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Title: [Humane Society of Philadelphia]
Description: Scene showing Humane Society volunteers during a rescue on the Delaware River near the old Navy Yard in Southwark. Shows male volunteers attending a rescued man on land, carrying another man to shore, and rowing a boat to a third victim near a capsized vessel. The Delaware riverfront and sailing ships are visible in the background. Scene used as the illustration on the membership certificate for the Humane Society., Lithographer probably Matthew Schmitz., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 101, Gift of David Doret., HSP: Bc 72 S 355.
Creator: Schmitz, M., lithographer
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W50 [P.2005.18.42]

Title: Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view print after B. F. Smith's 1850 lithograph "Philadelphia. From Girard College." View looking south from above Girard College (2000-2490 North College Avenue) showing the city to South Philadelphia. Includes Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings; Eastern State Penitentiary; Schuylkill River; and a church near the college grounds. Also shows spectators on the roof of Founder's Hall. The college buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revival style, were constructed 1833-1847. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans., Not in Wainwright., See LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #69., Gift of David Doret., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Views - Philadelphia from Girard College. FLP also holds copy "Exec by G.G. Lange Darmstadt.", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 568
Creator: Charles Magnus & Co.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Views - Philadelphia [P.2005.21.2]

Title: Henry Adolph, manufacturer of furniture wholesale and retail, warerooms no. 36 North Second St., one door above the Christ Church Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the exterior of the furniture warerooms near Christ Church (22-34 N. 2nd St.). Clusters of people admire the furniture displayed in the windows of the storefront as patrons enter the building. The store is heavily adorned with signage and an American flag. Men, women, and children, including a man pushing a handcart, walk on the bustling sidewalk. A woman with a girl, and a delivery boy, cross the street near the "No. 21 Exchange & Richmond" streetcar, a "H. Adolph" delivery wagon, and another laborer pushing a handcart. Many of the women carry parasols. Also shows the gated, tree-lined promenade between the church and warerooms., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 347, Atwater Kent Museum: 47.33.7/3. With manuscripts notes giving date as June 1861 and indicating that the print formerly belonged to John A. McAllister., Rease, a prominent mid-19th century Philadelphia trade card lithographer known to highlight details of human interest in his advertisements, partnered with Francis H. Schell in the 1850s and eventually operated his own press until 1872.
Creator: Rease, W. H.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W171 [P.2006.15]

Title: Wagner & M'Guigan, call the attention of the public to the superior facilities at their extensive lithographic establishment, no. 4 Athenian Buildings, Franklin Place, (north of no, 111 Chestnut Street.) Where the most efficient artistical skill is employed in the various branches of the art, enabling them to produce the most elaborate drawings on stone, anatomy, geology, botany, portraits, landscapes, title pages, book illustrations, machinery, show cards, maps, plans &c. . Transferring from steel and copper plates, wood cuts &c. This branch of the business is under their own immediate supervision, and having the assistance of the ablest work men enables them to produce work equal if not superior to any other establishment in the country, in color printing, they produce the most chaste, unique and magnificent illustrations for books, title pages, certificates, music titles, show cards &c. Also, a beautiful style in colors of stores, hotels, manufactories, and landscape views. Businessmen can be supplied with thousands of circulars, in their own hand-writing after a few hours notice
Description: Directory advertisement containing an "Interior view of Printing Room containing upwards of forty presses." Shows a couple attired in elegant winter clothing strolling down the aisle between the several presses. Men perform various duties at the machines, including rolling ink and pressing paper on the printing stones. Behind the couple, boy apprentices carry stones by hand and pull them by dolly near a man in a cape. Thomas Wagner and James M'Guigan operated a lithographic studio as partners 1846-1858., Published in McElroy's Philadelphia directory, for 1856 (Philadelphia: Edward C. & John Biddle, 1856), p. 10, front ad section., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 110, Variant of advertisement published in The Philadelphia merchants' & manufacturers' business directory for 1856-57 (Philadelphia: Prepared & published by Griswold & Co., [1856]), p. [15], front ad section and Catalogue of the twenty-fourth exhibition of American manufactures ...(Philadelphia, 1854), p. 39.
Creator: Scattergood, David, engraver
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1856 (58) 10840.O.10 (front ad section)

Title: Edward L. Waller, lithographic printer. Portraits, landscapes, buildings, animals, charts, maps. Circulars, bill heads, music titles, checks, cards, labels, transfers from copper or steel, lithographed in a superior manner, no. 17 Minor Street, third story, Philadelphia
Description: Directory advertisement containing lettering in various styles. Waller operated a studio in Philadelphia 1856-1858., Published in The Philadelphia merchants' & manufacturers' business directory for 1856-57 (Philadelphia: Prepared & published by Griswold & Co., [1856]), p. [6], back ad section., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 25
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1856 10578.Q.6 (back ad section)

Title: Wagner & McGuigan's lithographic & steam power printing establishment Athenian Building, Franklin Place
Description: Directory advertisement containing an allegorical, patriotic scene. Shows the figure of Columbia, attired in a toga, American flag, and laurel wreath, with a broken shackle under her foot as she stands on a pedestal. She holds a sword in one hand beside an American eagle perched on a shield and a laurel wreath in the other in front of a sculpted bust of George Washington. The bust rests on a pedestal adorned with a fasces. A paint palette and brushes, compass, rolls of paper, and a banner reading "Encourage American Arts" rests at the feet of Columbia. Floral details frame the sides of the image. Thomas Wagner and James M'Guigan operated a lithographic studio as partners 1846-1858., Published in McElroy's Philadelphia directory, for 1856 (Philadelphia: Edward C. & John Biddle, 1856), frontispiece., Not in Wainwright., Names of artists from variant duplicate in Poulson's scrapbooks, Illustrations of Philadelphia, vol. 1., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 114
Creator: Wagner & M'Guigan
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1856 (58) 10840.O.frontispiece

Title: Wagner & M'Guigan's lithographic drawing, engraving, and printing establishment Wagner & McGuigan, respectfully call the attention of the public to the superior facilities to be found at their extensive establishment, employing upwards of forty presses, together with the most efficient artistical skill in the various branches of the art, enables them to produce all work equal to an establishment in the country. Transferring from steel and copper plates, wood cuts, stone and manuscript. We particularly recommend this branch of our business to the notice of those having plates of this description, as millions of impressions may be printed with but little wear to the original plate, and at a far greater speed than from the copperplate press, at very moderate cost. Business men can be supplied with thousands of circulars in their own handwriting, at a few hours' notice. Surveyors, draughtsmen, and others, desiring to execute their own plans, circulars, price currents, &c, for transferring, will be furnished with suitable paper and ink, free of charge
Description: Advertisement containing an "Interior view of Wagner & M'Guigan's forty press room, Athenian Building, Franklin Place, Philadelphia." Shows a couple attired in elegant winter clothing strolling down the aisle between the several presses. Men perform various duties at the machines, including rolling ink and pressing paper on the printing stones. Behind the couple, boy apprentices carry stones by hand and pull them by dolly near a man in a cape. Thomas Wagner and James M'Guigan operated a lithographic studio as partners 1846-1858., Not in Wainwright., Published in Catalogue of the twenty-fourth exhibition of American manufactures ...(Philadelphia, 1854), p. 39., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 112, Variant of advertisement published in The Philadelphia merchants' & manufacturers' business directory for 1856-57 (Philadelphia: Prepared & published by Griswold & Co., [1856]), p. [15], front ad section and McElroy's Philadelphia directory, for 1856 (Philadelphia: Edward C. & John Biddle, 1856), p. 10, front ad section.
Creator: Scattergood, David, engraver
Date: [1854]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1854 Exhib 13701.O.2.39

Title: P.S. Duval & Co.'s steam lithographic establishment, artizan's building Ranstead Place west from no 26 South Fourth Street Philadelphia Drawings of all kinds executed on stone. Copper and steel plates transferred. Printing, plain & coloured in the neatest style and the business in all its various branches carried on with punctuality and despatch. Nota: Engineers & surveyors wishing to execute their drawings, for transferring, merchants & others, writing their circulars or price currents, for the same purposes, will be supplied with the suitable ink & paper. Portraits, landscapes, geological and other maps, plans, architectural and historical drawings, ornamental title pages, colored illustrations, show cards, checks, circulars, price currents &c &c. Labels for patent medicines, perfumery, and all description of fancy articles, can be furnished at a very moderate cost to establishments requiring large quantities
Description: Directory advertisement showcasing the illuminated style of chromolithography executed by the Duval firm. Contains allegorical and historical vignettes and figures within a frame comprised of floral and Gothic elements. Includes the figure of Liberty attired in the American flag, holding a sword, and standing next to symbols of the arts such as a palette and sheet music below a framed bust-portrait of George Washington adorned with flowers and a banner reading "E. Pluribus Unum." Vignettes show lithographic artisans at work at a sketch table and rolling ink on a stone in a workshop, and a montage of medievally-attired artists and intellectuals, including a cartographer, sculptor, painter, mathematician, and composer. The Duval firm operated under the name P.S. Duval & Co. 1853-1857 and from Ranstead Place 1853-1856., Published in McElroy's Philadelphia directory, for 1854... (Philadelphia: Edward C. & John Biddle, 1854), opp. p. 12a., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 69, Also published in Catalogue of the twenty-second exhibition of American manufactures... (Philadelphia, 1852), frontispiece.
Creator: Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
Date: [1854]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1854 10840.O.12a

Title: P.S. Duval & Co.'s steam lithographic establishment, artizan's building Ranstead Place west from no 26 South Fourth Street Philadelphia Drawings of all kinds executed on stone. Copper and steel plates transferred. Printing, plain & coloured in the neatest style and the business in all its various branches carried on with punctuality and despatch. Nota: Engineers & surveyors wishing to execute their drawings, for transferring, merchants & others, writing their circulars or price currents, for the same purposes, will be supplied with the suitable ink & paper. Portraits, landscapes, geological and other maps, plans, architectural and historical drawings, ornamental title pages, colored illustrations, show cards, checks, circulars, price currents &c &c. Labels for patent medicines, perfumery, and all description of fancy articles, can be furnished at a very moderate cost to establishments requiring large quantities
Description: Directory advertisement showcasing the illuminated style of chromolithography executed by the Duval firm. Contains allegorical and historical vignettes and figures within a frame comprised of floral and Gothic elements. Includes the figure of Liberty attired in the American flag, holding a sword, and standing next to symbols of the arts such as a palette and sheet music below a framed bust-portrait of George Washington. The portrait is adorned with flowers and a banner reading "E. Pluribus Unum." Vignettes show lithographic artisans at work at a sketch table and rolling ink on a stone in a workshop, and a montage of medievally-attired artists and intellectuals, including a cartographer, sculptor, painter, mathematician, and composer. The Duval firm operated under the name P.S. Duval & Co. 1853-1857 and from Ranstead Place 1853-1856., Published in Catalogue of the twenty-second exhibition of American manufactures... (Philadelphia, 1852), frontispiece., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 68, Also published in McElroy's Philadelphia directory, for 1854... (Philadelphia: Edward C. & John Biddle, 1854), opp. p. 12a.
Creator: Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
Date: [1852]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1852 Exhib of 50574.O.15

Title: P.S. Duval, lithographer, no. 7 Bank Alley, near the Merchant's Exchange, Philadelphia Portraits from life, on stone, landscapes from nature, anatomical & architectural drawings, machinery, music titles, maps, plans, circulars, checks, bill heads, bills of lading, price currents, fac-similes, transfers from steel, copper, wood, and autographs, printing in colors, &c &c. Executed in the best possible manner, and on low terms
Description: Directory advertisement containing an ornamental border around advertising text., Published in The Mercantile register, or business man's guide.. (Philadelphia: H. Orr, 1846), p. 198., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 76
Date: [1846]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1846 20728.O.1.198

Title: P.S. Duval's lithographic establishment, No. 7 Bank Alley, Philadelphia Long and favourably known under the firm of Childs & Inman. P.S.D. respectfully infroms the artists of Philadelphia, and the public in general, that he is prepared to execute orders in all the various branches of the above art in a superior style. N.B. Likenesses drawn from life on stone, maps, charts, plans, bill heads, bills of exchange, cheques, professional and visiting cards, labels &c. &c. will receive prompt attention, and no exertion spared to render perfect satisfaction in every department of lithography
Description: Directory advertisement containing an ornamental border around advertising text., Published in The Philadelphia circulating business directory. For 1838. (Philadelphia: Published at Morris's Xylographic Press, 1838), p. 106., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 77
Date: [1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1838 (35) 10840.O.106

Title: J.T. Bowen, lithographer & print colourer, no. 94 Walnut Street, Philadelphia N.B. Views of public buildings, landscapes, maps, plans, charts, circualrs, &c. executed in the most beautiful style, and at the shortest notice; also portraits taken from life, or reduced from paintings, or enlarged from miniatures
Description: Directory advertisement containing an ornamental border around advertising text., Published in The Philadelphia circulating business directory. For 1838. (Philadelphia: Published at Morris's Xylographic Press, 1838), p. 107., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 41
Date: [1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1838 (35) 10840.O.107

Title: John Collins, lithographer, no. 79 South Third Street, Philadelphia Plans, maps, circulars, portraits, landscapes, anatomical, and other drawings executed in the most accurate and highly finished style
Description: Directory advertisement containing an ornamental border around advertising text., Published in The Philadelphia circulating business directory. For 1838. (Philadelphia: Published at Morris's Xylographic Press, 1838), p. 107., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 49
Date: [1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1838 (35) 10840.O.107

Title: P.S. Duval & Son Lithography in all its various branches, transfer from copper or steel plates and autographic circulars. Nota: There is also a photographic department attached to this establishment. S.w. corner 5th and Minor streets, near Chestnut St. Philadelphia
Description: Directory advertisement containing a montage of pictorial elements including a landscape view, and depictions of a Gothic-style church tower and bas-relief bust profile of "A[lois] Senefelder, Inventor of Lithography." Landscape view includes a cow, horse, and several sheep. Other details depict two cherubs reading a ledger, next to a compass and another ledger, and near a lithographer rolling ink on a stone on a lithographic printing press. Floral and vinery ornamentations bordering a banner adorned with the firm's name and the bas-relief portrait also comprise the image.The Duval firm operated under the name P.S. Duval & Son or P.S Duval, Son & Co. circa 1857-circa 1879 and from 22 & 24 South 5th Street 1858-1869., Published in McElroy's Philadelphia city directory, for 1858... (Philadelphia: Edward C. & John Biddle, 1858), frontispiece., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 70
Creator: P.S. Duval & Son
Date: [1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1858 (63) 10840.O.frontispiece

Title: St. Ann's Church Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing the Roman Catholic Church built 1866-1870 after the designs of Edwin F. Durang at 2328 E. Lehigh Street. Also shows the other properties of the church surrounding the building. Includes the rectory (built 1894, Durang), the church cemetery, the original church building partially visible behind the new structure, and the St. Ann School (built 1894-1895, Durang) at 2343 East Tucker Street. Street traffic includes a horse-drawn carriage, electric trolley, and man on horseback. Trees landscape the sidewalks and an iron fence lines the church and cemetery. Cemetery contains several headstones. Electric trolleys began operating in the city in 1892., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 229, PAHRC: Unitrd States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Ann's
Date: [ca. 1895]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Ann's

Title: E. Ketterlinus steam power letter press and lithographic printer, Arch and Fourth street, Philadelphia
Description: City directory advertisement containing gilt shading and a patriotic vignette for the studio established by Eugene Ketterlinus in 1842. Vignette depicts a female figure, Columbia, attired in a breast plate, crown, and cape leaning over a globe and standing on a block of stone. She holds a map which reads "North America," and an American flag, over the globe. In the background, locomotives travel over the landscape that also includes a railroad bridge spanning a river. Ketterlinus was one of the earliest Philadelphia lithographers to produce stock cards, and embossed and colored mercantile labels. The firm remained in business until the 1970s., Not in Wainwright., Published in Gopsill's Philadelphia city directory for 1870... (Philadelphia: Published by James Gopsill, 1870), opp. p. 854 (verso)., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 23/24, Advertisement for "Wm. Wilson & Son Manufacturers of Solid Silverware and Importers of Plate Ware s.w. cor. 5th & Cherry Sts. Philadelphia" on verso.
Creator: Ketterlinus, Eugene, d. 1886
Date: [1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1870 (75) 16994.0.854b

Title: E. Ketterlinus, steam power letter-press and lithographic printing house, n.w. cor. Arch & 4th sts. Philadelphia Gilt, embossed and illuminated labels, for manufacturers, liquor dealers and perfumers. Show cards, filled up & blank for the trade. Ball tickets, programmes, &c. Banks furnished with lithographed check with government stamps
Description: City directory advertisement printed with gilt lettering for the studio established by Eugene Ketterlinus in 1842. Also contains an ornamental border around the text. Ketterlinus was one of the earliest Philadelphia lithographers to produce stock cards, and embossed and colored mercantile labels. The firm remained in business until the 1970s., Not in Wainwright., Published in Gopsill's Philadelphia city directory for 1870... (Philadelphia: Published by James Gopsill, 1870), opp. p. 854 (verso)., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 23, Advertisement for "Wm. Wilson & Son s.w. cor. 5th & Cherry Sts. Philadelphia,...." on verso.
Creator: Ketterlinus, Eugene, d. 1886
Date: [1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1870 (82) 10840.O.854b

Title: Jacob Haehnlen's steam power lithographic & letterpress printing rooms Jacob Hahenlen's lithographic & steam power letter press printing rooms, Goldsmith's Hall, opposite Post Office, Library Street, Philadelphia
Description: Book advertisement containing an ornate border surrounding vignette views of the exterior of "Jacob Haehnlen's Lithographic Establishment" and a trompe l'oeil display of overlapping cards with advertising text and types of prints available from the firm. View shows the six-story brownstone and print shop, "Goldmsith Hall," owned by lithographer Haehnlen at 420 Library Street. Signage advertising "J. Haehnlen's Steam Power Printing Rooms" and "J. Haehnlen's Lithographic Rooms" adorn the side of the building in addition to large display windows and an eagle above the entranceway. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage, dray, and cart traveling in the street. Printing sample vignette includes the lithographer's tradecard atop cards advertising tickets; bills of lading; wine, liquor, perfumers, physician's and druggist's labels; "Borders & Titles for Photographic Albums"; diplomas, "Certificates Stock and Deposit;" letter heads; bonds; blanks; show cards; plans; circular cards; checks, notes, and drafts. Haehnlen established his own studio at Goldsmith's Hall in 1866 and operated his business from all but the first floor. The shop included salesrooms and offices, a machine shop, a drying room, lithographic presses, and card, handbill, and pamphlet printing presses. He sold his shop to the firm Lehman & Bolton in 1870. Building destroyed by fire on December 20, 1882., Not in Wainwright., Advertising text for printing rooms printed on verso including promotion "Manufacturer & Importer of Transfer Pictures for Coach and Car Builders.", Published in Edwin Freedley's Philadelphia and its manufactures: a hand-Book of the great manufactories and representative mercantile houses of Philadelphia, in 1867(Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co., 1867), opp. p. 546., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 47
Creator: Haehnlen, Jacob, b. 1824
Date: [1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1867 Free 55213.O.546a

Title: P.S. Duval, Son & Co. Designers & lithographer Philadelphia Portraits & all subjects of fine arts executed in chromo
Description: Frontispiece advertisement containing a Western-themed scene set within a mirror-shaped panel with Victorian details. Scene shows a canyon valley in which miners prepare to depart from their log cabin base. The men sit on logs and a wagon loaded with small crates, carry picks, and engage in discussion. In the background, miners pick at rocks near a waterfall emptying into a stream within the valley. The oval-shape image is bordered by the figure of a Native American man holding a gun and a pipe, and an African American man holding a hoe, smoking a pipe, and seated next to a plant on the base of the panel. Floral details and an American flag adorn the upper frame of the oval. The Duval firm operated under the name P.S. Duval & Son or P.S Duval, Son & Co. circa 1857-circa 1879., Not in Wainwright., Published in Edwin Freedley's Philadelphia and its manufactures: a hand-Book of the great manufactories and representative mercantile houses of Philadelphia, in 1867 (Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co., 1867(Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co., 1867), frontispiece., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 71
Creator: P.S. Duval & Son
Date: [1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1867 Free 55213.O.frontispiece

Title: Thos. S. Wagner formerly Wagner & McGuigan lithographers Philadelphia. Franklin Place no. 38. Lithography in all its branches Portraits, landscapes, illustrations, factories, stores &c. Printing in colors. Maps, charts, town lots, checks, labels, transferring of the finest steel & copper plates
Description: City directory advertisement containing an allegorical scene within an arch-shaped frame. Scene shows the figure of Liberty, attired in a liberty cap, and American flag cape, holding a sword and driving a three horse-team drawn chariot. She travels past a bust of George Washington displayed on a pedestal. In the background, a steam locomotive and steam boat are visible under rays of light emanating from the vista. Also shows an American eagle with an olive branch in its claws flying above Liberty and floral details adorning the bottom edge of the frame. Wagner operated a lithography studio solely 1858 until his death in 1863., Not in Wainwright., Published in McElroy's Philadelphia city directory for 1859... (Philadelphia: Edward C. & John Biddle. Printed by Henry B. Ashmead., 1859), frontispiece., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 104
Creator: Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.)
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1859 (65) 10840.O.frontispiece

Title: P. S. Duval & Son lithographers, 22 & 24 South 5th St., ab. Chestnut Philada All works appertaining to the various branches of lithographic drawing, engraving, and transferring, printing, plain and in colors, are executed in this establishment in the best style of the art. Turn over
Description: Advertisement containing an allegorical scene surrounded by a floral border. Scene shows a child asleep in her bed labeled "The Dream of Heaven" as angels, including one holding a book of "wisdom" and a basket of fruits hovers near her on a cluster of clouds. The Duval firm operated under the name P.S. Duval & Son or P.S Duval, Son & Co. circa 1857-circa 1879 and from 22 & 24 South 5th Street 1858-1869., Not in Wainwright., Published in Edwin Freedley's Philadelphia and its manufactures: A hand-book exhibiting the development, variety, and statistics of the manufacturing industry of Philadelphia in 1857 (Philadelphia: Edward Young, 1858), opp. p. 182., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 73, Variant of HSP Tradecard Collection - D and HSP Ba 61 D 956a
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1857 Fre 67170.D.182a

Title: P.S. Duval & Son lithographers. S.W. corner 5th and Minor street. Philadelphia Lithography in all its various branches, transfer from copper or steel plates executed in the most perfect style
Description: Directory advertisement containing a montage of pictorial elements including a landscape view, and depictions of a Gothic-style church tower and bas-relief bust profile of Alois Senenfeder, the inventor of lithography. Landscape view includes a cow, horse, and sheep. Other details depict two cherubs reading a ledger near tools of the lithographic trade including a roller, paper, rag, scraper, and press. Floral and vinery ornamentations bordering a banner adorned with the firm's name and the bas-relief portrait also comprise the image. The Duval firm operated under the name P.S. Duval & Son or P.S Duval, Son & Co. circa 1857-circa 1879 and from 22 & 24 South 5th Street 1858-1869., Published in The Philadelphia complete business directory for 1857... (Philadelphia: Published by Wm. F. Bartlett & Co., [1857]), opp. p. 113., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 74
Creator: P.S. Duval & Son
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1857 76553.0.112a

Title: Wagner & M'Guigan, respectfully invite the attention of the public to their extensive lithographic establishment no. 4 Athenian Building, Franklin Place, north of no. 111 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia Lithography in all its branches, portraits, landscape, anatomy, geology, botany, architecture, machinery, store views, title pages, certificates, steamboats, pattern books, country and town maps, plans circulars, commercial blanks, &c. Transferring from steel and copper-plate, wood cuts &c. This branch of the business is under their own immediate supervision, and having the assistance of the ablest work men enables them to produce work of a superior order in this line. Illuminated color printing unique and magnificent illustrations for books, title pages, certificates, show cards, labels, stores, hotels, manufactories, printed in various colors, bronzes, &c. All orders promptly attended to
Description: Directory advertisement containing an "Interior view of Printing Room containing upwards of forty presses." Shows a couple attired in elegant winter clothing strolling down the aisle between the several presses. Men perform various duties at the machines, including rolling ink and pressing paper on the printing stones. Behind the couple, boy apprentices carry stones by hand and pull them by dolly near a man in a cape. Thomas Wagner and James M'Guigan operated a lithographic studio as partners 1846-1858., Published in The Philadelphia merchants' & manufacturers' business directory for 1856-57 (Philadelphia: Prepared & published by Griswold & Co., [1856]), p. [15], front ad section., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 111, Variant of advertisement published in McElroy's Philadelphia directory, for 1856 (Philadelphia: Edward C. & John Biddle, 1856), p. 10, ad section and Catalogue of the twenty-fourth exhibition of American manufactures ...(Philadelphia, 1854), p. 39.
Creator: Scattergood, David, engraver
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1856 10578.Q.15 (front ad section)

Title: Specimen of chromo-lith. from P.S. Duval & Co.'s lithographic establishment, drawing on stone plain & color printing, Ranstead Place, west from 26 South 4th Street, Phila
Description: Frontispiece advertising the Philadelphia lithographic studio of P.S. Duval, which received an 1849 Franklin Institute medal for advancement in chromolithography. Contains allegorical, patriotic, romantic, and art-themed iconography. Includes a female allegorical figure, wearing a liberty cap, who holds a cornucopia under one arm, and raises a laurel wreath with the other. She stands on an American shield covered by a sword, palette, book, architectural plan, globe, and mallet. Also shows the American eagle, floral details, and two cherubs entwined in a banner reading "E Pluribus Unum.", Published in Catalogue of the twenty-third exhibition of American manufactures... (Philadelphia: William S. Young, 1853), frontispiece., Printed lower right corner: (See Page 491)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 84, Variant of illustration in Patent office report. Part 1. 1849. [P.2002.67.68]
Creator: Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
Date: 1853, c1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1853 Exhib 14181.O .5.frontispiece

Title: Black Diamond File Works illustrated price list G. & H. Barnett No. 39, 41 & 43 Richmond Street Philadelphia Pa
Description: Illustrated title page showing an exterior view of the factory complex for the file Works "established in 1863" in Richmond. Shows clerks and laborers moving and loading crates on to a company horse-drawn wagon parked in front of the office building. Individuals stand in the doorway of the building that is adorned with signage containing the name of the company and proprietors. In the rear of the office, the "File Factory" with several operating smokestacks, one adorned with a model of the company trademark, stands. Figures are seen in a window and door of sections of the edifice. At a two-story building, adjacent to the office, a worker carries planks of wood through the door. Also shows a "Richmond & Exchange" horse-drawn omnibus filled with passengers passing in the street., Not in Wainwright., Published as title page in Black Diamond File Works illustrated price list. ([Philadelphia, 1874])., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 57, Gift of David Doret.
Date: [1874]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare **Am 1874 G.& H. Barnett 10069.F.title page

Title: T. Sinclair & Son. Lithographic establishment. Philadelphia
Description: Genre scene trimmed from an 1883 advertisement calendar for T. Sinclair & Son. Shows children walking down a path in the woods. The boy and girl walk arm in arm. The boy holds a branch in his free hand. The girl wears a cape with bonnet-like hood and the boy wears a vest. Thomas Sinclair & Son operated as a partnership 1870-1889., Not in Wainwright., Title from untrimmed duplicate in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., Philadelphia on Stone, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - Scrapbook [Wf. 98 vol. 1]. HSP copy not trimmed.
Creator: T. Sinclair & Son
Date: 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements - S [8173.F]

Title: Philadelphia as it is in 1852
Description: Red, blue and yellow flowering vines surround colored vignettes of Benjamin Franklin reading and the seal of Philadelphia. A solid gilt border encloses the vignettes., Title page in R.A. Smith's Philadelphia as it is, in 1852: being a correct guide to all the public buildings; literary, scientific, and benevolent institutions; and places of amusement; remarkable objects; manufactories; commercial warehouses; and wholesale and retail stores in Philadelphia and its vicinity. With illustrations, and a map of the city and environs (Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1852)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 173
Date: [1852]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1852 Smith [68527.D.title page], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1852 Smith [(2) 10006.D.title page], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1852 Smith [(3) 10006.D.title page]

Title: E. White's res. at Bustleton 23d ward Phila. Dealer in coal, lumber, &c
Description: Atlas illustration showing the three-story house with roofed porch in Northeast Philadelphia of the businessman. A fence surrounds the property that neighbors a residence with attached barn. A woman stands on the porch and a man walks on the lawn. A couple in a horse-drawn carriage passes in the street., Published in the Combination atlas map of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys (Philadelphia: J. D. Scott, 1876), p. 59., Not in Wainwright., Label pasted on verso: (Bucks county [sic], Pa.) Published by James D. Scott Philadelphia, Pa., 1876, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 195
Creator: Scott, J.D
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Residences [P.9207]

Title: Flat Rock Dam, on Schuylkill
Description: Landscape view showing the Flat Rock Dam. Dam constructed by the Schuylkill Navigation Company circa 1820 near Manayunk., Published in Port Folio (August 1827), frontispiece., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 263, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of miscellaneous portraits.
Creator: Swett, Moses, artist
Date: [1827]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Rivers - Schuylkill [(1)5750.F.73c; (2)5750.F.21a]

Title: On Schuylkill Riv. Philada. Pa
Description: Landscape view showing a rocky cliff along the river. Trees grow on and near the rock formation. In the background, a row boat passes near the opposite shore where two cows stand. A residence is visible further up the riverbank., Etched in image: Schuylkill Riv. Phila., Etched in image and printed below image: 10., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 529, Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Rivers - Schuylkill [P.9165]

Title: Pegs Run
Description: View showing the stream running above Callowhill Street in Northern Liberties named after nearby property holder Daniel Pegg. In the foreground, a man steers a boat by pole and exits from the culvert under the dirt road that crosses the waterway. Cows graze on the adjacent marshland and Pegg's farm is visible in the distant background. Also shows a wagon and pedestrian traversing the dirt road and overpass., Plate published in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia...(Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1830), opp. p. 379., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 548
Creator: Breton, William L., artist
Date: [1830]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Views - P [P.8970.35]

Title: [Specimen sheet of volunteer fire fighting vignettes]
Description: Specimen sheet containing seven volunteer fire fighting vignettes numbered 998-1004. Vignettes depict a fire hydrant (998); firefighters racing a horse-drawn steam engine and hand-drawn hose carriage down a city street; the anchor emblem of the Hope Fire Company (1000); a firefighter in his uniform of helmet, long coat, and boats holding a hose with smoke in the background (1001); coat of arms of Philadelphia (1002); firefighters racing a horse-drawn ladder truck down a city street (1003); and a firefigher using a ladder to rescue a woman and baby from a smoke filled window with a hose at his side. In 1870 Philadelphia passed an ordinance establishing a paid fire department., Title supplied by cataloguer., Possibly printed by Theodore Leonhardt., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 226, Gift of Manuel Kean.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Fires & Firefighting [P.8511.1]

Title: [Uncut proof sheet of vignette views of Philadelphia landmarks]
Description: Contains eight, titled vignettes with varying Kollner imprints depicting "Girard College," "State House," "Fairmount," and "Exchange," i.e., the Merchant's Exchange. The Girard College, State House, and Merchant Exchange views are repeated. Girard College vignette shows Founder’s Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings built 1833-1847 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter. State House vignette shows Independence Hall, built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Also shows City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut) and Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut). Fairmount vignette shows the Fairmount Waterworks and the Wire Bridge at Fairmount. The waterworks were originally built 1812-1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff and the bridge was built 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. Exchange vignette shows the exchange building constructed 1832-33 for the Philadelphia Exchange Company after the designs of William Strickland at 143 South Third Street. A line of horse-drawn carriages is parked in front of the building., Not in Wainwright., Includes registration marks., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 768
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Education - G [P.8662.16]

Title: Fairmount Park
Description: Sheet music cover containing a view looking from Reservoir Hill toward Lemon Hill showing part of the Fairmount Water Works. Includes part of the mill race and the promenade on the old mill house, and visitors on the roof of the new mill house (completed 1862). Also shows a boat docked at the nearby boat landing and boat houses along the east bank of the Schuylkill River. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00018, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 235, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21:1 and 30:86
Date: c1871
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 21:1 and 30:86

Title: Carpenter's mansion
Description: Exterior view of the Sixth Street side of the isolated residence of brewer Joshua Carpenter built 1701-1722 at 615-619 Chestnut Street. Two men walk on the path next to the dwelling surrounded by trees. House razed 1826 following its sale by its last owner, Judge Tilghman, to the Arcade Company., Published in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia...(Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1830), opp. p. 323., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 83, Gift of James Rush.
Creator: Breton, William L., artist
Date: [1830]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Residences - C [9245.Q.22]

Title: Slate roof house _ Residence of W. Penn 1700
Description: View showing the H-shaped building built circa 1687-circa 1699 on the 100 block of South Second Street. The dwelling served as the residence for Penn 1699-1701. A couple enters the entrance and two men walk on the sidewalk along the residence. Evergreens are seen behind the house and a partial view of an adjacent building is visible., Plate published in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia...(Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1830), opp. p. 151., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 698, Gift of James Rush.
Creator: Breton, William L., artist
Date: [1830]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Residences - P [9245.Q.18]

Title: Poplar Grove. Residence of E.S. Richards, near Germantown, Penna
Description: View showing the villa-like estate of merchant Edwin S. Richards. Shrubery and trees landscape the grounds in front of the residence. In the background, behind a picket fence, a stone building and gazebo stand next to other buildings., Not in Wainwright., Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 614
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Residences - P [P.2003.37.2]

Title: Gardener's cottage or tenant house
Description: Architectural drawing of an exterior view of the two-story quaint residence. Contains a pitched and shingled roof, covered side porch, gabled windows, and ivy covering sections of the facade. Trees landscape the grounds and two girls are visible on one of the two paths to the dwelling., Probably published in J.C. Sidney's American cottage and villa architecture : a series of views and plans ... (New York: Appleton & Co., 1850). The book was to be issued in ten parts, monthly, beginning in July, 1850. The series was never completed and 4-5 parts containing a total of 22 plates by various Northeastern architects are known., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 89, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW- Residences [P.2002.33]

Title: Philadelphia, von dem grossen Baume zu Kensington aus geschen, unter welchem William Penn den tractat mit den Indianern abschloss
Description: View looking toward the city from the Penn Treaty Tree and Monument in Kensington. In the foreground, two men stand between the monument marked "William Penn's Landing Place" and the elm tree across from men working at the piers and arriving by skiff at the riverbank. Laborers pile sacks on the dock, transport goods by boat, and load a wagon. In the background, tall ships are docked, vessels travel the Delaware River, and cityscape is visible. The monument was erected in 1827 by the Penn Society to commemorate the site of William Penn's Treaty with the Delaware Indians at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 599, Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia., Traubel assumed proprietorship of the Kuhl lithography studio at 46 1/2 Walnut Street circa 1854 under the firm name Traubel & Co.
Creator: Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Views - P [(1)1525.F.53c]

Title: Microscopic view of Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view predominately showing the built city from the Schuylkill to the Delaware rivers and Port Richmond to South Philadelphia. Market Street runs down the center of the view. Shows the residential, commercial, industrial, religious, educational, and cultural buildings lining the streets and outer lying areas of Center City. Also shows parts of West Philadelphia, Windmill Island, and Camden, NJ. and public utilities, bridges, railroad depots, and reservoirs. Includes from west to east, the Woodlands, Blockley Almshouse, the Upper Ferry Bridge, Market Street Bridge, the two Gas Works, Fairmount Water Works, Girard College, Eastern State Penitentiary, the Naval Asylum, Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, St. Mark's Church, Christ Church, Independence Hall, Pennsylvania Hospital, St. Peter's Church, and Spark's Shot Tower. Also shows the five major squares (as well as Independence Square) and adjacent landmarks, including the P.R.R. Freight Depot, U.S. Mint, First Independent Church, Pennsylvania Asylum for the Blind, and Will's Eye Hospital. Masts of docked ships line the piers along the Delaware and vessels sail on the waters of both rivers. Foundries with smokestacks and undeveloped land border the built city to the North and South., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 478, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Views
Date: c1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Views [P.9087]

Title: Pupil's polka composed and dedicated to the pupils of Hlasko's Dancing Academy by A. Tatzel, senr
Description: Sheet music cover containing an interior view showing children at dance class at the physical institute operated by Miecislaw Hlasko. A mother introduces her son to the instructor as boy-girl and girl-girl couples perform different dance steps. Parents watch the children from the dance floor and other chaperones and children sit on a long cushioned bench lining a side of the hall. Two musicians play from a raised platform adorned with a balustrade in the background. Space also includes chandeliers and a skylight., Prices printed on recto: Colored 4 1/2; Plain 3., Includes the sheet music., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 629, Gift of David Doret.
Date: [c[1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Sheet Music Germ 11309.F (Doret)

Title: The Vigilant. Instituted Jany 2, 1760
Description: View of the hand-powered Philadelphia-style fire engine of the Vigilant Engine Company that operated from Race Street below Second Street. A firefighter, in uniform, and holding a trumpet stands next to the engine. His hat is adorned with the all-seeing eye and he wears a belt buckle labeled "Vigilant." Engine contains double decker end-stroke hand pumpers and is adorned with all-seeing eyes, ornamental details, and an ornate compressor. Print also contains a border with geometric details., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 265, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 832 V 683
Creator: Heiss, George G.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Fires and Firefighting [P.9944]

Title: [Powers & Weightman, chemical manufactory, Philadelphia]
Description: Advertisement showing the factory complex built 1825-1876 between Ninth, Parrish, Brown, and Darien Streets. Buildings house a showroom, storerooms, laboratories, boiler rooms, acid houses, drying rooms, and warehouses. Horse-drawn carts and wagons pick up and make deliveries and travel past the manufactory. In the right of the image, a crossing guard with a signal flag stands at the corner of Ninth and Paris streets. Train cars travel the tracks of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad past a separately-standing warehouse of the factory in the foreground. Opposite the factory and across from the railroad tracks, laborers load a horse-drawn cart with crates and barrels that are lined up in several rows. Also shows pedestrians on the sidewalks, a partial view of a neighboring building, and distant cityscape. In 1847, Powers & Weightman succeeded Farr & Kunzi (established in 1818), and became internationally renown for their manufacture of medicinal and other fine chemicals. The company was the first to introduce quinine to the United States., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 620, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 P 872, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Blanc, Albert, artist
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Industries [P.2007.28.20]

Title: Riot in Philadelphia July 7, 1844
Description: Discrepant news print showing a battle scene from the second series of anti-Catholic riots in Philadelphia in July 1844 that stemmed from the defensive arming of St. Philip de Neri Catholic Church in preparation of a July 4 Nativist party parade. Shows the melee around the city militia under attack from the Protestant rioters depicted as gentlemen in top hats and coats. In the foreground, a rioter picks up a brick as his compatriots fire at a charging band of militiamen near an illuminated lamppost. One soldier lays fallen on the ground as a rioter collapses over him. To the right, a mother flees with her children as men fight hand-to-hand in front of a group of onlookers. The crowd watches another band of militia attempt to guard the targeted Catholic church that is marked "I.H.S. A.D., 1840." In the background, rioters and the militia fire cannons at one another. In actuality, rioters gained control and set the church on fire by the morning of July 7, causing the militia to try and clear a neighboring street on which the combat and cannon fire occurred. The riot, which killed 15, was quelled by the state militia late that evening., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 650, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 892 B 921, LCP exhibit catalog: Made in America, entry #63.
Creator: Bucholzer, H., artist
Date: [1844]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 892 B 921

Title: 1776, Centennial International Exhibition, 1876 History of the United States
Description: Print containing a central view of the proposed Main Exhibition Building surrounded by titled vignettes showing key events in the history of the United States. View includes trains of people arriving by foot, on horseback, and by omnibus in front of the exhibition hall. The length, width, and square footage of the building are printed below the image. Vignettes, predominately events from the American Revolution, War of 1812, Mexican American and Civil War, include "Drafting the Declaration of Independence - The Committee"; "Reading the Declaration of Independence"; Celebration of the Fourth of July After the [Civil] War"; "Battle at Manmouth"; "Entry into Mexico"; "Battle of Lake Erie"; the raising of the American flag at "Fort Sumter"; "Surrender of Lee"; and Lincoln's celebratory "Entry into Richmond." Many of the images include victorious military leaders in addition to celebratory crowds. Other vignette views show street and pedestrian traffic in front of "Independence Hall or State House, Phila." and "The Memorial Building or "Art Gallery," Phila." Also contains the figure of America; an American eagle; a bee hive icon for "Agriculture" and train icon for "Mechanics"; Native American figures incorporated into the border; and banners reading "Great World Fair" and "Industry of All Nations." The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Farimount Park., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 3, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 8 S 325
Creator: Schile, H. (Henry)
Date: [c1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW -Centennial [7859.F]

Title: St. Paul's M. E. Church Catherine St. above 6th. Philada Erected A.D. 1838
Description: Exterior view showing the Methodist Episcopal Church at 615-623 Catharine Street, set back from the street by a front lawn. A path cuts through the center of the lawn. Trees line the path, the street, and corners of the lawn. The trees obscure the view of the front facade, which includes the name of the church on the frieze above the doorway. Several well-dressed parishioners of all ages approach the church from the sidewalk and walk down the path to the entrance. Also shows a man at the doorway of the neighboring residence with rear buildings that border the fenced church lawn. An elderly man crossing the street. Congregation organized in 1833., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 715, Atwater Kent Museum: 88.98.473/20. Digital image shows AKM copy.
Creator: Magee, John L., artist
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W350 [P.2008.34.14]

Title: Confirmations-Schein Es wird hiermit bescheinigt, dass [blank] nachdem [blank] in den Grundlehren und Pflichten der christlichen Religion gehorig unterrichtet, durch die Confirmation in die volle Gemeinschafte der [blank] aufgenommen worden ist, den [blank] im Jahre unseres Herrn Ein Tausend Acht Hundert und [blank]
Description: Confirmation certificate issued by the Reformed Church containing a scene of a confirmation class, and Biblical passages, a confirmation poem, and text in German. Scene depicts a pastor at the altar of a church attending to four men and a woman kneeling in prayer in front of him. Also shows curved stairways in the background and the baptismal font in the foreground. Bible passages include Isaiah 54:10, Matthew 11:28, Deuteronomy 29:9, Mark 8:34, and Rev. 2:10. Also contains an ornamental border., Johanna Dorothea Wollenweber is listed at this address in Philadelphia directories from 1854 to 1857; M.H. Traubel is listed at this address from 1854 to 1856., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 22.7 x 17.6 cm.L, Not in: Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 42, Library Company copy completed in MS. for Amanda H. Beitenman, confirmed March 29, 1857 by Rev. A.L. Dechant, in Keeler's Church, Frederick, Montgomery County, Pa.
Date: [between 1854 and 1856?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1854 Confirm 14331.Q (Roughwood)

Title: Confirmations-Schein Es wird hiermit bescheinigt, dass [blank] nachdem [blank] in den Grundlehren und Pflichten der christlichen Religion gehorig unterrichtet, durch die Confirmation in die wolle Gemeinschaft der [blank] aufgenommen worden ist, den [blank] im Jahre unseres Herrn Ein Tausend Acht hHundert und [blank]
Description: Confirmation certificate issued by the Reformed Church containing a scene of a confirmation class, Biblical passages, a confirmation poem, and text in German. Scene depicts a pastor at the altar of a church attending to four men and a woman kneeling in prayer in front of him. Also shows curved stairways in the background and the baptismal font in the foreground. Bible passages include Isaiah 54:10, Matthew 11:28, Deuteronomy 29:9, Mark 8:34, and Rev. 2:10. Also contains an ornamental border., Johanna Dorothea Wollenweber is listed at this address in Philadelphia directories from 1858 to 1864; Schnabel & Finkeldey is listed from 1858 to 1863., Printed area, including ornament border, measures 22.6 x 17.6 cm., Not: in Wainwright., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Polly Rieth, confirmed May 6, 1858, by Rev. Augustus Bergner in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Upper Mahantango, Pa., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 43
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1858 Confirm 14332.Q (Roughwood)

Title: [Marriage certificate]
Description: Marriage certificate from a Bible illustrated with an ornate border containing a romantic scene. Scene shows a couple sailing in a gondola adorned with a garland of flowers. Border also includes flowers, vinery, doves, tassels, drapery, clasped hands, and the Bible., Title supplied by cataloguer., Copyrighted by William Flint. Name of copyright holder from duplicate (15129.Q)., Copyright statement partially illegible., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 143
Date: c1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1868 This 14333.Q [Roughwood]

Title: [Marriage certificate]
Description: Marriage certificate from a Bible illustrated with an ornate border containing a romantic scene. Scene shows a couple sailing in a gondola adorned with a garland of flowers. Border also includes flowers, vinery, doves, tassels, drapery, clasped hands, and the Bible. Certificate attached to a record sheet for marriages and births. Birth section contains annotations., Title supplied by cataloguer., Copyrighted by William Flint., Copy 15129.Q [Roughwood] records the marriage of Daniel Kemmer of Ober Wilford and Maryan Sangler of Wilford Bucks on August 10, 1867 at Fogelsville by William W. Kelfrich, Reformirfer Prediger., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 145/146, One of prints [P.2009.12] gift of David Doret.
Date: c1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 15129.Q [Roughwood], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Certificates [P.2009.12]

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