The infant: a poem in four books
Title
The infant: a poem in four books
Creator
Mines, John, creator
Date
1837
Location
Am 1837 Min
WIDE-AWAKES. THE IRREPRESSIBLE'S CAM- PAIGN SONG.
Title
WIDE-AWAKES. THE IRREPRESSIBLE'S CAM- PAIGN SONG.
Description
We'II give you now our campaign song (15 vs. and chor.) Air: Dixey's Land. By John W. Dawson; [publ.] De Marsan (2). De Marsan Yankee pedlar border, col.; cop: 1860, H. De Marsan, SDN.Y. 25 x 16 cm.
Memoir of Miss Catharine Reynolds, of Poughkeepsie, New York
Title
Memoir of Miss Catharine Reynolds, of Poughkeepsie, New York
Creator
Reynolds, Catharine, creator
Date
1844
Location
Am 1844 Rey
CROSS-BOY.
Title
CROSS-BOY.
Description
When I was an apprentice I lived upon the square (7 vs. and chor.) Composed in Sing-Sing Prison by one of the B'hoys; [publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan trapper border. 24.4 x 16.9 cm.
Narrative of William W. Brown, a fugitive slave
Title
Narrative of William W. Brown, a fugitive slave
Creator
Brown, William W., creator
Date
1848
Location
Am 1848 Brown
Homer Brothers' Exhibit - Machinery Hall
Title
Homer Brothers' Exhibit - Machinery Hall
Description
Interior view of Machinery Hall featuring the Homer Brothers' Exhibit. Depicted are samples of Homer Brothers' products, including glassware and pottery. Also shown is various machinery, along with the White Award they won at the Centennial Exhibition.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
Centennial - album [P.8965.22a]
Song sheet headpiece 99
Title
Song sheet headpiece 99
Description
Sample image scanned from: Wolf 532c, 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).
THE GHOST OF MIKE WALSH.
Title
THE GHOST OF MIKE WALSH.
Description
Tare an' ages, ye spolpyeens be asy (5 vs.) Air: Old Rosin the Beau. Song rapped out at a spiritual circle . . .; publ. H. [De] Marsan (1). T. o. border. 23.7 x 15 cm.
Transplanted flowers
Title
Transplanted flowers
Creator
Baird, Robert, creator
Date
1839
Location
Am 1839 Bai
Passages in foreign travel
Title
Passages in foreign travel
Creator
Jewett, creator
Date
[1838]
Location
Am 1838 Jewet
Fritz, John S.
Title
Fritz, John S.
Description
John S. Fritz, born about 1840 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia from 1861 to 1896. Son of John, Sr., a blacksmith from Baden, Germany, he had four siblings: Caroline (b. ca. 1836), Elizabeth (b. ca. 1838), William, also a blacksmith (b. ca. 1843), and Francis (b. ca. 1845), a coachmaker, with whom he resided at 1431 Randolph (i.e., Mifflin) Street until about 1870., After 1870, he lived at 818 Thompson Street until he returned to the Randolph Street address ca. 1876. According to the 1900 census, he married in 1879, although no wife is listed, and raised four children, Elizabeth (b. ca. 1881), John (b. ca. 1884), Mary (b. ca. 1885), and Joseph (b. ca. 1887) at 2117 Howard Street; his residence since ca. 1885.
Date
b ca. 1840
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
First Baptist Church, Germantown (Built 1852)
Title
First Baptist Church, Germantown (Built 1852)
Description
Oblique view showing front portico and side of church built 1852-1853 after designs by Samuel Sloan., Also known as the Polite Temple Baptist Church (1955)., Sheet number: 101B02B., 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]
The ladies' work-table book
Title
The ladies' work-table book
Date
1845
Location
Am 1845 Ladies
A compendium of Christian antiquities
Title
A compendium of Christian antiquities
Creator
Henry, Caleb Sprague, creator
Date
1837
Location
Am 1837 Hen
CORCORAN'S IRISH LEGION.
Title
CORCORAN'S IRISH LEGION.
Description
A song for our Flag, proudly waving on high (3 vs.) Air: The Flag of Our Union. By Eugene Johnston., Variant: a. "Corcoran" misspelled with a "G"; publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan ship border, with war scenes in lower corners. 25.8 x 17.1 cm., Variant: b. Sheet no. 777; sold by Partridge (2). T. o. border. 19 x 12.3 cm., Variant: c. [Without author's name;] sheet no. 1069; publ. Wrigley (1); [with COMIC PARODY on recto.] Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.4 x 14.3 cm.
Shahmah in pursuit of freedom; or, The branded hand
Title
Shahmah in pursuit of freedom; or, The branded hand
Creator
Green, Frances H. (Frances Harriet), creator
Date
1858
Location
Am 1858 McD
UNCLE SAM AND BETSY.
Title
UNCLE SAM AND BETSY.
Description
Our country's cause is in a fix (4 vs. and chor.) Air—Dixie Land. Sung by Miss Jennie Wilkinson, at the Kossuth Free Concert Saloon, S. Seventh St., below Market; publ. Warren (2), (6). T. o. border; floating hemisphere with flag and motto Our Country. 20
The Wounded Soldier.
Title
The Wounded Soldier.
Description
A Union soldier plays cards with another man. The soldier holds up a bandaged finger, and behind him is a bar with a sign that reads "Lager." The text suggests that the soldier's injury is minor and he's using it as an excuse to avoid fighting., Text: Soldier, O Soldier! what brought you home so soon? / Can you spend your time not better than in a gambling saloon? / To Skedaddle for the wound that on your finger you've got, / Is the excuse of a coward, and you may go to pot.. / For sooner than be the Valentine of such a cowardly elf, / I'd go and face the enemy, were I sure to be shot myself., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date
[1861-1865?]
Smith, David
Title
Smith, David
Description
David Smith, born ca. 1820 in Scotland, worked as lithographer in Philadelphia in 1858. He resided with the Ryan family in Ward 4 at 409 South Street where he also worked in the dry goods business in 1860. Smith returned to the printing trade in the 1860s and worked as a stereotyper and printer at the end of the decade.
Date
b. ca. 1820
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
DEAL WITH ME KINDLY.
Title
DEAL WITH ME KINDLY.
Description
Deal with me kindly, cheer my young heart (3 vs.), Variant: a. Sung by T. B. Prendergast; [publ.] De Marsan (4). De Marsan Ethiopian border. 24.7 x 16.1 cm., Variant: ab. With "or, Parthenia to Ingomar" in title; 3 vs. and chor.; publ. Johnson (2); adv.: Cards, Circulars, Bill-Heads, etc. A-J border. 20 x 12.4 cm. (cropped)., Variant: b. Adv: 500 Illustrated Ballads [publ.] Magnus (2). Letter paper; single-line border; hdpc. Magnus 236, col. 20.4 x 12.5 cm.
Benjamin Franklin's grave postcards
Title
Benjamin Franklin's grave postcards
Description
Depicts Benjamin Franklin's grave in Christ Church's cemetery at the southeast corner of Fifth and Arch Streets. Includes sightseers behind the iron fence that replaced a section of the stone wall built in 1858 to allow for a better view of the tomb., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.8712.5f, P.9048.282, P.9049.13 - 15a, P.9105.8 and P.9441.25., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1900-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Cemeteries - [various]
THE LAST OF THE 'ALABAMA.'
Title
THE LAST OF THE 'ALABAMA.'
Description
Off Cherbourg port, one summer's day (10 vs. and chor.) Published by Permission of J. Marsh, Proprietor of the Copyright; publ. Johnson and Co. 23.3 x 15.8 cm.
MASSA, MASSA, HALLELUJAH! THE FLAG'S COME BACK TO TENNESSEE!
Title
MASSA, MASSA, HALLELUJAH! THE FLAG'S COME BACK TO TENNESSEE!
Description
Move my arm chair, faithful Pompey (4 vs.), Variant: a. Music composed and sung by D. A. Warden; music had of D. A. Warden (2); publ. Auner (3). A-J border. 23.5 x 15 cm., Variant: b. Cop: 1862, David A. Warden, EDPa.; adv: Music of this and tiie following Songs; publ. Auner (3). A-J border. 22.7 x 14.8 cm., Variant: c. Title: "Our Flag's Come Back To Tennessee"; [publ.] Johnson and Co. Double-line border. 19.9 x 11.6 cm., Variant: d. Title: "Our Flag's Come Back To Tennessee"; Music composed and sung by D. A. Warden; adv: Copy of the Music of this beautiful Song; publ. Johnson (2); 2nd song: Unfurl the Stars and Stripes. 23.7 x 15.7 cm., Variant: e. Title: "On The Shore of Tennessee"; with 7 additional verses. 24.6 x 19.5 cm.
A new system of broad and small sword excercise
Title
A new system of broad and small sword excercise
Creator
Stephens, Thomas, creator
Date
1843
Location
Am 1843 Step
Horticultural Building - S.E. Forcing Room.
Title
Horticultural Building - S.E. Forcing Room.
Description
Interior view showing table of various potted plants and trees.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
Centennial - album [P.8965.36b]
The Icelandic Discoveries of America; or, Honour to Whom Honour is Due
Title
The Icelandic Discoveries of America; or, Honour to Whom Honour is Due
Creator
Brown, Marie A., creator
Date
1888
Location
zin 1329
ASSU Illustration 6345
Title
ASSU Illustration 6345
Description
Block numbered in five places: 6345., Image of an old man leaning on a cane, who appears to be offering a coin to a small boy. They are outside of a house, directly in front of a fence., “Thy Poor Brother. M.S. p. 87” -- inscribed on side of block., Illustration appears in ‘Thy poor brother’ : letters to a friend on helping the poor (Philadelphia, between 1865 and 1893?), frontispiece and p. 113. This title was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1865 to at least 1893. Caption of illustration -- "He put his trembling hand in his pocket and gave the child a halfpenny.", “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “A.S.S.U” -- Back of block.
Date
[between 1861 and 1876?]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 10
The young housekeeper or thoughts on food and cookery.
Title
The young housekeeper or thoughts on food and cookery.
Creator
Alcott, William A., creator
Date
1839
Location
Am 1839 Alcott
A manual of magnetism
Title
A manual of magnetism
Creator
Davis, Daniel, creator
Date
1848
Location
Am 1848 Dav
Wild flowers of poesy
Title
Wild flowers of poesy
Creator
Butler, Joseph H., creator
Date
1843
Location
Am 1843 Butl
Annual report of the Watering Committee, for the year 1845
Title
Annual report of the Watering Committee, for the year 1845
Date
1846
Location
Am 1846 Phil Pa Cou Wat
ANSWER TO THE YOUNG CONSCRIPT BY HIS LADY.
Title
ANSWER TO THE YOUNG CONSCRIPT BY HIS LADY.
Description
O young Conscript, one and twenty (2 vs. and chors.) Air—Who will Care for Mother Now? By A. Anderson, Philad'a, Oct. 1863; cop: A. Ander- son, EDPa., 1863; [for sale] A. Anderson. A-J border. 23.5 x 15.3 cm.
WANDERER'S RETURN.
Title
WANDERER'S RETURN.
Description
Once more I stand by the fountain clear (4 vs.) Publ. Auner (3). A-J border. 22.5 x 15 cm.
Camp Cookery
Title
Camp Cookery
Creator
Parloa, Maria, creator
Date
[c1878]
Location
Am 1878 Parl
A brief compend of American agriculture
Title
A brief compend of American agriculture
Creator
Allen, Richard L., creator
Date
1846
Location
Am 1846 Alle
Eimerman, George
Title
Eimerman, George
Description
George Eimerman, portrait painter and lithographer, born about 1828 in Hesse Cassel, Germany, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia from 1855 to 1866 Naturalized while a resident of Philadelphia on October 25, 1864, he worked first at Robert Pearsall Smith's establishment (17 Minor Street) and then by 1857 at the firm of Wagner & McGuigan (4 Franklin Place). From 1859 to 1861, he worked with Louis Haugg and Jacob Weiss at 600 Chestnut Street. He was married to Conradina (1833-1838), and had four children Emily G., (b. 1858), Charles H. (b. 1860), William (b. ca. 1862), and Amelia (b. ca. 1865). A resident of Camden 1858-1860, he relocated with his family to 430 Appletree Alley, the address of his colleague Weiss, by the time of his death of pleuro-pneumonia on November 29, 1866. He was interred at Greenwood Cemetery.
Date
ca. 1828 - November 19, 1866
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
A short history of paper money and banking in the United States
Title
A short history of paper money and banking in the United States
Creator
Gouge, William, creator
Date
1833
Location
Am 1833 Gou
An elementary treatise on American grape culture and wine making
Title
An elementary treatise on American grape culture and wine making
Creator
Mead, Peter B., creator
Date
1867
Location
Am 1867 Mea
ASSU Illustration 6881
Title
ASSU Illustration 6881
Description
Block numbered in two places: 6881., Image of a squatting girl and standing boy regarding a boy who reclines on the floor with his head in his hands; the children are in what appears to be some kind of parlor, and a grandfather clock, framed pictures, a chest of drawers, and a chair with a cloth hanging over the back of it., Inscribed on back of block: “Lolla is the Little Piu [?]’ MS. P. 116” [defaced]; also inscribed: “Annie [illegible] Bible Verse p. 18., Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 16, no. 16 (1877), p. 3.
Date
[s.a.]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 29
THE UNION!
Title
THE UNION!
Description
When pestilential strife (4 vs. and chors.) Air, "Lillie Dale." Headed: "The Union!"; 2nd song: "Re-Union"; pub- lished at No. 94 Washington Street Boston [William V. Spencer]; adv: Price, . . . Two Cents. Double-line border. 25 x 18.5 cm.
ASSU Illustration 6976
Title
ASSU Illustration 6976
Description
Block numbered in two places: 6976., Image of a boy in bed, embracing a seated man around the neck and possibly kissing his cheek or whispering to him; a woman watches or enters through the doorway., "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 14
THE CONFEDERATE STATES.
Title
THE CONFEDERATE STATES.
Description
Yankees may sing of their rank pork and beans (5 vs.) T. o. border. 19.6 x 11.5 cm.
Two eras of France : or, True stories from history
Title
Two eras of France : or, True stories from history
Creator
De Normand, Hugh, creator
Date
1854
Location
Am 1854 DeNor
WILLIE'S ON THE DARK BLUE SEA.
Title
WILLIE'S ON THE DARK BLUE SEA.
Description
My Willie's on the dark blue sea (5 vs. and 2 chors.), Variant: a. Print. Andrews. T. o. border. 20.4 x n.8 cm., Variant: b. Publ. De Marsan (2). De Marsan horned imp border. 24.2 x 16 cm., Variant: c. Publ. Johnson (2); adv: Cards, Circulars, Bill-Heads, etc. A-J border. 24 x 15.5 cm.
The daily counsellor
Title
The daily counsellor
Creator
Sigourney, Lydia H., creator
Date
1859
Location
Am 1859 Sigourn
The Seasons
Title
The Seasons
Date
1853
Location
Am 1853 Seasons
LINCOLN LIES SLEEPING.
Title
LINCOLN LIES SLEEPING.
Description
Up, from the homes of the land, a cry (4 vs. and 4 chors.) Air: Under the Willow. By Nathan Upham., Variant: a. [With "willow" in Air;] publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan fountain border; symbolic objects, includ- ing tablets of law, sword, sceptre, etc. 25.5 x 17 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] publ. De Marsan (4). De Marsan ship border, with war scenes in lower corners; house, flag, woman leaning on tomb. 23.8 x 14.9 cm., Variant: c. [Without period at end of title;] with period and dash after Air; publ. Johnson (2); adv: We have reduced our Wholesale Prices of Songs. Bust of Lincoln. 20.5 x 10.3 cm., Variant: d. Sheet no. 1305; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley Ethiopian border. 23 x 13.5 cm.
ASSU Illustration 7166
Title
ASSU Illustration 7166
Description
Block numbered in one place: 7166, also 1080 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of women indoors; the three near the door wear hats, bonnets, and shawls, and one places her hands on the shoulders of a girl; facing this group are two standing women and one seated women who all regard the girl., Signed: B [?], Back of block obscured by pasted-down piece of paper.
Date
[s.a.]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 23
Rome, christian and papal
Title
Rome, christian and papal
Creator
Sanctis, L. De, creator
Date
1856
Location
Uu2
Lansdowne Valley, Bridge and Entrance
Title
Lansdowne Valley, Bridge and Entrance
Description
View of Lansdowne Valley Bridge from below. Shows man on the pathway to the bridge entrance. Path lined by heavy shrubbery.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
Centennial - album [P.8965.14e]

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