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Title: Charles Bird Papers, 1800-1837 (inclusive)
Description: The Charles Bird Papers holds the business records of a successful hardware importer and merchant, and includes correspondence and records of financial transactions with merchants in England, cities along the American east coast, and Cuba., On deposit at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. For service, please contact the Historical Society at 215-732-6200 or http://www.hsp.org., Charles Bird was a hardware merchant in Philadelphia from 1802 to 1833, importing merchandise from England, and selling it to customers in the United States and the Caribbean. He was also involved in partnerships with his sons Henry, John, and Joseph, as well as with James Clemson and the brothers George, Robert, and Thomas Earp. Bird made extensive investments in real estate, and was active in community affairs and charitable organizations in Philadelphia.
Creator: Bird, Charles, d. 1849
Date: 1800
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | MSS McA MSS 010, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A64433#page/1/mode/1up

Title: David Lewis Papers, 1793-1839 (inclusive)
Description: The David Lewis Papers span Lewis's career, and document some of his activities with his firm Wharton & Lewis, with the Phoenix Insurance Company of Philadelphia, and as a merchant., On deposit at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. For service, please contact the Historical Society at 215-732-6200 or http://www.hsp.org., David Lewis (1766-1840) was a Philadelphia merchant in business with Isaac Wharton (1745-1808) for twenty years. Wharton and Lewis were two of the founders of the Phoenix Insurance Company of Philadelphia, which was organized in 1803. Wharton was elected the company's first president and Lewis its vice president, offices they held until Wharton resigned in November 1805. At that point, Lewis became president, and retained the position until his death in 1840.
Creator: Lewis, David, 1766-1840
Date: 1793
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | MSS McA MSS 015, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A64985#page/1/mode/1up

Title: Thomas FitzSimons Papers, 1784-1811 (inclusive)
Description: The Thomas FitzSimons Papers spans the period from 1784 to 1811, covering the years when he was closely involved in the bankruptcy proceedings of Robert Morris (1734-1806). The collection mainly holds documents relating to Morris's assets, particularly his land holdings, and their management., On deposit at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. For service, please contact the Historical Society at 215-732-6200 or http://www.hsp.org., Thomas FitzSimons, a merchant and a prominent member of Philadelphia's Irish-Catholic community, was born in Ireland in 1741, and immigrated to the United States with his family in the 1750s. FitzSimons entered politics after the American Revolution, representing Pennsylvania in the Continental Congresses of 1782 and 1783, and as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. After serving three terms in the Pennsylvania legislature, he was elected to the United States Congress in 1789 and remained there through 1795.
Creator: FitzSimons, Thomas, 1741-1811
Date: 1793
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | MSS McA MSS 020, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A64544#page/1/mode/1up

Title: William Whelan Papers, 1811-1841 (inclusive)
Description: The William Whelan Papers hold correspondence and documents showing the involvement of a Philadelphia merchant in his business, Irish-American society, and local charitable organizations., On deposit at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. For service, please contact the Historical Society at 215-732-6200 or http://www.hsp.org., William Whelan was born in Ireland, and came to America as a boy. He was a grocer in Philadelphia from 1809 through 1842, and was active in charitable organizations including St. John's Orphan Asylum and the Association of the “Friends of Ireland” and Irishmen in the City and County of Philadelphia.
Creator: Whelan, William, d. 1863
Date: 1811
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | MSS McA MSS 021, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A64413#page/1/mode/1up

Title: William Trent Papers, 1763-1789 (inclusive)
Description: The William Trent Papers describe some of Trent's land holdings and business dealings in Pennsylvania, upstate New York, Maryland, and the Ohio Valley, with several investors including John Swift, Joseph Morris, George Campbell, George Croghan, Joseph Simon, David Franks, and Thomas Smallman, among others. Among the documents is an undated “List of Books, Papers, &c being the contents of a Black Trunk, belonging to the estate of William Trent deceased” describing fifteen items and bundles of papers (none of which are contained in the McAllister Collection). Another undated document is Trent's copy of a list of twenty-eight parcels sold to Campbell, Mitchell, and Davis, which includes six tracts along Jennings Run in Maryland., On deposit at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. For service, please contact the Historical Society at 215-732-6200 or http://www.hsp.org., William Trent (1715-1787), soldier, Indian trader, and land speculator, was a prominent figure in the development of Western Pennsylvania during the second half of the eighteenth century.
Creator: Trent, William, 1715-1787?
Date: 1763
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | MSS McA MSS 016, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A64400#page/1/mode/1up

Title: Barker Family Papers, 1785-1832 (inclusive)
Description: The Barker Family Papers contains letters and documents related to the personal and professional lives of a father and son who were prominent Philadelphia public servants., On deposit at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. For service, please contact the Historical Society at 215-732-6200 or http://www.hsp.org., John Barker (1746-1818), was distinguished by a life in public service. He served in the Revolutionary War and remained active in the military through 1808, retiring as Major General of the First Brigade, First Division. He was twice sheriff of Philadelphia, serving from 1794-1797 and 1803-1807, and twice elected as mayor (1808-1810 and 1812-1813). He was, by trade, a tailor., James Nelson Barker (1784-1858) was respected for his accomplishments in the military, literature, and public service. The son of General John Barker, he rose to the rank of major in the War of 1812 and became adjutant general of the local militia, was a Philadelphia alderman and a one-term mayor (1820-1821), and collector of customs for the port of Philadelphia (1829-1838). For the last two decades of his life, Barker was comptroller at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, an appointment he received from Martin Van Buren. In addition, he was a published playwright whose work centered on themes from American history.
Date: 1785
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | MSS McA MSS 023, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A64345#page/1/mode/1up

Title: Greenway Family Papers, 1772-1802 (inclusive)
Description: The Greenway Family Papers hold letters and documents relating to the family's personal and business lives in Philadelphia and New Jersey. Letters discussing the yellow fever epidemics in Philadelphia are included., On deposit at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. For service, please contact the Historical Society at 215-732-6200 or http://www.hsp.org., Joseph Greenway (d. 1803) and his wife Hannah (d. 1810) lived in Philadelphia, and had close ties to Cape May, NJ. Greenway was a tradesman and a merchant.
Date: 1772
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | MSS McA MSS 027, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A64372#page/1/mode/1up

Title: Bank of Columbia Records. 1794-1828 (inclusive)
Description: The Bank of Columbia Records has correspondence and legal and financial papers that document the history of the bank and its depositors. The collection holds letters, predominantly single letters, from many prominent citizens of Georgetown and Washington in the early nineteenth century, as well as from Treasury Department officials and officers of the Bank of the United States., The Library Company of Philadelphia holds the Bank of the United States Records (McA 012), which are also part of the McAllister Collection; Bank of Columbia material can be found there in the files of Massachusetts senator James Lloyd (1769-1831), the Bank of the United States Office of Discount and Deposit, and William Wirt (1772-1834)., On deposit at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. For service, please contact the Historical Society at 215-732-6200 or http://www.hsp.org., The Bank of Columbia was chartered in 1793 in George Town, Maryland. Its first president was Benjamin Stoddert (1751-1813), who served through 1798; the second was John Mason (1766-1849). The bank's chief administrative officer was its cashier. Samuel Hanson held the office through October 1801, followed by William Whann (d. 1822). Daniel Kurtz was appointed cashier in June 1821. The bank failed in 1824.
Creator: Bank of Columbia (Georgetown, Washington, D.C.)
Date: 1792
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | MSS McA MSS 013, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A64470#page/1/mode/1up

Title: Gratz-Franks-Simon Papers, 1752-1831 (inclusive)
Description: The Gratz-Franks-Simon Papers contains correspondence and documents concerning the lives of two generations of three families of merchants living and working in eastern Pennsylvania. The material is primarily related to their business transactions, with some personal and family topics also present. Among the correspondents are Levy Andrew Levy, who worked with Joseph Simon in Lancaster, the trader and speculator George Croghan, and the Gratz's cousins Jacob and Solomon Henry., The Edwin Wolf 2nd Collection of Jewish Historical Documents at the Library Company holds many letters by and to members of the Gratz, Franks, and Simon families., Barnard Gratz (1738-1801) and his brother Michael (1740-1811) immigrated to Philadelphia in the 1750s. They were merchants active during the Revolutionary period, and who formed partnerships with the merchants David Franks (1720-1794) of New York and Philadelphia, and Joseph Simon (ca. 1712-1804) of Lancaster, PA. Michael Gratz's two sons, Simon (1773-1839) and Hyman (1776-1857), inherited their father's business.
Creator: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date: 1752
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | MSS McA MSS 011, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A64563#page/1/mode/1up

Title: Billiards. J. Jeater's subscription room. No. 40, South 5th Street
Description: Advertisement showing the interior of the billiard hall operated by probably Joseph Jeater. At the corner of the table, a gentleman in shirt-sleeves lines up his cue stick to the billiard ball as his opponent watches on. Four gentlemen, two just arrived, watch the match. One stands and another sits beneath three framed pictures hanging on the wall. A gas lamp chandelier hangs over the billiard table., Title and publication information supplied by Wainwright., Inscribed on verso: Presented by Mrs. John C. Broome. Oct. 10, 1918., Artist possibly E. W. Clay., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 40, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 04 C 436, Trimmed.
Date: [1830]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 04 C 436

Title: Armory of the First Troop Philadelphia City Calvary
Description: View of the first permanent First City Troop armory erected in 1863 at 21st and Ludlow streets below Market Street. Shows mounted members of the troop, including a bugler making a call, creating a formation on the street beside the building. Troop members on foot enter the building and walk on the sidewalk as two on mounts exit from the side of the armory. Also shows civilian spectators and pedestrians, including a gentleman tipping his hat to a couple of ladies. Armory was rebuilt in 1874. The First City Troop, a private military organization and one of the oldest continually mounted U.S. military units, was organized in 1774 to defend against British invasion., Manuscript note on recto: With kind regards to Thomas Wallis, son of Genl. H. S. Huidekoper, W. S. Vols. From the General's comrade in the field., Inscribed on recto: 21st St. South of Market., Inscribed on verso: Walter Huidekoper May 8, 1944., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 24, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 5 P 544, Trimmed.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 5 P 544

Title: A Monday morning view of Friends Meeting House and Academy, Philada. Forty years ago
Description: Busy street scene showing the meetinghouse and school protected by a brick wall with five entrances at the southeast corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets. Shows young and old Friends departing and arriving, including J. P[emberton?], W. Waring, J. Evans, Robert Proud, [Jam?]es Pemberton, Nick Waln, and Thomas Morris. Many of the older Quakers use canes. Also shows two African American boys riding and chasing a pig near a street vendor and neighboring buildings. Meetinghouse completed in 1764 and razed in 1859., Inscribed on recto: 4th & Chestnut. 1789., Inscribed on verso: Gift of Mrs. C. M. Thomas Sept. 5, 1919., Contains inscriptions identifying several of the Quaker figures below the image., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 479, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 B 756 #45, HSP copy trimmed.
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: 1829
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 862 B 756 #45

Title: A Sunday morning view of the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia._ Taken in June 1829
Description: Busy street scene showing elegantly-dressed African American parishioners of all ages entering the first African Episcopal church in the United States at the corner of Fifth and Adelphi (i.e. Saint James) streets. Includes a date stone in the eave of the church that reads "The African Church MDCCXCIII." Also shows a man leading a horse near the rear of the building. The church was established in 1794 by the religious and beneficent organization, the Free African Society, as a result of the discriminatory practices of the city’s congregations. Absalom Jones, a freed slave, became rector of the church in 1796 and remained as its minister until his death in 1818., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 729, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 B 756 #44, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 28:26, trimmed, staining.
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: 1829
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 862 B 756 #44

Title: Blake's cabinet of music Grand march as performed by the Philadelphia Band, composed and respectfully dedicated to the Philadelphia fire-men by John M. Clemens
Description: Sheet music cover showing a woman playing a mandolin on the race bridge of the Fairmount Waterworks. Includes the engine house, mill house, and Reservoir Hill in the background. A couple strolls near the mill house and individuals ascend a foot path to a pavilion on the reservoir. The waterworks were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff., Includes the sheet music., Inscribed on recto: Oct. 18, 1959 Penrose fund., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 58, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 88 K 35
Date: c1832
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 88 K 35

Title: Thomas Sparks shot & bar lead manufacturer. Warehouse no. 121 Walnut St. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the Sparks shot tower at Carpenter Street near Second Street and the office/warehouse at 121 Walnut Street. Signage adorns the office which reads " T. Spark's Philadelphia Shot Tower. Office 121 Walnut St." Also shows neighboring wood-frame buildings, and street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carts and two men admiring the tower. Tower built by Sparks in 1807., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 752, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 38 S 736
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 38 S 736

Title: New Oddfellows Hall Philada. Dedicated 17 September 1846. Grand master of a grand lodge. Of I. O. of O. F. in full regalia
Description: View showing the four-story marble building built 1845-1846 after the designs of William L. Johnston at Sixth Street below Race Street. In the left foreground, an Odd Fellow grand master in his apron and vest stands, hat in hand, and gestures toward the building. Also shows an alley and partial views of neighboring buildings. The Odd Fellows, a benevolent and charitable organization, was established in Philadelphia in 1821., Trimmed., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 505.1, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 051 R 668, October 18, 1957. Penrose fund.
Creator: Robyn, Edward, 1820-1862, artist
Date: [ca. 1847]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Bb 051 R 668

Title: Home run quick step Respectfully dedicated to the members of the Mercantile Base Ball Club of Philada. by John Zebley, Jr
Description: Sheet music cover containing a view of a baseball game surrounded by an ornate border. View shows six players on the field, possibly during practice, as a group of male and female spectators watches the action from under and near a tent adorned with a "M. B. B. C." flag. Border contains two baseball players, one holding a ball and the other holding a bat; baseball paraphernalia including balls, bats, a cap, and belt; mountain ranges, trees, and vines. Mercantile Base Ball Club was organized circa 1859 with its playing ground at 18th and Master streets., Price printed on recto: 4., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 356, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 07 B 291
Date: [1861]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 07 B 291

Title: Waverly bowling saloon. No. 169 & 171 Chestnut Street, above Fifth, Philadelphia. Nine splendid alleys on one floor N. B. The bar is stocked with the finest quality of brandies, wines, liqueurs and segars._ Oysters and all the other delicacies in season, served up at the shortest notice. J. J. Galusha & Co
Description: Advertisement showing the interior of the saloon and bowling alley operated on the 400 block of Chestnut Street by Galusha circa 1854. Several men, many in top hats, sit, drink, read, and are served at four tables in front of the bowling lanes, two of which are in use. Also shows two men, standing and engaged in conversation in the center of the room. In the left of the image, two men drink at the bar that is manned by a bartender. Large framed pictures adorn the wall and pin boys sit at the backs of the lanes. Also includes a decorative border containing a trellis covered in a grapevine; a banner labeled Waverly Saloon; and bowling pins., Trimmed., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 823, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 07 B 787, LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America, entry #74
Date: [ca. 1854]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 07 B 787

Title: Fountain in Franklin Square Philad
Description: View showing the working central marble fountain in the public square, originally known as the Northeast Square, laid out between Race, Vine, North Sixth, and North Franklin streets. Includes several well-dressed park visitors, including a woman with a child in a tram, strolling, in conversation, reading, seated on park stools, and feeding a squirrel. Also shows trees lining the plaza, a guard house, and partial views of buildings obstructed by the fountain in the background. Ornamental border surrounds the view. Built in 1837, the fountain was one of several improvements to the square following the relinquishment of the grounds by the German Reformed Church circa 1836. Square renamed in 1825. Stools lined the landscaped paths of the public space to prevent loitering., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 267, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 824 C 436
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 824 C 436

Title: New Mill House at Fairmount. H. P. M. Birkinbine. Chief Engineer
Description: View showing the new mill house on the mound dam at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Also shows a partial view of the old mill house and a visitor at the top of the stairs leading to the interior of the new building. The new mill house, built between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine, housed the engines that replaced the water wheels that previously powered the waterworks. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Printed upper right corner: Pl. 1., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 503, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Print Collection - small - Water Works, Box 73, Folder 8
Date: 1861
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Print Collection - small - Water Works, Box 73, Folder 8

Title: Gray's Ferry
Description: View showing the floating bridge across the Schuylkill River at Gray's Ferry. On the bridge, two men fish, a boy looks out onto the river, and a horse-drawn dray travels. In the background, a residence, possibly the Say family estate, is partially visible behind trees at the top of a rocky cliff rising from the river, and buildings line the Gray's Ferry Road leading to the bridge. Gray’s Ferry was named after the ferry service operated by the Gray family on the lower section of the Schuylkill River during the 18th century. Floating bridge razed 1838., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 326, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 7 G 795
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: [1830]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 7 G 795

Title: Railroad bridge over the Wissahickon, near Manayunk
Description: Landscape view showing the first Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad (later Philadelphia & Reading Railroad) bridge completed in 1833 over the Wissahickon near a waterfall. A train comprised of an engine, two crowded passenger coaches, i.e., trucks, and a freight car cross the Town lattice truss bridge. The neighboring Robeson's Mill is visible in the right foreground. Cows graze near the creek on which a group of ducks swim. Bridge razed in 1844. Ithiel Town patented his lattice truss design in 1820., Probable printer supplied by Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 632, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 7 R 131
Date: [ca. 1834]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 7 R 131

Title: Manayunk
Description: Landscape view showing the village of Manayunk along the east bank of the Schuylkill River, northwest of Philadelphia. Townscape is visible in the right of the image, including Joseph Ripka's cotton mills erected 1831, 1835, and 1853 near the depicted Flat Rock Turnpike Bridge. A rowboat sails the river and a railroad track lines the west bank. Manayunk was incorporated into the city of Philadelphia in 1854., Artist's imprint inscribed on stone lower right corner., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 453, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 C 79
Creator: Copstick, A., artist
Date: [1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 862 C 79

Title: United States Army Hospital, Philadelphia This is one of the largest army hospitals in the world it is capable of accommodating 3000 men, it has two dining rooms, each 775 feet long, the whole establishment covers twelve acres of ground, and is enclosed by a fence, 14 feet high, the surgeon in charge is Doctor Isaac J. Hays, the distinguished Arctic explorer, who was a former companion of the lamented Doctor Kane
Description: Bird’s eye view showing the Satterlee U. S. General Hospital, opened June 9th, 1862 at Forty-fourth Street and Baltimore Avenue in the farmland of West Philadelphia. A horse-drawn wagon, a man pushing a handcart of linens, and a line of pedestrians approach the entrance of the hospital complex that is guarded by a soldier. Within the complex, visitors stroll and a troop of soldiers drill in the central courtyards bordered by over twenty wards. Also shows a neighboring building, soldiers reclining near the fence of the complex, and a soldier on horseback. The hospital was closed in August 1865 and the buildings demolished., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 774, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 15 U 58 (oversize), Inscribed on verso: Gift of Arthur Sussel, Aug. 23, 1957.
Date: c1863
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 15 U 58 (oversize)

Title: Neall, Matthews Y Moore, maquinistas y fundidores, de hierro en Bush Hill, esquina de las galles de Fairview y la septima de Schuylkill, Filadelfia = Neall, Matthews & Moore, iron founders and machinists, Bush Hill Iron Works, (formerly occupied by Rush & Muhlenberg,) corner of Fairview & Schuylkill Seventh St., Philadelphia = Neall, Matthews Y More, fondeurs en fer et machinistes, forges et fonderie de Bush Hill, (autrefois occupée par Rush & Muhlenberg,) au coin des rues Fairview et Schuylkill Septme., à Philadelphie
Description: Advertisement in Spanish, English, and French for the Bush Hill Iron Works originally established by Oliver Evans in 1809 and operated by Neall, Matthews & Moore 1846-1854. Shows the bustling complex of several buildings and grounds littered with cylinders, tubes, castings and a pile of coal around which several laborers toil. The workers transport machinery by horse-drawn cart, hoist cylinders onto a dray, hammer castings, push handcarts, fuel the furnace, and labor in the workshops. Also shows a man entering the "Neall & Matthews" office. Image surrounded by decorative border. Contains several lines of advertising text below the titles promoting the products of the works, including cylinders, steam engines, boilers, mills, pans, hammers, anvils, and castings; the efficiency of two Air-Furnaces to fill roll orders "without delay"; and "all orders for machinery or castings thankfully received and promptly executed." James Neal retired in 1854 and Matthew and Moore carried on the business until 1870 when James Moore assumed sole proprietorship. The iron works constructed machinery for some of the leading rolling mills of the United States during the 19th century., Inscribed on recto: Compliments of William Volmer 3/20/[18]99., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 500, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 35 N 348
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 35 N 348

Title: [Fifth Baptist Church]
Description: Unfinished proof showing an interior view of the Baptist church during a baptism. Parishioners fill the pews and balconies. The men, women, and children look toward a small group of individuals as they stand in front of the pulpit before they proceed to the baptismal well in the center of the church. Many of the women wear ornate bonnets. Incomplete depictions include the well and parishioners. The church, organized by Dr. William Staughton, was built 1811-1812 after the designs of Robert Mills on the 800 block of Sansom Street., Title supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 248, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 13 F 527
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 13 F 527

Title: The Fourth Baptist Church, n.w. corner of Fifth & Buttonwood streets, Philadelphia Length of house 97 ft 8 inch, width of do 62 ft.; Highth of do. 41 ft.; Highth of spire 188 ft
Description: Exterior view of the Baptist church built 1853-1855 after the designs of Joseph C. Hoxie. Edifice includes a tapering spire. Also shows neighboring buildings; a small enclosed garden with a fountain in the street in front of the church; and pedestrian traffic. Traffic includes a couple admiring the fountain and two men admiring the church. Building was demolished circa 1970., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 271, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 13 F 781
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 13 F 781

Title: St. Vincent de Paul's Church, Germantown, Pa
Description: View showing the church complex of the Catholic parish, including the church (built 1849-1851, enlarged 1857), and seminary and chapel (completed in 1879) at 109 East Price Street. Complex also includes a landscaped lawn with a statue, probably of St. Vincent de Paul. Horse-drawn carriages travel in front of the buildings near pedestrians, including a priest, on the sidewalk. The church was the first parish named after St. Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century French priest and founder of the Congregation of the Mission., Contains dashed lines below the image., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 236, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 131 S 155, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Vincent de Paul
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 131 S 155

Title: Church of the Resurrection. Rising Sun Village. Revd. Thos. J. Davis, rector
Description: View showing the small stone Protestant Episcopal church built in 1853 on North Broad and Tioga streets. Fenced pasture land surrounds the building. Congregation was organized under Rev. Thomas J. Davis in 1849., Title annotated with pencil inscription: Phila Pa., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 128, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 132 K 952
Creator: Kuchel, Charles Conrad, b. 1820, artist
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 132 K 952

Title: Exterior view of the tabernacle of the Alexander Presbyterian Church, Rev. Alfred Nevin. D.D. Pastor. N. E. corner of Nineteenth and Green streets. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the one-story red brick temporary church building that housed the congregation, later the West Green Street Church, 1858-1859. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn coach, promenading families and couples, and a boy waving an American flag. Congregation originally named for Rev. Archibald Alexander. The permanent church structure was built during the 1860s and complete by 1869., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 218, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 136 A 374
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 136 A 374

Title: Interior view of the tabernacle of the Alexander Presbyterian Church, Rev. Alfred Nevin. D.D. Pastor. N. E. corner of Nineteenth and Green streets. Philadelphia
Description: View looking toward the pulpit of the temporary church building that housed the congregation, later the West Green Street Church, 1858-1859. Includes the pulpit, organ, three rows of pew benches, a chandelier hanging between roof beams, and a wood stove at each end of the church. Permanent church building was built during the 1860s and completed by 1869., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 389, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 136 A 374a
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 136 A 374a

Title: The old First Independent Church corner Broad and Sansom streets. Rev. John Chambers, pastor
Description: Exterior view of the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows a partial view of an adjacent building and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians include a man with a cane, a woman with a parasol, and two men greeting one another. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Inscribed on the mount: In March of 1830, the cornerstone was laid. In June of 1831, the Church was opened for religious worship. In April, 1853, the Church was enlarged by an extension Eastward of Fifteen feet and the erection of a portico in front. This picture is undoubtedly the church that commenced in March, 1830, and first opened for worship in June, 1831., Title from label taped on verso. Label annotated: North East corner., Inscribed on verso: Gift of Gladywn Hill Library 11-9-62., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 524, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 136 C 356
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 136 C 356

Title: First Presbyterian Church, Southwark, Phila
Description: Exterior view of the church built 1857-1859 after the designs of Samuel Sloan at German Street below Third Street. Church includes two small and a large spire. Also shows an obelisk behind the church in the background., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 261, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 136 S 728
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 136 S 728

Title: Fairmount from the first landing The Fairmount Quadrilles, selected & arranged for the piano forte, and respectfully dedicated to Miss Agnes Franciscus (of Baltimore) by John H. Hewitt
Description: Sheet music cover containing a view of Fairmount looking south from Reservoir Hill at Fairmount Water Works. Includes a partial view of the Engine House, the landscaped South Garden with fountain, the Upper Ferry Bridge over the Schuylkill River, and Harding's Hotel, the popular resort on the west bank. Also show several park visitors ascending the hill and walking the grounds. The waterworks were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff. The gardens were completed in 1835., Attributed to John Bufford., Ba 888 Z 99 includes the sheet music., Inscribed on recto of Ba 888 Z 99 c. 2 [Ba 81 F 166]: Looking toward Upper Ferry Bridge., Printed on recto: Price 50 Cts., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 231, Library Company of Philadelphia: Sheet Music Collection [9914.F], Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 888 Z 99, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 888 Z 99 c. 2 [Ba 81 F 166]
Creator: Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870, artist
Date: c1836
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 888 Z 99, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 888 Z 99 c. 2 [Ba 81 F 166]

Title: Old rosin the beau. Favourite [sic] comic song dedicated with much respect to the members of the Falcon Barge by the publisher Arranged by J. C. Beckell
Description: Sheet music cover showing the Falcon crew on their barge near the Fairmount Water Works. The nine-men crew includes a coxswain and eight oarsmen wearing striped uniforms, the latter holding up their oars. The barge is adorned with an American flag on the bow and the club flag on the stern. Also shows the covered bridge, known as the Upper Ferry Bridge (destroyed by fire in 1838) in the background. The waterworks were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff. Old Rosin the Beau is an Irish drinking song., Name of artist supplied by Wainwright., Includes the sheet music., Printed on recto: Price 25 cts nett., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 527, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 07 R 795, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21:66. Cover only.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 07 R 795

Title: City Museum, Callowhill St. below Fifth St. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the museum originally built as a church in 1823 at 415-417 Callowhill Street. A group of men and women enter one of the seventh entrances in the left of the image. A sign reading "Star Hall" hangs above the door and a flag marked "City Museum" adorns the roof of the building. Materials are displayed in several of the windows and two men stand at another entrance. Also includes pedestrians on the sidewalk walking near a street lamp. The museum opened in 1854 and housed natural history, science and portrait exhibits on the lower floor and a theatre on the upper floor. Museum burned in 1868., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 135, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 09 C 581
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 09 C 581

Title: City Hotel, 41 North Third Street Philadelphia by Heiskell & Niblo, from Virginia
Description: Advertisement showing the very busy four-and-a-half story hotel opened in 1807 on Third Street below Arch Street. Several male guests sit, stand, and put their feet up on the porch of the hotel that is covered by an awning. Also shows guests at the first and second floor windows and a couple strolling on the sidewalk. The hotel closed soon before the Civil War., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 132, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 B 756 #41
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: [ca. 1830]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 862 B 756 #41

Title: Second Presbyterian Church, city of Philada. Founded 1750. Enlarged 1809
Description: View showing the church built 1749 after the designs of Robert Smith at the northwest corner of North Third and Arch streets. Also shows pedestrian traffic, including two strolling women and three men conversing at the corner. Church was demolished 1837-1838 following the relocation of the congregation., Letter "s" printed backward in artist's imprint., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 687, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 B 756 #46, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 23:28., Upper left corner torn.
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: 1830
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 862 B 756 #46

Title: Centre Mission School of Christ Church Germantown This engraving is respectfully presented to the friends of the mission
Description: View showing the double-entranced stone school house containing a small bellfry. Townscape is visible in the left of the image and a country house with farmland in the right., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 97, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 132 C 555
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 132 C 555

Title: County Goal, Moyamensing Philadelphia
Description: View showing Moyamensing Prison built 1832-1835 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter at Tenth and Reed streets. Shows three men walking past the castle-like building. Prison was demolished 1968., Title partially printed on mount., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 168, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 26 M 938
Date: [ca. 1839]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 26 M 938

Title: East side of Logan Square
Description: View, possibly a perspective plan, showing elegant dwellings completed 1847 after the designs of William L. Johnston on 18th Street near the southeast corner of Logan Square. A fence surrounds the visible section of the tree-lined square. Also shows a dome and steeple in the background. Possibly a conception of the dome of the Cathedral Basilica of S.S. Peter and Paul under construction (church built 1846-1864, 209-225 N. 18th), and the steeple of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary on the 200 block of N. 18th Street 1839-1871., Date inferred from William Johnston entry in Rutledge and Falk, The annual exhibition record (Madison, Ct.: Soundview Press, 1988), p. 10., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 199, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 87 L 824, See related print: HSP Bb 87 L 824a., Date
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1842-1847]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 87 L 824

Title: North side of Logan Square
Description: View, possibly a perspective plan, showing an elegant building of several attached dwellings completed 1847 after the designs of William L. Johnston on Race Street near the northeast corner of Logan Square. A fence surrounds the visible section of the tree-lined square. Also shows pedestrians, including a couple of men in conversation near the square., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 510, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 87 L 824a, See related print: HSP Bb 87 L 824.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1847]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 87 L 824a

Title: First Baptist Church, Nicetown, Pa Rev. J. M. Richards, pastor
Description: Exterior view of the Nicetown Baptist Church at Bruner and Nicetown Lane. Shows parishioners, including men, women, and children approaching and entering the church from the sidewalk. An ornate fence surrounds the building., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 256, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 13 N 592
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 13 N 592

Title: The great fertilizer. Whann's raw bone super phosphate. Walton, Whann & Co.'s Works, Wilmington, Del The unexampled results of this great fertilizer on cotton, corn, wheat, tobacco, and all other crops prove it to be the best and cheapest manure in the market. Made if pure raw bone, dissolved in sulphuric acid, guano, and salts of potash and soda, it contains every element needed by growing plants. No fertilizer has been more uniformly successful in all sections of the country
Description: Advertisement containing a view of the busy fertilizer factory complex on the riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware. Complex includes three smock stacks. Several workers move, inspect, and use handcarts near rows of crates piled on the dock and in front of the manufactory. Horse-drawn wagons arrive and depart from the site. Ships and barges deliver and receive supplies from the Christina River. Also contains notice about "Descriptive Pamphlets mailed free on application" and the three locations of the manufacturers, including 203 West Front Street, Wilmington, Del.; 57 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md.; 28 South Wharves, Philadelphia. Manufactory established in 1861., Printed above title: [Trade Mark Patented, November 22d, 1870]., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 100, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 W 173, Manuscript note on verso: Library Fund Oct. 28, 1960.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 W 173

Title: Eugene Roussel's celebrated mineral waters in glass botttles for hotels, families & shipping
Description: Advertisement showing the storefront with large display windows of "Edward Roussel, Foreign Perfumery & Fancy Articles, French Perfumery, Mineral Water" at 114, i.e., 318 Chestnut Street. Within the store, a clerk serves mineral water to a couple at the counter. The woman sits, her parasol by her side as the man stands. Tall glass-door cabinets rise behind the clerk. Materials displayed in the windows include a stuffed bear, bottles, mason jars, canisters, and framed certificates. A drain pipe adorns the building. Also contains vignettes above and below the title showing the business's mineral water delivery wagon, and silver medals awarded to the perfumer by the "Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, 1824" and "Reward of Skill and Ingenuity, 1842." Roussel operated from the site 1843-1849. Bear's oil was a popular product offered by Philadelphia perfumers, the major American suppliers, between the 1830s and 1850s. The oil was often used as a hair product., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 212, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 Q 32, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Stores & Shops, Trimmed.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1843]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 Q 32

Title: Chester County Mining Company's Works
Description: Advertisement showing the works of the silver lead mining company chartered in October 1850. Includes the engine shaft, smelting furnace, storage shed, and probably the paymaster's office. Laborers operate shaft machinery, push wheel barrows, transport ore by horse-drawn wagons, and pick at a large rock. Also shows a reservoir pool in the background and two laborers at rest, shovels in hand, seated on a tree trunk near a wheelbarrow in the foreground., Inscribed on recto: Chester Mining Co., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 30, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 36 C 525, Lower right corner missing.
Creator: Croome, William, 1790-1860, artist
Date: [ca. 1851]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 36 C 525

Title: Pennsylvania Warehousing & Safe Deposit Co Storage - bonded and free. Negotiable receipts issued. Office: N. W. Cor. Third and Chestnut Sts. Warehouse: N. E. cor. Front and Lombard Sts. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the very active warehouse of the safe deposit company at Front and Lombard streets. Hundreds of windows and several bays adorn the building in front of which several horse-drawn wagons, drays, and carts deliver and depart with crates, barrels, and bundles. Also shows laborers transporting by hand, handcart, and horse-drawn cart goods into a few of the bays; a man on horseback conversing with a man carrying a crate on his shoulder; and piles of crates and barrels lining the sidewalk in front and beside the warehouse. Also contains the names of the officers and directors of the company, including Thomas L. Jewett, president., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 564, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 P 415
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 P 415

Title: Pencoyd Iron Works
Description: Advertisement showing the rolling iron mill established by Algernon and Percival Roberts in 1852 below Manayunk on the west bank of the Schuylkill. A stone wall encloses part of the complex. Mill contains several buildings, including one marked "Pencoyd Iron Works. Iron Bridges & Railroad Axles. A. & P. Roberts, office, 410 Walnut St." In the foreground, a canal boat is pulled by a horse along the river. Men row a boat nearby. A large hill of fenced pasture lands rises in the background. The iron works joined the U.S. Steel Company in 1900 and was renamed the American Bridge Company., Inscribed on recto: Re - This Pencoyd Ironworks has grown since 1850 until it is fully 2 miles long - very valuable to the local historians. 12 x 15 - very rare., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 549, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 R 235, Lower right corner missing.
Creator: Rease, W. H.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 R 235

Title: T. Sinclair & Co. lithographers Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia lithographic firm containing an ornate stone monument adorned with allegorical figures, and historical and work scenes. The central scene in the recess of the monument shows the anecdotal story of the "The Discovery of Lithography 1796 by Aloys [sic] Senefelder." Depicts Senefelder in his study, absent of paper, writing a laundry list with a grease pencil on lime stone to record his mother's laundry list as she stands behind him with her laundry basket. Books lay on the floor and on a bookshelf on the wall above rulers and a level. The allegorical figures of Commerce and Art stand near columns on each side of the arched recess. Above the arch sits the figure of Lithography. She holds an ink roller and a lithographic stone. A cherub draws on the stone opposite another cherub with a portfolio. Scene, on the pedestal of the monument, show a lithographic artist drawing on a stone and a lithographic printer rolling ink on a stone at his press. The monument also contains sculpture, gargoyles, ornamental bas-reliefs, and pendants. Flowering vines surround the edges of the monument. The firm operated under the name T. Sinclair & Co. ca. 1854-ca. 1859., Inscribed on verso: Presented by Esther [Sersel?] Aug. 23, 1957., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 92, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 S 616
Creator: Bigot, Alphonse, ca. 1828-1872 or 3, artist
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 S 616

Title: Simes' storage warehouse & yards. Trenton Avenue, Somerset, and Fulton sts. Philadelphia. Down-town office, 224 Walnut St Receive furniture and merchandise of all kinds. Issue receipts and makes advances
Description: Advertisement showing the storage warehouse operated by James B. Simes, built 1879-1880, and connected with the yards of the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroads in Port Richmond. Horse-drawn carts loaded with goods enter and depart from the main five-story warehouse. Behind the main building, smaller warehouses; piles of coal, lumber, and barrels; and train tracks are visible. Train tracks also surround the warehouse facilities and four trains travel around and within the complex. Also shows a family, including a child with a hoop, in the lower right corner of the image. Two of the buildings and a fence marked with the name of the business. The warehouse specialized in the storage of furniture, bulky valuables, and paintings in addition to machinery, building materials, lumber and heavy goods., Image annotated with the names of the streets., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 217, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 39 S 583
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 39 S 583

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