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Title: First Unitarian Church
Description: Exterior view showing front entrance way and columns. Designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, the church was built in 1828 and demolished in 1885., Title from manuscript note on mount., 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: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - religion [(5)1322.F.100a]

Title: Gas well, Butler Co., Pa
Description: View showing a gas well in a wooded area in Butler County. Laborers stand between the enclosed derrick and gas tanks. Butler County contained the most productive gas fields in the United States in the late 19th century., Title and publisher's imprint printed on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Brief description of the harvesting and use of natural gas printed on verso., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., 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: Robbins, Frank, b. 1846
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Robbins - Industry [P.9276.63]

Title: [St. Andrew's Church, Rev. Gregory Townsend Bedell tomb, 250-254 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the tomb of the first rector of the church in the church cemetery. Tomb adorned with sculpted ornamentations including an eternal flame., Title supplied by cataloguer., White 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: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Monuments & statues [(8)1322.F.3f]

Title: Belmont - Fairmount Park
Description: View showing the exterior of the house built for William Peters from a rustic foot bridge. Also shows benches surrounding the property. Construction of the main block of the house began in 1743 but was not completed until circa 1751. The property became part of Fairmount Park in 1869., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Green mount with rounded corners., William Peters was a landowner and attorney from Liverpool, England. He held several offices in Philadelphia including Clerk of the Admiralty Court, Notary Public, and Prothonotary of the Superior Court. Belmont Mansion was one of several properties owned by Peters in Philadelphia. He gave the property to his son, Judge Richard Peters, when he returned to England in 1768., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging 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 - Parks [P.9260.25]

Title: Eleventh St. Opera House Philada
Description: View from Girard Street (i.e., Ludlow Street) looking east at the front facade of the theater at the southeast corner of Eleventh and Marble Streets (i.e., Ludlow Street). The front facade of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church (19 South Tenth Street) is partially visible in the left background and the corner dwelling at the southwest corner of Eleventh and Girard Streets is visible in the foreground. A horse stands unhitched on the side of the road. The opera house opened as "The Lyceum" by H.S. Cartee in 1854 in the building constructed for the First Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1818 and altered to a theater ca. 1854. Cotton & Dixey succeeded Cartee after one season and called the theater the "Eleventh Street Opera House." Ownership changed again the following season in 1856 to Samuel S. Sanford, who renamed it the "New American Opera House" and remained for several years until the theater was leased to Carncross & Dixey, who managed it at the time of this photograph. Theater building demolished ca. 1911., Title from pencil inscription note on mount., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on recto., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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 - Theaters and halls [(8)1322.F.5a-1]

Title: Views in the garden of J.R. Evans
Description: Shows "The Fountain" and "The Walk" in the rear garden of the residence of gentleman Joseph R. Evans at 329 Pine Street in Society Hill. Views also include trellises, ornamental urns, and three young ladies and two gentlemen., Cream paper mounts with square corners., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title from accompanying labels., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., 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. 23., Arcadia caption text: Many Center City rowhouse residents made use of their “postage stamp” yards to create small private gardens hidden from view from the street. Behind his residence at 329 Pine Street, Joseph R. Evans took advantage of a double back lot to create a fenced garden complete with walkways, trellises, statuary, urns, and a large ornamental fountain. These two views from the early 1860s document the elaborate design and landscaping of his garden., 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.41f; 5759.F.3b]

Title: Girard Bank
Description: View looking northeast from Dock Street showing Girard National Bank, formerly the First Bank of the United States (built 1795-1797, Samuel Blodgett, architect), at 116-120 South Third Street. The bank, operated by Stephen Girard as Girard's Bank from 1812-1831, was chartered by the state in 1832 as the Girard National Bank. Includes adjacent building (114 South Third) tenanted by practical lithographer Theodore Leonhardt and The City Item newspaper office. Signage for Goodyear's Rubber Warehouse adorns the building. Also shows slabs of stone laying on the sidewalk beside a telegraph pole near the bank; a horse-drawn milk delivery wagon stopped across the street; and a group of men sitting on the steps of the bank., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Purple mount with rounded 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: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Banks [(8)1322.F.11d]

Title: Philadelphia, from the roof of Girard College
Description: Cityscape view from the roof of the college (1201-1211 West College Avenue) in North Philadelphia looking east. Shows a partial view of the college, rowhouses,and a grassy lot., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Views [(8)1322.F.1b]

Title: Philadelphia, from the roof of Girard College
Description: Cityscape view from the roof of the college (1201-1211 West College Avenue) in North Philadelphia looking east. Shows a partial view of the college, rowhouses,and a grassy lot., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Views [(8)1322.F.1b]

Title: Girard College, Philadelphia
Description: View looking southwest showing Founder's Hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter at 1201-1211 West College Avenue. Also shows a partial view of a neighboring building left of the hall and several trees in the foreground. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for "poor white orphans.", Title from manuscript note on mount., Attributed to Robert Newell., 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Education [7992.F.19]

Title: State House
Description: Views looking southwest 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. adorned with lettering reading "Mayors Office" (500 Chestnut) and a partial view of Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut). Also shows pedestrian traffic, including several small groups of men; a horse-drawn carriage; the Public Ledger Building (600-606 Chestnut); and a partial view of a street lamp with shades adorned with text promoting the Mercantile Library in the foreground., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Title from accompanying printed labels., Yellow mounts, including three with square corners and one with rounded corners., One of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., One of images [P.9136] a ca. 1876 reissue from American Scenery series titled "State House. Phila, Pa. View from Walnut St.", Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Government buildings [(3)1322.F.7d; P.9085.2; P.9136; P.9260.7]

Title: [Engine house at Delaware Water Works]
Description: View showing the engine house at the Delaware Water Works, formerly the Kensington Water Works, at the foot of Wood Street (i.e., Susquehanna Avenue) near the Delaware River. The waterworks, completed in 1852, provided water for the district of Kensington. Also shows laborers working on a raised platform near piles of wood planks in front of the building., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on accompanying label: Philadelphia Water Works. "Engine House." Delaware Works. H.P.M. Birkinbine Chief Engr., Buff 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.
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(8)1322.F.3c]

Title: Church of the Holy Trinity, 200 South 19th Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Views showing the exterior during construction and after completion of the Norman-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1856-1859 at 200 South 19th Street after the designs of John Notman. Includes a close-up view of the church door during construction. Views also show construction debris, construction equipment, neighboring buildings on the north side of the 1900 block of Walnut Street, and a partial view of Rittenhouse Square., Contains three stereographic prints mounted on yellow paper mounts, including two with manuscript titles and one with a printed label; three one-half stereographic prints mounted on paper; and one unmounted albumen., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., One of images [(8)1322.F.19a] reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #152., 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. 1859-ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Religion [(4)1322.F.72b & e; (4)1322.F.73a; (6)1322.F.87g; (8)1322.F.19a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Moran - Churches and Meetinghouses - H [(4)1322.F.72c-d]

Title: [Fairmount Water Works]
Description: View looking south from Lemon Hill in East Fairmount Park showing the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the old engine house; the mill house; the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam; and the stand pipe (built 1852 after the designs of Frederick Graff, Jr.), observatory arch (built 1860), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the boat landing north of the waterworks and men working on the riverbank. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Yellow mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.119c]

Title: [Fairmount Water Works]
Description: View looking south from Lemon Hill in East Fairmount Park showing the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the old engine house; the mill house; the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam; and the stand pipe (built 1852 after the designs of Frederick Graff, Jr.), observatory arch (built 1860), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the boat landing north of the waterworks and men working on the riverbank. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Yellow mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.119c]

Title: Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, the mill house, the stand pipe (built 1852), and the pavilion at the end of the pier of the mound dam. Also shows the Schuylkill Canal lock and rocks lining the riverbank in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Another print entitled: Fairmount, Philadelphia., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.120f., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.119d]

Title: Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, the mill house, the stand pipe (built 1852), and the pavilion at the end of the pier of the mound dam. Also shows the Schuylkill Canal lock and rocks lining the riverbank in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Another print entitled: Fairmount, Philadelphia., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.120f., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.119d]

Title: [Fairmount Water Works.]
Description: View looking north past the old mill house showing the new mill house at the water works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. The new mill house, built between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine, housed the engines that replaced the water wheels that previously powered the waterworks., Title and name of photographer from label on verso of duplicate P.9466.9., 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 - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.121g]

Title: [Row houses, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows a row of vernacular-style dwellings, including one with closed window shutters. Also shows a small crate on the sidewalk and basement cellar doors., Attributed to John Moran., Buff 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: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [(8)1322.F.1g; P.2282.45; P.2005.2.1], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - Moran - Residences [(8)1322.F.49j]

Title: [Rooftop view from New York University on Washington Square looking northeast toward Grace Church, New York]
Description: Includes two men seated on rooftop in foreground and church tower in background., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Views [(8)1322.F.1d]

Title: [Rooftop view from New York University on Washington Square looking northeast toward Grace Church, New York]
Description: Includes two men seated on rooftop in foreground and church tower in background., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Views [(8)1322.F.1d]

Title: [Roberts' Mill, Germantown, Philadelphia]
Description: View of the first grist mill in Philadelphia built in 1683 by Richard Townsend in Germantown at Church Lane and Wingohocking Street. Named for its early 19th-century owner, Hugh Roberts, the mill was razed in 1873. Shows the wheelhouse, waterfall, and stone wall of the mill. Five boys and men sit on the wall., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on verso., Printed on mount: No. 4., Pink 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., 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, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Industry [P.9299.119]

Title: Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, mill house, and stand pipe (built 1852). The waterworks, originally completed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.120d., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.118a(v)]

Title: Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, mill house, and stand pipe (built 1852). The waterworks, originally completed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.120d., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.118a(v)]

Title: Bingham House Philada
Description: View looking east from Eleventh Street showing the hotel at 1026-1044 Market Street. The hotel, established in 1867 on the former site of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Depot, was named after freight and express agent John Bingham. Building remodeled and expanded in 1890 and demolished in 1926. Also shows a horse-drawn carriage and partial views of adjacent storefronts and a freight car in the street, Photographer's imprint embossed on mount., Title from manuscript note on mount., 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 - Hotels [(8)1322.F.31b]

Title: [St. James Church, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View showing the Protestant Episcopal church at Seventh and Commerce streets above Market Street. The Georgian-style building, built 1807-1809, was demolished circa 1871 when the congregation relocated to Twenty-second Street. Also shows adjacent buildings, including John Heumann's boot and shoe store at 13 North 7th Street. Street railroad tracks are visible in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Purple 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: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Reigion [1322.F.156g]

Title: Arch at Fairmount
Description: View looking west 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 Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Also shows the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam; a man standing on a promenade in the foreground; and wood planks, pipes, and buckets laying on the terrace, which was modified between 1867 and 1872. 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, Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and series number inscribed in negative., 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., Purviance was commissioned as an official photographer for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1867.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereographs - Purviance - Public Utilities [P.9356.5]

Title: [Looking west from Reservoir Hill at Fairmount Water Works]
Description: Copy stereograph of a view looking west from Reservoir Hill at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the terrace of the new mill house (built 1859-1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine), a paddleboat at the nearby boat landing, and boat houses, including University boat house, on the east bank of the river in the distance. Also shows a section of ornate railing and a decorative urn in the foreground. The waterworks, built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with rounded corners., American Scenery was a popular series of copy stereographs issued between 1874 and 1877., 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. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9356.3]

Title: Philada. Gas Works
Description: View showing the Point Breeze Gas Works at Passyunk and Schuylkill avenues near the Schuylkill River. The gas works, the second Philadelphia gas producing facility, was built in the Gothic style between 1851 and 1854 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer, John C. Cresson. Shows several buildings with pitched roofs and quatrefoil windows as well as river frontage for the reception of coal barges., Photographer, title, and date from accompanying label, Grey mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cresson, Charles M. (Charles Massey), 1828-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cresson - Public Utilities [(8)1322.F.3d-1]

Title: Gas holder, Philada. Gas Works 90 ft. high, 160 ft. diameter, cubic contents 1,800,000 feet
Description: View showing the gas holder at the Point Breeze Gas Works at Passyunk and Schuylkill avenues. The gas works, the second Philadelphia gas producing facility, was built in the Gothic style between 1851 and 1854 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer John C. Cresson., Attributed to Philadelphia photographer C.M. Cresson., Title and date from accompanying label., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cresson, Charles M. (Charles Massey), 1828-1893, photographer
Date: 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cresson - Public Utilities [(8)1322.F.3e-1]

Title: Philadelphia Water Works. "Engine House" at Schuylkill Works
Description: View showing the rear of the engine house at the Schuylkill Water Works (formerly the Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Water Works) at the foot of Thompson Street on the Schuylkill River. Also shows the stand-pipe erected circa 1854 in the background and men leaning on the fencing surrounding the water basin in the foreground. The waterworks, completed circa 1845 after the designs of engineer William E. Morris, provided water to the Spring Garden, Northern Liberties, and Kensington neighborhoods., Grey mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note by H.P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer of the Water Department, on accompanying label., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.123g]

Title: Philadelphia Water Works. Engine House 24th Ward Works
Description: View showing the engine house at the Twenty Fourth Ward Water Works also known as the West Philadelphia Water Works, completed circa 1855, on the west bank of the Schuylkill River above the Fairmount Dam. The engine house built after the designs of engineers Birkinbine & Trotter, contained two boiler rooms, sleeping rooms for the engineers, and storerooms. Also includes a partial view of the smokestack at the waterworks in the background., Grey mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note by Henry P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer of the Water Department, on accompanying label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Birkinbine & Trotter was a partnership between Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Edward H. Trotter (1814-1872), Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.122a]

Title: Philadelphia Water Works. "Stand Pipe" 24th Ward Works
Description: View showing the standpipe with an ornate spiral staircase erected at Thirty-Fifth and Sycamore streets as part of the Twenty Fourth Ward Water Works also known as the West Philadelphia Water Works. Completed circa 1855 after the designs of engineers Birkinbine & Trotter, the standpipe served as a reservoir for the waterworks located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River above the Fairmount Dam. The standpipe was removed in 1870., Title from manuscript note by Henry P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer of the Water Department, on accompanying label., Manuscript note on accompanying label: With respects of Henry P.M. Birkinbine Chief Engineer., Blue mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Birkinbine & Trotter was a partnership between Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Edward H. Trotter (1814-1872)., See Poulson's scrapbook vol. VII, pg. 119 for clipping concerning the raising of the stand pipe dated December 15, 1853., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(8)1322.F.3a-2]

Title: Reading R.R. Office
Description: View showing the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company offices at 227 South Fourth Street during the construction of the 1871 addition designed by Collins & Autenrieth. The offices remained at the site from the time of original construction in 1850 (designs by John M. Gries) until 1893 and the completion of the new Philadelphia and Reading terminal at 12th and Market streets. Also shows construction materials including concrete blocks, bricks, and planks of wood laying in front of the office building and in the street., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title 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.
Date: ca. 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Transportation [P.9260.84]

Title: [Group on beach, Cape May, New Jersey]
Description: View showing a group of people gathered on the beach in Cape May, New Jersey with large hotel buildings in the background. Several men and women wear bathing suits and are stretched out in the sand in the foreground. Others sit in chairs or stand with parasols. In the background, a large building with tall columns, probably Congress Hall, is partially visible., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint on verso with printed list of fifty-three unnumbered views in the series., Buff 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., Samuel C. Chester and Levin Corbin Handy partnered together in the 1880s.
Creator: Chester & Handy
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Chester & Handy [P.9260.11]

Title: [George Washington statue in front of Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the George Washington marble statue sculpted by Joseph A. Bailly enclosed in ironwork fencing in front of Independence Hall. Statue rests on pedestal inscribed "Erected by the Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." Also shows spectators in the background., Titled supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Printed text in paragraph form on verso describes history of Independence Hall and is surmounted by vignette of the seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by a decorative border., Yellow curved 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.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Monuments and statues [P.9260.31]

Title: Views at Chestnutwold, residence of C.H. Clark
Description: Album of 12 photographic views showing the West Philadelphia estate of Philadelphia banker and collector Clarence Howard Clark at 4200 Locust Street. Images depict the front gate to the residence, the residence, green house and garden, and pond with fountain. Also depicts members of Clark's family posed at the residence, on the grounds, in a goat carriage, and in a boat on the pond. Views also include an African American servant posed near an entrance, gardeners at the greenhouse, wooded areas, paths, and lawn chairs., Photographer's imprint from blind stamp on mounts., Title from brown morocco binding, plate on front cover., Bookplate of The Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church pasted inside front cover. Typed Gift of Clarence Clark Zantzinger (1925)., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1990, p. 54., Housed in phase box., Clarence Howard Clark, banker, book collector, philanthropist, horticulturalist, and prominent land developer of West Philadelphia resided in Chesnutwold from about the 1860s. The property was originally built by Samuel K. Hopkins Jr. for banker Nathaniel Borrodail Browne after 1851. Altered during the 1880s, including an addition, the estate grounds were open to the public by 1895 when Clark donated some of his other land holdings for an adjacent public park (i.e., Clark Park). Following Clark's death, Chestnutwold was presumed to be given to the city as a public park, but instead was purchased in 1917 by The Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Clark was married to Amie Hampton Westcott (d. 1870) and later Marie Motley Davis with whom he had three sons, including Philadelphia mayor Joseph S. Clark.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9291]

Title: Custom House, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View looking east on Chestnut Street, south side, showing the government building at 420 Chestnut Street. Originally built as the Second Bank of the United States in 1824 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland, the building served as the U.S. Custom House from 1845 to 1935. Also shows adjacent buildings including the Philadelphia Bank Building (400-408 Chestnut, built 1836) and Healy & Co., glove manufacturers (4th and Chestnut). Several individuals sit and stand on the steps of the customhouse., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Newell - Government Buildings [7992.F.9]

Title: Fishing with pole tools in a well 1,500 feet deep
Description: Shows fishing agent James Robinson of Patterson, Mitchell & Co. (Oil City) standing near an oil derrick near tools of his trade, including a bull wheel and spud. Patterson stands on several pipes in front of three other laborers at the base of the derrick. Another laborer stands on an upper plank within the derrick., Title and publisher's imprint printed on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Description of "fishing", i.e., the removal of drilling tools immobolized in the wells, printed on verso., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., 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: Robbins, Frank, b. 1846
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Robbins - Industry [P.9276.64]

Title: Noble Well and ferry
Description: View showing the well and ferry on James Farrel's farm, purchased in 1859, near the banks of Oil Creek in Venango County, Pennsylvania. The well, drilled by Orange Noble and George B. Delamater in 1860, struck oil in 1863. In the foreground, three men sit and stand in a ferry boat holding the tow rope near a man seated on a boulder in the creek. In the background, oil tanks line the riverbank., Negative annotated with title., 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.
Creator: Union View Co.
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Industry [P.9292.2]

Title: Pipe line, and rail road war. Transferring oil across rail road
Description: View showing two men and a horse-drawn tank wagon transporting oil between Millerstown and Pittsburgh stopped in front of a passing West Penn Rail Road locomotive. The tank wagon rests on a platform leading to railroad tracks near a sign inscribed, "Look out for the locomotive." Another tank wagon turns at a fork in the road in the distance. Also includes a residence in the background. Clothes drying on a clothesline in the backyard of the residence are visible. Oil tank wagons were used following the continual destruction of pipe lines by Pennsylvania Railroad Company workers., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title and publisher's imprint printed on verso., Brief history of the conflicts caused by the transport of oil from the fields to storage tanks printed on verso., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., 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: Robbins, Frank, b. 1846
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Robbins - Industry [P.9276.60]

Title: Refining oil
Description: View showing the stills of the Imperial Refining Company Works founded in Oil City in the 1860s by Jacob Vandergrift. Refinery workers stand in front of the engine house and stills near a railroad platform. Oil tank cars and freight cars rest on the railroad tracks in the foreground. The Standard Oil Company, owned by John D. Rockefeller, bought the company in 1874., Title, publisher's imprint, and brief description of the oil refining process printed on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., 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: Robbins, Frank, b. 1846
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Robbins - Industry [P.9276.62]

Title: West side of Triumph Hill, near Tidioute, Pa
Description: View showing the Venango County region with the highest concentration of productive oil wells in Pennsylvania. The Triumph Hill oil belt, originally developed in 1867, contained over 150 wells. In the foreground, a woman and young girl sit on chairs near a wagon and wooden building on the main road to the oil field. In the background, several closely clustered oil derricks are visible., Title, publisher's imprint, and brief description of the site printed on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., 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: Robbins, Frank, b. 1846
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Robbins - Industry [P.9276.61]

Title: Wells on Clarion River
Description: View showing derricks on the bank of the Clarion County river. Also shows a man on a dirt path lined by brush and trees near the derricks., Buff mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on mount: Mrs. S.M. Fox., List of over one-hundred views published by photographer printed on verso., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., 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: Robbins, Frank, b. 1846
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Robbins - Industry [P.9276.58]

Title: Phila. Gas Works. Roof framing through quatrefoil window
Description: View showing the intricate roof framing of a building at the Point Breeze Gas Works. The gas works, the second Philadelphia gas producing facility, was built in the Gothic style between 1851 and 1854 after the designs of engineer John C. Cresson at Schuylkill and Passyunk avenues., Photographer, title, and date from accompanying label., Grey 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., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Creator: Cresson, Charles M. (Charles Massey), 1828-1893, photographer
Date: October 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cresson - Public Utilities [(8)1322.F.3b-1]

Title: [St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church, southwest corner of 20th and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View of south and east facades of Romanesque Revival church featuring tower and aspe. Church property slightly elevated from sidewalk level and delineated by stone and iron fence. Church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman., Publisher's imprint and series title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young - Religion [P.9260.4]

Title: Fairmount, from Lemon Hill, southeast
Description: View looking south from a path at Lemon Hill in East Fairmount Park. Depicts a group of women and children near a couple of men standing opposite a signpost on the path at the estate. View also includes the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River in the far left background. Originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, the waterworks were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Buff mount with rounded corners., Contains label pasted on verso listing over fifty views of Fairmount Park issued by the publisher., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Duplicate of P.9299.77., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [P.9260.70]

Title: Fairmount Water Works
Description: View looking north from the old mill house at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the new mill house built between 1860 and 1862 on the mound dam after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Pale 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.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: 1867
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Public Utilities [P.9260.74]

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 an African American man, attired in a hat, a white shirt, and overalls or a waistcoat, possibly a groundskeeper, posed near a tree holding a walking stick or a tool. 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., Attributed to John Moran., Title from manuscript note on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., 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: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [(8)1322.F.41a]

Title: Residence of A. Coates near Bristol, Penna
Description: Includes partial view of adjacent residence., Photographer and title from accompanying label., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views and political miscellany., 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 [5759.F.3f]

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