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Title: Ehrgott & Forbriger, practical lithographers. s.w. cor. of 4th & Walnut sts., Cincinnati, O
Description: Advertisement calendar for 1859 containing patriotic and allegorical vignettes and pictorial details framing a calendar depicted as an architectural monument. Vignettes and details show the American eagle, shield, and flag; symbols of art and industry, including a paint palette, sculpture, telescope, and smoke stacks and chimneys; allegorical figures representing manufacturing, agriculture, and the seasons; and a central vignette containing a fruit display in front of drapery. Ehrgott & Forbriger, the premier Cincinnati firm established in 1856 by Peter E. Ehrgott and Adolphus F. Fobriger, operated under that firm name until 1860 when changed to Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co., Inscribed lower left corner: 54., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Ehrgott & Forbriger
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.37a]

Title: [Miscellaneous specimens from specimen album loose prints collection]
Description: Contains specimens of ornate borders; an amateurly-colored view of Cincinnati pasted on verso of proof periodical illustration depicting butterflies; uncut pages of a gas pipe fittings trade catalog depicting tees, crosses, elbows, bends, and sockets; an entrance notice for Bryant & Stratton Business College illustrated with a calligraphic image of a bird, likely by J. E. Soulé; a printed lease and 1877 electoral broadside; sheet music cover "Charming Waltz"; advertising print for the "Walnut Street House"; and a flower print., Title supplied by cataloger., Various printers, including Ehrgott & Fobriger., Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., J. Emory Soulé worked as a calligrapher at Bryant & Straton Commercial College by 1870 and became the school's principal within the decade.
Date: [ca. 1858-ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Specimens Album Loose Prints Collection - Miscellaneous [P.9349.217, 314, 327, 343, 362, 417-418, 421, 460, 473, 567]

Title: John H. Brown & Co. No. 307 Market St No. 76 Trade mark
Description: Illustrated label, probably for textiles, for the Philadelphia dry goods firm containing a vignette showing two sailing ships on the ocean. Also contains the text "Yds.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Scrapbook [8608.F.14b]

Title: [Arch Street, 600 block, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking west from above Sixth Street showing showing the 600 block of Arch Street. Businesses include fur dealers, and Vito Viti & Sons, marble importers at 639 Arch Street., Buff mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on mount: Old Arch St. Phila., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.8549]

Title: Mount Vernon--Washington's Residence
Description: Puzzle showing the eastern facade of the mansion and grounds overlooking the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia owned by George Washington. White men and women promenade, white children play with a dog, cattle graze, and a white man handler walks a horse on the landscaped grounds in the foreground. George Washington, Martha Washington, and a white woman sit on the porch. An enslaved African American man servant, attired in a white collared shirt, a black jacket with tails, and black pants, stands to the left of them. The estate, originally granted to Washington's great-grandfather John Washington in 1674, was inherited by George in 1761 and purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association in 1858., One of four puzzles, stored in two pieces, housed in clamshell box., Purchase 1978., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *albums (flat) - Four Lithographic Puzzles [8418.F.2]

Title: Mount Vernon--Washington's Residence
Description: Puzzle showing the eastern facade of the mansion and grounds overlooking the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia owned by George Washington. White men and women promenade, white children play with a dog, cattle graze, and a white man handler walks a horse on the landscaped grounds in the foreground. George Washington, Martha Washington, and a white woman sit on the porch. An enslaved African American man servant, attired in a white collared shirt, a black jacket with tails, and black pants, stands to the left of them. The estate, originally granted to Washington's great-grandfather John Washington in 1674, was inherited by George in 1761 and purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association in 1858., One of four puzzles, stored in two pieces, housed in clamshell box., Purchase 1978., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *albums (flat) - Four Lithographic Puzzles [8418.F.2]

Title: Mount Vernon--Washington's Residence
Description: Puzzle showing the eastern facade of the mansion and grounds overlooking the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia owned by George Washington. White men and women promenade, white children play with a dog, cattle graze, and a white man handler walks a horse on the landscaped grounds in the foreground. George Washington, Martha Washington, and a white woman sit on the porch. An enslaved African American man servant, attired in a white collared shirt, a black jacket with tails, and black pants, stands to the left of them. The estate, originally granted to Washington's great-grandfather John Washington in 1674, was inherited by George in 1761 and purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association in 1858., One of four puzzles, stored in two pieces, housed in clamshell box., Purchase 1978., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *albums (flat) - Four Lithographic Puzzles [8418.F.2]

Title: Union Hotel, Fairfax C.H., Va. James W. Jackson, proprietor
Description: James W. Jackson, purportedly the first civilian casualty of the Civil War, leased the Union Hotel (ie., Wilcoxsen's Tavern) in Fairfax Court House ca. 1859., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Jackson [(2)5786.F.132b]

Title: Chew House, Germantown, Apr. 25/59, Battle of Germantown, Oct. 4, 1777
Description: Faded exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Title from manuscript notes on recto., Buff mount with square corners., Gift of Anna S., James H., Anthony M., Cynthia C. Maier, and Marianna M. Thomas, 2000., Description revised 2022., Description revised 2022., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Residences [P.9844.37]

Title: Advertisement placards
Description: Advertisements employing sentimental genre scenes to promote New York proprietors of "Spaldings Prepared Glue" and "Phalon & Son's Cocin for the Hair." Glue advertisement shows a mother using "Spaldings" to make a repair. She sits at a table and brushes the glue on the leg of an overturned stool as her children surround her, including a small girl holding a horse figure and an older girl holding a toddler. Scene also includes drapes, a framed painting on the wall, and a broken bowl next to the glue bottle. Hair oil advertisement shows a lady's maid applying oil to her mistress's long, dark hair in a boudoir. The lady sits at a vanity, while her children play with a hairbrush at her feet near their toys. Advertisement also shows a glass enclosed vase of flowers on a table below a framed portrait of a mustached man., Date from Poulson inscriptions., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: October 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Poulson scrapbooks - vol. 1 [(1)2526.F.77 & 88]

Title: New market house, 10th Street, Philada
Description: Interior view showing the Franklin Market, named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, under construction at Tenth and Marble, i.e. Ludlow streets (between Market and Chestnut streets). Completed after the designs of John McArthur, the building served as a market until sold to the Mercantile Library in 1867. The market relocated to a newly constructed building adjacent to the Farmer's Market at Twelfth and Market streets. Shows five men looking over the building's framework including a nearly completed ceiling and dirt sub-floor. Scaffolding covers the inside walls and stands in the center of the construction site., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Distributor's label pasted on verso: M.I. Franklin, optician, 112 S. Fourth St., Philad'a., See clipping in Poulson's scrapbook vol 1, p.19-20., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 113., Arcadia caption text: This 1859 construction view shows the Franklin Market, designed by Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr., on [South Tenth Street between Market and Chestnut streets]. Built by the Centre Market Company to house several of the displaced farmers and butchers, who previously occupied sheds on Market Street, the market house, named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, accommodated nearly 300 stalls under its fireproof roof. Around 1864, as a result of poor business, the market relocated to a different facility at Twelfth and Market streets adjacent to the successful Butchers’ and Farmers’ Market., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Markets [P.8931.4]

Title: [Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount, Philadelphia.]
Description: View looking from West Fairmount Park showing the Wire Suspension Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. View also shows mills, factories, stables, and hotels lining both banks of the river. Two men stand in the foreground near a fenced property. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874., Attributed to James E. McClees., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Bridges [(3)1322.F.123h]

Title: Stereoscopic view of a portion of Market Street, Philadelphia, looking west, embracing the cupola of the Market House
Description: View showing the "New Jersey" Market terminus at the corner of Market and Front streets. The terminus, designed with cupola and clock and adorned with horns of plenty, was built in 1822 and operated until the abolition of street markets in 1859. In the background, businesses line the north side of the 100 block of Market Street including: Thomas J. Mecauley, tin warehouse (105 Market); R. & W.C. Biddle & Co., hardware, (131 Market); and the seed and agricultural warehouses of Philip B. Mingle & Co. (103 Market) and Rogers & Boyer (111 Market). Also includes a partial view of William D. Jones & Co., dry goods (217 Market) in the distance., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on verso: Old Corner House Market., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: c1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Markets [P.9047.99]

Title: Stereoscopic view of Market Street, Philadelphia, including a view of the Market House from 8th to Front St
Description: View showing the vacant market sheds on the 700 block of Market street. The sheds erected in the late 17th century at Front and Market streets, extended to Eighth Street in 1816, and were removed between 1859 and 1860. A man and two boys stand at the opening of the shed. Businesses lining the block include J.M. Maris & Co., drug manufacturer; Edwin Hardt's dining saloon; and H. M'Grath, bookseller and publisher., Photographer, title, and publication information from duplicate stereograph in the collections of the George Eastman House., Buff mount with square corners., Gift of Penelope Batcheler., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 111., Arcadia caption text: The ramshackle condition of the market sheds for which they were much criticized can be seen in this view taken c.1859 on the 700 block of Market Street. Extended to Eighth Street in 1816, the Market Street sheds were condemned as an impediment to trade and travel and were razed soon after this photograph was taken. Neighboring businesses, such as prominent Philadelphia drug manufacturer J.M. Maris & Co., visible in this view, previously promoted the sheds because the adjacent storefronts reaped the financial benefits of customers attracted by the market., HSP holds copy with text pasted on verso titled "Farewell Address of the Market Houses." Text also promotes the Rehn Photographic Gallery. See LCP research file Odiorne, Henry for photostat of verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
Date: [c1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Markets [P.9460.1]

Title: [Chestnut Street in the snow, view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut Street]
Description: View photographed following a snowstorm showing the 900-800 blocks of Chestnut Street. Includes the Girard House hotel, built 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-838 Chestnut Street. Signage adorning 918 Chestnut Street and advertising "Geo. Fryer," dry goods at 916 Chestnut Street is also visible. Snow covers buildings' awnings and the street. A few pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and an individual leans from an upper window to sweep snow from a ledge., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title supplied by cataloguer., Stereograph mounted on grey mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Stereograph duplicate of print (6)1322.F.163b and (7)1322.F.63a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: 1859-1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27d & 51b]

Title: View on the Wissahickon
Description: Shows a man standing near a toll house at the bend of a road near the Wissahickon Creek., Title printed on mount., Date from manuscript note on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [(3)1322.F.137g]

Title: Rear of J. Harrison Jr. residence - 18th below Walnut
Description: Shows the rear of the mansion with garden of locomotive engineer and inventor Joseph Harrison, Jr. built 1855-1857 after the designs of Samuel Sloan at 221-225 South 18th Street near Rittenhouse Square. Razed 1925., Title and photographer from accompanying label., Manuscript note on verso: J. Harrison - [Reside]nce 18th bel Wal[nut]., Buff paper mount with square corners., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 29., Arcadia caption text: Joseph Harrison, Jr., whose mansion appears at the center of the view opposite, conceived of the lot behind his home extending the entire width of the block as a private park to be shared by Harrison and the inhabitants of the elegant row he constructed along Locust Street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Street (see image below). This view of the garden, with its collection of ornamental shrubs and winding carriage road, also provides an unusual glimpse of the charming architectural features at the back of the mansion including the conservatory, the balcony, and the back gate., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [(8)1322.F.19b]

Title: [T.S.R. Fassitt residence, s.e. corner 17th & Locust streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the residence of Philadelphia gentleman T.S.R. Fassitt at 1630 Locust Street., Manuscript note on mount: Residence of - Fassett S.E. cor 17th & Locust Sts., Buff paper mount with square corners., Partial manuscript note by collector on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [(8)1322.F.37c]

Title: [Panorama from State House steeple, north]
Description: Panoramic view showing several city blocks above Chestnut Street. Businesses include: Hildeborn & Brother, watches and jewelery (533 Market Street); Truitt, Brother, & Co. (529 Market Street); Brown, Kunkel & Co., clothing (525 Market); Chaffees, Stout, & Co., wholesale dry goods (523 Market); Coleman & Smith, cutlery and fancy goods (521 Market); Robert Pearsall Smith, publisher (517-521 Minor); and Jessup & Moore, commercial paper warehouse (27 North 6th)., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Manuscript note on verso: Looking north over Chestnut and Market St. between Fifth and Sixth., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Views [(8)1322.F.1c-2]

Title: View in Rittenhouse Square
Description: Shows a grove of trees in the square., Photographer, title, and date from accompanying label., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Parks & squares [(8)1322.F.9h]

Title: Alloway Kirk
Description: Shows the ruins of the church built in 1516 in Alloway, Scotland. Also shows a boy sitting in the church graveyard. Site served as the setting for Scotch poet Robert Burns's poem "Tam O'Shanter" (circa 1790) and as the burial ground of Burns's father., Title and photographer from accompanying label., Buff paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of different countries., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Religion [5754.F.48b]

Title: [Chestnut Street, rooftop view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut]
Description: Rooftop view showing predominately the 800 block of Chestnut Street. Includes the Continental Hotel, completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. (824-838 Chestnut). Also shows the Masonic Temple in the distance (713-721 Chestnut). American flags adorn many of the buildings. Street and pedestrian traffic is visible., Buff mount with square corners., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.29f]

Title: Sixth and Chestnut St[reet]s Philada
Description: View showing the north side of Chestnut Street near the corner of Sixth Street. Businesses include: William B. Gihon, engraver on wood and Joseph Schiller's hat manufactory (537-539 Chestnut); T. & J.W. Johnson, publisher and booksellers of law books (535 Chestnut); John G. Connelly's hotel and restaurant (527 Chestnut). Also includes Rockhill and Wilson, clothiers, (603-605 Chestnut) on the adjacent block. Awnings adorn all the buildings., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title from manuscript note on mount., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.23g]

Title: Corner [Eighth] and Chestnut Street looking west
Description: View showing the north side of the 800 block of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: John Stone & Sons, silk merchants (805 Chestnut) and the Girard House (823-835 Chestnut), built 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Also includes partial view of Wilson & Marter, watch and jewelery store, (802 Chestnut) on the south side of the block. Awnings adorn the buildings. Several pedestrians crowd the sidewalk and horse-drawn carriages travel the street., Title from manuscript note on mount., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.25c]

Title: View in Scotland
Description: View showing a man in traditional Scottish attire, including a kilt, standing with two young girls near the entranceway to a manor. Also shows hedges., Attributed to Andrew Coates., Title and name of photographer from manuscript note on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of different countries.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Views [5754.F.30n]

Title: School house of St. Marks. Church Locust St. Philada
Description: Shows the attached school of the Episcopal church built 1848-1851 after the designs of John Notman at 1607-1627 Locust Street. View includes an ironwork fence in the foreground., Photographer, title, and date from manuscript note on accompanying label., Buff paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 103., Arcadia caption text: The parish school of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church opened in January 1850, only three months after the church held its first service. Built on the western end of the church lot in the Tudor Gothic tradition after the designs of John Notman, the parochial school served the underprivileged members of the community around 1625 Locust Street until the eve of World War I. This view dated c. 1859 shows the L-shaped schoolhouse’s steep roofs and tower with battlements and cross., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Religion [(8)1322.F.91a]

Title: Church of the Holy Trinity, 200 South 19th Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Views showing the exterior during construction and after completion of the Norman-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1856-1859 at 200 South 19th Street after the designs of John Notman. Includes a close-up view of the church door during construction. Views also show construction debris, construction equipment, neighboring buildings on the north side of the 1900 block of Walnut Street, and a partial view of Rittenhouse Square., Contains three stereographic prints mounted on yellow paper mounts, including two with manuscript titles and one with a printed label; three one-half stereographic prints mounted on paper; and one unmounted albumen., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., One of images [(8)1322.F.19a] reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #152., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1859-ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Religion [(4)1322.F.72b & e; (4)1322.F.73a; (6)1322.F.87g; (8)1322.F.19a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Moran - Churches and Meetinghouses - H [(4)1322.F.72c-d]

Title: Philada. Gas Works
Description: View showing the Point Breeze Gas Works at Passyunk and Schuylkill avenues near the Schuylkill River. The gas works, the second Philadelphia gas producing facility, was built in the Gothic style between 1851 and 1854 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer, John C. Cresson. Shows several buildings with pitched roofs and quatrefoil windows as well as river frontage for the reception of coal barges., Photographer, title, and date from accompanying label, Grey mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cresson, Charles M. (Charles Massey), 1828-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cresson - Public Utilities [(8)1322.F.3d-1]

Title: Gas holder, Philada. Gas Works 90 ft. high, 160 ft. diameter, cubic contents 1,800,000 feet
Description: View showing the gas holder at the Point Breeze Gas Works at Passyunk and Schuylkill avenues. The gas works, the second Philadelphia gas producing facility, was built in the Gothic style between 1851 and 1854 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer John C. Cresson., Attributed to Philadelphia photographer C.M. Cresson., Title and date from accompanying label., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cresson, Charles M. (Charles Massey), 1828-1893, photographer
Date: 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cresson - Public Utilities [(8)1322.F.3e-1]

Title: Phila. Gas Works. Roof framing through quatrefoil window
Description: View showing the intricate roof framing of a building at the Point Breeze Gas Works. The gas works, the second Philadelphia gas producing facility, was built in the Gothic style between 1851 and 1854 after the designs of engineer John C. Cresson at Schuylkill and Passyunk avenues., Photographer, title, and date from accompanying label., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Creator: Cresson, Charles M. (Charles Massey), 1828-1893, photographer
Date: October 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cresson - Public Utilities [(8)1322.F.3b-1]

Title: Residence of A. Coates near Bristol, Penna
Description: Includes partial view of adjacent residence., Photographer and title from accompanying label., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views and political miscellany., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [5759.F.3f]

Title: Residence of A. Coates
Description: Shows a cottage possibly in Bristol, Pa., Attributed to Andrew Coates., Title from manuscript note on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [(8)1322.F.41h]

Title: [St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1625 Locust Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view showing a section of the Episcopal church built 1848-1851 after the designs of John Notman at 1607-1627 Locust Street. View includes an ironwork fence in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff paper mount with square corners., Name of photographer from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Religion [1322.F.90a]

Title: [Residences of George Edwards, Joseph Harrison Jr., W.H. Harrison, 200 block of South 18th Street, east side, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking northeast showing three mansions near Rittenhouse Square. Mansions include the residence of hotel entrepreneur Edwards built 1849 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun (1724 Walnut); the residence of locomotive engineer Joseph Harrison, Jr. built 1855-1857 after the designs of Samuel Sloan (221-225 S. 18th); and the residence of gentleman William .H. Harrison (227-229 S. 18th)., Manuscript note on mount:1 2 3., Manuscript note on accompanying label: 1.Residence of Geo. Edwards, 18th & Walnut. 2.[Residence] of J. Harrison Jr., 18th below Walnut. 3.[Residence] of W.H. Harrison, N.E. 18th & Locust., Photographer from accompanying label., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [(8)1322.F.19j]

Title: Residence of George Edwards, s.e. corner of 18th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia
Description: Shows the mansion of the Philadelphia hotel entrepreneur built 1849 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun at 1724 Walnut Street near Rittenhouse Square. Residence later known as Weightman Mansion after owner, prominent Philadelphia businessman, William Weightman., Title, photographer, and date from manuscript note on verso., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [(8)1322.F.19i]

Title: Fairmount Suspension Bridge over the Schuylkill River. At the Fairmount Water Works. Erected in 1841
Description: View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Wire Suspension Bridge. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, built 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr was erected near the Fairmount Waterworks to replace Wernwag's Upper Ferry Bridge (burned 1838). It was removed in 1874 and replaced by the Callowhill Street Bridge. Also shows the hotel and/or railway depot at the foot of the bridge on the east bank., Title from accompanying label., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Bridges [(3)1322.F.118f]

Title: Fairmount Suspension Bridge, Philadelphia
Description: View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Wire Suspension Bridge. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, built 1841-1842 after the designs of Charles Ellet, Jr. was erected near the Fairmount Waterworks to replace Wernwag's Upper Ferry Bridge (burned 1838). It was removed in 1874 and replaced by the Callowhill Street Bridge. Also shows the hotel and/or railway depot near the foot of the bridge on the east bank., Photographer's imprint and publication information from duplicate. [(3) 1322.F.118f]., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Bridges [(3)1322.F.120k]

Title: Old Columbia Bridge over the Schuylkill River
Description: View showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, completed in 1834. Built after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company, the bridge spanned over the Schuylkill River below Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park., Title from photographer's label on verso., Manuscript note on mount: Old Columbia Bridge. Philadelphia., Buff mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Bridges [P.9326.3]

Title: [Old Columbia Bridge over the Schuylkill River]
Description: View showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, completed in 1834. Built after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company, the bridge spanned over the Schuylkill River below Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park., Title and publication information from similar stereoview by McClees., Light grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.)
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Bridges [(3)1322.F.123a]

Title: On the Ridge Road, near Manayunk
Description: Buff mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., View showing a section of the second Norristown Railroad Bridge over the mouth of the Wissahickon Creek. The bridge, built by Haughey and Snyder for the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad (later Philadelphia and Reading Railroad), was razed by fire in 1862 and replaced with a temporary trestle-work bridge. Also shows the falls of Wissahickon Creek in the foreground., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Views [(3)1322.F.132b]

Title: [Stereosco]pic view of a portion of Market Street, Philadelphia, looking west, embracing the cupola of the Market House
Description: View showing the "New Jersey" Market terminus at the corner of Market and Front streets. The terminus, designed with cupola and clock and adorned with horns of plenty, was built in 1822 and operated until the abolition of street markets in 1859. In the background, businesses line the north side of the 100 block of Market Street, including: Thomas J. Mecauley, tin hardware (105 Market); R. & W.C. Biddle & Co., hardware (131 Market); and the seed and agricultural warehouses of Philip B. Mingle & Co. (103 Market), and Rogers & Boyer (111 Market). Also includes a partial view of William D. Jones & Co., dry goods, (217 Market) in the distance., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Upper right corner missing., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
Date: c1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Markets [(8)1322.F.35e]

Title: Chestnut Street from Eighth to Seventh north side
Description: View showing the north side of the 700 block of Chestnut Street. Includes the Washington House hotel (711 Chestnut), the Masonic Hall (713-721 Chestnut), built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart and razed by fire in 1886, and Horstmann and Bros.'s military goods and trimmings store (723 Chestnut Street, 1858 to 1861). Street traffic includes: a horse-drawn cart, a horse-drawn carriage, and a horse-drawn omnibus., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publication, Inc. in cooperation with The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), plate 228., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.25f]

Title: [Scottish castle, probably Eileen Donan Castle, Lochalsh, Scotland]
Description: View of a castle near a body of water, probably Eileen Donan Castle, built by Alexander II in the 13th century to protect the country against Viking raids., Attributed to Andrew Coates., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of different countries., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [5754.F.30m]

Title: [Stereoscopic view of a portion of Market Street, Philadelphia, looking west, embracing the cupola of the Market House]
Description: View showing the "New Jersey" Market terminus at the corner of Market and Front streets. The terminus, designed with cupola and clock and adorned with horns of plenty, was built in 1822 and operated until the abolition of street markets in 1859. In the background, businesses line the north side of the 100 block of Market Street, including: Thomas J. Mecauley, tin hardware (105 Market); R & W.C. Biddle & Co., hardware, (131 Market); and the seed and agricultural warehouses of Philip B. Mingle & Co. (103 Market) and Rogers & Boyer (111 Market). Also includes a partial view of William D. Jones & Co., dry goods, (217 Market) in the distance., Photographer, title, and publication information from duplicate., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
Date: [c1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Markets [(8)1322.F.9d]

Title: J. Mason, informs her friends and those who may favour her with their patronage, that she has removed her seminary, to an open healthy situation, with every advantage of light and air, back of No. 86 Callowhill Street, between Second and Third Streets, where she continues to instruct girls in all the most useful branches of an English education
Description: Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Mason [P.9809.1]

Title: [Collection of letterheads, stationery, and form letters of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and Canada]
Description: Collection of letterheads and stationery from the late 19th century containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict trademarks, including the Alpine Products Co. eagle; the bloodhound "Grip"; and interiors and exteriors of storefronts, laboratories, and medical dispensaries (some adorned in signage), including H.E. Bucklen & Co.'s Bottling Dept., Composing Room, Engine & Press Room, Shipping Room, Main Office, and Mailing Dept. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. Pictorial details include a ladies truss, a profile portrait of a woman captioned "The crowning glory of Woman is Her Hair," mortar & pestle, floral imagery, frames, filigree and flourishes., Firms represented include A.C. Meyer & Co. (Baltimore); Alpine Products Co. (N.Y.); The Altenheim Medical Dispensary (Cincinnati); T.P. Bailey, M.D. (Georgetown, S.C.); Bellows Falls Drug Store (Bellows Falls, Vt.); Benton, Myers & Company (Cleveland); S. Biggs (Rockingham, N.C.); D. Wood Brant (Newark, N.J.); Canadian Kennel Club (Toronto); Horace Bush (Lowville, N.Y.); Carriger & Speck (Morristown, Tenn.); C.E. Grafton Drug Company (Brookhaven, Miss.); Chicago Medical Society (Chicago); Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, i.e., Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Wm. Connolly, M.D. (Cresco, Ia.); Edward H. Currier (Manchester, N.H.); E.S. Leadbeater & Sons (Alexandria, Va.); Dr. E. Greenmayer (East Palestine, Oh.); Dr. Robert Hamilton's Medical Institute (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.); Bunting Hankins (Bordentown, N.J.); H.E. Bucklen & Co. (Chicago, Ill.); Heintzelman's Pharmacy (Philadelphia); D. E. Hoagland (Cobleskill, N.Y.); J. Henderson & Bros. (Pittsburgh); John Carle & Sons (N.Y.); John F. Henry & Co. (Waterbury, Vt.); Johnston, Holloway & Cowden (Philadelphia); Joseph Hahn & Co. (Sacramento, Ca.); J. S. Merrell Drug Co. (St. Louis, Mo.); Aug. Korndoerfer, M.D. (Philadelphia); Lyman, Sons & Co. (Montreal); Max Wocher & Son (Cincinnati); and Muth Brothers & Co. (Baltimore)., Correspondence relates to shipping arrangements and fees, product orders, payments, letters of certification and retention of employees, diagnoses and treatments, as well as a purchase of a storefront and feedback on a supply of samples. Collection also includes a personal letter completed July 8, 1884 by J.F. Madden describing his medical treatment and his day in Sacramento, Ca. Correspondents include Parchen D'Archeu Drug Company; The Polk Miller Drug Co.; G.W. Aimar & Co.; A. C. Mitchell; Jacob Estey; S. Biggs; Wm. R. Scudder; Geo. B. Sweetnam; Lyman, Sons & Co.; Chapman, White, Lyons & Co.; W. W. Newsam; E. C. Seymour; John C. Legel; Burt H. Brooks; B. Hankins; H. C. Parter & Son; McKinney Bros.; J. D. Aug. Hartz; C. A. Williams; Henry B. Semple; J. F. Madden; C. P. Walbridge; and C. K. Gardner., Printers include A. Hoen & Co., Balto.; G. H. Dunston, Lith., Buffalo; A. Gast & Co., St. Louis & N.Y.; and Buston & Skinner, Lith. St. Louis., One print [P.2011.46.456 ] contains two-cent stamp., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1860-ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Letterheads & Stationery (A-M) [P.2011.46.429-463]

Title: [Collection of letterheads, stationery, and form letters of pharmaceutical firms and related businesses, United States and Canada]
Description: Collection of letterheads and stationery from the late 19th century containing decorative and ornate lettering, ornamented type, vignette illustrations, and pictorial details. Illustrations depict trademarks, including Mishhler's Herb Bitters anchor of "Hope"; exteriors of factories and storefronts (some including signage); druggists rubber goods, including a bulb syringe and atomizer; and the waiting room and exam room of a dental office. Some of the exterior views include patrons entering buildings, street and pedestrian traffic, as well as laborers at work. View of New York Sumac Extract Company factory complex (20 Cedar Street) also shows a ship docked at the factory pier. Pictorial details include a phoenix, quarter moon, banners, mortar & pestle, frames, filigree and flourishes. Firms represented include Naph B. Greensfelder & Co. (San Francisco, Ca.); New York Sumac Extract Company (Long Island City, N.Y.); Rev. Jasper Marx Medicines (Jersey City, N.J.); Richardson Drug Company, Omaha (Salt Lake City, Ut.); S. B. Hartman & Co, Office of Eastern Laboratory and Wholesale Depot (Lancaster, Pa.); R.H. Mcdonald & Co. (San Francisco, Ca.); Smith, Kline & French Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.); Smith & Prime (Ausable Forks, N.Y.); Spink & Co. (Minneapolis, Minn.); H.N. Stratton (Brooklyn, N.Y.); Judson B. Todd (Ithaca, N.Y.); Tyer Rubber Company (Andover, Ma.); Westlake & McIntyre (Grand Rapids, Mi.); Whitall, Tatum & Co. (Philadelphia); Wm. H. Armstrong & Co. (Indianapolis, Ind.); and G. F. Witter (Grand Rapids, Wis.). Correspondence relates to product orders and fees, solicitations for business, and payments. credits, and payment disputes., Correspondents include Parchen-D'Acheul Drug Co.; Brooks R. Webber; R. B. Hutchings; H.M. Parchen & Co.; Samuel Newton; S. B. Hartman & Co.; H. R. Sands & Co.; R. H. McDonald & Co.; Polk Miller Drug Co.; F.M. Hopkins Sons; Henry A. Kerste; C.W. Prindell; Leonard Kellar; and Henry Bartry., Printers and engravers include Seifert & Lawton, Milwaukee; Baker-Randolph Litho. & Eng. Co. Chicago; and [George W.?] Mills., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1860-ca. 1896]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Letterheads & Stationery (N-Z) [P.2011.46.464-479]

Title: Bought of H.O.D. Banks & Co., wholesale dealers in drugs, chemicals, paints, glass, coal oil, & c. Store, s. w. cor. fourth & Callowhill Sts Henry O.D. Banks & Co., wholesale dealer in drugs and chemicals, American window glass, pure white leads, putty, linseed oil, spirits of turpentine, benzine, alcohol, whiting, glue, kerosene and coal oils, herbs, roots and barks. Also, in fine essential oils and flavors. Henry O. D. Banks. F. Aschenback. A. W. Miller
Description: Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing an exterior view of the five-story storefront, adorned in signage, at the southwest corner of Fourth and Callowhill Streets. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn drays and a cart stopped near the building. Also contains a frame-shaped pictorial detail surrounding a list of products, including pure white leads, American pure zincs, artists' tube colors, and kerosene and coal oils., Completed in manuscript to Frederick Ehrhardt on August 12, 1863 for several items, including Fahnestock's Vermifuge, small family dyes, schnapps, and glue for $18.19., Manuscript note on recto: Rec. Payt. H.O.D. Banks & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads -1879 (E-M) -H [P.2011.46.333]

Title: The latest, most beautiful, and permanent method of colouring photographs, termed Ivorytypes The great advantage of Ivorytype over every other method is its durability, being impervious to water or air. The paper being prepared and cemented on plate glass, the colours cannot possibly fade, and having all the beauty and appearance of the finest ivory painting. They can be taken either from life, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, or talbotypes. When not taken from life, it is necessary to give the colour of the eyes, hair, and general complexion. Executed in the very best style, on reasonable terms, by James W. Williams, at the artist's emporium, 33 North Sixth St., Philad'a. Where specimens can be seen
Description: Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Williams [P.9631.3]

Title: [Harbach & Brother's trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Harbach & Brother's wholesale and retail printing and stationery shop at 36 North Eighth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin and patriotic symbols printed in blue and red ink or embossed in the center of the trade cards, including flags, shields, eagles, cannons, bayonets, arrows, drums, cannon balls, swords, laurel wreaths and the liberty cap and pole. Harbach & Brothers were Philadelphia stationers and publishers of Civil War envelopes., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Harbach [5786.F.002 & 003; 5786.F.9k; (2)5786.F.177b; (3)5786.F.163j; P.9631.2; P.2006.1.18]

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