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Title: MAC DIL DARREL.
Description: Dar was an old darkey libed out in de west (3 vs. and chor.) Sung by Charley Fox, with unbounded applause; 2nd song: "Mac Dil Darrel No. 2"; print. Andrews. T. o. border. 23.5 x 15 cm.

Title: ASSU Illustration 6467
Description: Block numbered in two places: 6467, also 1193 on small adhesive label on back of block., Woodblock for printing an illustration of a building surrounded by a few trees; several large stones or other objects are visible in the yard, Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down piece of paper.
Date: [s.a]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 28

Title: THE ZOUAVE BOYS.
Description: Zouaves sly, shut one eye (6 vs. and 2 chors.) Air.-"Nelly Bly." For Sale at Doyle's. T. o. border; flag. 24 x 14 cm.

Title: MERRY MONTH OF MAY.
Description: 'Twas in the merry month of May (5 vs.) As Sung By Tony Pastor., Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan clown border. 25 x 16.8 cm., Variant: b. Sheet no. 1023; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley Pat and Mike border. 24.3 x 15.5 cm., Variant: c. [As above;] Wrigley horned imp border. 24.8 x 16.4 cm.

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man with curled hair down his cheeks, looking slightly to his left.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Imprint stamped on mat: M. A. Root Philada., Case: Leather. Elongated oval within a geometric oval. Stamped on verso: Root Gallery. Cook Artist. Cor Chestnut & Fifth. Phila.
Creator: Cook, George S. (George Smith), 1819-1902, photographer.
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Root [P.9844.53]

Title: UNFURL THE GLORIOUS BANNER.
Description: Unfurl the glorious banner, let it sway upon the breeze (4 vs. and chor.), Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan ship border, with war scenes in lower cor- ners. 23.5 x 15.2 cm., Variant: b. Adv: 500 Illustrated Ballads [publ.] Magnus (2). Letter paper; single-line border; hdpc. Magnus 27, col. 20.5 x 12.5 cm., Variant: c. Adv: Ten illustrated Songs, publ. Magnus (1). Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 33a, col.; [publ.] Magnus (1). 20.5 x 12.5 cm., Variant: d. [As above;] hdpc. Magnus 41a, col.; [publ.] Magnus (1). 20.4 x 12.5 cm., Variant: e. Sheet no. 455; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley flag border, stripes with starry top, col. 21.5 x 13 cm., Variant: f. [As above;] Wrigley military cupid border. 21.5 x 13 cm.

Title: A manual of conchology
Creator: Wyatt, Thomas, creator
Date: 1838
Location: Am 1838 Wya

Title: Narrative of a mission of inquiry to the Jews from the Church of Scotland in 1839
Creator: Bonar, Andrew, creator
Date: [1843]
Location: Am 1843 Bon

Title: LATHER AND SHAVE.
Description: It was in this city not far from this spot (8 vs. and chor.) Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan comic heads border. 25.5 x 16.3 cm.

Title: Prose and verse
Creator: Hood, creator
Date: 1845
Location: Am 1845 Hood

Title: THE MASONIC ADIEU.
Description: Adieu! a heart-warm, fond adieu (4 vs.) By Rob Burns; print. Andrews. T. o. border. 24 x 15.2 cm.

Title: History of the rise and progress of the iron trade of the United States, from 1621 to 1857
Creator: French, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), creator
Date: 1858
Location: Am 1858 French

Title: ASSU Illustration 8516
Description: Block numbered in two places: 8516., Image of large trees and flowers separated by stick fences; a path weaves through and there may be houses visible through the trees; a fortification or bridge is visible on top of a hill beyond the trees., Signed: Hele-Sattler. Hele & Sattler, a partnership between William J. Hele (b. ca. 1857) and Julius C. Sattler (1855-1916), was active between circa 1877 and circa 1886., "V. Grottenthaler, Phila." – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1867 to 1876.
Date: [ca. 1877?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 32

Title: Underground, or Life below the surface
Creator: Knox, Thomas Wallace, creator
Date: 1874
Location: Am 1874 Knox

Title: The clockmaker, or, the sayings and doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville
Date: 1838
Location: Am 1838 Hal

Title: ROY NEILL.
Description: He sail'd away in a gallant bark (3 vs.) Sheet no. 725; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley Ethiopian border. 24.8 x 15.6 cm.

Title: TO THE ONE I LOVE.
Description: One look of love from those bright eyes (3 vs.), Variant: a. Print. Andrews. Andrews ivy border. 23.5 x 13.8 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] with Astley's imprint added. 24 x 15.3 cm.

Title: Handbook of Ready Reference
Creator: Gardenier, Andrew A, creator
Date: 1897
Location: zin 1620

Title: The stranger in America
Creator: Lieber, Francis, creator
Date: 1835
Location: Am 1835 Lie

Title: Stories from the Italian poets : being a summary in prose of the poems of Dante, Pulci, Boiardo, Ariosto and Tasso; with comments throughout, occasional passages versified, and critical notices of the lives and genius of the authors.
Creator: Hunt , Leigh, creator
Date: 1848
Location: Am 1848 Hunt

Title: JORDAN IS A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL. NO. 5.
Description: Oh, I lookee to de East, an' I loookee [sic] to de West (7 vs. and chor.) Print. Andrews. T. o. border. 23.3 x 15 cm.

Title: Lalla Rookh
Creator: Moore, Thomas, creator
Date: [between 1852 and 1862?]
Location: Am 1852 Moore

Title: Catalogue of the library and reading room of the Young Men's Institute, Hartford.
Creator: Hartford Young Men's Institute. Library, creator
Date: 1844
Location: Am 1844 Har You Men

Title: The Boston Almanac, for the year 1840
Date: [1839]
Location: Am 1839 Bos Alm

Title: To a Bricklayer.
Description: The bricklayer applies mortar to a brick and stands behind a brick wall., Text: You're a very nice fellow, no doubt, / To lay up the wall of a cellar; / If it rained very hard I'd not pout, / Should you offer to hold my umbrella. / But I don't think that mortar could stick / Your heart or your hand unto mine; / 'Twould be laying it on rather thick, / To call you my own Valentine., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [between 1840 and 1880?]

Title: The hand
Creator: Bell, Sir Charles, creator
Date: 1835
Location: Am 1835 Bell

Title: Sinclair, William
Description: William Sinclair, the oldest son of premier Philadelphia lithographer Thomas Sinclair , was born ca. 1827 in Scotland, and worked as a lithographer in the city during the 1850s. Sinclair relocated with his parents to New York City as a young child ca. 1830 and to Philadelphia by 1839. Sinclair became a partner in his father's well-established firm in 1854 when the shop tenanted 101 Chestnut Street (1850-1857). The partnership, which produced all genres of lithographs, including maps, advertisements, city and landscape views, sheet music covers, portraiture, political cartoons, certificates, and book illustrations, relocated to 311 Chestnut Street in 1858. Sinclair died two years later at the age of 33 on July 16, 1860., William resided in his father's household in the Southwark neighborhood in 1850, but had married the Delaware-born Anna (b. ca. 1824) and resided at 1443 South Fifth Street in South Philadelphia (Ward 1) by 1860.
Date: 1827-July 16, 1860
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: JIM CROW.
Description: Come listen, all ye gals and boys, I'm just come from Tucke-o (9 vs. and chor.) Publ. Auner (3). A-J border. 22.2 x 14.8 cm.

Title: CLARA DAY.
Description: The moon is shining bright and clear (3 vs.) Words by I. P. Anderson; music by M. H. Frank; cop: 1864, J. Marsh, EDPa.; publ. Johnson (2); advs: J. Marsh (1) All the new and popular sheet music, and Prof. Brooks, Ball Room Monitor. A-J border. 24.1 x 12.6

Title: DINA'S WEDDING.
Description: Hurrah! hurrah! the day is come (1 vs., 6 lines chor. and solo, 2 vs. solo spoken) Print. Andrews. Andrews ivy border. 23.5 x 15 cm.

Title: Not So Many "Fine Airs" on the Piano.
Description: The valentine shows a washboard with a bar of soap and suggests that the pianist foresakes hygiene to play. The border features matches, a heart-shaped beet, and cherubs playing tennis and tug o' war. The label on the matchbox reads "Red-headed matches go off easy," and the beet is marked "D.B." [i.e. "dead beat" or "dead beet"]., Text: Do you think this is vulgar? / Ah! no, / Ah! no, / Do you think this is vulgar? / Ah! no. / 'T were harder, I hope, / To go without soap, / Than to dispense with the jingling piano, / Yano, / Than dispense with the jingling piano., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [between 1840 and 1880?]

Title: The male generative organs in health and disease... : a complete practical treatise ... for every man's own private use
Creator: Hollick, Frederick, creator
Date: [ca.1865]
Location: Am 1865 Holl

Title: The Broken vase and other stories for children and youth
Date: 1846
Location: Am 1846 Broken

Title: Woman's mission
Date: 1839
Location: Am 1839 Wom

Title: I DREAMT THAT I DWELT IN MARBLE HALLS.
Description: I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls (2 vs.) 2nd song: "Beautiful Venice"; print. Andrews; with Astley's imprint added. T. o. border. 24.8 x 14.8 cm.

Title: OH, WHERE ARE MY SCHOOLMATES GONE?
Description: Oh! where are my schoolmates gone (2 vs.) Sheet no. 547; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.2 x 16.3 cm.

Title: Roberts' Old Mill, Germantown, Philadelphia
Description: View of old grist mill showing wheelhouse, built by Richard Townsend in 1683 on Mill Street (Church Lane) and Wingohocking Street. Considered the oldest mill in Pennsylvania. Later it was known as Lukens Mill and then Roberts Mill after its 19th century owner, Hugh Roberts. Demolished circa 1873., Photographed circa 1870 by Robert Newell., Undivided back. Dated 3/15/1910 in manuscript note on verso., 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 - Industry - [P.9049.33]

Title: Richards, John
Description: John Richards, born in Sweden, was a self-trained lithographic artist who drew a series of lithographic views of Germantown in the later 19th century. Richards began his artistic career during his convalescence at Chestnut Hill Hospital during the Civil War. A New York volunteer, Richards relocated to Germantown following his discharge from the army. He was made sexton of the Calvary P.E. Church and continued his sketches of Germantown, which were lithographed by John Hart and sold to neighborhood residents and visitors. In 1913, Julius Sasche compiled and published the views under the title "Quaint Old Germantown: Sixty Views of Ancient Landmarks...1863-1888." Richards died on August 26, 1889
Date: d. August 26, 1889
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Nine Sermons
Creator: Ballou, Hosea, creator
Date: 1835
Location: Am 1835 Bal

Title: CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS.
Description: Come all you Union-loving men, wherever you may be (20 vs.) Composed by Wm. Densmore, U.S. Ship Brooklyn. T. o. border; ship. 42.2 x 12 cm.

Title: The African Crusoes: or, The adventures of Carlos and Antonio
Creator: Lee, Mrs. R., creator
Date: 1873
Location: Am 1873 Lee

Title: The naval war of 1812, or, The history of the United States navy during the last war with Great Britain
Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore, creator
Date: 1882
Location: Am 1882 Roo

Title: New England Glass Company's exhibit - Main Building.
Description: Collection of glass ware, including bottles, decanters, glasses, and a table chandelier. Exhibit title: New England Glass Co., East Cambridge, Mass., Exhibit #274, Main Exhibition Building, Bldg. #1.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9047.176]

Title: The Spring morning : and other allegories.
Date: [1830-1845?]
Location: Am 1841 Spri

Title: Bitter-sweet : A poem
Creator: Holland, J. G. (Josiah Gilbert), creator
Date: 1863
Location: Am 1863 Holl

Title: American pomology, apples
Creator: Warder, J. A. (John Aston), creator
Date: c1867
Location: Am 1867 War

Title: REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN SONG.
Description: Lincoln and Johnson will guide the ship of State, (7 vs.) Air.—"Ells- worth's body lies mouldering in the dust." Dedicated to the Lincoln and Johnson clubs; by "Our Ned"; adv: Dealers and Clubs can be supplied; [publ.] Mason and Co.; Copyright Secured. A-J

Title: Proceedings of the naval court martial in the case of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, a commander in the navy of the United States
Creator: Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, creator
Date: 1844
Location: Am 1844 Mack

Title: The literary remains of Joseph Brown Ladd, M. D.
Creator: Ladd, Joseph Brown, creator
Date: 1832
Location: Am 1832 Ladd

Title: The silk raiser's manual
Creator: Morin, Monsieur, creator
Date: 1836
Location: Am 1836 Mor

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