PAT'S CURIOSITY SHOP.
Title
PAT'S CURIOSITY SHOP.
Description
Did you hear tell of Paddy's Museum (8 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (1). 23.7 x 15.2 cm., Variant: b. Publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan comic heads border. 24.3 x 16.2 cm., Variant: c. Sheet no. 589; sold by Partridge (2). T. o. border. 22.7 x 14.9 cm., Variant: d. Sheet no. 650; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley moon border. 24.4 x 15.7 cm.
FLAMING O'FLANNAGANS.
Title
FLAMING O'FLANNAGANS.
Description
Now I'm of age, I'll come into my property (4 vs. and chor.) As sung by Geo. W. Anderson, Irish Vocalist; publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan military cupid border, col. 25.4 x 16 cm.
Practical perspective, for the use of students. /Translated from the French
Title
Practical perspective, for the use of students. /Translated from the French
Creator
Jean Pierre Thenot, creator
Date
1834
Location
Am 1834 Thenot
Civil War Volunteer Refreshment Saloons
Title
Civil War Volunteer Refreshment Saloons
HOIST UP THE FLAG.
Title
HOIST UP THE FLAG.
Description
Away down in Dixie, the war first begun (7 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. [Without comma in first line;] words by Billy Holmes, arranged for the Piano by Sep. Winner; cop: 1863, Winner and Co., EDPa.; Winner and Co., Music Publishers (3); publ. Auner (4). T. o. border. 24.4 x 14 cm., Variant: b. [Without period at end of title;] Words and Melody by Billy Holmes; music publ. by Winner and Co. (3); publ. Auner. A-J border. 24.7 x 14.8 cm., Variant: c. Music obtained at William R. Smith; publ. Auner (5). A-J border. 23.7 x 14.7 cm., Variant: d. Music obtained of Winner and Co. (3); publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan ship border, with war scenes in lower corners. 26 x 16.7 cm., Variant: e. [As above;] publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan clown border. 25 x 16 cm., Variant: f. [Without period at end of title;] with "New" before title; Words and Melody by Billy Holmes; music arranged by Sep. Winner; music published by Winner and Co. (3); with second line of title in caps; publ. Johnson (2). A-J border. 21 x 12.5 cm., Variant: g. [As above;] with second line of title in upper and lower case. A-J border. 20 x 13 cm. (cropped), Variant: h. [As above, but without period at end of title;] adv: Prof. Brooks' Ball Room Monitor; publ. Johnson (2). A-J border. 24.6 x 15 cm., Variant: i. With "New" before title and exclamation point at end of title; publ. Johnson and Co. 21.3 x 11 cm.
RALLY ROUND THE CAUSE BOYS.
Title
RALLY ROUND THE CAUSE BOYS.
Description
Now, we'll rally round the cause boys, we'll rally in our might (5 vs. and chor.) Air:—Battle Cry of Freedom. Headed: "Campaign Song"; by "Our Ned"., Variant: a. Adv: Dealers and Clubs can be supplied with all the Campaign Songs; [sold by] Mason and Co.; Copyright Secured. Double-line border; flag. 24.2 x 14.5 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] but with adv: Clubs and Dealers can have their orders filled. A-J border; bust of Lincoln. 23.4 x 15.7 cm., Variant: c. [As above;] but with adv: Now ready, Lincoln Campaign Songster. T. o. border; bust of Lincoln. 20.8 x 12.2 cm.
THE EXODUS.
Title
THE EXODUS.
Description
Ho! bright eyed maidens of the South, your happy voices raise (18 vs.) With text preceded by quotations, [signed] Old Soldier; 4 pp. 18.9 x 12.3 cm.
FIAT JUSTITIA.
Title
FIAT JUSTITIA.
Description
There is no day, however darkly clouded (44 lines), Variant: a. Dedicated to the Maryland Prisoners at Fort Warren by a Female Rebel; Baltimore, Jan. 1862. Double-line border. 19 x 10 cm., Variant: b. Title: "God will Repay"; privately printed; ten four- line verses; [signed] H[elen Sumner] Rebel; Baltimore, 1862 Double-line border; red ink; scales of Justice in cloud. 21.9 x 8.8 cm., Variant: c. [As above;] but with title: "Right must Prevail". 21.9 x 9 cm.
Epistolae responsoriae duae a Thoma Sydenham
Title
Epistolae responsoriae duae a Thoma Sydenham
Description
"Prima De morbis epidemicis ab anno 1675 ad annum 1680 ad .. Robertum Brady .. , secunda De luis venerae historia & curatione ad .. Henricum Paman .. "., "Apparently issued as part of the Opera, London, 1685 (9.1)"--Meynell., Format from Wing., Unedited record., William Byrd II's copy., Bound with other works.
Creator
Sydenham, Thomas, 1624-1689
Date
1685
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Wing S6304 (b.w.) 68374.O.2
Weeder, Louis
Title
Weeder, Louis
Description
Louis Weeder, born in Germany ca. 1823, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1855-1890s. Philadelphia city directories first list Weeder as a lithographer in 1855 with the residential address of Morris Street above Fourth Street. By the late 1850s, Weeder relocated his residence to the 1700 block of Cuba Street (South Philadelphia) where he also predominantly lived during the 1860s and early 1870s. In 1867 he worked as an artist at the establishment of Jacob Haehnlen (125 South Third Street). Weeder, or possibly his son Louis, Jr., was in the trade until at least 1896, with a residence in North Philadelphia at 2334 Montgomery Avenue. He may also have worked as an instrument maker in the early 1870s and have resided at the Hayes Mechanic's home in 1891., By 1860, Weeder was married to Anna (b. ca. 1820) and had three children, including Louis, Jr. (b. ca. 1848), who possibly was the instrument maker and the lithographer at 1531 South Eighth Street in 1891 and Montgomery Avenue in 1896. The family resided in South Philadelphia (Ward 1) at 1738 Cuba Street.
Date
b. ca. 1823
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
A Northern Rebel.
Title
A Northern Rebel.
Description
A man wears a jacket with "USA" printed on it. He stands in front of a gravestone. Another man sits at a table with a glass and decanter on it., Text: That Northern man that so much honor lacks / That he would stab his brethren in their backs, / Is worse by far than he who boldly fights / Against his country, e'en for fancied rights., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date
[1861-1865?]
Bolton, Mahlon, Jr.
Title
Bolton, Mahlon, Jr.
Description
Mahlon Bolton, Jr., born January, 1848 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, was a partner in the Philadelphia lithographic establishment Lehman & Bolton. Originally a mechanical draughtsman near Front Street and Girard Avenue, he partnered with William H. Lehman in Lehman & Bolton in 1873. The firm operated until 1920., The son of Pennsylvania-born carpenter, Mahlon Bolton, Sr. (b. 1811), and Sarah Ann (b. 1811), Bolton had three siblings: Caroline (b. 1840), George M. Dallas (1846-1890), and Frank (b. 1850). By 1880, Bolton had moved to Philadelphia from Norristown, residing for many years at 1533 North Tenth Street with his wife Emma M. (b. 1846), sister-in-law Clara W. Sempers (b. 1855), niece Minnie F. Bolton (b. 1874), and his deceased business partner's daughter Clara B. Lehman (b. 1874). They resided on North Tenth Street until Bolton sold the property in 1906 and moved to 3217 Diamond Street, where the family remained until Bolton's death on February 4, 1914.
Date
January 1848-February 4, 1914
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Iowa envelope
Title
Iowa envelope
Description
Image: Depicts a seal superimposed onto a large Union flag. Within the seal is an eagle grasping an arrow in its beak. This image is used in Iowa's flag., Caption: Iowa., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date
1861-1865
Woman in prison
Title
Woman in prison
Creator
Woods, Caroline H., creator
Date
1869
Location
Am 1869 Wood
The great pestilence in Virginia : being an historical account of the origin, general character, and ravages of the yellow fever
Title
The great pestilence in Virginia : being an historical account of the origin, general character, and ravages of the yellow fever
Creator
Forrest, William S., creator
Date
1856
Location
Am 1856 Forr
Song sheet headpiece 162
Title
Song sheet headpiece 162
Description
Sample image scanned from: Wolf 2700, One of 297 song sheet headpiece designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).
HAPPY LAND OF CANAAN. NO. 6.
Title
HAPPY LAND OF CANAAN. NO. 6.
Description
I am almost ninety-nine; I remember well the time (9 vs. and chor.) As Sung By H. Miller., Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (2). De Marsan horned imp border. 25.7 x 16.2 cm., Variant: b. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan clown border. 25.2 x 14.5 cm., Variant: c. [Without singer's name;] sheet no. 733; with comma after "ninety-nine" in first line; sold by Partridge (2). T. o. border. 23.5 x 15 cm., Variant: d. [Without period after "6" in title and singer's name;] with comma after "ninety-nine" in first line; sheet no. 937; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley Pat and Mike border. 23.7 x 14 cm.
Hail Columbia! Historical, Comical, and Centennial
Title
Hail Columbia! Historical, Comical, and Centennial
Creator
Brown, Walter F, creator
Date
1876
Location
zin 1555
Kearny, Francis
Title
Kearny, Francis
Description
Francis Kearny, born in 1785 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, worked in Philadelphia primarily as a banknote, map, and book plate engraver 1810-1833, but also experimented in lithography as a member of the early lithograph firm Pendleton, Kearny & Childs (1829-1830)., After attending the Columbian Academy in New York City and serving an apprenticeship with engraver Peter R. Maverick (1755-1811), Kearny relocated to Philadelphia in 1810, possibly to work with his peer Benjamin Tanner (1775-1848). The following year he exhibited the prints "Rosetta" and "Birds" in the first annual exhibition of the Society of Artists of the United States held at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In the exhibition catalog, his studio was listed at 75 Locust Street, but the city directory for 1811 listed him as an engraver at 24 Sassafras (i.e., Race) Street. By 1813, he operated from both 64 South Eighth Street and Seventh and Sansom Streets, presumably the location where he engraved several prints depicting the War of 1812, including those created with Thomas Sully (1783-1872) of Oliver Hazard Perry's victory in the battle on Lake Erie (1815). Kearny also created banknotes with the firm Tanner, Kearny & Tiebout until 1822. In 1817, he formed Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. at 10 Library Street, which by the spring of 1818, placed an advertisement for subscriptions in the "Franklin Gazette" for their "New and Elegant American Atlas" to be published in five numbers. The partnership between Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. dissolved around February 1820, although their maps were well-advertised in local newspapers. Kearny remained with the banknote engraving firm of Tanner, Kearny & Tiebout for another two-to-three years., In 1823, Kearny's shop relocated to 96 Chestnut Street (southwest corner of Third and Chestnut Streets), where he turned his attention to book plate engraving. In 1824, he created and advertised in local newspapers a portrait of John Quincy Adams from a painting by King and a portrait of General LaFayette at Yorktown. Between 1825 and 1829, he tenanted 16 Library Street and the southeast corner of Third and Walnut Streets and published "Select Views in Modern Greece" (1828), as well as book illustrations for the "Atlantic Souvenir" published by Carey, Lea & Carey in 1829. By October 10, 1829, Pendleton, Kearny & Childs had formed and printed the lithographic caricatures "The Shaking Quakers" and "The Long Story"., In 1830, Pendleton, Kearny & Childs dissolved after Pendleton relocated to New York City. Kearny retired to his home town of Perth Amboy, New Jersey ca. 1833. Little is known about his personal life, except that he died in 1837 in his hometown in New Jersey.
Date
July 23, 1785-September 1, 1837
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
THE GARDEN GATE.
Title
THE GARDEN GATE.
Description
The day was clos'd, the moon shone bright (3 vs.) Publ. De Marsan (2). De Marsan horned imp border, col. 25.5 x 16.5 cm.
M'CLELLAN and VICTORY!! OR THE BATTLE OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN AND THE UPRISING OF THE KEY- STONE STATE.
Title
M'CLELLAN and VICTORY!! OR THE BATTLE OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN AND THE UPRISING OF THE KEY- STONE STATE.
Description
I'll sing a song, how brave McClellan (8 vs. and chor.) Tune—"Dan Tucker.", Variant: a. Cop: 1861, J. Magee, Philadelphia. Letter paper; blue ink; double-line border with flags and motto "Liberty and Union" in red and blue. 19.5 x 12.4 cm., Variant: b. With 12 vs., and comma after "song" in first line; cop: 1862, J. Magee, EDPa. Letter paper; blue ink; t. o. border; bust of McClellan. 25 x 18.5 cm.
Winch, Alden
Title
Winch, Alden
Description
Alden Winch, born in Holden, Massachusetts in 1816, was a Philadelphia bookseller, publisher and paper agent, who sold lithographed political cartoons during the mid 19th century. He relocated to Philadelphia in 1846 and started a wholesale house at 320 Chestnut Street in 1849, in which in 1860, lithograph firm Wm. F. Murphy & Sons also operated. In 1869, Winch, a member of the Union League, sold his business to the Central News Company and served as its manager until four years before his death on September 17, 1882. Winch was buried in New England.
Date
1816-September 17, 1882
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
An apology for conforming to the Protestant Episcopal Church
Title
An apology for conforming to the Protestant Episcopal Church
Creator
Brittan, Thomas, creator
Date
1833
Location
Am 1833 Britt
Leonhardt, Joseph
Title
Leonhardt, Joseph
Description
Joseph Leonhardt worked as a lithographer at the establishment of P.S. Duval (8 South Fifth Street) in Philadelphia in 1857. He resided at Courtland Place near New Market Street near Vine Street. He may be the Joseph Leonhardt listed in the 1864 Philadelphia city directory as a grocer at 339 New Market Street.
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
The good housekeeper
Title
The good housekeeper
Creator
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, creator
Date
1839
Location
Am 1839 Hale
California life illustrated
Title
California life illustrated
Creator
Taylor, William, creator
Date
1858
Location
Am 1858 Tay
Old houses on the north side of Arch Street, west of Third and the new Hotel
Title
Old houses on the north side of Arch Street, west of Third and the new Hotel
Description
Shows dilapidated residences with closed shutters and broken windows on the 300 block of Arch Street west of Union Hote (321 Arch)., Title from manuscript note., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer.
Date
March 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Streets - Arch [(6)1322.F.xx]
Illustrations in *Per C 51.7 11590.F
Title
Illustrations in *Per C 51.7 11590.F
Description
Includes ASSU Illustrations 7796; 7797.
Date
1876.
THE HOME GUARDS.
Title
THE HOME GUARDS.
Description
I'm a Home Guard true and steady (7 vs. and chor.) Tune.—"Gay and Happy." Written by S. S. Steele, Esq.; cop: 1861, John W. Du Bree, EDPa.; publ. John W. Du Bree; adv: Printing of all descriptions. T. o. border with ornamental corners. 23.3 x 13 cm.
Slavery, and its remedy
Title
Slavery, and its remedy
Creator
McMichael, William, creator
Date
1856
Location
Am 1856 McMichael
The crystal gem
Title
The crystal gem
Date
[1853]
Location
Am 1853 Cry
A NEW SONG BY NOBODY!
Title
A NEW SONG BY NOBODY!
Description
I'm thinking just now of nobody (5 vs.) Sheet no. 1383; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 23.9 x 15.2 cm.
TWINKLING STARS.
Title
TWINKLING STARS.
Description
Twinkling stars are laughing, love (2 vs. and chors.), Variant: a. Sung with tremendous applause by Charles Melville, of Kemble's Celebrated Minstrels; print. Andrews. T. o. border. 23.5 x 15.3 Cm., Variant: b. With exclamation mark after title; sheet no. 253; sold by Partridge (3). T. o. border. 23.2 x 15 cm., Variant: c. Publ. Geo. W. Peckham. Double t. o. border. 22.5 x 15 cm.
Open air grape culture
Title
Open air grape culture
Creator
Phin, John, creator
Date
1862
Location
Am 1862 Phin
Texas envelope
Title
Texas envelope
Description
Image: Depicts a grinning, winged devil holding the Confederate flag in his right hand, and in his left hand a shield bearing the state seal of Texas, consisting of a five-sided star surrounded by olive and live-oak branches., Caption: Texas / The Rebel States., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date
1861-1865
OH! I WISH THIS WAR WAS OVER.
Title
OH! I WISH THIS WAR WAS OVER.
Description
My Johnny's in the army (4 vs. and chor.) By Will S. Hays; [publ.] De Marsan, (3). De Marsan Ethiopian border. 25 x 16.5 cm.
ASSU Illustration 3385
Title
ASSU Illustration 3385
Description
Block numbered in one places: 3385., Image of a goat in a mountain setting., Tape (inscribed “890”) on obverse., Illustration appears in Four seasons, Child's home library series no. 10 (Philadelphia, between 1857 and 1870?), p. 6., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date
[s.a.]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 4
BLESS THE LIPS THAT KISSED OUR DARLING. ANSWER TO: LET ME KISS HIM FOR HIS MOT HER.
Title
BLESS THE LIPS THAT KISSED OUR DARLING. ANSWER TO: LET ME KISS HIM FOR HIS MOT HER.
Description
Bless the lips that kissed our darling (4 vs. and chor.) Words by J. A. C. O'Connor; music by Mary E. C. O'Connor., Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (3) De Marsan comic heads border. 26.2 x 16.8 cm., Variant: b. [Without colon after "Answer To";] sheet no. 1157; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.3 x 15.4 cm.
A Book of the Hudson
Title
A Book of the Hudson
Creator
Crayon, Geoffrey, creator
Date
1849
Location
zin 1518
Squadron tactics under steam
Title
Squadron tactics under steam
Creator
Parker, Foxhall A. (Foxhall Alexander), creator
Date
1864
Location
Am 1864 Park
Song sheet headpiece 37a
Title
Song sheet headpiece 37a
Description
Sample image scanned from: Wolf 1972c, One of 297 song sheet headpiece designs identified by Edwin Wolf in his bibliography, American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides Collection, 1850-1870: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1963).
The Sloven.
Title
The Sloven.
Description
A man stands next to a lamppost. He has dirt on his face and shirt., Text: You are perfectly disgusting with paltry dirty ways, / You skulk about the house, and along the highways, / You are a sloven and a slouch, a lible on the race, / You've a ragged suit of clothes, and a dirt, dingy face., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date
[between 1840 and 1880?]
HARK! O'ER THE SOUTHERN HILLS.
Title
HARK! O'ER THE SOUTHERN HILLS.
Description
Hark! o'er the Southern hills I hear (11 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Title: "An Appeal To The South"; by "A Daughter of Dixie"; [signed] H.; Baltimore, Jan. 24th, 1862; with footnote: "The last battle of the first Revolution was fought at Yorktown, Va., in 1781, and gained by the 'im- mortal Washington, the Old Dominion's peerless son'!" Double-line border; exploding cannon ball. 30.1 x 8.6 cm., Variant: b. With two extra verses and chor.; variants in wording of other verses; By a Southern Lady; with footnote: "The last great battle of the first revolution was gained in 1781, at Yorktown, which may be said to have ended the revolutionary fight"; Norfolk, Jan 24th 1862; [signed] H. Double-line border; bust of Jefferson Davis. 21.7 x 13.2 cm.
A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapted to North America
Title
A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapted to North America
Creator
Downing, A. J., creator
Date
1841
Location
Am 1841 Dow
Parties and their principles: : a manual of political intelligence, exhibiting the origin, growth, and character of national parties
Title
Parties and their principles: : a manual of political intelligence, exhibiting the origin, growth, and character of national parties
Creator
Holmes, Arthur, of Cortland, N. Y., creator
Date
M.DCCC.LIX. [1859]
Location
Am 1859 Holme
ASSU Illustration 7798
Title
ASSU Illustration 7798
Description
Block numbered in one place: 7798., Image of a hippopotamus in a natural setting., Back of block mostly obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date
[s.a.]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 2
The philosophy of the human voice
Title
The philosophy of the human voice
Creator
Rush, James, creator
Date
1833
Location
Am 1833 Rus
Mammoth Grape Vine in Santa Barbara
Title
Mammoth Grape Vine in Santa Barbara
Description
Exterior view showing a mammoth grape vine with a man seated beneath. Also shows surrounding grape vines and shrubs with a partial view of a shed.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
Centennial album [P.8965.27d]
GRANT TO WASHINGTON SHALL GO.
Title
GRANT TO WASHINGTON SHALL GO.
Description
Grant to Washington shall go (4 vs. and chor.) Tune.—"Tramp, Tramp, Tramp." Sheet no. 1098; publ. and sold by Partridge (2). Double-line border with ornamental corners. 20 x 12.7 cm.
ASSU Illustration 6309
Title
ASSU Illustration 6309
Description
Block numbered in two places: 6309, also 1428 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of two boys walking outdoors away from a stream or river and a bridge; one boy carries a bucket in one hand and rests his other hand on the shoulder of a slightly shorter boy, who holds a book under his arm and gestures with his free hand; both boys are barefoot., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 [Pear St. Phila.]” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Am.S.S.U” – Inscribed on back of block in two places., “The Old Red House [?]” – Inscribed faintly on side of block., Illustration also appears in Child's world vol. 32 no. 12 (1875), p. 2.
Date
[between 1861 and 1876?]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 26

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