OUR UNION.
Title
OUR UNION.
Description
Our Union the gift of our fathers I (3 vs. and chor. with music) Air: Red, White and Blue. Headed: "National Songs Issued By The Loyal National League"; written for the great Sumter Mass Meeting, at Union Square, April 11th, 1863; by Alfred B. Street; issued from the Offices of the Rebellion Record, 441 and 448 Broadway, New-York. 25 x 17 cm.
MY NORMANDY.
Title
MY NORMANDY.
Description
Hope whispers me, when summer comes (3 vs.), Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan musical instruments border, col. 25.1 x 16.4 cm., Variant: b. Sheet no. 635; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border, col. 24.9 x 15.6 cm., Variant: c. [As above; with COURAGE, MOTHER, I AM GOING on recto.] 24 x 15.6 cm.
Scenes in spain
Title
Scenes in spain
Date
1837
Location
Am 1837 Scenes
Eagle and U.S. Senate envelope
Title
Eagle and U.S. Senate envelope
Description
Image: Depicts two scenes, the left hand side shows an eagle gripping a laurel wreath in its beak and standing above a shield on a rock near the sea. The right hand side of the envelope depicts an interior view of the Senate in session., Verse 2629: U.S. Senate., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date
1861-1865
The Little gem
Title
The Little gem
Date
1847
Location
Am 1847 Little
Give Bread to the Poor.
Title
Give Bread to the Poor.
Description
I've an object in view I would like to unfold (3 vs.). Publ. A.W. Auner (1), 19.5 x 11.4 cm.
German Hospital postcards
Title
German Hospital postcards
Description
Exterior views of German Hospital building adjoining the Mary J. Drexel Home at Girard and Corinthian Avenues. Founded in 1860 to provide medical care to the German population in the area. Building in images constructed circa 1874. In 1917 name changed to Lankenau Hospital in honor of John Lankenau, one of the hospital's early presidents. The Mary J. Drexel Home, which can be seen in the background of some of the postcards, was built in 1888 and later housed the hospital's deaconesses' home, children's hospital, home for the elderly and a school for girls., Contains 8 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 108A02, 108A03, 108A04, and 108B02., 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
1900-1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]
THE EXCURSION STEAMER.
Title
THE EXCURSION STEAMER.
Description
Of Cape May parties you have heard, while some Tacony have preferred (7 vs. and chor.) Air.—Teddy the Tyler. Headed: "Zieber's Popular Editions"; as sung by Mr. Charles Jenkins. T. o. border. 23.7 x 15.4 cm.
Stories for my young friends
Title
Stories for my young friends
Creator
Arthur, T. S., creator
Date
1848
Location
Am 1848 Arthur
A treatise on milch cows
Title
A treatise on milch cows
Creator
Guenon, Francois, creator
Date
1846
Location
Am 1846 Gue
Elizabeth Jaudon Bakewell, New Orleans, 9 May 1848
Title
Elizabeth Jaudon Bakewell, New Orleans, 9 May 1848
Description
Waist length portrait of Bakewell as a young woman with long curls hanging down her cheeks, wearing a brooch at her neck. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. S curves at corners. Manuscript note on inside back cover under the plate reads: Elizabeth Jaudon Bakewell, New Orleans, 9 May 1848., See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date
May 9, 1848
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.1]
The masque of Pandora
Title
The masque of Pandora
Creator
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, creator
Date
1875
Location
Am 1875 Long
Rhoda; or, The Excellence of Charity
Title
Rhoda; or, The Excellence of Charity
Date
1844
Location
zin 1638
Albany with two women holding grain envelope
Title
Albany with two women holding grain envelope
Description
Image: On the left hand side of the envelope two women hoist up a large sheaf of grain over their heads. The right hand image depicts a birds-eye view of Albany, New York., Verse 87: Albany, N.Y., Caption: Empire State., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date
1861-1865
Godber, John
Title
Godber, John
Description
John Godber, lithographer and printer, born of French heritage ca. 1841 in New York, worked in the trade in Philadelphia ca. 1860-ca. 1890. Although a foreman for Herline & Co. and then Howard B. Hamilton (39 North Tenth Street) 1873-1874, Godber did engage in photography for a brief time as a partner in the photographic studio W. H. Keller & Co. (322 North Second Street) in 1872. After 1890, Godber was listed in city directories until 1894 as a grocer., Godber resided in the Seventh Ward of Philadelphia by 1860, with presumably his siblings, Mary (b. ca. 1830, France) and Constance (b. ca. 1840, France) Agnes (b. ca. 1844, N.Y.) and Titus (b. ca. 1848, N.J.). He remained in the Seventh Ward neighborhood on the 1200 block of Shippen (i.e., Bainbridge) Street until ca. 1870, when he relocated to 1033 Fernon Street in South Philadelphia (Ward 1) with his wife Annie (b. ca. 1840) and daughter Susan (b. 1862). By 1879, Godber resided on South Tenth Street, first at 2025 and after 1886 at 2039 South Tenth Street., Although listed as white in census records, Godber's entry in the 1863 edition of the Philadelphia city directory was annotated to indicate that he was "colored." If a correct annotation, Godber would be the only known named black lithographer in 19th-century Philadelphia directories 1828-1878.
Date
b. ca. 1841
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Louisa May Alcott Her Life, Letters, Journals
Title
Louisa May Alcott Her Life, Letters, Journals
Creator
Cheney, Ednah D., creator
Date
1889
Location
zin 1616
NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE PORT STEERAGE MESS, U.S. FLAG SHIP "PHILADELPHIA."
Title
NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE PORT STEERAGE MESS, U.S. FLAG SHIP "PHILADELPHIA."
Description
As we lay in the creek, tired to death and half sick (14 vs.) Air— Robinson Crusoe. Letter paper. 26.1 x 19.9 cm.
Hand envelope
Title
Hand envelope
Description
Image: Shows the acronym C.S.A., underneath of which is a hand pointing toward an upside-down "U.S.A.", Verse: C.S.A. / U.S.A., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date
1861-1865
THEE, THEE, ONLY THEE.
Title
THEE, THEE, ONLY THEE.
Description
The dawning of morn- the daylight's sinking (3 vs.) Publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan kissing cupids border, col. 24.6 x 16 cm.
Schmitz, M. (Matthew)
Title
Schmitz, M. (Matthew)
Description
Matthew Schmitz, born in Prussia ca. 1805, worked as a lithographic artist, predominately of sheet music covers printed by Duval, in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1860s. Schmitz immigrated to the United States before 1844; the year he declared his intent to naturalize in Philadelphia. By 1845, Schmitz began to be listed in local city directories as an "artist" at 142 (i.e., 400 block) Chestnut Street. In 1849, he delineated a lithographic portrait of Madame Anna Bishop published by Philadelphia music publisher A. Fiot. In the 1850s and 1860s, he designed a ca. 1850 "Humane Society of Philadelphia" certificate printed by Thomas Sinclair and a ca. 1865 sheet music cover titled "Glenwood Polka..." showing the Pennsylvania Female College. During the mid 19th-century, Schmitz was also a "teacher of drawing" and a "professor of music" according to city directory entries and the censuses (1860, 1870, 1880)., Schmitz was married to Henrietta (b. ca. 1827) with whom he had at least four children. In 1860, he resided in Center City (Ward 10) and owned personal estate worth $500. In 1870, he resided in West Philadelphia (Ward 24) and owned personal estate worth $600. In 1880, "music teacher" Schmitz continued to reside in West Philadelphia and at 3104 Baring Street with his wife and three children aged 18-25 years.
Date
b. ca. 1805
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
THE JOLLY OLD CROW.
Title
THE JOLLY OLD CROW.
Description
On the limb ob an oak sat a jolly old crow (3 vs. and chor.) Sung nightly with shouts of applause, by Charley White, at his Opera House, 49 Bowery, N.Y.; print. Andrews. T. o. border. 24 x 15.8 cm.
Song sheet headpiece 153
Title
Song sheet headpiece 153
Description
Sample image scanned from: Wolf 291a, One of 297 song sheet headpiece designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).
The welcome of Louis Kossuth, Governor of Hungary, to Philadelphia / by the Youth
Title
The welcome of Louis Kossuth, Governor of Hungary, to Philadelphia / by the Youth
Date
1852
Location
Am 1852 Ski
Women's Pavilion.
Title
Women's Pavilion.
Description
Vew of the Women's Pavilion from the U.S. Government Building. In the foreground, people stand next to a Rodman gun and walk along walkways.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
Centennial album [P.8965.6f]
THE UNITED BROTHERS.
Title
THE UNITED BROTHERS.
Description
We are a band of brothers united (4 vs. and chor.) By Wm. C. Marion., Variant: a. Print. Andrews. Andrews ivy border. 22 x 9.5 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] with Astley's imprint added. 24.3 x 14.8 cm.
ASSU Illustration 7118
Title
ASSU Illustration 7118
Description
Block numbered in two places: 7118, also 8018 in two places (both defaced)., Image of nine small illustrations; in the first four a squirrel retrieves and then drops a nut; in the next five a tree grows where the nut was dropped, and the tree is cut for wood used to construct a church., "V. Grottenthaler, 402 Library St Phila." – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876., Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 27 no 7 (1870), p. 1.
Date
[between 1869 and 1876?]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 24
THE OLD MOUNTAIN TREE.
Title
THE OLD MOUNTAIN TREE.
Description
Oh! the home we loved by the bounding deep (3 vs.) Words and music by James D. Clark; music published by Oliver Ditson (2); obtained of Berry and Gordon; print. Andrews; with Astley's imprint added. T. o. border. 23.5 x 15 cm.
YES, LET ME LIKE A SOLDIER FALL.
Title
YES, LET ME LIKE A SOLDIER FALL.
Description
Yes, let me like a soldier fall (2 vs.) 2nd song: "We stand here United"; publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan ship border, with war scenes in lower corners. 23.2 x 13.8 cm.
Foster's Cabinet miscellany: a series of publications on various subjects from the latest and most approved writers
Title
Foster's Cabinet miscellany: a series of publications on various subjects from the latest and most approved writers
Date
1837
Location
Am 1837 Lockhart
The Shucking.
Title
The Shucking.
Description
Oh, what's de matter darkies (4 vs. and chor.) As sung by the "Keystone Quartette." at teh Kossuth Exchange, 7th St. ab. Chestnut; publ. Zieber. T.o. border with ornamental corners. 25.2 x 12.4 cm.
VICTORY AT LAST.
Title
VICTORY AT LAST.
Description
For many years we've waited (3 vs. and chor.) Words by Mrs. M. A. Kidder; music by Wm. B. Brad- bury., Variant: a. Cop: 1865, Wm. B. Bradbury, DN.J.; [sold by] Wm. B. Bradbury (2); publ. Auner (5). A-J border; eagle. 23.2 x 14.2 cm., Variant: b. [Without names of author and composer;] with excla- mation pointatend of title; sung at the raising of the Old Flag over Fort Sumter, April 14th, 1865; music obtained of Wm. B. Bradbury (1); publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan fountain border. 25 x 16.5 cm., Variant: c. [As above;] [publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan kissing cupids border. 22.2 x 13.7 cm., Variant: d. [As above;] De Marsan military cupid border. 25.1 x 15.5 cm., Variant: e. With exclamation point at end of title; cop: 1865, Wm. B. Bradbury, DN.J.; music publ. by Wm. B. Bradbury (2), and obtained of him; publ. Johnson and Co. 18.9 x 10.4 cm., Variant: f. From Bradbury's "Golden Censer". Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 61, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.3 x 12.7 cm., Variant: g. [As above;] with adv: Ten illustrated Songs [publ.] Magnus (1). Letter paper; single-line border; hdpc. Magnus 62, col.; wreath surrounding title with motto "E Pluribus Unum". 20.3 x 12.8 cm., Variant: h. [As above;] hdpc. Magnus 62a. 20.4 x 12.6 cm., Variant: i. [Without names of author and composer;] sheet no. 984; Sung at the raising of the "Old Flag" over Fort Sum- ter, April 14, 1865; music obtained of Wm. B. Bradbury (1); [publ.] Partridge (2). T. o. border. 20.7 x 14.2 cm.
History of the national flag of the United States of America
Title
History of the national flag of the United States of America
Creator
Hamilton, Schuyler, creator
Date
1852
Location
Am 1852 Ham
STAND TO YOUR GUNS!
Title
STAND TO YOUR GUNS!
Description
Stand to your guns, my hearts of oak (2 vs.), Variant: a. With 6-line stanza headed "Patriotism" below text; [publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan ship border. 25.5 x 16 cm., Variant: b. [Without exclamation point in title;] sheet no. 991; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley Ethiopian border. 25.1 x 14.2 cm.
An American family in Paris
Title
An American family in Paris
Creator
Ticknor, Anna Eliot, creator
Date
1869
Location
Am 1869 Tick
DON'T YOU CRY SO, NORAH DARLING
Title
DON'T YOU CRY SO, NORAH DARLING
Description
Don't you cry, so, Norah, darling (3 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Title: "Norah, Darling, Don't You Cry!"; Music ob- tained at Firth, Pond and Co. (1); publ. Auner (address im- perfectly printed). A-J border. 22.5 x 14.5 cm., Variant: b. Sheet no. 1507; publ. Wrigley (3). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.3 x 15.5 cm.
THE GALLANT COLONEL.
Title
THE GALLANT COLONEL.
Description
There lived a man in Brooklin town (11 vs.) T. o. border; Confederate flag. 30.2 x 13.3 cm.
Song sheet headpiece 2
Title
Song sheet headpiece 2
Description
Sample image scanned from: Wolf 2513f, One of 297 song sheet headpiece designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).
Pump Annex - Machinery Hall
Title
Pump Annex - Machinery Hall
Description
Interior view of Machinery Hall. Depicts the section referred to as the Pump Annex. Shows a large, pooled area of water with raised pumps shooting water in a fountain-like display. Also portrays crowds of people sitting on benches watching the display.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
Centennial - album [P.8965.21a]
Shoemaker, John G.
Title
Shoemaker, John G.
Description
John G. Shoemaker, born ca. 1820 in Wurttemberg, Germany, was a lithographer and engraver active in Philadelphia between 1845 and 1885. Referred to as Gottlieb/Gotlieb Shoemaker from 1845-1854, his name was anglicized to John G. in the mid-1850s, around the same time he was listed as a lithographer and stone cutter for P. S. Duval's 8 South Fifth Street establishment. After 1859, Shoemaker's work address was absent from city directories, but he was consistently identified as a lithographer until 1875, after which time his occupation changed to engraver., According to the 1850 census, Shoemaker resided in Northern Liberties (Ward 7) with his wife Wilhelmina (b. ca. 1821), her sister, and their three children photographer William C. (b. ca. 1844), Sophia (b. ca. 1845) and lithographer Edward A. (1848-1893). By 1860, they lived in Kensington (Ward 16) at 935 North Fourth Street, where Shoemaker remained, most likely until his death around 1886.
Date
b. ca. 1820-ca. 1886
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Worldly Evils.
Title
Worldly Evils.
Description
The valentine shows a deck of cards, dice, dice cup, and a wine goblet with a snake in it., Text: There's mischief in both card and dice, / Or goblet, filled to brim; / The're [i.e. they're] only tricks made by Old Nick, / To draw men down to him., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date
[between 1840 and 1880?]
A compendious ecclesiastical history : from the earliest period to the present time
Title
A compendious ecclesiastical history : from the earliest period to the present time
Creator
Palmer, William, creator
Date
1841
Location
Am 1841 Palm
The American Annual Monitor
Title
The American Annual Monitor
Date
1858
Location
zin 1459
I STOOD AMID THE GLITTERING THRONG.
Title
I STOOD AMID THE GLITTERING THRONG.
Description
I stood amid the glittering throng (4 vs.) Sheet no. 660; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 25 x 15.6 cm.
Horn & Hardart's Automat postcards
Title
Horn & Hardart's Automat postcards
Description
Contains images of Horn & Hardart's Automat at 818-820 Chestnut Street, one of the largest of 50 automats operated by the company in the Philadelphia and New York areas in the first half of the 20th century. Opened circa 1902. Depicts interior views of the electric order section, main dining area and customer's helping themselves to coffee. Also includes illustrated instructions that show how an automat works. The automat closed in 1968 and was given to the Smithsonian Museum of American History., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 6 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
1900-1950
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Horn & Hardart's - 114]
The Judson offering
Title
The Judson offering
Creator
Dowling, John, creator
Date
1849
Location
Am 1849 Jud
ADDRESS TO HER MARYLAND LOVER, BY A VIR- GINIAN GIRL.
Title
ADDRESS TO HER MARYLAND LOVER, BY A VIR- GINIAN GIRL.
Description
Fly to the South, come fly with me (5 vs.) Air—"Fly to the Desert." [Signed] M.F.Q., Variant: a. Printed on double-sheet; title on first page headed: A Southern Song; Richmond, 1861; text on third page. 15.2 x 10 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] with embossed border on first page. 16.1 x 9.9 cm., Variant: c. [As above, without embossed border;] with flag in red and blue on first page. 15.4 x 10 cm., Variant: d. Printed on double-sheet; first page headed "Privately Printed"; Baltimore, 1862; text on second and third pages; 1st song dated Richmond, May 3, 1861; 2nd song: "Reply", dated Baltimore, May 28, 1861. Red ink; solid border in red; flag in red and blue on first page; seal above each text. 20.2 x 12.5 cm.
Friend Susan and Friend Broadbrim envelope
Title
Friend Susan and Friend Broadbrim envelope
Description
Image: A Quaker woman carrying a parasol encounters another Friend, who carries a bayonet to a Friends' Meeting. A group of soldiers are lined up in the background. Mocks the Quaker pacifists who didn't want to contribute to the bloodshed., Verse 679: Friend Susan -- Why, Friend Broadbrim, what is thee doing with a musket and soldier clothes on! Friend Broadbrim -- I am going to the Friends' Meeting. Friend Susan -- Well, if thee does so, I hope the spirit will move thee to do something., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date
1861-1865
Trade Card Collection
Title
Trade Card Collection
Description
Augmented collection of advertisements for 19th-century Philadelphia businesses originally compiled by local Jewish socialite Emily Phillips, ca. 1860-ca. 1880s.
ASSU Illustration 4984
Title
ASSU Illustration 4984
Description
Block numbered in two places: 4984., Image of a turtle in a natural setting., "Spel. Book. Turtle." -- Inscribed on one side of block., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila." -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Date
[not before 1848?]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 2
FREEMEN'S RALLY!
Title
FREEMEN'S RALLY!
Description
Freemen, freemen, from mountain, from valley (5 vs. and chor.) T. o. border. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. (cropped?)

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