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Title: West Philadelphia Manufacturing Cos. starch & farina works Corner of Chestnut & Bridgewater Sts
Description: Advertisement showing the bustling industrial starch and farina works at the corner of Chestnut and Bridgewater Streets (ie. Chestnut and Thirtieth Streets) looking northeast toward the Schuylkill River. Laborers direct horse-drawn drays and wagons to and from factory buildings and railroad cars. Scene includes a man on horseback riding toward the factory buildings, a laborer standing in the foreground near the tracks, smoke rising from several chimneys in the complex, the Market Street Bridge crossing the Schuylkill River in the distance, and the outline of Philadelphia Gas Works gasholders immediately east of the bridge., Published in Edwin T. Freedley's Philadelphia and its manufactures: a handbook exhibiting the development, variety, and statistics of the manufacturing industry in Philadelphia in 1857 (Philadelphia: Edward Young, 333 Walnut Street, 1859 [c1858]), opposite page 460., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 826.2, Atwater Kent Museum: 88.98.74, Free Library of Philadelphia: 917.481 F87, Artist's study for print held in the collections of the Library of Congress. [DLC-PP-1997-105-Prints-StarchWorks]
Date: 1859
Location: Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 88.98.74

Title: Cottage of W.H. Gatzmer, at Tacony
Description: View showing the ornately trimmed cottage house of railroad agent William H. Gatzmer. In the front lawn, a girl and a boy play hoop near a hobby horse. Vessels travel on the Delaware River in the background. The Tacony neighborhood formed in 1846, when Gatzmer secured a charter for the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad and the riverfront area was used as a railroad terminus. In 1867, Gatzmer became president of the Camden & Amboy Railroad., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00024, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 18:8
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Castner 18:8

Title: Winter scene in Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement for Daniel Mershon's Sons heating and ventilating warehouse at 1203 Filbert Street. Shows busy street and pedestrian traffic in front of the four-story red brick warehouse heavily adorned with signage and a "Russian Heater Works" flag at the northwest corner of Twelfth and Filbert streets. Signs advertising patent airtight heaters, grates, registers, ventilators, fireplace heaters, ranges, slate mantels, and house warming and cooking ranges are visible near the doorway and in the show windows of the storefront. Stoves, ranges, and fireplaces are displayed in the windows and on the sidewalk. Laborers load heating equipment into a store delivery wagon marked "Prepare for Winter" as a patron leaves the store near a policeman standing at the corner of the building. Several pedestrians wearing heavy coats, hats, and muffs walk in the street and on the sidewalks near several horse-drawn vehicles, including sleighs and a "Twelfth Street Passenger Railway" streetcar. Also shows partial views of horse-drawn wagons and of neighboring buildings in addition to a man on horseback. The business, established as Fink, Potts & Savoy in 1838, was known for the "Mershon" Patent Shaking Grate" and was renamed Daniel Mershon's Sons following the death of the original successor, Daniel Mershon, in 1865., Not in Wainwright., Filbert St. and Twelfth St. printed below the image as key., Title from item., Date inferred from original letter of copyright issued to H.H. & Geo. Mershon held in the Print and Picture Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. Copyright letter No. 2333A. [Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories & Foundries (A-M)]., Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 846 variant, Variant copy at Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 M 574, Longacre & Co. operated at 30 & 32 S. 7th Street in 1871.
Creator: Blanc, Albert, artist
Date: [ca. 1871], 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2022.62.3.38]

Title: Junger Maennerchor, Philadelphia, 1868
Description: Group portrait in an outdoor setting, probably the Junger Maennerchor annual picnic and summer night's festival at Schützen Park, depicting hundreds of members (several with their faces likely based after photographs) of the German-American choral society founded in 1852. The massive crowd of white men sit, stand, drink beer, and smoke cigars and pipes. In the left foreground, a number of men hold sheets of music, with one, seated, and in the gesture of conducting across from another seated men leaning on a bound volume resting on a stack of bound volumes of likely music. Also shows a man in the right foreground pouring beer from a keg, and in the center background, two men on horseback, a man holding the society flag, and a man holding a trophy and gesturing toward another man. In the far background, pavilions, several trees, and a partially obscured building is visible. The men are attired in shirt sleeves or suits with ties. Some also wear hats or their hats rest beside them on the ground or they hold walking sticks. By the mid-1870s, German-Americans had formed 24 singing societies in Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Includes pictorial detail of an eagle with a lyre and a banner reading "Junger Maennerchor" within the title text between the words "Maennerchor" and "Philadelphia.", Title and date from item., Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 299
Creator: Ch. P. & A. J. Tholey, artist
Date: [1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2020.39.11]

Title: A. Fiot publisher of music, importer of musical merchandize [sic]. Wholesale & retail, No. 196 Chestnut Street Philadelphia Piano, harps, guitars, violins, flutes, brass instruments, Italian strings. &c. &c
Description: Advertisement containing a whimsical view surrounded by an ornamental border to promote the music store of Augustus Fiot. View shows cherubs playing and surrounded by instruments, including a cello, harp, trumpet, flute, guitar, and organ. Scene also includes sheet music resting on the floor and propped on a stand. The ornamental border includes a vignette, cherubs playing instruments (harp, cymbals, trumpet, flute), vinery, and floral details. Vignette shows a woman at a piano and a boy playing the flute at a recital in front of a small audience. Fiot began to publish music in 1835 with partner Leopold Meignan. The partnership operated until 1839. Fiot continued to operate a music store until 1855., Title from item., Date inferred from the content., Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 1, Copy printed in red ink at Free Library of Philadelphia: Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 60, Digital image of Free Library of Philadelphia copy included in Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog.
Creator: Dacre, Henry, approximately 1820-
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2022.62.3.23]

Title: Harrison's Columbian hair dye Manufactured by Apollos W. Harrison, 8 1/2 South 7th St
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia perfumer and ink manufacturer containing an ornate frame comprised of vignettes, pictorial details, and ornaments surrounding ornamented text. Vignettes depict patriotic symbols of the American eagle and U.S. shield and two scenes. Scene in the left shows a gentleman being attended to by his valet. The gentleman has wavy, ear-length, dark hair and wears a blue and red patterned dressing gown. The valet, in a grey suit, looks at a bottle in his gentleman's left hand. The gentleman scratches his head with his right hand. Scene in the right shows a woman, looking down, pulling her fingers through her long dark hair that rests over her shoulders past her waist. She wears a peasant-like dress with a red bodice and green-striped skirt with a paisley pattern. The border also contains scroll-like pictorial details, geometric shaped ornaments, and pattern backgrounds. The background is printed in red and is framed by a blue border. Harrison, originally a book, map, and ink dealer, began operating his perfumery, including hair dyes, circa 1853. By the late 1850s, Harrison employed over 80 employees, including 25 traveling agents., Title from item., Date and publication information supplied Library Company duplicate with variant colors., Not in Wainwright., See related: *BW - Advertisements - H [P.2015.71.2]., Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 291a
Creator: Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2022.62.3.45]

Title: Target firing State Fencibles, Capt. J. Page, the seat of Dr. William Wetherill, Fatland (near Valley Forge) Montgomery Co. Pa. June 14th 1859
Description: Scene showing the State Fencibles militia marching past the Wetherill mansion on the Fatland estate. The men march in seven lines, led by the Fencibles marching band, followed by officers, and then four lines of enlisted men fronted by a single Fencible. All the men wear uniforms and the officers wear Hardee hats, while the enlisted men wear tall, bearskin hats. In the left foreground, a group of well-dressed men, women, and children watch the militia. In the background, other guests line the portico and verandas of the mansion. near clusters of Fencibles and spectators lining the grounds in front of the mansion. The scene also includes the trees and bushes that surround the grounds and mansion. During the 1850s, Dr. Wetherill, partner in the Wetherill & Brother White Lead Works, annually invited the Fencibles to his estate for spring target firing. The June 1859 excursion included seventy-four muskets and five officers, a lunch, dinner, and dance. The State Fencibles was a military organization raised in Philadelphia in 1813 as part of the Pennsylvania militia. In 1871, the military company, recruited under James Page, became attached to the Eighth Regiment National Guard of Pennsylvania. The Fatland seat was owned by gentleman William Bakewell beginning in 1803 before being sold to the Wetherill Family about 1821 and his death. Fatland, named for the estate's great soil fertility, remained in the Wetherill family through the early 20th century., Title from item., Date inferred from date of event depicted., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 292, Gift of David Doret., Trimmed., Title clipped and pasted on sheet with manuscript note mounted below image: To Capt. J. W. Ryan Compliments of [Chas Marshall D. Co's N.G.?] Pa., Trimmed., See Thomas S. Lanard, One hundred years with the State Fencibles : a history of the First Company State Fencibles ... (Philadelphia: Nields Co., 1913), 115-116.
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - A-Z - State [P.2017.15.17]

Title: Independence Hall in 1876
Description: Busy street view showing Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Also shows the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans (500 Chestnut) and Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut). Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles, including a woman pushing a baby carriage, wagons, carriages, and street cars, congest the sidewalks and roadway. Trees line the sidewalk and a large American flag adorns Independence Hall., Title from item., Date inferred from title., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 880, Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Government Buildings [P.2010.6.30]

Title: The Oakland Female Institute. [diploma]
Description: Diploma depicting an exterior view of the institute building and grounds from the Delaware River. Students stroll on the lawn. A passenger train of the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norrristown (later Philadelphia & Reading) Railroad passes in the foreground and a boat is moored on the riverbank. The institute was established in 1845. View depicts the enlarged building following a major renovation and enlargement 1852-1855., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Ella J. Snodgrass on August 7, 1868. Signed by J. Grier Ralston; Mary L. Ralston; Lizzie J. Greir; Amelia G. Halsey; Agnes C. Ralston; L.M. Schneidre; Thos. O'Neill; Sarah E. Broughton; Anna L. Ralston; and O.P. Spang., Contains a blue ribbon and the Oakland Female Institute's embossed seal., Frederick Bourquin and P.S. Duval partnered in the firm known as P. S. Duval & Co. from about 1852 through 1857., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 156, Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelphia Certificates - Education - Oakland [P.2009.24.1]

Title: Deutsche Ev: Luth: Zions Kirche. (gegrundt 1766.) = The German Lutheran Zion Church. (founded 1766.)
Description: View of the Zion Lutheran Church, also known as the New Lutheran Church, rebuilt 1794-1796 at Cherry and North Fourth streets following a fire in 1794. Church originally built 1766-1769 after the designs of Robert Smith. Also shows a partial view of neighboring buildings and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians include a boy, and women carrying parasols and baskets., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 181, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Breton, William L., lithographer
Date: [1829]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Churches & meetinghouses [P.2005.20]

Title: Franklin Iron Works. Sutton & Smith's iron foundry, Franklin Street between Second and Front Streets, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement for the iron foundry established at the 100 block of Franklin Street in 1841. Shows an exterior view of the foundry complex adorned with the sign "Sutton & Smith's Iron Foundry." Cylinders, shafts, and wheels lay on the sidewalk in front of the buildings comprising the complex in which laborers work. Smoke rises from smokestacks adorning all the buildings that are adjoined by fencing to courtyards. Workers attend one of two horse-drawn drays on the sidewalk; are visible carrying a pipe in the first-floor entryway of a three-story building; sit and shake hands on a large cylinder; and are visible in other parts of the complex. Sutton and Smith joined in partnership circa 1843., Date from Poulson inscription in ink on recto: Franklin St. bet. 2nd & Front St. Aug. 1847., Wainwright suggests date of circa 1860., Poulson inscription in pencil on recto: J.T. Sutton & Co., Artist's signature lower left corner of stone., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 277, Trimmed., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [August 1847]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W139 [P.2046]

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