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Plans for 516-518 Vine Street
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Creator
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Library Company of Philadelphia
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Date
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1913
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Location
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Library Company of Philadelphia. | MSS MSS MSS00270b14f13
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Title
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Report on mortgages and other liens for owners of southeast corner of 23rd and Sansom Streets
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Description
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13 sheets and 1 packet., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject.
Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
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Creator
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Library Company of Philadelphia
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Date
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1874
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Location
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Library Company of Philadelphia. | MSS MSS MSS00270b11f13
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Title
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List of rent payments received
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Creator
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Library Company of Philadelphia
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Date
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1881-04-10-1882-04-10
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Location
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Library Company of Philadelphia. | MSS MSS MSS00270b11f22
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Title
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Moses Williams, cutter of profiles
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Description
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Silhouette of Peale's Museum premier African American silhouettist, facing left. Williams wears his hair in a ponytail adorned with a bow at the end. A bow adorns his collar as well. Williams was enslaved by Charles Willson Peale following the manumission of his parents in 1786. After his manumission in 1804, Williams began work as a silhouettist in Peale's Museum., Possibly by Moses Williams or possibly Raphaelle Peale., Title from manuscript note on recto., Manuscript note on verso: Moses Williams, the Cutter of Profiles. Peales Museum., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., See Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, " 'Moses Williams, Cutter of Profiles': Silhouettes and African American Identity in the Early Republic," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 49 (March 2005), particularly p. 36., See Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, "'Moses Williams, Cutter of Profiles,' Silhouettes and African American Identity in the Early Republic," in Portraits of a People. Picturing African Americans in the Nineteenth Century (Seattle & London: Addison Gallery of American Art in association with the University of Washington Press, 2006 ), pp. 45-55, 69., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits., McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
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Date
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[ca. 1803]
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Location
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Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Silhouette Collection [(3)5750.F.153b]
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![Marriage certificate. This certifies that [Washington C. Young/of Philadelphia/state of Pennsylvania] [Amanda L. West/of Goshen/state of New Jersey] were by me united in marriage according to the ordinance of God and the laws of the state of [Pennsylvania](/islandora/object/Islandora%3A101760/datastream/TN/view?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=39f526efd3e07cda0792&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=679&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=24)
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Title
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Marriage certificate. This certifies that [Washington C. Young/of Philadelphia/state of Pennsylvania] [Amanda L. West/of Goshen/state of New Jersey] were by me united in marriage according to the ordinance of God and the laws of the state of [Pennsylvania] at [Philadelphia] on the 24 day of [May] 188[3]. [Philip L. Sanborn?]/ [Sarah A. Ross]/ [Rev. W.H. Ross officiating minster]
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Marriage certificate with gold touches and containing the bust-length, carte-de-visite studio portrait photographs of Washington C. Young and Amanda L. West, who are African American, surrounded by text, pictorial details, and an ornate border. Young's portrait depicts the young man, looking to the left, and attired in a jacket with a notch lapel, a dark-colored tie, and white, straight shirt collar. He also has a mustache and wears his hair short and with a side part. West's portrait depicts the young woman, looking to the right, and attired in a garment with small puffs at the shoulder and a high-collar neckline adorned with a fabric flower. She wears her wavy hair pulled back, parted in the middle and with side bangs. She also wears earrings. Between the portraits are ornaments with text reading, "It Is Not Good That Man Should Be Alone, Gen 2.18" and "I Will Make Him An Help Meet For Him Gen 2.18." The certificate also contains pictorial details of flowers and vinery, a bell, doves, and a banner. The border is composed of scrollwork, floral shapes, and cornice ornaments. At the time of their marriage, Washington C. Young was a clerk. He would continue in this profession throughout his life. Amanda (West) Young worked as a dressmaker by 1910 and was later listed as a housekeeper in census records. The couple had four children, including a daughter who worked as a dressmaker., Title from item., Date of printing inferred from printed and manuscript date., Completed in manuscript to Washington C. Young and Amanda L. West on May 24, 1883. Signed Philip L. [Sanborn?], Sarah A. Ross, and Rev. W.H. Ross, Officiating Minister., RVCDC
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Date
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[completed 1883, printed ca. 1880]
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Location
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Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Certificates - Marriage [P.2023.59]
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Title
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Dickerson Family miscellaneous photograph collection
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Description
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Collection of studio portraits of the multiracial descendants of the Philadelphia middle-class African American family, the Dickersons. Contains portraits of six women and girls, two boys, and a baby. Identified sitters are predominately children, including Catherine and Thomas Brown (P.9427.23), Emma R. Newlin (P.9427.17), and Wilson Newlin (P.9427.19). Also identified is Anna M. Newlin (P.9427.18)., Title supplied by cataloger., Dates inferred from presented age and attire of sitters., Accessioned 1993., Description revised 2024., Access points revised 2021., Housed in phase box with albums., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Various Philadelphia and Baltimore photographers, including Philadelphia photographers William Curtis Taylor, Frank W. Street, and O.M. Olsen Studio.
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Date
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[ca. 1885 -ca. 1910]
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Location
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Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *albums (flat) - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.17-24]
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Franklin Iron Works. Sutton & Smith's iron foundry, Franklin Street between Second and Front Streets, Philadelphia
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Description
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Advertisement for the iron foundry established at the 100 block of Franklin Street in 1841. Shows an exterior view of the foundry complex adorned with the sign "Sutton & Smith's Iron Foundry." Cylinders, shafts, and wheels lay on the sidewalk in front of the buildings comprising the complex in which laborers work. Smoke rises from smokestacks adorning all the buildings that are adjoined by fencing to courtyards. Workers attend one of two horse-drawn drays on the sidewalk; are visible carrying a pipe in the first-floor entryway of a three-story building; sit and shake hands on a large cylinder; and are visible in other parts of the complex. Sutton and Smith joined in partnership circa 1843., Date from Poulson inscription in ink on recto: Franklin St. bet. 2nd & Front St. Aug. 1847., Wainwright suggests date of circa 1860., Poulson inscription in pencil on recto: J.T. Sutton & Co., Artist's signature lower left corner of stone., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 277, Trimmed., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
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Creator
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Rease, W. H., artist
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Date
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[August 1847]
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Location
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Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W139 [P.2046]
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