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Title: Song sheet headpiece 253a
Description: Sample image scanned from: Wolf 431b, 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).

Title: Progress of steel construction in Front St., at bent #62, looking north, May 29, 1916.
Description: Negative number: 2373, Street view looking north from the most recently constructed steel bent, Bent 62. Beams and other construction materials line both sides of the street. Men and boys stand and sit on the sidewalks in front of the store fronts.
Date: May 16, 1916

Title: New Hampshire State Building.
Description: Exterior view of the New Hampshire State Building with trails and paths in front.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9047.168]

Title: Mrs. Caudle's curtain lectures
Creator: Jerrold, Douglas William, creator
Date: 1867
Location: Am 1867 Jerr

Title: The 20 Ton Rodman Gun
Description: View of The 20 Ton Rodman Gun in front of the U.S. Government Building. The background depicts a grassy area surrounded by trees, in the center of which a statue sits atop a pedastal.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - album [P.8965.16d]

Title: THE BOLD DRAGOON.
Description: There was an ancient fair, O she lov'd a note young man (5 vs.) Sheet no. 267; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley horned imp border, col. 24.5 x 15.8 cm.

Title: Semi-centennial sermon : preached June 22nd and 29th, M,DCCCLI, [1851]
Creator: Fish, Henry C., creator
Date: 1851
Location: Am 1851 Fis

Title: STAND BY THE FLAG.
Description: May patriots defend our flag to the last (4 vs. and chor.) Print. A. H. Senseman (2). T. o. border; flag. 27 x 14.6 cm.

Title: Woman with eagle envelope
Description: Image: A woman, with a robe wrapped around her hips is naked from the waist up, and leans her left arm on a rock. An eagle is perched on the rock behind her., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date: 1861-1865

Title: Mrs. Bell-Clapper.
Description: A woman has a bell for a head and a long bell-clapper for a tongue. The sender criticizes the recipient for talking excessively., Text: Ding, dong, all the day long, / Your tongue is not quiet a minute; / No wonder it is that it rings like a gong, / For we know that your head has nought in it., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [between 1840 and 1880?]

Title: COMIC PARODY.
Description: 'Tis of a rich Dutchman in Niew Yorck did live (8 vs.) Tune, "Villikins and his Dinah." By Snyderskype., Variant: a. Print. Andrews. T. o. border. 24.4 x 15 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] with Astley's imprint added. 24.3 x 15.7 cm., Variant: c. Sheet no. 346; publ. Wrigley (1); [with CORCORAN'S IRISH LEGION on verso.] Wrigley military cupid border. 24.4 x 14.3 cm.

Title: Arguments of the defendants' counsel
Creator: Binney, Horace, creator
Date: 1844
Location: Am 1844 Bi

Title: Clules, John
Description: John Clules worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1854 according to Groce & Wallace.
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: History of the town of Groton
Creator: Butler, Caleb, creator
Date: 1848
Location: Am 1848 But

Title: The Wedding-ring
Date: 1856
Location: Am 1856 Wedd

Title: WILL YOU LOVE ME THEN AS NOW.
Description: You have told me that you love me (3 vs.) Published by S. Gordon (3)., Variant: a. Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 231, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.5 x 12.7 cm., Variant: b. Adv: 500 Illustrated Ballads [publ.] Magnus (2). Letter paper; blue ink; single-line border; hdpc. Magnus 247b, col. 20.5 x 12.7 cm., Variant: c. [As above;] hdpc. Magnus 247c, col. 20.5 x 12.7 cm., Variant: d. Publ. Magnus (1). Letter paper; single-line border; bronze ink; hdpc. Magnus 251, col. 20.5 x 12.6 cm.

Title: Murchison, William W.
Description: William W. Murchison, born ca. 1838 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1866-ca. 1890. He practiced the trade at the firm of Breuker and Kessler (112 South Seventh Street) in the late 1860s and was a member of the Lithographic Printers Union. Between the late 1860s and 1880, he resided at 913 North Tenth Street, 206 Ristine Street (1866-1869), 519 South Fifth Street (1873), and 510 Federal Street (1880)., Murchison was married to Jane (b. ca. 1845), with whom he resided with his sister-in-laws by 1880. In 1890, he continued to work as a printer and lived at 924 Morgan Street., Possibly the William Murchison who worked for P. S. Duval.
Date: b. ca. 1838
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: A Daughter of the D--.
Description: The "daughter of the D---" holds a broom in one hand and a set of large tongs in the other. Her hair is wiry, and her face is pointed with lizard-like tongue and sharp teeth., Text: If all God e'er made was good, / Some things like you we find most evil; / And we must think, at least we should, / That you're the offspring of the D----., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Creator: Unknown, creator
Date: [between 1840 and 1880?]

Title: Poems : translated and original
Creator: Ellet, E. F. (Elizabeth Fries), creator
Date: 1835
Location: Am 1835 Ell

Title: The animal magnetizer
Date: 1841
Location: Am 1841 Ani

Title: Conversations as between parents and children
Date: 1834
Location: Am 1834 Conv

Title: Primeval man : an examination of some recent speculations
Creator: Argyll, George Douglas Campbell, Duke of Argyll, creator
Date: 1869
Location: Am 1869 Argy

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, young woman, wearing a white lace cap, her right arm is resting on a table. ]
Description: Waist-length portrait of a seated young woman facing forward. She wears a bonnet on her head and her dress is adorned with a large lace collar and cuffs. Her right arm rests on a table., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Pad: Red velvet embossed "Willard Market St. Ab 16th Philada." Geometric border., Mat: Fancy nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric design with a small oval surrounded by fanciful leaves within four scrolls. Same design on verso.
Creator: Willard, Oliver H., d. 1876, photographer.
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9636.2]

Title: SONG OF LIBERTY.
Description: Ye sons of Columbia, from Ireland I came (5 vs.) Publ. Johnson (3); advs: Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, etc., and You will save 25 per cent, by getting your Printing done at Johnson's. T. o. border. 20.1 x 10.7 cm. (cropped)

Title: LIBERTY TREE.
Description: In a chariot of light from the regions of day (3 vs.), Variant: a. Publ. Auner (3). A-J border; tree. 24.5 x 15.5 cm., Variant: b. Publ. Johnson (2). A-J border; tree. 24.5 x 15.5 cm., Variant: c. Publ. A. M. Senseman (2). T. o. border; tree. 22.5 x 14 cm. (cropped)

Title: A Wheat-Sheaf Gathered from Our Own Fields
Creator: Woodworth, F. C. and T. S. Arthur, creator
Date: 1850
Location: zin 1635

Title: The four Gospels
Creator: Bible. N. T., creator
Date: 1849
Location: Am 1849 Bib

Title: [George M. Conarroe, 1831-1896.]
Description: Portrait of Conarroe with small mustache and small goatee. Hair curling on the side., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Gutekunst & Bro., 164 Arch St. Patented July 4 & 11 54., Case: Leather. Geometric design. Two concentric scalloped ovals. Same design on verso., See Conarroe Family research file., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator: Gutekunst & Bro, photographer.
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.6]

Title: Miss Vanity.
Description: A woman wears a gown with furbelows and holds her nose up. A peacock stands next to her. The sender rejects the recipient because of her vanity., Text: With head in air, and peacock pride, / So vain and empty, loving show; / On you the gentle name of bride, / I certainly would not bestow., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [between 1840 and 1880?]

Title: Daily bread
Date: 1832
Location: Am 1832 Bib NT

Title: Thirteen years' experience in the itinerancy
Creator: Manship, Andrew, creator
Date: 1857
Location: Am 1857 Man

Title: The little pilferers When we are sent on an errand for any thing that is good to eat or drink we may be tempted. But we must resist the temptation for in God's sight it is stealing
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing two girls standing on the sidewalk in front of the shop window of a bakery. One holds a basket of bread under her right arm, as the other girl steals a sip from a drink., Not in Wainwright., Date supplied by cataloger., Issued as plate in series Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Originally accompanied by text titled "Avoid the beginning of evil" moralizing that "there is no such thing as a little sin" since small lies engrain a "habit of falsehood and dishonesty" making children "a little bolder at every step.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 136, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Morality [7822.F.4]

Title: The Illuminated Gems of Sacred Poetry
Location: zin 1288

Title: The black gauntlet : a tale of plantation life in South Carolina
Creator: Schoolcraft, Mrs. Henry Rowe, creator
Date: 1861
Location: Am 1861 Schoo

Title: Keenan, William
Description: William Keenan, a native of South Carolina born ca. 1810, worked as an engraver and lithographer in Philadelphia 1830-1833. Listed in Philadelphia city directories at 45 Sansom Street, the address was also used in the mid-1820s by engraver and lithographer Cephas G. Childs and "Mr. Doughty," i.e., artist Thomas Doughty. The boarding house of Solomon Marache also operated at 45 Sansom Street 1815-1845. Keenan returned to South Carolina in the mid-1830s, where by 1850 he worked as an engraver and resided in Charleston with his wife Sarah (b. ca. 1822) and their son Sydney (b. ca. 1848)., Keenans' work in Philadelphia included illustrations for several gift books. He also produced landscapes, portraits, and medals and engraving on silver (by the late 1840s and 1850s).
Date: b. ca. 1810
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: ASSU Illustration 7893
Description: Block numbered in two places: 7893., Image of two eagles [?], both perched on branches in a natural setting. One eagle is in the foreground, and one is the background.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 3

Title: Stenton postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade and south door of house built 1728-1734 by James Logan. The house remained in the Logan family until the early 20th century when the city acquired the property in 1910., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 6 printed in black and white., Also identified as the Logan Home., Postcards issued by a variety of publishers, with about half issued by The Rotograph Co., New York City., Sheet numbers: 102A12, 102A14, 102A15 and 102B1., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]

Title: Memorials of Mrs. Hemans
Creator: Henry F. Chorley, creator
Date: 1836
Location: Am 1836 Chorl

Title: Conyngham-Hacker House postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of house built circa 1755 and known successively as the Conyngham, Wister and Hacker House. Occupied by the Germantown Historical Society before it moved to its current location at 5501 Germantown Avenue., Also known as the Old Fisher House., Sheet number: 102B05., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]

Title: Puddleford, and Its People
Creator: Riley, H. H., creator
Date: 1854
Location: zin 1341

Title: A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapted to North America
Creator: Downing, A. J., creator
Date: 1844 [c1841]
Location: Am 1844 Dow

Title: Ish-noo-ju-lut-sche : or the eagle of the Mohawks. A tale of the seventeenth century.
Creator: Shecut, John L. E. W. (John Linnaeus Edward Whitridge), creator
Date: 1841
Location: Am 1841 Shecut

Title: AN APPEAL FOR MARYLAND.
Description: Of all the gems that gild the wreath (6 vs.) [Signed] B; Baltimore, January 20th, 1862. Double-line border; [Bonsai] flag of Maryland. 19 x 10 cm.

Title: Sermons of consolation.
Creator: Greenwood, creator
Date: 1847
Location: Am 1847 Green

Title: The young lady's home
Creator: Tuthill, Louisa C., creator
Date: 1847, c1839
Location: Am 1847 Tut

Title: Fairmount Park : sketches of its scenery, waters, and history
Creator: Keyser, Charles S. (Charles Shearer), creator
Date: 1872, c1871
Location: Am 1872 Key

Title: A yacht voyage
Creator: Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of, creator
Date: 1859
Location: Am 1859 Duffe

Title: UNION EMOTIONS.
Description: Oh! we'll hang Wendell Phillips to a sour apple-tree (3 vs. with prose and chors.) Air: Glory Hallelujah., Variant: a. Written by John C. Cross; publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan clown border. 22.7 x 14.5 cm., Variant: b. [Without period at end of title;] written for Sam Sharp- ley by John C. Cross; sheet no. 1216; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley military cupid border. 21.6 x 13.2 cm.

Title: Mitton, Nicholas
Description: Nicholas Mitton, born ca. 1839 in Ireland, printed the 1869 lithograph "The Celebrated Trotting Mare Flora Temple and Colt, now owned by George Welch, Chestnut Hill, Pa." published by John Smith. Mitton partnered with lithographer Daniel O'Donnell in the partnership O'Donnell and Mitton, printers, at 18 South Third Street in 1869. He resided at 1509 Bartram Street., According to the 1870 census, Mitton owned personal estate valued at $2,000 and was married to Irish-born Mary (b. ca. 1835), the proprietor of a trimming store. They had a one-year old son born ca. 1869 in Pennsylvania. The Mitton household also included a domestic servant.
Date: b. ca. 1839
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: ASSU Illustration 6573
Description: Block numbered in two places: 6572, also 369 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of two girls looking at each other; one looks out an open window and rests her hand on the railing across what appears to be a small balcony; the other girl rests one hand on the edge of the same railing and holds a basket in her other hand, with feet on two different stairs of a small stoop., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Maggie + Bessie Frontispiece M.S. p. 3.”
Date: [between 1861 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 28

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