A description of the canals and rail roads of the United States
Title
A description of the canals and rail roads of the United States
Creator
Tanner, Henry Schenck, creator
Date
1840
Location
Am 1840 Tann
The Christian Family Magazine, or Parents' and Children's Annual
Title
The Christian Family Magazine, or Parents' and Children's Annual
Creator
Newell, Rev. D., creator
Date
1842
Location
zin 1309
DO YOU EVER THINK OF ME?
Title
DO YOU EVER THINK OF ME?
Description
Do you ever think of me, love (6 vs.) Publ. De Marsan (2). De Marsan fountain border, col.; cop: 1860, H. De Marsan, SDN.Y. 25.5 x 17 cm.
OUR SOLDIERS.
Title
OUR SOLDIERS.
Description
Our soldiers'r the lads we adore (6 vs.) Print. A.H. Senseman (2). T. o. border; soldier at top, two horses and groom with horse at bottom. 23.6 x 14.4 cm.
UNCLE TOM'S RELIGION.
Title
UNCLE TOM'S RELIGION.
Description
Far away from wife and children (3 vs.), Variant: a. As sung over 200 nights at the National Theatre, N.Y., in the Drama of "Uncle Tom's Cabin."; print. Andrews. T. o. border. 22.7 x 14 cm., Variant: b. Sung over 300 nights in the Drama of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' at the National Theatre, New-York; print. Jackson. T. o. border. 19.5 x 11 cm.
"Old Abe", Wisconsin Eagle.
Title
"Old Abe", Wisconsin Eagle.
Description
Display of "Old Abe", a Wisconsin Eagle, housed in an annex north of the Wisconsin State Building. Lithograph caption: "North of this building is an annex intended for special display of the productions of Wisconsin. It contains specimens of the ores, minerals, stone and woods of the State. Over this collection presides the war-eagle 'Old Abe,' a bird which can boast of a biography the particulars of which some of the 'Badger State' attendants will be glad to relate."
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
Centennial - stereos [P.9047.169]
The young man's aid to knowledge, virtue, and happiness.
Title
The young man's aid to knowledge, virtue, and happiness.
Creator
Winslow, creator
Date
1842
Location
Am 1842 Winsl
New Years evening companion or Tales and dialogues for holiday hours.
Title
New Years evening companion or Tales and dialogues for holiday hours.
Date
1851
Location
Am 1851 New Year
The young lady's book of elegant prose
Title
The young lady's book of elegant prose
Date
1836
Location
Am 1836 You
Return of a Three Year's Volunteer.
Title
Return of a Three Year's Volunteer.
Description
A Union soldier stands near a doorway and observes his wife changing his child's diaper. The valentine suggests that the realities of domestic life are shocking after military service., Text: Your time is up and you have come, / With blast of bugle -- roll of drum, / What meets your gaze? your tidy wife, / And the stern realities of life., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date
[1861-1865?]
CARRIE LEE.
Title
CARRIE LEE.
Description
Where the babbling brook does flow (4 vs. and chor.) Sheet no. 947; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.6 x 15.6 cm.
A New geographical dictionary.
Title
A New geographical dictionary.
Date
1836
Location
Am 1836 New Geo
Library Company of Philadelphia Scrapbooks
Title
Library Company of Philadelphia Scrapbooks
Description
Two scrapbooks compiled by the Library Company of Philadelphia. The earlier contains the correspondence of the Librarian and photographs of the Library Company's first building (Fifth & Library streets), 1818-ca. 1934. The later contains newspaper clippings, photographs, magazine articles, documents referring to membership, exhibitions, items on loan to other institutions, fund raising, etc., ca. 1865-ca. 1971.
The ivy wreath
Title
The ivy wreath
Creator
Hughs, Mrs. Mary, creator
Date
1849
Location
Am 1849 Hugh
Victory Sic Semper Tyrannis envelope
Title
Victory Sic Semper Tyrannis envelope
Description
Image: In the upper left hand corner, printed in lavender, is a circle with which stands Victory over a defeated king. The motto is "Sic Semper Tyrannis" or "So Be It Ever To Tyrants., Verse: So be it ever to tyrants., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date
1861-1865
Judah’s lion
Title
Judah’s lion
Creator
Charlotte, Elizabeth, creator
Date
1849
Location
Am 1849 Charlott
Leonhardt, Arno
Title
Leonhardt, Arno
Description
Arno Leonhardt, son of German-born lithographer Theodore Leonhardt, born in Philadelphia on October 21, 1850, was partner in Theo. Leonhardt & Son, and treasurer of the National Lithographers' Association (NLA). Born and raised at Second and Spruce Streets (Dock Street Ward ) following his parents relocation from New York, Leonhardt received his grade-school education at a Quaker School (Sixth and Spruce Streets), a German School, and the Beck School at (Sixth and Catharine Streets). At age fifteen, following the completion of his schooling, Leonhardt started work as an apprentice at his father's establishment (109 South Fourth Street). Through this apprenticeship, he learned all aspects of the trade from engraving and lithography to business and book keeping., In 1874 Leonhardt's father appointed him partner in the establishment that had relocated to 324 Chestnut Street. Theo. Leonhardt & Son focused primarily on producing mercantile and bank lithographic prints, including bonds, certificates, checks, diplomas, cards, letterheads and labels. He continued to operate the establishment after his father's death in 1877, and oversaw the relocation of the company to 123 and 125 South Fifth Street (southeast corner of Fifth and Library Streets) around 1890. Following his father's death, Leonhardt resided in his parents' former home at 526 Buttonwood Street (Ward 12) with his wife, Anna Gramer (b. 1861), and children Helen (b. ca. 1891), Theodore (b. ca. 1893), Arno (b. ca. 1896), and Carl (b. ca. 1898)., Through his position with the NLA, Leonhardt also served as chairman of the Committee of Arrangements for the "Centennial Celebration of the Invention of Lithography" in Philadelphia in July 1896. Leonhardt corresponded extensively with Centennial Honorary Committee member and fellow lithographer Louis Prang to plan the event that gathered prominent American lithographers together to commemorate "an invention that has uplifted the human race ..." Celebrants attended an exhibition of historic and contemporary lithography, lectures, and a banquet., In addition to his involvement with the NLA, Leonhardt was active in several Philadelphia-based organizations, many affiliated with the German community. including President of the Junger Maennerchor in addition to membership in the Zoological Society, Fairmount Park Art Association, Cannstatter Society, and the Masonic Veterans' Association., On January 9, 1909, Leonhardt died suddenly of "apoplexy" at his establishment listed at 867 North Seventh Street. His funeral, held January 14, 1909, from his residency at 867 North Seventh Street to the Junger Maennerchor Hall was attended by more than 5,000 persons. His body was laid to rest at Woodlands Cemetery. In accordance with his will, his sons Theodore, Arno, and Carl assumed proprietorship of the lithographic business, which operated until about 1960.
Date
October 21, 1850-January 9, 1909
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
JOE HARDY.
Title
JOE HARDY.
Description
Yes, I know that you once were my lover (6 vs.) Music obtained of Firth, Son and Co.; [sold] also at Wm. A. Pond and Co., Variant: a. [Publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan military cupid border. 25.3 x 17 cm., Variant: b. [Publ.] De Marsan (4). De Marsan Ethiopian border. 24.6 x 16 cm.
Song sheet headpiece 216
Title
Song sheet headpiece 216
Description
Sample image scanned from: Wolf 799l, 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).
MY HEART'S IN OLD IRELAND.
Title
MY HEART'S IN OLD IRELAND.
Description
My bark on the billow dash'dgloriously on (5 vs.), Variant: a. [Publ.] De Marsan (4). De Marsan kissing cupids border. 25 x 16.5 cm., Variant: b. [Without period at end of title;] sheet no. 215; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley military cupid border. 23.3 x 15.2 cm.
ASSU Illustration 1564
Title
ASSU Illustration 1564
Description
Block numbered in two places: 1564., Image of a hyena [?] in a desert setting., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date
[s.a.]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 4
Tales from the Arabian Nights' Entertainments
Title
Tales from the Arabian Nights' Entertainments
Date
1848
Location
zin 1541
[Seated portrait of an unidentified young woman.]
Title
[Seated portrait of an unidentified young woman.]
Description
Her hair parted severely on the middle. She is wearing a short black jacket with embroidered edges over a white blouse, and a checked shirt. Her left arm is resting on a table. Drapery is visible. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet with a geometric design of large and small scrolls., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Thermoplastic. Geometric design. A ten point star is surrounded by coiled scrolls within an oval. Same design on verso. This design is #3-74 in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. : Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) It is designated as common. The design of the case is called Ten Point Star and is plate 200 American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Uncommon, circa 1856. The case maker was Samuel Peck and Co. Die-engraver was J. Smith.
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8647 ]
History of the navy of the United States of America
Title
History of the navy of the United States of America
Creator
Cooper, James Fennimore, creator
Date
1840
Location
Am 1840 Coo
THE NATION'S FLAG.
Title
THE NATION'S FLAG.
Description
Shall that proud flag now be riven (5 vs.) [in MS.: Air.—"Gay and Happy".] 16 x 11.7 cm. (cropped: apparently a proof.)
The pearls and other tales
Title
The pearls and other tales
Creator
Eschenbach, Olga, creator
Date
1857
Location
Am 1857 Esch
Bridgens, Henry
Title
Bridgens, Henry
Description
Henry F. Bridgens, a map lithographer and publisher, born in England about 1824 immigrated to the United States before 1850. By September 1856, he resided in Philadelphia and had gained U.S. citizenship. Although primarily a surveyor and map publisher, his early work included acting as principal lithographer for the "Map of the Township of Westhempfield, Lancaster County, Penna." (1850) in addition to possibly lithographing several plates of J. C. Sidney's "American Cottage and Villa Architecture" (1850). By 1853, he formed the short-lived map publishing firm R. P. & H. F. Bridgens with Richard P. Bridgens that ended soon thereafter when Richard relocated to California. Bridgens is also known for the creation of the first county atlas, when he reissued his 1860 wall map of Berks County as a bound volume in 1861. Although listed as a conveyancer at the time of his death on November 22, 1872, Bridgens continued his work as a map publisher until his last day of life. At the time, he was working on an atlas of Chester County, which was completed posthumously by A. R. Witmer of Safe Harbor, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Date
ca. 1824 - November 22, 1872
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
LIBERTY- ALL HAIL. NO. 3.
Title
LIBERTY- ALL HAIL. NO. 3.
Description
"Great brother guardian of old Afric's clime (51 lines) Beginning: "Joel Barlow, in the Eighth Book of his Columbiad"; New York, June 10, 1861. Red and blue ink; double-line border in red and blue. 25 x 18 cm.
Meditations on Death and Eternity
Title
Meditations on Death and Eternity
Creator
Rowan, Frederica, creator
Date
1863
Location
zin 1493
Norris's hand-book for locomotive engineers and machinists
Title
Norris's hand-book for locomotive engineers and machinists
Creator
Norris, Septimus, creator
Date
1852
Location
Am 1852 Nor
THE LONE HEART.
Title
THE LONE HEART.
Description
As the wide ocean, tost by the tempest (3 vs.) Words and music by Eastburn; cop. 1865, W. R. Smith, EDPa.; [sold by] W. R. Smith. A-J border. 20 x 12.9 cm.
JOLLY DOGS.
Title
JOLLY DOGS.
Description
There is a lot of jolly dogs (6 vs. and chor.) [Publ.] De Marsan (4). De Marsan Ethiopian border. 25.3 x 16.5 cm.
The cotton kingdom : a traveller's observation on cotton and slavery in the American slave states
Title
The cotton kingdom : a traveller's observation on cotton and slavery in the American slave states
Creator
Olmsted, Frederick Law, creator
Date
1861
Location
Am 1861 Olm
American flower garden companion
Title
American flower garden companion
Creator
Sayers, Edward, creator
Date
1838
Location
Am 1838 Say
AN ANGEL FORM IN DREAMS BEHELD.
Title
AN ANGEL FORM IN DREAMS BEHELD.
Description
An Angel form in dreams beheld (2 vs.) Sheet no. 979; From Balfe's New Opera of Stanella; sung by Mr. W. Harrison; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.5 x 15.7 cm.
Miriam, or, The power of truth
Title
Miriam, or, The power of truth
Date
1842
Location
Am 1842 Anl
The Barber.
Title
The Barber.
Description
The barber attends a seated goat. He holds a large razor that he has positioned to shave the goat's beard., Text: Conceited, chattering, shallow brain, Whose life's all cut and come again,/ Whose razor's keen, whose wit is full, Half breed between ape and fool : / Such a drivelling fop should ne'er Get up my front, or part my hair; / And as to love, I never can Consent to have a BARBER-OUS man., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date
[between 1840 and 1880?]
SONG OF THE BALTIMORE REBELS.
Title
SONG OF THE BALTIMORE REBELS.
Description
Let us join the army, let us join the army (5 vs. and chor.) Air— Wait for the Wagon. T. o. border. 18.8 x 13.7 cm.
[Portrait of an unidentified young man wearing a tan waistcoat, looking to his right, with his right arm is resting on a table.]
Title
[Portrait of an unidentified young man wearing a tan waistcoat, looking to his right, with his right arm is resting on a table.]
Description
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Urn of flowers in center surrounded by leaves., Mat: Elliptical. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Marsters Balto., Case: Leather. Small spray of mixed flowers within an oval surrounded by a square border. Same design on verso., Gift of Mr. E. Perot Walker, May 23, 1980.
Creator
Marsters, Joseph D., photographer.
Date
ca. 1854
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8514.4]
You doubtless think that prudence is a virtue
Title
You doubtless think that prudence is a virtue,
Description
A Confederate soldier runs away from bullets and cannonballs. He has a fearful expression. L. Prang & Co. first appeared in the Boston city directory in 1863., Text: You doubtless think that prudence is a virtue, / And therefore dangerous favors you decline. / Run swiftly when you fear that aught will hurt you. / But never hope to be my Valentine., "12", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date
[1863-1865?]
The St. James, Philadelphia, Pa
Title
The St. James, Philadelphia, Pa
Description
Exterior view of The St. James Hotel built circa 1904 after designs by Horace Trumbauer., Numbered M18098 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 - Hotels - [P.9490.13]
Wrigley horned imp border
Title
Wrigley horned imp border
Description
Sample image scanned from: Wolf 139f, 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).
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad guide
Title
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad guide
Creator
Dare, Charles P., creator
Date
[1856]
Location
Am 1856 Dare
GREAT BIG BETHEL FIGHT. AWFUL CALAMITY.
Title
GREAT BIG BETHEL FIGHT. AWFUL CALAMITY.
Description
I'll tell you of a tale that lately befel (5 vs. and chor.) Air—"Dixie." T. o. border. 26.5 x 14.2 cm.
HE TELLS ME HE LOVES ME.
Title
HE TELLS ME HE LOVES ME.
Description
He tells me he loves me, and can I believe (4 vs.) Publ. De. Marsan (4). De Marsan lyre border, col. 25.2 x 17 cm.
ASSU Illustration 4940
Title
ASSU Illustration 4940
Description
Block numbered in one place: 4940., Image of a bird perched on a branch in a natural setting., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date
[not before 1848?]
Location
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 3
I will be a sailor. : A book for boys
Title
I will be a sailor. : A book for boys
Creator
Tuthill, Louisa C. (Louisa Caroline), creator
Date
1863
Location
Am 1863 Tuthill
Alnwick Castle: with other poems
Title
Alnwick Castle: with other poems
Creator
Halleck, Fitz-Greene, creator
Date
1836
Location
Am 1836 Hal
MY TRUE LOVE IS A BUTCHER BOY.
Title
MY TRUE LOVE IS A BUTCHER BOY.
Description
My true love is a Butcher Boy, I would have you all to know (6 vs.) Air: The Salieur Boy. Composed by J. J. Allen; cop: 1860, H. De Marsan, SDN.Y.; publ. De Marsan (2). De Marsan clown border; col; cop: 1860, H. De Marsan, SDN.Y. 25.5 x 17.4 cm.
The Innocent Young Man.
Title
The Innocent Young Man.
Description
The valentine shows a fashionably dressed man who grins and holds his hand to his mouth., Text: My innocent young man, My pretty little fellow, / You'll never catch a wife. You are too soft and [mellow?]., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date
[between 1840 and 1880?]

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