Rambles in Europe in 1839
Title
Rambles in Europe in 1839
Creator
Gibson, William, creator
Date
1841
Location
Am 1841 Gibs
Short Sixes; Stories to be Read While the Candle Burns
Title
Short Sixes; Stories to be Read While the Candle Burns
Creator
Bunner, H. C., creator
Date
1891
Location
zin 1331
Murringer, A.
Title
Murringer, A.
Description
A. Murringer worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia at the establishment of P. S. Duval & Co. (5 Ranstead Place, later 8 South Fifth Street) 1856-1857. He resided at Eighth and Vine Streets in Center City.
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
RUM! RUM! RUM! THE BUMMER'S HOPE. A PARODY ON THE PRISONER'S HOPE.
Title
RUM! RUM! RUM! THE BUMMER'S HOPE. A PARODY ON THE PRISONER'S HOPE.
Description
In the marble halls I sit (3 vs. and chor.) By John C. Cross, and sung by Chester H. Smith., Variant: a. [Publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan Ethiopian border. 24 x 15.5 cm., Variant: b. Publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan clown border. 24.8 x 16 cm.
BROOKLYN 13TH REGIMENT.
Title
BROOKLYN 13TH REGIMENT.
Description
When our Country needed men (2 vs. and chors.) Air: A Life on the Ocean Wave., Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan flag border with central star, col. 25.3 x 16.6 cm., Variant: b. By Albert F. Dawson; sheet no. 805; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley flag border, stripes with starry top, col. 21.2 x 13 cm.
Lovitt, Abraham M.
Title
Lovitt, Abraham M.
Description
Abraham M. Lovitt, born February 1847 in England, worked as a lithographer for the Philadelphia firm Longacre & Co. about 1874 and Pfeil & Golz about 1883 and 1884. Lovitt arrived in the United States about 1869, lived in Pennsylvania by the early 1870s and relocated to New Jersey by the end of the decade. In 1874, he lived at 177 South Sixth Street (Philadelphia) and during the 1880s, he resided at 750 Mount Vernon Street in Camden, N.J. By the 1900 census, he resided in New Brunswick, but returned to Camden by the 1910 census. He worked as a lithographer until his death on August 17, 1919. He was buried at Arlington Cemetery., Lovitt married the English-born Mary (b. ca. 1844) in 1869 and with her had several children; the eldest born in Pennsylvania ca. 1872. Lovitt was also a member of the Lithographers' Union of America and traveled to Belgium in 1880 according to New York passenger lists.
Date
February 1847-August 17, 1919
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Song sheet headpiece 213a
Title
Song sheet headpiece 213a
Description
Sample image scanned from: Wolf 624b, 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).
Horticultural Hall.
Title
Horticultural Hall.
Description
Exterior view of Horticultural Hall, depicts landscaped gardens, benches and two large street lamps standing before the building's entrance.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
Centennial - photos [P.9580.9]
WAR SONG FOR THE 79TH REGIMENT.
Title
WAR SONG FOR THE 79TH REGIMENT.
Description
Sons of Freedom now arise (5 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Title: "79th Regiment"; by Mrs. Winter; dedicated to Samuel McKinzie Elliott, Lieut-Col, commanding the N.Y. 79th. Regt. per favour Commissary John White; Air: Scots wha a Wallace bled; publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan eagle border, col. 26 x 17 cm., Variant: b. Air—"Scott's wha hae wi Wallace Bled"; sheet no. 768; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley flag border, stripes with starry top, col. 21.5 x 13.4 cm.
The Hyacinth: or, Affection's gift.
Title
The Hyacinth: or, Affection's gift.
Date
1845
Location
Am 1845 Hyacinth
A lover's diary
Title
A lover's diary
Creator
Cary, Alice, creator
Date
1868
Location
Am 1868 Cary
34th Street [sic], entrance to University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
Title
34th Street [sic], entrance to University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
Description
Depicts the Memorial Tower connecting the dormitories, constructed 1894-1911 after designs by Cope & Stewardson., Founded as a charity school in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin. Original school buildings located at 4th and Arch Streets, then moved into the Presidential Mansion at 9th and Chestnut Streets in 1802. The mansion was cleared away in 1829 and two larger university buildings were constructed. Expanded to a much larger West Philadelphia campus in 1875., Divided back., Accession numbers: P.9076.23 and P.9105.17., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Education - [various]
Salad for the solitary
Title
Salad for the solitary
Creator
Saunders, Frederic, creator
Date
1856
Location
Om2
Churches of the valley, or, An historical sketch of the old Presbyterian congregations of Cumberland and Franklin counties
Title
Churches of the valley, or, An historical sketch of the old Presbyterian congregations of Cumberland and Franklin counties
Creator
Nevin, Rev. Alfred, creator
Date
1852
Location
Am 1852 Nev
Essays on hydraulic and common mortars and on lime-burning
Title
Essays on hydraulic and common mortars and on lime-burning
Date
1842
Location
Am 1842 Essays
SAD TIMES. THE BURNING OF THE STEAMBOAT NEW JERSEY, ON THE DELAWARE, NIGHT OF MARCH 15TH, 1856. SIXTY-TWO PERSONS HURRIED INTO ETER- NITY BY WATER AND BY FIRE.
Title
SAD TIMES. THE BURNING OF THE STEAMBOAT NEW JERSEY, ON THE DELAWARE, NIGHT OF MARCH 15TH, 1856. SIXTY-TWO PERSONS HURRIED INTO ETER- NITY BY WATER AND BY FIRE.
Description
There was a sad disaster, alas, 'twas fraught with gloom (7 vs. and chor.) Tune.: "Hard Times come again no more." Written by Ned Buntline [Edward Zane Carroll Judson]; copyright secured; cop: 1856, J. H. Johnson, EDPa.; adv: You will save 25 per cent. by getting your Printing done at Johnson's; print. Johnson (3). T.o. border; woman leaning by tomb. 23.2 x 15 cm.
PADDY MILES.
Title
PADDY MILES.
Description
From the big town of Limerick lately I came (6 vs. and 6 chors.), Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan comic heads border. 24.1 x 15.9 cm., Variant: b. Sheet no. 903; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley horned imp border. 24.6 x 15.5 cm.
Old Zion's Church, 4th & Cherry Sts., -- 1766 to 1869
Title
Old Zion's Church, 4th & Cherry Sts., -- 1766 to 1869
Description
Exterior view of church built 1766-1769 after designs by Robert Smith, burned in 1794, rebuilt 1794-1796 and demolished in 1869., Also known as the Zion Lutheran Church and the New Lutheran Church., Sheet number: 50B14., Divided back. Post marked 1916. German text 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
1916
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]
King, Patrick
Title
King, Patrick
Description
Patrick King worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia ca. 1857-1869. Employed by P. S. Duval at his 8 South Fifth Street establishment in 1857, by 1860 King relocated to 716 Chestnut Street, a location also tenanted by artist W. F. Jones, and later the daguerreotype studio of McClees and Germon. Although King remained in the trade, his subsequent business addresses are unknown., In 1857, King resided on Jefferson Street, west of Broad Street (Ward 29) and later relocated to 1612 Richard (i.e., Addison) Street in Center City where he lived 1864-1865. By the end of the decade he resided at 714 Holly (i.e. South Mole) Street in South Philadelphia.
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Variation "Old Abe", Wisconsin Eagle
Title
Variation "Old Abe", Wisconsin Eagle
Description
Shows the bald eagle "Old abe" tethered to a platform stand. Platform is shaped as a shield, and decorated with stars and stripes.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
Centennial album [P.8965.27b]
Stories for Small and Large Children; or, Sketches of Real Characters
Title
Stories for Small and Large Children; or, Sketches of Real Characters
Creator
Proser, Solomon, creator
Date
1837
Location
zin 1360
[K Street west of Kensington Avenue.]
Title
[K Street west of Kensington Avenue.]
Description
Depicts row homes on K Street west of Kensington Avenue. Includes a sign for H. Trochler, florist, and several school children posing for the picture., Numbered 3892 on recto., Sheet number: 156B08., Real photo. 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. 1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
The early history of Michigan : from the first settlement to 1815
Title
The early history of Michigan : from the first settlement to 1815
Creator
Sheldon, E. M. (Electa Maria), creator
Date
1856
Location
Am 1856 She
ASSU Illustration 5360
Title
ASSU Illustration 5360
Description
Block numbered in four places: 5360., Image of an anteater eating bugs in a natural setting., "Menagerie Improved. Anteater. 3.13 ..." -- Inscribed on side of block., "The Menagerie improved" was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1848 to at least 1893., “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 1847?]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 2
Your Own Portrait.
Title
Your Own Portrait.
Description
A woman has a large, heart-shaped torso labelled "Poor man's plaster," "fly blister," and "mustard." She holds a bottle marked "Soothing syrup." The border shows cupids and hearts; one cupid shoots a heart out of a thimble cannon labeled "Love"; another cupid travels with a heart in a hot-air balloon; and another cupid hammers at a cracked heart below a heart on a fishhook labeled "Caught.", Text: Ever crying, dying, sighing, / O'er affections trifled with, / Here's a nostrum worth your trying, / It is one containing pith. / Pour a pint of Bourbon whisky / O'rr your lacerated heart, / If it doesn't make you frisky / Certainly 't will make you Smart!, Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date
[between 1840 and 1880?]
JORDAN IS A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL.
Title
JORDAN IS A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL.
Description
I am guine to sing a song and VI [sic] make it as I go (6 vs. and chor.) As written and sung by Phil Rice, the Celebrated Ban- joist; [publ.] Andrews. T. o. border. 25.6 x 14.5 cm.
BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURGH.
Title
BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURGH.
Description
I do not see, as used to be, those sprightly lads in town (8 vs.) Air: The Land of America, Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan ship border, with war scenes in lower corners. 26 x 16.6 cm., Variant: b. By F. Collins; sheet no. 1001; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley Ethiopian border. 21.8 x 13 cm.
Veiws of the architecture of the heavens
Title
Veiws of the architecture of the heavens
Creator
Nichol, John Pringle, creator
Date
1840
Location
Am 1840 Nic
Woman in America
Title
Woman in America
Creator
Graves, A. J., creator
Date
1844
Location
Am 1844 Gra
Friendship’s jewel
Title
Friendship’s jewel
Date
1856
Location
Am 1856 Friends
Recollections of Windsor prison
Title
Recollections of Windsor prison
Creator
Reynolds, John, creator
Date
1834
Location
Am 1834 Rey
THE BANNER OF THE SEA.
Title
THE BANNER OF THE SEA.
Description
Of all the flags that float aloft (4 vs. and chors.), Variant: a. Lee and Walker, music publishers; publ. Auner (5). T. o. border; flag. 23 x 14.4 cm., Variant: b. [Without "The" in title and period at end;] with 1 chor.; publ. Johnson (2); adv: Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, etc. T. o. border. 22.6 x 14.5 cm., Variant: c. Music published by Lee and Walker; adv: Brooks Ball Room Monitor; [publ.] Johnson (2). Sailing ship. 24.5 x 16 cm.
Episodes of Insect Life
Title
Episodes of Insect Life
Creator
Domestica, Acheta, creator
Date
1851
Location
zin 1604
The Young communicant
Title
The Young communicant
Date
1843
Location
Am 1843 Token
Six months in a convent
Title
Six months in a convent
Creator
Reed, Rebecca Theresa, creator
Date
c1835
Location
Am 1835 Reed
TRAVELLING TINKER.
Title
TRAVELLING TINKER.
Description
'Tis two years ago I'd have you to know (5 vs. and chor.) Sheet no. 95; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.5 x 16.3 cm.
Horticultural Building - portico.
Title
Horticultural Building - portico.
Description
The portico of the Horticultural Building.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
Centennial - stereos [P.9600.4]
Philadelphia Record postcards
Title
Philadelphia Record postcards
Description
Depicts interior views of the Philadelphia Record building on Chestnut Street, including the lobby showing a giant global map and a printing room during Franklin's time. Constructed in 1886 after designs by Willis Gaylord Hale., Accession numbers: P.9048.267 and P.9048.284., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1915-1946
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Business - [various]
FREEDOM'S BATTLE.
Title
FREEDOM'S BATTLE.
Description
Brothers! though ye strive full bravely (6 vs.) By Richard Coe. T. o. border. 24 x 15 cm.
Les ecorcheurs
Title
Les ecorcheurs
Creator
Arlincourt, Charles Victor Prevot, creator
Date
1833
Location
Am 1833 Arl
Horticultural Hall.
Title
Horticultural Hall.
Description
Exterior view of building from the southeast including a portion of the grounds. Depicts gardens, grass, shrubs, trees, benches, and walkways.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
Centennial - stereos [P.9260.49]
Household narratives for the family household
Title
Household narratives for the family household
Date
1855
Location
am 1855 hou
A universal history in twenty-four books
Title
A universal history in twenty-four books
Creator
Johannes von Muller, creator
Date
1834
Location
pattison paper labels
Chanticleer : a Thanksgiving story of the Peabody family
Title
Chanticleer : a Thanksgiving story of the Peabody family
Creator
Mathews, Cornelius, creator
Date
1850
Location
Am 1850 Mat
HURRAH FOR ANDREW CURTIN.
Title
HURRAH FOR ANDREW CURTIN.
Description
Come vote for Andrew, one and all (7 vs. and chor.) Tune—"Who'll be King but Charlie." By Kate Moncrieff; headed: "[Respectfully dedicated to the Union League.]"; Philadelphia, Oct. 5th, 1863. Double-line border. 21.7 x 11.9 cm.
New-York, past, present and future
Title
New-York, past, present and future
Creator
Belden, Ezekiel Porter, creator
Date
1851
Location
Am 1851 Bel
The history of pithole / by "Crocus"
Title
The history of pithole / by "Crocus"
Creator
Leonard, Charles C., creator
Date
1867
Location
Am 1867 Leo
WHERE WAS MOSES WHEN THE LIGHT WENT OUT?
Title
WHERE WAS MOSES WHEN THE LIGHT WENT OUT?
Description
When but a child I used to go to bed at eight each night (5 vs. and chor.) Sheet no. 18; music published by E. H. Harding; publ. Wehman (2). T. o. border. 23.6 x 15.2 cm.
ASSU Illustration 7154
Title
ASSU Illustration 7154
Description
Block numbered in three places: 7154., Image of an unidentified bird perched on a branch, in a natural setting., “N.J. Wemmer & Son. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
Date
[between 1861 and 1876]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 2
Rip Van Winkle : a legend of the Kaatskill Mountains
Title
Rip Van Winkle : a legend of the Kaatskill Mountains
Creator
Irving, Washington, creator
Date
1870
Location
Am 1871 Irv

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