Berks Builders and Supply Co., Wyomissing, Pa. Manufacturers of all kinds of planning mill work.
Title
Berks Builders and Supply Co., Wyomissing, Pa. Manufacturers of all kinds of planning mill work Estimates cheerfully given. Quality and service. If it is in wood, we make it. No job too big. No job too small
Description
Trade card containing a view of a stone tower with the additions of upper and lower wood verandas. Visitors stand on the verandas and a rail car passes in the foreground., List of "Reading Fire Alarm Boxes" printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.6]
Betsy Ross House postcards.
Title
Betsy Ross House postcards
Description
Exterior views of the Betsy Ross House built ca. 1740., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white., Also known as the American Flag House., Accession numbers: P.8712.51, P.9048.241, P.9048.261, P.9049.56 - 59, P.9076.2, P.9105.11 and P.9441.18., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1905-1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Historic buildings and sites - [various]
Biddle Hardware Co., Philadelphia.
Title
Biddle Hardware Co., Philadelphia
Description
Pictorial envelope containing a vignette depicting an anvil marked with the name of the hardware firm., Title from printed return address., Date inferred from ink-stamp postmark: Philadelphia Apr 21, [18]88, 6 30 PM., Contains cancelled oval two-cent stamp printed in green and containing a profile portrait of George Washington., Printed upper left corner: Please return if not delivered within 10 days., Addressed in manuscript to: Cleveland Stone Co., Cleveland, Ohio., Contains on verso: ink-stamp postmark: Cleveland, O., Apr 23, 1888, 4 AM., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler., Cleveland Stone Company was founded by George H. Worthington in 1886.
Date
[ca. 1888]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.72]
[Billheads from Omaha, Nebraska businesses issued to Dr. Charles L. Heizmann]
Title
[Billheads from Omaha, Nebraska businesses issued to Dr. Charles L. Heizmann]
Description
Includes billhead dated October 18, 1873 from Aschmann, piano maker and organ builder for tuning, repairing and moving a piano, and billhead dated January 28, 1874 from C.H. Frederick, fashionable hatter for a $16.50 hat. Frederick billhead includes vignette depicting the head of a tiger., Title supplied by cataloger., One of prints [P.2011.10.122] annotated: & Schaller [crossed out]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler., Charles L. Heizmann was a U.S. Army surgeon who participated in the 1873 U.S. expedition for military defenses in northwestern Wyoming.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.121 & 122]
Blanks', dining room, 1024-26 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Title
Blanks', dining room, 1024-26 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description
Depicts the dining room of Lewis Blank & Son., Former site of M. Shoemaker & Co. Children's Clothing Emporium (ca. 1880) and Bain's Cafeteria., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Business - [P.9512.13]
[Block party benefit of Kensington Dispensary for the treatment of tuberculosis]
Title
[Block party benefit of Kensington Dispensary for the treatment of tuberculosis]
Description
Depicts people gathered on an unidentified street for a block party to raise money for the treatment of tuberculosis at Kensington Dispensary. A banner containing the title spans the narrow street., Title supplied by cataloger., Divided back. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1907]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Events - [P.9933.8]
Blue Anchor Inn.
Title
Blue Anchor Inn
Description
Souvenir postcard of Founder's Week celebrating the 225th anniversary of the founding of Philadelphia. Depicts an exterior view of the Blue Anchor Inn as it looked circa 1683, along with other buildings in the vicinity of Front and Dock Streets. Known as the landing place of William Penn and a common landing place for the city of Philadelphia., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
c1908
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9049.7]
Bot of Mord. & Sam. N. Lewis, no. 135 South Front Street near the drawbridge, agents of the Philadelphia Lead Works.
Title
Bot of Mord. & Sam. N. Lewis, no. 135 South Front Street near the drawbridge, agents of the Philadelphia Lead Works Orders from any part of the United states promptly attended to
Description
Billhead containing a vignette captioned "Manufactured by Mord. Lewis & Co. and showing barrels of lead labeled "White Lead"; "Red Lead"; and "Mord. Lewis & Co., Philada." Mordecai and Samuel N. Lewis began operation of a white leads manufactory in 1819., Date inferred from establishment date of firm., Billed to Mr. C. Schrack on May 13, 1835 for "1 bbl Dry Lead" [mg?] 890-30/860 lbs @ 10, $86.00; porterage $.25: $86.25; [2/?] off for Cash, $1.72: $84.53., Inscribed below image: Mr. Lewis & Co. White Lead Philada., Contains hole punch upper center., Manuscript note on verso: M. & S.N. Lewis., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler., C. Schrack & Co. were Philadelphia varnish and color manufacturers and importers and dealers in printers’ materials.
Date
[ca. 1819]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.139]
Bo't of the Alford & Berkele Co. Manufacturers' agents & exporters guns, pistols, cutlery, plated ware, specialties in hardware, etc., etc. P.O. Box 2002. 77 Chambers Street.
Title
Bo't of the Alford & Berkele Co. Manufacturers' agents & exporters guns, pistols, cutlery, plated ware, specialties in hardware, etc., etc. P.O. Box 2002. 77 Chambers Street
Description
Billhead containing a collage of hardware store merchandise, including a "Beaver Falls" pocket knife, silverware, and handgun. Alford & Berkele, originally a tool and cuttlery manufactory operated under Alonzo Alford, was incorporated in 1883. The firm dissolved circa 1901., List of twenty-five "(Specialties.) Goods of the following Manufactures:" printed to left of image. Includes A.M. Booth, pocket knives; Tinker & Hall, Little Giant rat traps; and Edgecomb Novelty Co., Printed above and below image: No allowance for damage or deficiency unless claim to be established within 5 days after receipt of goods. Terms: [Net Cash] With Exchange on N.Y., subject to Sight Draft at Maturity., Completed in manuscript to Mr. Lewis J. Macy, Pulaski, N.Y. on July 16, 1889 for 1 set ideal reloading tools 38 W.C.F. #4, 2.50. 25 @ 10%: 1.70., Inscribed in pencil on recto: Express. Paid by P.O. note., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler., Small section of bottom edge torn off.
Date
[ca. 1883]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.117]
Bought of Artman, Dillinger & Co. Wholesale dealers in cotton yarns, carpet chain, carpets, ratting, wadding, tie, and wick yarns, oil cloths, window sh[ades], door mats, grain bags, cordage brushes, looking glasses, wood[en] [a]nd willow ware, &c. 104 No
Title
Bought of Artman, Dillinger & Co. Wholesale dealers in cotton yarns, carpet chain, carpets, ratting, wadding, tie, and wick yarns, oil cloths, window sh[ades], door mats, grain bags, cordage brushes, looking glasses, wood[en] [a]nd willow ware, &c. 104 North Third St., two doors above Arch E. R. Artman, C. H. Dillinger, M. A. Mory
Description
Billhead containing a vignette exterior view of the four-story storefront of Artman, Dillinger & Co. at 104 North Third Street. Signage adorns the facade of the building in which patrons enter and exit. Crates line the sidewalk and a horse-drawn wagon travels in the street., Completed in manuscript to Miss [?] [Parden?] 1426 South St. on December 10, 1870 for 1/2 [nursery?] chains 16.50: 8. 25., Inscribed in ink on recto: Recd payment Artman, Dillinger & Co., Printed to right of image: No Deduction Allowed, Unless Claimed Within Five Days from Receipt of Goods., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.119]
Bought of Breinig, Fronefield & Co. Druggists & chemists, no. 187 North 3rd Street. Wholesale dealers and importers of drugs, medicines, paints, dye stuffs, glass, perfumery &c.&c.
Title
Bought of Breinig, Fronefield & Co. Druggists & chemists, no. 187 North 3rd Street. Wholesale dealers and importers of drugs, medicines, paints, dye stuffs, glass, perfumery &c.&c
Description
Billhead for the drug firm established in 1848 by Dr. Charles Fronefield and Dr. Breinig. Contains vignette showing druggists' apparatus and supplies, including beakers, flasks, a scale, distiller, mortar and pestle, barrels, casks, and crates of oil of vitriol and glass., Completed in manuscript to Mr. J. S. Stetter on December 31, 1852 for "Roll Sulph" for $21.93., Manuscript note on recto: Dear Sir: There is a small bill standing against you since Nov./51. It was sent twice but the first time it got lost, which no one could justly say was our fault, but as it is somewhat hard for one to bear thy whole loss we are willing to lose 1/4; if it is satisfactory. When we send things to taverns as directed they pass out of our care entirely, we are only responsible for getting them there safely., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.124]
Bought of C. Cumming & Co. Manufacturers & dealers in twine, glues, curled hair, hide whips, sand paper, lace leather, horns, bones, neats' foot oil, plastering hair & c. Factory -St. John STreet, above Beaver, Philad'a. Stores---nos. 3, 5 & 7 South Third
Title
Bought of C. Cumming & Co. Manufacturers & dealers in twine, glues, curled hair, hide whips, sand paper, lace leather, horns, bones, neats' foot oil, plastering hair & c. Factory -St. John STreet, above Beaver, Philad'a. Stores---nos. 3, 5 & 7 South Third St., Phila Superior hair mattresses made to order at short notice. Highest cash price paid for glue pieces, cattle tails, damaged hides and caroons. Printers' glue. A superior Article for Rollers
Description
Billhead containing an exterior view of the L-shaped glue factory, and courtyard. Smoke billows from the stacks on the roof and a weather vane adorns a tower at the cross-section of the building. One section includes vented windows and a chute into the yard, which contains crates and a lamp post. In the street, a horse-drawn cart travels toward one stopped near a gentleman. Charles Cumming operated a factory as a sole proprietor until circa 1855 when his firm C. Cumming & Co. was established., Name of proprietors (Charles Cumming and James R. White) and "Terms" printed below image. Terms detail "Current Accounts, Cash Jan'y 1st and July 1st. For Bills of $100 and over, 4 months negotiable notes. Bills less than $100 positively Cash less five per cent. Ground Bones, Neats' Foot Oil and Springs, Nett., Completed in manuscript to G.W. [Rernadon]? & Bros. on August 3, 1860 for" 2 boxes 'Coul whips" - 10 % of each. 20 gross at $600: $120., Inscribed in greasy pencil and in ink on recto: Ella Reed., Inscribed on recto: R H & Co. within a drawing of a diamond., Manuscript note on verso: C. Cumming. [Riera?] Herman & Co. $120. Augt 3 1860. Paid Sept 21., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Creator
Lowe, Samuel W., engraver
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.127]
Bought of Charles Clarke, coal dealer, N.E. cor. Master & North Penna. R.R.
Title
Bought of Charles Clarke, coal dealer, N.E. cor. Master & North Penna. R.R
Description
Receipt containing a vignette showing a horse-drawn coal cart loaded with coal., Completed in manuscript to Mr. George W. Thorn on March 19, 1862 for "1 (2240 lbs) ton Lehigh Store @ $4.50. Signed: Received Payment, Chas. Clarke., Promotion printed below image: Has constantly on hand and daily receiving: Lehigh Coal, Prepared with care for Family and Factory use. Kept Under Cover. Terms Cash., Contains punched whole in center., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.129]
Bought of Edwin Hall, no. 28 South Second St., silks, shawls, dress goods, cloths, mourning goods, furnishing goods, gloves, hosiery, embroideries, laces, white goods &c.
Title
Bought of Edwin Hall, no. 28 South Second St., silks, shawls, dress goods, cloths, mourning goods, furnishing goods, gloves, hosiery, embroideries, laces, white goods &c
Description
Bilhead containing a vignette showing the exterior of the four-story dry goods store. Patrons enter the building past large display windows at which passers-by review the merchandise. In the foreground, a horse-drawn omnibus travels and a man on horseback greets a gentleman on the sidewalk., Completed in manuscript to Mr. C .J. Collings on May 1, 1871 for several items, including flannel, muslin, pink chintz, edging, lace, and ribbon, purchased between February 27 and March 3. Prices range from $.08 for lace to $2.75 for cuffs. Bill totals $21.34., Manuscript note on recto: 7/30 Recd Payt Edwin Hall., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.134]
Bought of F. Millett & Co. Wholesale dealers in foreign and domestic fruits, spices, olive oils, canned goods, &c. No. 5 Arch Street.
Title
Bought of F. Millett & Co. Wholesale dealers in foreign and domestic fruits, spices, olive oils, canned goods, &c. No. 5 Arch Street
Description
Bilhead containing a vignette showing a steam boat. Image framed in an ornate border composed of filigree., Completed in manuscript to Mr. Sherman on October 27, 1870 for "1 Bbl apples" $2.75; "1 Bbl potatoes" $2.25: $5.00., Manuscript note on recto: Recd Payment F. Millett & Co. Per S.W.M., Printed above image: If any claims, they must be made within 5 Days from receipt of Goods, or no Allowance will be made., Printed below image: Terms Cash., Manuscript note on verso: F. Millett & Co. Apples & potatoes $5.00. 10-27-70., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.131]
Bought of French & Richards, wholesale druggists, north-west corner of Market and Tenth Sts., wholesale agents for Silver's plastic fire and water proof paints.
Title
Bought of French & Richards, wholesale druggists, north-west corner of Market and Tenth Sts., wholesale agents for Silver's plastic fire and water proof paints Wholesale agents for French & American white zinc
Description
Billhead containing a cameo stamp depicting "French & Richards' New Wholesale Drug, Paint & Glass Warehouse, N.W. Cor. of 10th & Market St., Philada." Shows the exterior of the four-story building, including a tower. Crates and barrels line the side of the store. Also shows the adjacent hardware store. Established in 1844 by Clayton French, William Campbell, and William H. Richards, the firm was renamed French, Richards & Co. in 1855. The business operated from Market and Tenth streets 1844-1890. French, Richards & Co. merged with the Smith & Kline Company (later GlaxoSmithKline) in 1891., Completed in manuscript to Mr. [blank] on August 23, 1854 for "50 lbs White lead" @ 9 1/2: $4.75., List of products for which French & Richards are "Agents For"; "Manufacturers of"; Importers of"; and Wholesale Dealers in" printed on recto. Products include American Zinc Paints, Putty, Rough Plate Glass Tiles; and Paper Maker's Clay, Satin, White., Printed below image: All Deductions or claims for allowance of any kind must be made within three days after delivery, otherwise they will not be allowed in the settlement., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.132]
Bought of Geo. D. Sprecher, importer and dealer in foreign and domestic hardware, saddlery, cutlery, paints, oils, varnishes, glass &c. A general assortment of bar, hoop, & sheet iron, steel, lead pipe, safety fuse, rock powder, cedar ware, cabinet moldin
Title
Bought of Geo. D. Sprecher, importer and dealer in foreign and domestic hardware, saddlery, cutlery, paints, oils, varnishes, glass &c. A general assortment of bar, hoop, & sheet iron, steel, lead pipe, safety fuse, rock powder, cedar ware, cabinet moldings and veneers, &c Highest Price Given For Clover, Timothy and Flax Seed
Description
Billhead containing a vignette showing a hammer resting on an anvil., Completed in manuscript to Elizabeth Furnace on September 24, 1851 for 1/2 [doz?] bags, 8.50: $4.25., Manuscript note in red ink on recto: Ent DB 171., Contains punched hole in center., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.146]
Bought of George A. Clark & Brother, sole agents for the Clark Thread Company. 14 South Fifth Street. Clark's O.N.T. crochet & darning cotton's.
Title
Bought of George A. Clark & Brother, sole agents for the Clark Thread Company. 14 South Fifth Street. Clark's O.N.T. crochet & darning cotton's
Description
Billhead for the Philadelphia retail branch of the New York firm containing a vignette image showing "Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton" spool of thread. Clark, a native Scotsman, established an American house in New York for the exclusive distribution of cotton thread in 1855 and built a manufactory in Newark circa 1865., Completed in manuscript to Mr. Jas. R. Mercer on March 27th, 1893 for "34 B[?] Ball[?] 200 yds, 45, $15.30; 2 @ 6%, $3.80: $11.50 net., Printed on recto: Terms Cash, In Bankable Funds Within 30 Days. This Bill is Net Cash., Calculations in ink on recto., Manuscript note on recto: Will forward balance of order soon as received from our mill., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.133]
Bought of J. E. Caldwell & Co. Jewelers. No. 902 Chestnut St.
Title
Bought of J. E. Caldwell & Co. Jewelers. No. 902 Chestnut St
Description
Billhead containing an image of a lion, standing upright and holding a key and scale, while balanced on a ball. The jewelry store, established circa 1839 as James E. Caldwell, was reorganized as J. E. Caldwell & Co. in 1848., Contains two-cents stamp printed in brown ink and containing a portrait of George Washington. Stamp overlayed with J.E. Caldwell stamp., Completed in manuscript to Barton Miller, Esq., Providence, R.I. on December 31, 1869 for $100 watch., Inscribed on recto: Paid J.E. Caldwell & Co., Manuscript note on verso: J. E. Caldwell 1869., Printed above image: Terms invariably cash., Date based on reorganization date of firm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[printed ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.126]
Bought of John Hays & Co., miners and dealers in all kinds of hard and soft coal and coke. Office and dock: C. & P. R'y coal pier and 9 Prospect St. Cleveland, Ohio.
Title
Bought of John Hays & Co., miners and dealers in all kinds of hard and soft coal and coke. Office and dock: C. & P. R'y coal pier and 9 Prospect St. Cleveland, Ohio We handle or screen our coal with forks, as in the above cut. The coal is taken up entirely free from slack, and is not broken, as when thrown against a screen. See that this cut is on the back or face of the card or bill accompanying each load. None genuine without it. J.H. & Co
Description
Receipt containing an image showing a laborer using a pitch fork to load a "John Hays & Co. Ridge White Ash Coal" rail car. A mound of coal on which a pitch fork rests is visible on one end of the car. The head of a horse is partially visible behind the opposite end of the car., Title from text on verso., Completed in manuscript to Mr. A. G. Whitney on September 4, 1877 for "2000 pounds Carbon Ridge, Lump.", Contains punched whole in upper right corner., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Miscellaneous [P.2011.10.174]
Bought of John Westney, agt. Late of Shill, Jr. & Co., manufacturer and dealer in baby carriages, boys' & girls' velocipedes, bicycles, express wagons. All kinds of carriages and velocipedes repaired, nos. 214 and 226 Dock Street.
Title
Bought of John Westney, agt. Late of Shill, Jr. & Co., manufacturer and dealer in baby carriages, boys' & girls' velocipedes, bicycles, express wagons. All kinds of carriages and velocipedes repaired, nos. 214 and 226 Dock Street
Description
Billhead containing a vignette showing a baby carriage designed with an overhead, hanging shade., Completed in manuscript to Mr. Lawson on July 19, 1886 for "#21 Coach" for $14., Stamped on recto: Received Payment, Jno. Westney, Agt. Signed: Per A.O. Bloecker., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.148]
Bought of Potts & Roberts, importers and dealers in foreign and American iron & steel and heavy hardware. Warehouse, Third & Willlow Sts.
Title
Bought of Potts & Roberts, importers and dealers in foreign and American iron & steel and heavy hardware. Warehouse, Third & Willlow Sts
Description
Billhead containing a vignette showing sailing ships on a rough sea., Completed in manuscript to Mr. Isaac S. Steler[sic] on September 23, 1852 for "1 1/2 Eng hook [?], 2.00, $70, 1.75; 1 x 7/16 [?] Slit Roas, 2.00, $70, 1.75: $3.50. [?] Off 3, 10: $3.40., Manuscript note on recto: Recd Payment for Potts & Roberts, E. [Bertobl?]., Contains columns labeled: Bars. Bundles. Description. T. Cwr. Qr. Lbs. Price. Dollars. Cents., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler., Isaac Stetler worked as a cordwainer in Philadelphia in the 1850s.
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.143]
Boys' Central High School postcards.
Title
Boys' Central High School postcards
Description
Exterior views of front facade of Boys' Central High School, built in 1894 after designs by Joseph W. Anshutz. Depicts the front facade of the school looking north and south., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.9076.18 and P.9490.22., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1900-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Education - [P.9076.18 and P.9490.22]
A bran new coon in town
Title
A bran new coon in town
Description
Racist, satiric postcard depicting an African American family (portrayed as racist stereotypes) welcoming a “new” member, a baby. Shows the grandfather standing and weighing the infant on a hand held scale, as the grandmother, attired in a head kerchief, a floral shirt, a skirt, and an apron, cradles the baby’s head. In the right, the father smiles as he stands leaning down with both hands clutching a small table. In the center, a young boy sits at the table eating as he looks up at the baby. In the left, the mother sits smiling beside a stove as she pours water from a kettle into a cup., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright, 1898, and published by Knaffl & Bro., Knoxville, Tenn., Originally published in an 1898 edition of Leslie's Weekly as part of "The Blackville Gallery" series under the title "Weighing the Christmas Baby.", RVCDC, Accessioned 1999., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Genre [P.9725.1]
Bronzes d'art, le Charmeur de serpents.
Title
Bronzes d'art, le Charmeur de serpents
Description
Shows the bronze cast statue depicting a male figure, in a loin cloth, holding a flute in his mouth with one hand and a twig in the other. The sculpture stands next to the statue of a bare-breasted female figure. Other brass works surround the pieces, including a clock, lamps, and objets d'art. The exposition held April 1-November 3, 1867 celebrated the technological and economic progress of the Second Empire, as well as originated the classification system followed by proceeding international exhibitions., Title printed on mount., Blindstamped on mount: Concession Unique., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
M. Leon & J. Levy
Date
[1867]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Stereographs [P.2008.36.32]
The Buick & Sherwood Mfg Co., manufacturers & dealers in sanitary specialties. Detroit, Mich.
Title
The Buick & Sherwood Mfg Co., manufacturers & dealers in sanitary specialties. Detroit, Mich
Description
Pictorial envelope containing a vignette bird's eye view showing the plumbing fixtures manufactory at "Cor. Champlain St. & Meldrum Ave."Street and pedestrian traffic, including a streetcar are visible in the foreground. Trains and surrounding cityscape are visible in the background. Buick & Sherwood was established circa 1884 with partners D.D. Buick and William Sherwood. The firm invented several plumbing innovations by the late 1880s and in 1899 was sold to Sanitary Manufacturing Company., Title from printed return address., Addressed in type to: Messrs. J.D. Johnson & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., Date inferred from ink-stamped postmark: Detroit, MI., Aug 22, [18]95 6 PM., Contains cancelled oval two-cents stamp printed in green and containing a profile portrait of George Washington., Printed upper left corner: In 5 Days Return To., Contains on verso: ink-stamp postmark: received Philadelphia, PA, Aug 24, 1895 5AM., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1895]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.74]
Bulls Eye, or Fort Morris, built 1755. Shippensburg, Pa.
Title
Bulls Eye, or Fort Morris, built 1755. Shippensburg, Pa
Description
Depicts a small brick building sitting on a hill on the grounds of Fort Morris in Shippensbrug, Pa., Numbered 121 on recto., Divided back. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Military - [P.8674.2]
Bush's Allegheny House, Market Street, Above Eighth. C. I. Bush, prop'r.
Title
Bush's Allegheny House, Market Street, Above Eighth. C. I. Bush, prop'r
Description
Letterhead containing a vignette view showing the exterior of the five-story hotel at 814 Market Street. Guests arrive in a horse-drawn "Allegheny" coach, approach the entryway, and stand on the upper floor veranda. In the street, men ride on horseback and push handcarts. Also shows partial views of adjoining buildings, including one displaying clothing., Completed in manuscript on November 5, 1857 to "Dear Brother" from R.A. Ford detailing travel plans to Binghamton, New York by way of Great Bend and requesting instructions about the "E. Whitney property.", Manuscript note on verso: R. A. Ford. Nov. 5/ 57., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Creator
Sebald, Hugo, fl. 1850-1870, engraver
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.125]
[Bustleton Avenue looking north. Bustelton, Pa.]
Title
[Bustleton Avenue looking north. Bustelton, Pa.]
Description
Depicts Bustleton Avenue north of Welsh Road, showing the side of the Union Hotel and other residences nearby., Divided back. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Streets - [P.9933.5]
[Bustleton Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad.]
Title
[Bustleton Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad.]
Description
Exterior view of the Bustleton station of the Pennsylvania Railroad, used as a barn, an arsenal and a powder storage magazine during the Revolutionary War before the property was taken over by the railroad in 1870., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Transportation - [P.9933.1]
Byberry Friends' Meeting House, first house of logs, erected 1692; second of stone, in 1714; rebuilt in 1753; present house built 1808.
Title
Byberry Friends' Meeting House, first house of logs, erected 1692; second of stone, in 1714; rebuilt in 1753; present house built 1808
Description
View of meeting house built in 1808. The original log meeting house was constructed circa 1684 on land donated by Henry English and later replaced by a stone building in 1714. The meeting house was rebuilt again in 1753, before the construction of the present building in the image., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - Meeting houses - [P.9050.14]
C. H. Frederick, Omaha.
Title
C. H. Frederick, Omaha
Description
Pictorial envelope containing a vignette showing a top hat. Frederick established his hat business in 1871., Title from printed return address., Addressed in manuscript to: Dr. Chas. Heizmann, surgeon U.S. Ar[my?], Rawling Springs, [W. Va.?], Date inferred from stamp and year of the establishment of the business., Printed in left: If not called for within 10 days return to., Contains ink-stamp postmark: Omaha, Neb., Sep 24 and cancelled three-cent stamp printed in green and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington., Accompanied by letter completed in manuscript to Mr. C.H. Frederick, Omaha, Neb. from C.L. Heizmann, dated September 19, 1874 regarding "expedition prevented earlier attendace of this matter", i.e. payment of bill. Also contains response from "Fred" "O.k. much obliged, glad you got your scalp left." [P.2011.10.88a], Right edge removed., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler., Charles L. Heizmann was a U.S. Army surgeon who participated in the 1873 U.S. expedition for military defenses in northwestern Wyoming.
Date
[ca. 1872]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.80 & 80a]
Cafe L'Aiglon, corner of main dining room, Chestnut and Fifteenth Streets, Philadelphia.
Title
Cafe L'Aiglon, corner of main dining room, Chestnut and Fifteenth Streets, Philadelphia
Description
Depicts an interior view of the main dining room., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Business - [P.9587.6]
Callowhill Street Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa.
Title
Callowhill Street Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa A series of 25 bridges packing in Honest Long Cut
Description
Cigarette card promoting the Honest Long Cut brand of the American Tobacco Company. Depicts a view of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, also known as Spring Garden Street Bridge, built over the Schuylkill River from 1874-1875 by the Keystone Bridge Company after the designs of engineer Jacob H. Linville. Demolished in 1964. Bridge adorned with ornate ironwork, including lampposts and fencing., Title printed on recto and verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.34]
Carey, Bro. & Grevemeyer, 423 Market St., Philadelphia, booksellers, stationers and blank book manufacturers, paper curtains, oil shades and shading, floor and table oil cloth. Also, jobbers and manufacturers of wall paper.
Title
Carey, Bro. & Grevemeyer, 423 Market St., Philadelphia, booksellers, stationers and blank book manufacturers, paper curtains, oil shades and shading, floor and table oil cloth. Also, jobbers and manufacturers of wall paper
Description
Wall calendar with tear sheets. Mount contains a vignette showing the Carey Bro. & Grevemeyer wallpaper "Factory, 2228 to 2234 North 10th Street." View also shows street traffic, including horse-drawn carts and a locomotive. R. Davis and Theodore Carey and W.H. Grevemeyer partnered circa 1883 with a retail store on Market Street and a wall paper manufactory at North Tenth Street. The firm succeeded Hollowbrush & Carey, booksellers, stationers, and blank book manufacturers., Advertising text printed in borders: Orders by Mail promptly attended to. Blank books of all kinds Made to Order. Estimates furnished for Printing of all kinds., Bottom edge of each calendar page contains printed name of different types of products offered by the firm. Includes: Pocket Books and Satchels; Pocket Cutlery; Looking Glasses; Wrapping Paper, Paper Bags & Flour Sacks; Brushes of All Kinds; Paper and Oil Curtains; Table and Floor Oil Cloth; Store Shades made & Lettered to order; Photograph Frames & Albums; Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Books; Holiday Goods; and Almanacs and Diaries., Text on mount printed in blue and red., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[1883]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars [P.2011.10.163]
Carpenters' Hall postcards.
Title
Carpenters' Hall postcards
Description
Contains exterior views of Carpenters' Hall built 1770-1774 after designs by Robert Smith., Contains 7 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.8712.5p, P.9049.45 - 52 and P.9105.7., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1905-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Historic buildings and sites - [various]
[Cartoon depicting a Liberty Pole] [graphic].
Title
[Cartoon depicting a Liberty Pole]
Description
Title from LCP exhibition catalogue: Pierre Eugene Du Simitière. His American Museum 200 years after, entry #8:8., Date inferred from content., Possibly by Pierre Eugene Du Simitière., Du Simitière, a Swiss-born historian, antiquarian, and artist, traveled and documented North America and the West Indies from the 1750s to 1770s. He settled in Philadelphia in 1774, and in 1782 opened the American Museum, which contained his collected antiquities., Purchase at auction, Du Simitière's American Museum, March 10, 1785., Described in Michael Wynn Jones’s The cartoon history of the American Revolution (New York: G.P Putnam’s Sons, 1975), p. 36., Minimal-level record.
Date
[New York]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Du Simitière Collection [396.F.Vol. II]
Catholic Total Abstinence Union Fountain postcards.
Title
Catholic Total Abstinence Union Fountain postcards
Description
Depicts statues of four prominent Catholic men standing on large stone fountains around the central figure of Moses, including John Barry, Charles Carroll, John Carroll and Theobald Matthew. Also includes carved portraits of Comte de Grasse, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Marquis de Lafayette, George Gordon Meade, Orono and Casimir Pulaski. Designed in the shape of a maltese cross by Herman Kirn in 1876., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.9048.124, P.9048.142 and P.9076.5., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Monuments and statues - [various]
Le cavalier Marocain.
Title
Le cavalier Marocain
Description
Shows a mannequin attired as a Moroccan rider surrounded by panels adorned with Moroccan decorative tile work. Two other costumed figures inhabit the space. Another exhibit with furniture is seen in the distant background. The exposition held April 1-November 3, 1867 celebrated the technological and economic progress of the Second Empire, as well as originated the classification system followed by proceeding international exhibitions., Title printed on mount., Blindstamped on mount: Concession Unique., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on verso: M. Leon & J. Levy Ferrier, Sucrs. de Ferrier pere et fils et Soulier, 113, Boulevard de Sebastopol, 113 Paris. Vues sterescoptique sur verre de L'Exposition Universelle de 1867 ainsi que de tour les Pays, Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
M. Leon & J. Levy
Date
[1867]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Stereographs [P.2008.36.41]
Cedar Hollow Lime Company. Depot 900 Jefferson Street.
Title
Cedar Hollow Lime Company. Depot 900 Jefferson Street
Description
Billhead containing a view of the lime-kilns captioned "Cedar Hollow. Chester County." Shows workers busy at work around the smoking kilns and flats of lime. Men labor in the quarry across from the kilns and haul lime by horse-drawn cart. The company established in 1855 was purchased by the Charles Warner Company in 1899., Completed in manuscript to Mr. Adam Waldner Bros. on June 29, 1885 for "1 Whole lime 19 1/2 Bus. Whole $1.00" -26 [cents]: $60., Manuscript note on recto: Augt 7/85 Received Payment, check by mail. Cedar Hollow Lime Co. Fm W.H. Laurie. Please accept our thanks!, Contains punched whole in center., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.128]
Centennial. 1776. 1876. Dwight Compy.
Title
Centennial. 1776. 1876. Dwight Compy
Description
Photomechanical reduced reproduction advertising the commemorative print engraved by the American Bank Note Company. Commemorative print contains portraits of the U.S. presidents from Washington to Grant within a border composed of the thirty-six state seals. Portraits include inauguration date., Trade Mark., Registered 1876., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.18]
Centennial buildings at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Penn.
Title
Centennial buildings at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Penn
Description
Souvenir containing views of exhibition buildings in West Fairmount Park, descriptive text, and metric and customary ruler diagrams on the recto and verso. Recto includes images of the front and back of the Centennial medal illustrated with the figures Genius of American Independence and Liberty and bird's eye views of Machinery Hall, Horticultural Hall, Main Exhibition Building, Art Gallery, Women's Pavilion, and Agricultural Building. Views also show visitor traffic, are captioned with building dimensions, and are occasionally surrounded by decorative frames. Recto also contains paragraph of text detailing the size of Fairmount Park, the names of the major exhibition buildings; the number of nations participating; and the opening date May 16, 1876. Verso depicts a customary (36 in.) and metric (100 cm.) ruler; diagrams of 4 inches, one decimeter, 10 centimeters, and 100 millimeters arranged for comparison; an explanation of "The Metric System," "Units of the System," and "Approximate Equivalents"; conversion charts of "Measures of Length," "Measures of Surface," "Measures of Capacity"; and "Rules." The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Rolled., Rulers copyrighted by A & T.W. Stanley., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date
[ca. 1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Souvenirs [P.2008.36.43]
p. 4
Title
Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia [viewbook]
Description
Souvenir viewbook, issued during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, containing fifteen captioned views of prominent sites and landmarks in the city and Centennial Exhibition buildings. Contains views of "Independence Hall" (520 Chestnut Street); "Independence Chamber," i.e., the Assembly Room used as an exhibit gallery; the "Public Buildings," (i.e., City Hall, built 1873-1901); "New Post Office" (South Ninth and Chestnut streets, built 1873-1884); the "Masonic Temple" (1-33 North Broad Street, built 1868-1873); "United States Mint" (1331-1337 Chestnut Street); the 400 block of "Chestnut Street" including the Custom House, the United States Post Office and Courthouse (completed 1863) misidentified as the Public Ledger Building, and Bankers Row; "New Academy of Natural Sciences" (built 1868, 1900 block Race Street); "Academy of Fine Arts" (118-26 North Eighteenth Street, completed 1876); "Horticultural Hall" (built 1867, razed 1881) and "Academy of Music" on the 200 block of South Broad Street; University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia; the main hall and statuary at "Girard College"; Fairmount Water Works; Girard Avenue Bridge; Main Building; Machinery Hall; Art Gallery; Agricultural Hall; Horticultural Hall; and Women's Pavilion. Also contains a panoramic, bird's eye view "Philadelphia, Seen from West-Philadelphia" captioned with the names of major streets and the Centennial Exhibition buildings, Art Gallery and Main Hall and a panoramic, bird's eye view "Exhibition Grounds, Fairmount Park." Views also show the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge; street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn vehicles; signage; adjacent buildings and businesses; and flags., Title from embossed red moracco binding, front cover stamped: Philadelphia., Prints connected by accordion folds., Inscribed on back cover: Mrs. Sarah Hadley, Bernhards 1876., George C. Reukauff owned Hall & Garrison Looking Glass & Picture Frame Manufactory., Hall & Garrison was a looking glass, picture frames, interior decoration, and cabinetry manufactory in operation in Philadelphia by 1867. The business relocated from the 900 block of North Third Street to 1128 Washington Avenue about 1873. By the 1880s, the firm shipped its materials internationally, including Russia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Souvenirs [P.2008.36.47]
p. 12
Title
Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia [viewbook]
Description
Souvenir viewbook, issued during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, containing fifteen captioned views of prominent sites and landmarks in the city and Centennial Exhibition buildings. Contains views of "Independence Hall" (520 Chestnut Street); "Independence Chamber," i.e., the Assembly Room used as an exhibit gallery; the "Public Buildings," (i.e., City Hall, built 1873-1901); "New Post Office" (South Ninth and Chestnut streets, built 1873-1884); the "Masonic Temple" (1-33 North Broad Street, built 1868-1873); "United States Mint" (1331-1337 Chestnut Street); the 400 block of "Chestnut Street" including the Custom House, the United States Post Office and Courthouse (completed 1863) misidentified as the Public Ledger Building, and Bankers Row; "New Academy of Natural Sciences" (built 1868, 1900 block Race Street); "Academy of Fine Arts" (118-26 North Eighteenth Street, completed 1876); "Horticultural Hall" (built 1867, razed 1881) and "Academy of Music" on the 200 block of South Broad Street; University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia; the main hall and statuary at "Girard College"; Fairmount Water Works; Girard Avenue Bridge; Main Building; Machinery Hall; Art Gallery; Agricultural Hall; Horticultural Hall; and Women's Pavilion. Also contains a panoramic, bird's eye view "Philadelphia, Seen from West-Philadelphia" captioned with the names of major streets and the Centennial Exhibition buildings, Art Gallery and Main Hall and a panoramic, bird's eye view "Exhibition Grounds, Fairmount Park." Views also show the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge; street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn vehicles; signage; adjacent buildings and businesses; and flags., Title from embossed red moracco binding, front cover stamped: Philadelphia., Prints connected by accordion folds., Inscribed on back cover: Mrs. Sarah Hadley, Bernhards 1876., George C. Reukauff owned Hall & Garrison Looking Glass & Picture Frame Manufactory., Hall & Garrison was a looking glass, picture frames, interior decoration, and cabinetry manufactory in operation in Philadelphia by 1867. The business relocated from the 900 block of North Third Street to 1128 Washington Avenue about 1873. By the 1880s, the firm shipped its materials internationally, including Russia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Souvenirs [P.2008.36.47]
pp. 15-16
Title
Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia [viewbook]
Description
Souvenir viewbook, issued during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, containing fifteen captioned views of prominent sites and landmarks in the city and Centennial Exhibition buildings. Contains views of "Independence Hall" (520 Chestnut Street); "Independence Chamber," i.e., the Assembly Room used as an exhibit gallery; the "Public Buildings," (i.e., City Hall, built 1873-1901); "New Post Office" (South Ninth and Chestnut streets, built 1873-1884); the "Masonic Temple" (1-33 North Broad Street, built 1868-1873); "United States Mint" (1331-1337 Chestnut Street); the 400 block of "Chestnut Street" including the Custom House, the United States Post Office and Courthouse (completed 1863) misidentified as the Public Ledger Building, and Bankers Row; "New Academy of Natural Sciences" (built 1868, 1900 block Race Street); "Academy of Fine Arts" (118-26 North Eighteenth Street, completed 1876); "Horticultural Hall" (built 1867, razed 1881) and "Academy of Music" on the 200 block of South Broad Street; University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia; the main hall and statuary at "Girard College"; Fairmount Water Works; Girard Avenue Bridge; Main Building; Machinery Hall; Art Gallery; Agricultural Hall; Horticultural Hall; and Women's Pavilion. Also contains a panoramic, bird's eye view "Philadelphia, Seen from West-Philadelphia" captioned with the names of major streets and the Centennial Exhibition buildings, Art Gallery and Main Hall and a panoramic, bird's eye view "Exhibition Grounds, Fairmount Park." Views also show the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge; street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn vehicles; signage; adjacent buildings and businesses; and flags., Title from embossed red moracco binding, front cover stamped: Philadelphia., Prints connected by accordion folds., Inscribed on back cover: Mrs. Sarah Hadley, Bernhards 1876., George C. Reukauff owned Hall & Garrison Looking Glass & Picture Frame Manufactory., Hall & Garrison was a looking glass, picture frames, interior decoration, and cabinetry manufactory in operation in Philadelphia by 1867. The business relocated from the 900 block of North Third Street to 1128 Washington Avenue about 1873. By the 1880s, the firm shipped its materials internationally, including Russia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Souvenirs [P.2008.36.47]
p. 2
Title
Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia [viewbook]
Description
Souvenir viewbook, issued during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, containing fifteen captioned views of prominent sites and landmarks in the city and Centennial Exhibition buildings. Contains views of "Independence Hall" (520 Chestnut Street); "Independence Chamber," i.e., the Assembly Room used as an exhibit gallery; the "Public Buildings," (i.e., City Hall, built 1873-1901); "New Post Office" (South Ninth and Chestnut streets, built 1873-1884); the "Masonic Temple" (1-33 North Broad Street, built 1868-1873); "United States Mint" (1331-1337 Chestnut Street); the 400 block of "Chestnut Street" including the Custom House, the United States Post Office and Courthouse (completed 1863) misidentified as the Public Ledger Building, and Bankers Row; "New Academy of Natural Sciences" (built 1868, 1900 block Race Street); "Academy of Fine Arts" (118-26 North Eighteenth Street, completed 1876); "Horticultural Hall" (built 1867, razed 1881) and "Academy of Music" on the 200 block of South Broad Street; University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia; the main hall and statuary at "Girard College"; Fairmount Water Works; Girard Avenue Bridge; Main Building; Machinery Hall; Art Gallery; Agricultural Hall; Horticultural Hall; and Women's Pavilion. Also contains a panoramic, bird's eye view "Philadelphia, Seen from West-Philadelphia" captioned with the names of major streets and the Centennial Exhibition buildings, Art Gallery and Main Hall and a panoramic, bird's eye view "Exhibition Grounds, Fairmount Park." Views also show the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge; street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn vehicles; signage; adjacent buildings and businesses; and flags., Title from embossed red moracco binding, front cover stamped: Philadelphia., Prints connected by accordion folds., Inscribed on back cover: Mrs. Sarah Hadley, Bernhards 1876., George C. Reukauff owned Hall & Garrison Looking Glass & Picture Frame Manufactory., Hall & Garrison was a looking glass, picture frames, interior decoration, and cabinetry manufactory in operation in Philadelphia by 1867. The business relocated from the 900 block of North Third Street to 1128 Washington Avenue about 1873. By the 1880s, the firm shipped its materials internationally, including Russia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Souvenirs [P.2008.36.47]
p. 3
Title
Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia [viewbook]
Description
Souvenir viewbook, issued during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, containing fifteen captioned views of prominent sites and landmarks in the city and Centennial Exhibition buildings. Contains views of "Independence Hall" (520 Chestnut Street); "Independence Chamber," i.e., the Assembly Room used as an exhibit gallery; the "Public Buildings," (i.e., City Hall, built 1873-1901); "New Post Office" (South Ninth and Chestnut streets, built 1873-1884); the "Masonic Temple" (1-33 North Broad Street, built 1868-1873); "United States Mint" (1331-1337 Chestnut Street); the 400 block of "Chestnut Street" including the Custom House, the United States Post Office and Courthouse (completed 1863) misidentified as the Public Ledger Building, and Bankers Row; "New Academy of Natural Sciences" (built 1868, 1900 block Race Street); "Academy of Fine Arts" (118-26 North Eighteenth Street, completed 1876); "Horticultural Hall" (built 1867, razed 1881) and "Academy of Music" on the 200 block of South Broad Street; University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia; the main hall and statuary at "Girard College"; Fairmount Water Works; Girard Avenue Bridge; Main Building; Machinery Hall; Art Gallery; Agricultural Hall; Horticultural Hall; and Women's Pavilion. Also contains a panoramic, bird's eye view "Philadelphia, Seen from West-Philadelphia" captioned with the names of major streets and the Centennial Exhibition buildings, Art Gallery and Main Hall and a panoramic, bird's eye view "Exhibition Grounds, Fairmount Park." Views also show the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge; street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn vehicles; signage; adjacent buildings and businesses; and flags., Title from embossed red moracco binding, front cover stamped: Philadelphia., Prints connected by accordion folds., Inscribed on back cover: Mrs. Sarah Hadley, Bernhards 1876., George C. Reukauff owned Hall & Garrison Looking Glass & Picture Frame Manufactory., Hall & Garrison was a looking glass, picture frames, interior decoration, and cabinetry manufactory in operation in Philadelphia by 1867. The business relocated from the 900 block of North Third Street to 1128 Washington Avenue about 1873. By the 1880s, the firm shipped its materials internationally, including Russia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Souvenirs [P.2008.36.47]
Cover
Title
Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia [viewbook]
Description
Souvenir viewbook, issued during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, containing fifteen captioned views of prominent sites and landmarks in the city and Centennial Exhibition buildings. Contains views of "Independence Hall" (520 Chestnut Street); "Independence Chamber," i.e., the Assembly Room used as an exhibit gallery; the "Public Buildings," (i.e., City Hall, built 1873-1901); "New Post Office" (South Ninth and Chestnut streets, built 1873-1884); the "Masonic Temple" (1-33 North Broad Street, built 1868-1873); "United States Mint" (1331-1337 Chestnut Street); the 400 block of "Chestnut Street" including the Custom House, the United States Post Office and Courthouse (completed 1863) misidentified as the Public Ledger Building, and Bankers Row; "New Academy of Natural Sciences" (built 1868, 1900 block Race Street); "Academy of Fine Arts" (118-26 North Eighteenth Street, completed 1876); "Horticultural Hall" (built 1867, razed 1881) and "Academy of Music" on the 200 block of South Broad Street; University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia; the main hall and statuary at "Girard College"; Fairmount Water Works; Girard Avenue Bridge; Main Building; Machinery Hall; Art Gallery; Agricultural Hall; Horticultural Hall; and Women's Pavilion. Also contains a panoramic, bird's eye view "Philadelphia, Seen from West-Philadelphia" captioned with the names of major streets and the Centennial Exhibition buildings, Art Gallery and Main Hall and a panoramic, bird's eye view "Exhibition Grounds, Fairmount Park." Views also show the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge; street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn vehicles; signage; adjacent buildings and businesses; and flags., Title from embossed red moracco binding, front cover stamped: Philadelphia., Prints connected by accordion folds., Inscribed on back cover: Mrs. Sarah Hadley, Bernhards 1876., George C. Reukauff owned Hall & Garrison Looking Glass & Picture Frame Manufactory., Hall & Garrison was a looking glass, picture frames, interior decoration, and cabinetry manufactory in operation in Philadelphia by 1867. The business relocated from the 900 block of North Third Street to 1128 Washington Avenue about 1873. By the 1880s, the firm shipped its materials internationally, including Russia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Souvenirs [P.2008.36.47]
Foldout
Title
Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia [viewbook]
Description
Souvenir viewbook, issued during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, containing fifteen captioned views of prominent sites and landmarks in the city and Centennial Exhibition buildings. Contains views of "Independence Hall" (520 Chestnut Street); "Independence Chamber," i.e., the Assembly Room used as an exhibit gallery; the "Public Buildings," (i.e., City Hall, built 1873-1901); "New Post Office" (South Ninth and Chestnut streets, built 1873-1884); the "Masonic Temple" (1-33 North Broad Street, built 1868-1873); "United States Mint" (1331-1337 Chestnut Street); the 400 block of "Chestnut Street" including the Custom House, the United States Post Office and Courthouse (completed 1863) misidentified as the Public Ledger Building, and Bankers Row; "New Academy of Natural Sciences" (built 1868, 1900 block Race Street); "Academy of Fine Arts" (118-26 North Eighteenth Street, completed 1876); "Horticultural Hall" (built 1867, razed 1881) and "Academy of Music" on the 200 block of South Broad Street; University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia; the main hall and statuary at "Girard College"; Fairmount Water Works; Girard Avenue Bridge; Main Building; Machinery Hall; Art Gallery; Agricultural Hall; Horticultural Hall; and Women's Pavilion. Also contains a panoramic, bird's eye view "Philadelphia, Seen from West-Philadelphia" captioned with the names of major streets and the Centennial Exhibition buildings, Art Gallery and Main Hall and a panoramic, bird's eye view "Exhibition Grounds, Fairmount Park." Views also show the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge; street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn vehicles; signage; adjacent buildings and businesses; and flags., Title from embossed red moracco binding, front cover stamped: Philadelphia., Prints connected by accordion folds., Inscribed on back cover: Mrs. Sarah Hadley, Bernhards 1876., George C. Reukauff owned Hall & Garrison Looking Glass & Picture Frame Manufactory., Hall & Garrison was a looking glass, picture frames, interior decoration, and cabinetry manufactory in operation in Philadelphia by 1867. The business relocated from the 900 block of North Third Street to 1128 Washington Avenue about 1873. By the 1880s, the firm shipped its materials internationally, including Russia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Souvenirs [P.2008.36.47]
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Title
Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia [viewbook]
Description
Souvenir viewbook, issued during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, containing fifteen captioned views of prominent sites and landmarks in the city and Centennial Exhibition buildings. Contains views of "Independence Hall" (520 Chestnut Street); "Independence Chamber," i.e., the Assembly Room used as an exhibit gallery; the "Public Buildings," (i.e., City Hall, built 1873-1901); "New Post Office" (South Ninth and Chestnut streets, built 1873-1884); the "Masonic Temple" (1-33 North Broad Street, built 1868-1873); "United States Mint" (1331-1337 Chestnut Street); the 400 block of "Chestnut Street" including the Custom House, the United States Post Office and Courthouse (completed 1863) misidentified as the Public Ledger Building, and Bankers Row; "New Academy of Natural Sciences" (built 1868, 1900 block Race Street); "Academy of Fine Arts" (118-26 North Eighteenth Street, completed 1876); "Horticultural Hall" (built 1867, razed 1881) and "Academy of Music" on the 200 block of South Broad Street; University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia; the main hall and statuary at "Girard College"; Fairmount Water Works; Girard Avenue Bridge; Main Building; Machinery Hall; Art Gallery; Agricultural Hall; Horticultural Hall; and Women's Pavilion. Also contains a panoramic, bird's eye view "Philadelphia, Seen from West-Philadelphia" captioned with the names of major streets and the Centennial Exhibition buildings, Art Gallery and Main Hall and a panoramic, bird's eye view "Exhibition Grounds, Fairmount Park." Views also show the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge; street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn vehicles; signage; adjacent buildings and businesses; and flags., Title from embossed red moracco binding, front cover stamped: Philadelphia., Prints connected by accordion folds., Inscribed on back cover: Mrs. Sarah Hadley, Bernhards 1876., George C. Reukauff owned Hall & Garrison Looking Glass & Picture Frame Manufactory., Hall & Garrison was a looking glass, picture frames, interior decoration, and cabinetry manufactory in operation in Philadelphia by 1867. The business relocated from the 900 block of North Third Street to 1128 Washington Avenue about 1873. By the 1880s, the firm shipped its materials internationally, including Russia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Souvenirs [P.2008.36.47]

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