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Title: The german : How to give it. How to lead it. How to dance it / By two amateur leaders.
Date: 1879
Location: Am 1879 Ger

Title: Betsy Ross House postcards
Description: Exterior views of the Betsy Ross House built ca. 1740., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white., Also known as the American Flag House., Accession numbers: P.8712.51, P.9048.241, P.9048.261, P.9049.56 - 59, P.9076.2, P.9105.11 and P.9441.18., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1905-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Historic buildings and sites - [various]

Title: THE UNION, IT MUST BE PRESERVED.
Description: A band of traitors vile have sworn (6 vs. and chor.) Air—Blow ye Windy Mornings. Publ. Auner (3). A-J border. 23.1 x 15.1 cm.

Title: The adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
Creator: Bede, Cuthbert, creator
Date: 1860
Location: Am 1860 Bede

Title: THE FIREMAN'S BOY.
Description: Mother, look out and see that light (22 vs.) Air.—The American Boy. Sheet no. 641; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley moon border. 24.2 x 15.1 cm.

Title: Urwiler, John J.
Description: John J. Urwiler, born October 1829 in Pennsylvania, was a lithographer and printer active in Philadelphia from ca. 1855 to 1904. He operated from 97 Chestnut Street with William Hart (1815-1888), W. H. Rease (ca. 1818-1893), and his cousin Benjamin F. Urwiler (1830-1913) between 1855 and 1858. In 1859, he relocated with Hart and his cousin to 25 North Fourth Street and remained listed as a lithographer/printer absent a business address in city directories until 1904., A member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Sons of Temperance, and Knights of Pythias, Urwiler resided in the Kensington section of the city (Ward 19) for most of his life. He married Susan B. Smith (b. 1829) on July 20, 1851 in the First Presbyterian Church of Kensington, where both were members of the Sabbath School and where they baptized their son, William Overington (b. 1862), on April 22, 1868. They also had a daughter, Kate (b. 1856), who became a school teacher. The family originally resided on York Street near Frankford Avenue, then 429 Dreer (i.e., Green) Street, and finally on Adams Street, where John passed away on March 1, 1904.
Date: October 1829-March 1, 1904
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Lights and shadows of Christian life : designed for the instruction of the young .
Creator: Brownlee, William Craig, creator
Date: 1837
Location: Am 1837 Brown

Title: THE UNION FLAG.
Description: The Union's hallowed ensign streams (3 vs.) Cop: 1861, Thomas W. Strong, SDN.Y.; with note: The Stars and Stripes, adopted as the national emblem in June, 1777, were unfurled for the first time in the decisive battle of Saratoga . . .; publ. Strong. Eagle on shield with flags anf motto "E Pluribus Unum". 25.7 x 15.9 cm.

Title: The Golden present
Date: 1849
Location: Am 1849 Golden

Title: GAL FROM THE SOUTH.
Description: My massa had a colored gal (3 vs. and chor.) Print. Andrews. Andrews ivy border. 24 x 15.2 cm.

Title: Jerusalem and its vicinity
Creator: Odenheimer, W. H., creator
Date: 1855
Location: Ud10+

Title: Civil War Miscellany

Title: JOSIAH BROWN.
Description: Oh! here I am a county gal (6 vs. and chor.) Air—My Mary Ann. Words by G. W. Anderson, Irish Vocalist; print. Andrews. T. o. border. 24.5 x 15 cm.

Title: Girls' Normal School postcards
Description: Contains images of the Philadelphia Normal School for Girls at the northwest corner of 13th and Spring Garden Streets. Built in 1893 after designs by Joseph W. Anshutz on the site of Spring Garden Commissioners Hall. Includes exterior views of the building looking northwest and an interior view of the botanical department., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Normal schools trained students to become teachers. The Philadelphia High School for Girls was a normal school until this site opened in 1893., Digitized whith funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Girls Normal - 152]

Title: Sermons of consolation.
Creator: Greenwood, creator
Date: 1847
Location: Am 1847 Green

Title: ASSU Illustration 3775
Description: Block numbered in one place: 3775, also 1108 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of two girls reading a book; one is seated and holds the book, and a smaller girl stands, looking over the other girl’s shoulder and resting her hands on the seated girl’s shoulder and knee; this scene is surrounded by a circular outline.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 26

Title: A Nincompoop.
Description: The nincompoop smiles, holds a ball, and plays a whistle. His eyes are crossed, his knees turn in, and his ears are elfin., Text: Now, really, my kind sir, d'ye think I'd stoop / To have a man who's such a nincompoop? / 'Twere better far if single I'd remain, / Than wed a man who had so little brain., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [between 1840 and 1880?]

Title: The history of Roxbury town
Creator: Ellis, Charles M., creator
Date: 1847
Location: Am 1847 Ell

Title: Little Henri, or, The Gipsy's Theft. A Bohemian Tale.
Date: 1846
Location: zin 1428

Title: ASSU Illustration 4512
Description: Block numbered in two places: 4512, also 1613 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of two men, one seated and one standing; the standing man faces the seated man, resting one hand on a table and extending his other hand slightly; the seated man appears to regard the other with fear or sadness; behind the seated man is a candelabra, and a top hat has either been dropped and falls through the air or rests at an angle on some surface not visible in the image., Signed: H.D.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 23

Title: The Old Fountain Inn and other poems
Creator: Moe, Adelaide T., creator
Date: 1875
Location: Am 1875 Moe

Title: STAND BY THAT FLAG.
Description: "Ye sons of Freedom, wake to glory (3 vs.) Tune.—Marsailles Hymn. Cop: DMass.; dedicated to the Fourth Batallion Rifles, M.V.M.; print. C.C.P. Moody. T. o. border; flag. 24.8 x 13 cm.

Title: [Mrs. William George Spencer holding her baby Warren Otis Spencer on her lap.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather with a very ornate geometric design. Lacking cover., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.4]

Title: OUR POTTSVILLE VOLUNTEERS,
Description: Come, freemen lend an ear, I'll sing to you a lay (13 vs.) Composed and Sung by L. C. Crosland; print. Johnson (2). 23 x 14.5 cm.

Title: Miners and Sappers envelope
Description: Image: Benjamin Butler and another white soldier face a group of five African American sappers and miners, who have pick axes and shovels propped against their shoulders. Refers to the contraband policy that banned soldiers from returning runaway slaves to their owners once they crossed Union lines., Verse 454: Contraband of War or Volunteer sappers and miners from the F.F.V.'s. [First Families of Viriginia], Caption: Massa Butler, we's just seceded from Harper's Ferry, where we larnd de trade of making Trenches and Forti'cations, we's de niggers to call upon in dat ar line. We borrowed des yer tools at de Ferry, and ef des isent Contraban, we's gwine to carry em back at the close of horsetilities., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date: 1861-1865

Title: Trinity Lutheran Church, Germantown Ave. & Queen Lane, 1857. Steeple after design by Christopher Wren. Clock purchased by public subscription, was first "town clock" of Germantown
Description: Exterior view of front facade and steeple of church built in 1857 at Germantown Avenue and Queen Lane. Steeple constructed after designs by Christopher Wren., Photograph depicted on post card taken by J.F. Morsello., Sheet number: 101B06., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Churches - 101]

Title: Missouri as it is in 1867 : an illustrated historicalgazetteer of Missouri, embracing the geography, history, resouces and prospects... The new constitution, the emancipation ordinance, and important facts concerning "free Missouri"
Creator: Parker, Nathan H. (Nathan Howe), creator
Date: 1867
Location: Am 1867 Park

Title: A collection of familiar quotations, with complete indices of authors and subjects
Date: 1855
Location: Am 1855 Bart

Title: The black man : or, Haytian independence. Deduced from historical notes, and dedicated to the government and people of Hayti
Creator: Bird, M. B. (Mark Baker), creator
Date: 1869
Location: Am 1869 Bird

Title: St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church postcards
Description: Exterior view of front facade of church built 1763-1812 after designs by master builder Robert Smith. Includes an interior view of the nave and sanctuary. First conference of American Methodists held here in 1773., Undivided backs., Accession numbers: P.9048.245 and P.9050.4., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]

Title: The lover's companion : A handbook of courtship and marriage
Date: 1850
Location: Am 1850 Love

Title: Song sheet headpiece 38
Description: Sample image scanned from: Wolf 831j, 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).

Title: Pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage
Creator: Ingraham, J. H. (Joseph Holt), creator
Date: 1859
Location: Am 1859 Ing

Title: ASSU Illustration 7854
Description: Block numbered in one place: 7854, also 1681 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of an outdoor scene of a body of water, reds or grass, and a rocky and craggy coast., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down piece of paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 28

Title: Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years 1843 & 4
Date: 1844
Location: Am 1844 New Yor N. Y. Com

Title: In the tropics, by a settler in Santo Domingo
Creator: Montgomery, Cora, creator
Date: [1863]
Location: Am 1863 Montg

Title: Memoirs of the Rhode Island bar.
Creator: Updike, Wilkins, creator
Date: 1842
Location: Am 1842 Updike

Title: Song sheet headpiece 197
Description: Sample image scanned from: Wolf 1467q, 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).

Title: Messages of Gen. Andrew Jackson
Date: 1837
Location: Am 1837 Uni Sta Pres

Title: A digest of the common school sysyem of the state of New-York
Creator: Randall, S. S. (Samuel Sidwell), creator
Date: 1844
Location: Am 1844 Ran

Title: Belmont Avenue.
Description: Architects: Machinery Hall -- Henry Pettit & Joseph M. Wislon; Judges' Hall -- H.J. Schwarzmann; Pennsylvania Railroad Office -- Joseph M. Wilson; World's Ticket Office -- H.J. Schwarzmann; Centennial Photographic Association Building -- H.J. Schwarzmann. Artist of the "Washington" monument is M. Dickerson Eyre. Belmont Avenue with Bartholdi's Fountain prominent, lamp-lined walkways, landscaped grounds, the Washington monument and pedestrians, and several buildings, including Machinery Hall, Judges' Hall, Pennsylvania Railroad Office, Frank Leslie's Pavilion, World's Ticket Office, and Centennial Photographic Association Building.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - photos [P.9047.186]

Title: JOHN DEAN AND HIS OWN MARY ANN. OR, THE GALLANT YOUNG COACHMAN AND THE CRUEL FATHER.
Description: Oh listen to me while a story I tell (16 vs.) Air—Villikins and his Dinah. With 2 lines of "Moral"., Variant: a. Print. Andrews. 23.7 x 15.5 cm., Variant: b. [Without comma in title or period at end;] with FAHER and "and" in title; headed: "Only Complete Edi- tion Published!"; publ. Johnson (3), 22.5 x 14 cm. (cropped)

Title: GOING ROUND DE HORN.
Description: Going down de ribber on de Mississippi steamer (3 vs. and chor.) Publ. Johnson (2). T. o. border; 5 Negro musicians. 23 x 14.7 cm.

Title: ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE CARRIERS OF THE MORNING PENNSYLVANIAN FOR CHRISTMAS 1859 AND NEW YEAR 1860.
Description: Good morning, kind friends! A happy New Year (9 vs.) Ivy vine border; woodcut of man offering drinks; Philad'a Wood Engraver Co. 62.1 x 45.8 cm.
Date: 1859
Location: 2# Am 1859 Annual

Title: The musical carcanet
Date: 1832
Location: Am 1832 Mus

Title: Star Papers; or, Experiences of Art and Nature.
Creator: Beecher, Henry Ward, creator
Date: 1855
Location: zin 1328

Title: Eagle with Union shield and star border envelope
Description: Image: An eagle, facing left, grasps a red, white, and blue Union shield in its talons. A liberty or death banner accompanies the shield. Red stars form a border around the envelope., Verse 1232: Liberty or Death., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date: 1861-1865

Title: THE CHARMING YOUNG WIDOW I MET IN THE TRAIN.
Description: Whilst in New-Jersey, a letter was sent to me (5 vs.), Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan horned imp border. 25.4 x 16.8 cm., Variant: b. Air: Jenny Jones; publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan clown border. 24.2 x 16.5 cm., Variant: c. With "IN" in place of "ON" in title; Air-"Jenny Jones"; sheet no. 1017; publ. Partridge (2). Multi-line border with ornamental corners. 20.2 x 12.6 cm.

Title: Song sheet headpiece 213b
Description: Sample image scanned from: Wolf 2549b, 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).

Title: WE MEET AGAIN .
Description: When friend from friend is doomed to stray (3 vs.) Sheet no. 874; as sung by Frank Spear, with Budworth and Campbell's Wood's Minstrels; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.8 x 15.5 cm.

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