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Title: Christopher Yeakel's old log cabin postcards
Description: Exterior views of home proportedly built in 1743 for Christopher Yeakel, a cooper, at the corner of Mermaid Lane and Germantown Avenue and demolished circa 1905., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Post cards issued by The Rotograph Co., New York City and The World Post Card Co., Philadelphia., Sheet numbers: 27B04, 100A03 and 100B06., 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: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27] and [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Church of "Saint John Chrysostom", Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of the front facade of the Protestant Episcopal Saint John Chrysostom Church built in 1899 after designs by Baily & Truscott at 2159 North Twenty-eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Shows the Church, made of Holmesburg granite with a forty-five foot dome topped with an eight foot gilded cross, situated at the southeast corner of North Twenty-Eighth Street and West Susquehanna Avenue. It became the Gibson Temple Baptist Church in the circa 1950s., Title from item., Numbered 1015 on recto., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1910]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [P.9050.47]

Title: Church of "Saint John Chrysostom", Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of the front facade of the Protestant Episcopal Saint John Chrysostom Church built in 1899 after designs by Baily & Truscott at 2159 North Twenty-eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Shows the Church, made of Holmesburg granite with a forty-five foot dome topped with an eight foot gilded cross, situated at the southeast corner of North Twenty-Eighth Street and West Susquehanna Avenue. It became the Gibson Temple Baptist Church in the circa 1950s., Title from item., Numbered 1015 on recto., Sheet number: 50A09., 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. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Church of St. Thomas, 17th & Morris Sts., Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front and south facade of church built 1901-1903 by after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang at the northwest corner of 17th and Morris Streets., Numbered 1018 on recto., Sheet number: 50A10., 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. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Church of the Advocate postcards
Description: Contains views of the Protestant Episcopal church built in 1890 by Charles Marquedent Burns. Includes an exterior view of the front facade and interior views of the nave and sanctuary of the church., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Also known as the George W. South Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church of the Advocate., Two out of three postcards issued by The World Post Card Co., 1008 Walnut St., Philadelphia., Accession numbers: P.9049.87, P.9050.44 and P.9050.49., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]

Title: Church of the Nativity, Allegheny Ave. & Belgrade St., Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of church built in 1890 by Edwin Forrest Durang., Also known as Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church., Divided back. Post marked 1912., 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. 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Church of the Saviour, 38th & Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of Protestant Episcopal church built in 1889 after designs by Charles Marquedent Burns. Burns rebuilt the church in 1902-06 after a fire., Numbered 1022 on recto. Publisher's monogram on verso., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [P.9050.82]

Title: Clover Banquet Room, Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of the Clover Banquet Room in the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, built 1902-1904 by G.W. & W.D. Hewitt., Numbered 6A on recto., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.2002.67.23]

Title: Cobbs and Darby Creeks postcards
Description: Depicts images of Cobbs and Darby Creeks including Independence Falls, an old log cabin and homes of early settlers along Darby Creek., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 4 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: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Cobbs and Darby Creeks - 57]

Title: [Collecting cards depicting Centennial Exhibition buildings]
Description: Series of cards depicting Centennial Exhibition buildings. Includes U.S Government Building, Machinery Hall, Ladies Pavilion, Centennial Art Gallery, Agricultural Hall, and Main Exhibition Building. Also contains views of "Original Independence Hall, 1776" and "New Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, 1876." Images of exhibition buildings include length and width measurements. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.90-97]

Title: [Collection of designs for letters and monograms, by J.M. Bergling.]
Description: Collection title devised by cataloger., Contents: [1] Combined initials AA through CG, printed in green and blue ink -- [2] Combined initials CH through ES, printed in green and blue ink -- [3] Renaissance alphabet letters A through I -- [4] Renaissance alphabet letters J through R, which appeared as leaf 27 in v. 1 of Bergling's Art monograms and lettering, 5th ed. (Chicago 1912) -- [5] Renaissance alphabet letters S through Z (letter U/V torn off), which appeared as leaf 28 in v. 1 of Bergling's Art monograms and lettering, 5th ed. (Chicago 1912) -- [6] Monogram ESA inside ornamental border, which appeared as leaf 29 in v. 2 of Bergling's Art monograms and lettering, 5th ed. (Chicago 1912)., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bergling, J. M. (John Mauritz), 1866-1933
Date: [191-?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll. Doret Letter designs 111894.O (Doret)

Title: [Collection of samples of raised-letter line types for printing for the blind.]
Description: Collection title devised by cataloger., Contents: Coll. Zinman Blind: [1] Specimen of type. Medium type. This sample of Howe's Boston line type appeared in the Ninth annual report of the trustees of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind (Boston 1841) -- [2] Card embossed with a geometric diagram, and the Lord's prayer. This appeared as a specimen in Address to the trustees of the New England Institution for the Education of the Blind (Boston 1833) -- [3] Of Greece & of Rome? raised-letter, all capitals, signed: W. Crafts -- [4] Poem in two verses by Anna McClintock, a blind poet, printed in raised letter on pink paper; first line: Art those weary burdened one? -- [5] Child's book, leaf 27; text is common to the moral lessons in spellers of the 1820s -- [6] New York point alphabet. Specimen printed in Boston line type and New York point; inscribed: Myra M. Cox PO address 624 Batavia -- [7] Students' magazine, Pennsylvania Institution for the instruction of the blind, v. 1 no. 1 (Jan. 3, 1838), leaf 3 --, Contents: #Coll. Zinman Blind: [8] The pilgrims progress, leaf 79, probably printed at the Perkins Institution before 1880 -- [9] New Jerusalem Church, leaves 141-142 -- [10] Proverbs chapter 6, leaves 980-981, probably printed at the Perkins Institution before 1880 -- [11] Visitation of prisoners, leaf 245 of the Book of common prayer, probably printed at the Perkins Institution before 1880 [12] David Copperfield, leaves 188 and 193, probably printed at the Perkins Institution before 1880 -- [13] Type specimen, [2] leaves., In the Michael Zinman Collection of Printing for the Blind., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1830-1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare TWO FOLDERS FOLDER 1 Coll. Zinman Blind 11865.F.1-7 (Zinman), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare TWO FOLDERS FOLDER 2 #Coll. Zinman Blind 11865.F.8-13 (Zinman)

Title: College Hall, University of Pennsylvania postcards
Description: Exterior views of College Hall from various angles, built 1870-1872 after designs by Thomas Webb Richards. Center of the Arts and Sciences College., Contains 26 postcards printed in color and 17 printed in black and white. Also includes 2 linen postcards., Founded as a charity school in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin. Original school buildings located at 4th and Arch Streets, then moved into the Presidential Mansion at 9th and Chestnut Streets in 1802. The mansion was cleared away in 1829 and two larger university buildings were constructed. Expanded to a much larger West Philadelphia campus in 1875., 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: 1900-1935
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [University of Pennsylvania - College Hall - 162]

Title: [Columbia Avenue covered in snow during the Businessmen's Carnival.]
Description: Depicts snow covering Columbia Avenue, along with businesses decorated for the Businessmen's Carnival., Sheet number: 156B02., Real photo. Divided back. VELOX stamp box in corner., 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: 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]

Title: Commercial Museum postcards
Description: Exterior views of the Commercial Museum built 1897-1899 after designs by G. W. & W. D. Hewitt. Served as the exhibition building for the National Export Exposition in 1901., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 27A04 and 27B03A., 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: 1905-1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]

Title: Commercial Trust Bldg. Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view. Constructed in 1900-1902 after designs by Furness, Evans & Co and demolished in 1969., Also known as the Arcade Building., Sheet number: 27A04, 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. 1916
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]

Title: Compliments of Krell=French Piano Co. High grade piano makers, New Castle, Ind
Description: Die-cut trade card shaped as a flower promoting the firm in operation under the name Krell-French 1896-1905. Card adorned with separate die-cut butterfly., Distributor's stamp on verso: H.C. Wagner Co. Pianos. 3425 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.29]

Title: Compliments of Lehman & Bolton, lithographers, printers, publishers. 715, 171, 719 Arch Street. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement calendar for the year 1885 containing a sentimental, genre scene. Shows a long-haired child, possibly a boy, attired in a collared dress, bow at the waist, knickers, a wide-brimmed hat adorned with flowers, socks, and shoes with straps. The child holds a bouquet of flowers in one hand and holds out a sprig in the other. Advertisement also contains pictorial details depicting fruits and vinery framing the image. The firm, established in 1873 by William H. Lehman and Mahlon Bolton, Jr. from Jacob Haehnlen's former establishment at Goldsmiths' Hall, specialized in commercial lithographs such as billheads, letterheads, and advertisements., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 122, Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Creator: Lehman & Bolton
Date: [1884]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department PRINt Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars [P.2011.10.165]

Title: Concord School House postcards
Description: Exterior views of school house built in 1775 by Jacob Knor. Created in response to a demand for a English speaking school for upper Germantown families who thought that the Union School (Germantown Academy) was too far away., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.9048.107, P.9048.365, P.9048.373, P.9490.18 and P.9512.12., 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 - Education - [various]

Title: Concord School House postcards
Description: Exterior views of school house built in 1775 by Jacob Knor. There was a demand for a closer, English speaking school by upper Germantown families who thought that the Union School (Germantown Academy) was too far away., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 106A01 and 106B02., 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: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Schools - 106]

Title: Congress Hall postcards
Description: Exterior views of Congress Hall built 1787-1789, where U.S. Congress met until the criminal courts occupied the building after 1800. Also includes interior views of main hall ornamented with original furniture and portraits of statesmen., Contains 9 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Majority of the color postcards were issued by P. Sander, Philadelphia and Atlantic City., 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: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Congress Hall - 58]

Title: Continental Hotel postcards
Description: Contains images of the Continental Hotel built in 1860 after designs by John McArthur, Jr. Includes exterior views looking southeast. Also depicts interior views of tables set up on the roof gardens of the hotel., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Continental Hotel was the largest hotel in Philadelphia for many years, with 700 rooms available to guests. Demolished in 1923 to make way for the Benjamin Franklin Hotel., Three postcards issued by the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia., Sheet numbers: 112A04 and 112A05., 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: 1905-1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112]

Title: Conyngham-Hacker House postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of house built circa 1755 and known successively as the Conyngham, Wister and Hacker House. Occupied by the Germantown Historical Society before it moved to its current location at 5501 Germantown Avenue., Also known as the Old Fisher House., Sheet number: 102B05., Undivided backs., 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 - Mansions - 102]

Title: Corliss engine. Mach Hall
Description: View of the condensing engine, originally patented by George Corliss in 1849, used to power the exhibition. The engine is propped on a platform. Also prominently shows the display of New York saw manufacturer E. M. Boynton in the background. George Pullman purchased the engine in 1880. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Stereographs [P.2008.36.22]

Title: Cornish & Co., new manufactory. High grade organs & pianos, Washington, New Jersey, U.S.A
Description: Pictorial envelope containing a bird's eye view showing the organ and piano manufactory complex. View includes street and pedestrian traffic, including two trains and several railcars. Also shows surrounding buildings. Cornish & Co. was established circa 1880 and operated until circa 1922., Title from printed return address., Addressed in manuscript to: Post Master [stamped] Birchrunville, Chester Co., Penn., Contains cancelled one-cent stamp printed in blue ink and depicting Benjamin Franklin in profile., Numeric calculations in pencil on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.76]

Title: Costume guerriers Japonais
Description: Interior view of the Japanese display, including samurai armor, at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. Shows a mannequin attired in Japanese samurai armor, carrying a bow, and mounted on a horse. In the left is another mannequin attired in samurai armor stands and holding a spear. A sign reading "Couvernement Du Taichiou De Satsousma" rests at the foot of the display. In the right is a norimono, a Japanese palanquin or litter. Nets hang down from the ceiling. In the left background is a partial view of more objects, including another mannequin. The Exposition, held April 1-November 3, 1867, celebrated the technological and economic progress of the Second French Empire, as well as originated the classification system followed by proceeding international exhibitions. It was the first time Japan exhibited in a national pavilion at a world’s fair., Title printed on mount., Date inferred from content., Blindstamped on mount: Concession Unique., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on verso: M. Leon & J. Levy Ferrier, Sucrs. de Ferrier pere et fils et Soulier, 113, Boulevard de Sebastopol, 113 Paris. Vues sterescoptique sur verre de L'Exposition Universelle de 1867 ainsi que de tour les Pays, Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M. Leon & J. Levy
Date: 1867
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Stereographs [P.2008.36.40]

Title: Cramp's Shipyard postcards
Description: Depicts Cramp's Shipyard from the Delaware River, with small boats and docked ships. Cramp's built warships for the Navy and yachts for wealthy clients beginning circa 1830., Postcards issued mainly by the Philadelphia Post Card Company and the Souvenir Post Card Company of New York., Contains 14 postcards printed in color and 7 printed in black and white., Also known as William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company Shipyard., 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: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Cramp's - 36]

Title: The Cresheim Arms postcards
Description: Depicts the Cresheim Arms Hotel in Mount Airy showing the front facade from Allen's Lane and the entrance drive, and interior views of the Dunedin entrance, the Whitehall entrance and the sun parlor., Sheet numbers: 100B01B and 100B02., 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: 1900-1950
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Croston Nurseries, bought of J. G. Dannaker & Son, nurseryman, King-of-Prussia, Montgomery Co. Pa J. G. Dannaker. J. B. Dannaker
Description: Billhead containing a vignette showing a bushel basket of produce on a patch of grass., Completed in manuscript to Mrs. Anna Marris on November 10, 1876 for 6 apple trees @ 25: $1.50., Printed below image: [Pointed finger] Terms Cash. All claims for damages or deficiencies must be made within ten days after delivery. We guarantee all stock to be in good condition when delivered, after which no responsibility will be assumed by us except only when insured. All stock planted and insured to be paid for on the job being completed., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.137]

Title: Crystal Palace. Industry of All Nations Exhibition. New York City, 1853
Description: Illustrated envelope containing a reproduction of the view of the world's fair building delineated by Jocelyn and published by New York printer Charles Magnus. View also shows street traffic, including individuals greeting each other, a boy running, and a horse-drawn carriage. The building located between Fifth and Sixth avenues on 42nd Street was designed by Johan Bernhard Georg Carstensen and Charles Gildemeister., Return address printed in upper right corner: Raymond Marsh, 210 Sedgwick Drive, Syracuse, N.Y. Marsh was a scholar of Charles Magnus who wrote "Some Characteristics of Charles Magnus and his Products (1826-1900)," The American Philatelist (September 1949)., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: [ca. 1949]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.109]

Title: [Cumberland Street east of 26th Street.]
Description: Depicts row homes along the south side of Cumberland Street, east of 26th Street., Numbered 2631 on recto., Sheet number: 156B02., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked 1909., 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. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]

Title: Curtis Publishing postcards
Description: Contains views of the Curtis Publishing Company built 1910-1921 after designs by Edgar Viguers Seeler. Includes several exterior views from Sixth Street, Walnut Street, Independence Park and Washington Square. Also includes interior views of the first floor lobby; the director's room; offices and press rooms for Ladies Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post; the circulation department and circulation manager's office; the women's recreation, lunch and rest rooms; the paper stock room; a section of the engraving department; the composition division; the boiler room; and the power division., Contains 37 postcards printed in color., 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: 1910-1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Curtis Publishing - 37]

Title: D. Landreth & Sons, 21 and 23 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia. Seeds & bulbs, implements and tools for farm, garden, greenhouse
Description: Trade card containing the image of a sparrow perched on a twig near a lady bug on a leaf. The seed company originally established in 1784 as David Landreth, was renamed David Landreth & Son in 1860., Advertising text on verso promotes "Prices Low. Catalogues Free," and the longevity, and extensive and first quality stock of the firm, including "Garden, Field & Flower Seeds, Agricultural Implements and Horticultural Tools.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Creator: L. Prang & Co.
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.14]

Title: D. W. Bard, daily messenger from Reading to Philadelphia, attends to shopping and business of all kinds. Reading offices, 312 & 618 Penn St., Philadelphia office, 716 filbert St
Description: Trade card containing a scene of spectators, including a well-dressed couple, watching skullers on a river., Title stamped on recto., Manuscript note on verso: I could not find the [nun's veiling?] anywhere. I looked in all the principle stores. D.W. Bard., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.7]

Title: Dausman Tobacco Company, St. Louis
Description: Pictorial envelope containing a trompe l'oeil vignette showing the head of a horse ripped through paper. The horse chews on a piece of wood. Henry Dausman operated a tobacco business as Dausman & Drummond 1873-1876 and Dausman & Drummond Tobacco Company circa 1876-circa 1879 and his retirement., Date inferred from name of firm., Addressed in manuscript to: D.T. Sample Jr., Washington, Pa., Contains ink-stamp postmark: Pittsburgh Jan 24, 7 PM and cancelled three-cent postage stamp printed in green ink and containing a profile portrait of George Washington., Printed below image: If not delivered in 10 days return to. Return To Johnson, Eagye, & Earl, Pittsburgh, Pa., Manuscript note on recto: Paid Mar 13, 1882., Accompanied by Johnson, Eagye, & Earl, wholesale grocers billhead completed in manuscript to D.T. Sample, Jr., dated January 23, 1882. Advertises "Special Brands of Tobacco," including "Horse Head." Charges listed include 2 boxes cheese, coffee, and cocoa for $29.41. "Paid Mar 13-82." [P.2011.20.77a], Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.77 & 77a]

Title: David Doret collection of Centennial ephemera
Description: Collection consists of approximately one hundred items, primarily advertising ephemera, relating to the Centennial Exhibition, held in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park in 1876 to celebrate America’s one-hundredth anniversary of independence and to showcase the strengths of the country’s industry, manufactures, agriculture, and art. Materials include circulars, price lists, advertising cards, stationery, and pamphlets for goods and services, including washboards, ironing tables, saws, springs, sewing machines, mills, mowers, reapers, horse shoes, and hotel accommodations. Other documents include souvenir view books and guidebooks for visitors, maps, a Centennial Board of Finance letterhead, a Centennial award seal, programs, and admission tickets. Several of the items contain illustrations, such as views of the Centennial buildings, and depictions of products. Some advertisements promote foreign businesses from countries, including Belgium, Russia, Great Britain, Holland, Austria, France, Germany, and Spain., Approximately seventeen of the items include manuscript annotations of dates (e.g. "11.2.76" and "Nov 9/76"), possibly made by Centennial visitors to record dates of attendance at the fair. A concert program for Seibert Hall [11423.F.21] contains a lengthy manuscript annotation on the verso., Various printers include Allen, Lane & Scott; Craig, Finley & Co.; Thomas S. Dando; Duross Brothers; G. S. Harris & Son; Heppenheimer & Maurer; Thomas Hunter; Ketterlinus; Lehman & Bolton; Loag; William Mann; Phillip Frey & Co.; Potsdamer & Co.; Theodore Leonhardt & Son; and Times Printing House., Select link above for on-line finding aid and exhibition., Gift of David Doret., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Books and oversize material housed separately in stacks., 11423.F.14 is probably the separated cover of a handbill, and not an advertising card.
Date: 1855-1882, bulk 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret Collection Centennial Ephemera [11423.F; P.2010.21.6-14], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret Collection Centennial Ephemera - 4th Floor [11423.F], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1875 Visitors 11423.F.10 (Doret), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1876 Chick 11423.F.35 (Doret), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1876 Chick 11423.F.36 (Doret), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1876 Pocket 11423.F.11 (Doret), http://www.lcpimages.org/centennial/

Title: David Rittenhouse House postcards
Description: Exterior views of RittenhouseTown, the birthplace of David Rittenhouse, built circa 1690 by William Rittenhouse as the first paper making business in the colonies. Complex of RittenhouseTown consists of the only eighteenth century German buildings that survive in Philadelphia., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 81A02 and 81B01., 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 [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: "A day in June." The old Mermaid Tavern, Germantown, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of front of hotel, purportedly constructed in 1734. Demolished in 1913 to make way for Winston Road., Series number 24., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: c1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9049.6]

Title: Decoration! Valley View, PA. Saturday, May 30th, 1885 : programme
Description: Ceremonies performed by the "members of W. C., No. 109, P.O.S. of A." and "Wm. Thompson Post, No. 174, G.A.R." Programme signed S. R. Yoder, Marshal ... by order of the committee., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1885.]
Location: sm # Am 1885 Decoration 15146.Q (Roughwood)

Title: Delavan House, Chas. E. Leland & Co., proprietors. Warren F. Leland Clarendon Hotel, Saratoga Springs. Rossmore Hotel, junction Broadway, Seventh Avenue and 42d St., three blocks from Grand Central Depot, N.Y. and 20 minutes from Wall street. Chas. E. Leland, proprietor
Description: Breakfast menu containing an exterior view of the hotel operated by Leland 1865-1882. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including strolling couples, a train, and and horse-drawn coaches, carriages, carts and an omnibus. Menu organized as beverages (coffee, chocolate, and green and black tea); "Bread"; "Broiled"; "Fried"; "Stewed"; "Fish"; "Eggs"; "Cold"; and "Potatoes." Menu also includes hours of service for meals; notice of "Milk from Charles E. Leland's Valley Farm"; and the disclaimer "Dishes Ordered not on the Bill of Fare charged extra. All Meals, Lunches, Dessert or Fruit sent to Rooms, will be charged extra. Full prices charged for children occupying seat at the Public Table.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Miscellaneous [P.2011.10.184]

Title: Delaware Ave., Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Depicts street and pedestrian traffic on Delaware Avenue., Sheet number: 156A02., 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. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]

Title: Delaware Avenue elevated railroad postcards
Description: Depicts sections of the Market Street elevated railroad along Delaware Avenue looking north and south, showing the Delaware Avenue station and the Market Street and Chestnut Street Ferry stations., The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT) built the Market Street subway - elevated from 15th Street to 69th Street in 1907. Construction expanding the line eastward to Delaware Avenue finished in 1908, but the elevated section connecting Frankford to the Center City line was not completed until 1922., Sheet numbers: 158A02, 158A06, 158A07 and 158A11., 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: 1907-1916
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Transit - 158]

Title: The Dell in Fairmount Park postcards
Description: Depicts a wooded valley in Fairmount Park, just outside East Park, showing a rustic wooden bridge spanning a stream., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A09, 86A10 and 86B05., 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: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: [Deutscher Club Beer Garden, 532 North 4th Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Depicts an outdoor, screened eating area, with small square tables set with cloths., Haupt-quartier, Deutscher Club, 532 Nord Vierte Strasse. Jubilaum des 25jahrigen Bestehens...des...Detsch-Amerikanischen Techniker-Verbandes, 27. bis 31. August 1909 in Philadelphia., Real photo. Undivided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Associations - [P.9591]

Title: Diamond Street Baptist Church, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of church built in 1901 after designs by Charles Webber Bolton. Located at corner of 21st and Diamond Street., Rev. Chas. Warwick was pastor when postcard was issued., Sheet number: 50B02A., Undivided back. Post marked 1907., Also known as Eleventh Baptist Church., 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. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: [Die-cut textile label depicting the United States Capitol Building]
Description: Shows the East Front and grounds of the Capitol building, including the cast-iron dome completed in 1866 and landscaped gardens. Also contains the vignette, profile portrait of a Native American man in a headdress, and a garland frame., Title supplied by cataloger., Embossed and stamped on recto: No. 2202. Yds., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.172]

Title: Distribution des récompenses vue générale, no. 2
Description: Shows the ten prize displays of emblems and products for the ten exposition groups on a central aisle of the exhibition palace lined with seating. Benches for the winners rest between the displays, rows of flowers flank the prizes, and banners hang from the arched ceiling. The exposition held April 1-November 3, 1867 celebrated the technological and economic progress of the Second Empire, as well as originated the classification system followed by proceeding international exhibitions. The prize giving ceremony was held on July 1, 1867., Title printed on mount., Blindstamped on mount: Concession Unique., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M. Leon & J. Levy
Date: [1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Stereographs [P.2008.36.42]

Title: Dobson's Mills - Falls of the Schuylkill
Description: Depicts Dobson's carpet mills from the west side of the Schuylkill River. This industrial complex survives from the 1850s when John and James Dobson started the business making woolen goods. Various buildings were constructed incrementally. Includes homes and businesses on the hills of Manayunk in the background and railroad tracks in the foreground., Numbered 662 on recto., Sheet number: 40B01A, Undivided 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 [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]

Title: Dock Street Market postcards
Description: Depicts stalls and carriages near the market on Dock Street below Walnut Street., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 156A03 and 156B02., 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: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]

Title: Doctor Laroch's von Paris, ächte Pillen für die rhumatischen Uebel, &c Das schäzbarste Hülfsmittel fur Rhumatismus, rhumatische Gicht, scorbutische Umstäde, &c. Auszug ans einem Brief des Doctoren Laroche in Paris, an den Doctor M. Lechleitner in Lancaster, Pa
Description: Advertisement, testimonials, and directions for use of Dr. Laroche's rheumatism pills, available from his agent, Dr. M. Lechleitner, in Lancaster, Pa., Dated from typographic evidence., Printed area measures 20.3 x 18.2 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Laroche, Dr.
Date: [between 1830 and 1850?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1830 Laroche 15124.Q(Roughwood)

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