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Title: Montreal and St. Helena from Mount Roya[l]
Description: Bird's-eye view of Montreal from Mount Royal, a mountain in the middle of the city, looking east toward the St. Lawrence River and St. Helen's Island., Title inscribed in negative., Photographer's imprint on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Campbell, Alfred S., 1840-1912
Date: c1896
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Campbell - Views [P.8910.23]

Title: View Chestnut St., Phila
Description: View looking west possibly from below Tenth Street. Shows the commercial street, including a bath house, possibly Silas H. Rowland at 1013 Chestnut Street. Lampposts adorn a building and the sidewalk in the foreground. Horse-drawn carriages and wagons travel the street and several pedestrians walk on the sidewalks., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title inscribed in negative., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Campbell, Alfred S.
Date: c1896
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Campbell - Streets - Chestnut [P.9117.3]

Title: Wanamaker's great store, Phila
Description: View of Wanamaker's Grand Depot from the northeast showing the Market Street facade between 12th and 13th Streets. Wanamaker opened the depot, designed by Theopilius P. Chandler, in 1876 in the old Pennsylvania Railroad Company train sheds. Demolished 1902., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title inscribed in negative., Series title stamped on mount., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Duplicate view published by Alfred S. Campbell of Elizabeth, New Jersey (P.9047.92)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Johnston, J. S. (John S.), photographer
Date: ca. 1896
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Johnston - business - Wanamaker [P.9047.91]

Title: Wanamaker's store, Phila
Description: View of Wanamaker's Grand Depot from the northeast showing the Market Street facade between 12th and 13th Streets. Wanamaker opened the depot, designed by Theopilius P. Chandler, in 1876 in the old Pennsylvania Railroad Company train sheds. Demolished 1902., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title inscribed in negative., Stamped on mount: Copyrighted 1896 by Alfred S. Campbell, Elizabeth, N.J., U.S.A., Printed label on verso contains text describing the store., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Duplicate view published by J.S. Johnston of Philadelphia (P.9047.91)., 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. 66., Arcadia caption text: Having outgrown his original men’s and boy’s clothing store at Sixth and Market streets, John Wanamaker purchased an abandoned Pennsylvania Railroad freight depot at Thirteenth and Market streets in 1874 and remodeled it into Philadelphia’s first department store. Known as the Grand Depot, the store attracted thousands of customers daily. By the time of this 1896 photograph, the store had electric lights, telephones, elevators, a large restaurant, and “many waiting, reading and toilet rooms” for the comfort of the customers. In the early 20th century a new Wanamaker’s store was constructed on the same site., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Campbell, Alfred S.
Date: c1896
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Campbell - business - Wanamaker [P.9047.92]

Title: Elevated r[ail] r[oad], highest point, New York
Description: View of steam-powered locomotive pulling cars around curved elevated track, sometimes called Suicide or Angels' Curve, located at 110th and 8th Avenues on New York City's 9th Avenue line. Two standing figures and a wagon with two passengers are at street level. After 1903 steam powered locomotives were no longer used on this line., View is numbered 7815 in a series., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer
Date: between 1896 and 1903
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - transportation [P.9600.9]

Title: Washington Monument and Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View of the marble statue designed by Joseph Bailly erected in front of the State House by the "Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." The base of the statue is adorned in patriotic bunting. In the background, shields depicting state seals hang from windows on the upper stories of the state house below flags and shields. Original statue removed to City Hall in 1908 and bronze cast erected in its place., Additional places of publication printed on mount. Includes Liverpool, Toronto-Canada and Ottowa-Kansas., Title, photographer's, publisher's and distributor's imprint on mount. Mount includes two small circular stamps on the left-hand side: "Grand diamond badge prize" and "Eleven first prize medals.", Title printed in six languages on verso., Curved cream mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
Creator: Barker, George, 1844-1894, photographer
Date: [photographed ca. 1869, printed ca. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Barker - Monuments and statues [P.9047.120]

Title: The misfortunes of a sweet tooth
Description: Genre scene showing a crying boy sitting on the floor by a disheveled pantry. A toppled chair rests nearby and dishes are scattered on the floor at the boy's feet., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Carl Getter.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: c1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Portraits & genre [P.9319.3]

Title: Ninth and Market streets - Philadelphia
Description: View looking east from Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800 block of Market Street. Depicts Gimbel Brother's Department Store, opened in 1894, at the southeast corner of Ninth and Market streets. Street and pedestrian traffic includes trolleys and horse-drawn carriages., Tile from label on negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Printed on mount: Made especially for fine trade., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9260.82]

Title: Wrestling for a bride, Dahomey, Africa
Description: Stereoview depicting a tableau vivant with a racialized tone in a studio setting in which two Black men attired in sarongs, face each other, and are in lunged stances. Behind them, to the left, three Black men, attired in sarongs, stand in front of a hut and palm trees, and watch the "wrestling" men. The kingdom of Dahomey established about 1600 by the Fon people became the independent country Republic of Dahomey, and was renamed Benin in 1975., Title from item., Date inferred from series title printed below title., Distributor's imprint printed on mount: Sold by Underwood & Underwood. New York, Liverpool, Toronto-Canada, Ottowa, Kansas., Title printed on verso in six different languages., J.F. Jarvis was the largest manufacturer of stereoviews in Washington D.C. during the late 19th century. He published his own trade list and numerous views of government surveys., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator: Jarvis, J. F. (John Fillis), 1849-1931
Date: [1894]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - - misc. photo - Jarvis [P.2016.13.38]

Title: Don't get above your business
Description: Comic genre scene set at a shoemaker's shop depicting a cobbler's assistant measuring the stocking foot of a woman, who is seated with her skirt slightly raised. Her female companion and the shoemaker, who has stopped work on a boot, watch with concern. Also shows a painted backdrop adorned with shoes and cobbler's tools., Distributor's imprint printed on mount: Sold by Underwood & Underwoood, New York, London, Toronto Canada, Ottawa Kansas., Buff mount with rounded corners., Negative number printed on mount: 337A., Title printed in six different languages on verso., Gift of Jesse Randall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Littleton View Co.
Date: c1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Underwood & Underwood - Genre [P.2005.19.10]

Title: North Broad St., Phil., PA
Description: View looking south from below Race Street to City Hall on Penn Square. East side of street shows a partial view of the Masonic Temple (completed 1873 after the designs of James Hamilton Windrim), Odd Fellows Hall (built 1893), and the store of Thomas B. Wanamaker's (son of John Wanamaker). West side of the street shows the First Baptist Church (built 1856 after the designs of Stephen Button), the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (completed 1876 after the designs of Furness & Hewitt), and the manufactory "Heywood Bros & Co. Wholesale Chair & Ratan Furniture Warerooms." Shows City Hall (completed 1901) with an incomplete tower (constructed 1884-1896) in the background. Horse-drawn carriages travel and park on the sides of the street. Pedestrians walk the sidewalks., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Copyrighted by Alfred S. Campbell, Elizabeth, N.J., U.S.A., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title inscribed in negative., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Campbell, Alfred S.
Date: [ca. 1893]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Campbell - Streets - Broad [P.9047.130]

Title: The delusion
Description: Genre scene in a semi-dilapidated setting showing an older couple and younger couple near a stove covered in pots and a kitchen table adorned with a bottle, pitcher, and cup. The older woman sits near the table and sews as her husband sleeps in a rocker near the stove, with his pipe in his mouth, and a newspaper in his lap. The younger couple stand and cuddle in the background, possibly the "delusion" of the husband., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Warped pink mount with rounded corners., Negative number printed on mount: 7521., Gift of Jesse Randall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kilburn, successor to stereograph publisher Kilburn Brothers in 1877, broadened the firm's portfolio from White Mountain scenery to include genre and comic subjects and international views.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1892
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Genre [P.2005.19.7]

Title: The army of Sir Knight Templars, Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
Description: View showing the Knights Templar of Pennsylvania marching in uniform in front of a large crowd of spectators standing on the sidewalk and sitting in elevated viewing stands on North Broad Street on May 23, 1892 in connection with the fraternal organization's thirty-ninth annual conclave. Includes partial views of the Masonic Temple (built 1868-1873, James H. Windrim, architect) and Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (built 1869, Addison Hutton, architect). The procession began near Thompson Street, moved south on Broad Street, and disbanded at the Academy of Music., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1892
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Processions [P.9047.127]

Title: Broa d Street, showing M.E. church, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
Description: View looking northeast on Broad Street showing the west elevation and spire of Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (built 1869, Addison Hutton, architect) and a partial view of the west front of Masonic Temple in the right foreground (built 1868-1873, James H. Windrim, architect). Also shows a partial view of a Chestnut Street horsecar in the left foreground, a horse-drawn coach in front of the temple, and pedestrians on the sidewalk., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Religion [P.9047.128]

Title: The city of brotherly love
Description: Bird's eye view from City Hall tower looking north showing the cityscape surrounding Broad Street. Identifiable buildings include Masonic Temple (1-33 North Broad, built 1868-1873, James H. Windrim, architect); the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (1344-1348 Arch, built 1869, Addison Hutton, architect); First Baptist Church (northwest cor. Broad and Arch, built 1856, Stephen Decatur Button, architect); Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (118-126 North Broad, built 1872-76, Furness & Hewitt, architects); Offenbach's Garden, carriage depository or bazaar, formerly the site of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Depot (southeast corner of Broad and Cherry Streets); cyclorama building that displayed the Battle of Gettyburg in the early 1890s (northeast corner of Broad and Cherry Streets); Hahnemann Medical College (230 North Broad); and Roman Catholic High School (301-313 North Broad, built 1890, Edwin Forrest Durang, architect). Horse-drawn vehicles on Broad Street are also visible., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of J.F. Dallet.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Views [P.9418.2]

Title: Bird's eye view of Philadelphia, showing the river
Description: Bird's eye view looking northeast toward the Delaware River from City Hall tower, showing the tree-covered Franklin Square and the spire of the Arch Street Presbyterian Church (Arch Street above Tenth, built 1823). Includes the empty lot near Twelfth and Filbert Streets where the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad shed would be completed two years after this photograph., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Views [P.9047.38]

Title: Corinthian Hall, east, Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
Description: Interior view of the unfinished, Greek Corinthian-style Grand Lodge Room in Philadelphia's Masonic Hall, looking toward the east wall. Includes rows of benches and large chandeliers hanging down from the high ceiling. Designed by James H. Windrim, Philadelphia's Masonic Hall, located at Broad and Filbert Streets, was dedicated in 1873, but the Grand Lodge Room was not completed until 1903., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Associations [P.9047.117]

Title: Philadelphia's pride, her public building, Pa., U.S.A
Description: View looking north toward City Hall (built 1871-1901, John McArthur, Jr., architect) from South Broad Street, where construction on the tower, begun in 1884, is still in progress. In the left foreground stands the Lafayette Hotel, formerly La Pierre House built 1853 after designs by Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr., at the northwest corner of Broad and Sansom Streets. The hotel was expanded and renamed in 1876. In the right background stands the Girard Trust Company building at the northeast corner of Broad and Chestnut Streets built 1888-89 after designs by Addison Hutton. Also shows pedestrians on the sidewalks and horse-drawn vehicles, including a double-decker omnibus traveling north on Broad Street and private coaches moving in both directions., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Government buildings [P.9047.116]

Title: Ring, Grandpa, ring! Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
Description: Rooftop view looking west showing the bell tower and rooftop of the State House constructed 1732-1748 after designs by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows Congress Hall (540-558 Chestnut) built 1787-89 and the Public Ledger building (600-606 Chestnut) built 1866-67 after designs by John McArthur, Jr. Includes smokestacks and rooflines of buildings in the distance and pedestrian and vehicle traffic on Chestnut Street., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Historic buildings and sites [P.9047.140]

Title: Victoria regia, Phila., Pa
Description: View of water lilies and lily pads in the lily pond near Horticultural Hall in West Fairmount Park. Building, pond and gardens constructed for the Centennial celebration in 1876., Title printed on mount below image., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., The Standard Series, mostly pirated stereographs, were created in New York in the 1890s.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9047.145]

Title: Public building, Phila
Description: Oblique view of the north side of City Hall built 1871-1901 after designs by John McArthur, Jr., including the lower portion of the tower. Begun in 1884, the tower was in the final stages of construction at the time of this photograph. Also shows a crane and construction materials on the sidewalk in front of the City Hall and a horse-drawn coach and pedestrians traveling around Penn Square in the foreground., Title on negative., Buff mount with rounded corners., John S. Johnston, known primarily for yacht photography and landscape views, was active in New York City in the late 1880s until his death in 1899., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Johnston, J. S. (John S.), photographer
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Johnston - Government buildings [P.9047.49]

Title: [Steamship Tern London at dock]
Description: View showing the steamship docked at a wharf. A wheelbarrow and barrels rest on the pier in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloger., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Transportation [P.8709.11]

Title: Washington Senate Chamber
Description: Interior view of the United States Senate Chamber in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Shows desks and chairs arranged in a half-circle facing a platform, the galleries lining the perimeter of the room, and a partial view of the skylights in the ceiling. The Senate relocated to this chamber in 1859., Title on negative., Distributor's imprint on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Government Buildings [P.9521.5]

Title: "I don't care for signs."
Description: Comic genre scene showing a woman in masculine clothing sitting on the back of a chair defiantly smoking in front of a "No smoking" sign., Title on negative., Printed on mount: American and Foreign Views sold by canvassers., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9964.1]

Title: At dinner, Girard College, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of the dining hall, showing boys seated at rows of long rectangular tables ready to eat their dinner on the tables in front of them., Title on negative., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including St. Louis and Liverpool, Eng., Distributor's imprint on mount., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Education [P.9047.121]

Title: Two little nigs
Description: Racist portrait depicting two African American boys, attired in torn and worn clothes, seated on a plank on a barrel in a field. The barefooted boy in the left, attired in a hat, a torn shirt, and worn pants, sits with his hands folded on his lap. The boy in the right, attired in a hat, a worn shirt, torn pants, and dilapidated shoes, sits with his hands between his legs., No. 119., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Title from manuscript note on verso., Warped orange mount with rounded corners., Gift of David Long, 2002., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Wilson, J. N., photographer
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - miscellaneous photographer - Wilson [P.2002.8.4]

Title: [African American woman nursing a baby on a porch in the presence of a man]
Description: Stereograph depicting an African American mother seated on the porch steps and nursing her baby. The woman, wearing her hair tied up in braids and attired in a polka-dotted shirt and a checked skirt, cradles an infant on her lap as it suckles on her breast. Seated in the right, the African American man, attired in a hat, a long-sleeved white shirt, a ring, and pants, looks over at the mother and child. On the porch is a wooden chair beside the closed door., Title supplied by cataloger., Orange mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: Herr Klebenice?, Gift of David Long, 2002., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.2002.8.5]

Title: "Doing business on a small scale"
Description: Racist, satiric stereograph depicting a young African American boy seated on a chamber pot atop a Victor scale. The boy, attired in a long-sleeved white shirt, sits with his hands resting on his knees and looks slightly up., Title from item., Warped buff mount with rounded corners., Gift of David Long, 2002., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.2002.8.1]

Title: Chestnut St., E. from 8th, Phila., Pa
Description: View showing the north side of the 700 block of Chestnut Street. Businesses include The Quaker City National Bank, built in 1888 after the designs of Willis Gaylord Hale (715-719 Chestnut) and the Washington Hotel (709-711 Chestnut). Street and pedestrian traffic include several men wearing bowler hats; horse-drawn carts and wagons; and an omnibus traveling the "Chestnut and Walnut Sts." route. Gas lamps line the street., Title from label on negative., Buff mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9047.141]

Title: What is home without a husband?
Description: Faded genre scene satirizing the "new woman" and the role reversal of men and women in the home. Shows the woman of the house, shawl draped over her arm, who has just entered the room from outside. Her husband sits on a stool doing housework near the fireplace. Their pet cat sits on the floor near his feet., Copyright 1889 by Littleton View Co., Title printed on mount below image., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Baltimore, Md., Ottawa, Kan., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Erika Piola.
Creator: Littleton View Co.
Date: c1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Littleton View Co. [P.2003.32.1]

Title: Wrecked engines at Conemaugh
Description: Shows several Pennsylvania Railroad engines overturned near railroad tracks in a valley full of debris after the devastation of the flood on May 31, 1889. Buildings on higher ground are visible in the distant background., Title on negative., Publisher's and distributor's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: sold only by Griffith & Griffith
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Disasters [P.9462.1]

Title: P.R.R. Bridge. Hunting for bodies
Description: View depicts men standing on the Pennsylvania Railroad's "stone bridge" spanning the Conemaugh River in Johnstown and looking down at a group of men searching through debris after the devastation of the flood on May 31, 1889. Bridge, also known as the Conemaugh Viaduct, was built by Alexander G. Sparks and Shipley W. Evans after designs by P.R.R. engineer William H. Brown the year before the flood in 1888., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: [ca. 1889]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Disasters [P.2008.4]

Title: Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion, Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia
Description: Series of titled views include "Crucifixion," "Mount Moriah and Tower of Antonia," "Mount Moriah, with Mount Olives as background of Temple," "Lower Part of Mount Zion, with Mountains of Moab in the distance," "Central portion of Mount Zion," "Herod's Palace and Towers," "Western View, Ruins of Caravensary," "Western View," "Northern View, with Shepherd's Cottage and Road to Damascus," "Northern View, with Caravensary and Illuminated Well," and "North-eastern view, with Grotto of Jeremiah". Images depict the crucifixion of Christ on a barren plateau outside of the city and include Roman soldiers, pilgrims, merchant caravans, donkeys and camels, and a cottage., Title and photographer's imprint from series label pasted on verso. Includes eleven numbered titles in the series list (No. 1-11)., Orange curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1888]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Theaters and halls [P.9900.1-11]

Title: Souderton
Description: Cityscape view showing a barn in the foreground and a long row of dwellings in Souderton, Pennsylvania. Souderton was incorporated in 1887., Title on negative., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1887]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Views [P.9047.61]

Title: Brickeen Bridge, Killarney, Ireland
Description: Landscape view of a stone bridge spanning a creek. A small rowboat is docked in the foreground., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount and on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Roberts & Fellows, formed by H.L. Roberts and Charles T. Fellows, succeeded Edward L. Wilson ca. 1887 and dissolved in 1891.
Creator: Roberts & Fellows
Date: [ca. 1887]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Roberts & Fellows [P.9521.4]

Title: [Unidentified fountain]
Description: View of ornate fountain., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on mount and on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Roberts & Fellows, formed by H.L. Roberts and Charles T. Fellows, succeeded Edward L. Wilson ca. 1887 and dissolved in 1891.
Creator: Roberts & Fellows
Date: [ca. 1887]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Roberts & Fellows [P.9521.3]

Title: Industrial parade, Constitution Centennial, Phila., Pa. 1887
Description: View showing the civic and industrial parade on South Broad Street marching toward City Hall. The procession represented industrial progress from 1787 to 1887. Shows spectators crowding the sidewalks and sitting on bleachers lining the street. Procession includes: a group of marching men in black hats, white pants, and white shirts; floats; a marching band; and firemen. City Hall is visible in the background., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title from label on negative., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: September 15, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Processions [P.9047.93]

Title: Philadelphia Saving Fund Society
Description: Exterior view from the southeast of the building at 700-710 Walnut Street, built 1868-69, designed by Sloan & Hewitt. Includes partial view of rear addition built 1885-6, designed by Addison Hutton., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., 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. 93., Arcadia caption text: Founded in 1816 as the first savings bank in the United States, the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society (PSFS) commissioned several architecturally significant buildings in the city, the most famous of which is the Art Deco skyscraper at Twelfth and Market streets. This photograph shows the granite-faced Italianate structure designed for the bank by Addison Hutton in 1868, which still graces the northwest corner of Washington Square. Savings banks served the needs of “tradesmen, mechanics, laborers, and domestics” rather than wealthy businessmen and investors. In order to serve of a diverse working-class population, PSFS was open for business in the evening and hired multi-lingual tellers., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1886]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - banks [P.9058.171]

Title: Views of the House of Refuge, Philadelphia
Description: Views show the House of Refuge site that opened in 1850 between Parrish and Brown Streets between Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth Streets. Exterior views depict the front lawn of the White Boys Department, designed by John McArthur, Jr., facing west and south, showing men and women standing, sitting, and lying on the landscaped lawn near the ivy-covered building. Views includes dogs, flower beds and planters. Another view shows boys in uniform belonging to the drum and flute corps of the brass band standing on the entrance stairs to the five-bay, ivy-covered White Boys Department. Men and boys are visible in the windows on the first floor. Interior views of the White Boys Department depict rows of single beds in the dormitory, the stark wide hallway of the "B" division, the kitchen, and the dining room with long rows of tables covered with place settings in preparation for a meal., Photographer's imprint on versos in decorative font. Includes vignette of painting palette with brushes extending through the hole., Descriptions of images written in manuscript notes on versos., Yellow curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Chillman, P. E. (Philip Edward), 1841-1915
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Chillman - Prisons [P.9523.1-7]

Title: Delaware section, G. & S. building
Description: View showing the Delaware display in the Government and States Building at the World Cotton Centennial held in New Orleans in 1884. Signs for "Bark Sarah S. Ridgway," "Jas. H. Beggs & Co.," "Cowgill's wood stains," and "Queen and Crescent exhibit" are visible among the displays of potatoes and corn, framed images and paintings, miniature ships, textiles, and patriotic bunting. The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhibition was held in New Orleans from 1884-1885., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by "1776. Philadelphia. 1876.", Publisher's imprint blind stamped twice on mount: Wilson copyrighted 1885., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9299.42]

Title: Onoko Falls, Pa
Description: Landscape view showing two men sitting on a rustic bench overlooking a large waterfall in the forest near Jim Thorpe, Pa., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount and on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Roberts & Fellows
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Roberts & Fellows [P.9047.123]

Title: Miniature yachts, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View of model sailboats on Gustine Lake in East Fairmount Park north of the Queen Lane Pumping Station near the confluence of the Wissahickon Creek and the Schuylkill River. A crowd stands around the perimeter of the lake., Title printed on mount below image., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9573.29]

Title: Passaic Falls, from basin
Description: View showing the fourth bridge, an iron bridge built by the Watson Machine Company in 1868, spanning the chasm near the Passaic Falls in Paterson, New Jersey. The waterfalls and an adjacent building behind the falls are visible in the background. Iron bridge replaced by another bridge in 1888., Title from photographer's printed series list on verso. Also includes list of twenty-six other titles in the series "Passaic Falls & Vicinity" (No. 1-27) and list of two other series, both with eight titles: "Views of Paterson from Garret Mountain" (No. 1-8) and "Cedar Lawn Cemetery" (No. 1-8)., Photographer's imprint in on mount., Manuscript note on verso: Paterson, N.J. April 15th, 1885., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Doremus, John P., 1827-1890
Date: April 15, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Doremus - Views [P.9022.50]

Title: Passaic Falls, from bridge, high water
Description: View showing the falls in the foreground and an industrial building with two large smokestacks surrounded by trees in the background., Title from photographer's printed series list on verso. Also includes list of twenty-six other titles in the series "Passaic Falls & Vicinity" (No. 1-27) and list of two other series, both with eight titles: "Views of Paterson from Garret Mountain" (No. 1-8) and "Cedar Lawn Cemetery" (No. 1-8)., Photographer's imprint in on mount., Manuscript note on verso: Paterson, N.J. April 15th, 1885., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Doremus, John P., 1827-1890
Date: April 15, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Doremus - Views [P.9022.51]

Title: Market shed
Description: Copy stereograph of an interior view showing George Stockburger's butcher's stall in the New Market at Second and Pine streets. Meat hangs from hooks on the side of the stall and is displayed on counters and a table in the center of the shed. Two butchers in aprons stand in the background., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title annotated on negative., 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. 114., Arcadia caption text: Not many interior photographic views of markets exist because the congestion and hectic environment of these public venues made taking photographs impractical for 19th-century photographers. This rare c. 1885 view shows George Stockburger’s butcher stall at the Headhouse Market at Second and Pine streets. The meat hanging from hooks on the side of the stall and displayed on uncovered counters and a table reflect the sanitary standards of the 19th century., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Markets [P.9583]

Title: Custom House
Description: View looking west from Fourth Street showing the U.S. Customhouse at 420 Chestnut Street, formerly the Second Bank of the United States (1816-1836), built in 1824 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. Served as customhouse from 1845 to 1935. Includes partial views of adjacent buildings: the Philadelphia Bank Building (400-408 Chestnut Street, built 1836) and the U.S. Post Office and U.S. Courts building (426-428 Chestnut Street, 1863-1884). Men work on scaffolding attached to the bank building and two street vendors operate near the customhouse., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Negative annotated: Custm[sic] House., Reissue of an earlier view entitled "Custom House, Philadelphia" by James Cremer of Philadelphia. ((8)1322.F.21a), Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1870, ca. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Government Buildings [P.9107.3]

Title: Custom House & Post Office Phila, Pa
Description: View showing the U.S. Customhouse (1845 to 1935) at 420 Chestnut Street, formerly the Second Bank of the United States, and the U.S Post Office (1863-1884) at 426-428 Chestnut Street. Customhouse building built in 1824 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. Also shows a lamppost in the foreground; a vendor's stand near the Customhouse; men convening near the post office; and adjacent businesses, including W.F. Warbuton and Son's hat manufactory (430 Chestnut) and Moss & Co., blank books and stationery (432 Chestnut)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title annotated on negative., Gift of Francis J. Dallett., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Government Buildings [P.9228]

Title: D & H Canal & coal dock, Honesdale, Pa
Description: View showing the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company boat and coal dock on the canal. The Delaware and Hudson canal, constructed from 1825-1828 after the designs of engineer Benjamin Wright, was conceived by Philadelphia merchants, William and Maurice Wurtz, as a means to transport anthracite coal from northeastern Pennsylvania to New York. Depicts in the foreground, workers standing on one of several docked canal boats used to transport coal hauled to Honesdale by the Pennsylvania Coal Company gravity railroad. In the background, a Pennsylvania Coal Company locomotive steams down the tracks past mountains of coal., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified -Transportation [P.9212.4]

Title: East from Independence Hall
Description: Panoramic view showing Banker's Row on the north side of the 400 block of Chestnut Street. Includes the Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Company, completed in 1874 after the designs of James Hamilton Windrim (413-417 Chestnut); the Philadelphia National Bank built 1857-1859 after the designs of John M. Gries (419-423 Chestnut); the Farmers and Mechanics Bank built 1854-1855 after the designs of Gries (425-429 Chestnut); the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities built 1871-1873 after the designs of Addison Hutton (431 Chestnut); and the Girard Building built circa 1871 after the designs of Windrim (435 Chestnut)., Curved orange mount with rounded corners., Title from label on negative., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Views [P.9567.14]

Title: Jaynes' Hall, Chestnut Street below Seventh
Description: View showing Jayne's Hall, an office building built in 1856 for patent medicine manufacturer Dr. David Jayne, at 625-631 Chestnut Street. Also shows Jayne's other office building, Jayne's Marble Building (615-619 Chestnut, built 1860) and adjacent businesses, including Rockhill & Wilson, clothiers (603-605 Chestnut) and the Bulletin Building (607 Chestnut, built 1866). Jayne buildings tenanted by: Atwood, Ralston & Co., carpet manufacturers and merchants; Farrel, Herring & Co., safes; Furness, Brinley & Co., auctioneers and merchants; Keystone Collar Company; Lafourcades Bros. & Irwin, importers of cloths, cassimeres, and vestings; Lynch & Fisher, dry goods; Merchant's Express Company; M.L. Hallowell & Co., merchants; Van Deusen, Boehmer & Co., men's furnishing goods; Yard, Gilmore & Co., silk goods. Street railroad tracks run down the street., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title from label on negative., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Union View Co.
Date: [ca. 1868, printed ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo -Union View Company - Streets [P.9189.5]

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