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Title: Old Scots' and Its Parsonage
Description: View of a classical-style church and the adjacent residences., In the year 1771 a congregation of Scotch Presbyterians, led by Rev. William Marshall, who had come to Philadelphia as a missionary, built this church upon the south side of Spruce Street, west from Third Street. During the British occupancy the building was used as a Hessian hospital. Dr. Marshall built the house adjoining in 1786. About this time, through dissensions among his flock, the pastor and his faction withdrew. Five years later they erected a new church upon Walnut Street, west of Fourth Street. The congregation met here until 1854, then removing to the southwest corner of Broad and Lombard Streets. In 1914, the congregation dedicated a beautiful new church at Fifty-second Street and Chester Avenue. Dr. Marshall continued to reside at his Spruce Street house and died there in 1802. This house has been removed, and "Old Scots" was torn down in 1884. The residence was notable in our local annals because, about 1792, the Count de Noalles occupied rooms there. This nobleman had served the Revolutionary cause as an officer in the army of Rochambeau. In 1796, the fugitive Duke of Orleans, afterward Louis Philippe, King of France, boarded with the worthy divine, pending the arrival from France of his younger brothers. This drawing was made from a photograph by Gutekunst, taken in 1880., Taylor Catalog Number: 33
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: Swaim's Laboratory and Baths
Description: Shows commercial buildings on the corner of Seventh and Sansom Streets. Shops are on the first floor and pedestrians stand on the corner., The venerable buildings yet standing (in 1916) at the northeastern corner of Seventh and Sansom Streets, were erected nearly a century ago by William Swaim for the manufacture of his once famous "Panacea." In connection with them he established a bathing establishment, a long popular predecessor of the modern Turkish baths of the city. These structures are upon ground once part of the gardens in the rear of the Waln Mansion upon Chestnut street. At one time a tavern was located here. A variety of small industries, offices and stores give the old group an air of some remaining activity. When passing, please note the picturesque little fruit store at the corner., Taylor Catalog Number: 79
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1916
Location: Taylor - Case 7-15 [2717.F]

Title: Franklin's Home in London
Description: Depicts a three-story home on a rainy street in London with a balcony on the second floor., Benjamin Franklin resided in London between the years 1757 and 1762, as a representative of the interests of Pennsylvania and several other colonies. While there he lived in a plain but substantial house at No. 7 Craven street, Strand, W.C. This fact is set forth upon a bronze tablet which is still affixed to the residence, and which bears the following inscription: "Lived Here, Benjamin Franklin, Printer, Philosopher, and Statesman. Born 1706, Died 1790." The lady who occupied the house at the period of Franklin's sojurn was Mrs. Margaret Stevenson, a widow. Her grandson, Dr. T.T. Hewson, came to Philadelphia in 1796, and made this city his permanent home. He died in 1848. This drawing had been made from a photograph., Taylor Catalog Number: 93
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Taylor - Case 6-18 [2717.F]

Title: Old Wooden-Sides Gone at Last
Description: Shows a row of wooden residences on a cobblestone street slated for demolition., When, in 1796, the city fathers decreed that no more wooden houses should be erected in the built-up sections of the city, they began to multiply upon the commons. These weather-beaten survivors of the march of improvement, escaping conflagration, stood upon Cherry street, north side, west from Thirteenth street, until 1914, when they were removed together with the adjoining brick structures to clear space for a factory and store building., Taylor Catalog Number: 46
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1914
Location: Taylor - Case 7-16 [2717.F]

Title: The Wedge - Philadelphia's Smallest Apartment Building
Description: Depicts a row of buildings on a cobblestone street, focused on the one-story apartment building to the left., This odd bit of real estate exists upon Buttonwood Street between American and Second Streets. It stands upon an acute triangle, which includes the narrow three-floor building in the background. The property is a part of the estate of J.B. Arbuckle. The average depth of the three one-story "apartments" is about four and a half feet. The latest tenants of these little rooms were a shoe repairer and a plumber. The drawing was made from a photo taken in 1918 by Mr. Albert E. Sloan., Taylor Catalog Number: 143
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Taylor - Case 7-21 [2717.F]

Title: Where the Mercantile Library Now Stands
Description: Row of wooden commercial buildings with signs advertising the businesses., This group of wooden structures, survivals of the period when Tenth street was still a suburban road, were removed in 1859 to make room for the Franklin Market House, which, a few years later, was bought and occupied by the Mercantile Library Company., Taylor Catalog Number: 45
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Taylor - Case 7-1 [2717.F]

Title: Where Franklin Sleeps
Description: View of Benjamin Franklin's grave, looking from the graveyard to the row of buildings across the street., The graves of Benjamin and Deborah, his wife, are covered by a marble slab close to the railed opening in the wall of Christ Church Cemetery at Arch and Fifth streets. The larger building shown in the drawing, located on the north side of Arch street, at the present number 429, was erected by Benjamin Franklin upon ground bought by him in 1741, and which extended northward to Appletree alley. In Franklin's written instructions, preserved by the Philosophical Society, he states that he intended this building to serve as a model for a type of home suitable for families of moderate means. The fact that the plan included an office below the main floor suggests the possibility that the rear building may have been used as a printery, although no evidence of such use has been discovered by the writer., Taylor Catalog Number: 89
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Taylor - Case 6-16 [2717.F]

Title: An Early Burlington Printery
Description: View of a printery on a cobblestone street where a horse is tied outside., The seventeen-year boy, Benjamin Franklin, came to Burlington at the end of a fifty-mile tramp across the Jerseys and found there a kindly woman who fed him, and a boatman who gave him passage to Philadelphia. Four years later, in 1727, Franklin again came to Burlington with his first employer, a Jewish printer named Samuel Keimer, to print money for the province of New Jersey. To do this work Franklin built the first copper-plate press used in America, and also engraved the required designs. The printing, which occupied three months, was done in the small building shown in this drawing. Mr. Henry S. Haynes states that the structure antedates 1683, at which time it was occupied by Samuel Jennings, Governor of West Jersey. In this building Smith's History of New Jersey was printed in 1765 and, later, Isaac Collins printed here continental money for the Revolutionists. The State Gazette and New Jersey Gazette were born here. One of many publications produced in this little printery was an edition of the Bible. In modern times tailors, plumbers and other tradesmen occupied the place. It was torn down about 1897., Taylor Catalog Number: 96
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Taylor - Case 6-15 [2717.F]

Title: Franklin Court
Description: View of a narrow cobblestone street lined with crowded buildings. A horse-drawn carriage waits in the foreground., This narrow thoroughfare, now called South Orianna street, extending south from Market to Chestnut streets, east of Fourth Street, marks the side of the narrow lane leading back to the home of Benjamin Franklin in his later years, and in which he died in 1790. His "mansion house" was upon the west side about the center of the square. After his death the house was occupied by the Portuguese Minister. In 1801 it was offered by the advertisements as having "five chambers, two parlours, a large kitchen," etc. In that year it was occupied by the Philadelphia Academy. Subsequently it became John Cordner's Coffee House and Hotel. In the Athenian Hall, in this alley, a young Scot, James Gordon Bennett, essayed his first newspaper venture, the Daily Courier, which he afterward sold to Jasper Harding. Here also James Wilson, grandfather of President Wilson, published the Aurora. In Franklin Court one Baker maintained, in 1822, an agency for servants and advertised "Black boys and girls for sale." This was probably one of the latest instances of traffic in modified human slavery in the city., Taylor Catalog Number: 85
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1916
Location: Taylor - Case 6-17 [2717.F]

Title: Along Lower Chestnut Street - 1853
Description: Depicts a row of large commercial buildings. Pedestrians stand on the sidewalk and buy items from a stand., Taylor Catalog Number: 66
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1924
Location: Taylor - Case 7-19 [2717.F]

Title: Gloria Dei
Description: View of a church surrounded by a crowded graveyard., One of Philadelphia's most venerated treasures is the quaint little structures of "Old Swedes" Church. It stands, in the midst of its field of the graves of generation of its congregation, far down town. The building replaced in 1700, the original block house used alike for worship and defense. Services have been conducted, since 1818, in English. Old Swedes ante-dates Christ Church some forty-four years., Taylor Catalog Number: 290
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Taylor - Case 6-21 [2717.F]

Title: Northward from the Old Epiphany
Description: View of a graveyard with tombstones flat on the ground, surrounded by a low wall. The street beyond the wall is filled with people and vehicles.
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Taylor - Case 6-12 [2717.F]

Title: Franklin's First Home in Philadelphia
Description: Depicts two attached brick homes and surrounding alleyways with hanging laundry., Taylor Catalog Number: 22
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1914
Location: Taylor - Case 6-14 [2717.F]

Title: A Survival of the Stone Age
Description: View of a stone residence with columns across the front porch. A man and dog stand in the foreground of the image., In the course of one of its migrations the City History Society came upon this venerable habitation, yet occupied, when sketched, in 1923, as a dwelling. It is located near Twenty-fourth Street and north from Hunting Park Avenue. Its walls are built of rough field-stone, now adorned with a sturdy growth of ivy. It stands upon the margin of dwelling and factory extension. Research and inquiry upon the part of the artist, have failed to discover the story of its erection or of those by whom it was built., Taylor Catalog Number: 339
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Taylor - Case 7-17 [2717.F]

Title: Some Franklin Relics
Description: Sketches of objects owned by Benjamin Franklin., A number of visible evidence of Benjamin Franklin's ingenuity are preserved in local libraries and museums. Some of the more important of these are here grouped. Nos. 1 and 4, electrical generators, are owned by the Franklin Institute. No. 3, a combination chair and step-ladder, and 5, the model of a stove, are treasured at the rooms of the Philosophical Society, of which Franklin was a founder. No. 2, an insulated stool, and 6, a beautifully made air-pump, may be seen in the museum of Independence Hall. Nos. 7 and 8, a china punch keg and wine glass are exhibited in the collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. These were presented to Franklin in Paris by the Count d'Artois. Nos. 9, a wooden flat-iron holder, and 10, a burning glass, are also at the last-named institution. The Library Company of Philadelphia has a duplicate of No. 1. A priceless collection of Franklin papers possessed by the Philosophical Society have been cataloged in a series of painstaking volumes, by Dr. I. Minis Hays, the Librarian., Taylor Catalog Number: 86
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1917
Location: Taylor - Case 6-19 [2717.F]

Title: Small Houses of Library Company on Juniper Street Between Locust & Walnut Streets
Description: Pen and ink drawing; 15 x 11.5 in (38 x 29.5 cm), Depicts a building with two doors and multiple signs next to a walled garden. Two figures stand in front of one of the doors, and an automobile is parked across the street from the entrance. Building is possibly the Centaur Bookshop owned by Harold T. Mason during the 1920s and early 1930s., See photograph showing Centaur Bookshop in the LCP Photo Archives, Print Department, Folder Philadelphia. Library Company. Centaur Books and Records, South Juniper St.
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: 1921

Title: Where the Civil War was Financed
Description: View of a five-story office building and an adjacent classical-style building on a busy street., Jay Cooke was a young banker from Ohio connected, in 1861, with a prominent banking house in Philadelphia. When the national government required vast sums to put and keep the Union forces in the field, he was among the first to respond. He located in the building upon Third Street, adjoining the Girard Bank, and organized the greatest advertising campaign ever known. Throughout the war his agents scoured the entire north. He was able to supply the Federal cause, through those historic years, with money to the total of $1,500,000,000, at the rate of four and one-half per cent. interest. For this service his firm was paid about one-sixteenth of one per cent., Taylor Catalog Number: 348
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Taylor - Case 7-20 [2717.F]

Title: All Aboard for Pittsburgh! 1840
Description: Reproduction of a drawing of a mid 19th-century scene showing mules pulling a flatbed containing a sectional packet boat bound for Pittsburgh via railroad, canal, and river. Depicts the ferry "Sarah Jane," teeming with passengers, awaiting departure from in front of the Merchants' Exchange. Surrounding the boat section are a crowd of well-wishers and passer-bys, including an African American man carrying a trunk., The efforts of Pennsylvania to develop traffic and travel between the seaboard and the interior of the country resulted in the last century in a vast expenditure of public and corporate money upon canals and rail lines which have long since ceased their functions. A picturesque feature of travel to the West, in the early forties, is shown in this drawing, which is based upon the recollections of old citizens. While the point of departure for the sectional packets was, generally, from Broad and Vine streets, it is stated that both freight and passenger boats were hauled by mules from Dock street, being upon eight-wheeled rail-cars, and taken to the foot of Belmont incline, via High, Broad and Willow streets to Fairmount and Columbia Bridge. Raised upon inclined plane by stream, they were placed, near Belmont, upon the State Railroad and pilled by horse-power to Columbia. Here the sections of the boats were united and proceeded via the Susquehanna and Juniata canals to Hollidaysburg. Thence the sections were transported over the mountains by the once famous Portage inclines. From Johnstown the journey to Pittsburgh was via the Conemaugh and Alleghany rivers. The through trip occupied four and a half days., Taylor Catalog Number: 132
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: Clinton Street
Description: View of a tree-lined residential street. Two people converse on the sidewalk while a horse and carriage waits nearby. Part of Pennsylvania Hospital can be seen at the end of the street., Taylor Catalog Number: 12
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: In Nectarine Street
Description: View of row houses on a cobblestone street. Three people converse on a stoop while a cart rests in the road., This historic lane, just south from Green and west from Front Streets, was opened, in Colonial days, as a part of the British military reservation and barrack ground. It was then called Artillery Lane. In later days it was shown upon local maps as Dana Street. As Nectarine Street it has come within the line of the eastward extension of Spring Garden Street and its substantial old-style houses have been (in 1923) left to the wreckers.
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1923

Title: In Florist Street
Description: A row of homes and possibly shops reside on a cobblestone street. Pedestrians are present on the narrow road, which include women, children, peddlers, and a mailman., The occupants of a number of neatly-kept homes in this narrow by-way, west from Front Street, were waiting, at the time this sketch was made, in 1923, early eviction to make clearance for the western approach to the great Delaware River bridge. These typical dwellings of the all but forgotten past are good examples of the architecture borrowed from London in the days of Penn and built, probably, when this was a desirable residential neighborhood with merchants and mariners., Taylor Catalog Number: 308
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1923

Title: In Florist Street
Description: A view containing three stately townhomes. The residence on the left features a pass-through for carriages, while a horse and carriage wait in front of the residence on the right. Two men converse in the foreground., A trio of dignified old-time dwellings, upon the north side of Branch street, now called Florist Street, which are marked for destruction by the bridge builders, bear evidence, in their frontages of alternate red and black bricks, of long existence. Although but a single square in length this wide thoroughfare still carries something of quiet exclusion from a time when it was entirely residential in character and when, very likely, the ancestors of some of the present owners (in 1922) such, for instance, as the Logans, Shippens, Fishers and Cadwaladers, may have dwelt within the block., Taylor Catalog Number: 259
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: Randolph Street
Description: Depicts a long strip of row houses on a narrow cobblestone street. A man in the foreground carries a basket of produce while two women push a baby carriage., This brief by-way, extending a half square south from Vine Street, in the square east from Sixth Street, will be removed, in common with all structures within that square, to make room for the terminal approach to the Delaware River Bridge. It is typical, in its general appearance, of a decadent section which, long ago, was considered a desirable residential district. It remains, in 1923, at least, a picturesque survival of Old Philadelphia's architecture. It has been called "the street of fourteen chimneys.", Taylor Catalog Number: 266
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: Girard Row
Description: Depicts the busy intersection near 11th and Chestnut surrounded by residences and tall commercial buildings. The street is filled with pedestrians, as well as an early automobile and a horse-drawn carriage., The block of ground between Market and Chestnut streets and west from Eleventh street, was bought by Stephen Girard as a site for his projected college. Having later decided to build it elsewhere, he erected residences along Chestnut street and, in 1837, upon both sides of the intermediate street which bore his name. These spacious houses, of the typical Philadelphia design, became the homes of many prominent persons. The Peale, Peters, Ingraham, Cottman, Cresson, Chambers, and McConnell families were among the residents. Two mayors of the city, Benjamin F. Richards and Robert Conrad, also resided in the street. The last of the old-time occupants to remain was Miss Anna Tilghmann, who dies here in 1910. During and after the Civil War the Military Headquarters and bureaus of the Department of the Susquehanna, U.S. Army, were located in some of the houses. Later tennants included the Engineers' Club and Philadelphia Real Estate Board. The houses on the northern side were displaced long ago by N. Snellenburg & Company, who have in 1917 built a warehouse upon the southside also., Taylor Catalog Number: 117
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: Markoe House, Chestnut Street
Description: Image of Chestnut Street lined with residences and businesses, including a druge store to the right. One building has a sign over the door reading, "Markoe House.", Taylor Catalog Number: 180
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: An Existing "Bonaparte" House
Description: Depicts a large, three-story house shaded by trees. A horse-drawn carriage and two people are in front of the building., The substantial, numbered 260 on South Ninth Street, is one of several in Philadelphia identified with the sojurn here of Joseph Bonaparte, following the downfall of the Emperor, under the title of Count Survilliers, ex-king of Spain. The exact period and duration of the royal sojourn at the house here depicted is not known., Taylor Catalog Number: 100
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: The Griffith Jones House
Description: Shows a stone farm house with outbuildings and two cows in front., This substantial relic was existent until the year 1917. It stood near the intersection of Wyoming avenue and Rising Sun lane, just south of the Torresdale Boulevard. Griffith Jones was one of the twelve resident members of the Society of Free Traders who purchased largely from William Penn. Jones alley, now Church street, east of Second street, derived from him its name. His tract in Bristol township was originally of 500 acres, extending along abrank of Frankford creek. The house was built about 1687. Griffith Jones became a mayor of the city in 1704. The land of Joseph Willcox adjoined the Jones tract. The latter, also an early mayor, married Ann Powell, stepdaughter of Mr. Jones. This couple acquired the Jones property whoich they called Annsberry Farms. In 1755 the place was sold to Thomas Roberts in whose family it remained more than a century. But 13 acres were left of the ground when it was finally taken for building operations., Taylor Catalog Number: 94
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1916

Title: The Cannon Ball House
Description: Shows a farmhouse and a series of low, one-story buidings next to it reflected in the nearby creek. Cows and a horse-drawn wagon are in front., This sturdy farm house, upon Carpenter's Island, where Eagle Creek winds through the lowland to the Delaware River, is seen just south of the Penrose ferry road. The stray shot which gave it fame was fired from Fort Mifflin by the heroic garrison during the blockade of the river by the British fleet in October, 1777. The building was the home of the Bleakly family. Near the house, upon a knoll now marked by a little family burial ground, a party of grenadiers, under Captain Montressor, had established, over night, a battery intended to enfilade Fort Mifflin in the rear. The shot sent by American gunners was a notice to the enemy to vacate the house, which they proceeded to do. Considerable fighting occured here and at another redoubt placed by the enemy at the Ferry Tavern near by., Taylor Catalog Number: 140
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: Delaware's Oldest Homestead and Block House
Description: Two-part composition of the oldest buildings in Delaware, just over the state line. The top part of the image shows the homestead of Col. Thomas Robinson, while the lower part shows a Swedish block-house built in 1654., About one mile to the southward of Marcus Hook and just beyond the Delaware State line, where Naaman's Creek is bridged, stands the homestead of Col. Thomas Robinson, an officer of the Revolution, who was born here. Still older, and upon the same property, is a Swedish block-house, a defensive refuge built in 1654 by John Ridsing, Lieutenant Governor under Printz. The soldiers of four successive nations have swarmed around this little structure and at least once it was captured by Indian assailants. Colonel Robinson worked a grist mill upon the creek and there is preserved one of the old mill stones, which was buried at the instance of Washington by General Harry Lee during the Revolution to prevent its use by the British. There is a suggestion of Mount Vernon in the design of the mansion, which is kept in excellent repair and contains much of the original furniture. It is conducted as a tea house by Mrs. Edna A. Robinson. Lately (in 1917) the property has been purchased by the Worth Steel Company. It is hoped that the old structures, soon to be environed by great industries, will be saved from destruction., Taylor Catalog Number: 133
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: The Whitall House, Red Bank, N.J.
Description: Side view of a stone farm house near the Delaware River. People stand on the front porch while a man stand with a cart in the foreground of the image., This picturesque Colonial house stands close to the shore of the Delaware River, just below the historic earthwork known as Fort Mercer, the scene of the Revolutionalry battle of Red Bank, N.J. It was the farm house of James and Ann Whitall. Although alone in the house upon the day of the attack upon the American force by the Hessian troops, the courageous Quaker matron remained in her home placidly engaged in domestic duties, despite the fierce conflict close by. After the defeat of the Hessians their commander, Count Donop, was among the wounded to whom she ministered. This young officer was afterward removed to another house and died at the end of a week. The total loss of the invaders was about 600, including many officers. The fort was defended by Col. Christoper Greene, of Rhode Island. The battle was fought upon October 22nd, 1777. The Whitall property is now a part of the Red Bank National Park and is maintained as a museum under the charge of the Board of Freeholders of Gloucester County. Near the house is a stately monument erected by the Commonwealth to mark the site of the old fort, in 1906. A small monument erected in 1829 is still preserved., Taylor Catalog Number: 137
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: The Big Red House
Description: View of a large four-story home with a walled-in garden on a busy street. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk, and early automobiles and a horse-drawn carriage are present in the street. The silhouette of City Hall can be seen on the far right of the image., Taylor Catalog Number:
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1914

Title: The George Mifflin Houses and Workman's Court
Description: View of three residences around a grassy area. People sit on benches and converse in the space, while a boy and old man stand in the foreground near a brick path., Taylor Catalog Number: 20
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1914

Title: Kingessing Farm Houses Now Gone
Description: View of a long, wooden farmhouse and outbuilding. "East side of Kingessing Ave. above Fifty First St.," is written in the bottom left corner of the image., This and other old farm houses and tenements were still existent in the Fortieth Ward in 1896, when they were sketched by Mr. Taylor. They were located in the immediate vicinity of the Belmont Cricket Club grounds, now the Kingessing Recreation Centre. Some of them, being partially of log construction, antedated the Revolutionary period. The section upon which they were scattered is now almost entirely covered with modern homes, churches and public schools., Taylor Catalog Number: 169
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1895

Title: Kingessing Farm Houses Now Gone
Description: Two horizontal panels of farmhouses in Kingessing in the 1890s. The upper image is labeled, "Old Spring house, East side of Chester Ave. below Fifty Second St.," and the lower image is labeled "West side of Chester Ave. below Fifty Second St.", This and other old farm houses and tenements were still existent in the Fortieth Ward in 1896, when they were sketched by Mr. Taylor. They were located in the immediate vicinity of the Belmont Cricket Club grounds, now the Kingessing Recreation Centre. Some of them, being partially of log construction, antedated the Revolutionary period. The section upon which they were scattered is now almost entirely covered with modern homes, churches and public schools., Taylor Catalog Number: 167
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1896

Title: Kingessing Farm Houses Now Gone
Description: View of an old farm house shaded by trees. The image is labled "Greenway Ave. and Fifty First St.," in the lower left corner., This and other old farm houses and tenements were still existent in the Fortieth Ward in 1896, when they were sketched by Mr. Taylor. They were located in the immediate vicinity of the Belmont Cricket Club grounds, now the Kingessing Recreation Centre. Some of them, being partially of log construction, antedated the Revolutionary period. The section upon which they were scattered is now almost entirely covered with modern homes, churches and public schools., Taylor Catalog Number: 168
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1896

Title: The Matsinger Dwelling
Description: Depicts a wood and stone farm house. Pedestrians in the foreground read a sign posted in front of the building., Yet remaining, in 1923, but only waiting for the wrechers, is this old farm house, at Woodland Avenue and Forty-third street, upon the site of which will be erected, ere long, the extensive new home of the College of Pharmacy., Taylor Catalog Number: 284
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: Filbert Street Homes
Description: View of a busty intersection filled with people, early automobiles, horse-drawn carriages, and a trolley. The streets are lined with residences and businesses displaying a variety of advertisements., Taylor Catalog Number:
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1911

Title: The Logan House on Second Street
Description: View of a long brick building on a cobblestone street. There is an inset in the bottom right corner showing a woman standing in the doorway of a decorative front entrance., Having undergone many changes from its orignial state, this building is still existent (in 1918) at the northwest corner of Second and Sansom streets, a narrow thoroughfare originally Lodge street and later Gothic street. Here was the home of William Logan, son of James Logan, of Stenton. It was built by this son about 1750, and in course of time was inherited by Charles Logan. Prior to the Revolution it was owned by David Franks, a Jewish merchant who had foresworn that faith. Having purveyed to the Jewish merchant who had foresworn that faith. Having purveyed to the British troops while they held the city, he was eventually expelled from the State. One of his two beautiful daughters, Rebecca, took part in the famous Meschianza. She married a British Colonel who became a Lieut.-General and a baronet. Dr. James Rush was born in this house in 1786. In 1805 Joshua Fisher sold the house to Lehman & Smith, who altered the lower floor into a store. It is probable that the ornate pent roof which shaded the doorway and is shown in old prints was removed at this time. In the course of more than a century of commercial use the old building has housed many tenants., Taylor Catalog Number: 152
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: A Challenge to Old Mansions!
Description: Shows a row of large residences across the street from a tree-filled park. The wide street is occupied by a trolley, early automobile, and a horseback rider., Taylor Catalog Number:
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1914

Title: The Walnut Street Theatre
Description: View of the Walnut Street Theatre at about 1830., The Walnut, America's oldest existing theatre, was built for circus purposes, in 1808, but soon afterward was adapted to the presentation of plays. The original walls are still in place, but many changes of both interior and exterior have been made. First called "The New Circus," it became the "Olympic," but gained its present name in the days of Forrest and Kean. It was briefly called, in 1834, "The American." It was bought in 1865 by John S. Clarke and Edwin Booth. Ten years later it was taken over by George K. Goodwin and has since had many lessees and owners. It is said to hold the record of never missing a season in its long history as a popular place of entertainment. At one time or another nearly every noted actor and actress of the American Stage has appeared upon its stage. The illustration depicts its appearance about the period of 1830., Taylor Catalog Number: 208
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1920

Title: Chestnut Street Theatre
Description: View of the Chestnut Street Theatre at about 1875., The second Chestnut Street Theatre was built upon the north side of Chestnut street, west of Twelfth street, in 1863, and was opened by William Wheatly on January 26th. The leading star of the occasion was Edwin Forrest. Extensive improvements were made in 1875. The structure had a frontage of 66 feet and extended back to Clover street. In the course of its existence as a popular play-house nearly all of the notables of the American stage, in their time, appeared here. The building, which has been unoccupied for some years, was sold, in 1917, by the Cochrane Estate to Abner H. Mershon. The drawing indicates its appearance in the period of the Centennial., Taylor Catalog Number: 101
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: The Second Chestnut Street Theatre, 1822-1855
Description: View of the Old Chestnut Street Theatre., The original theatre of the name was built just went of Sixth Street upon the north side of Chestnut Street, in 1794, by Wegnell and Reinagle. At a later time it was conducted by Warren and Wood. It was destroyed by fire in 1820 and a larger theatre which is shown in this drawing, was built by the stockholders and opened on Decenber 2d, 1822. Under various managements it was in business to 1855, being then replaced by other structures. It should be noted that the two carved lunettes upon its front were saved from the orginal theatre. They were cut of stone by an Italian sculptor for use upon the Morris "folly." These artistic works are now interior decorations of aaresidence in Delancey Street., Taylor Catalog Number: 269
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: The Bijou, Pioneer "Movie" Theatre
Description: View of the Bijou Theatre. The building has an ornate facade and a sign saying, "B.F. Keith's Bijou Theatre.", This handsome vaudeville house of the Keith circuit, located upon Eighth street north of Race, is notable in the fact that it was the first play-house in this city, and the second in the United States, to exhibit "motion pictures." This novelty was introduced by the Keiths about 1892. From this experimental effort, which attracted at the time but scant public notice, has developed the immense and profitable business of the modern "movie.", Taylor Catalog Number: 81
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: The Prune Street Theatre
Description: Shows a three-story brick building on a cobblestone street identified as the Prune Street Theatre., In a lower section of Locust street, a step eastward from Washington Square, this aged building, now of the past, was notable. Orignially a warehouse, it was converted into a playhouse in 1820, as the Winter Tivoli Theatre. Edwin Forrest was, for a time, its manager. Three years later it was reopened as the City Theatre. Incident to the production at this time of John Howard Payne's melodrama, "Clare, the Maid of Milan," on October 29th, 1823, Mrs. H.A. Williams, wife of the manager, sang, "Home, Sweet Home," this being the first time it was hear in America. The song, which has touched the hearts of millions of wanderers, was written by Payne, an American, then residing in Egypt. The music was composed by Sir Henry Bishop. In 1825 the Jefferson Medical College occupied the building, removing therefrom in 1829. Through the greater part of a century the old structure was utilized for manufacturing purposes., Taylor Catalog Number: 115
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: Where Our Father and Mothers Laughed Their Troubles Away
Description: View of a theatre at night where people gather in front of the building. Signs on the building read, "Dumont's Minstrels.", This long-noted temple of laughter, located on the east side of Eleventh Street just south of the Bingham House, was built upon the site of an old church. It was opened on December 4th, 1854, by H.S. Cartee as a "Lyceum." In the following year it was leased by Cotton & Dixie, under the title of "Eleventh Street Opera House." Very soon afterward it became the "New American Opera House," under management of Samuel S. Sanford. Then it was taken over by Carncross and Dixie, who made fun, fame and fortune here for more than a generation. The last combination to occupy the old home of minstrelsy before the foot-lights were forever extinguished was the Dumont troupe. The building was removed in 1912 to made room for a "Horn & Hardart" restaurant., Taylor Catalog Number: 36
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: Bohl Bohlen, Merchant - His Store and Descendants
Description: Shows a row of townhomes on a cobblestone street. People converse in front of the building and a horse-drawn carriage waits in the street., Bohl Bohlen came to America from Germany in 1790 and advertisted a little later as an importer located at 7 North Water Street, and afterward was located in the large residence upon South Fourth Street, which was removed in 1871 to make room for the building of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. A son was Gen. W. Henry C. Bohlen, who became colonel of the 75th Regiment P.V., composed of German citizens, in 1861. Genreal Bohlen was killed at Freeman's Ford, in the Shendoah Valley, August 22, 1862. His wife was a Miss Borie. One of two daughters, Sophie, married Baron Brantien of Holland, and, later, wed Gustav Halbach. A son of this couple, Dr. Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach, married Antoinette Bertha Krupp in 1906 and thereby became the head of the great Krupp establishment at Essen, Germany., Taylor Catalog Number: 158
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: The Old Bank Edifice at the Southwest Corner of Fourth and Chestnut Streets
Description: Depicts the building at the corner of Fourth and Chestnut Streets. A sign labels a business in the building as "Wells, Fargo, & Co. Mail & Express.", From long before the Revolution a tavern, the "Death of the Fox," was located at the southwest corner of Fourth and Chestnut Streets. It was owned, in 1740, by Thomas Sober, whose patrons were doubtless often otherwise. Under a succession of names a proprietors it continued to dispense liquid cheer to 1708. It projected beyond the building line some feet, necessitating a detour upon the part of pedestrians, which speaks well for the political pull of the saloon of those festive days. The site was bought in the year mentioned by Philadelphia Bank Corporation, which erected a gothic structure upon Fourth Street, below the corner. In 1836 the Philadelphia and the Western banks joined in the purchase of a house formerly occupied by Joseph Hopkinson (who here wrote the patriotic song, "Hail Columbia"), adjoining the tavern site on the west, and on the acquired sites erected the building shown in this drawing. The Philadelphia Bank occupied the second floor at the corner. In later years this building was a hive of varied agencies and small industries. Among the tenants at one time were the Commonwealth Bank and the Girard Life Insurance and Trust Company., Taylor Catalog Number: 151
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: Mr. Girard's Bank
Description: Depicts a busy street scene in front of a row of buildings, including a large classical-style bank owned by Stephen Girard, and an office for the Saturday Evening Post., The First Bank of the United States occupied this historic building upon July 24th, 1797, removing here form Carpenters' Hall. The bank discontinued business on March 3, 1812, having failed to secure a renewal of its charter from the Government. The building was then purchased by Stephen Girard for banking purposes. In this enterprise he succeeded, as in his other activities. It is the oldest banking structure in America. It was designed by Samuel Blodget, a Philadelphia merchant, and was the first of the local buildings constructed along classical lines. The edifice is still an item in the properties of the Girard estate. The present occupant, the Girard National Bank, was organized in 1864. This corporation is now one of the strongest financial institutions of the city. In 1901, extensive improvements were effected in the interior arrangements, but the exterior remains unchanged from its original dignified and pleasing simplicity of design and proportion., Taylor Catalog Number: 49
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: Old Office Structures to be Replaced
Description: View of Walnut Street office buildings to be demolished and replaced by another building., The two buildings, including numbers 404 to 414 Walnut Street, are to be replaced in course of the present year, 1923, by a modern ten floor structure for the General Accident, Fire and Life Insurance Corporation., Taylor Catalog Number: 302
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: The Corn Exchange National Bank
Description: Depicts the Corn Exchange National Bank building on the corner of Second and Chestnut Streets., This prominent financial institution was organized in August, 1858, as the Corn Exchange Bank. Its first location was upon Second Street near Walnut Street. The orginal capital was $130,000. It became a national bank in 1864, at which time it occupied the building at the northeast corner of Second and Chestnut Streets, later replaced by the present attractive structure, which yet remains the home of the bank, with central city branch at 1510-12 Chestnut Street., Taylor Catalog Number: 357
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

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