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Title: Horticultural Hall, Phila
Description: View looking west at the front elevation of Horticultural Hall, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's headquarters on South Broad Street. Gas lamps flank the entrance stairs and broadside posters adorn the front of the building and can be seen along the fence separating the hall from the Academy of Music. Includes a partial view of Lardner Street (i.e. Back Place). Samuel Sloan designed the hall in 1867. A fire destroyed this hall in early 1881, and it was rebuilt in 1882 after designs by Addison Hutton., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Stamped twice on verso: J.B. Sample., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: De Young's Palace Dollar Store (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young's - Theatres and halls [P.2010.6.3]

Title: The sick dolly
Description: Genre photograph showing a young white girl, wearing her hair in ringlets and attired in a dark-colored dress with decorative white piping, white stockings, and black shoes, sitting in a rocking chair in front of a chaise lounge. She holds her white porcelain doll in her arms like a baby. A doll's cradle sits at the girl's feet along with doll’s chair on which a cloth white doll sits. A Black cloth doll is propped on the lounge behind the girl. In the right is a small side table with a glass mug., Title printed on verso., Photographer's label pasted on verso over the printed text of another photographer or publisher., Buff mount with rounded corners., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret, 2010., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.2010.6.1]

Title: Bird's eye view of Philadelphia, east from State House steeple
Description: Cityscape view looking northeast from State House (520 Chestnut) showing the north side of the 400 block of Chestnut Street before construction began on the Provident Life & Trust Company building (401-411 Chestnut) in 1876. Includes Peoples Bank (433-437 Chestnut, i.e., Girard Building, built ca. 1874); Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities (431 Chestnut, built 1871-73, Addison Hutton, architect); Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank (425-429 Chestnut, built 1854-55, John M. Gries, architect); Philadelphia National Bank (419-423 Chestnut, built 1857-59, John M. Gries, architect); and the Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Co. (413-417 Chestnut, built 1873-74, James H. Windrim, architect). Also shows surrounding buildings including the steeple of Christ Church (22-34 North Second Street)., Title printed on mount and in manuscript note on verso of P.2010.6.2., Alternate title on negative of P.9168.17: "East from Sixth and Chestnut"., Photographer's imprint on mounts; in black text on P.2010.6.2 and red text on P.9168.17., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of the city entitled, "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," printed on verso of P.2010.6.2. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One of the images gift of David Doret (P.2010.6.2).
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.2010.6.2 and P.9168.17]

Title: Independence Hall
Description: View looking southwest showing the south side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street, including the front of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows a partial view in the left foreground of old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut), Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut), and the commercial building at the southwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets where John McArthur would consruct the Public Ledger building 1866-1867 (600 Chestnut Street) in the distant right background., One of 107 titles printed in series list on verso (No. 139-245)., Publisher's imprint on verso., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [photographed ca. 1865, printed ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Government buildings [P.2010.6.13]

Title: Custom House, Phila
Description: Rooftop view looking east showing the government building at 420 Chestnut Street. Originally built as the Second Bank of the United States 1819-1824 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland, the building served as the U.S. Custom House from 1845 to 1935. Also includes the Philadelphia Bank Building built 1836 after designs by William Strickland at 400-408 Chestnut Street. Several individuals sit and stand on the steps of the customhouse., Title written in manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret., Robert Newell's son Henry entered the business in 1872 and the name changed to "R. Newell & Son".
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Government buildings [P.2010.6.14]

Title: [Pennsylvania Railroad Connecting Railway Bridge from Lansdowne, Philadelphia]
Description: View from the west bank of the river showing men and a woman holding a child standing and sitting near a rustic railing overlooking the New York Railroad Bridge, known as the Connecting Railway Bridge, built from 1866-1867 after the designs of Pennsylvania Railroad Chief Engineer John A. Wilson. The PRR bridge served as the railroad’s first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City., Title supplied by cataloger., Series list printed on verso. Includes one hundred titles in the series (No. 1-100)., Publisher's imprint printed on series label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.12]

Title: Girard College. Front view
Description: Partial exterior view of the front facade of 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 group of women standing in the doorway of the building. 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 verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with rounded corners., For duplicate view see stereo - Newell - Education [P.8643.1], Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Education [P.2010.6.15]

Title: Fairmount from Lemon Hill, Phila. Park
Description: View looking south from a path at Lemon Hill in East Fairmount Park. Depicts a group of women and children standing together at the edge of a slope leading down to the Schuylkill River. View also includes the Fairmount Water Works and the decorative distribution arch (built 1860) and standpipe (built 1852) on Reservoir Hill. 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., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.8]

Title: Girard Ave. Bridge
Description: View looking east from Girard Avenue showing the Girard Avenue Bridge, completed in 1872-74 after the designs of Philadelphia architects Henry A. and James P. Sims, over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. The wrought-iron Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, demolished in 1971, also served as a pedestrian bridge. Also includes a partial view of the nearby New York Connecting Railway Bridge, completed in 1867. In the foreground, spectators observe the river., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1874]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.2010.6.6]

Title: View from Belmont, Phila. Park. Schuylkill River in the distance with Penna R.R. Bridge
Description: View looking south from Belmont Mansion in West Fairmount Park showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in the distant left background. One of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, it was completed in 1834 after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad. The Reading Railroad purchased the bridge in the 1850s., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.7]

Title: View of wheel house, Fairmount
Description: View looking northeast from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860) and stand pipe (built 1852) on Reservoir Hill. The waterworks, orginally 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., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [P.2010.6.9]

Title: Landsdown walk
Description: View showing a group of men and women standing and sitting on a paved walkway near the Schuylkill River in the Lansdowne section of Fairmount Park., Title printed on verso in numbered list with one hundred other titles in the series (No. 1-100)., Publisher's imprint printed on series label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.11]

Title: Pretty Hula Girls, Honolulu, Hawaii
Description: Photograph showing four Hawaiian women playing musical instruments and dancing outside at Punch Bowl Mountain in Honolulu. The women wear their long hair down and are attired in flower leis around the crown of their heads and around their necks, white chemise shirts, and skirts. Two women sit holding a gourd and a guitar. Behind them, two women stand with their left arms out as they dance the hula., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1901, by B. L. Singley., Text printed on verso: We here see a group of hula dancers, with leis of fragrant leaves and flowers crowning their heads and cast about their necks, a very pretty custom of the Hawaiians, especially worn on festive occasions. The hula hula has always been a feature of court festivities and also a common entertainment of the islanders, often danced in the lanai or open parlor of the home. The ancient hula was not danced to the accompaniment of musical instruments but rhythmic measures muttered by old men who kept time by striking a gourd; in the modern version of the dance, the lissom dancers, trained from childhood to delight the senses, sway their graceful figures to the music of the flute, guitar and other stringed instuments and the beat of the tom-tom. The white chemise and airy skirt with garlands about head and shoulders and sometimes ankle decorations form the dress of the dusky hula girls. This view was taken in the crater of Punch Bowl Mountain, an extinct volcano., Keystone View Company was founded in 1892 by B.L. Singley, an amateur photographer from Meadville, Pennsylvania. Keystone View Company was the leader in promoting stereographs for educational purposes. In 1912 the company purchased rights to some Underwood & Underwood negatives for use in educational sets, and in 1922 purchased the remaining stock of Underwood materials. The company remained in business until 1970.
Creator: Keystone View Company
Date: 1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits & Genre [P.2014.12.5]

Title: On the river, Canton, China
Description: Shows the busy Pearl River in Canton (i.e. Guangzhou), China. In the center, a large ship, with steam paddles and a smokestack, is beside a wooden dock. In the foreground are sampans, some with people attired in conical hats and holding poles. In the background, numerous boats of various sizes and buildings along the shoreline are visible., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Text printed on verso: On the River, Canton, China. Lat. 23 degrees N.; Long. 113 degrees E. About one hundred miles from Hongkong on the delta of the Pearl or Canton River is the great city of Canton, the port of outlet for southern China, and one of the largest cities of China. This is one of the most thickly populated parts of the world, and stretching back from the river are miles and miles of fertile fields in which the industrious Chinese raise three crops a year. The city itself is built very closely. Throngs of people crowd the streets, which are incredibly dirty and so narrow that only a strip of sky can be seen overhead. On the river are boats of every description, modern steamers, Chinese junks, sampans, and houseboats. More than a hundred thousand people live in these boats, which are sometimes seventy-five feet long by fifteen feet wide. Such a boat usually has three rooms-a hallroom, a living room, and a sleeping room. These rooms can be broken up easily into additional rooms by the use of screens. The cooking and washing are done in the stern of the boat outside the house proper. Sometimes a family may have a flock of ducks or geese. These are put into the water in the morning and taken on board in the evening. The waters have many fish so the family usually have fish and rice for their food. The houseboats are pushed along by long poles or heavy oars. Sometimes you see little children playing about these houseboats fastened by ropes tied about their waists or with little barrels on their backs which, in case of their falling overboard, will keep them afloat until they are rescued by father or mother. Canton used to be a treaty port. What does that mean? Are all the Chinese seaports now open for trade? Copyright by the Keystone View Company., Gift of Christine Nelson, 2023., Keystone View Company was founded in 1892 by B.L. Singley, an amateur photographer from Meadville, Pennsylvania. Keystone View Company was the leader in promoting stereographs for educational purposes. In 1912 the company purchased rights to some Underwood & Underwood negatives for use in educational sets, and in 1922 purchased the remaining stock of Underwood materials. The company remained in business until 1970.
Creator: Keystone View Company
Date: [ca. 1905]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Views [P.2023.73.17]

Title: [Man lying on a mechanical invalid bed]
Description: Documentary portrait, possibly a mendicant photograph, showing a man lying on an invalid bed. The bed is composed of a bed frame, the mattress on which the man lies, overhead vertical rails, side "rails" made of stretched cloth, and a hand crank. The man, possibly a Civil War veteran, has a dark bushy mustache and rests his head on a pillow in the left of the image. He looks toward the viewer. He rests his hand on one of the side slats. A jacquard blanket covers him. To the side of the bed, is a lower "ledge" covered in jacquard fabric. A basket of fruit and two books adorn it. In the left forefront is a side table on which a book rests. In the right background, a window with curtains is visible. The stereograph was possibly sold as a means to raise funds for the man portrayed in the photograph., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from mount and content., Warped yellow mount with rounded corners., Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program (Junto 2015).
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified photo - Genre [P.2016.26.1]

Title: A " jam" on Dock Street, Philadelphia's produce market place
Description: View of street traffic at the produce market on the 200 block of Dock Street. Horse-drawn carts and wagons packed with sacks, barrels, and crates crowd the cobblestone street lined with storefronts, including C.G. Justice & Co. (123 Dock St.); Rosskam, Gerstley & Co. (133 & 135 Dock Street); Carstairs & McCall Co (139 Dock St.); and J. M. Morris & C. H. Peacock warehouse. Signs advertising "Carstairs & McCall Co. fine rye whiskies," "Rosskam, Gerstley & Co. fine whiskies," and "Fruits" adorn the buildings. Produce dealers C.G. Justice & Co. was established in 1871. Isaac Rosskam and Henry Gerstley founded the whiskey wholesale firm Rosskam, Gerstley & Co. in circa 1869 and continued until 1921. Brothers Charles and James Carstairs, Jr. and John C. McCall founded the whiskey company Carstairs & McCall Co. in 1868., Title printed on mount., Date from copyright statement: Copyrighted 1903 by William H. Rau., Curved buff mount with rounded corners., Distributor's imprint printed on mount: Sold only by Universal View Co., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Gift of Raymond Holstein.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, publisher
Date: 1903
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Streets - Chestnut Street [P.2011.47.1840]

Title: Porter & Coates' Bookstore, (interior view, from the front)
Description: View showing the interior of Porter & Coates' Bookstore (822 Chestnut) from the front. Book-filled cabinets and tables line the walls. There are three chairs for customers to sit. A grand staircase with a sign that reads, "Art Gallery," stained glass window, ornate moldings, and tile floor adorn the store. Robert Porter (1842-1899) and Henry T. Coates (1843-1910) formed Porter & Coates in 1867. They published over a hundred children's or juvenile libraries, series, and sets. The store at 822 Chestnut Street operated from 1869 to 1885. After Porter died in 1899, Coates renamed the firm Henry T. Coates & Co., Title printed on mount., Date inferred from content., Distributor's label pasted on verso., Photographer and publisher inferred from distributor's label pasted on verso., Stamped on recto: Henry T. Coates, Jr., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Raymond Holstein.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Streets - Chestnut Street [P.2011.47.1857]

Title: Lincoln Monument, Phila. Park
Description: View showing the Lincoln Monument at the entrance (Kelly and Lemon Hill Drives) of Fairmount Park surrounded by men who stand and look at the viewer, including white men spectators and three men guards, one possibly African American, attired in caps with insignia pinned to their lapels, and holding swords. In the right, two white men sit within a horse-drawn carriage. Sculpted by Randolph Rogers, Abraham Lincoln is depicted seated with a quill in his hand after just signing the Emancipation Proclamation. The statue rests upon a pedestal adorned with sculpted garland, bronze eagles, and the City of Philadelphia's Coat of Arms. The granite base is adorned with four panels inscribed with a dedication to and quotes from Lincoln of which two are visible. Unveiled in September 1871, the monument was commissioned by the Lincoln Monument Association, one of the first such associations formed in the country to raise funds for a city monument in memory of Lincoln. City Park Hotel is seen in the background., Manuscript note written on verso: K. Duefor? Oct. 21, 1871., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Distributor's label on verso: E. Borhek & Son, Opticians, No. 628 Chestnut St., Monument described in Fairmount Park Association's Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's treasures in bronze and stone (New York: Walker Publishing Company, 1974) p. 46-52. (LCP Print Room Uy 8, 3208.F)., Monument described in Penny Balkin Bach's Public art in Philadelphia. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992) p. 49-50, 198. (LCP Print Room Is 4, 9379.Q)., 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.
Creator: R. Newell & Co., photographer
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9260.68]

Title: Franklin's statue, Philadelphia Library
Description: Detail of the front facade of the Library Company of Philadelphia's first building at Fifth and Library Streets, depicting the marble statue of Franklin by Francesco Lazzarini commissioned by William Bingham circa 1792 to occupy a niche on the second story of the building., Thin paper buff mount., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Oringinally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - libraries [(6)1322.F.20c]

Title: Franklin's statue, Philadelphia Library
Description: Detail of the front facade of the Library Company of Philadelphia's first building at Fifth and Library Streets, depicting the marble statue of Franklin by Francesco Lazzarini commissioned by William Bingham circa 1792 to occupy a niche on the second story of the building., Thin paper buff mount., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Oringinally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - libraries [(6)1322.F.20c]

Title: Franklin's statue, Philadelphia Library
Description: Detail of the front facade of the Library Company of Philadelphia's first building at Fifth and Library Streets, depicting the marble statue of Franklin by Francesco Lazzarini commissioned by William Bingham circa 1792 to occupy a niche on the second story of the building., Thin paper buff mount., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Oringinally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - libraries [(6)1322.F.20c]

Title: Col. M. Corcoran addressing the crowds in front of the Continental Hotel, Phila., August 21, 1862
Description: Rooftop views looking east from above Ninth Street showing a massive crowd in front of the Continental and Girard House hotels on the 800 block of Chestnut Street. Shows a large horse-drawn enclosed platform resting near the crowd and a caravan of horse-drawn carriages traveling up the street. People look out the windows and stand on the balconies of nearby businesses. Businesses include the Root Gallery photographic studio operated by J.J. Bushnell from 1862-1863 (901 Chestnut) and J.H. Richelderfer's "Boy's Clothing Bazaar" (903 Chestnut). American flags decorate the buildings. Corcoran, colonel of the Sixty-Ninth New York Brigade, i.e., the Irish Brigade travelled through Philadelphia following his release as a prisoner of war from Libby Prison., Title and date from unmounted stereograph 5779.F.12e, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Variant in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [Penrose Collection, Box 18]., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [August 21, 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Events [(6)1322.F.27a; P.2282.12], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - 5x7 - unidentified - Events [(7)1322.F.69e], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Events [5779.F.12e]

Title: [Library Company of Philadelphia, southeast corner Fifth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the first permanent building of the subscription library, organized by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731, built 1789-1790 after the designs of Dr. William Thornton at Fifth and Library streets. View includes the Benjamin Franklin statue sculpted by Francesco Lazzarini and installed in 1792 in the niche above the entrance of the Palladian building., Half-stereographic prints including one on white paper mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Libraries [(6)1322.F.20b; P.2282.41]

Title: Joy
Description: View of the statue "Joy," designed by Raimondo Pereda, on display in the Italian section of the Art Gallery Annex. Depicts a young child grasping a small animal in its hand. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of David Doret., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.2010.6.4]

Title: The Water Babies
Description: View of the statue "The Water Babies," designed by M.S. Gould, on display in the Art Gallery Annex. Depicts two nude young children, cuddling together inside an oversized seashell. One child sits awake with its arm around a smaller child with its eyes closed. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of David Doret., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.2010.6.5]

Title: Central High School, Broad and Green Streets
Description: View looking southeast showing the west front and north flank of the second building of the Central High School for Boys (established 1838), the first public high school in the city, built 1853 at the southeast corner of North Broad and Green Streets. Also shows the Swedenborgian Church of the New Jerusalem, constructed in 1854 after designs by Collins & Autenreith, situated immediately north of Spring Garden Institute, built 1851-1852 after designs by Stephen Decatur Button at the northeast corner of Broad and Spring Garden Streets., Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists forty-one other views in the series (No. 140-180)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Education [P.2002.21.6]

Title: [Ridgway Building, Philadelphia]
Description: View from Broad Street of the west front of the Greek-Revival building constructed 1873-1878 by Addison Hutton near Christian Street for the Library Company of Philadelphia. Shows a man standing on a landscaped lawn enclosed by an iron fence in the foreground. Library built with the million dollar bequest of Dr. James Rush on the condition that he would choose the site of the library. Named in honor of Dr. Rush's wife, Phoebe Ann Ridgway Rush., Title supplied by cataloger. Incorrect title inscribed in negative: Girard College, Phila., Photographer's imprint on mount., Label pasted on verso includes paragraph describing history of Girard College., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Date from statement of copyright., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Creator: Campbell, Alfred S., 1840-1912
Date: 1896
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Campbell - Libraries [P.8451.6]

Title: [Armory of First City Troop, 21st and Ludlow streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior views of the first permanent First City Troop armory erected in 1863 at 21st and Ludlow Streets below Market Street. Also shows four men, including a policeman, standing near the entranceway of the two-story, brick building. Armory was rebuilt in 1874. The First City Troop, a private military organization and one of the oldest continually mounted U.S. military units, was organized in 1774 to defend against British invasion., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inff=erred from content., Stereograph on yellow mount with square corners., Created postfreeze., Two of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to the Cooper and Union Shop Volunteer Saloons and Hospitals., Stereograph inscribed with misidentification: Cooper Shop?, One of the images [5778.F.27f] 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. 88., Arcadia caption text: Founded in 1774 to defend the American colonies and still in existence today as the oldest mounted military unit in continuous service in the United States Armed Forces, the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry has participated both in combat and at ceremonial occasions. In 1863 the First City Troop erected its first permanent armory, shown here on Twenty-First and Ludlow streets, for $19,000. The Troop quickly outgrew this modest two-story brick structure with its riding hall in the rear, and enlarged and altered the building as part of its centennial celebration in 1874. In 1901 the Troop moved to its present armory on South Twenty-Third Street., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | PRINT stereo - unidentified - Military [5778.F.27e], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - unidentified - Military [P.2282.37], Library Company of Philadelphia | PRINT PRINT photo - unidentified - Military [5778.F.27f]

Title: [Hope Hose Company horse-drawn ambulance in front of the company fire station on Sixth Street below Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the ambulance of the Hope Hose and Steam Fire Engine Company also known as Hope Hose Company, probably used to transport wounded, Civil War soldiers, adorned with patriot images and slogans, including an eagle, flags, and "Union For Ever." Three boys stand near the ambulance. Company founded November 22, 1796., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount: Hope Ambulance Phila., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Paper baking pasted on verso., 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: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Fires & fire fighting [(8)1322.F.5d-1]

Title: [Hope Steam Fire Engine Company steam engine and fire fighters in front of the company fire station on Sixth Street below Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View includes a small crowd of spectators in the background. Hope Hose and Steam Fire Engine Company founded in 1805., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title supplied by cataloguer from manuscript note on mount., Manuscript note on mount: Hope Steam Fire Engine Phila., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Paper backing pasted on verso., 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: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Fires & fire fighting [(8)1322.F.5c-1]

Title: Philadelphia Library
Description: View looking northeast at the first permanent red-brick building of the subscription library, organized by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731, built 1789-1790 after the designs of Dr. William Thornton. View includes the Benjamin Franklin statue sculpted by Francesco Lazzarini and installed in the niche above the building entrance in 1792. Also shows a man digging up the street near a pile of stones and dirt, a partial view of a horse traveling north on Fifth Street, and men standing near the building on the corner. The library sold the building 1880 and it was demolished in 1887., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Libraries [P.9058.170]

Title: S.E. corner of 22nd & Green Sts. Philada
Description: Exterior view of the front and east elevations of the three-story, brick row houses at 2146-2148 Green Street. Includes the side entrance of the corner property and a street lamp. Two women, three girls, and a baby in a carriage pose on the corner. A woman looks out the window at the viewer. Also shows a partial view of a horse-drawn streetcar (labeled "40" on the rear) turning the corner and heading east on Green Street. Two men on board look at the viewer., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date and initials from manuscript note on verso: J.B. 9/10/61., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: September 10, 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9751.1]

Title: Darien Expedition. Comd'r Selfridge, comd'g
Description: Series of titled views from T.O. Selfridge's Darien Expedition include, "Sea, curving Cupica Bay," "U.S.S. Nipsic, Columbia Bay," "Limon River, at the falls," "Santa Maria del Real," "Cliffs, Limon Bay," "Natural Arch, Cupica Bay," "Islands, Cupica Bay," "Family scene, Cartagena," "Mango tree, near Pinogana," "A group of natives, Chipigana," "Scene Chipigana, Gulf of Darien," and "Cocoa Grove, near Turbo." Images depict rock formations, small islands, and waterfalls in various bodies of water, including Cupica Bay, Limon River and Limon Bay; a mango tree near Pinogana and a cocoa grove near Turbo; the steam gunboat U.S.S. Nipsic in the Colombia Bay; the village of Santa Maria del Real from the water; and two group portraits of locals, including a group standing outside of two huts in Chipigana, and a view of a family in their home in Cartagena. Views from T.O. Selfridge's 1870-1871 naval expedition of the Isthmus of Darien. Authorized by the U.S. Government, Selfridge explored and surveyed the area as a possible route for a ship canal in Panama. He was accompanied by photographer T.H. O'Sullivan in 1870 and Philadelphia photographer John Moran in 1871., Titles on mounts., Publication information supplied by William C. Darrah., Contains seven stereographs mounted on yellow stereograph mounts and five on buff stereograph mounts, all curved with rounded corners. All contain manuscript notes on versos: Bessie E. Smith., J.F. Jarvis was the largest manufacturer of stereoviews in Washington D.C. during the late 19th century. He published his own trade list and numerous views of government surveys., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Gift of Eleanor Smith, 1977.
Date: [1870 or 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Darien Expedition [66653.D.1-12]

Title: School gardens as a practical educational method - showing Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Earlier and later edition of stereograph issued by the Keystone View Company education department showing a view of a school garden in Philadelphia, showing boys and girls dressed in white uniforms gardening with the help of adults. A young girl in the foreground uses a hoe to loosen the dirt., Titles printed on mount., Additional places of publication printed on mounts, including New York, NY; Portland, Oregon; London, Eng.; and Sydney, Aus., Dates inferred from content of texts printed on verso and format of series number., P.9573.25, ca. 1915, contains explicative paragraph of text printed on verso providing brief history of school gardens and Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls. Includes latitude and longitude: Lat. 40 degrees N.; Long. 75 degrees W., P.2024.79, ca. 1920, contains explicative paragraph of text printed on verso also containing questions about the view related to gardening and the Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls., Printed above image on mount of P.9573.25: 83., Printed above image on mount of P.2024.79: P237., Gray curved mounts with rounded corners., P.9573.25: cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., P.2024.79 gift of Sarah Weatherwax.
Date: [ca. 1915-ca. 1920]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Education [P.9573.25 and P.2024.79]

Title: Interior view Moody & Sankey's place of meeting, Philadelphia Presented by E.M. Bruce & Co., general managers for the "Estey" organ and "Arion" pianos, No. 1308 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of makeshift church of religious revivalists Dwight Moody & Ira Sankey, formerly the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at 13th and Market Streets. Altered circa 1876 for Wanamaker's Grand Depot., Title printed on verso., Photographer's imprint on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: McMullin, Samuel, b. 1819
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McMullin - Religion [P.8551.2]

Title: Parade, Li Hung Chang's visit to Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View of the parade celebrating the arrival of Chinese statesmen, diplomat, and military general Li Hongzhang (1823-1901) in Philadelphia on September 3, 1896. Shows members of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, attired in uniform, and riding on horseback in rows. Crowds of men and women spectators stand on the sidewalk and street to watch. In the right, people are visible standing on awnings and ledges and peering out of windows from the buildings lining the street. Several trolleys and carriages are parked in the right. Li Hongzhang traveled extensively in 1896, visiting Russia, Britain, Europe, the United States, and Canada to promote Chinese diplomatic interests and trade. He arrived in Philadelphia at the Germantown Junction train station on September 3, 1896. Hongzhang and other members of his party then traveled by carriage in a parade procession accompanied by police on bicycles and on horseback, members of the Reception Committee in carriages, and the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, attired in uniform and on horseback. They journeyed to Independence Hall, then to Market Street, past City Hall, and down Broad Street., Title printed on mount., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1897 by B.W. Kilburn., Photographer's imprint printed on verso: Photographed and published by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H., Pink curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Linda Kimiko August, 2024., See related: Stereo - Kilburn - Processions [P.2024.31.2].
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Processions [P.2024.31.1]

Title: Parade, Li Hung Chang's visit to Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View of the parade celebrating the arrival of Chinese statesmen, diplomat, and military general Li Hongzhang (1823-1901) in Philadelphia on September 3, 1896. Shows Li Hongzhang, wearing a mustache and attired in a cap and tunic, riding in a horse-drawn carriage driven by two white men. Members of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, attired in uniform, ride on horseback around the carriage and hold out their swords across the opening of the carriage. Several horse-drawn carriages follow in the procession. A large crowd of men and women spectators stand in the street surrounding the carriages to watch. In the right, people are visible standing on awnings and ledges and peering out of windows from the buildings lining the street. Several trolleys and carriages are parked in the right. Li Hongzhang traveled extensively in 1896, visiting Russia, Britain, Europe, the United States, and Canada to promote Chinese diplomatic interests and trade. He arrived in Philadelphia at the Germantown Junction train station on September 3, 1896. Hongzhang and other members of his party then traveled by carriage in a parade procession accompanied by police on bicycles and on horseback, members of the Reception Committee in carriages, and the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, attired in uniform and on horseback. They journeyed to Independence Hall, then to Market Street, past City Hall, and down Broad Street., Title printed on mount., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1897 by B.W. Kilburn., Photographer's imprint printed on verso: Photographed and published by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H., Pink curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Linda Kimiko August, 2024., See related: Stereo - Kilburn - Processions [P.2024.31.1].
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Processions [P.2024.31.2]

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