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Title: Fountain in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Depicts William Rush's seven and one-half feet tall Water Nymph and Bittern fountain sculpture near the Lemon Hill (Callowhill Street) entrance to Fairmount Park. Also includes the marble Frederick Graff Memorial, commissioned in 1844 in honor of Frederick Graff, the designer of Fairmount Waterworks., Numbered 173-9 on recto., Sheet number: 86A12., Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: Glen near Horticultural Hall postcards
Description: Contains views of a wooded valley near Horticultural Hall, including a stream, a wooden pedestrian bridge and a stone arch bridge., Sheet numbers: 86A13 and 86A14., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: Indian Rock Hotel postcards
Description: Exterior views of the Indian Rock Hotel, named after the statue of Tedyuscung that stands on Indian Rock overlooking Wissahickon Creek. Located at Monastery Avenue and Wissahickon Drive, near Wissahickon Creek. Depicts the second hotel, built in the early 1870s following the purchase of the original building by the Fairmount Park Commission, procured by Charles Weingartner in 1894. The building was razed prior to 1916., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A15 and 86B05., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: Japanese Pagoda postcards
Description: Depicts a Nio-mon, or a Japanese temple gateway that was exhibited at the St. Louis Exhibition in 1904 and erected shortly thereafter upon the land designated for the Japan exhibit during the Centennial Fair twenty years earlier., Contains 12 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Japanese Pagoda - 75]

Title: Lincoln Drive postcards
Description: Depicts the s-curve of Lincoln Drive near an unidentified pedestrian bridge spanning Paper Mill (Monoshone) Run. View looking north toward Harvey Street., Contains 11 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Lincoln Drive - 76]

Title: Arnold mansion postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of Mount Pleasant Mansion (i.e. Arnold Mansion) built 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson after the designs of Thomas Nevil in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. Macpherson, a privateer during the Seven Years’ War, purchased the estate with profits from these operations. Free white and Black laborers, indentured servants, and at least four enslaved people of African descent, whose names are unknown, worked on the plantation. In 1779, General Benedict Arnold purchased Mount Pleasant for his wife Peggy Shippen, but they never occupied the house. In 1792, General Jonathan Williams purchased the mansion. The City of Philadelphia purchased the property from the Williams family in 1869. On behalf of the city, the Philadelphia Museum of Art restored the house in 1926., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Gift of George M. Brightbill, 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.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: [ca. 1905]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Arnold - 77]

Title: Belmont Mansion postcards
Description: Exterior views of house and music pavilion built for William Peters. Construction of the main block of the house began in 1743 but was not completed until circa 1751., Contains 9 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., William Peters was a landowner and attorney from Liverpool, England. He held several offices in Philadelphia including Clerk of the Admiralty Court, Notary Public, and Prothonotary of the Superior Court. Belmont Mansion was one of several properties owned by Peters in Philadelphia. He gave the property to his son, Judge Richard Peters, when he returned to England in 1768., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Belmont - 78]

Title: Lemon Hill postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of house and entrance stairway commissioned by Henry Pratt in 1799 on land called "The Hills" by the previous owner, Robert Morris. Pratt purchased the land at a sheriff's sale after Morris claimed bankruptcy. Morris's villa had been destroyed by fire, leaving only the greenhouse, which Pratt retained when he built Lemon Hill. In 1844, several years after Pratt's death, Lemon Hill became the first mansion aqcuired by the city of Philadelphia to create a public park., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Also known as the Headquarters of Colonial Dames of America, Chapter II (1957) and the Henry Pratt House., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Lemon Hill - 79]

Title: Chamounix Mansion postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of country retreat built circa 1802 for George Plumsted. The property was acquired by the city of Philadelphia in 1871 and was used as a restaurant and boarding house., Numbered 2305 on recto., Also known as Montpelier., Sheet number: 81A01., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: Residence of John Penn, Colonial Governor, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of house built 1784-1785 for John Penn, grandson of William Penn. It became part of Fairmount Park in 1867. Currently part of the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens., Numbered 24 on recto., Also known as Solitude., Sheet number: 81A01., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: c1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: Randolph Mansion, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade of the colonial mansion, Laurel Hill located on Edgeley Drive at the corner of Fairmoutn Avenue. The central portion of the house was built circa 1767, the single story addition circa 1800 and the octagonal wing after 1837. Built for Rebecca Rawle and her second husband, Samuel Shoemaker. The house was purchased by physician Philip Syng Physick in 1828 and it passed to Physick's daughter Sarah Randolph who in turn sold it to the Fairmount Park Commission in 1869. The Commission used it for employee housing from 1869-1901 and then leased it to two organizations, The Colonial Dames of America and later the Women for Greater Philadelphia, who opened it to the public., Numbered 11229 on recto., Also known as Laurel Hill and Joseph Shute House., Sheet number: 81A01., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: David Rittenhouse House postcards
Description: Exterior views of RittenhouseTown, the birthplace of David Rittenhouse, built circa 1690 by William Rittenhouse as the first paper making business in the colonies. Complex of RittenhouseTown consists of the only eighteenth century German buildings that survive in Philadelphia., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 81A02 and 81B01., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: Children's Playhouse postcards
Description: Depicts the playhouse and playground built in 1899 as a country space for city children, erected by Richard and Sarah Smith., Also known as Smith's Memorial Playhouse., Sheet numbers: 81A03 and 81A04., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1910-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: Old Monastery, Wissahickon, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of house built near Wissahickon Creek between 1746 and 1752 for Joseph Gorgas, a lumber merchant and third generation resident of Germantown. Constructed on the site of "the Kloster," the log cabin built in 1737 as a community house for the German Dunkards., Also known as the Joseph Gorgas House and the Children's Museum of Philadelphia (1973)., Sheet number: 81B01., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: Tom Moore's Cottage postcards
Description: Exterior views of the cottage located on the west side of the Schuylkill River above the Reading Railway Bridge. The farm house was on the estate of Jacob S. Waln when the Irish poet Tom Moore puportedly stayed here during his visit to Philadelphia in 1804., Also known as Boelson Cottage, Belmont Cottage and Pig's Eye Cottage., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1910-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Moore's - 82]

Title: Frankford Arsenal postcards
Description: Depicts a row of cannons lined up on a field near unidentified arsenal buildings. The first buildings of the Frankford Arsenal were built in 1816 as storage facilities around an open square, but the base expanded incrementally to include 281 buildings as its function included the manufacture of small arms munitions and the development of precision instruments and production line manufacturing techniques., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1910-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Frankford Arsenal - 98]

Title: Franklin's grave postcards
Description: Depicts Benjamin Franklin's grave in Christ Church's cemetery at the southeast corner of Fifth and Arch Streets. Includes sightseers behind the iron fence that replaced a section of the stone wall built in 1858 to allow for a better view of the tomb., Contains 20 postcards printed in color and 6 printed in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Franklin's Grave - 99]

Title: Germantown Bank, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Depicts an oblique view of the Bank of Germantown in a converted colonial home, the Clarkson-Watson House, built 1745-1775 on Germantown Avenue. The bank occupied this building from 1825 to 1868, until it moved to a new lot built by J.G. Sidney at 5500-5506 Germantown Avenue., Dwelling built circa 1745 for Matthew Clarkson, mayor of Philadelphia from 1792 to 1796. Thomas Jefferson and Edmund Randolph stayed here during the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The Bank of Germantown occupied the property from 1825 to 1869, around the same time John Fanning Watson, author of Annals of Philadelphia, lived here., Sheet number: 100A01., Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Carnegie Free Library postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of library building constructed in 1906 after designs by Frank Miles Day & Bro., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Vernon Park was formerly a private residence purchased by the City of Philadelphia in 1892. Andrew Carnegie's donation enabled the city to construct a Free Library on the property in 1906., Sheet numbers: 100A01 and 132B03., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100] and [Libraries - 132]

Title: Green Tree Inn postcards
Description: Exterior, oblique views of tavern built in 1748 by Daniel and Sarah Pastorius adjacent to the homestead of his grandfather Francis Daniel Pastorius. Also known as the Saddler's Arms, The Hornet's Nest, and Mackinett's Tavern. David Mackinett was Sarah's second husband after the death of Daniel Pastorius. Includes partial views of properties north of the old tavern. Building moved north in 1930 for the expansion of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Germantown and used as church offices., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Alternate names include Saddler's Arms, Hornet's Nest and Mackinett's Tavern. Used by the First Methodist Church of Germantown as offices since 1907., Sheet numbers: 100A02 and 100B04., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Christopher Yeakel's old log cabin postcards
Description: Exterior views of home proportedly built in 1743 for Christopher Yeakel, a cooper, at the corner of Mermaid Lane and Germantown Avenue and demolished circa 1905., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Post cards issued by The Rotograph Co., New York City and The World Post Card Co., Philadelphia., Sheet numbers: 27B04, 100A03 and 100B06., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27] and [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Penn Mansion postcards
Description: Exterior views of Penn House built 1713-1715 for Thomas Chalkley on land owned by William Penn's daughter, Letitia, although it was believed that William Penn built the home and lived there. Served as a tavern for many years, until the house was moved to Fairmount Park in 1883 in order to save it from destruction during a period of rapid commercial growth in the city., Contains 45 postcards printed in color and 26 printed in black and white. Also includes 6 linen postcards., Also known as the Letitia Street House., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1935
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Penn Mansion - 83]

Title: Memorial Hall postcards
Description: Depicts International Exhibition hall built 1874-1876 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann. Contains exterior views of front facade; oblique views of front and west flank of building and a view of the fountain near the hall. Also depicts interior views of Memorial Hall showing the American Colonial Room; the Bloomfield Moore Collection main room looking north; the Chinese Doorway of carved wood, Chinese cases and Temple idols from the Chinese exhibit; a bed room from Mount Pleasant Mansion; a copy of the pulpit from the Cathedral of Siena by Nicola Pisano; the Street Temple of guilded marble from Delhi, India; James Abbott McNeill Whistler's painting, "The Lady with the Yellow Buskin Wilstach Collection"; and a chest of drawers created in Philadelphia circa 1770., Contains 26 postcards printed in color and 26 printed in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., Repository for several furniture, textile and painting collections owned by the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1945
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Memorial Hall - 84-85]

Title: Girls' Normal School postcards
Description: Contains images of the Philadelphia Normal School for Girls at the northwest corner of 13th and Spring Garden Streets. Built in 1893 after designs by Joseph W. Anshutz on the site of Spring Garden Commissioners Hall. Includes exterior views of the building looking northwest and an interior view of the botanical department., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Normal schools trained students to become teachers. The Philadelphia High School for Girls was a normal school until this site opened in 1893., Digitized whith funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Girls Normal - 152]

Title: Mount Saint Joseph Academy postcards
Description: Landscape views of the campus of Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Chestnut Hill, now occupied by Chestnut Hill College. Founded by the Sisters of Saint Joseph as a Catholic convent and girls seminary in 1858 on the Joseph Middleton estate. Mount Saint Joseph Female Academy building constructed in 1874. Turned into a day school in 1911. Mount Saint Joseph's moved to Flourtown in 1961., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 153A01B and 153B06A., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1906-1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: Overbrook High School, 57th and Lancaster Ave. [sic], Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade of school built in 1926 after designs by Irwin Thornton Catharine., Numbered 129861 on verso., Sheet number: 153A02., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: Roman Catholic High School, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of school built 1886-1890 by Edwin Forrest Durang., The first free non public school in the United States., Sheet number: 153A04., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of St. Joseph's College on Stiles Street between 17th and 18th Streets. Built after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang in 1887., Numbered 76 on verso., St. Joseph's College formed in 1851 on the site of the old St. Joseph's Church near 4th Street and Willings Alley. Expanded and moved to the site of the old Evening Bulletin building at Filbert and Juniper Streets in 1856. Moved again to 17th and West Stiles in 1889., Sheet number: 153A04., Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: Southern Manual Training School postcards
Description: Exterior views of school at South Broad and Jackson Streets, viewed from Broad and Snyder Avenue in these images. Built in 1907 after designs by Lloyd Titus. Became South Philadelphia High School in 1915., Numbered 2327 on recto., Published in Robert Morris Skaler's Philadelphia's Broad Street South and North, (Portsmouth, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 2003), p. 11., Sheet number: 153A05., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1910-1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: Temple University postcards
Description: Exterior views of several buildings on Temple University's campus, including College Hall next to Grace Baptist Church, built circa 1893 after designs by Thomas Preston Lonsdale; Carnell Hall built in 1928 and Conwell Hall built in 1924 after designs by the same architect, William Harold Lee. Lee also proposed the Tower of Learning in 1927, a Gothic five-tower design similar to Raymond Hood's Chicago Tribune building. Unexecuted., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white. Also includes 3 linen postcards., Founded by Dr. Russell H. Conwell as a night school for parishoners of Grace Baptist Temple at the southeast corner of North Broad and Berks Street. He obtained a college charter in 1888 and three years later received the right to confer degrees., Sheet numbers: 153A06 and 153B06B., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1905-1970
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: William Penn High School for Girls postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade and flank of school facing Mount Vernon Street. Built in 1909 after designs by Henry Decourcey Richards., Sheet number: 153A07., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: North Philadelphia Station, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front of station built 1896-1901 after designs by Theophilus Parsons Chandler, Jr., Numbered 105334A on verso., Also identified as the Germantown Junction Station., Sheet number: 145A02., Divided back. Stamped Dec. 9, 1921 on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Miscellaneous - 145]

Title: Pennsylvania Railroad System Building, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front. Resembles Graham, Anderson, Probst & White's unexecuted passenger station at 16th and Pennsylvania Boulevard., Numbered 130424 on verso., Sheet number: 145A02., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Miscellaneous - 145]

Title: Reading Terminal postcards
Description: Contains images of Reading Terminal, the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad's terminal building, constructed 1891-1893 after designs by Francis Hatch Kimball and Wilson Brothers & Company. Includes exterior views looking northeast from 12th and Market Streets and one image of the station and train shed from a distance., Contains 26 postcards printed in color and 12 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Reading Terminal - 146]

Title: Rittenhouse Square postcards
Description: Contains images of Rittenhouse Square and buildings that line the periphery, such as Holy Trinity Church, Rittenhouse Plaza Apartments and The Wellington. Also includes a drawing of children playing in Rittenhouse Square and an advertisement for the annual Arts Festival held in the Square., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., Known as the Southwest Square, until 1825 when it was renamed in honor of astronomer and Philadelphia native David Rittenhouse., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1910-2000
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Rittenhouse Square - 147]

Title: Boys' Central High School postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of Boys' High School, built in 1894 after designs by Joseph W. Anshutz. Depicts the front of the school from Brandywine Street looking north and from Green Street looking south., Contains 23 postcards printed in color and 14 printed in black and white., Built across the street from the old Central High School, constructed in 1853 and used as an annex until it was condemned in 1937., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Boy's High - 148]

Title: Drexel Institute postcards
Description: Contains images of the main building constructed in 1891 after designs by Wilson Brothers & Company. Includes exterior views of the front facade and main entrance way. Also depicts interior views of the Great Court and museum., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white., Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel. Renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1970., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1905-1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Drexel Institute - 149]

Title: Girard College postcards
Description: Contains exterior views of Founder's Hall, also identified as the main building, built 1833-1847 after designs by Thomas Ustick Walter., Contains 38 postcards printed in color and 20 printed in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., Endowed by philanthropist Stephen Girard to educate boys without fathers. Girard ran away from home in France at the age of fourteen, worked his way up to ship captain and landed in the states in 1776. He became one of the wealthiest men in America before his death seventeen years before the opening of Girard College in 1848., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10)
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Girard College - 150]

Title: Girls' High School postcards
Description: Exterior views of the front and flank of the school at the northeast corner of 17th and Spring Garden Streets. Built in 1876 after designs by Lewis H. Esler. Girls' High School formerly located on Sergeant Street (built in 1853 after designs by Samuel Sloan) and known as the Girls' Normal School. Changed its name again in 1892 to High School for Girls., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Half of the postcards (3 out of 6) issued by The Rotograph Co., New York., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Girls High - 151]

Title: The Free Library of Philadelphia, Robert W. Ryerss Library and Museum, Burholme Park, Fox Chase
Description: Exterior view of front facade of library building constructed 1857-1888 as the residence of Joseph W. Ryerss. Altered to library 1908-1910., Also identified as Burholme, Joseph W. Ryerss House and Ryerss Mansion., Postcard issued by William H. Rau, Philadelphia, and the Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., Sheet number: 132B06., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]

Title: The Free Library of Philadelphia, South Philadelphia Branch. 2407-2417 South Broad Street
Description: Exterior view of front facade of library built circa 1913 after designs by Charles Louis Borie, Jr., Also identified as Ritner Childrens Branch., Postcard issued by William H. Rau, Philadelphia, and the Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., Sheet number: 132B06., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]

Title: The Free Library of Philadelphia, Southwark Branch, N.W. corner Fifth and Ellsworth Streets
Description: Exterior view of front facade of library built circa 1911 after designs by David Knickerbacker Boyd., Postcard issued by William H. Rau, Philadelphia, and the Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., Sheet number: 132B06., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]

Title: The Free Library of Philadelphia, Spring Garden Branch, Seventeenth and Spring Garden Streets
Description: Exterior view of front facade of library built in 1905 after designs by Field & Medary., Postcard issued by William H. Rau, Philadelphia, and the Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., Sheet number: 132B07., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]

Title: The Free Library of Philadelphia, West Philadelphia Branch, Fortieth and Walnut Streets
Description: Exterior view of front facade of library built 1904-1905 after designs by Zantzinger & Borie., Postcard issued by William H. Rau, Philadelphia, and the Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., Sheet number: 132B08., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]

Title: Logan Square and Parkway postcards
Description: Contains images of Logan Square, Logan Circle and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway from many different perspectives. Depicts popular landmarks on the parkway including the Philadelphia Art Museum, the Central Branch of the Free Library, City Hall, the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul and Pennsylvania Railroad's Suburban Station. Images document Logan Square and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway before, during and after construction from 1917-1926., Contains 21 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white. Also includes 11 linen postcards., Logan Square marked the central portion of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, connecting the wider linear segment running east from the Art Museum terminus and the thinner portion running west from City Hall. Based on plans designed by Jacques Greber, who was also responsible for the World's Exposition held in Paris in 1937. One of many boulevards created during the City Beautiful movement, emphasizing an attractive environment of green landscapes and classical civic buildings that would create moral and civic minded citizens during a time when American cities were afflicted by poverty and overcrowded living conditions., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1915-1960
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Logan Square and Parkway - 133]

Title: Sesquicentennial Exhibition postcards
Description: Contains souvenir and memento postcards of the Sesquicentennial Exhibition, celebrating the 150th anniversary of independence in Philadelphia. Features general views of the fair grounds, including High Street, constructed to portray a Philadelphia street as it looked in 1776. Depicts exterior views of exhibition buildings erected for the fair, including several State buildings, buildings constructed on League Island, the large Liberty Bell replica marking the entrance of the fair, the Administration building, Palace of the Liberal Arts, Palace of Agriculture, Palace of Education, Palace of Fine Arts and Auditorium Convention Hall. Also includes images of popular icons associated with Philadelphia's history including the liberty bell, Independence Hall, City Hall, Carpenter's Hall and William Penn., Contains 112 postcards printed in color and 19 printed in black and white., The fair grounds were located in South Philadelphia, adjacent to the Navy Yard. The exhibition opened on May 31, 1926 and for six months provided attractions and entertainment in the form of pageants, exhibitions and sporting events. New technology, especially electrical appliances, were displayed, marking the progress of science and industry since the Centennial Exhibition 1876., Most postcards issued by John D. Cardinell, Philadelphia., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Sesquicentennial Exposition - 155]

Title: Arch Street postcards
Description: Contains images of Arch Street, including views looking east from Fifteenth Street and west from Broad Street, showing the Young Men's Christian association building (1417-23 Arch Street) and the United Gas Improvement Building (1401 Arch Street). Also includes an image of the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (55-65 North Broad Street), Masonic Temple (1-33 North Broad Street), and City Hall tower near Broad and Arch Streets., Sheet number: 156A01., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1910-1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]

Title: Post Office and Federal Building postcards
Description: Contains images of the United States Post Office and Courthouse situated on the 900 block of Market and Chestnut Streets. Built 1873-1884 after designs by John McArthur, Jr. and Alfred Bult Mullett. Depicts exterior views of the building from Market and Chestnut Streets. Some images include the Philadelphia Record building (917-19 Chestnut Street). Also includes statues of McKinley and Benjamin Franklin in the post office. Sculpted by John J. Boyle in 1899, the Benjamin Franklin statue is now located on Locust Walk on Penn's campus., Contains 30 postcards printed in color and 15 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Post Office - 140]

Title: Broad Street Station postcards
Description: Contains exterior views of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station and train shed at the northwest corner of Broad and Market Streets. Station built 1879-1882 after designs by Wilson Brothers & Company and expanded by Furness, Evans & Co. from 1892 to 1894. Train shed constructed by Wilson Brothers & Company in 1894 and destroyed in 1923. Station demolished 1952-53., Contains 42 postcards printed in color and 18 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Broad Street Station - 143]

Title: Pennsylvania Railroad Ferries postcards
Description: Contains images of the Pennsylvania Railroad Ferry, showing the Market Street Loop, the ferry terminal, the ferry boat crossing the Delaware River, the boat entrance from the Delaware River and a general view of Delaware Avenue looking north showing the terminal building. The ferry transported passengers to and from Camden, NJ before the first bridge spanned the river in 1926., Contains 10 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Ferries - 144]

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