Saturday Club. Mr. Henry M. Phillips requests the pleasure of [Mr. Dreer’s] company on Saturday evening, January 10th 1880 at eight o’clock. 1325 Walnut Street. An early answer is requested. [graphic].
Title
Saturday Club. Mr. Henry M. Phillips requests the pleasure of [Mr. Dreer’s] company on Saturday evening, January 10th 1880 at eight o’clock. 1325 Walnut Street. An early answer is requested
Description
Engraved invitation with script lettering from Henry M. Phillips to Ferdinand J. Dreer. Henry Myer Phillips (1811-1884) was a Congressman for Pennsylvania and a lawyer. Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902) was a Philadelphia goldsmith, jeweler, and autograph collector. The Saturday Club was founded in 1867 and met at member’s houses for entertainment and conversation., Title and date from item., Part of title written in manuscript: 1880., Gift of David Doret, 2019., See related invitations to Ferdinand J. Dreer [P.2019.64.7-14].
Date
1880
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.15]
The Reception committee of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania requests the pleasure of the company of [Mr. Ferdinand J. Dreer] 1897 on Thursday evening, March 11th from eight until half-past eleven o’clock. 1300 Locust Street. [graphic].
Title
The Reception committee of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania requests the pleasure of the company of [Mr. Ferdinand J. Dreer] 1897 on Thursday evening, March 11th from eight until half-past eleven o’clock. 1300 Locust Street
Description
Engraved invitation with script lettering from the Reception Committee of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to Ferdinand J. Dreer. Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902) was a Philadelphia goldsmith, jeweler, and autograph collector., Title and date from item., Part of title written in manuscript: 1897., Gift of David Doret, 2019., See related invitations to Ferdinand J. Dreer [P.2019.64.7-12; P.2019.64.14-15].
Date
1897
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.13]
Benjamin Franklin [graphic].
Title
Benjamin Franklin
Description
Embossed, bust-length, left-profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin, in white, placed against a black, buckeye leather background., Title from item., Date inferred from duplicate copies and active dates of the publisher., Text printed on recto: Embossed on buckeye cover., Gift of David Doret, 2019., See related invitations to Ferdinand J. Dreer [P.2019.64.7-14].
Date
[ca. 1954]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.16]
Mr. & Mrs. George W. Childs, request the pleasure of your Company on Friday evening, March 6th from 8 to 11. 1874. To meet Canon Kingsley & Miss Kingsley. Walnut Street. S.E. cor. 22nd St. [graphic].
Title
Mr. & Mrs. George W. Childs, request the pleasure of your Company on Friday evening, March 6th from 8 to 11. 1874. To meet Canon Kingsley & Miss Kingsley. Walnut Street. S.E. cor. 22nd St
Description
Engraved invitation with script lettering from George and Emma Childs to Ferdinand J. Dreer. George W. Childs (1829-1894) was a publisher who co-owned the Public Ledger newspaper. Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902) was a Philadelphia goldsmith, jeweler, and autograph collector. Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) was the Canon of Westminster Abbey and a novelist who toured America in 1874. Rose Georgina Kingsley was the eldest daughter of Charles and an author of several books., Title and date from item., Part of title written in manuscript: 1874., Gift of David Doret, 2019., See related invitations to Ferdinand J. Dreer [P.2019.64.7-8; P.2019.64.10-15].
Date
1874
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.9]
Wistar party, [Mr. George F. Edmunds] requests the pleasure of [Mr. Dreer’s] company on Saturday evening [February 5th] at nine o’clock at [1724 Spruce Street] The favor of an early answer is requested. [graphic].
Title
Wistar party, [Mr. George F. Edmunds] requests the pleasure of [Mr. Dreer’s] company on Saturday evening [February 5th] at nine o’clock at [1724 Spruce Street] The favor of an early answer is requested
Description
Engraved invitation with script lettering from George F. Edmunds to Ferdinand J. Dreer. In the top is a bust-length, profile vignette portrait of Caspar Wistar. George F. Edmunds (1828-1919) was a U.S. Senator for Vermont. After leaving the Senate in 1891, he moved to Philadelphia to practice law. Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902) was a Philadelphia goldsmith, jeweler, and autograph collector., Title and date from item., Date written in manuscript on recto: 1898., Gift of David Doret, 2019., See related invitations to Ferdinand J. Dreer [P.2019.64.7-10; P.2019.64.12-15].
Date
1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.11]
Mr. Edwin H. Fitler requests the pleasure of your company Thursday, January first, 1891, at the Union League, from twelve until two o’clock. [graphic].
Title
Mr. Edwin H. Fitler requests the pleasure of your company Thursday, January first, 1891, at the Union League, from twelve until two o’clock
Description
Engraved invitation with script lettering from Edwin H. Fitler to Ferdinand J. Dreer. Edwin Henry Fitler (1825-1896) founded Edwin H. Fitler & Company, a cordage manufactory, and served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1887 to 1891. Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902) was a Philadelphia goldsmith, jeweler, and autograph collector., Title and date from item., Gift of David Doret, 2019., See related invitations to Ferdinand J. Dreer [P.2019.64.7-9; P.2019.64.11-15].
Date
1891
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.10]
Mr. Edwin N. Benson requests the pleasure of your Company on Thursday evening, December twenty third, 1880 at eight o’clock. 2107 Walnut Street. An early answer requested. [graphic].
Title
Mr. Edwin N. Benson requests the pleasure of your Company on Thursday evening, December twenty third, 1880 at eight o’clock. 2107 Walnut Street. An early answer requested
Description
Engraved invitation with script lettering from Edwin N. Benson to Ferdinand J. Dreer. Edwin N. Benson (1840-1909) was a former banker and served as president of the Union League of Philadelphia from 1884 to 1888. Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902) was a Philadelphia goldsmith, jeweler, and autograph collector., Title and date from item., Part of title written in manuscript: 1880., Gift of David Doret, 2019., See related invitations to Ferdinand J. Dreer [P.2019.64.8-15].
Date
1880
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.7]
The Reception committee of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania requests the pleasure of the company of [Ferdinand J. Dreer] on Thursday evening, [February 1st] from eight until half-past eleven o’clock. 1894. 1300 Locust Street. [graphic].
Title
The Reception committee of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania requests the pleasure of the company of [Ferdinand J. Dreer] on Thursday evening, [February 1st] from eight until half-past eleven o’clock. 1894. 1300 Locust Street
Description
Engraved invitation with script lettering from the Reception Committee of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to Ferdinand J. Dreer. Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902) was a Philadelphia goldsmith, jeweler, and autograph collector., Title and date from item., Part of title written in manuscript: 1894., Gift of David Doret, 2019., See related invitations to Ferdinand J. Dreer [P.2019.64.7-11; P.2019.64.13-15].
Date
1894
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.12]
Mr. J.W. Brown requests the favor of [Mr. F.J. Dreer’s] company on [Tuesday] evening [Dec. 16th] at 8 o’clock. 411 Chestnut St. [graphic].
Title
Mr. J.W. Brown requests the favor of [Mr. F.J. Dreer’s] company on [Tuesday] evening [Dec. 16th] at 8 o’clock. 411 Chestnut St
Description
Engraved invitation with script lettering from J.W. Brown to Ferdinand J. Dreer. Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902) was a Philadelphia goldsmith, jeweler, and autograph collector., Title and date from item., Gift of David Doret, 2019., See related invitations to Ferdinand J. Dreer [P.2019.64.7; P.2019.64.9-15].
Date
[ca. 1884]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.8]
Germantown.
Title
Germantown
Description
Cover title., "Published in the interests of Germantown's progress ..." -- Page 1, Gift of David Doret, 2019., Library copy in printed paper wrappers.
Date
[©1937]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Ephemera [P.2019.64.5]
Special edition for sesqui-centennial visitors : where to go and what to see in Philadelphia.
Title
Special edition for sesqui-centennial visitors where to go and what to see in Philadelphia
Description
Gift of David Doret, 2019., Library copy in printed paper wrappers.
Date
[1926]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Ephemera [P.2019.64.6]
[Water works in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Title
[Water works in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description
Landscape view looking west from Reservoir Hill showing the Fairmount Water Works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Includes the engine house, mill house, and race bridge. Also shows visitors strolling the landscaped grounds of the works; scullers on the river; residences, including probably Lemon Hill, along the bucolic banks of the Schuylkill River; the Schuylkill Canal lock; and the river dam., Title from slightly variant image in the collections of the Yale University Art Gallery., Gift of David Doret., Trimmed.
Creator
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date
[ca. 1837-ca. 1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2022.62.3.15]
The Central High School of Philadelphia, the controllers of the public schools of the first school district of Pennsylvania, by authority of the Commonwealth granted April 9th, 1849, have this day conferred the degree of Master of Arts. [graphic].
Title
The Central High School of Philadelphia, the controllers of the public schools of the first school district of Pennsylvania, by authority of the Commonwealth granted April 9th, 1849, have this day conferred the degree of Master of Arts
Description
Diploma from Central High School of Philadelphia completed to William Stephens for Master of Arts, Feb. 10, 1853 and depicting three vignettes at the top. In the left, shows an allegorical scene with a white woman, attired in a laurel crown, sketching on a pad; an older, white man seated and holding calipers; and three young, white boys looking through a telescope, moving a globe, and sketching or writing on a pad. In the center, shows an exterior view of Central High School at Juniper Street. In the foreground, a white man sits beneath a tree and sketches a statue of Liberty holding a cap and pole. A paint palette and brushes are beside him. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk in front of the school. In the right, depicts the coat of arms of Pennsylvania with two horses flanking a crest and an eagle at the top. Central High School was founded in 1836. In 1838, the school building opened at Juniper below Market Street., Title and date from item., Text written on recto: Upon [William Stephens] a graduate of the class of [July 1845] of the Central High School of Philadelphia in consideration of his maintaining an unblemished reputation and of his continued devotion to liberal pursuits since the time of his graduation. In testimony whereof this Diploma has been granted duly by the corporate seal of the Controllers and by the signatures of the President and other officers of the Board and of the Principal and Professors of the School Date Philadelphia [Feb 10th] 18[53]., Signed and witnessed by several individuals, including: D.S Beideman, President; N. Nathans, T.G. Hollingsworth, Harlan Ingram, T.K. Collins, Committee of Controllers; R.J. Hemphill, Secretary; John S. Hart, LLD, Principal; and thirteen professors., Accompanied by a ribbon embossed with the seal of the Controllers of the Public Schools of the First School District [of Philadelphia]., Gift of David Doret.
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2022.62.3.47]
250th anniversary of the settlement of Germantown : under the auspices of the Germantown historical society, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. / Friday, October 20, annual meeting of the Pennsylvania German society ; Saturday, October 21, Germantown's communi
Title
250th anniversary of the settlement of Germantown under the auspices of the Germantown historical society, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa
Description
"The historical text ... is by Edward W. Hocker, librarian of the Germantown historical society.", Gift of David Doret, 2019., Library copy in printed paper wrappers., Library copy has insertion of broadside titled, "The First protest against slavery, Germantown, 1688," compliments of Howard T. Landes, Pastor Germantown Mennonite Church since 1928.
Creator
Germantown Historical Society, author
Date
[1933]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Ephemera [P.2019.64.1]
Philadelphia: a guide : made for the convenience of people interested in the city's notable history and present achievements.
Title
Philadelphia: a guide made for the convenience of people interested in the city's notable history and present achievements
Description
Cover title: A friendly guide-book to Philadelphia., Gift of David Doret, 2019., Library copy in printed paper wrappers.
Creator
John Wanamaker (Firm), firm, Philadelphia
Date
©1917
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Ephemera [P.2019.64.3]
The Wanamaker store in Philadelphia.
Title
The Wanamaker store in Philadelphia
Description
Gift of David Doret, 2019., Library copy in printed paper wrappers.
Creator
John Wanamaker (Firm)
Date
1914
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Ephemera [P.2019.64.4], https://archive.org/details/wanamakerstorein00john
The story of Christ Church in Philadelphia "The Nation's Church."
Title
The story of Christ Church in Philadelphia "The Nation's Church."
Description
Includes index., Gift of David Doret, 2019., Library copy in printed paper wrappers.
Creator
Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date
©1953
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Ephemera [P.2019.64.2]
Target firing State Fencibles, Capt. J. Page, the seat of Dr. William Wetherill, Fatland (near Valley Forge) Montgomery Co. Pa. June 14th 1859. [graphic].
Title
Target firing State Fencibles, Capt. J. Page, the seat of Dr. William Wetherill, Fatland (near Valley Forge) Montgomery Co. Pa. June 14th 1859
Description
Scene showing the State Fencibles militia marching past the Wetherill mansion on the Fatland estate. The men march in seven lines, led by the Fencibles marching band, followed by officers, and then four lines of enlisted men fronted by a single Fencible. All the men wear uniforms and the officers wear Hardee hats, while the enlisted men wear tall, bearskin hats. In the left foreground, a group of well-dressed men, women, and children watch the militia. In the background, other guests line the portico and verandas of the mansion. near clusters of Fencibles and spectators lining the grounds in front of the mansion. The scene also includes the trees and bushes that surround the grounds and mansion. During the 1850s, Dr. Wetherill, partner in the Wetherill & Brother White Lead Works, annually invited the Fencibles to his estate for spring target firing. The June 1859 excursion included seventy-four muskets and five officers, a lunch, dinner, and dance. The State Fencibles was a military organization raised in Philadelphia in 1813 as part of the Pennsylvania militia. In 1871, the military company, recruited under James Page, became attached to the Eighth Regiment National Guard of Pennsylvania. The Fatland seat was owned by gentleman William Bakewell beginning in 1803 before being sold to the Wetherill Family about 1821 and his death. Fatland, named for the estate's great soil fertility, remained in the Wetherill family through the early 20th century., Title from item., Date inferred from date of event depicted., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 292, Gift of David Doret., Trimmed., Title clipped and pasted on sheet with manuscript note mounted below image: To Capt. J. W. Ryan Compliments of [Chas Marshall D. Co's N.G.?] Pa., Trimmed., See Thomas S. Lanard, One hundred years with the State Fencibles : a history of the First Company State Fencibles ... (Philadelphia: Nields Co., 1913), 115-116.
Date
[ca. 1859]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - A-Z - State [P.2017.15.17]
E.S. Sullivan's Black Diamond Combination is coming in their new version of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Title
E.S. Sullivan's Black Diamond Combination is coming in their new version of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Description
Illustrated stock trade card advertising the production of Uncle Tom's Cabin and depicting a white man and woman fishing near an old mill and waterfall. In the right, the man, attired in a hat, a white collared shirt, a blue jacket, brown pants, and black boots, stands on a rock and casts his fishing line. The woman, attired in a brimmed hat, a long-sleeved, blue dress, and black shoes, stands and holds her fishing pole. Behind them is a mill with a water wheel., Title from item., Date based on content., Promotional text printed on verso for Uncle Tom's Cabin includes cast of characters and seat prices., Gift of David Doret, 2011., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Sullivan [P.2011.45.25]
Distinguished Americans, at a meeting of the New York Historical Society [graphic] : To whom this plate is by permission respectfully dedicated by Doney & Gollmann Designed and drawn from life by J. Gollmann; Engraved by T. Doney.
Title
Distinguished Americans, at a meeting of the New York Historical Society To whom this plate is by permission respectfully dedicated by Doney & Gollmann
Description
Group portrait of forty nine Americans gathered together at a meeting of the New York Historical Society in the University Chapel. Seen in the foreground, from left to right, are: George W. Bethune, Zadock Pratt, Francis L. Hawks, John E. Wool, Horatio Seymour, John W. Francis, Hamilton Fish, Winfield Scott, Jonathan M Wainwright, Daniel Webster, Samuel Jones, Franklin Pierce, William C. Bryant, Henry Clay, Edward Everett, Fred de Peyster, Luther Bradish, Martin Van Buren, George Bancroft, John Van Buren, William L. Marcy, and Lewis Cass. Another twenty seven men are seen in the background, including: Millard Fillmore, William H. Seward, John C. Calhoun and Valentine Mott. Each man wears a dark suit with a light shirt and tie. The men face in all directions; some look out toward the viewer and others turn to the side with no interaction among each other. Sitters portraits after painted portraits provided to the artist., Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1854 by Doney & Gollmann in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York., Gift of David Doret., LCP copy variant from copies at Library of Congress and American Antiquarian Society. Imprint varies and image does not include sitter Archbishop John Hughes., See David McNeely Stauffer, American engravers upon copper and steel, Vol. 1 (New York, 1907), 66., A key and description of the plate is included in the New York Historical Society Quarterly 38, 1954 , 458-459. Copy included with print. Description references Hughes missing from key, but not the image., Thomas Doney came to Canada from France, worked in Illinois and Ohio, and finally established himself in New York in 1845.
Creator
Doney, Thomas, fl. 1844-1852, engraver
Date
1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Portrait Prints/Photos - Group [P.2011.45.3]
Ten fine steel plate views of places of interest, new map and guide to Philadelphia. [graphic].
Title
Ten fine steel plate views of places of interest, new map and guide to Philadelphia
Description
Views include Carpenter's Hall; Centennial Art Gallery; Chestnut St. Bridge; Girard College; Independence Hall in 1876; Lincoln Monument; Masonic Temple; Independence Hall in 1776; United States Mint; and View in Fairmount Park (i.e., Girard Avenue Bridge). Most of the views also show street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn vehicles. Chestnut St. Bridge image includes men in row boats and other small vessels on the Schuylkill River. Carpenter Hall print depicted as a winter view. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title from wrapper., Printed on recto of wrapper: Price 25 cts., Housed with complementary uncut sheet of ten titled views of places of interest in Philadelphia. [P.2011.45.8]., Gift of David Doret.
Date
[1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *PhPr - Views [P.2011.45.9]
Record Group 1, Series 1A: Annual Meetings
Title
LCP Papers Project Series 1A: Annual Meetings
Record Group 1, Series 1C: Miscellaneous Directors Records
Title
LCP Papers Project Series 1C: Miscellaneous Directors Records
Record Group 1, Series 2A: Administrative Records
Title
LCP Papers Project Series 2A: Administrative Records
Ten fine steel plate views of places of interest, new map and guide to Philadelphia. [graphic].
Title
Ten fine steel plate views of places of interest, new map and guide to Philadelphia
Description
Views include Carpenter's Hall; Centennial Art Gallery; Chestnut St. Bridge; Girard College; Independence Hall in 1876; Lincoln Monument; Masonic Temple; Independence Hall in 1776; United States Mint; and View in Fairmount Park (i.e., Girard Avenue Bridge). Most of the views also show street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn vehicles. Chestnut St. Bridge image includes men in row boats and other small vessels on the Schuylkill River. Carpenter Hall print depicted as a winter view. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title from wrapper., Printed on recto of wrapper: Price 25 cts., Housed with complementary uncut sheet of ten titled views of places of interest in Philadelphia. [P.2011.45.8]., Gift of David Doret.
Date
[1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *PhPr - Views [P.2011.45.9]
The Oakland Schottisch [graphic] : composed for and respectfully dedicated to the young ladies of the Oakland Female Institute, Norristown, Pa. by Charlie C. Converse / P.S. Duval's & Co.s Steam lith. Press, Phila.
Title
The Oakland Schottisch composed for and respectfully dedicated to the young ladies of the Oakland Female Institute, Norristown, Pa. by Charlie C. Converse
Description
Sheet music cover containing an exterior view of institute building and grounds from the Delaware River. Students stroll on the lawn. A passenger train of the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norrristown (later Philadelphia & Reading) Railroad passes in the foreground and a boat is moored on the river bank. The institute was established in 1845. This view issued shortly before the building underwent major renovation and enlargement 1852-1855., View published as the frontispiece for Circular and catalogue of the Oakland Female Institute, Norristown, PA. for the year ending September 25, 1851 (Philadelphia: Printed by John Young, Black Horse Alley, 1851) with the artist's credit line "From nature and on stone by W.E. Hitckcock [i.e. Hitchcock]." (LCP Am 1850 Nor Oak, 74806.O and HSP *VoM 65 vol. 10) (POSP 155.1)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 155.2, LCP also holds copy, including sheet music [Sheet Music Oakland 11856.F (Doret)]. Copy gift of David Doret., Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 17:39. FLP variant copy includes imprint: From nature & on Stone by J. Queen.
Creator
Hitchcock, William E., ca. 1823-ca. 1880, artist
Date
c1852
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Education [P.9210.11]
Independence Hall in 1776 [graphic].
Title
Independence Hall in 1776
Description
View looking east showing the State House at 520 Chestnut Street built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Includes the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut) and Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut). View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a conestoga wagon, as well as the adjacent street corner., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 876, Gift of David Doret.
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Government Buildings - S [P.2011.51.8]
Album of Pennsylvania R. R. scenery [graphic].
Title
Album of Pennsylvania R. R. scenery
Description
Souvenir viewbook containing twelve captioned views of prominent sites and landmarks of and along the Pennsylvania Railroad in the Mid-Atlantic. Includes "Pennsylvania R. R. Station, Jersey City, Showing Birds eye View of the Hudson River, New York City Etc."; "Pennsylvania R. R. Ferries Plying Between Jersey City & New York"; "New Brunswick N. J. Penna. R. R. Bridge Crossing the Raritan River"; "Broad St. Station Penna. R. R. Co. Philadelphia. Grandest R. R. Depot in America" with inset showing Independence Hall"; "New Public Building, Philadelphia Cor. Broad & Market Streets. Built of Marble & Granite. Grandest Single Structure in the World. Cost Already Over $15,000,000. View at Left, U. S. Mint. View on the Right, Penna. R. R. Depot."; "Views at Bryn Mawr, 10 miles West of Philadelphia: Bryn Mawr Hotel. Bryn Mawr Station. Residences."; "Penn. R.R. Bridge Crossing the Susquehanna River 6 Miles West of Harrisbugh PA"; "Lewiston Narrows"; "Jacks Narrows, From Mapleton"; "Along Jack Narrows"; "The Horse Shoe Curve, Pennsylvania Railroad"; "Near Bolivar on the Conemaugh with inset showing "Scene at Allegrippus"; "In the Pack Saddle, On the Conemaugh/Spruce Creek Tunnel"; "Penna. R. R. Co’s Depot, Pittsburgh Pa."; View of Pittsburgh & Allegheny City Pa. with inset showing "Iron Works South Side." Views also show American's first immigration center Castlegarden (i.e., Castle Clinton, Battery Park, N.Y.), traveling trains, piers, factories, pedestrian and street traffic, and landscapes, including mountains, valleys, and creeks. Some inset images also designed as trompe l'oeil., Publication information from copyright statement., Title from embossed brown morocco binding, front cover stamped: Album of Pennsylvania R. R. Scenery., Prints connected by accordion folds., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box., Gift of David Doret.
Date
[1888]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Album [P.2011.45.26]
[David Doret collection of Philadelphia clothing, shoes, and related manufacturers and trades billheads] [graphic].
Title
[David Doret collection of Philadelphia clothing, shoes, and related manufacturers and trades billheads]
Description
Collection of billheads for Philadelphia clothing, shoes, and related manufacturers and trades, printed between ca. 1840 and ca. 1890, and containing primarily decorative and ornate lettering and ornamented type. Some also contain illustrations and pictorial details, including cameos and ornaments. Illustrations depict exteriors of storefronts and pictorial details depict frame motifs composed of scrolls and leaves with a beehive at the bottom, ribbons, filigree, and ornamented and geometric patterns and designs. Other ornaments depict a medal awarded to A. Hippman with the profile of Benjamin Franklin (Ladies French shoemaker Julius Heck, successor to Hippman) and a cameo containing the image of a boot (boot and shoemaker Philip Heppe). Exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Businesses represented include clothing stores, tailors, manufacturers of umbrellas, shirt and shoemakers, and importers of staple and fancy dress goods., Proprietors and firms represented include H. Atkinson, O. Bardenweper, C. L. Benkert, Jacob Bieg, L. Blaylock, George Bruder, C.H. Garden & Co., E.P. Gill & Co., Freeland & Brother, J.C. Harman, Julius Heck, Philip Heppe, J. Heumann, S.B. Hinchliffe, Hirsh & Brother, J. Meier & Bro., John Wanamaker & Co., Peter Kayser (Kaiser), C. F. Kienzle, Frederick Klages, L. Moore (& Co.), F. J. Lammer, T.B. Latimer, McIntire & Brother, J. A. Meister, Jacob. K. Ritter, J. F. Roller, Rue, Keys & Smith, T. Leupold & Bro., William Tiller, and Wright & Brothers., Most of the prints are trimmed and all are completed in manuscript, including name of purchaser; type, amount, and price of items purchased; the total amount charged; and "paid" note., Several contain manuscript notes on verso, typically the name of purchaser., Majority addressed to Mr. Karl de Bubna (ca. 1831-1900) or Mrs. [Augusta Amelia Marsh] de Bubna. Karl de Bubna was a Philadelphia music teacher and Augusta de Bubna (1844 - ) was a writer., Small number addressed to C[hristian] Schrack (1790-1854). Schrack was a Philadelphia paint and varnish manufacturer., Some contain "removed to" new address stamped notices., Some have portions clipped away., Various printers and lithographers, including Henry A. Brown, William Colbert, Ephraim W. Conner, Craig, Finley, & Co., M. Dahlem, Evans (probably George G. Evans), J. Haehnlen, Ketterlinus, Leisenring Printing House, Mack & Braden, Wm. Mann, Muehleck & Scheu, Schnabel & Finkeldey, and Spencer & Van Fleet., Gift of David Doret., Inventory available at repository.
Date
[ca. 1840-ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret Philadelphia Clothing ... Billhead Collection [P.2022.62.2]
[Engineer drawings published in the Water Supply of the City of Philadelphia by a Proposed Aqueduct from the Norristown Dam and the Acquisitions of the Works of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, 1891] [graphic].
Title
[Engineer drawings published in the Water Supply of the City of Philadelphia by a Proposed Aqueduct from the Norristown Dam and the Acquisitions of the Works of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, 1891]
Description
Collection of thirteen drawings and one blueprint showing the proposed route by the Schuylkill Navigation Company (E. F. Smith, C.E.) for an aqueduct running from the Norristown Dam to the Schuylkill River. Drawings include: "1. Map of the Drainage Area of the Schuylkill River Showing the Location of Pools and Canals of the Schuylkill Navigation" depicting mountains, creeks, drainage areas, canals, and dams between Broad Mountain and Philadelphia; "3. Profile and Details of the Proposed Aqueduct to Convey the Water of the Schuylkill River from the Norristown Dam to the Pumping Station of the City of Philadelphia" showing cross-sections of creek crossings, conduits, tunnel grades, shaft locations, and “Section through Centre of Arch River Crossing”; "4. Plan Elevation and Section of Schuylkill River Bridge Near Belmont and other Crossings on line of Proposed Aqueduct from Norristown Dam to the Pumping Stations of the City of Philadelphia" showing the bridge elevation, cross-sections of the bridge (e.g. “Buckle Plate Floor and Asphalt Pavement”), map of the area near the Schuylkill River, East Park Reservoir, Thirty-third , Diamond, and Oxford Streets, and “Culvert of Ravine at Edgley, East Park; "Plans and Elevations of Inlet and Gate Houses on the Line of a Proposed Aqueduct for the Water Supply of the City of Philadelphia" showing ground plans and gate house sections and not the elevations” by Furness, Evans & Co., Architects”; "Map of the Valley of Tumbling Run Showing the Lands of the Schuylkill Navigation Co. with the Existing and Proposed Reservoirs Therein and its Drainage Area" showing the area between the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Sharp Mountain (East Norwegian Township), Second Mountain (Manheim Township), and containing notes about right of way, existing and proposed reservoirs, distances and widths;, "I. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation from Tumbling Run to head of Lord’s Dam No. 14" showing landforms, Schuylkill River, the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad, dams and towns along the river, and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers; "II. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation, from Head of Lords Dam No. 14 to Red Hill Shoemakersville" showing Schuylkill and Berks Counties, Blue Mountains, Schuylkill River and dams along it, Stony Creek and Lands, insets of sites along the river, and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers; "III. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation from Red Hill Shoemakersville to Felix’s Dam No. 19" showing the Schuylkill River, Berks County, dams, creeks, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers; "IV. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation from Felix’s Dam No. 19 to Big Reading Dam No. 24" showing the Schuylkill River and dams along it, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Berks County, Reading, Neversink, Flying Hill, and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers; "V. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation from the Big Reading Dam No. 24 to Sixpenny Creek" showing the Schuylkill River, Berks County, Wilmington and Pennsylvania Northern Railroad, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Birdsboro, Monocacy, Girard Canal, creeks, and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers; "VI. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation from Sixpenny Creek to Fricks Locks" showing Berks, Montgomery and Chester Counties, Monocacy, the Schuylkill River, Pottstown, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, creeks, and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers;, "VII. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation from Fricks Locks to Mouth of Perkiomen" showing Montgomery and Chester Counties, the Schuylkill River and dams along it, Girard Canal, Black Rock Hills, Phoenixville, and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers; "VIII. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation from Mouth of Perkiomen to Norristown" showing Chester and Montgomery Counties, Schuylkill River and dams along it, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Chester Valley Railroad, Valley Hills, Barbadoes Island, Norristown, Bridgeport, and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers; and an untitled, unattributed, and undated drawing showing dam capacities (Black Rock, Pawlings, Catfish, Norristown) water depths, and nineteen points (towns, creek mouths, inlets, furnaces, gate houses, pumping stations) between Black Rock Dam and Fairmount. The aqueduct was to facilitate an improvement to the quality of drinking water for the city. The supply was becoming increasingly polluted through the manufacturing districts surrounding the Fairmount Park pumping stations and the nearby Schuylkill Valley. The project was under the direction of E. F. Smith, engineer and superintendent of the Schuylkill Navigation Co. which was originally chartered in 1815 to make the Schuylkill River navigable., Title supplied by cataloger., Drawings dated by artist May 1891., Majority of drawings numbered in upper right corner with a Roman numeral or Arabic number: 0-1; 3-4; I-VIII., Majority of drawings signed in lower left corner: Emil L. Nuebling, Del., Plan Elevation and Section of Schuylkill River Bridge Near Belmont and other Crossings on line of Proposed Aqueduct from Norristown Dam to the Pumping Stations of the City of Philadelphia (P.2008.12) signed lower left corner: W. S. Davis, Del., Drawings include horizontal and/or vertical scales., Many of the drawings include “Schedule Numbers.”, Some of the drawings include compasses., Some of the drawings vary from their published versions including 1. Map of the Drainage Area ... which does not include a “Table” (P.2008.13.10) and Plans and Elevations of Inlet and Gate Houses ... which does not include “Elevation” views., Manuscript note on verso of P.2008.13.10: Map of the Drainage Area of the Schuylkill River. Showing locations of Pools and Canals., Stamped on verso of P.2008.13.10: Case 4; Box I-5; No. 6238., Gift of David Doret., Emil L. Nuebling, a Reading, Pa. native and civil engineer, trained in Reading and Newark, N.J. before receiving by 1891 an appointment under E. F. Smith of the Schuylkill Navigation Co. He also worked for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad before becoming engineer and superintendent of the Reading Water Works in 1895. He worked as Reading's water engineer through the early 20th century.
Creator
Nuebling, Emil L., -1926, artist
Date
May 1891
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department rolled maps - Schuylkill - Box 1- Box 3 [P.2008.13]
Deed of release Thomas Mifflin Jr. to Elizabeth Mifflin [cartographic material].
Title
Deed of release Thomas Mifflin Jr. to Elizabeth Mifflin
Description
Indenture for the division of Mifflin Family lots in Southwark containing a manuscript map by Reading Howell showing the Thomas Mifflin Jr. and Elizabeth Mifflin lots (N. 1, N. 4-12) along Shippen Street and Mariott's Lane from Passyunk Road, to Second Street, to Front Street, to Swanson Street, to Delaware River. Also shows Marriot's Lane and the surrounding lots of William Clifton; Paul Beck; Estate of E. Flowers; D. Conry; Shippen; Thomas Penrose; and Joseph Huddels. Elizabeth Mifflin lots are annotated in pencil: "Feby. 15, 1798 sold in G. Rent and Sold on G. Rent by E. Wistar" (N. 6-8); "Sold By E. Wistar to Adam Iseminger Decr 18, 1820" (N.12); "Sold by E. Wistar to John Livezley, July 14, 1819" (N. 9); and "Sold by E. Wister to John Livezley 14 July 1819" (N. 10), Completed in manuscript on parchment for Thomas Mifflin Jr.; dated February 16, 1798; sealed and delivered in the presence of Sarah Waln and Caleb Cresson, Jr.; witnessed by Edward Shippen and signed by Thomas Mifflin Jr., Contains annotations in pencil dated 1819 and 1820., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., See also Freedman Collection - Maps - Southwark maps [P.2013.87.374]
Date
[ca. 1798]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors - Maps [P.2017.8.1]
Benjamin Franklin Perry, midshipman of the United States Navy. Born June 19, 1843. Died July 3, 1860. Aged 17 years. Given to his country. Taken to his God. [graphic] / Baird. Philadelphia.
Title
Benjamin Franklin Perry, midshipman of the United States Navy. Born June 19, 1843. Died July 3, 1860. Aged 17 years Given to his country. Taken to his God
Description
Pen and watercolor drawing probably commissioned by Baird Marble Works, Philadelphia showing the design for the sepulchral monument for the midshipman. Depicts a column-shaped monument on a pedestal inscribed with Perry's epitaph. An American eagle with a laurel wreath in his beak sits atop the column that is entwined by an American flag. An anchor and American shield, partially wrapped in the flag, adorns the bottom of the column. Shield inscribed: Given To His Country. Taken To His God. Perry was the son of the 72nd Governor of South Carolina Benjamin Perry. The elder Perry was a Southern Unionist who did not support secession before the Civil War. Known as Frank, the younger Perry attended the U.S. Naval Academy before his death. The monument, near identical to the rendering, marks Perry's grave in Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina., Title from text included on depicted monument., Inscribed in ink in lower right corner: Baird, Philadelphia., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - A-Z - Perry [P.2017.8.24]
J. H. Preston and J. Connor's imprisoned for evacuating Fort Mifflin [graphic].
Title
J. H. Preston and J. Connor's imprisoned for evacuating Fort Mifflin
Description
Pencil drawing showing two men, in a cinder-block cell, seated on the floor and with a ball and chain around one of each of their wrists. The man in the left, wears a mustache, and sits with his left knee bent and his right leg outstretched. He leans on his right hand to which the ball and chain are attached to that wrist. He wears a jacket, vest, cravat, pants, and shoes. The man in the right has very wavy hair, sits with his knees bent and his arms wrapped around them. His ball and chain is attached to his left wrist. He wears a flouncy-sleeved shirt, vest, breeches, and boots. In the left of the cell is a window with bars. A man, attired in a hat and coat, points and shouts through the bars., Title inscribed in ink below drawing., Date from manuscript note below image: received Septem 3/63., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - A-Z - Preston [P.2017.8.25]
[Nude figure studies] [graphic].
Title
[Nude figure studies]
Description
Collection of nude figure studies by lithographer Augustus Kollner. Most, if not all, of the studies were likely executed for the life class at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine arts. Includes two female studies and two male studies. The first female study [P.2017.8.18] shows a nude woman seated on her side, her legs outstretched, and leaning on her left hand. Her right hand stretched down to her calf. Her light-shaded hair is pulled back Grecian-style and she lies in front of a draped stand. The second female study [P.2017.8.19] shows a woman lying on her back, her head resting on her right hand that is bent at the elbow, and with her eyes closed. Her dark-shaded hair is worn in a low bun, her legs are crossed at the ankles, and her left hand rests on her left thigh. A less-detailed, ink-drawn, vignette-size, bust-length study of the woman is visible in the lower left corner. The first male study [P.2017.8.20] shows a nearly nude man, a loin cloth at his waist, sitting with his legs open on a draped seat. He is slightly hunched over and rests the left side of his face on his left hand curled into a fist with his left elbow resting on his knee. His right arm is bent at the elbow with his right hand resting on his right knee. His dark-shaded hair is parted to the right. The second male study [P.2017.8.21], a profile, shows a nude man, semi-seated on a platform, with his upper body leaning to his left and with his left leg extended behind him. He rests his arms on the edge and side of the platform. He has short, dark-shaded hair and a mustache. The genitalia of the three figures without a loin cloth is shaded in shadow., Dates of two of the drawings [P.2017.8.18-19] inferred from the accompanying dated drawings., P.2017.8.21 inscribed in lower right: Jany 1867., P.2017.8.22 inscribed in lower left: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Kollner Feby 4, 1867 Phila., Drawings are trimmed., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Augustus Kollner (1813-1906) a German-born and trained Philadelphia lithographer began to focus his career more on drawing and painting in the 1860s. In 1861 Kollner enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the fine arts life class and continued to take the class until at least 1867. Kollner also exhibited genre, historical, and landscape drawings at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1865 and 1868.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, 1813-1906, artist
Date
[1867]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - Kollner [P.2017.8.19-22]
[Manuscript map showing lots of land along the Delaware River north of the Gloucester Point Ferry, Philadelphia] [cartographic material].
Title
[Manuscript map showing lots of land along the Delaware River north of the Gloucester Point Ferry, Philadelphia]
Description
Manuscript map showing landowner's names, lots, creeks, low water marks, and "road made thru the swamp & cripple in 1719 or 1720" in the area near the Point House in Moyamensing. Lot owners include Jones, Bankson, Lisle and Morris, Hockley, Hill and Morris, and Hamilton and Keith. Also contains lots marked: "15 Acres";"Proprietors till 1796 than Marshall"; "Flats not alluvial to low w[ater] m[ark]"; "Swedes in 1664." Low water marks are dated 1765, 1760, 1753. Creeks depicted include Hay Creek and L. Hollander Creek. Michael Freytag received the patent for the depicted lot from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1830. In 1875, the land was at the center of a suit brought against the commonwealth for having granted the patent through a fraudulence act. Freytag had claimed the premises in question were vacant, unimproved, and not previously patented, when older patents had been granted to "the Swedes" and Anthony Morris., Title supplied by cataloger., Upper edge trimmed., Includes key: Yellow is the land patented by M. Freytag/Green is the meadow bank/Pink is the ditch made by Penn in 1741., Includes partial key: North line to low water 122p/ Hamiltons --- on the road 103p/North line 50p South 1. 70p/Morris--- on the road 37p/North line 56p---South 1. 47p., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date
[ca. 1830]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - Maps [P.2017.8.26]
[Dante Alighieri] : Note: As the name of this celebrated poet is interwoven into the background work of this copy it was deemed superfluous of repetition underneath. / Kollner drawn. [graphic].
Title
[Dante Alighieri] Note: As the name of this celebrated poet is interwoven into the background work of this copy it was deemed superfluous of repetition underneath
Description
Ink-drawn portrait showing a right-profile, bust-portrait of the major Italian poet who wrote the long narrative poem "The Divine Comedy." Depicts the poet wearing a tunic, and on his head, a coife under a hood with a tippet that is also adorned with a laurel wreath. His eye is rendered statuary-like and without a pupil. The background is comprised of overlapping hatch marks. The portrait is possibly after the frontispiece portrait by Gustave Doré in his illustrated folio of the poet's work "Inferno" (1861)., Title from manuscript note below image and partially supplied by cataloger., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Augustus Kollner (1813-1906) a German-born and trained Philadelphia lithographer began to focus his career more on drawing and painting in the 1860s. In 1861 Kollner enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the fine arts life class and continued to take the class until at least 1867. Kollner also exhibited genre, historical, and landscape drawings at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1865 and 1868.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, 1813-1906, artist
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - Kollner [P.2017.8.23]
"Old Swedes, Phila." [graphic] / Donald C. Taber.
Title
" Old Swedes, Phila."
Description
Impressionistic drawing showing the exterior and cemetery of the oldest church in Pennsylvania at 929 South Water Street. Includes headstones and foliage. The church, also known as Gloria Dei, was built 1698-1700 after designs by John I. Harrison and Reverend Andrew Rudman. Betsy Ross married her second husband Joseph Ashburn at Gloria Dei in 1777., Title inscribed on drawing., Signature of artist in lower left corner., Accompanied by label: The oldest church in Philadelphia is "Olde Swedes", [sic] on Swanson Street below Christian Street. It was built in 1700 and has been in continuous use ever since. It was in this church that Betsy Ross was married. An original drawing by Donald C. Taber, 1934., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Donald C. Taber, born in New York, was a commercial artist in Philadelphia by 1930.
Creator
Taber, Donald C., 1895-1981, artist
Date
1934
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - A-Z - Taber [P.2017.8.28]
[Pencil study and corresponding prints showing the storefront of C. & N. Jones, stockings, N. W. cor. 2nd & Chestnut St., 1832] [graphic].
Title
[Pencil study and corresponding prints showing the storefront of C. & N. Jones, stockings, N. W. cor. 2nd & Chestnut St., 1832]
Description
Series containing a pencil study, engraving, and wood-engraved periodical illustration of the stocking store that was razed circa 1832. Images show a wood-frame house with a large front window, outside cellar door, two stacked small side windows, and gambrel roof with chimney. The building is adorned with signage reading "Stockings. C & N. Jones." All of the graphics contain shading around the foot of the building. Ann Jones purportedly operated a stocking store from the same location during the 1750s., Attributed to James Queen by Marion Carson., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript notes below image of P.2017.8.29: N.W. Corner of 2nd & Chestnut; Original of plates; M3727., P.2017.8.30 titled: N.W. Cor. 2nd & Chestnut St., P.2017.8.31 is clipping with letter-press text on verso., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., LCP duplicate copy of engraving [(1) 1525.F.17g] does not include manuscript note attributing print to Queen as noted by Snyder., See LCP Poulson's Scrapbooks vol. 5, p. 28 and p. 31 and vol. 7, p.21.
Date
[ca. 1832-ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - A-Z -Jones [P.2017.8.30-32]
Draught of four lots or parcel of lands belonging to the estate of the late William Bingham, Esquire, deceased, situate in the island and township of Tinicum, in the county of Delaware and the state of Pennsylvania, marked and containing as follows, vizd.
Title
Draught of four lots or parcel of lands belonging to the estate of the late William Bingham, Esquire, deceased, situate in the island and township of Tinicum, in the county of Delaware and the state of Pennsylvania, marked and containing as follows, vizd._D. nineteen acres and one hundred and fifty perches_E, twenty four acres and three quarters,_ F, thirty seven acres and eighty seven perches, _ and G, twenty three acres and seventy nine perches
Description
Manuscript map showing landowner's names, lots, creeks, and lanes near the Delaware River in Kingsessing Township, Philadelphia. Lots include "Other land belonging to the estate of the late Wiliam Bingham, Esquire, deceased"; "Moses Palmer's Land"; "John Serrill's Land"; "Thomas Serill's Land"; "George Gesner's Land"; "Hunter's Land"; "Thomas Bradley's Land"; and "Land belonging to the heirs of Joseph Carson, decd." Also shows River Creek Lane, Martin's Lane, Bow Creek Drain and County line, Church Creek, Church Creek dam, Tinicum I[sland] Road, Martin's Bar in the Delaware River and part of Hog's Island. By 1800, Bow Creek and the Back Channel created boundary lines that separated Philadelphia and Delaware County. Bingham held one of the larger estates in this area., Right edge trimmed., Includes "Table of the Cou: & Dist: of the several Lots." Includes 10 coordinate and distance listings under "D"; 5 under "E"; 15 under "F"; and 9 under "G.", Includes scale: 20 perches to an Inch., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Map mounted on textile backing. Backing includes makers mark: Germantown [illegible] End Works. Power Loom. Mark illustrated with the seal of Pennsylvania.
Date
[1825]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors - Maps [P.2017.8.33]
Independence Hall [graphic] / An original drawing by Donald C. Taber, 1934.
Title
Independence Hall
Description
Impressionistic drawing looking north from Independence Square showing the rear elevation of Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. View also includes a barren tall tree in the left, a sole pedestrian, and a tree with foliage in the right., Title inscribed on drawing., Signature of artist in lower left corner., Date from accompanying label: Built in 1731, - Independence Hall, originally called The State House, took its name from the signing of the Declaration of Independence within its walls in 1776. It contains the Liberty Bell, cracked while tolling the death of Chief Justice Marshall, and other precious relics of history. It is located on Chestnut Street, between 5th and 6th Streets, Philadelphia. An original drawing by Donald C. Taber, 1934., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Donald C. Taber, born in New York, was a commercial artist in Philadelphia by 1930.
Creator
Taber, Donald C., 1895-1981, artist
Date
[1934]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - A-Z - Taber [P.2017.8.29]
[Calligraphic label on folder] [graphic].
Title
[Calligraphic label on folder]
Description
Calligraphic label reading: A Number of Vehicles, in use about Fifty years ago; sketched at the places and in the years, as indicated on the drawings, now enlarged executed in 1865 and 1888, by Augs. Kollner, Phila. (Formerly Calligrapher in Lithography.) Most of the calligraphy is in cursive. Kollner's signature is in Gothic letters., Item mounted on front cover of empty cardboard folder., Memorandum in type to Mr. Wainwright from Henry Shaw Newman, The Old Print Shop, Inc. dated November 26, 1962 pasted on inside back cover: Dear Mr. Wainwright: Perhaps you can find a a place for the label on this old folder, now empty, alas. When it came to us some years ago it had some Kollner water colors in it, but not vehicles, as I recall. I find it interesting because of his own "ex post facto" statement. hsn/ea. Dictated but not signed by Mr. Newman., Label pasted inside front cover: Patented Jan. 21, 1901., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Augustus Kollner (1813-1906) a German-born and trained Philadelphia lithographer began to focus his career more on drawing and painting in the 1860s. During the 1880s, he executed watercolors based on earlier sketches and often mounted them and placed them in albums for sale.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, 1813-1906, artist
Date
[ca. 1888-ca. 1901]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - Kollner [P.2017.8.34]
[Manuscript map showing lots of land along the Delaware River and near Point House, Philadelphia] [cartographic material].
Title
[Manuscript map showing lots of land along the Delaware River and near Point House, Philadelphia]
Description
Manuscript map showing landowner's names and lots southwest of Point House in Moyamensing. Lot owners include Eve Graffrey, "T. Walter & others," "T. Walter &c," and John Hunter. Lots to the north of those inscribed with names of landowners are marked (l-r): "C. No. 10"; "D. No. 11"; "B. No. 9"; "A. No. 8"; "No. 4"; "No. 5"; "No. 6.", Title supplied by cataloger., Includes compass., Includes "30 Ft Lane.", Includes "Ditch" lane., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date
[ca. 1830]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - Maps [P.2017.8.27]
[Early 20th-century drawings of prominent Philadelphia sites] [graphic].
Title
[Early 20th-century drawings of prominent Philadelphia sites]
Description
Collection of drawings, predominantly pencil, depicting views of prominent sites in Philadelphia, mainly exteriors. Includes the residence of William Penn, the Slate Roof House (built circa 1687-circa 1699 and demolished 1867, 100 block of South Second Street), Benjamin Franklin Bridge (built 1922-1926), Rittenhouse Square, and John Wanamaker department store (built 1902-1910, 1300-1326 Market). Many of the exterior views include pedestrian traffic. The three Wanamaker’s pencil sketches show interiors of the department store, including the restaurant, balconies, American flags, and arm chairs. The sketches portray an impressionist aesthetic. Bridge view includes an automobile and cityscape. Rittenhouse view includes an apartment building in the background and visitors seated on park benches in the foreground. Collection also includes a pen & ink exterior view of an unidentified stone commercial building, likely in Philadelphia., P.2017.15.3 signed lower right corner: T. F. Bancroft 1923., P.2017.15.4 signed lower right corner: T. F. Bancroft., P.2017.15.1-2 & 5-7 attributed to Bancroft., P.2017.15.3 manuscript note on recto : Slate Roof House “1863.” From photo courtesy of Mr. L. C. Siner., P.2017.15.3 manuscript note on verso : Slate Roof House in 1863 (from Photo by Gutekunst) mentioned in “Watsons Annals” as home of Wm. Penn in 1700. S. E. cor. 2nd & Norris Alley (or Sansom St), P.2017.15.1 manuscript note lower right corner: Aug 11th. Bridge from 2nd & Race., P.2017.15.2 manuscript note lower right corner: Rittenhouse Sq. Aug. 2nd., P.2017.15.5-7 inscribed: Wanamakers., Thomas F. Bancroft (1864-1934) was a Philadelphia engraver and later illustrator for popular periodicals like “Ladies Home Journal.” Bancroft worked as a button maker early in his career and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in the late 19th century. He resided in Collingswood, NJ by 1930., Forms part of the David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection., Leander C. Siner was proprietor of the Philadelphia gun and sporting goods business first established by John Krider in 1837. Siner assumed operations of the firm in 1903 with partner Charles Mohr as L. C. Siner & Co.
Creator
Bancroft, Thomas F., artist
Date
[ca. 1923-ca. 1930]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Bancroft [P.2017.15.1-7]
Zephaniah Hopper [graphic] / Portraits by Albert Rosenthal. Exhibited in the galleries of Craig & Evans, Inc., 1604 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Jan. 12-24, '03.
Title
Zephaniah Hopper
Description
Half-length portrait of the Central High School professor and the "Grand Old Man of Philadelphia Schools." Shows the older, grey-haired Hopper, wearing a beard, wire-rimmed glasses, a bow tie, white shirt, vest, and jacket, looking forward. Hopper served as Professor of Mathematics at Central High School 1854-1913. He also taught at the Artisans' Night School 1869-1897., Title and artist from label on verso listing the 24 portraits exhibited. Includes: 1. Mr. David H. Lane; 2. William H. Staake, Esq.; 3. Mr. Clarence S. Bement; 4. Col. Wm H. Patterson; 5. Mr. Samuel R. Shipley; 6. Abraham L. English, Esq.; 7. Charles Henry Hart, Esq.; 8. Joseph M. Fox, Esq.; 9. Dr. Robert Ellis Thompson; 10. Rev. Dr. M. Jastrow; Mr. D. McN. Stauffer; 12. Mr. Max Rosenthal; 13. Dr. John Yorks; 14. George G. Perie, Esq.; 15. Prof. Zephaniah Hopper; 16. Mr. Garfield M. Rosenthal; 17. Mr. A. R. Kellar; 18. Mr. A. Bryan Wall; 19. Mr. Frederick T. Richards; 20. Mrs. W.; 21. Mrs. R.; 22. Miss S.; 23 Alberta; 24. Mrs. A. R., Manuscript note on verso: Dr. Zephaniah Hopper born Phila. Sept 9, 1824, graduate of 1st class of Central High School. He was a professor of mathematics at CHS for over 50 yrs., Gift of David Doret., Forms part of the David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection., See "Architects' Display at the Art Club." Philadelphia Inquirer, January 11, 1903, 11. Copy at repository.
Creator
Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939, artist
Date
[1903]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - A-Z - Hopper [P.2017.15.8]
[Drawings of early 20th-century metropolitan and industrial Philadelphia] [graphic].
Title
[Drawings of early 20th-century metropolitan and industrial Philadelphia]
Description
Collection of pencil drawings published in Section III of Historic Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Public Ledger Company, 1922). Depicts Colkenny, the Elizabethan-style estate of Acme Tea founder Thomas P. Hunter (built 1909 after the designs of Horace Trumbauer, Haverford, Pa); the Commercial Museum, opened in 1897 as a museum promoting manufacturing and international commerce (34th and South Streets); Lindenhurst, the French classical-style estate of department store pioneer John Wanamaker (Jenkintown, Pa., rebuilt ca. 1911); garden-elevation view of Penhurst, the Elizabethan-style estate of Pencoyd Iron Works owner Percival Roberts, Jr. (built 1902 after the designs of Peabody & Stearns, Narbeth, Pa.); Widener Memorial Industrial Training School opened about 1905 to provide home and medical care and manual training for children with disabilities (founded by P. A. B. Widener, built after the designs of Horace Trumbauer, 5400 North Broad Street); and the Willow Grove Park amphitheater. Majority of the views include personages on estate grounds or as street pedestrians, as well as automobiles on driveways or as street traffic and street lights. Lindenhurst view also shows a pond with swans, a foot bridge, and pavilion. Amphitheatre view includes an orchestra on stage and a near full audience., Majority signed lower right: Vernon Howe Bailey., Two of drawings dated by artist 1918., Date inferred from date given by artist to two of the drawings and publication date of the text in which they were reproduced., Published in Historic Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Public Ledger Company, 1922)., Vernon Howell Bailey (1874-1953) was a Philadelphia artist known for his architectural and naval works. Bailey studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was a member of the Society of Illustrators and early in his career (1892-1901) worked as a staff artist for the Philadelphia Times and Boston Herald. His later career focused on naval works commissioned by the U.S. Government during World War I, as well as an artist’s tour in Europe and lithographic studies of New York skyscrapers during the 1920s., Forms part of the David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection.
Creator
Bailey, Vernon Howe, 1874-1953, artist
Date
[ca. 1918-ca. 1922]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Bailey [P.2017.15.9-14]
An artist's conception of Swarthmore Crest. A highly restricted residential park. [graphic] / Taber.
Title
An artist's conception of Swarthmore Crest. A highly restricted residential park
Description
Architectural drawing from a bird's eye perspective showing the residential park originally developed by William E. Witham ca. 1928-early 1930s. Shows the inverted pyramid-shaped residential park between Swarthmore Avenue, and Crest and Cedar Lanes. Swarthmore Avenue and Cedar Lane form the borders of the community. Crest Lane is depicted containing a traffic circle and running down the center of the development. Development includes over a dozen residences with at least two-levels. Most include multiple sections and all include gable roofs and driveways. A small number of cars travel down the street and up driveways. Trees line the interior and exterior of the residential park. Traveling salesman-turned real estate developer William E. Witham developed Swarthmore Crest following the purchase of part of the Gibbon Estate in 1928. Witham built his own Tudor Revival-style residence in Swarthmore Crest in 1931. That year, he advertised the residences already built in Swarthmore Crest as "establish[ing] a standard for the future ... substantial, without show.", Title inscribed on drawing., Signature of artist in lower right corner., Date inferred from artist's active dates in Philadelphia and years of development of residences depicted., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Donald C. Taber, born in New York, was a commercial artist in Philadelphia by 1930.
Creator
Taber, Donald C., 1895-1981, artist
Date
[ca. 1930]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors [P.2017.15.16]
Whereas the Board of Trustees of the Village of Port Richmond has learned with deep and heartfelt sorrow of the death of Garrett P. Wright who was for twenty two years a village trustee, and for ten years president of this board, therefore resolved that h
Title
Whereas the Board of Trustees of the Village of Port Richmond has learned with deep and heartfelt sorrow of the death of Garrett P. Wright who was for twenty two years a village trustee, and for ten years president of this board, therefore resolved that his name and memory will be revered and respected ... Added greatly to the unexampled prosperity of this village ... in the continuous election ... first as trustee, and then as President up to 1891 ... Resolved that we add our expression of sympathy ... direct that a copy of this memorial minute suitably engrossed be presented to the family as an evidence of our esteem and regard for his memory. Port Richmond, March 1896
Description
Calligraphic memorial work with slight illumination for the Port Richmond, Staten Island civic leader and oyster dealer Captain Garrett P. Wright. Contains ornamented letters (one illuminated), flourishes, filigree, and pictorial details depicting scrolls, clouds, and celestial rays of light., Title and date from item., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Item mounted on board with lower edge lined with dry glue remnants., Ames & Rollinson was founded by premier penman Daniel T. Ames.
Creator
Ames & Rollinson, calligrapher
Date
[1896]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - Calligraphic Works [P.2017.15.18]
Charter of the rector, church wardens and vestrymen of the Memorial Church of St. Paul, Overbrook [graphic].
Title
Charter of the rector, church wardens and vestrymen of the Memorial Church of St. Paul, Overbrook
Description
Calligraphic charter for the Protestant Episcopal church first petitioned for in 1896 by members of the Overbrook Farm community. Charter contains the names of the vestrymen (also the witnesses) to hold office until Easter Monday 1899. Following the granting of the charter in February 1899, ground was broken for the church in March 1899 (completed 1901, enlarged 1903), and in May 1899, the parish of the church was admitted a member of the Convention of the Diocese of Pennsylvania., Title from item., Recorded in the office for Recording Deeds in and for the County of Philadelphia in [Charter] Book No. [24] page [293 &c]. Witness my hand and seal of office this [24th] day of [February A.D. 1899]. [John Virden, Recorder of Deeds.], Witness on January 25, 1899 by the hands and seals of Edmond Brooks; Edward A. Casey; Edwin E. Cassell; Warren P. Laird; Edward M. Collin; David Morgan; John E. Rayner; W. P. Simpson; Lewis A. Thompson; and Charles C. Townsend, Contains seals of notary public, Recorder of Deeds, and ten witnesses., Also signed January 25, 1899 by J. Howard Rhoads, Notary Public and approved on February 20, 1899 Robert N. Wilson, Judge., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Item mounted on board with large border of remants of dried glue.
Date
[1899]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - Calligraphic Works [P.2017.15.15]
Chew House Germantown [graphic].
Title
Chew House Germantown
Description
Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the facade of the two-story stone building with a pediment over the front door, shuttered windows, and dormers and chimneys on the roof. View includes the west wing of the estate house. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Title from manuscript note on verso: Chew House Germantown. [43?] Ross. [#H.B.?] Pencil., Date inferred from aesthetic style of drawing., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2018., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date
[ca. 1910]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell - Watercolors & Drawings [P.2018.61.10]
At the close of the day, 200 Berlin Rd, Haddonfield, N.J., Feb. 17, 1882 [graphic] / Debbie Peacock 1882.
Title
At the close of the day, 200 Berlin Rd, Haddonfield, N.J., Feb. 17, 1882
Description
Pencil sketch of scene showing a horse-drawn cart and man shepherding a cow traveling on Berlin Road and in front of a three-story, Victorian-style residence. An ornamental fence lines the property. Two women sit on rockers on the porch and near the open front door of the residence. Trees adorn the property. In the left background, two men row a boat on a waterway., Artist's signature lower left corner., Title from manuscript note on verso of item., Manuscript note on verso: Abbie A. Peacock. No. 31. Original., Date from title., Caption in pencil lower right: Berlin Road., Scribbling in pencil lower left corner., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Abigail "Abbie" A. Peacock (1864-1927) was an artist who trained at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women 1880-1884. A resident of Friends Insane Asylum, Philadelphia by 1900, Peacock later was a resident of the Camden County Hospital for the Insane beginning in 1905.
Creator
Peacock, Abigail A., 1864-1927, artist
Date
[February 17, 1882]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell - Watercolors & Drawings [P.2018.61.7]

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