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- Title
- Wright, Hunter & Co. S.W. cor. Ninth & Walnut Sts. Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by R. F. Reynolds, No. 30, S 5th St.
- Description
- Location: 900 Walnut St., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Reynolds, Robert F., lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1855.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W471.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W471 [P.2270]
- Title
- Woodlands Cemetery. Main entrance. [graphic] / James Queen.
- Description
- Location: .The Woodlands Estate in West Philadelphia., Frontispiece to The charter, by-laws and regulations of the Woodlands Cemetery Company, with a list of lot holders (Philadelphia: James B. Chandler, printer, 1857), Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1857 Phi Woo Cem 16256.O.1., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
- Date
- 1857.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W470.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W470 [Am 1857 Phi Woo Cem 16256.O.1]
- Title
- [Womrath & Neville, manufactory of fringes, tassels, cords & c. & Geo. F. Womrath, fur store, 15 & 13 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Drawn on stone W. H. Rease, 17, So. 15th St.
- Description
- Location: 15 & 13 North Fourth Street (pre-consolidation)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1846.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W468.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W468 [P.2249]
- Title
- [Wm. W. Clark, drug & chemical warehouse, 16 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Drawn on Stone by W. H. Rease, 17 So. 5th St.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1846.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W467.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W467 [P.2248]
- Title
- Wm. H. Horstmann & Sons No. 51, North Third Street Philadelphia, manufacturers and importers of military goods, coach laces, & fringes. [graphic] / J. T. French, del.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- French, John Taylor, 1822-1852 artist., creator
- Date
- ca. 1850.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W466.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W466 [P.2269]
- Title
- [Wm. D. Rogers' coach manufactory, Sixth and Brown Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Lithography of A. Hoffy.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790 lithography., creator
- Date
- ca. 1850.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W465.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W465 [P.2247]
- Title
- Wm. D. Rogers' coach and light carriage manufactory, corner of 6th & Master Streets, Philadelphia Carriages of every description built to order, which for style, durability & elegance of finish, shall not be surpassed by any in the country. The work is conducted under the immidiate superintendance [sic] of the proprietor, who is himself a practical coach maker. N.B. orders from any part of the world, promptly executed. Southern & western merchants will find it to their advantage to call at this establishment. The 6th St. line of omnibuses run from the exchange to the factory every few minutes
- Description
- Advertisement depicting an exterior view of the Rogers' industrial complex, the "model coach factory of America," at the busy corner of Sixth and Master streets. A white man clerk displays a carriage to a man and woman couple as laborers work on the upper stories. Drays, surreys, "Rogers" delivery carts, and a young African American man with a horse traverse the intersection. A white man passenger disembarks from a Sixth Street line horse-drawn omnibus near the factory entrance. A second omnibus rests at the corner, the white man driver unhappily receiving a citation from a white man constable; his young, white boy passenger watching with a look of awe sitting beside his mother. Rogers, the business established in 1846, and the factory erected in 1853, absorbed rival manufactory George W. Watson in 1870. The business operated over sixty years., Title from item., Date supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 855, Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Rease, a prominent mid-19th century Philadelphia trade card lithographer known to highlight details of human interest in his advertisements, partnered with Francis H. Schell in the 1850s and eventually operated his own press until around 1872.
- Creator
- Rease & Schell, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1854]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W464 [P.2268]
- Title
- [Wm D. Parrish, book bindery, paper & rag warehouse, paper books and stationery, 4 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Date
- ca. 1844.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W463.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W463 [P.2246]
- Title
- Wm. B. Eltonhead, dealer in all kinds of watches, and manufacturer of all kinds of jewelry and silver ware, 184 South Second Street, (between Pine & Union Streets, west side,) Philadelphia. [graphic] / J. Magee, Del.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Magee, John L. artist., creator
- Date
- ca. 1855.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W461.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W461 [P.2245]
- Title
- [Wine & liquor store. Charles Egner 10 North Third Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / On stone by W. L. Breton.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Breton, William L., creator
- Date
- ca. 1837.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W460.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W460 [P.2244]
- Title
- Williams Ogle, coach & harness maker No. 280, Chesnut Street, above 10th south side, Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by W. H. Rease, 17 So. 5th. St.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1847.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W457.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W457 [P.2243]
- Title
- [William P. Cresson's foundry, Willow above Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Executed on stone by Wm. H. Rease, No. 17, S. 5th. St.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1849.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W455.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W455 [P.2242]
- Title
- [William Newell. Store. No. 3 So. Water Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / On stone by A. Hoffy.
- Description
- Location: 3 South Water Street., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790 lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1845.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W454.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W454 [P.2241]
- Title
- [William Dunlaps' coach manufactory & repository, No. 169 North Fifth Street. Philadelphia] [graphic] / Drawn by M. S. Weaver.
- Description
- Date from manuscript by Poulson on recto., Wainwright dates as 1845., LCP copy lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb38 D922.
- Creator
- Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847, creator
- Date
- 1847.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W453.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W453 [P.2240]
- Title
- Wetherill's white lead, red lead, chemical glass, drug & dye stuff store. Sons of and successors to Samuel Wetherill who established the first white lead manufactory in the United States. Old stand 65 North Front Street east side, three doors south of Arch St. [graphic] / Drawn by W. H. Rease, No. 17 S. 5th St.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H., creator
- Date
- ca. 1845.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W450.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W450 [P.2239]
- Title
- Wetherill & Brothers' white lead manufactory & chemical works. Corner of 12th & Cherry Streets Philadelphia. [graphic] / [W. L. Breton].
- Description
- Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831) vol. II, opposite page 122 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 8131: Giving an account of the improvements of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831) vol. II, opposite page 122., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.4 and in Am 1831 Mea 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mea Log 4072.D and Am1831 Por 20876., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Breton, William L., creator
- Date
- [1831]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W451.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W451 [P.9830.4]
- Title
- [Western Paper Hangings Establishment, 501 Market Street, Philadelphia.] [graphic] / Drawn on stone by Wm. H. Rease, 17 South 5th St.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., LCP copy trimmed, lacking title and advertising text., Poulson inscription: June 1847. Market Street., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc38 W827., HSP copy contains advertising text printed in red ink by letterpress by Bryson & Cooper, Fancy Job Printer. No. 2 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia. Image hand-colored.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- June 1847]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W449.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W449 [P.2238]
- Title
- West Philadelphia Manufacturing Cos. starch & farina works. Chestnut & Bridgewater Streets, Philadelphia. Refined pearl starch & corn farina. [graphic] / James Queen.
- Description
- In Philadelphia and its Manufactures . . . in 1857 (Philadelphia, 1859), 460., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Freedley.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
- Date
- 1859.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W445-2.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W445.2
- Title
- West Philadelphia Institute. [graphic].
- Description
- Location: William Street., Frontispiece to An Appeal in Behalf of the West Philadelphia Institute, Organized January 2, 1853 with the Charter and Constitution (Philadelphia: Printed by Isaac Ashmead, 1853)., LCP copy lacking imprint., LCP AR [Annual Report] 2000, pg. 54-56., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: In *Wn 892
- Date
- [1853]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W444.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W444 [P.9830.1]
- Title
- The Weccacoe Engine Co's house and the reception of the United Fire Co of Baltimore. [graphic] / Drawn by J. Queen.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 artist., creator
- Date
- n.d.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W398.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W398 [6621.F]
- Title
- Warnick & Leibrandt's Philadelphia stove works and hollow-ware foundry. First wharf above Noble St. Philadelphia. [graphic] / From nature & on stone by W. H. Rease 17 So. 5th St.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1850.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W442.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W442 [P.2267]
- Title
- Wakefield Manufacturing Company. Hosiery. Germantown, Philada. County. [graphic] / Designed & lith. B.F. Smith, Jr.
- Description
- Location: Eighteenth Street and Fishers Lane., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 35 W149.
- Creator
- Smith, B. F., Jr. lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1850.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W441-2.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W441 [P.2265]
- Title
- Wakefield Manufacturing Company. Hosiery. Germantown, Philada. County. [graphic] / Designed & lith. B.F. Smith, Jr.
- Description
- Location: Eighteenth Street and Fishers Lane., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 35 W149.
- Creator
- Smith, B. F., Jr. lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1850.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W441-1.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W441 [P.2266]
- Title
- W. P. Hacker, importer and wholesale dealer in china, glass, queensware & fancy goods, No. 60, North Second Street, Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by W. H. Rease, 17, So. 5th. St.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1851.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W439.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W439 [P.2264]
- Title
- Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, supported gratuitously by the citizens of Philadelphia, Pa. [graphic] / Des. & lith. on stone by W. Boell; Lith. & printed in colors by W. Boell 311 Walnut St.
- Description
- Location: Swanson and Washingtown Avenues, southwest corner., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc32 V58c.
- Creator
- Boell, William lithographer., creator
- Date
- c1861.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W438.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W438 [P.9001.2]
- Title
- View of the United States Hose house & apparatus, Philadelphia. [graphic] : To the Independent Fire Co. of Baltimore & the Franklin Fire Co. of Washington, this print is respectfully dedicated, (as a slight token of appreciation of their generous hospitality) by the United States Hose Co. of Philadelphia.
- Description
- Location: York Avenue, from Tammany Street., LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #75., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Date
- ca. 1855.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W436.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W436 [P.2237]
- Title
- View of the reception of the 29th Regiment, P. V., at Philadelphia. [graphic].
- Description
- Location: Race and Crown Streets., Copyrighted by Charles Baum., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc85 B347.
- Date
- 1863.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W435.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. ***W435 [P.2262]
- Title
- View of the Philadelphia volunteer refreshment saloons. [graphic] / Lith. from nature by J. Queen; Printed in colors by T. Sinclair. Philada.
- Description
- Print trimmed., Gift of Isadore Lichstein., Civil War souvenir print containing six views of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon at the southwest corner of Washington and Swanson Avenues and the Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon at 1009 Ostego Street. Contains a large central view of the exterior of the Union Saloon with troops arriving, entering the dining saloon, and departing on a Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad car as crowds of people flock around them. Other views depict soldiers using the wash basins adjoining the Cooper Shop Saloon; pro-Union flags and Saloon banners; the Union Saloon's outside washing and cooking departments including an African American man carrying a pail of food; and interiors of both saloons where male and female volunteers attend to long tables of food and a large simmering vat on a hearth. Contains an eagle clutching large American flags and a pro-Union banner above the scenes. Situated at the transportation hub between the North and the South, the relief organizations provided hospital care, washing, sleeping, and writing facilities to over 1,000,000 military personnel, sailors, refugees, and freedmen during the war.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator
- Date
- c1861.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W434.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W434 [P.9001.6]
- Title
- View of the Philadelphia alms house : Blockley. [graphic]: Taken from Hyde Park, east side of Schuylkill. / From nature & on stone by G. Lehman; Lehman & Duval Lithrs.
- Description
- View of the Blockley Almshouse on the west side of the Schuylkill River. Designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland and constructed 1833. View shows the riverbanks where two men fish and cows graze. A two masted sailing ship passes on the river.
- Creator
- Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist., creator
- Date
- ca. 1835.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W433.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W433 [P.2236]
- Title
- View of the glass works of T. W. Dyott at Kensington on the Delaware nr Philada. [graphic] / W. L. Breton, delt.
- Description
- Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110. Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 24 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of the improvements of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 24., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.3 a&b and in Am 1831 Mea 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mea Log 4072.D and Am1831 Por 20876., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Breton, William L. artist., creator
- Date
- [1831]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W431.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W431 [P.9830.3 a&b]
- Title
- View of the Fairmount Waterworks with Schuylkill in the distance. Taken from the mount. [graphic].
- Description
- LCP copy lacking title and imprint., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 88 B786.
- Date
- c1838.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W009.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W9 [P.2006]
- Title
- View of the encampment of the Corn Exchange Regiment 118th. Penn. Vols. near Falls of Schuylkill. [graphic] / Del. & Lith. by J. Magee ; Lith & Print. by W. Boell, 311 Walnut St.
- Description
- Printed below the title: To the President and members of the Corn Exchange and the officers and men of the Regiment this Plate is respectfully dedicated by the Artists., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc54 P544., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places and Events., Shows a line of civilians near a large flagpole watching the regiment drill in front of their tents at the camp near East Falls, Philadelphia. Civilians include men and women on horseback, women in a carriage, a family with their pet dog, and a child playing with a hoop. Also shows a military band leading the troops, officers on horseback, and other civilians walking the tree-lined circumference of the camp called Camp Union. Also contains the names of the "Committee of the Corn Exchange Regiment" printed below the image. The Exchange raised an infantry of 1000 men during the summer of 1862 through the enticement of a liberal bounty.
- Creator
- Magee, John L., artist., creator
- Date
- 1862.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W429.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W429 [5779.F]
- Title
- View of the department for white children of the House of Refuge. [graphic]: Looking from the south west. / John McArthur Jr. Architect, 15, Mercantile Library Building, Phil.
- Description
- Frontispiece to the Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the House of Refuge (Philadelphia: Printed by Henry B. Ashmead, 1858) (LCP Am 1858 Phil Hou 14483.O.7), Exterior view of department buildings including the girls'and boys' dormitories; girls' work and sitting rooms; boys' workshop; and the officers' rooms. The buildings, located between Parrish and Brown Streets between 22nd and 24th Streets, opened in 1850.
- Date
- [1858]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W428.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W428 [P.2234]
- Title
- View of the department for white children of the House of Refuge. [graphic]: Looking from the south west. / John McArthur Jr. Architect, 15, Mercantile Library Building, Phil.
- Description
- Frontispiece to the Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the House of Refuge (Philadelphia: Printed by Henry B. Ashmead, 1858) (LCP Am 1858 Phil Hou 14483.O.7), Originally part of Charles A. Poulson's scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia., Poulson inscription on recto: Feby. 16_59_., Exterior view of department buildings including the girls'and boys' dormitories; girls' work and sitting room; boys' workshop; and the officers' rooms. The buildings, located between Parrish and Brown Streets between 22nd and 24th Streets, opened in 1850.
- Date
- [1858].
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W428.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W428 [(1)1525.F.41b]
- Title
- View of the department for coloured children of the House of Refuge. [graphic]: Looking from the north west. / John McArthur Jr. Architect, 15, Mercantile Library Building, Phil.
- Description
- Frontispiece of the Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the House of Refuge (Philadelphia: Printed by Henry B. Ashmead, 1858) (LCP Am 1858 Phil Hou 14483.O.7), Originally part of Charles A. Poulson's scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia., Exterior view of department buildings including the girls' and boys' dormitories; girls' dining and sewing rooms; boys' school rooms; and the superintendent's rooms. The buildings, located between Parrish and Brown Streets between 22nd and 24th Streets, opened in 1850.
- Date
- [1858]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W426.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W426 [(1)1525.F.41a]
- Title
- View of Robert Buist's city nursery & greenhouses No. 140 South Twelfth Str. Phila. 1846. [graphic] / Taken on the spot & lithographed by A. Hoffy.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790 lithographer., creator
- Date
- 1846.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W423.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W423 [P.2261]
- Title
- A view of Point Airy opposite South Street, Phila. [graphic]: Persons visiting this delightful resort during the summer season will find the bar supplied with a variety of suitable refreshments for the season. Every facility is afforded at this place for enjoyment & recreation. Visitors have also an opportunity of enjoying as delightful a bath as can be had at any point on the Delaware. The boat leaves the first wharf above South Street every few minutes. D. Warren, Proprietor L. Haugg del.
- Description
- Date supplied by Wainwright., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Advertisement showing dock and hotel of resort located on the southern end of Windmill Island, a summer resort area popular in the 19th century before the removal of the island in 1897. View shows a wide variety of river traffic including ferries, sailboats, rowboats, and sailing ships. View of New Jersey waterfront visible in background.
- Creator
- Haugg, Louis, artist., creator
- Date
- [ca. 1855]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W007.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W7 [P.2003]
- Title
- View from the inclined plane, near Philadelphia. [graphic] / Lith. of J.T. Bowen.
- Description
- Originally published as plate 4 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., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2088 and in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846., creator
- Date
- c1840, 1848.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W145-4.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W145.4 [P.2088]
- Title
- University of Pennsylvania. [graphic] / Lithy. of J.T. Bowen.
- Description
- Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen in 1842., Originally issued as plate 15 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., Snyder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75., Exterior view of the University's twin buildings, Medical Hall and College Hall, located on the west side of 9th Street between Market and Chestnut Streets. Designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland and constructed 1829-1830, the buildings housed the University until its removal to West Philadelphia in the 1870s. View includes a group of students gathered in a doorway, and several pedestrians including two women carrying parasols.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist., creator
- Date
- [1848].
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W419-3.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W419 [P.2232]
- Title
- United States Hotel Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. [graphic] / From nature & on stone by D. S. Quintin.
- Description
- Location: Chestnut Street, east of Fifth St., northside., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Quintin, David S. lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1842.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W417.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W417 [P.2228]
- Title
- United States Bank Philadelphia. [graphic].
- Description
- Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook., Constructed 1818-24 based on designs by Philadelphia architect William Strickland. Served as the Bank of the United States (i.e. Second Bank) until 1836 when the charter was not renewed. Served as U.S. Custom House 1844-1935.
- Date
- [1835]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W416.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W 416 [(1)1525.F.45b]
- Title
- Unitarian Church Philadelphia. [graphic] / W. L. Breton.
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, View of the front facade of the First Congregational Unitarian Church built in 1828 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland on the 900 block of Locust Street. Includes pedestrian traffic and a partial view of neighboring buildings obscured by trees. The columns supporting the portico of the church were salvaged from Benjamin Latrobe's pump house at Center Square. Church was demolished in 1885.
- Creator
- Breton, William L., lithographer., creator
- Date
- [1829]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W413.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W413 [(4)1322.F.99]
- Title
- Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, of Philadelphia. [graphic] : Being the first institution of the kind in the United States. Organized, May 27th. 1861 / J. Queen, del. & lith.
- Description
- Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee's blindstamp on recto., Detailed inscription by Fales about the history of the saloon on recto. Transcription available at repository., Manuscript note on recto: "John A. McAllister Esq. with the kind regards of Saml B. Fales, Phila. Nov. 24th, 1866." Fales served on the Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee as correspondence secretary and financial agent, and became the committee's main fundraiser., Lively scene containing a view of the two hospitals, refreshment stand, and other buildings of the Refreshment Saloon located near the Navy Yard at Swanson and Washington Avenues. Depicts a large crowd gathered to watch the arrival and departure of Union troops in November of 1863. Arriving soldiers march past the cannon, known as "Fort Brown," fired to forewarn saloon volunteers of the forthcoming arrival of troops. Departing soldiers board a Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore railroad car for the South. American flags dot the landscape. Crowd includes a band and an African American man. Contains the names of committee members and volunteers below the image. Situated at the transportation hub between the North and the South on land leased en gratis from the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, the Saloon was a volunteer relief agency providing meals, hospital care, washing, sleeping, and writing facilities to military personnel, refugees, and freedmen. It served over 800,000 men, 1,025,000 meals before closing on December 1, 1865.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W412.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W412 [5778.F]
- Title
- U. S. Naval Asylum. [graphic] / [J. C. Wild] ; Lith. of J.T. Bowen.
- Description
- Location: Gray's Ferry Road and Bainbridge Street., Originally published as plate 7 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., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2224 and in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Biddle Hall. Built 1827-33.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 lithographer., creator
- Date
- c1840, 1848.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W410-4.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W410.4 [P.2224]
- Title
- U. S. Mint, Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by J. C. Wild.
- Description
- Location: Chestnut Street and Juniper Street, northwest corner., Issued as plate 16 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume containing twenty views., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2220 & P.2221 and in *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F and *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 lithographer., creator
- Date
- c1838.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W409-1.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W409.1 [P.2220 & P.2221]
- Title
- Two of the killers. [graphic].
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Reproduced in Edwin Wolf's Philadelphia: Portrait of American City Philadelphia (Published by Camino Books in cooperation the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1990), page 199.
- Date
- [1848].
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W408.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W408 [P.2219]
- Title
- [Thos. Minford. Wholesale & retail grocery & tea warehouse, s.w. corner of Second and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic] / On stone by W. H. Rease, No. 17, So. 5th St.
- Description
- Location: Second and Walnut Streets, southwest corner., LCP copy lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1845.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W405.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W405 [P.2218]
- Title
- Thomas Hargrave ornamental carver and sculptor s.w. corner of Ridge Road & 13th St. [graphic] / On stone by R. F. Reynolds, 20 Gaskill St.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Reynolds, Robert F., lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1848.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W402.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W402 [P.2217]
- Title
- This institution known as "Cherry Hill State Prison" at Philadelphia, is the model prison of "The Pennsylvania System of Prison Discipline" or "Separate System" as it is called to distinguish it from "The Congregate." [graphic] / From a drawing by convict No. 2954 [Samuel Cowperthwaite].
- Description
- Location: Twenty-first and Fairmount Avenue., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Date
- 1855.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W401.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W401 [P.2216]
- Title
- The terrible conflagration at Ninth and Washington Streets, Philadelphia. On the morning of Wednesday February 8th 1865. [graphic].
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Reaccessioned as P.2215., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Date
- 1865.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W397.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W397 [6549.F]