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Title: Old Norris mansion, 7th & York Sts. Built 1727
Description: View looking northeast at the front elevation of the Fairhill mansion built 1778 near York and Seventh Streets. Shows the painted phrase, "Revolution House, Iron Sons of..." spanning the width of the front elevation, which was the name of a tavern that operated there in the 1870s. The original mansion, constructed 1712-1719 by bricklayer Richard Redman and stone mason John Hart for Isaac Norris, Sr., was destroyed by fire by the British troops in 1777. Second mansion demolished in 1885., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount. Also contains photograper's blindstamp on mount: Gutekunst, 712 Arch St., Orange 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Gutekunst - Residences [P.9047.65]

Title: Mount Vernon Cemetery
Description: View of the cemetery gateway built 1856-1858 after the designs of John Notman at 3301 West Lehigh Avenue., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - Cemeteries [P.9047.64]

Title: Old log cabin
Description: View showing an old log cabin at Richmond and Vienna Streets (i.e., Berks Street) in Fishtown. A woman leans against the side of the house and shields her eyes from the sun. Cabin was a typical example of those built in the neighborhood around the time of the Revolutionary War., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note in pencil on verso: No. 15 papa 1876, Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Schaeffer.
Creator: Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - Historic buildings and sites [P.9191.x]

Title: International Live Stock Exhibition, Philad'a, 1876
Description: Series of views depicting thoroughbred horses at the International Live Stock Exhibition on the Centennial grounds in 1876 include, "Graphic," owned by W.T. Cook of Foxborough, Massachusetts, "Bismark," owned by F.G. Wolbert of Jersey City, New Jersey, and two thoroughbred stallions from Canada. Also shows a view of the "Herefords" shed and three herefords (a type of cattle bred for market) on view during the livestock display at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia. The cattle display was held under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture from September 21st until October 4th. An African American man holds the bridle of one of the steer on display before the shed., Title printed on mounts., Publisher's imprint printed on mounts., Printed labels and manuscript notes on versos of four stereographs [P.9915.3-6] provide names of owners, horses, and statistics. Owners and horses illegible on two because of damage to labels., Yellow mounts 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., Four of the images gift of Helen Beitler, 2001 [P.9915.3-6], One of the images gift of Robert M. Vogel, 1984 [P.9047.66]
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hovey - Exhibitions [P.9047.66; P.9915.3-6]

Title: Girard College, general view
Description: Rooftop view showing the main campus of the college constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter at 1201-1211 West College Avenue. Trees surround the buildings and line the walkways. 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 and photographer from series list printed on blue paper and pasted on verso with thirty-one other titles (No. 1-31)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Education [P.8731.4]

Title: Stand-pipe at Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia
Description: View looking east from the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works showing the decorative distribution arch on Reservoir Hill. The arch, built in 1860, functioned as a standpipe and observatory tower. Also shows a man standing on the promenade near the forebay in the foreground and inclined walkways to Reservoir Hill in the background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's printed 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.
Creator: Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Public Utilities [P.9137.1]

Title: Fountain, arch and stand-pipe at Fairmount Park, Philada
Description: View showing the decorative distribution arch on Reservoir Hill at the Fairmount Water Works. The arch, built in 1860, functioned as a standpipe and observatory tower. Also shows men, women and children standing around a pond with a fountain 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 on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's printed label pasted on verso., Cream mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Public Utilities [P.9466.22]

Title: Horticultural Hall
Description: View of the front elevation of Horticultural Hall, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's headquarters on South Broad Street. Broadside posters adorn the front of the building and can be seen along the fence separating the hall from the Academy of Music. Gas lamps flank the entrance stairs and stones are piled in the street in front of the building. 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 and photographer from series list printed on blue paper and pasted on verso with thirty-one other titles (No. 1-31)., Photographer's printed 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.
Creator: Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Theatres and halls [P.9260.57]

Title: Masonic Hall, Philadelphia
Description: View looking northwest at the front facade of the hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart. Includes a partial view of the Washington House hotel (709-711 Chestnut Street). Building sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street., Title from printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Associations [P.9466.23]

Title: Bird's eye view Philadelphia, from LaPierre House
Description: Rooftop view looking northeast from LaPierre House on Broad Street, showing the front elevation of St. John the Evangelist Church (23-25 South Thirteenth, built 1830, William Rodrigue, architect), the top of the Pennsylvania Railroad freight depot (Thirteenth and Market), a mostly obscured view of the United States Mint (1331-1337 Chestnut, built 1883, William Strickland, architect), and rooftops of adjacent buildings., Title and photographer from series list printed on blue paper and pasted on verso with thirty-one other titles (No. 1-31)., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Views [P.9107.11]

Title: Public building, Phila
Description: Oblique view of the north side of City Hall built 1871-1901 after designs by John McArthur, Jr., including the lower portion of the tower. Begun in 1884, the tower was in the final stages of construction at the time of this photograph. Also shows a crane and construction materials on the sidewalk in front of the City Hall and a horse-drawn coach and pedestrians traveling around Penn Square in the foreground., Title on negative., Buff mount with rounded corners., John S. Johnston, known primarily for yacht photography and landscape views, was active in New York City in the late 1880s until his death in 1899., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Johnston, J. S. (John S.), photographer
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Johnston - Government buildings [P.9047.49]

Title: President McKinley reviewing G.A.R. heroes, Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 5, '99
Description: View showing Grand Army of the Republic members marching in front of a reviewing stand where President McKinley is seated under a canopy observing the spectacle during the National Encampment held in Philadelphia September 5-6, 1899. The stands, situated in front of City Hall, are adorned in patriotic bunting. Two large decorative "welcome" columns flank the president's box and contain the names of various armies. The Grand Army of the Republic, a society of Union veterans was organized in 1866 to promote fraternity, charity, and loyalty among its members, including camp fires, encampments, the establishment of veteran relief funds, and the preservation of civil war sites and financing of memorials. A National Encampment was held every year from 1866 to 1949., Copyrighted by B.L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Buff 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Date: c1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Events [P.9047.37]

Title: Snow bound, Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia
Description: Winter view showing a snow-covered path running parallel to the Wissahickon Creek. Trees flank the creek and a wooden fence divides the creek from the trail., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamberg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note in pencil on verso: Mrs. E. B. Dorathy ; Sammy Taylor, Buff 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Date: 1903
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Parks [P.9047.118]

Title: A pl easant evening at home
Description: Genre photograph showing an interior view of a family recreating in their den or living room. Shows a mother watching her two daughters as one plays the piano and the other holds sheet music. Their father reads the newspaper nearby., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamberg, Ger.; and St. Petersburg, Russia., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: c1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Portraits and genre [P.9738]

Title: When a man's married his trouble begins
Description: Comic genre photograph set in a kitchen, showing a family gathered around, as the father, with soot all over his face, tries to fix a problem with the stove. His wife stands nearby and holds a flue pipe and their daughter kneels near the stove and watches her parents., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamberg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Gray 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 Col. Gatter.
Date: c1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Portraits and genre [P.9319.5]

Title: "Be patient, dear; don't swear."
Description: Comic genre photograph set in a kitchen, showing a man who has just fallen off of the stool he was standing on as he tried to fix the stove. His wife and daughter reach to help him up., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamberg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Gray 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 Col. Gatter.
Date: c1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Portraits and genre [P.9319.4]

Title: [Steamship Tern London at dock]
Description: View showing the steamship docked at a wharf. A wheelbarrow and barrels rest on the pier in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloger., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Transportation [P.8709.11]

Title: Jobo
Description: View showing the trunk of a large jobo tree (Spondias momben ; Spondias lutea) in Cuba. Members of the Amateur Photographic Exchange Club distributed their own prints with homemade labels to all other members for review. The club operated from 1861-63., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint on printed label pasted on verso., Description printed on label pasted on verso: Amateur Photographic Exchange Club ; Negative, Wet Collodion. ; (Pronounced in Spanish, Hobo.) This tree is formed by the natural intertwining of a number of vines which adhere to each other at various points of contact, leaving a hollow space in the centre., Buff mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Guilloû, Constant, 1812-1872
Date: Sept. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Guilloû - Views [P.8644]

Title: Philadelphia's pride, her public building, Pa., U.S.A
Description: View looking north toward City Hall (built 1871-1901, John McArthur, Jr., architect) from South Broad Street, where construction on the tower, begun in 1884, is still in progress. In the left foreground stands the Lafayette Hotel, formerly La Pierre House built 1853 after designs by Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr., at the northwest corner of Broad and Sansom Streets. The hotel was expanded and renamed in 1876. In the right background stands the Girard Trust Company building at the northeast corner of Broad and Chestnut Streets built 1888-89 after designs by Addison Hutton. Also shows pedestrians on the sidewalks and horse-drawn vehicles, including a double-decker omnibus traveling north on Broad Street and private coaches moving in both directions., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Government buildings [P.9047.116]

Title: Ring, Grandpa, ring! Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
Description: Rooftop view looking west showing the bell tower and rooftop of the State House constructed 1732-1748 after designs by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows Congress Hall (540-558 Chestnut) built 1787-89 and the Public Ledger building (600-606 Chestnut) built 1866-67 after designs by John McArthur, Jr. Includes smokestacks and rooflines of buildings in the distance and pedestrian and vehicle traffic on Chestnut Street., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Historic buildings and sites [P.9047.140]

Title: Fairmount Phila
Description: View from the Fairmount Water Works showing the decorative distribution arch on Reservoir Hill. The arch, built in 1860, functioned as a standpipe and observatory tower. Also shows an inclined walkway to Reservoir Hill in the background. Construction materials, including rope, stone, and balusters, are visible 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., Photographer's imprint printed 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.
Creator: Kilburn Brothers
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Parks [P.9082.4]

Title: Washington Senate Chamber
Description: Interior view of the United States Senate Chamber in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Shows desks and chairs arranged in a half-circle facing a platform, the galleries lining the perimeter of the room, and a partial view of the skylights in the ceiling. The Senate relocated to this chamber in 1859., Title on negative., Distributor's imprint on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Government Buildings [P.9521.5]

Title: The Liberty Bell, leaving Philadelphia for Boston, June 15th, 1903
Description: View showing the Liberty Bell on a float adorned in patriotic bunting in front of Independence Hall on Chestnut Street. Two military escorts stand nearby. The Liberty Bell traveled to Boston in 1903 for the 128th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamberg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note in pencil on verso: Mrs. E. B. Dorathy ; Sammy Taylor, Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1903
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Monuments and statues [P.9450.2]

Title: Grant's log cabin
Description: Exterior view of the cabin used by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on the east side of Carriage Drive in Fairmount Park. Served as Grant's headquarters and the supply center for the Union armies during the seige of Richmond. Moved to Philadelphia circa 1870 from City Point, Virginia as a gift to citizens of Philadelphia for their support during the Civil War. Transfered back to Virginia and rebuilt there in 1983., Title on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9047.53]

Title: Penn Hospital, Philadelphia
Description: Oblique, exterior view of the hospital built 1755-1805. East wing built 1755-1757 after the designs of Samuel Rhoads. West wing built 1794-1796 and the center house built 1794-1805 after the designs of David Evans, Sr. and David Evans, Jr. Building altered between 1846-1853 after the designs of John McArthur and John McArthur, Jr. A man stands next to a bench on the hospital grounds in the foreground., Title on negative., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners and black line border., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hospitals [P.9047.134]

Title: U.S. Army ambulance
Description: View of an unhitched Finney wagon next to piles of lumber in a lumber yard. A sign on the side of the coach reads, "U.S. Army Hospl. Dept. No. 9"., Title from manuscript note on paper label below image., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non-Phila - Washington, D.C. [5779.F.17c]

Title: Liberty Bell, State House, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view showing the Liberty Bell on a pedestal in the State House. State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Stamped on verso: 198, Gray 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 Robert M. Vogel., Presko Binocular Company bought negatives from photographers and published stereographs between 1910 and 1920 in Chicago.
Date: [ca. 1910]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Monuments and statues [P.9047.157]

Title: The Liberty Bell, Phila. Pa
Description: Interior view showing the Liberty Bell hanging on a chain of thirteen links from the ceiling in the Assembly Room of the State House. The State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley., Title on negative., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1877]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Monuments and statues [P.9567.11]

Title: California state building
Description: Elevated, exterior view looking southeast at the California state building with a view of Machinery Hall in the background. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title from manuscript note on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9299.29]

Title: Horticultural Hall, Phila
Description: View looking southwest showing the east front and north flank of Horticultural Hall designed by Henry Schwartzmann. Pedestrians stroll through the landscaped grounds and gardens or sit on benches in the foreground. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., 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 - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9521.2]

Title: Horticultural Hall in course of erection
Description: View of the frame of Horticultural Hall designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann. A man stands in front of the fence surrounding the construction site in the foreground. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title from faint manuscript note on mount below image., Orange 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 Ms. Jane Carson James.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9299.35]

Title: Main Building west end
Description: View looking southeast at the west elevation of the Main Exhibition Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title printed on mount below image., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., 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 - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9580.2]

Title: Main Building--from west gallery looking n[orth]
Description: Elevated, interior view looking north at displays in the Main Exhibition Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. Includes the dome of the "Republica de Chile" exhibit and signs for "Victoria" and "South Australia". The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title printed on mount below image., Series title from decorative scrollwork on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., 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 - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9580.3]

Title: "Is that tooth mine?"
Description: Comic genre scene showing a man seated in a dentist's chair. A boy has just relaxed the scarf he positioned around the patient's neck, which was used to restrain the patient while his tooth was being pulled. The dentist, attired in a silk robe and pileus, shows the patient the extracted tooth. A sign reading, "S.B. Smith, dentist," hangs on the wall., Title printed on mount below image., Distributor supplied by cataloger., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See complementary stereograph "Extracting Teeth" [stereo - unid. - Genre (P.2009.13.3)]., Gift of William Helfand., Sears Roebuck & Company issued the Metropolitan Series from 1905-1920.
Date: [photographed ca. 1870, printed ca. 1905]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.2009.13.4]

Title: Love on a tub
Description: Comic genre scenes depict a man standing outside on a wooden tub courting a woman who stands inside at a window. The man hands the woman flowers, then falls into the tub., Additional places of publication printed on mounts, including Chicago; London; Hamberg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy., One item [P.9319.1] series of 1903 by George W. Griffith., One item [P.9319.2] series of 1904 by George W. Griffith., Title printed on mounts., Publisher's imprint printed on mounts., Distributor's imprint printed on mounts., Buff and gray curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Col. Gatter.
Date: [printed 1903 and 1904]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Portraits and genre [P.9319.1-2]

Title: Marsh vegetation
Description: Landscape view shows a woman seated and leaning next to a tree near a creek., Attributed to John Moran., Title stamped on mount., Distributor's stamp, printed in red ink, pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9326.1]

Title: University of Penn'a
Description: Reproduction of a photographic view depicting the university building constructed 1871-1872 after the designs of Thomas Webb Richards on the university campus in West Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1751, relocated to West Philadelphia in 1875., Title printed on mount below image., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 - Education [P.9577.20]

Title: [Crowd outside the Evening Telegraph Building]
Description: View from the street showing the backs of men and women standing on the sidewalk looking toward the Evening Telegraph building., Title supplied by cataloger., Gray mount with rounded corners., The Public Ledger Company purchased The Evening Telegraph in 1918., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1918]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Events [P.9047.12]

Title: [Crowd outside the Evening Telegraph office, Betz Building, South Broad Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking east from Broad Street showing a crowd gathered on the sidewalk in front of the Evening Telegraph office in the Betz Building (i.e., Lincoln Building) built 1891-1892 after designs by William H. Decker on South Broad Street. Includes a partial view of a car travelling north on Broad Street and a woman walking west toward the photographer. The spectators read hand-written notes on the chalkboard in front of the offices., Title supplied by cataloger., Gray mount with rounded corners., The Public Ledger Company purchased The Evening Telegraph in 1918., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1918]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Events [P.9047.1]

Title: [Crowd outside the Public Ledger Building, 600-606 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking east from Chestnut Street showing a large crowd gathered on the sidewalk spilling over into the street in front of the Public Ledger Building (600-606 Chestnut Street, built 1866-1867 after designs by John McArthur, Jr.). Includes partial views of Congress Hall (1787-1789) and Independence Hall in the background and the Benjamin Franklin statue on the corner of the building. The spectators read hand-written notes on paper pasted to the first floor windows of the offices., Title supplied by cataloger., Gray mount with rounded corners., The Public Ledger Company purchased The Evening Telegraph in 1918., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1918]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Events [P.9047.13]

Title: Brewers' Hall
Description: Exterior view of hall built by James B. Doyle after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann as an annex to Agricultural Hall. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title printed in numbered series list on verso with twenty-seven other titles (No. 1-28)., Series title repeated on printed scrollwork in red ink on mount: Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876., Yellow mount with rounded corners., 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 - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9260.86]

Title: Open your mouth and shut your eyes
Description: Comic genre scene shows two boys feeding something to a boy with his eyes closed. A basket and a pitcher sit on the ground at their feet., Title printed on label pasted on verso., Publisher's imprint on label pasted on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 11., Yellow mount with rounded corners., 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. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9022.69]

Title: Les pilules du Diable
Description: Hand-colored tissue stereograph depicts interior view of shop where skeletons surround a man who is passed out or dead in a chair. The Devil stands behind a counter holding out a container to the man, presumably containing the substance that cause(d) the man's demise. A skeleton stirs a concoction in a large pot behind the devil figure. Skeletons on the street are visible through the open doorway., Title on negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners and embossed decorative pattern surrounding images., Diables stereographs, also known as Journey into Hell stereographs, were among the most popular tissue stereographs issued from 1868 to 1874. They often depicted earthly sins that could lead one to hell., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.2009.13.5]

Title: [Girls feeding a bird]
Description: Genre scene shows two girls standing near a bird cage looking at a bird perched on the top of the cage (rather than inside of it). The girl closer to the bird holds her hand up and offers the bird a morsel., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 14., Yellow mount with square corners., 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. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9022.66]

Title: [Curiosities]
Description: Genre scene shows a room full of relics with items hanging on the wall in the background and scattered religious iconography, including a bible, on the floor. A man (a little person) sits on a desk smoking a pipe. A woman sits on the floor to his left., Title supplied by cataloger., Distributor's printed blue label pasted 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.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9585.2]

Title: Chestnut St. above 4th St
Description: View showing the south side of the 400 block of Chestnut Street. Includes the Philadelphia Bank Building (400-408 Chestnut, built 1836); the U.S. Customhouse, (420 Chestnut, formerly the Second Bank of the United States, completed in 1824 after the designs of William Strickland); and the U.S Post Office and U.S. Courts Building (426-428 Chestnut, 1863-1884). Signage adorns the Philadelphia Bank Building, including advertisements for the resident businesses of William M. Clark, engraver on wood, and Boswell & Co., insurance agents. Also includes vendor stands in front of the U.S. Customhouse and pedestrians walking on the sidewalk., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to James Cremer based on other stereographs with same series title and mount, with the photographer's label pasted on verso., Publication information from duplicate and variant stereoviews. (P.9260.49a and P.8931.2)., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [May 21, 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Government buildings - C [P.8931.2]

Title: Finding the bird's nest
Description: Genre scene showing two girls looking at a bird's nest on top of rocks next to a picket fence. One girl, attired in bloomers, kneels on the ground to observe the nest., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's imprint on mount., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James Cremer's stereoscopic emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Stereoscopes and views, wholesale and retail., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 15., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9022.68]

Title: First of April
Description: April's Fools Day interior genre scene showing a man attired in a dressing gown holding the limp body of cat upside down by its tail. His wife, daughter, and a boy in uniform, possibly his son, observe nearby. The boy crouches near wicker baskets from which the man pulled the cat's body., Title from printed label pasted on verso., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James Cremer's stereoscopic emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Stereoscopes and views, wholesale and retail., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, No. 31., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9022.67]

Title: Giving gas
Description: Comic genre scene showing a dentist, attired in a silk robe and pileus, administering gas to a male patient seated in a chair. A pipe hangs from the dentist's mouth. His young male helper watches the scene with glee. A sign reading, "S.B. Smith, dentist," hangs on the wall., Title on negative., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.2009.13.2]

Title: "I don't care for signs."
Description: Comic genre scene showing a woman in masculine clothing sitting on the back of a chair defiantly smoking in front of a "No smoking" sign., Title on negative., Printed on mount: American and Foreign Views sold by canvassers., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9964.1]

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