Your blessing Dear Mother, ere I fall asleep (2 vs.) Sheet no. 588; words by Permission of Oliver Ditson, and Co. (1), of whom music can be obtained; publ. Partridge (2). T. o. border. 23.6 x 15 cm.
Don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt (5 vs.), Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (2). De Marsan comic heads border. 24.8 x 16.5 cm., Variant: ab. A-J border. 19.2 x 12.2 cm., Variant: b. Title: "The Original Ben Bolt. Unabridged and Unaltared."; publ. Scroggy (2). T. o. border. 24 x 15.2 cm.
Exterior view of front facade of library built circa 1913 after designs by Charles Louis Borie, Jr., Also identified as Ritner Childrens Branch., Postcard issued by William H. Rau, Philadelphia, and the Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., Sheet number: 132B06., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date
ca. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]
The valentine shows a fireman running. He wears a large hat and blows a fire trumpet. The valentine mocks the recipient's inability to get a Valentine., Text: There you go --- now aint it fine/ To halloo after our ENGINE? / How can you, my boy, be steady, / When to run to fires--- so ready? / You think you cut a mighty shine, / And yet can't get --- a Valentine!, Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Block numbered in two places: 9114., Image of a man with hand extended toward a group of people beside him, including two boys and two girls followed by adults; while the people appear to be standing still, there is a long line of people extending beyond this initial group; a house with what may be a thatched roof is visible in the background, and a smaller group of people stands in the distance on the other side of the gesturing man; several small flags are also visible in the distance; while hairstyles and headwear is varied, the tunic of the gesturing man and the hairstyles of some of the men suggest that the scene may be set in the medieval period., Signed: R.G.J. Sc., “V. Grottenthaler [?] P[hila.]” – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1867 to 1876.
Image: Detailed view of soldiers sitting in a small row boat in the water nearby. Men line up and prepare to board a steamer. Large, fully rigged ships crowd the river in the distance., Verse 2624: U.S. Naval Expedition., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Depicts the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridge at the junction of Wissahickon Creek and the Schuylkill River, above Ridge Avenue. Includes views of Wissahickon Falls in the foreground, a motorcar and pedestrians. Marks the entrance to Wissahickon Creek, Wissahickon Drive and Wissahickon Park., Contains 22 postcards printed in color and 3 in black and white., Construction of the bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct or High Stone Bridge) was begun in 1874 by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Due to budgetary constraints, construction was halted and later completed from 1881-1882., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date
1900-1925
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Bridges - High Stone Bridge - 61]
I will tell you in my song, what happened the other night (8 vs.), Variant: a. As sung by Mr. J. H. Briest; print. Andrews. T. o. border. 24.5 x 15.5 cm., Variant: b. Adv: Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, etc. T. o. border; cut of magician with boy. 19.1 x 11.6 cm. (cropped)
Block numbered in at least one place: 5244., Image of a cheetah crouching in a natural setting., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper., Partially illegible inscription on side of block: Book of ....
"I really take it very kind (4 vs.) Air: The Washing-Day. (1). Sheet no. 1351; as sung by Tony Pastor; publ. Wrigley Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.2 x 15.6 cm.
Artist: P.F. Connelly. Exhibit title: "Ophelia," Exhibit #142, Memorial Hall/Art Gallery, Gallery C, Bldg. #101.
Statue of woman in dress, with her right hand extended slightly forward, holding small object.
We 're drinking, to-night, in the old bar-room (4 vs. and chor.) Written by Wm. H. Hanford; [publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan Ethiopian border. 25.5 x 15.2 cm.
Here's a health to them that's awa (6 vs. and chor. with music to first 2s vs. and chor.) An Old Friend in a New Dress; Lines by Robert Burns; Altered and adapted to suit the present times by James E. Murdoch., Variant: a. Publ. John Church, Jr.; with note: "The Poetry and the Arrangement of the Music of this Song are the property of the Publisher"; adv: An Edition of this Song, with full Piano-forte accompaniment; cop: 1864, John Church, Jr., SDO. 29 x 19.7 cm., Variant: b. With title: "Here's a Health to Them that's Awa' "; publ. for the Public and Private School Department of the Great Central Fair in Aid of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Stiff, coated paper; purple ink. 31.6 x 25.7 cm.
A man in sleeping clothes stands next to a child seated in a chair. His wife sleeps in the bed behind them. "Gaby" means "simpleton.", Text: You, poor molly-coddling spooney fool, / This is a picture true to life: / Showing you in your shirt, so cool / With your baby, while calmly sleeps / your wife. / But you are just served right in that; / The only one we pity, is the blessed baby; / And if I was your wife, -- I tell you flat: / You would get something worse, you / stupid gaby., Cf. Valentine 13.43., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
