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Title: Percell, John
Description: John Percell worked as a lithographer at the establishment of P. S. Duval (5 Ranstead Place) in 1855.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Outlines of physical geography
Creator: Fitch, George W. (George William), creator
Date: 1855
Location: Am 1855 Fitch

Title: Keffer & Brett
Description: Keffer & Brett, operated by John C. Keffer and French lithographer Alphonse Brett at 12 Bank (i.e., South Bank) Street from 1846-1847, produced Christmas and Valentine's Day cards delineated by engraver Nicholson Devereaux. Their partnership dissolved by mutual consent on February 24, 1847, and Brett continued the business from the same location until ca. 1850., John C. Keffer is probably John L. Keffer.
Date: fl. 1846- February 24, 1847
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: KATY DEAN.
Description: I once did know a yellow girl, for her I once did sigh (3 vs. and 3 chors.) Publ. T.M. Scroggy (2). Ornamental border, 23.3 x 12.8 cm.

Title: LONG LIVE THE SIXTY-NINTH.
Description: Hail to the men now in triumph returning (4 vs.) Words by Mr. Mullaly; music by John J. Daly., Variant: a. With exclamation point at end of title; publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan clown border. 25 x 16.8 cm., Variant: b. [Without author's names;] sheet no. 851; publ. Partridge (2). T. o. border. 22.5 x 15.8 cm., Variant: c. Sheet no. 1133; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley Ethiopian border. 24.3 x 14 cm., Variant: d. [As above;] Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24 x 13 cm.

Title: Republic Avenue from Machinery Hall.
Description: Architects: Machinery Hall, Bldg. #2 - Henry Pettit & Joseph M. Wilson; World's Ticket Office, Bldg. #84 - H.J. Schwarzmann; Pennsylvania Railroad Office, Bldg. #113 - J.M. Wilson; Judge's Hall, Bldg. #109 - H.J. Schwarzmann & Hugh Kafka; Memorial Hall/Art Gallery, Bldg. #101 - H.J. Schwarzmann; Main Exhibition Building, Bldg. #1 - Henry Pettit & Joseph M. Wilson. Exterior view of buildings lining Republic Avenue. On the road in front is a horse and cart and railroad tracks.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial album [P.8965.11f]

Title: Pennsylvania Railroad Ferries postcards
Description: Contains images of the Pennsylvania Railroad Ferry, showing the Market Street Loop, the ferry terminal, the ferry boat crossing the Delaware River, the boat entrance from the Delaware River and a general view of Delaware Avenue looking north showing the terminal building. The ferry transported passengers to and from Camden, NJ before the first bridge spanned the river in 1926., Contains 10 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., 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: 1900-1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Ferries - 144]

Title: The recent progress of astronomy; : especially in the United States
Creator: Loomis, Elias, creator
Date: 1850
Location: Am 1850 Loom

Title: Hypocrite.
Description: A frowning woman casts a shadow that resembles the Devil., Text: No meek exterior shall hide / The Pharisaic soul of pride: / Hypocrite -- turn thine eyes within, / Nor longer look abroad for sin., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [between 1840 and 1880?]

Title: Dr. Charles Kingsbury, Dr. French Alseael, S.H. Porter, and Royal L. Burgh
Description: Group portrait of four men including Samuel H. Porter, a Philadelphia doctor. Two of the men stand in the middle with the others seated on chairs on either side., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Van Loan 120 Arch St. Phila. Geometric border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric design with an ornate nonpareil-like design in the center surrounded by vertical lines and a scrolled border. A different geometric design on verso., Manuscript note behind the image identifies the sitters as Dr. Charles Kingsbury, Dr. French Alseael, S.H. Porter, and Royal L. Burgh.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer.
Date: ca. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9560.2]

Title: THE PATRIOT FLAG.
Description: Fling to the breeze the patriot flag. (5 vs.) For sale at 11 Pennsylvania Avenue. T. o. border. 18.9 x n.6 cm. (cropped)

Title: Song sheet headpiece 152
Description: Sample image scanned from: Wolf 2290e, 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: Oracles from the poets.
Creator: Gilman, creator
Date: 1844
Location: Am 1844 Gilman

Title: The Bridal wreath
Date: 1845
Location: Am 1845 Bridal

Title: To a Recruiting Officer.
Description: A Union officer stands at a bar and holds a large tankard of beer. The valentine criticizes military recruiters who get men drunk so that they will enlist., Text: You're not a fascinating creature, / Either in manners, form or feature, / Neither your own mug, quaint and queer, / Nor that o'erflowing mug of beer, / Would tempt me, sir, were I a gent, / To join your rowdy regiment. / Don't try with drink to catch recruits, / Our army needs good men, not brutes-- / Men who love order and the laws, / Whose hearts are in their country's cause, / Whose nerves are strong, whose heads are clear, / Whose courage is not born of beer., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [1861-1865?]

Title: A Head for Military Distinction.
Description: A Union soldier reads a copy of "Hardee's Tactics," a manual popular during the Civil War. His uniform is patched, and he has sideburns and facial hair stubble. "Burnside" refers to Union General Ambrose Burnside, whose style of facial hair came to be known as sideburns., Text: Be dad, and I'm after an officer's place, / And I think I am just the bold boy, / That can show old Burnside the way to advance, / And give the whole country much joy., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector., Provenance: Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881., Provenance: Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873. Rifle and light infantry tactics
Date: [1861-1865?]

Title: The Atlantic Telegraph.
Description: Oh say not the old times were brighter than these (2 vs.) Air - "Star Spangled Banner." Printed for Presentation to the Public, by Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas, (Office, 113 Fulton Street.) On Hoe's Steam Press, mounted on a Car, drawn by horses, in the great procession, in commemoration of the success of the Ocean Telegraph, New York, September 1, 1858. Decorative border, with vignette of eagle at top and shield at bottom; red and blue ink. 22.7 x 15.2 cm.

Title: Poems
Creator: Hood, creator
Date: 1846
Location: Am 1846 Hood

Title: Old Saint Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, Penna. Founded 1733
Description: Interior view of nave and sanctuary of church built in 1839 after designs by John Darragh. According to text on verso, St. Joseph's was the first Catholic Church to succeed in the British North American colonies., Sheet number: 50B11., Divided back., Postcard issued by Standard Photo Service Co., 2004 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia and Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, NY., 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. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Fourteen Pet Goslings, and other Pretty Stories of my Childhood
Creator: Frank, creator
Date: 1858
Location: zin 1178

Title: Homeopathy simplified or domestic practice made easy.
Creator: Tarball, John A., creator
Date: 1856
Location: am 1856 Tarbell

Title: MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME, GOOD NIGHT.
Description: The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home (3 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. [Publ.] De Marsan (4). De Marsan Ethiopian border, col. 25.6 x 16.3 cm., Variant: b. Without "Good Night" in title; sheet no. 77; publ. U.S. Manufacturing Co., Pittsburgh. T.o. border. 22.5 x 14.7 cm., Variant: c. No imprint. T.o. border. 22.5 x 15 cm.

Title: Salmagundi. Second series (By Launcelot Langstaff, Esq.)
Creator: James Kirke Paulding, creator
Date: 1835
Location: Am 1835 Pauld

Title: THE MAN WHO NEVER KISS'D.
Description: Oh! say, where was that being born (3 vs.) Air: —The Harp that once through Tara's Halls., Variant: a. Print. Andrews; with an excerpt from a testimony of a witness on the Stephen's trial. T. o. border. 23.7 x 15.2 cm., Variant: b. [As above; with adv. for the "Monthly Singers' Jour- nal", signed Mrs. Pauline Lieder, on verso.] T. o. border. 24.2 x 15.2 cm., Variant: c. Sheet no. 327; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.6 x 16.4 cm.

Title: Forget-me-not; or, The philopene
Date: 1846
Location: Am 1846 Forget

Title: Ah! what is the matter, my trooper so gay,
Description: The trooper [i.e., cavalry soldier] kneels before a young woman who is crying. He wears a blue Union uniform, and his hat and gloves lie on the ground before him. Sitting on his spurs, the trooper appears pained. The text and image suggest that the trooper has no interest in the woman's feelings, and is concerned only with his immediate physical discomfort., Text: Ah! what is the matter, my trooper so gay, / While to this young lass you are kneeling? / Your head, it is soft-- as for heart you have none, / Your butt alone seems to have feeling., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [1861-1865?]

Title: The American school hymn book
Creator: Fitz, Asa, creator
Date: 1855
Location: Am 1855 Fitz

Title: THE OLD LOVE SONGS.
Description: Before my true-love's threshold (4 vs.) [By] Ambrosius Metzger; adv: 500 Illustrated Ballads [publ.] Magnus (2). Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 231, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.5 x 12.5 cm.

Title: A Rebel.
Description: A Confederate soldier kneels before a Union soldier and begs for mercy by saying "Qua-rrter." Two swords lie near him. The "neck-tie made of hemp" means a rope for hanging and suggests that recipient deserves death instead of a sentimental token., Text: To trample on "our dear Old Flag", / You rashly did attempt; / The Valentine most met for you, / Is a Neck-tie made of Hemp., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [1861-1865?]

Title: Song sheet headpiece 194
Description: Sample image scanned from: Wolf 1238e, 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: TOM BOWLING.
Description: Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling (3 vs.), Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan military cupid border. 24.6 x 16.2 cm., Variant: b. Sung by James R. White; sheet no. 896; [without commas in first line;] publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley military cupid border. 25 x 15.5 cm.

Title: Zoe; ot The quadroon's triumph. : A tale for the times
Creator: Livermore, Elizabeth D., creator
Date: 1855
Location: Am 1855 Liv

Title: IT REMINDS HIM OF A STORY.
Description: We're in Rebellion now the greatest one in history (5 vs. and chor.) Air: Limerick Races. [Publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan military cupid border. 25 x 16.7 cm.

Title: The Sponge.
Description: Two men stand in front of a staircase. Above it are signs that read "Saloon/ Wines" and "Clam Soup." One man has his hand on the other's back., Text: Where're you are met, in tavern or street, / You're waiting to see if some one will treat; / You'll ask friends to drink, and then walk away, / And leave them behind for the liquor to pay., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [between 1840 and 1880?]

Title: The two opinions
Creator: Andrews, L. F. W., creator
Date: 1837
Location: Am 1837 And

Title: De Marsan eagle with drapery border
Description: Sample image scanned from: Wolf 2365b, One of 21 unique song sheet border 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: The story of Joan of Arc
Creator: Evans, R. M., creator
Date: 1844
Location: Am 1844 Evans

Title: [Portrait of a little unidentified boy, with upswept hair, standing on a chair.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded dark red velvet., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Rehn. Patent July 4th & 11th 1854, Case: Leather. Design obliterated.
Creator: Rehn, Isaac, photographer.
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.7]

Title: PAT MALLOY.
Description: At sixteen years of age, I was my mother's fair hair'd boy (3 vs.), Variant: a. Cop: 1865, Wm. A. Pond and Co., SDN.Y.; Wm. A. Pond and Co., Music Publishers; publ. Auner (5). A-J border. 24 x 15.6 cm., Variant: b. Tune "Captain with the Whiskers."; "haired" instead of "hair'd" in 1st line. T.o. border; caricature of Pat. 18.4 x 14 cm. (cropped), Variant: c. As sung by D.J. Maginnis, of Morris Brothers, Pell and Trowbridge's Minstrels. Music can be obtained of Wm. A. Pond & Co., 547 Broadway, New York, owners of copyright. No. 969. Publ. Horace Partridge. T.o. border with ornamental corners. 21 x 14.7 cm.

Title: Song sheet headpiece 193
Description: Sample image scanned from: Wolf 1172i, 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: The Boston almanac for the year 1846.
Date: 1845
Location: Am Bos Alm

Title: THE 69TH BRIGADE.
Description: My true love, William, to the war he is gone (9 vs.) Air: The Night Templers., Variant: a. [Publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan Ethiopian border. 26 x 16.5 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] De Marsan ship border. 23 x 13.6 cm., Variant: c. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan border with eagle, drapery with stars and stripes. 24 x 15.5 cm.

Title: A concise treatise on commercial book-keeping
Creator: Foster, Benjamin Franklin, creator
Date: 1839
Location: Am 1839 Foster

Title: Brewster, Edmund
Description: Edmund Brewster, born ca. 1794 in New Jersey, was an artist and lithographer who worked in Philadelphia from the late 1820s to 1850. Before entering the lithographic trade, Brewster worked as a respected portrait painter in New Orleans from 1819 to the early 1820s. From 1828 to 1833, Brewster worked as a portrait painter in Philadelphia while he also operated a lithographic establishment at 82 South Third Street. He produced predominately portrait lithographs and later entered into daguerreotypy. Brewster also exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1818., By 1840, Brewster lived in Southwark Ward 5, where he continued to live with his wife Lydia (b. ca. 1802) and several children aged 20 to 26, including son and doctor Thomas Brewster, who in April 1850 advertised his assumption of his father's daguerreotype studio (Rye and Wharton streets) as well as the sale of a lithographic press.
Date: ca. 1794-ca. 1850
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: DARK AND ROGUISH EYE.
Description: We all do like the pretty girls (3 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Sung by Billy Emerson; Music publ. by J. Church, Jr., obtained of Frederick Blume (2); publ. De Marsan (4). Dc Marsan clown border. 24.9 * 16 cm., Variant: b. Title: "Oh! How is That for High"; sheet no. 1958; publ. Wrigley (3). Wrigley Ethiopian border. 24 x 15.5 cm.

Title: ASSU Illustration 7202
Description: Block numbered in two places: 7202, also 1006 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a stooping elderly man and a small dog facing a girl who is standing or hiding behind a coat hung on a wall hook, perhaps as part of a game., "V. Grottenthaler, 402 Library St Phila." – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876.
Date: [between 1869 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 31

Title: A vindication of the claim of Alexander M. W. Ball, of Elizabeth, N.J., to the authorship of the poem, Rock me to sleep, mother
Creator: Morse, Oliver A. (Oliver Andrew), creator
Date: 1867
Location: Am 1867 Morse

Title: Nautilus, or Cruising under canvas
Creator: Maffitt, John Newland, creator
Date: 1871
Location: Am 1871 Maf

Title: Photography. : A new treatise, theoretical and practical
Creator: Heath, A. S. (Allen S.), creator
Date: 1855
Location: Am 1855 Heath

Title: [NEW] RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
Description: For Freedom, the soul of our nation (4 vs.), Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan eagle border. 21.3 x 14.7 cm., Variant: b. [Publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan kissing cupids border. 26 x 16.2 cm., Variant: c. Sheet no. 739; publ. Wrigley (1); [with WHERE ARE THE FRIENDS OF MY YOUTH on verso.] Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24. 5 x 15.5 cm.

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