Philada
Description: Children's moral instruction book showing a butcher driving a horse-drawn cart loaded with quarters of meat away from a market shed in the background. A dog runs ahead of the horse in the foreground. Homes and a church spire are visible in the tree-lined distance., Date supplied by cataloger., Published as illustration on page 44 in City Sights for Country Eyes ([Philadelphia]: American Sunday School Union, [1856])., Accompanied by text titled "The butcher" describing food production and the role of the butcher, who brings the meat from the slaughterhouses to the city markets. Praises food production as the work of God: "Think what millions of creatures upon the earth, as well as in the air and in the deep sea, receive their daily food from His hands!", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 71, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8343.44, Free Library of Philadelphia: \\RBD\\ASSU\\V\\C498S\\FACSIM.\\
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [1856]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8343.44

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: 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: Camp Woodward, near Centennial grounds, July, 1876. 23d Regiment N.G. S. N. Y. Col. Rodney C. Ward
Description: View showing the campground for the New York National Guard troop participating in the Great Military Parade held July 4, 1876 during the Centennial Exhibition. Soldiers stand guard, converse, sit in small clusters, and lie on the ground in front of rows of tents in a clearing of trees at West Fairmount Park. Also shows the American flag flying over the camp, a wagon, and men seated on a bench comprised of a slab of wood across two barrels. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art from May 10 to October 10, 1876. The Great Military Parade included around 10,000 military who processed through the city for over one and half hours., Not in Wainwright., Name of printer supplied by duplicate in the collections of the Library of Congress., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 81, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 54 W 911
Creator: Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918
Date: [1876]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 54 W 911

Title: Cathedral of St. Peter & St. Paul, Logan Square Philadelphia Pa
Description: Exterior view showing the Roman-Corinthian-style Catholic cathedral built 1846-1864 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun (interior) and John Notman (exterior) on Eighteenth Street, north of Race Street. Includes the adjacent "Episcopal Residence" and "Seminary of St. Charles Borremes" (i.e., Borremeo). Several pedestrians, including couples on promenade, walk on the sidewalk in front of the buildings. Parishioners ascend the steps of the cathedral, and a woman and child cross and horse-drawn carriages travel in the street. The Borremeo seminary operated from Eighteenth Street from 1839 until 1871 when it move to Overbrook., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 85, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 131 C 363
Creator: Boell, William
Date: 1864
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 131 C 363

Title: Cathedral of St. Peter & St. Paul Philadelphia The above building is two hundred and sixteen feet in lenght [sic], and one hundred and thirty feet in width, the corner stone of which was laid in September 1846
Description: Exterior view showing the Roman-Corinthian-style Catholic cathedral built 1846-1864 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun (interior) and John Notman (exterior) on Eighteenth Street, north of Race Street. Contains four columns at the entrance above which the quote "Ad Majorem Del Gloraim" is inscribed, four niches adorned with statuary on the front elevation, two small spires, and a large dome to the rear of the building. A small number of parishioners, predominately women with children, sit and stand at the base and top of the steps leading to the sanctuary. Another woman holds a parasol and ascends the steps., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 87, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 131 C 363a
Creator: Schnabel, Edward, artist
Date: [ca. 1854]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 131 C 363a

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: Centennial International Exhibition. 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia
Description: Commemorative print containing views of the main buildings to be erected at the exhibition. Includes the Art Gallery, Main Building, Agricultural Hall, Machinery Hall, and Horticultural Hall. Views include heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and omnibus in the foreground. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres) of the buildings in the lower left corner. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 93, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 8 Ce 333, Hunter published several variant views, including folio-size prints commissioned in 1874 by the Centennial Board of Finance, of the Centennial Buildings after the official plans of the structures., Variant held in Large Society Prints - Centennial. Printed in lower right corner: Compliments of E. Morris & Co., Manufacturers of Silk, Nett, and Cassimere Hats, No. 30 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia.
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, artist
Date: c1874
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Bc 8 Ce 333

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

Title: Chapel of the Lebanon Cemetery
Description: View of the chapel with steeple at the African American rural cemetery founded in 1849 at Passyunk Road near 18th and Wolf streets in South Philadelphia. Also shows monuments in the cemetery and visitors, including a family. Cemetery protected by a stone wall with iron fencing, including an iron gate. Cemetery was condemned in 1899 and closed in 1903, with the bodies removed to Eden Cemetery., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 103, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 63 L 441, Repair upper left edge.
Creator: Dubois, George, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 63 L 441

Title: Charter of the Pennsylvania Deutsche Gesellschaft [membership certificate] "Justice, integrity and mercy"
Description: Membership certificate for the German Society of Pennsylvania, the oldest organization of its kind in the United States. Text printed over a vignette of an eagle and surrounded by the outline of a keystone., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 27, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: *NB 1 75 - 357
Creator: Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP *NB 1 75 - 357

Title: Chester County Mining Company's Works
Description: Advertisement showing the works of the silver lead mining company chartered in October 1850. Includes the engine shaft, smelting furnace, storage shed, and probably the paymaster's office. Laborers operate shaft machinery, push wheel barrows, transport ore by horse-drawn wagons, and pick at a large rock. Also shows a reservoir pool in the background and two laborers at rest, shovels in hand, seated on a tree trunk near a wheelbarrow in the foreground., Inscribed on recto: Chester Mining Co., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 30, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 36 C 525, Lower right corner missing.
Creator: Croome, William, 1790-1860, artist
Date: [ca. 1851]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 36 C 525

Title: The Chinese collection in the lower saloon of the new building at the corner of 9th & George Street, Philadelphia Is now open to visitors every day excepting Sunday from 10 o'clock A.M. to 9 o'clock P.M
Description: Advertisement for Nathan Dunn's Chinese collection housed in the lower floors of the Philadelphia Museum also known as the Chinese Museum that was built 1836-1838. Contains an ornamental border, vignettes, a landscape view, and descriptive text. Border includes filigree and 4 banners adorned with Chinese lettering. Vignettes show a Chinese woman from high society at leisure; a Chinese peasant man, and peasant woman with baby; and a Chinese fisherman on his boat. View shows a Chinese landscape including a pagoda and sailing vessels on the water. The text, engraved by the Warrs, describes the exhibition space (154 x 65 feet) and collection, including "50 Figures As Large As Life" in "Native Costume" from the "highest Mandarin" to the Blind Mendicant" and "Many Thousand Specimens Both in Natural History and Miscellaneous Curiosities," illustrating the "Appearance, Manners, & Customs of more than 300,000,000 Asiatics." Also contains 4 numbered "Chinese Maxims." Dunn, a Philadelphia merchant involved in the China trade, amassed his collection 1818-1831. The collection was displayed at the Philadelphia Museum 1838-1841 and then removed to London in 1842., Not in Wainwright., Inscribed on recto: 1838., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 31, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Albert Newsam Collection, V-100, Box 10, Folder 2
Creator: Newsam, Albert, 1809-1864, artist
Date: [ca. 1838]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Albert Newsam Collection, V-100, Box 10, Folder 2

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: Christopher Gallagher. Wholesale liquor dealer 806 Lombard St
Description: Advertisement showing the two-story brownstone storefront, adorned with signage, of the liquor dealer who relocated to 806 Lombard Street circa 1875. Barrels, visible through the open central entry, are stacked within the space on the first floor. Architectural ornamentations and etched, arched windows adorn the upper story facade. A man, possibly proprietor Gallagher, stands near one of two other doorways to the establishment across from a laborer prying on one of several barrels lined on the sidewalk. In the street, a boy attends to one of two horses drawing a cart loaded with more barrels. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings. Gallagher immigrated to the United States in 1856 and established a wholesale liquor business in Philadelphia. He was a member of the Hibernian Society, Catholic societies, and president of the Building and Loan Association., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 121, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Firefighting Album Am 3989 Gallagher
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Firefighting Album Am 3989 Gallagher

Title: Church of the Evangelists. Catharine St. west of 7th., Philadelphia
Description: View of the Episcopal church built 1856-1857 at 711-721 Catharine Street. Church property contains side courtyards enclosed by iron gates. Also show partial views of neighboring buildings and street and pedestrian traffic. Traffic includes a horse-drawn carriage, three men conversing on the sidewalk, a man on horseback, and a man walking, a coat over his arm, who is followed by a dog. Congregation formed in 1837 and admitted to the Episcopal church in 1842. The church was the last consecrated by Bishop Potter in the Philadelphia diocese in 1864. The building was razed in 1885, rebuilt in 1886 after the designs of Furness, Evans & Co., and in 1922 incorporated into the Fleisher Art Memorial., Artist possibly French-born lithographer Leonard Crepson (b. 1837)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 125, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 132 E 92
Creator: Crépon, L., artist
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 132 E 92

Title: Church of the Resurrection. Rising Sun Village. Revd. Thos. J. Davis, rector
Description: View showing the small stone Protestant Episcopal church built in 1853 on North Broad and Tioga streets. Fenced pasture land surrounds the building. Congregation was organized under Rev. Thomas J. Davis in 1849., Title annotated with pencil inscription: Phila Pa., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 128, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 132 K 952
Creator: Kuchel, Charles Conrad, b. 1820, artist
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 132 K 952

Title: City Hotel, 41 North Third Street Philadelphia by Heiskell & Niblo, from Virginia
Description: Advertisement showing the very busy four-and-a-half story hotel opened in 1807 on Third Street below Arch Street. Several male guests sit, stand, and put their feet up on the porch of the hotel that is covered by an awning. Also shows guests at the first and second floor windows and a couple strolling on the sidewalk. The hotel closed soon before the Civil War., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 132, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 B 756 #41
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: [ca. 1830]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 862 B 756 #41

Title: The City Hotel, No. 41 North Third St. near Market St. Philadelphia Is one of the most extensive establishments in the city, having in addition to its numerous double and single bedded chambers, for gentlemen. Parlors, with chambers attached, fitted up expressly for families. This house is in the centre of business and convenient to the post office, banks, and other public institutions of the city. R. W. Dunlap. Proprietor
Description: Advertisement showing the very busy four-and-a-half story hotel opened in 1807 on Third Street below Arch Street. Includes partial views of adjacent buildings. Several male guests lounge on the porch as a gentleman enters the hotel. Also shows pedestrians and a valet hauling luggage with a hand cart. Contains a N.B. about "charges moderate" for a "ladies' dining room, for the accommodation of families, that do not wish a private parlor." The hotel closed soon before the Civil War., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 133, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 32 B 813
Creator: Brown, Mannevillette Elihu Dearing, 1810-1896
Date: [ca. 1832]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 32 B 813

Title: City Museum, Callowhill St. below Fifth St. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the museum originally built as a church in 1823 at 415-417 Callowhill Street. A group of men and women enter one of the seventh entrances in the left of the image. A sign reading "Star Hall" hangs above the door and a flag marked "City Museum" adorns the roof of the building. Materials are displayed in several of the windows and two men stand at another entrance. Also includes pedestrians on the sidewalk walking near a street lamp. The museum opened in 1854 and housed natural history, science and portrait exhibits on the lower floor and a theatre on the upper floor. Museum burned in 1868., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 135, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 09 C 581
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 09 C 581

Title: The city of Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view looking east from West Philadelphia showing the city between West Philadelphia, the Schuylkill River, East Falls/Germantown, and Southwark/Grey's Ferry. Shows the residential, commercial, industrial, religious, educational, and cultural buildings lining the streets and outer lying areas of Center City. Also shows the Schuylkill River, grounds of the Centennial Exhibition (West Fairmount Park); Treaty, Smith, and Windmill islands; Camden, NJ. and public utilities, bridges, railroad depots, and reservoirs. Includes from north to south, Glenwood and Oddfellows Cemetery, Columbia Bridge, Centennial buildings (Art Gallery, Memorial Hall, Main Hall), Connecting R.R. Bridge, Reading R.R. coal wharves (Port Richmond), Germantown, Girard Avenue Bridge, Fairmount Park, Kensington Depot, House of Refuge, Eastern Penitentiary, Fairmount Water Works, Wire Bridge, Reading Depot, Penn. R.R. Depots & Car Works (West Philadelphia), Franklin Square, Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul, Logan Square, Market Street Bridge, New York Depot, New Post Office, Masonic Temple, future City Hall, Chestnut Street Bridge, Independence Hall, Public Ledger Building, Continental Hotel, La Pierre House, Washington Square, Academy of Music, Rittenhouse Square, Pennsylvania General Hospital, Philadelphia and Baltimore R.R., South Street Bridge, Navy Yard, Jefferson Square, Moyamensing Prison, Baltimore Depot, and U. S. Arsenal and Naval Asylum Building. Masts of docked ships line the piers along the Delaware and vessels sail on the waters of both rivers. Train, pedestrian, and street traffic is also visible on the city road ways and railroads. Key to major landmarks and streets printed below the image. Streets include Girard Avenue, Westminster Avenue, Aspen Street, Fadline Street, Haverford Street, Bridge Street, Powelton Street, Lancaster Avenue, Market Street, Chestnut Street, Walnut Street, and South Street., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 137, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 865 P 267
Creator: Parsons & Atwater, artist
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Bc 865 P 267

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: The coal-cart
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing a cart-man standing, with his arms crossed, in front of a horse-drawn cart in the cobblestone street. A basket hangs upside-down from the handle of a shovel in the cart. A small home is visible in the background., Published in Common sights in town & country. Delineated & described for young children (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, [ca. 1853])., Accompanied by text titled "The coal-cart" moralizing that the "driver of a coal-cart has his duties to perform, and they are not the less important in their place, than the duties of a judge or governor." Praises those who fear God and keep their commandments and are "not given to strong drink"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 144, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8342.12, Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.1.5
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8342.12

Title: Coming home
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing a man, woman, and their three children holding baskets and belongings as they follow an African American porter who carries a trunk for them. Visible in the background is the large steamer the family disembarked at the wharf, probably at the Delaware River., Published as illustration on page 15 in Common Sights in Town & Country Delineated & Described for Young Children (Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1855)., Accompanied by text titled "Coming home" moralizes that those who commit themselves to God will be kept from evil and "will arrive at last at a home of perfect joy and peace," since "Heaven is represented as the Christian's home"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 148, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8341.15, Free Library of Philadelphia:, Library of Congress: Marian S. Carson Collection
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8341.15

Title: Conflagration of the steam boat New Jersey on the Delaware River opposite Philada March 15th 1856 in which 60 persons lost their lives
Description: Shows, in the distance, clouds of smoke rising from the Philadelphia and Camden Ferry Co. steamboat under the winter night sky as rowboats race to and from the wreck. In the foreground, two survivors sit and cling to cakes of ice near floating debris. In the right of the image, her sister ferry "Dido" travels to the rescue, the ship's reflection visible in the water. Captained by Ebenezer Corson, the "New Jersey," on mid-voyage to Camden from Philadelphia via an alternate elongated route due to heavy ice, caught fire as the result of defective boilers. With the fire spreading rapidly, Corson retreated to Arch Street Wharf in Philadelphia, and came within thirty feet of the pier when the pilot house collapsed leaving the boat unmanned and out of control. Corson survived by leaping ashore before the uncontrolled ship drifted back out on the river., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 154, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 83 N 548, See reduced variant "Conflagration of the steam boat New Jersey on the Delaware River opposite Philada. March 15th 1856 in which 50 persons lost their lives" [LCP Wainwirght 82, P.2026]
Creator: Heiss, George G.
Date: [1856]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 83 N 548

Title: Continental Hotel, corner of Chestnut & Ninth St. Philadelphia J. B. Kingsley & Co., proprietor
Description: Advertisement showing heavy pedestrian and street activity in front of the large, prominent hotel built 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. at 824-838 Chestnut Street. A group of men gathers at the entrance of the hotel. Several pedestrians walk and peruse shop windows on the block in front of the building. Street traffic includes promenading couples, a woman walking a dog, a delivery boy, a First City Troop officer, carriages, an omnibus, and men on horseback. Also shows adjacent buildings and the brick wall across the street adorned with an arched window below a sign indicating "Chestnut St." (site of the Shippen-Burd residence, demolished circa 1862). Trees stand in front of and behind the wall., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 157, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 32 C 762
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department HSP Bc 32 C 762

Title: A correct view of the City of Philadelphia on the Delaware River as it appeared on 25th of January 1852
Description: Panoramic and bustling, winter view showing several men, women, and children, on the ice-covered river. In the center foreground, a small crowd gathers around a man reading a newspaper as around them, throngs of individuals traverse the frozen walkway, promenade as couples, make conversation, and fall, laugh, and grab one another as they slip on the ice. Several men skate, boys sled, dogs chase each other, and children frolic, including a pair retrieving a hat from a broken patch of ice. Others peddle refreshments from a table and flee from broken ice as ruffians engage in a fist fight. The cityscape of Philadelphia is visible in the background, including Christ Church and Independence Hall in addition to Spark's Shot Tower and Girard College. Also shows the frozen channel running through Windmill Island covered in barren trees in the far left of the image., Copyrighted by A.A. Dugan., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 165, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 72 R 815, Dugan was a Philadelphia engraver.
Date: c1852
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 72 R 815

Title: County Goal, Moyamensing Philadelphia
Description: View showing Moyamensing Prison built 1832-1835 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter at Tenth and Reed streets. Shows three men walking past the castle-like building. Prison was demolished 1968., Title partially printed on mount., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 168, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 26 M 938
Date: [ca. 1839]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 26 M 938

Title: Craig, Finley & Co. Steam-power lithographers and printers, 1020 Arch Street
Description: Series of tradecards advertising the lithographic firm established as Craig, Butt & Finley in 1869 and renamed Craig, Finley & Co. in 1872. Seven of the tradecards depict quaint scenes of children at play and work in addition to one containing a montage of vignette views of buildings at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Scenes include a boy presenting flowers to a girl, children witnessing breaking and broken wares, children chasing a rabbit, a shepherd boy with a lamb, and girls performing the wash. All the boys are attired in knickers and most wear hats. Most of the girls are attired in peasant-like dresses. Centennial tradecard shows Machinery Hall, the Main Building, Art Gallery, Agricultural Hall, and Horticultural Hall. Also includes the promotional text: Publishers of this style Centennial Card. Firm operated until 1950., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 14, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - Scrapbook. Gift of F. Lyman Windolph.
Creator: Craig, Finley & Co.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - Scrapbook

Title: Cut outs of firefighting scenes from The Fire Insurance Company of the County of Philadelphia advertisement
Description: First cutout is captioned "1800" and is within a border containing a banner reading "Incorporated 1832 Charter Perpetual." Shows several volunteers, attired in long coats and top hats, operating a hand-pumper engine near a pond of water and water pump during the day. Other men operate the water pump and use buckets to collect water from the pond as flames shoot from two windows of a building in the background. Two volunteer firefighters, including Joseph Tipler of the United States Engine Company, in uniform flank the scene. The second firefighter's shirt and hat is adorned with "1." Second cutout is captioned "1866" and is surrounded by a border of filigree. Shows several volunteers, during the evening, using steam engines to battle the blaze of two multi-story buildings. Men run and operate hoses from the ground and by ladder, pull equipment, and direct their fellow firefighters. Some volunteers hold an ax or a horn. United States Engine Company was incorporated in 1832., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Breuker & Kessler from duplicate print in auction catalog., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 169, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Firefighting Album Am 3989 Cutouts
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Firefighting Album Am 3989 Cutout 1, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Firefighting Album Am 3989 Cutout 2

Title: Cut outs of firefighting scenes from The Fire Insurance Company of the County of Philadelphia advertisement
Description: First cutout is captioned "1800" and is within a border containing a banner reading "Incorporated 1832 Charter Perpetual." Shows several volunteers, attired in long coats and top hats, operating a hand-pumper engine near a pond of water and water pump during the day. Other men operate the water pump and use buckets to collect water from the pond as flames shoot from two windows of a building in the background. Two volunteer firefighters, including Joseph Tipler of the United States Engine Company, in uniform flank the scene. The second firefighter's shirt and hat is adorned with "1." Second cutout is captioned "1866" and is surrounded by a border of filigree. Shows several volunteers, during the evening, using steam engines to battle the blaze of two multi-story buildings. Men run and operate hoses from the ground and by ladder, pull equipment, and direct their fellow firefighters. Some volunteers hold an ax or a horn. United States Engine Company was incorporated in 1832., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Breuker & Kessler from duplicate print in auction catalog., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 169, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Firefighting Album Am 3989 Cutouts
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Firefighting Album Am 3989 Cutout 1, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Firefighting Album Am 3989 Cutout 2

Title: Decatur Fire Company of Frankford
Description: Fire company certificate containing vignettes depicting fire fighters rushing a steam engine marked with the company motto down a city street past the Odd Fellows Hall, Frankford; a steam engine parked at the company fire station on Church Street; and fire fighters surrounded by spectators battling a fire of the Frogmore Mills cotton factory, Frankford. Fire fighting equipment including a fire hose, a ladder, an axe, a trumpet and other tools are drawn bundled together to form decorative elements on both sides. A small oval portrait of Commodore Stephen Decatur in a laurel wreath frame above intertwined American flags and the company motto "Ever Prompt to a Call" adorns the top. Also contains eagles, the company number "21," and the institution and incorporation dates (1803 and 1842, respectively). Company named after the Naval hero Decatur whose father purportedly resided in Frankford., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 177, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Fire Companies - Decatur, Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen Orr Duval (P.S. Duval’s son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval’s retirement in 1869 until 1874.
Creator: Bosch, A. H., artist
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Fire Companies - Decatur

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