Depicts the Mint Arcade built in 1903 by Savery & Scheetz. Building commissioned by the Crane Ice Cream Company after the demolition of the United States Mint in 1902. The Widener Building was built in 1914 on the site of the Mint Arcade., Undivided back., Sheet number: 27B05B, 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 [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
Contains views of the Walnut Lane Bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park, the largest concrete arch bridge when it was finished in 1908 by George S. Webster and Henry H. Quimby. Includes various views of the bridge, including an aerial view, side views, views from the driveway and from the Wissahickon Creek., Contains 16 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., 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 [Bridges - Walnut Lane - 15]
Contains views of North Broad Street from City Hall and views looking south toward City Hall from North Broad Street. Includes the Masonic Temple (1-33 North Broad Street); the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (55-65 North Broad Street); the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Building (112-116 North Broad Street); the Mercantile Club (1422-26 North Broad Street), the Parkway Building and the Sweeten Auto Company Building (117-121 North Broad Street). Also includes an aerial view of North Broad Street from City Hall., Contains 14 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., 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 [Broad Street - North - 16]
Contains views mostly of South Broad Street looking north, with City Hall in the distance. Very few of the images depict South Broad Street looking south from City Hall. Several images document buildings on Broad Street north of Spruce Street including the Stenton Hotel; the Hotel Walton (233-247 South Broad Street); the Ritz Carlton Hotel (201 South Broad Street); the Bellevue Stratford Hotel (200-216 South Broad Street) and the Academy of Music (232-246 South Broad Street). Also includes buildings on South Broad Street closer to City Hall, including the West End Trust Company (1400 South Penn Square); the Girard Trust (34-36 South Broad Street), the Land Title Building (100-118 South Broad Street) and the Real Estate Trust Company (101-113 South Broad Street)., Contains 43 postcards printed in color and 23 printed in black and white., 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 [Broad Street - South - 17]
Primarily contains exterior views of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, built 1872-1876 after designs by Furness & Hewitt. Also contains reproductions of paintings, mostly portraits, from the Academy's collections. Includes 3 cent stamps commemorating the Academy's 150 anniversary., Identified publishers include a variety of New York and Philadelphia companies including the Souvenir Post Card Co. of New York and the Philadelphia Postcard Co. of Philadelphia., Contains 14 postcards printed in color and 33 in black and white., 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
1902-1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Academy of Fine Arts - 18]
Depicts the Elks' lodge built in 1904 after designs by F. G. Caldwell. Known as Elks Lodge #2., Sheet number: 27A05A, Message on recto and verso., Divided back. Post marked 1907., 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
1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
Depicts the original Franklin Institute building constructed in 1825 based of designs by John Haviland., Sheet number: 27A05B, Undivided back., Manuscript note on verso giving the history of the Institute., 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 [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
Depicts Horticultural Hall built 1894-1896 after designs by Frank Day Miles on the site of an earlier horticultural hall designed by Samuel Sloan. Demolished in 1917 to make way for the Shubert Theater., Sheet number: 27A05B, Divided back. Post marked 1917., 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. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
Exterior view. Constructed in 1907 after designs by John T. Windrim., Sheet number: 27A06, Divided back., 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. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
Depicts the Manufacturers' Club built in 1911 after designs by Simon & Bassett., Sheet number: 27A06, Text on verso., 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. 1911]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
Depicts an exterior view of the old colonial market building at Pine and Second Streets., Sheet number: 27A06, Undivided back., 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 [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
Depicts the McClatchy Building illuminated at night showing the signs of the Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia, Whelan Drug Co. and S.S. Kresge Co. Store., Postcards issued by Lynn H. Boyer of Philadelphia and Wildwood, and Curt Teich and Company of Chicago., Sheet number: 27A06, 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 [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
Depicts views of the Pennsylvania Building constructed in 1903 by Henry L. A. Jekel Co. on the site where the Epiphany Church once stood., Postcards issued by the Post Card Distributing Co., Philadelphia and Curt Teich and Company, Chicago., Contains 2 postcards printed in color., Also known as the Robinson Building and the Penn Building., Sheet number: 27A07, 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 [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
Depicts the exterior of St. George's Hall built at Nineteenth and Arch Streets., Postcard issued by Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine., Sheet number: 27A08, 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 [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
Depicts Gilbert Stuart's studio located in the rear of the property at 5140 Germantown Avenue. The studio was partially destroyed by fire in 1854 and was demolished in 1900., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 in black and white., Postcard images copied from earlier photograph taken circa 1870 by Robert Newell., Sheet numbers: 27A08, 27A09 and 27B10., 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
1905-1909
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
Contains three exterior views of the United Gas Improvement Building and the Young Men's Christian Association Building on the 1400 block of Arch Street. The United Gas Improvement Building was constructed circa 1898 after designs by Wilson Brothers & Company. The Young Men's Christian Association was built in 1908 after designs by Horace Trumbauer., Contains 3 postcards printed in color., Sheet number: 27A09, 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 [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
Contains views of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge spanning the Delaware River, built 1920-1926 after designs by Paul Cret and Ralph Modjeski. Images document general views of the bridge connecting Philadelphia and Camden; the construction of river piers for the bridge; the approach and anchorage of the completed bridge; street traffic on the bridge and a view of the bridge from the wharves on Delaware Avenue., Contains 11 postcards printed in color. Also includes 2 linen postcards., 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
1920-1930
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Bridges - Delaware River (Franklin) - 11]
Contains views of the Girard Avenue bridge, built 1872-1874 by Henry Augustus Sims and James Peacock Sims. Images document the railroad bridge spanning the Schuylkill River at Girard Avenue from the banks of the river, the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, West Drive and Fairmount Park., Contains 35 postcards printed in color and 9 printed in black and white., 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 [Bridges - Girard Avenue - 12]
Contains views of the Strawberry Mansion Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River, built 1894-1896 by Russell M. Thayer and Theodore Cooper. Depicts the bridge in Fairmount Park from Strawberry Mansion and a view of the bridge with the boathouse in the background., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 5 in black and white., Also known as the Fairmount Park Trolley Bridge., 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 [Bridges - Strawberry Mansion - 14]
Contains views of Willow Grove Park, a trolley amusement park located in the Philadelphia suburb of Willow Grove in Montgomery County. Images document buildings, grounds and attractions at the park including night and day time views of the lighted or "electric rainbow" fountain; the music pavilion, a open air theater which served as performance space for summer concert series featuring John Philip Sousa and others; the artificial lakes which were used for boating; popular rides including the Mountain Scenic Railway, the Airships (also known as the Captive Flying Machine), the Coal Mine (a roller coaster), and Venice (a gondola ride); the midway; the lake side pavilion which also served as a soda fountain; the casino; and boat landing. Also contains bird's eye views; views of the grounds and picnic areas; the entranceway; the cafe; a natural spring; and the Women's Building. Two postcards contain group portraits of Sousa's band and Victor Herbert's Orchestra., Postcards issued by a variety of different publishers with the greatest number (over thirty cards each) issued by J.M. Canfield and W.N. Jennings, a Philadelphia photographer. Includes part of two series Philadelphia Post Card Company, no. 1001-1012 and Illustrated Post Card Company, no. P-22 to P-30., Contains 134 postcards printed in color and 22 in black and white. Also includes 4 linen postcards., 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
bulk 1902-1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Willow Grove - 168]
Depicts the United Gas Improvement building looking north on Broad Street. Building constructed circa 1898., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 4 in black and white., 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 [Buildings - United Gas Improvement - 33]
Depicts the U.S. Custom House built 1819-1824 after designs by William Strickland as the Second Bank of the United States. From 1844 to 1932 the building housed the Philadelphia Custom House., Contains 7 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., 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 [Buildings - U.S. Custom House - 34]
Primarily includes interior views of Acker Quality Shop showing various departments, specialty booths and restaurants. Depicts cigar, confectionary, perfumery, and food departments; specialty booths for Japanese tea and Moorish coffee; restaurants including Caillers Swiss Chalet, the English Inn Balcony, the Men's Dutch Kitchen and the refreshment fountain. Also includes views of the central staircase, the library and flower shop, and the front and east facades., Contains 14 postcards printed in black and white., 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. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Acker Quality Shop - 35]
Depicts Cramp's Shipyard from the Delaware River, with small boats and docked ships. Cramp's built warships for the Navy and yachts for wealthy clients beginning circa 1830., Postcards issued mainly by the Philadelphia Post Card Company and the Souvenir Post Card Company of New York., Contains 14 postcards printed in color and 7 printed in black and white., Also known as William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company Shipyard., 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 [Business and Industry - Cramp's - 36]
Contains views of the Curtis Publishing Company built 1910-1921 after designs by Edgar Viguers Seeler. Includes several exterior views from Sixth Street, Walnut Street, Independence Park and Washington Square. Also includes interior views of the first floor lobby; the director's room; offices and press rooms for Ladies Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post; the circulation department and circulation manager's office; the women's recreation, lunch and rest rooms; the paper stock room; a section of the engraving department; the composition division; the boiler room; and the power division., Contains 37 postcards printed in color., 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
1910-1940
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Curtis Publishing - 37]
Contains exterior views of the Gimbel Brothers department store before and after the new building was constructed in 1926 by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White. Includes interior views of an aisle, the piano rooms, a restaurant, a millinery salon and various furniture from the exhibition of Colleen Moore's Doll House circa 1935. Also includes an advertisement for Simplex typewriters., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 10 in black and white., 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
1910-1935
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Gimbels - 38]
Exterior views of Girard Trust built 1905-1908 based on designs by Furness, Evans & Co. with detailing by McKim, Mead & White., Contains 13 postcards printed in color., 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 [Business and Industry - Girard Trust - 39]
Exterior views of Baldwin Locomotive Works at 400 North Broad Street built circa 1902. Demolished in 1937., Sheet number: 40A01B, 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
1909-1914
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Exterior view of the Boyertown Burial Casket Co, built in 1907 after designs by Ballinger & Perrot., Number 109500 on recto., Also known as the Boyertown Building., Sheet number: 40A02A, 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. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Contains views of the dye house, spinning and twisting mill, and weaving and spooling mill of Brainerd & Armstrong Co., Number 2697 on recto., Text on verso., Sheet number: 40A02A, 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. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Contains exterior views of the office building of the Philadelphia newspaper, the Evening Bulletin, built 1906-1908 after designs by Edgar Viguers Seeler., Sheet number: 40A02B, 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 [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Exterior view of Company's facilities at the corner of 4th & Callowhill Streets, Philadelphia., Sheet number: 40A06B, Holiday greeting in manuscript on verso., Undivided back., 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. 1911
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Depicts the interior banking room of the Girard Avenue Title & Trust Company built after designs by Wilson, Harris & Richards circa 1906., Postcard issued by Charles H. Elliott Company, North Philadelphia., Sheet number: 40A07A, Text on verso including list of officers and directors of the trust company., 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. 1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Depicts the Lit Brother's store from the corner of Eighth and Market Streets looking northeast. Lit Brothers began their business in 1895 and acquired all of the properties on the block by 1907. Contains a WDAR broadcasting schedule on the back of the postcard in color image., Sheet numbers: 40A07B and 40B04A, 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. 1908-1924
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Depicts an aerial view of McDowell Paper Mills in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia. On the back of the postcard is a list of the paper products manufactured by the mill., Sheet number: 40A07B, Divided back. Advertisement on verso describing the types of products manufactured at the mill., 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. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Depicts the Philadelphia Inquirer's Elverson Building constructed 1923-1924 after designs by Rankin, Kellogg & Crane., Number 124302 on verso., Sheet number: 40A08A, Divided back., 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. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Depicts the Philadelphia Warehousing & Cold Storage Co. building, with an advertising text on verso., Publisher's monogram printed on verso., Sheet number: 40A08A, Text on verso and recto describing the company's history., Divided back., 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. 1910]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Depicts an exterior view of the Port Richmond Grain Elevator from the Delaware River., Postcard issued by the Taylor Art Company, Philadelphia., Publisher's monogram printed on verso., Sheet number: 40A08B, 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
1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Depicts an exterior view of the Powelton Storage Company with an advertisement on the back for good used furniture and household goods sold at the Powelton Storage House., Numbered 103107 on recto., Divided back., 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. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Depicts the Philadelphia Stock Yards built along the Schuylkill River at 30th and Race Streets in 1876. Pennsylvania Railroad construction forced the yards to close and another yard was opened in 1931 at 36th and Gray's Ferry Avenue., Sheet number: 40A09A, Divided 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. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Advertisements depicting horse drawn Springfield Water Supply Company wagons. Springfield Water Supply Company established in 1897., Contains 2 postcards printed in color., Number 2524 printed on recto of one card., Sheet number: 40A09B, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Divided backs., Postcards issued by the Springfield Water Supply Company, Philadelphia.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1909
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Depicts two images of Brown Auto Top Company showing the physical expansion of the company from a typical commercial front (1906) into an entire city block (1907)., Numbered 11702 on recto., Sheet number: 40B01A, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Divided back.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Advertising postcard depicting front facade of the Burpee Seed Co. building., Sleeve number 40B01A., Undivided back., 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 [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Depicts Dobson's carpet mills from the west side of the Schuylkill River. This industrial complex survives from the 1850s when John and James Dobson started the business making woolen goods. Various buildings were constructed incrementally. Includes homes and businesses on the hills of Manayunk in the background and railroad tracks in the foreground., Numbered 662 on recto., Sheet number: 40B01A, Undivided back., 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 [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Exterior view of Girard Trust Company building constructed 1888-1889 after designs by Addison Hutton and the Betz Building constructed 1889-1890 after designs by William H. Decker., See earlier postcard view printed in black and white dated before 1908 when the building served as the Girard Trust Company. Sheet number: 27B04., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Divided back. Post marked 1914., Sheet number: 27A05B
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1914
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
Exterior views from Arch Street looking north of Bell Telephone's Parkway central office building built 1914-1915., Sheet number: 27A02, Divided 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. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
Exterior view., Sheet number: 27A02, Undivided back. Text on recto., 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 [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]