Location: Second and Walnut Streets, southwest corner., LCP copy lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator
Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
Date
ca. 1845.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W405.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W405 [P.2218]
LCP copy lacking title. Illustrated in Wainwright page 155., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb38 E53.
Creator
Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847., creator
Date
ca. 1845.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W196.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W196 [P.2061]
Location: Schuylkill Eighth [i.e. Sixteenth] Street , opposite Columbia Railroad., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Date
ca. 1845.
Location
http://www.librarycompany.org/wainwright/W214.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W214 [P.2137]
Print trimmed and lacking caption., Poulson inscription on recto: Dec. 1846. North Second Street., Advertisement depicting the three-and-a-half story warehouse operated by Frederick Foering and C.A. Thudium at 87 North Second Street. In the open entranceways, a clerk assists a female shopper and an African American laborer lifts a stove. Displays of stoves line the sidewalk and the store walls. On the second floor near open windows, white laborers work. A horse-drawn cart departs an adjoining exitway. Foering and Thudium, one of the city's first domestic stove manufacturers, started in business in 1828, and operated on North Second Street from 1845 until 1847.
Creator
Rease, W. H., lithographer., creator
Date
[December 1846]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W132.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W132 [P.2045]
Location: Girard and Corinthian Avenues., Frontispiece to Plates to Magnetic and Meteorological Observations. Companion volume to three volume set Observations at the Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory at the Girard College, Philadelphia (Washington: Gales and Seaton, printers., 1847)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in *Am 1847 Obser 12240.O.1.
Date
[1847]
Location
http://www.librarycompany.org/wainwright/W383.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W383 [*Am 1847 Obser 12240.O.1]
Location: Chestnut and Twelfth Sts., southwest cor., LCP copy lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator
Lond, Ellwood D., creator
Date
ca. 1848.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W189.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W189 [P.2055]
Print trimmed and lacking caption., Poulson inscription on recto: Dec. 1848 No. 327 1/2 Market Street., Select link below for a digital image., Advertisement depicting the three-and-a-half-story building containing the hotel and tavern operated by John Thompson at 329 Market Street and Robert Denny's saddles and harness store at 327 1/2 Market Street. Harnesses and other horse paraphernalia hang from the shop's display window and entranceways, including a stable entrance marked, "Entertainment for Horses." In front of the building, a man with his horse enters the marked entrance; a clerk from Denny's converses with a customer by a stack of trunks; and other horses rest nearby and in front of the adjacent hardware store, including one attached to a sulky attended by an African American man. Hotel guests stand near the second floor windows and enter the hotel entrance. The hotel, tavern, and harness and saddle store resided together at the site only for the year 1848 to 1849.
Creator
Rease, W. H., lithographer., creator
Date
[[December 1848]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W270.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W 270 [P.2156]
Published in The Hibernia Fire Engine Company No.1 (Philadelphia: Printed by J. B. Chandler, 306 & 308 Chestnut St, 1859), page 109., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in *Am 1859 Hibernia 11750.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator
Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
Date
1859.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W271.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W271 [*Am 1859 Hibernia 11750.Q]
Published in: Sloan, Samuel. City and Suburban Architecture (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1867), plate 108, design XXIV for a suburban mansion., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: *Am 1867 Sloan 7883.F.
Date
[1867]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W310.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W310 [*Am 1867 Sloan 7883.F]
Date of publication supplied by Wainwright., Advertisement depicting the large factory's several industrial buildings, sheds, and fenced yard near a busy street and sidewalk. Workers attend to a maze of drying lines with hanging leather pieces; delivery carts traverse the yard and depart through the gate under the sign "McNeely & Co."; and a laborer uses a horse-drawn cart to collect coal from a mound beside the main building. Pedestrians, including a woman and boy, stroll and converse on the sidewalk. In the street, an African American couple push a filled handcart and a crowded horse-drawn omnibus from the "Frankford Road - Fourth Street" line passes by. The McNeely family operated a leather manufactory in Philadelphia from 1830 until the early 20th century.
Creator
Rease, W.H., lithographer., creator
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W230.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W230 [P.2129]
Location: Swanson and Washingtown Avenues, southwest corner., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc32 V58c.
Creator
Boell, William lithographer., creator
Date
c1861.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W438.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W438 [P.9001.2]
Print trimmed., Gift of Isadore Lichstein., Civil War souvenir print containing six views of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon at the southwest corner of Washington and Swanson Avenues and the Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon at 1009 Ostego Street. Contains a large central view of the exterior of the Union Saloon with troops arriving, entering the dining saloon, and departing on a Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad car as crowds of people flock around them. Other views depict soldiers using the wash basins adjoining the Cooper Shop Saloon; pro-Union flags and Saloon banners; the Union Saloon's outside washing and cooking departments including an African American man carrying a pail of food; and interiors of both saloons where male and female volunteers attend to long tables of food and a large simmering vat on a hearth. Contains an eagle clutching large American flags and a pro-Union banner above the scenes. Situated at the transportation hub between the North and the South, the relief organizations provided hospital care, washing, sleeping, and writing facilities to over 1,000,000 military personnel, sailors, refugees, and freedmen during the war.
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator
Date
c1861.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W434.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W434 [P.9001.6]
Printed below the title: To the President and members of the Corn Exchange and the officers and men of the Regiment this Plate is respectfully dedicated by the Artists., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc54 P544., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places and Events., Shows a line of civilians near a large flagpole watching the regiment drill in front of their tents at the camp near East Falls, Philadelphia. Civilians include men and women on horseback, women in a carriage, a family with their pet dog, and a child playing with a hoop. Also shows a military band leading the troops, officers on horseback, and other civilians walking the tree-lined circumference of the camp called Camp Union. Also contains the names of the "Committee of the Corn Exchange Regiment" printed below the image. The Exchange raised an infantry of 1000 men during the summer of 1862 through the enticement of a liberal bounty.
Creator
Magee, John L., artist., creator
Date
1862.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W429.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W429 [5779.F]
Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 C 581, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of material concerning Civil War volunteer saloons and hospitals., Fundraising certificate containing views of the exterior and interior of the volunteer hospital opened September 5, 1862 opposite the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad depot. Exterior view shows civilians and a troop of Union soldiers standing in front of the hospital as a train arrives. Interior view shows rows of beds lining a central hallway. Women volunteers attend to bed-ridden soldiers and set a long table for a meal. Framed by decorative motifs including the seal of Philadelphia; angels hovering above an able-bodied and an injured soldier in front of columns inscribed "The Glory of the Volunteer"; American flags; and floral elements. The hospital provided care to the most seriously injured before their reassignment to other hospitals. Closed on August 11, 1865.
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator
Date
[1862]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W068.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W68 [5778.F]
Printed on recto: Childrens Central Clothing Emporium. M. Shoemaker No. 2 North Eighth Street Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Trade card depicting well-dressed children on the central promenade of Independence Square when used as Camp Independence, Civil War recruitment camp, in September and October 1862. Tents manned by soldiers line the promenade and the children who carry drums, flags, and a hoop, walk between a group of men and a mother and son. Mary Shoemaker operated from 2 North Eighth Street circa 1862-circa 1864.
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
Date
1862.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W183.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W183 [(2)5786.F.138b]
Copyrighted by Wm. M. Cooper, C.V. Fort & Co., (i.e., Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon Committee), Contains the seal of the Cooper Shop Refreshment Saloon blindstamped on the recto., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 32 C7849., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War volunteer saloons and hospitals materials., Print containing an exterior and interior view of the Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon situated near the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad station, the transportation hub between the North and the South. Exterior view shows recently arrived troops marching toward and into the saloon passed civilians and intermingling soldiers, including Zouaves. Banners and flags promoting the Cooper Shop and soliciting contributions adorn the saloon buildings. Interior view shows the saloon committee gathered in the dining hall in front of a long table at which soldiers dine. Female volunteers attend to the men who also stand at a dining bar. Also shows officers dining at a smaller table to the right next to an unidentified woman, possibly Mrs. William M. Cooper, posed near the committee. The names of the thirty committee members are printed below the image. Also contains the figure of liberty astride an eagle in front of a banner printed "Unanimitas Hodie Et In Aeterum Virtus, Libertas et Indepentia." The Saloon, established in 1861 in the old cooperage of William M. Cooper & Co., was a volunteer relief agency that provided meals, hospital care, washing, sleeping, and writing facilities to over 400, 000 military personnel, refugees, and freedmen., Depicted committee members include S.W. Nickles; E.S. Cooper; L.W. Thornton; E.T. Hall; Philip Fitzpatrick; J. Coward; Thomas H. Rice; A.H. Cairn; Isaac Plant; Wm. R.S. Cooper; B. Frank Palmer; C.V. Fort; H.W. Pearce; Capt. A.O. Davis; William M. Maull; E. Herety; A.M. Simpson; William Sprole; R.G. Simpson; J.J. Hill; William H. Dennis; L.B.M. Dolby; Jacob Plant; Walter R. Melon; R.H. Ransley; T.L. Coward; Wm. H. Morrison; and H.H. Webb.
Creator
Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897., creator
Date
c1862.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W085.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W85 [5778.F]
Contains seven vignettes: Signing of the Declaration of Independence; Hall of Independence - Front; Hall of Independence - Rear; Carpenters' Hall; Carpenters' Hall - Interior; House in which the Declaration was written, and Hall of Independence - Interior., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Date
1862.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W387.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W387 [P.2213]
Copyrighted by R. Weir. LCP copy lacking imprint., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator
Boell, William lithographer., creator
Date
[c1863]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W029.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W29 [P.2013]
Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee's blindstamp on recto., Detailed inscription by Fales about the history of the saloon on recto. Transcription available at repository., Manuscript note on recto: "John A. McAllister Esq. with the kind regards of Saml B. Fales, Phila. Nov. 24th, 1866." Fales served on the Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee as correspondence secretary and financial agent, and became the committee's main fundraiser., Lively scene containing a view of the two hospitals, refreshment stand, and other buildings of the Refreshment Saloon located near the Navy Yard at Swanson and Washington Avenues. Depicts a large crowd gathered to watch the arrival and departure of Union troops in November of 1863. Arriving soldiers march past the cannon, known as "Fort Brown," fired to forewarn saloon volunteers of the forthcoming arrival of troops. Departing soldiers board a Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore railroad car for the South. American flags dot the landscape. Crowd includes a band and an African American man. Contains the names of committee members and volunteers below the image. Situated at the transportation hub between the North and the South on land leased en gratis from the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, the Saloon was a volunteer relief agency providing meals, hospital care, washing, sleeping, and writing facilities to military personnel, refugees, and freedmen. It served over 800,000 men, 1,025,000 meals before closing on December 1, 1865.
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
Date
[1863]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W412.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W412 [5778.F]
Location: Race and Crown Streets., Copyrighted by Charles Baum., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc85 B347.
Date
1863.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W435.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. ***W435 [P.2262]
Location: Second Street above Market St., Frontispiece to Edward W. Clark's A Record of the Inscriptions of the Tablets and Grave-Stones in the Burial-Grounds of Christ Church, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Collins, printer, 705 Jayne Street, 1864)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Uy8 96795.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator
Tholey, Charles P., d. 1898., creator
Date
[1864]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W061.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W61 [Uy8 96795.D]
Location: Forty-ninth St. at Monument Ave., Published in Edward W. Clark's A Record of the Inscriptions of the Tablets and Grave-Stones in the Burial-Grounds of Christ Church, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Collins, printer, 705 Jayne Street, 1864), opposite page 85., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Uy8 96795.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Exterior view of front facade of hospital built 1856-1861 after designs by John M. Gries. Founded in 1772 by Dr. John Kearsley to support poor and widowed women of the Church of England.
Creator
Tholey, Charles P., d. 1898., creator
Date
[1864]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W063.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W63 [Uy8 96795.D]
Frontispiece for The Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb for 1850 (Philadelphia; Crissy & Markley, printers, 1851). (LCP Am 1851 Pen Ins 50596.O.22), Exterior view of the school located at the northwest corner of Broad and Pine Streets. Designed by Philadelphia architect John Haviland, the building was constructed in 1824-26, soon after the school's founding.
Creator
Newsam, Albert, 1809-1864, artist., creator
Date
[1851].
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W276.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W276 [P.2164]
Copyrighted by Barclay & Co., Commemorative print containing a portrait of Chief Engineer David M. Lyle; three vignettes including a view of the Citizens Volunteer Hospital, a horse drawn steam engine, and fire fighters battling a blaze; and a list of fire companies who participated in the parade.
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist. P.S. Duval & Son, lithographer., creator
Date
c1865.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W181.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W181 [P.2272]
