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Title: Union League, Broad St. below Chestnut, south side
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes street lamp and fire hydrant. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from manuscript note on recto., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on recto., Pale green mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Associations [(8)1322.F.1c-1]

Title: Union League, Broad St. below Chestnut, south side
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes street lamp and fire hydrant. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from manuscript note on recto., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on recto., Pale green mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Associations [(8)1322.F.1c-1]

Title: Mineral Spring
Description: View showing the gazebo housing the iron fountain on the Lemon Hill estate in East Fairmount Park. Also shows men, women, and children on the grounds near the fountain, including boys playing an informal game of baseball. The fountain was installed in 1871., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Manucript note on verso: Mrs. Wm. B. Higgins, Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9260.22]

Title: [Chestnut Street above Eighth Street, south side, looking west]
Description: View looking west from above Eighth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Includes the Continental Hotel and the Burd Mansion at the adjacent corners of Ninth and Chestnut streets. The luxury hotel, tenanted by several businesses, was built in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. and razed in 1924. The Burd Mansion, built for Joseph Sims in 1807 and later owned by his nephew-in-law, prominent Philadelphia lawyer, Edward Shippen Burd, was razed in 1862 to be replaced by storefronts. Also includes partial view of the building tenanted by jewelers and silversmiths, James E. Caldwell & Co. (822 Chestnut). Lampposts line the sidewalk and a horse-drawn carriage travels the street., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Date from manuscript note on mount., Manuscript note on mount: Chestnut St., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.29i]

Title: The picture gallery, Sanitary Fair, Phila
Description: Shows a gallery wall covered with stacked rows of framed artwork near viewing benches and several bust sculptures. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864, displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission., Title and name of photographer from accompanying label., Trimmed yellow paper mount with square corners., Manuscript note on mount: Picture Gallery Sanitary Fair John Moran Photograph., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of the Civil War Sanitary Commission., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Fairs [5781.F.170g]

Title: The picture gallery, Sanitary Fair, Phila
Description: Shows a man seated on one of several viewing benches in the gallery of art. Includes stacked rows of framed artwork covering the walls and several bust sculptures. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864, displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission., Title and name of photographer from accompanying label., Trimmed yellow paper mount with square corners., Manuscript note on mount: Picture Gallery Sanitary Fair John Moran Photograph., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of the Civil War Sanitary Commission., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Fairs [5781.F.170h]

Title: The Great Central Fair, Philadelphia 1864
Description: Views from the the Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864 that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Shows Union Avenue, the main thoroughfare; the Horticultural Department; and the Art Gallery. Views include exhibition displays, framed paintings on gallery walls, viewing benches, tropical greenery, patriotic decorations, and guards., Contains three stereographic prints on yellow mounts with square corners, including two accompanied by photographer's labels and one with a distributor's stamp. Also contains one stereographic print mounted on paper accompanied by a label., Three of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook on the Civil War Sanitary Commission., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: c1864
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Fairs [5781.F.157a; 5781.F.167d; 5781.F.173f; 8248.F.8]

Title: Near summit of reservoir
Description: View showing the pavilion on Reservoir Hill at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows a woman with a parasol standing on the path leading to the pavilion. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Public Utilities [P.9260.13]

Title: At Tamaqua, Pa
Description: View of a locomotive and passenger car at rest in the coal mining town. The town, laid out in 1829 by the Little Schuylkill, Navigation, and Railroad Company, served as the transition point between the Little Schuylkill and Catawissa railroads. The Catawissa Railroad, incorporated in 1831 and opened in 1854, traveled through the mountains near Blue Ridge connecting Port Clinton and Williamsport, Pennsylvania., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Moran - Views - Cattawissa Railroad [P.9373]

Title: North west from basin
Description: View showing a section of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Depicts the terrace of the new mill house built on the mound dam from 1860-1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Also shows one of the pavilions of the old mill house, the pavilion at the end of the pier of the mound dam, and a boathouse on the east bank of the river in the upper right corner of the image, Title from label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Public Utilities [P.9260.14]

Title: View in old park
Description: View looking north from the south garden, adorned with trees and benches, at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. In the left, an African American, attired in a bowler hat, a white shirt, a dark-colored waistcoat, and pants, possibly a groundskeeper, stands with a broom. Two park guards stand and converse in front of the Diana statue at the base of the promenade leading to the inclined walkway on Reservoir Hill. Another man walks down the promenade toward the guards. In the foreground, a man, attired in a bowler hat, a white shirt, and dark-colored pants, stands leaning his left arm on a tree with his back to the viewer. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872. The south garden was laid out in the 1830s., Attributed to James Cremer., Title from manuscript note on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Accessioned 1989., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Public Utilities [P.9260.51]

Title: Pumps Fairmount Water Works
Description: View showing the interior of the pump room under the engine-house terrace at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows several pumps under and near staircases. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872, Title inscribed in negative., Photographer's and publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Joy was a Philadelphia stationer.
Creator: New Jersey Stereoscopic View Co.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - misc. photo. - New Jersey Stereoscopic Co. [P.9292.1]

Title: Rockland Mansion
Description: Detail of dwelling built ca. 1810, showing side elevation of house covered in branches and the front porch. Sold to Isaac Cooper Jones, another merchant, in 1815. Jones' family owned it until it was sold to Fairmount Park in 1870., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of F.J. Dallet.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Residences [P.9327]

Title: Rear of J. Harrison Jr. residence - 18th below Walnut
Description: Shows the rear of the mansion with garden of locomotive engineer and inventor Joseph Harrison, Jr. built 1855-1857 after the designs of Samuel Sloan at 221-225 South 18th Street near Rittenhouse Square. Razed 1925., Title and photographer from accompanying label., Manuscript note on verso: J. Harrison - [Reside]nce 18th bel Wal[nut]., Buff paper mount with square corners., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 29., Arcadia caption text: Joseph Harrison, Jr., whose mansion appears at the center of the view opposite, conceived of the lot behind his home extending the entire width of the block as a private park to be shared by Harrison and the inhabitants of the elegant row he constructed along Locust Street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Street (see image below). This view of the garden, with its collection of ornamental shrubs and winding carriage road, also provides an unusual glimpse of the charming architectural features at the back of the mansion including the conservatory, the balcony, and the back gate., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [(8)1322.F.19b]

Title: [Pine grove, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View from a grove of pine trees in West Fairmount Park looking northeast toward the Schuylkill River. In the right foreground, two African American men park guards, attired in caps and uniformed suits, stand in a field divided with wooden fences. In the distant background, the New York Connecting Railway Bridge is visible., Possibly by R. Newell & Son., Title supplied by cataloger., Orange mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note written on verso: "Pine Grove.", Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Jane Carson James, 1990.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9299.44]

Title: Turbine wheel house Fairmount
Description: View looking north through a pavilion of the old mill house showing the new mill house (built 1862) at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. The waterworks, originally built after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and remodeled after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from accompanying label., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.122c]

Title: [T.S.R. Fassitt residence, s.e. corner 17th & Locust streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the residence of Philadelphia gentleman T.S.R. Fassitt at 1630 Locust Street., Manuscript note on mount: Residence of - Fassett S.E. cor 17th & Locust Sts., Buff paper mount with square corners., Partial manuscript note by collector on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [(8)1322.F.37c]

Title: View from Lemon Hill
Description: View looking south from Lemon Hill showing the Fairmount Water Works. Depicts a group of young girls with their female chaperones seated on the grounds of the estate. Also shows the old engine house and standpipe at the waterworks; the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount; and cityscape in the far background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822, were expanded until 1872., Photographer's imprint printed on recto., Publisher's imprint printed on verso., Curved pink mount with rounded corners., Inscribed in negative: 74., Printed on mount: No. 4., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son, Henry, was active from circa 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [P.9299.76]

Title: Lemon Hill, near the mansion
Description: View showing a couple seated in the foreground on a landscaped, tree-lined path on the grounds of Lemon Hill estate. Other visitors are visible strolling the grounds in the background., Title from printed label on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9260.27]

Title: New mill house, Fairmount Water Works, Phila
Description: View looking northwest from the west base of the old mill house at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the new mill house constructed between 1859-1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Also shows men standing on the roof terrace and in a window balcony of the building. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereographs - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9356.4]

Title: [Views of Milestown, Philadelphia along Old York Road, north of Branchtown, and above Oak Lane.]
Description: Series of views of the Philadelphia neighborhood. Shows a rundown cottage near a row of trees; a mill; and a creek. Views also include boys posed near the sites, including boys with a rowboat and holding fishing nets., Attributed to John Moran., Cream mounts with square corners., Three of images accompanied by labels., Series numbers include: 22., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of American views and Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Milestown [5739.F.1e; 5739.F.55b; 5759.F.1h; 5759.F.3c & i]

Title: Crawford's statue of Washington, Capitol Square, Richmond, Va
Description: Views showing the equestrian statue sculpted by Thomas Crawford erected in the western portion of the square in 1858. Shows the sculpture on an elaborate stone pedestal and base designed by architect Robert Mills and adorned by bronze figures of prominent Virginians. Views also show neighboring buildings and posed pedestrians, including elegantly attired ladies with parasols and a gentleman with a cane., Titles from accompanying labels., Pale yellow paper mounts with square corners., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Virginia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Monuments & statues [5737.F.17b & d]

Title: In the old park, Callowhill St
Description: View from the southeast showing a walkway flanked by benches and trees leading to the Fairmount Waterworks engine house built 1812-1815 by Frederick Graff. The walkway splits and encircles the Water Nymph and Bittern fountain designed by William Rush in 1809 for the Centre Square Pump House. Also shows a partial view of the monument dedicated to waterworks engineer Frederick Graff commissioned by the city and installed June 1, 1848 in the garden near the engine house. Monument contains a bust of Graff sculpted by Hugh Cannon, Gothic trim, an inscribed dedication, and is surrounded by an ironwork fence. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title from printed label on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9260.15]

Title: Farmer's market, Market Street, below Twelfth
Description: Exterior view from the southeast of the Farmers' Market, the largest of several market houses constructed in 1859 after market sheds and stalls were cleared from Market Street. Image includes the adjoining Franklin Market (also known as the Twelfth Street Market) constructed ca. 1864., Series label on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., See clipping in Poulson's scrapbook vol. 1, pg. 57., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Markets [P.9260.6]

Title: Pavilion
Description: View looking northwest from the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River showing the peristyle temple (i.e., pavilion). The pavilion, built after the designs of Frederick Graff, Jr., was added to the old mill house between 1867 and 1872 during alterations to the structure to replace the building's water wheels with turbines. Also shows the ascending main connected to the old mill house during the remodeling., List of over fifty views of Fairmount Park issued by the publisher printed on the verso., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: H. Ropes & Co.
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Ropes - Public Utilities [P.9281.5]

Title: [Stenton, 4601 North 18th Street, Germantown]
Description: Views showing the estate of James Logan, built 1728-1734. Includes the residence from the rear and from a distance, the garden, the family burial ground, and an entranceway to an underground stone root cellar with brick arch., Title supplied by cataloguer., Contains seven stereographic prints mounted on white or yellow mounts with square corners, including four with manuscript titles, two with labels, and two with the photographer's imprint stamped on the mount., Four of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [(8)1322.F.37g; (8)1322.F.39c-1 & 2; (8)1322.F.45a; 8424.F.10; P.9462.18; P.9466.17]

Title: Retsilla - 1860
Description: Exterior view of the McAllister Family residence., Title stamped on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Buff mount with square corners., Manuscript note in a scrapbook compiled in 1894 for J. Cook McAllister by his father William Young McAllister reads: Retsilla - our Delaware Co. home from 1859 to about 1877 - about 7 acres near Wallingford on the West Chester R.R. - The property was sold to L.H. Little and he has built a new house., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - residences [P.9389.11]

Title: Views on the Estate of S.B. Waugh, Bordentown, N.J
Description: Exterior and interior views of portrait painter Samuel Bell Waugh's residence in Bordentown, N.J., including group portraits of the family on the lawn of the property. The only interior view depicts a young woman playing a piano in an ornately decorated parlor. Two young girls, possibly Samuel Bell Waugh's daughters, are depicted in six of the seven images., Photographer's stamp on versos of mounts., Yellow mounts with square corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - residences [P.8464.1-7]

Title: Tunnel near Girard Ave. Bridge
Description: View looking north from in front of the Girard Avenue Bridge showing the Promontory Rock Tunnel, bored in 1871, on East River Drive (i.e., Kelly Drive) in East Fairmount Park. Also shows a section of the New York Connecting Railway Bridge, built for the Pennsylvania Railroad 1866-1867, in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Green mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer
Date: c1873
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - Bridges [P.9260.55]

Title: View from wheel house
Description: View looking northwest from the old mill house at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the new mill house (built 1859-1862); the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam; and boathouses, including the University boathouse, on the east bank of the river in the distance. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Title from manuscript note on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Inscribed in negative: 70., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9260.95]

Title: [Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the mansion built for botanist William Hamilton in the 1780s on the West Philadelphia estate converted to a cemetery in 1840. Mansion was used as the residence of the cemetery superintendent., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount of stereograph: Woodland Cemetery., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Contains one stereographic print on pale yellow paper mount with square corners, one unmounted stereographic print; and one unmounted half-stereographic print., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.39d & 43f; P.2005.2.4]

Title: [Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the mansion built for botanist William Hamilton in the 1780s on the West Philadelphia estate converted to a cemetery in 1840. Mansion was used as the residence of the cemetery superintendent., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount of stereograph: Woodland Cemetery., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Contains one stereographic print on pale yellow paper mount with square corners, one unmounted stereographic print; and one unmounted half-stereographic print., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.39d & 43f; P.2005.2.4]

Title: View on Schuylkill
Description: View looking south from Lemon Hill in East Fairmount Park. Shows the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River, including the old engine house; the old mill house; and the observatory arch, standpipe and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. View also includes a group of girls standing near a tree on the estate in the foreground. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited, Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9260.93]

Title: [Observatory arch, Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View looking east from within the peristyle temple on the Fairmount Water Works plaza showing the observatory arch. The decorative stone distribution arch, built in 1860, served as an observatory tower and a standpipe. Shows the backs of two men and a young girl standing looking toward the arch from between colonnades of the temple. One of the men holds a steering wheel adorning the structure., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Promotion printed on verso: Presented by the Philada. Collar Co., (Office, 509 Minor St., Philada) with each carton of their celebrated picturesque collar., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Public Utilities [P.9260.12]

Title: Plaza and water works
Description: View looking south from the terrace of the new mill house (completed 1862) showing the old engine house, peristyle temple (built between 1867-1872), and pavilion of the old mill house of the Fairmount Waterworks on the Schuylkill River. Also shows two park guards and a group of children standing in the peristyle temple. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederic Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederic Graff, Jr., Orange mount with rounded corners., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Title from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Public Utilities [P.9260.50]

Title: Water works
Description: View looking northwest through the observatory tower arch at the basin of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the path with ornate iron railing leading to the terrace of the new mill house built between 1859 and 1862 on the mound dam after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Also shows a pavilion of the old mill house and the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam. The waterworks, originally designed by Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded by Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Description of "Fairmount Park and Water Works" printed on verso., Title from manuscript note on verso., Duplicate of 8353.F.9., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Public Utilities [P.9260.17]

Title: Water works
Description: Winter view looking northwest through the observatory tower arch at the basin of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the path with ornate iron railing leading to the terrace of the new mill house built on the mound dam between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Also shows a pavilion of the old mill house and the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam. The waterworks, originally designed by Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Public Utilities [P.9260.16]

Title: Water works. B
Description: View looking north from Reservoir Hill at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River showing the forebay. Includes a promenade on Reservoir Hill; a park guard standing near a handcart and leaning on a fence lining the mill race; and the ascending main pipe connected to the old mill house during renovations between 1867 and 1872. Also shows the race bridge in the background. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., List of over 50 views of Fairmount Park issued by publisher printed on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: H. Ropes & Co.
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Ropes - Public Utilities [P.9281.2]

Title: Wissahickon
Description: View showing the Wissahickon Creek hostelry, Old Log Cabin Hotel, reconstructed out of the log cabin built during William Henry Harrison's 1840 presidential campaign, operated by Tommy Llewellyn. The hotel containing a dining room, drinking room, and ladies saloon, also displayed wildlife as a novelty attraction. A white woman and an African American man with a horse stand in front of the hotel. The creek is visible in the foreground. The hotel was razed in 1872., Title from manuscript note on mount., Inscribed in negative: 76., Orange mount with rounded corners., Reissue of a circa 1870 view entitled "Old Log Cabin" by R. Newell & Son of Philadelphia from the series "Stereoscopic views. Fairmount Park views.", Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James, 1990., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Hotels [P.9299.50]

Title: Under the arch. Looking up the Schuylkill
Description: View looking northwest through the observatory tower arch at the basin of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the terrace of the new mill house built on the mound dam between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Also shows a pavilion of the old mill house and the pavilion on the the pier of the mound dam. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822, were altered and expanded until 1872., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from manuscript note on verso., Grey mount with rounded corners., Inscribed in negative: 4., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [P.9299.56]

Title: Fairmount Waterworks Ph'a
Description: View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works and Schuylkill Canal lock. Shows the old engine house, altered old mill house with peristyle temple, and the standpipe and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows a pile of wood planks on the canal lock in the foreground and the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount in the far right background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr. until 1872., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: De Young's Palace Dollar Store (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young's - Public Utilities [P.9356.1]

Title: Fairmount dam
Description: View looking northwest from Reservoir Hill at the Fairmount Water Works showing Fairmount dam on the Schuylkill River. View includes a section of the waterworks' plaza, including the peristyle temple on the altered old mill house (reconstructed 1867-1872) and the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam. Also shows a barge and boathouses in the upper right corner of the image. The Fairmount Waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Title from label on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Fairmount Waterworks Pha., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: De Young's Palace Dollar Store (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young's - Public Utilities [P.9356.2]

Title: View in Fairmount Park
Description: View looking north from a stairwell near the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works showing the peristyle temple on the altered old mill house. Three men stand near the temple. The Fairmount Water Works, originally built on the Schuylkill River between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Manuscript note on verso: Fairmount Waterworks., Title from label on negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: De Young's Palace Dollar Store (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young's - Public Utilities [P.9260.5]

Title: Forge Tail race, Rolanville [sic], near Phila
Description: View showing a simply constructed wood building near the millrace in the Philadelphia neighborhood near Tacony Creek and Wyoming Avenue., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Title from accompanying label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Rowlandville [5759.F.3e]

Title: Beth Eden Church, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Baptist church organized by dissident members from the Spruce Street Baptist Church in 1870 at 258-260 South Broad Street. Building razed by fire 1881., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Duplicate of 1322.F.4c., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Co., photographer
Date: [photographed ca. 1870, printed ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Religion [P.9047.112]

Title: Indian Rock Hotel
Description: Exterior, oblique view depicting the roadhouse hotel opened in 1848 by Reuben Sands north of Rex Avenue Bridge near Indian Rock in the Wissahickon Valley. Shows the two-story building with a covered veranda. Two white men stand leaning against the columns on the veranda, while another man stands on the ground. A white woman with a young girl stand behind the bannisters on the second-story veranda. An African American man, attired in an apron, stands in the left on a staircase beside the house. The hotel was sold to the Fairmount Park Commission in 1872 and Sands opened a second Indian Rock Hotel at a nearby location., Pale pink mount with rounded corners., Paper label on verso listing over sixty Fairmount Park stereoscopic views published by the firm., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Joseph D. Bicknell's The Wissahickon in History, Song, and Story written for the City History Society of Philadelphia and read at the meeting of October 10, 1906 (Philadelphia, 1908), p. 18., Purchase 1989., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell and Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Newell - Hotels [P.9260.69]

Title: Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Broad Street below Spruce Street, Philada
Description: Exterior view showing the third building of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church (i.e. Wylie Memorial Church) erected in 1854 on the 300 block of Broad Street after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Includes partial view of adjacent building. Congregation organized in 1798. Church renamed in the early 1890s for long-term pastors T.W.J. Wylie and Samuel Wylie., Photographers' imprint embossed on mount., Title from manuscript note on mount: Broad St. Pres. Church Broad St. bel. Spruce Philada., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: ca. 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Religion [(8)1322.F.3g]

Title: La Pierre House Philada
Description: View from above Chestnut Street showing the hotel at Broad and Sansom streets opened by George W. and J.G. Edwards in 1853. The hotel built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. was expanded and renamed the Lafayette Hotel in 1876. View also depicts adjacent buildings, including the Academy of Natural Sciences and the Union League; parked horse-drawn carriages; and broadsides pasted on a brick wall., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint embossed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: ca. 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Hotels [(8)1322.F.31d]

Title: La Pierre House, Academy of Natural Science, and Union League, Broad Street, below Chestnut
Description: View showing the La Pierre House hotel, the second building of the Academy of Natural Sciences museum, and the Union League on the west side of the 100 block of South Broad Street. The hotel, completed in 1853 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John McArthur, was expanded and renamed Lafayette Hotel in 1876. The second building of the Academy, completed in 1840 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman, and expanded in 1855, housed the museum until 1876. The Union League, established to raise money and recruits for the Union cause, was completed in 1865 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Fraser. Includes a horse-drawn carriage parked in front of the museum., Title from accompanying label., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Hotels [(8)1322.F.31c]

Title: Cathedral of St. Peter & St. Paul, rear view
Description: Exterior view of rear of church. Scaffolding covers dome. Cathedral built between 1846 and 1864. Exterior design executed by John Notman, interior design by Napoleon LeBrun., Title from inscription on mount., Light grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cresson, Charles M. (Charles Massey), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cresson [1322.F.40a]

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