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Title: Fairmount from the first landing The Fairmount Quadrilles, selected & arranged for the piano forte, and respectfully dedicated to Miss Agnes Franciscus (of Baltimore) by John H. Hewitt
Description: Sheet music cover containing a view of Fairmount looking south from Reservoir Hill at Fairmount Water Works. Includes a partial view of the Engine House, the landscaped South Garden with fountain, the Upper Ferry Bridge over the Schuylkill River, and Harding's Hotel, the popular resort on the west bank. Also show several park visitors ascending the hill and walking the grounds. The waterworks were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff. The gardens were completed in 1835., Attributed to John Bufford., Ba 888 Z 99 includes the sheet music., Inscribed on recto of Ba 888 Z 99 c. 2 [Ba 81 F 166]: Looking toward Upper Ferry Bridge., Printed on recto: Price 50 Cts., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 231, Library Company of Philadelphia: Sheet Music Collection [9914.F], Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 888 Z 99, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 888 Z 99 c. 2 [Ba 81 F 166]
Creator: Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870, artist
Date: c1836
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 888 Z 99, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 888 Z 99 c. 2 [Ba 81 F 166]

Title: Old rosin the beau. Favourite [sic] comic song dedicated with much respect to the members of the Falcon Barge by the publisher Arranged by J. C. Beckell
Description: Sheet music cover showing the Falcon crew on their barge near the Fairmount Water Works. The nine-men crew includes a coxswain and eight oarsmen wearing striped uniforms, the latter holding up their oars. The barge is adorned with an American flag on the bow and the club flag on the stern. Also shows the covered bridge, known as the Upper Ferry Bridge (destroyed by fire in 1838) in the background. The waterworks were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff. Old Rosin the Beau is an Irish drinking song., Name of artist supplied by Wainwright., Includes the sheet music., Printed on recto: Price 25 cts nett., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 527, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 07 R 795, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21:66. Cover only.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 07 R 795

Title: City Museum, Callowhill St. below Fifth St. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the museum originally built as a church in 1823 at 415-417 Callowhill Street. A group of men and women enter one of the seventh entrances in the left of the image. A sign reading "Star Hall" hangs above the door and a flag marked "City Museum" adorns the roof of the building. Materials are displayed in several of the windows and two men stand at another entrance. Also includes pedestrians on the sidewalk walking near a street lamp. The museum opened in 1854 and housed natural history, science and portrait exhibits on the lower floor and a theatre on the upper floor. Museum burned in 1868., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 135, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 09 C 581
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 09 C 581

Title: City Hotel, 41 North Third Street Philadelphia by Heiskell & Niblo, from Virginia
Description: Advertisement showing the very busy four-and-a-half story hotel opened in 1807 on Third Street below Arch Street. Several male guests sit, stand, and put their feet up on the porch of the hotel that is covered by an awning. Also shows guests at the first and second floor windows and a couple strolling on the sidewalk. The hotel closed soon before the Civil War., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 132, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 B 756 #41
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: [ca. 1830]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 862 B 756 #41

Title: Second Presbyterian Church, city of Philada. Founded 1750. Enlarged 1809
Description: View showing the church built 1749 after the designs of Robert Smith at the northwest corner of North Third and Arch streets. Also shows pedestrian traffic, including two strolling women and three men conversing at the corner. Church was demolished 1837-1838 following the relocation of the congregation., Letter "s" printed backward in artist's imprint., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 687, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 B 756 #46, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 23:28., Upper left corner torn.
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: 1830
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 862 B 756 #46

Title: Centre Mission School of Christ Church Germantown This engraving is respectfully presented to the friends of the mission
Description: View showing the double-entranced stone school house containing a small bellfry. Townscape is visible in the left of the image and a country house with farmland in the right., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 97, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 132 C 555
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 132 C 555

Title: County Goal, Moyamensing Philadelphia
Description: View showing Moyamensing Prison built 1832-1835 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter at Tenth and Reed streets. Shows three men walking past the castle-like building. Prison was demolished 1968., Title partially printed on mount., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 168, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 26 M 938
Date: [ca. 1839]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 26 M 938

Title: East side of Logan Square
Description: View, possibly a perspective plan, showing elegant dwellings completed 1847 after the designs of William L. Johnston on 18th Street near the southeast corner of Logan Square. A fence surrounds the visible section of the tree-lined square. Also shows a dome and steeple in the background. Possibly a conception of the dome of the Cathedral Basilica of S.S. Peter and Paul under construction (church built 1846-1864, 209-225 N. 18th), and the steeple of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary on the 200 block of N. 18th Street 1839-1871., Date inferred from William Johnston entry in Rutledge and Falk, The annual exhibition record (Madison, Ct.: Soundview Press, 1988), p. 10., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 199, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 87 L 824, See related print: HSP Bb 87 L 824a., Date
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1842-1847]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 87 L 824

Title: North side of Logan Square
Description: View, possibly a perspective plan, showing an elegant building of several attached dwellings completed 1847 after the designs of William L. Johnston on Race Street near the northeast corner of Logan Square. A fence surrounds the visible section of the tree-lined square. Also shows pedestrians, including a couple of men in conversation near the square., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 510, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 87 L 824a, See related print: HSP Bb 87 L 824.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1847]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 87 L 824a

Title: First Baptist Church, Nicetown, Pa Rev. J. M. Richards, pastor
Description: Exterior view of the Nicetown Baptist Church at Bruner and Nicetown Lane. Shows parishioners, including men, women, and children approaching and entering the church from the sidewalk. An ornate fence surrounds the building., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 256, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 13 N 592
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 13 N 592

Title: The great fertilizer. Whann's raw bone super phosphate. Walton, Whann & Co.'s Works, Wilmington, Del The unexampled results of this great fertilizer on cotton, corn, wheat, tobacco, and all other crops prove it to be the best and cheapest manure in the market. Made if pure raw bone, dissolved in sulphuric acid, guano, and salts of potash and soda, it contains every element needed by growing plants. No fertilizer has been more uniformly successful in all sections of the country
Description: Advertisement containing a view of the busy fertilizer factory complex on the riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware. Complex includes three smock stacks. Several workers move, inspect, and use handcarts near rows of crates piled on the dock and in front of the manufactory. Horse-drawn wagons arrive and depart from the site. Ships and barges deliver and receive supplies from the Christina River. Also contains notice about "Descriptive Pamphlets mailed free on application" and the three locations of the manufacturers, including 203 West Front Street, Wilmington, Del.; 57 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md.; 28 South Wharves, Philadelphia. Manufactory established in 1861., Printed above title: [Trade Mark Patented, November 22d, 1870]., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 100, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 W 173, Manuscript note on verso: Library Fund Oct. 28, 1960.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 W 173

Title: Eugene Roussel's celebrated mineral waters in glass botttles for hotels, families & shipping
Description: Advertisement showing the storefront with large display windows of "Edward Roussel, Foreign Perfumery & Fancy Articles, French Perfumery, Mineral Water" at 114, i.e., 318 Chestnut Street. Within the store, a clerk serves mineral water to a couple at the counter. The woman sits, her parasol by her side as the man stands. Tall glass-door cabinets rise behind the clerk. Materials displayed in the windows include a stuffed bear, bottles, mason jars, canisters, and framed certificates. A drain pipe adorns the building. Also contains vignettes above and below the title showing the business's mineral water delivery wagon, and silver medals awarded to the perfumer by the "Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, 1824" and "Reward of Skill and Ingenuity, 1842." Roussel operated from the site 1843-1849. Bear's oil was a popular product offered by Philadelphia perfumers, the major American suppliers, between the 1830s and 1850s. The oil was often used as a hair product., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 212, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 Q 32, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Stores & Shops, Trimmed.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1843]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 Q 32

Title: Chester County Mining Company's Works
Description: Advertisement showing the works of the silver lead mining company chartered in October 1850. Includes the engine shaft, smelting furnace, storage shed, and probably the paymaster's office. Laborers operate shaft machinery, push wheel barrows, transport ore by horse-drawn wagons, and pick at a large rock. Also shows a reservoir pool in the background and two laborers at rest, shovels in hand, seated on a tree trunk near a wheelbarrow in the foreground., Inscribed on recto: Chester Mining Co., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 30, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 36 C 525, Lower right corner missing.
Creator: Croome, William, 1790-1860, artist
Date: [ca. 1851]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 36 C 525

Title: Pennsylvania Warehousing & Safe Deposit Co Storage - bonded and free. Negotiable receipts issued. Office: N. W. Cor. Third and Chestnut Sts. Warehouse: N. E. cor. Front and Lombard Sts. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the very active warehouse of the safe deposit company at Front and Lombard streets. Hundreds of windows and several bays adorn the building in front of which several horse-drawn wagons, drays, and carts deliver and depart with crates, barrels, and bundles. Also shows laborers transporting by hand, handcart, and horse-drawn cart goods into a few of the bays; a man on horseback conversing with a man carrying a crate on his shoulder; and piles of crates and barrels lining the sidewalk in front and beside the warehouse. Also contains the names of the officers and directors of the company, including Thomas L. Jewett, president., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 564, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 P 415
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 P 415

Title: Pencoyd Iron Works
Description: Advertisement showing the rolling iron mill established by Algernon and Percival Roberts in 1852 below Manayunk on the west bank of the Schuylkill. A stone wall encloses part of the complex. Mill contains several buildings, including one marked "Pencoyd Iron Works. Iron Bridges & Railroad Axles. A. & P. Roberts, office, 410 Walnut St." In the foreground, a canal boat is pulled by a horse along the river. Men row a boat nearby. A large hill of fenced pasture lands rises in the background. The iron works joined the U.S. Steel Company in 1900 and was renamed the American Bridge Company., Inscribed on recto: Re - This Pencoyd Ironworks has grown since 1850 until it is fully 2 miles long - very valuable to the local historians. 12 x 15 - very rare., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 549, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 R 235, Lower right corner missing.
Creator: Rease, W. H.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 R 235

Title: T. Sinclair & Co. lithographers Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia lithographic firm containing an ornate stone monument adorned with allegorical figures, and historical and work scenes. The central scene in the recess of the monument shows the anecdotal story of the "The Discovery of Lithography 1796 by Aloys [sic] Senefelder." Depicts Senefelder in his study, absent of paper, writing a laundry list with a grease pencil on lime stone to record his mother's laundry list as she stands behind him with her laundry basket. Books lay on the floor and on a bookshelf on the wall above rulers and a level. The allegorical figures of Commerce and Art stand near columns on each side of the arched recess. Above the arch sits the figure of Lithography. She holds an ink roller and a lithographic stone. A cherub draws on the stone opposite another cherub with a portfolio. Scene, on the pedestal of the monument, show a lithographic artist drawing on a stone and a lithographic printer rolling ink on a stone at his press. The monument also contains sculpture, gargoyles, ornamental bas-reliefs, and pendants. Flowering vines surround the edges of the monument. The firm operated under the name T. Sinclair & Co. ca. 1854-ca. 1859., Inscribed on verso: Presented by Esther [Sersel?] Aug. 23, 1957., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 92, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 S 616
Creator: Bigot, Alphonse, ca. 1828-1872 or 3, artist
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 S 616

Title: Simes' storage warehouse & yards. Trenton Avenue, Somerset, and Fulton sts. Philadelphia. Down-town office, 224 Walnut St Receive furniture and merchandise of all kinds. Issue receipts and makes advances
Description: Advertisement showing the storage warehouse operated by James B. Simes, built 1879-1880, and connected with the yards of the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroads in Port Richmond. Horse-drawn carts loaded with goods enter and depart from the main five-story warehouse. Behind the main building, smaller warehouses; piles of coal, lumber, and barrels; and train tracks are visible. Train tracks also surround the warehouse facilities and four trains travel around and within the complex. Also shows a family, including a child with a hoop, in the lower right corner of the image. Two of the buildings and a fence marked with the name of the business. The warehouse specialized in the storage of furniture, bulky valuables, and paintings in addition to machinery, building materials, lumber and heavy goods., Image annotated with the names of the streets., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 217, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 39 S 583
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 39 S 583

Title: S. Griffiths, manufacturer of wrought iron tubes and fittings for gas, steam and water. Works in Vine st: betw: Schuylkill 2d and 3d Streets. A constant supply at warerooms no. 15 Nth. Del. 7th St, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the "Spring Garden Tube Works" on Vine Street above Twentieth Street. Signage reading "S. Griffith's Manufacturer of Wrought Iron, Welded Tubes, For Gas, Steam, Water" adorns a doorway that is flanked by spiral tubings. Employees work in the windows of the two-story factory, exit the doorways with tubes, and load horse-drawn carts parked in front of the building. Also shows a side-alley on which a horse-drawn cart loaded with coal is guided to the furnace at the rear of the works. Griffiths was listed at a Vine Street address from 1845 to 1854 and circa 1860-circa 1868., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 669, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 35 G 855
Creator: Reynolds, Robert F., artist
Date: [ca. 1845]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 35 G 855

Title: Rialto House, Christopher Dusch, proprietor. Fairmount Park
Description: Advertisement for the Rialto House tavern and restaurant north of the Fairmount Waterworks on the east bank of the Schuylkill River. Shows several activities occurring around and at the three-story tavern with cupola. Tavern patrons stand on the porch, balconies, and cupola as horse-drawn street cars travel past the establishment. In the foreground, visitors wait at a boat landing under an elegant shelter and in front of a ferry boat about to dock. Also shows scullers and men in rowboats, including one fishing, on the river. A boat house, probably Quaker City, is visible in the left distant background. The tavern served lager beer, fried catfish, and mint juleps., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 647, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 32 R 235
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 32 R 235

Title: The City Hotel, No. 41 North Third St. near Market St. Philadelphia Is one of the most extensive establishments in the city, having in addition to its numerous double and single bedded chambers, for gentlemen. Parlors, with chambers attached, fitted up expressly for families. This house is in the centre of business and convenient to the post office, banks, and other public institutions of the city. R. W. Dunlap. Proprietor
Description: Advertisement showing the very busy four-and-a-half story hotel opened in 1807 on Third Street below Arch Street. Includes partial views of adjacent buildings. Several male guests lounge on the porch as a gentleman enters the hotel. Also shows pedestrians and a valet hauling luggage with a hand cart. Contains a N.B. about "charges moderate" for a "ladies' dining room, for the accommodation of families, that do not wish a private parlor." The hotel closed soon before the Civil War., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 133, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 32 B 813
Creator: Brown, Mannevillette Elihu Dearing, 1810-1896
Date: [ca. 1832]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 32 B 813

Title: View of the Fountain in Franklin Square, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the working central marble fountain in the public square, originally known as the Northeast Square, laid out between Race, Vine, North Sixth, and North Franklin streets. Depicts several well-dressed park visitors, including a fashionable couple on promenade and men seated on park benches encircling the fountain. Also shows trees lining the plaza, a guard house, lamp posts, and partial views of buildings in the background. Built in 1837, the fountain was one of several improvements to the square following the relinquishment of the grounds by the German Reformed Church circa 1836. Square renamed in 1825., Publication of print referenced in Saturday Courier, June 29, 1839., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 800, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 824 B 675
Creator: Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?
Date: [1839]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 824 B 675

Title: [Bird's eye view of the Centennial Exhibition grounds, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: Trimmed detail of a bird's eye view looking toward the city showing the exhibition grounds. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Shows several of the exhibition buildings, including the Main Hall, Machinery Hall, Memorial Hall, Horticultural Hall, U.S. Government Building, and Agricultural Hall. Several exhibition attendees walk and use carriages on the landscaped grounds between the buildings. In the foreground, park visitors view the vista from a tree-lined cliff and small observation deck. Some converse and make sketches. In the background, the New York Connecting Railway Bridge and Girard Avenue Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River are visible in addition to cityscape. Trains approach and depart from the bridges and steamboats traverse the river. View surrounded by an ornamental border. Many of the buildings designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 48, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 8 Z 99
Date: [1876]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 8 Z 99

Title: In park at Philadelphia
Description: Print containing 4 titled views of landscapes in Fairmount Park. Includes "Near Fountain Green"; "Near Columbia Bridge" (2 views); and "On Wissahickon." All the images include trees and rock formations. Three include one or more park visitors. Fountain Green, built around 1781, was the estate near the Schuylkill River (East Fairmount Park) originally settled by John Mifflin around 1679. It became a tavern and picnic site for Engel and Wolf Brewery around 1849. The mansion was torn down in 1871. "Near Columbia Bridge" views do not contain the Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, completed in 1834., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 373, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 18 K 81, Includes registration mark., Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 18 K 81

Title: [Rose of the Centennial Exhibition]
Description: Souvenir shaped as a rose when opened and containing 30 vignette views of prominent buildings, landmarks, and iconography associated with the Centennial Exhibition printed on the recto and verso. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Vignettes captioned in English and German. Includes the "Facsimile" of the seal of the Centennial and the "Centennial Medal" containing allegorical female figures; Old Time Cabin; United States Government Building; Women's Pavilion; Judge's Hall; House of Public Comfort; the German, English, and French Commission buildings; Spanish Building; The Old Time Windmill; Independence Hall; Machinery Hall; Art Gallery; Agricultural Building; Horticultural Building; Japanese Dwelling; Brazilian Commissioners Building; Centennial Newspaper Building; Main Building; The Corliss Engine; Centennial Waterworks; The Lake Fountaine [sic]; Main Building Western Entrance; Photographic Association; Cook's World's Ticket Office; Swedish School House; Fountain in the Horticultural Hall; and United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Several of the views include park visitors. Also contains rose details. Many of the buildings designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 660, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 8 C 395
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 8 C 395 recto, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 8 C 395 verso

Title: [Rose of the Centennial Exhibition]
Description: Souvenir shaped as a rose when opened and containing 30 vignette views of prominent buildings, landmarks, and iconography associated with the Centennial Exhibition printed on the recto and verso. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Vignettes captioned in English and German. Includes the "Facsimile" of the seal of the Centennial and the "Centennial Medal" containing allegorical female figures; Old Time Cabin; United States Government Building; Women's Pavilion; Judge's Hall; House of Public Comfort; the German, English, and French Commission buildings; Spanish Building; The Old Time Windmill; Independence Hall; Machinery Hall; Art Gallery; Agricultural Building; Horticultural Building; Japanese Dwelling; Brazilian Commissioners Building; Centennial Newspaper Building; Main Building; The Corliss Engine; Centennial Waterworks; The Lake Fountaine [sic]; Main Building Western Entrance; Photographic Association; Cook's World's Ticket Office; Swedish School House; Fountain in the Horticultural Hall; and United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Several of the views include park visitors. Also contains rose details. Many of the buildings designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 660, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 8 C 395
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 8 C 395 recto, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 8 C 395 verso

Title: Fairmount Park Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Uncut sheet containing 2 views of landscapes in Fairmount Park titled "In Robert's Hollow oppst. Laurel Hill" and "Ravine below Laurel Hill, Philada." Views include waterfalls, brooks, rocky cliffs, spectators, trees, and animal life. Spectators include young men and a boy., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 234, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 81 L 372, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Roberts Hollow, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Ravine

Title: Fairmount Park Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Uncut sheet containing 2 views of landscapes in Fairmount Park titled "In Robert's Hollow oppst. Laurel Hill" and "Ravine below Laurel Hill, Philada." Views include waterfalls, brooks, rocky cliffs, spectators, trees, and animal life. Spectators include young men and a boy., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 234, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 81 L 372, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Roberts Hollow, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Ravine

Title: Explosion and burning of the cartridge factory, cor. Tenth and Read [sic], March 2[9]th 1862
Description: Disaster scene showing the aftermath of the explosion of the factory of Professor Samuel Jackson located in South Philadelphia. Shows people fleeing, trapped, and engulfed in flames at the ruins of the burning factory. In the foreground, a man rushes to cover a man's body that has had its head and arm amputated; men throw buckets of water and blankets on women on fire; individuals carry the wounded; comfort the survivors; rush in with buckets; and hose the fire. Also shows a man looking in horror from a train car in the left of the image and debris flying in the air and lying on the ground. Over 15 people, including the son of the proprietor, perished in the explosion of the factory that was contracted to produce one and a half million experimental "solid water proof patent cartridges" during the Civil War. Jackson, a Philadelphia pyrotechnist and inventor, began the manufacture of fireworks in Philadelphia in 1837. He continued in pyrotechnics until 1887, when he began to manufacture danger signals for railroads. During his pyrotechnic career, a number of his establishments were destroyed through explosions., Name of artist supplied by Wainwright., The numeral "9" printed in the reverse in the date in the title., Inscribed on recto: North of Moyamensing Prison. Philada., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 215, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 83 C 328
Creator: Magee, John L., artist
Date: [1862]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 83 C 328

Title: The great conflagration in Philadelphia on Tuesday July 9th 1850 Terrific explosion of saltpetre [sic] in Water Street. Houses destroyed by the fire 500 _ Killed 57_Wounded 115_ Loss of property over one million of dollars
Description: Disaster scene showing the commotion in front of the partially destroyed stores of John Brock & Co., and Gordon and Berger at 39 (i.e., 100 block) North Water Street. People hold a crowd back as fire fighters attend to the collapsing building spewing a cloud of smoke. A family, including a mother and child, flee past fire fighters rushing to a fallen comrade as debris falls down upon them. Also shows a man kneeling near the Vine Street Wharf as another stands in the center of the view with his arms up in the air. The explosion emanated from a fire started by the friction of a hoisting-machine igniting a large store of gunpowder and saltpeter in the Brock, and Gordon and Berger building. The blaze that spread about one square mile between Front and Callowhill streets destroyed actually about 367 houses and stores. Several people were blown into the Delaware River and residents evacuated as a result of the explosion., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 329, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 83 P 544, Rosenberg, a landscape, portrait, and figures painter, worked in New York and Philadelphia during the 1850s and 1860s.
Creator: Rosenberg, Charles G., artist
Date: c1850
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 83 P 544

Title: Diligent Fire Engine. Instituted July 4, 1791. Incorporated April 1, 1831 Heights reached by the streams of the engine at a trial of power over Dr. D. Jayne's Building May 22, 1852. Single stream to height of 196 feet 6 in. thro. in nozzle. 2 side stream to height of 155 feet thro 3/4 inch nozzle. 4 streams 2 side and 2 gallery 134 feet, thro 1/2 nozzle. Built by Patrick Lyon, 1820. Rebuilt by Jno. Agnew, 1836. Committee appointed by the co. to decide. P.C. Ellmaker, Phonix House Co. S. A. Battiers Empire. H. & L. E. Stratton, Harmony Fire Co
Description: View of the hand-powered Philadelphia-style fire engine that performed a pumping demonstration at the Jayne office building at Chestnut Street below Third Street. Contains double decker end-stroke hand pumpers. A trumpet hangs from one of the pumper levers. Also adorned with a panel decorated with an allegorical figure representing "Diligence.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 52, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 832 D 576, Inscribed on verso: From Mrs. H. L. Carson, May 20, 1891.
Creator: Heiss, George G., artist
Date: [ca. 1852]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 832 D 576

Title: Old house, 4820 [sic] Germantown Ave
Description: View of the residence of Christian Lehman (1714-1774), a surveyor and cartographer, who also was a proprietor of a nursery, at 4818 Germantown Avenue. Shows the stone house, set back from the cobblestone street, and with a yard, fence, and gate. Two additions are attached to the rear of the dwelling. Trees and shrubs line the property., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 525, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 84 R 511, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 39:25, Inscribed on verso: Presented by Mrs. John C. Browne, Oct. 10, 1918., Hart originally issued a series of prints of Germantown between 1863 and 1888, several of which were published as John Richards' Quaint old Germantown in Pennsylvania. A series of sixty former landmarks of Germantown and vicinity... Collated, arranged and annotated by Julius Friedrich Sachse (Philadelphia, 1913).
Creator: Richards, John, d. 1889, artist
Date: [ca. 1863-ca. 1888]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 84 R 511

Title: [First Reformed Presbyterian Church, Broad Street between Spruce and Pine streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view showing the building of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church (i.e. Wylie Memorial Church) erected in 1854 on the 300 block of Broad Street after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Pedestrian traffic, including a couple on promenade, walk in front and in the courtyard beside the church. Congregation organized in 1798. Church renamed in the early 1890s for long-term pastors T.W.J. Wylie and Samuel Wylie., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 262, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 136 C 445, Library Company of Philadelphia copy, gift of David Doret, and acquired after completion of Philadelphia on Stone project. Digital image is copy at Historical Society of Pennsylvania., Trimmed.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 136 C 445, Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2018.63.6]

Title: Philadelphie
Description: Bird's eye view after the John Bachmann print published by J. Weik in 1857. Predominately shows the built city from the Schuylkill to the Delaware rivers and Port Richmond to South Philadelphia. Market Street runs down the center of the view. Shows the residential, commercial, industrial, religious, educational, and cultural buildings lining the streets and outer lying areas of Center City. Also shows parts of West Philadelphia, Windmill Island, and Camden, NJ. and public utilities, bridges, railroad depots, and reservoirs. Includes from west to east, grounds for the Agricultural Society Fair of 1856, the Woodlands, Blockley Almshouse, the Upper Ferry Bridge, Market Street Bridge, the two Gas Works, Fairmount Water Works, Girard College, Eastern State Penitentiary, the Naval Asylum, Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, St. Mark's Church, Christ Church, Independence Hall, Pennsylvania Hospital, St. Peter's Church, and Spark's Shot Tower. Also shows the five major squares (as well as Independence Square) and adjacent landmarks, including the P.R.R. Freight Depot, U.S. Mint, First Independent Church, Pennsylvania Asylum for the Blind, and Will's Eye Hospital. Masts of docked ships line the piers along the Delaware and vessels sail on the waters of both rivers. Pedestrian and street traffic is also visible on the city road ways. Foundries with smokestacks and undeveloped land border the built city to the North and South., Printed upper right corner: 90., Philadelphia on Stone, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 865 A 844
Creator: Asselineau, Léon-Auguste, 1808-1889, artist
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Bc 865 A 844

Title: The city of Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view looking east from West Philadelphia showing the city between West Philadelphia, the Schuylkill River, East Falls/Germantown, and Southwark/Grey's Ferry. Shows the residential, commercial, industrial, religious, educational, and cultural buildings lining the streets and outer lying areas of Center City. Also shows the Schuylkill River, grounds of the Centennial Exhibition (West Fairmount Park); Treaty, Smith, and Windmill islands; Camden, NJ. and public utilities, bridges, railroad depots, and reservoirs. Includes from north to south, Glenwood and Oddfellows Cemetery, Columbia Bridge, Centennial buildings (Art Gallery, Memorial Hall, Main Hall), Connecting R.R. Bridge, Reading R.R. coal wharves (Port Richmond), Germantown, Girard Avenue Bridge, Fairmount Park, Kensington Depot, House of Refuge, Eastern Penitentiary, Fairmount Water Works, Wire Bridge, Reading Depot, Penn. R.R. Depots & Car Works (West Philadelphia), Franklin Square, Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul, Logan Square, Market Street Bridge, New York Depot, New Post Office, Masonic Temple, future City Hall, Chestnut Street Bridge, Independence Hall, Public Ledger Building, Continental Hotel, La Pierre House, Washington Square, Academy of Music, Rittenhouse Square, Pennsylvania General Hospital, Philadelphia and Baltimore R.R., South Street Bridge, Navy Yard, Jefferson Square, Moyamensing Prison, Baltimore Depot, and U. S. Arsenal and Naval Asylum Building. Masts of docked ships line the piers along the Delaware and vessels sail on the waters of both rivers. Train, pedestrian, and street traffic is also visible on the city road ways and railroads. Key to major landmarks and streets printed below the image. Streets include Girard Avenue, Westminster Avenue, Aspen Street, Fadline Street, Haverford Street, Bridge Street, Powelton Street, Lancaster Avenue, Market Street, Chestnut Street, Walnut Street, and South Street., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 137, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 865 P 267
Creator: Parsons & Atwater, artist
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Bc 865 P 267

Title: Main Exhibition Building & Horticultural Hall, International Exhibition. Fairmount Park. Philadelphia. 1876
Description: Print containing views of two of the main buildings to be erected at the Centennial Exhibition. Views include heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, horseback, and omnibus in the foreground. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres) of the buildings in the lower corners. The buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 450, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Misc. - Folder 12
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Misc. - Folder 12

Title: View of the grounds and buildings International Exhibition. Fairmount Park. Philadelphia. 1876
Description: Bird's eye view looking toward Fairmount Park showing the exhibition grounds. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Shows several of the exhibition buildings, including the Main Hall, Machinery Hall, Memorial Hall, Horticultural Hall, Judges Hall, Ladies Pavilion, U.S. Government Building, Agricultural Hall, and state buildings, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. In the foreground, across from the Transcontinental Hotel, people arrive on Elm Avenue by foot and omnibus and crowd the entrances to the fair. Several exhibition attendees walk and use carriages on the landscaped grounds between the buildings. In the right, pedestrians and carriages traverse the major roadway on the outskirts of the grounds near the Columbia Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Also shows the fountain near the Pennsylvania Building, the observatory tower on Belmont Hill, and the 24th Ward Reservoir on George's Hill. Key to 24 depicted buildings printed below the image. Many of the buildings designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 802, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Bird's Eye Views - View of the grounds
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Medium Society Prints - Centennial- Bird's Eye Views - View of the grounds

Title: Bird's eye view. Centennial International Exhibition. Fairmount Park. Philadelphia. 1876
Description: Bird's eye view looking toward East Fairmount Park showing the proposed buildings on the exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Shows the English Commissioners Building, U.S. Government Building, Agricultural Hall, Machinery Hall, Ladies' Pavilion, Judge's Hall, Horticultural Hall, offices, Photographic Hall, Art Gallery, and the Main Building. Also shows fountains, the Total Catholic Abstinence Fountain, and the Columbia Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Figures representing fair visitors populate the view. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres) of the buildings in the lower left corner. Key to buildings printed below the image. Many of the buildings were designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 45, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Bird's Eye Views - Bird's eye view
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, artist
Date: c1875
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Bird's Eye Views - Bird's eye view

Title: Eastwick & Harrison's improved locomotive engine
Description: Shows the 4-4-0 steam locomotive, Gowan & Marx, built 1839 by the firm after the designs of Joseph Harrison, Jr. The locomotive, for its weight, was the most efficent for freight purposes at the time. The firm established as Garrett, Eastwick & Co. was renamed Eastwick & Harrison in 1839 after the retirement of Garrett, when Harrison, a junior partner became a full partner., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on recto and mount: This locomotive engine "Gowan & Marx" hauled the freight train over the Philadelphia & Reading R. Road from Pottsville to Philada. D. J. Kennedy., Attached to sheet containing two photographic reproductions of Philadelphia and Reading Railroad broadsides dated 1839 and 1840., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 63, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: K VII 46
Creator: Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date: [ca. 1839]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP K VII 46

Title: Shoe & Leather Building. International Exhibition, 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia
Description: View of the exhibition building built after the designs of Alexander B. Barry that displayed all the mechanical processes of making shoes and boots. Includes several fair visitors on the grounds in front of the building. Individuals walk, converse, admire a fountain, enter the hall, and sit on a bench in a small landscaped area. The grounds are lined by a tree and bushes. Also shows part of Machinery Hall in the right of the image. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by William H. Huntington., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 695, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Misc. - Shoe & Leather
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Misc. - Shoe & Leather

Title: View of the Wire Bridge at Fairmount, Philadelphia Erected in 1842
Description: View looking northeast from below the Wire Bridge of Fairmount, the first suspension bridge in the United States, built over the Schuylkill River from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. Show pedestrians, men on horseback, wagons and carriages approaching, crossing, and departing the bridge near the Fairmount Waterworks. Waterworks include the engine house, mill house, and pavilions on the mound dam and Reservoir Hill. Also shows people fishing on the river, a man carrying a fishing pole over a foot bridge to the canal lock, men seated on the incline to the bridge, and a hotel building. The bridge was removed in 1874., Copyrighted by George Lehman., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 809, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 7 W 798
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: c1843
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 7 W 798

Title: From the Paris mantilla cloak and fur emporium. 920 Chestnut Street, Philada J. W. Proctor & Co
Description: Advertisement label showing an exterior view of the clothing store. Several cloaks are displayed in the storefront windows. A female clerk helps a customer at the entrance. Pedestrian traffic, predominately women wearing cloaks, pass on the sidewalk. Proctor relocated his store from 708 to 902 Chestnut Street in 1862., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 287, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories - Box 55, Folder 7, LCP holds engraved copy of advertisement. [Ph Pr - 8x10 - Businesses (7)1322.F.453i].
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories - Box 55, Folder 7

Title: J. M. Hafleigh & Co. Retail dry goods. No. 1012 & 1014 Chestnut St
Description: Advertisement showing an exterior view of the dry goods store built by contractor John Ketcham. Patrons enter and several pedestrians, including women with parasols, walk in front of the store. Large draped mounds are visible in the display windows. Also shows the proprietors name and address etched in the frieze above the entryway as well as an "H" on an arched tablet adorning the roof., Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 398, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories - Box 55, Folder 5, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 10th-11th
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories - Box 55, Folder 5

Title: Ficken & Williams, steam sugar refiners, Crown, Willow and Fifth streets
Description: Advertisement containing a view of the refinery complex in Northern Liberties. View surrounded by an ornamental border. Includes the office building adorned with signage. Horse-drawn wagons travel and are parked in front of the buildings. A man on horseback passes coal bins lining the side of the multi-storied processing plant of the complex. Also shows smokestacks and a tank. Advertising text flanking the view promotes "Double Loaf," two types of "A Crushed" "Patent Cut Loaf," "Chip Crushed," "Pulverized," "Lozenge do." and "Granulated" in addition to "A" "B" and "C" coffee and "X Yellow" and "Yellows.", Not in Wainwright, Published in Edwin T. Freedley’s Philadelphia and its manufactures : a handbook of the great manufactories and representative mercantile houses of Philadelphia in 1867 (Philadelphia: E. Young, 1867), opp. p. 472., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 246, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories, Box 57, Folder 6
Date: [1867]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories, Box 57, Folder 6

Title: Jacob Haehnlen's steam power lithographic & letter press printing rooms Goldsmith's Hall, opposite rear of Post Office, Library St. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the exterior of the six-story brownstone and print shop owned by lithographer Haehnlen at 420 Library Street. Signage advertising the "lithographic establishment" adorns the doorway, front, and side of "Goldsmith's Hall." Building also adorned with large display windows and an eagle above the entranceway. View includes street and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk, stand in doorways, and enter the shop. In the street, horse-drawn wagons and drays, including one hauling crates marked "J.H.," pass in the street near a man pushing a hand-cart loaded with crates. Shop included salesrooms and offices, a machine shop, a drying room, lithographic presses, and card, handbill, and pamphlet printing presses. Haehnlen established his own studio at Goldsmith's Hall in 1866 and operated his business from all but the first floor. He sold his shop to the firm Lehman & Bolton in 1870. Building destroyed by fire on December 20, 1882., Not in Wainwright., Published in Philadelphia southern steamship manufacturers and mercantile register (Philadelphia: M'Laughlin Brothers, 1866) [LCP Am 1866 Phi Sou Mai, 62062.O]. Accompanying page of text references the relocation of the shop and advertises "Orders received for Furniture Labels for Druggists, on Glass; also, Show Cards of all descriptions, on Glass executed to order., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 48, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Prints - Stores & Factories - Box 57, Folder 2, Accompanying page of text
Creator: Haehnlen, Jacob, b. 1824
Date: [1866]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Prints - Stores & Factories - Box 57, Folder 2

Title: E. O. Thompson, merchant tailor, no. 908 Walnut St. Philadelphia Ready for the season. Please accept with the compliments of the proprietor this circular as a cordial invitation to visit his establishment
Description: Circular advertisement containing an "Interior view of E.O. Thompson's Merchant Tailoring Establishment, no. 908 Walnut Street, Philadelphia." Shows the elegantly furnished interior of the shop designed with a fresco ceiling and crown moldings. In the foreground, a display table lined with bolts of cloths stands in the center of the room. Surrounding furnishings include armoires, display dressers covered with bolts of cloth, large mirrors, and an ornate mantelpiece. Objet d'arts, books, and framed fashion plates adorn the mantel that is flanked by two wood chairs. A samovar on a small table stands in front of the mantelpiece. Framed fashion plates also adorn the walls in addition to chandeliers. In the background, four shop tailors trace patterns, and cut and measure cloth in a middle room that leads to another room with tables of cloth on display. Interior also includes an umbrella stand and wall clock. Covers of the circular show two full-length portraits of a younger and older man attired in suits. The younger wears a plaid suit and stands in front of a bureau displaying bolts of cloth. The older man wears a suit with a long coat and an overcoat. Both of the men hold hats. Cover and interior image also contain advertising text about the business hours, original and patented systems of cutting, and "nothing omitted essential to the business" and "everything and every effort to please." Thompson, a New York tailor, established his Philadelphia branch of his business in 1860, which expanded to include a ready-made clothing house in 1886. Thompson's sons Benjamin and E. O. Thompson, Jr. assumed the business in 1897., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 194, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Prints - Stores & Factories - Box 57, Folder 9, Inscribed: Mifflin Fund. October 31, 1955.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Prints - Stores & Factories - Box 57, Folder 9

Title: Diocesan Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Pennsylvania. [membership certificate]
Description: Life membership certificate containing an allegorical scene. Shows a boy, in a field, spreading seeds from a sling around his chest. A farmer and plow follow behind him and an angel holding the Holy Bible floats on a cloud above him. In the background, parishioners arrive at a church at which the boy directs his gaze. The missionary society, approved in 1854, sought the "extension of missionary effort under the direction of ecclesiastical authority in said diocese and better support of clergyman, the education of persons for ministry, and such objectives incidental to above, as may tend to the extension of said church.", Not in Wainwright., Issued to John R. Whitney on December 19, 1854. Signed D.S. Miller, Cor[respondence] Sec[retar]y, Alonzo Potter, President, and Edwd. Biddle, Treasurer., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 53, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Diocesan Missionary
Date: [ca. 1854]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Certificates - Diocesan Missionary

Title: Harrison's Handkerchief Extracts Apollos W. Harrison No. 10 South 7th Street Philadelphia
Description: Beautiful, elaborate advertisement for the Philadelphia perfumer and ink manufacturer showing a ballroom scene set within a monument designed as a stage surrounded by floral ornaments. Shows couples attired in evening wear introducing themselves, conversing, and dancing in the ballroom. Two women hold fans. Chandelier lampposts and red drapery frame the scene. Two archways showing vistas to outdoor sceneries of trees and urns of greenery flank the monument. Loose, bundled, and cornucopias of flowers, encase the monument. Also contains two poles entwined with banners on the outer sides. Banners are inscribed with the names of scented flowers, including camellia, lilac, magnolia, tea rose, sweet clover, patchouli, and musk. Harrison began operating his perfumery circa 1853 and by the late 1850s employed over 80 employees, including 25 traveling agents., Copyrighted by A. W. Harrison., Not in Wainwright., Printed above title: Upper Ten., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 107, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 641 H 245
Creator: Bigot, Alphonse, ca. 1828-1872 or 3, artist
Date: c1854
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 641 H 245

Title: [Fashion plate for Samuel A. & Asahel F. Ward]
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 11 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Four men and three women socialize. Three of the men wear suits and one, dressed in evening attire, sits in a chair. Two of the men hold top hats and all have chin beards. One woman wears an evening dress and the other two women are attired in day dresses and bonnets. One of the latter pair wears a shawl and the other holds a handkerchief. Also includes framed pictures, mosaic carpeting, a window with drapery, and a pedestal displaying a vase of flowers. Lower panel shows the outdoor scene. In the center, "Genl. David R. Porter, Govr. Of Penna. Copied by permission of Huddy & Duval" wears his uniform and is mounted on his horse. To the left, two men in overcoats stand near a hitching post. To the right, two men attired in top hats (one white), vests, jackets, pants, and holding canes, stand. In the background, a militia troop drills, including two separated members on horseback. All the men are clean shaven. Key numbered 1-7 and 8-11 printed above and below the image., Not in Wainwright., Title supplied by HSP., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 68, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 642 W 363d, Trimmed.
Creator: Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847, artist
Date: [ca. 1842]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 642 W 363d

Title: Philadelphia Alms House [certificate]
Description: Certification certificate from the "Guardians, Physicians and Surgeons of the Pennsylvania Hospital" containing an exterior view of the Blockley Almshouse and Philadelphia General Hospital in West Philadelphia. The Board of Guardians, the governing board of the Guardians of the Poor, established in 1782 and abolished in 1877, oversaw the operations of the almshouse, including admissions, accounts, and employment of the poor. The almshouse was completed in 1833 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland., Not in Wainwright., Issued to W. Penn Buck M.D. for fifteen months as resident physician in 1871. Signed John M. Whitall, President of the Board of Guardians, Alfred Stille, M.D., President of the Medical Board, Charles ?, Secretary Board of Guardians, and John S. [Penn?] Atty. account., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 571, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Philadelphia Alms House
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Philadelphia Alms House

Title: The Young Men's Christian Association [certificate]
Description: Life membership certificate containing an exterior view of the YMCA building building erected 1875-1877 after the designs of Addison Hutton at the southeast corner of Fifteenth and Chestnut streets for the branch of the Christian voluntary organization founded in 1854. View contains street and pedestrian traffic. Also contains a border shaped like a frame with ornamented cornices, and banners inscribed with Bible quotations referring to young men, wisdom, and love. Quotes include I John 2:14; Prov. 11.30; Zech. 2.4; and John 13:35., Not in Wainwright., Issued to John R. Whitney on October 23, 1878. Signed Frances W. Kennedy, Treas. and John Wanamaker, Prest., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 869, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Young
Date: [ca. 1877]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Certificates - Young

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