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- Title
- Date palms in public garden. St. George's. Mr. Brown, May Sharp, Bess & Mrs. Paul under trees, [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a cluster of tall palm trees standing next to a garden path at St. George's, Bermuda. Mr. Brown, May Sharp, Mrs. Paula, and Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris are visible. Brown and one of the women stand at the base of the trees and the two other women sit on a bench to the right. A building is visible behind the trees and other plants grow on the lawn in the foreground., Photographer remarks: wind, Time: 11:50, Light: No sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- March 11, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1404]
- Title
- Robert Wood's railing, architectural & ornamental iron works, Ridge Road below Spring Garden St., Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement showing the long three-story, brick factory occupied by Robert Wood's iron works at 1126 Ridge Avenue. The central portion of the building looms a few feet over the wings, and is adorned by tall, narrow windows on the second story, with a decorative cornice topped by a statue, bell cupola, and advertising flag. Statues of a lion and two dogs adorn an overhang near the open doorway of the iron foundry inside this central portion, under which a man and woman enter the office and warerooms. Visible inside the factory are several men at a forge, along with laborers working in the left and right wings. A man driving a horse-drawn company carriage emerges from the right wing. Four laborers load a lion statue into a cart on Ridge Avenue. Several boxes, addressed to "Mobile, Aa.," "Havana," "Jackson," "San Francisco, Ca.," "Smith & Co., St. Louis," "Cincinnati, Oo.," "Jones & Co., New Orleans," are scattered in the street nearby. Two laborers load (or unload) an iron railing from a covered cart in the foreground. Men working outdoors with unidentified piles, and additional brick factory buildings are visible in the background. A trompe-l'œil frame border surrounds the image., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 655, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
- Creator
- Reynolds, Robert F., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1851]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W317 [P.2253]
- Title
- Northern Liberties & Spring Garden Water Works
- Description
- Oblique view of the front and north flank of the one-and-a-half story granite engine house at the Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Water Works (later known as the Schuylkill Water Works) at the foot of Thompson Street on the east bank of the Schuylkill River. In the foreground, an empty horse-drawn cart is stopped near a pump, where a man fills a bucket with water. A man stands with his arms crossed in the side door, a couple strolls arm in arm, and three men stand and converse at the foot of the stairs of the engine house entrance. Includes a canalboat (named the Captain T.M. Scott, after the artist) on the river, along with a partial view of the water basin of the waterworks lined by a fence in the background. The waterworks, completed circa 1845 after the designs of engineer William E. Morris, provided water to the Spring Garden, Northern Liberties, and Kensington neighborhoods., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 512, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc88 N 874.
- Creator
- Kuchel, Charles Conrad, b. 1820, artist
- Date
- 1852
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W254 [P.2128]
- Title
- Fifth Baptist Church, 18th & Spring Garden sts, Phila
- Description
- Shows the ivy-covered church built circa 1861-1863 at 1801-1803 Spring Garden Street. Also shows the adjacent residence. Congregation organized as the Sansom Street Baptist Church by Rev. William Staughton in 1811., Title from accompanying photographer's label., Green mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
- Date
- [ca. 1869]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Religion [(4)1322.F.5d]
- Title
- Kohn's Mansion. Chestnut Street, west of Tenth St. North side. Late "Parkinson's Restaurant, confectionery, garden" &c
- Description
- Shows the former confectionery with stone frieze carved "Parkinson" above one of the entrances of the double house at 1015-1019 Chestnut Street. J.W. Parkinson opened the restaurant and garden in 1853. Building razed circa 1921., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 68. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- March 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Residences - K [(3)2526.F.68 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f68.jpg
- Title
- J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris] & J[anet] M[orris], garden path 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
- Description
- Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and their daughter Janet Morris as a baby walking down a path in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Jane Morris wears a long dress while Janet Morris wears a white frock. Various plants and a stone sundial stand behind them and two buildings are visible in the background., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- October 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.59]
- Title
- C.H. Garden & Co. 606 & 608 Market St. Philada. Fall 1875 Memorial Building, Centennial International Exhibition. Philadelphia 1776-1876
- Description
- Circular advertisement for the hat manufacturer established in 1841. Contains captioned images of 66 types of men's and children's hats for the "Fall" season of 1875. Captions detail style, finish, and colors. In tribute to the upcoming Centennial Exhibition, vignette at top depicts the proposed design for Memorial Hall, i.e., the Arts Gallery at the Centennial. View includes pedestrian traffic. Internal text promotes the quality and styles of men's and boys' hats offered, including fine soft hats, fur and wool hats, winter caps, dress caps, and black silk conductor and imported Scotch caps. Text on verso advertises "Ladies & Gent's Buckskin & Kid Gloves"; "Ladies' and Misses' Furs" and the "Millinery Department. Ladies & Misses Trimmed Hats" in addition to the request that orders contain the correct number of the style listed on the circular., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithff Mora Memo
- Date
- August 1875
- Location
- American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithff Mora Memo
- Title
- Henry Miller's concert garden. Nos. 720 & 722 Vine Str. Philadelphia
- Description
- Sheet music cover containing an interior view of the crowded concert hall and theater operated by Henry Miller beginning circa 1854. Several men and women sit at, and converse and walk among the many tables of the seating area as a number of waiters serve the patrons. A music ensemble plays on a raised platform with guard rails in the left of the image and several people line a small stage in the center rear of the hall where a small performance appears to be happening. To the right of the performance, the stairwell to the upper balcony, lined with people, is visible. Greenery and vinery decorate the hall that includes a glass ceiling and windows, some open, across and adjacent to the balcony. After several proprietors, the theater was renamed the Lyceum in 1888., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00021, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 2:19
- Creator
- Knirsch, Otto, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1861]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 2:19
- Title
- Church of the Assumption. Spring Garden St. betw. 11th & 12th St. Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the front elevation of the Gothic-style church built 1848-1849 after the designs of Patrick Neeley at 1133 Spring Garden Street. An iron work fence lines the building that contains two towers. Church closed by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1995., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, PAHRC: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Church of the Assumption
- Creator
- Kramer, Peter, 1823-1907, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1849]
- Location
- Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Church of the Assumption
- Title
- $525 bounty Attention citizens of the 14th Ward It is no time to talk of your patriotism and loyalty, prove them by joining Company "G" of the Sixth Union League Regiment, now forming in the 14th Ward, commanded by one of the best officers in the service, Colonel H.G. Sickles [sic] (late Colonel of the 3d Pa. Reserves.) All the government bounties, together with city and ward bounty, will be paid to each recruit as soon as mustered in. This regiment is now forming under the auspices of the Union League of Philadelphia, and is one of the two regiments authorized to be raised in Philadelphia for twelve months' service. Company headquarters, Spring Garden Hall, N.W. cor. 13th & Sp. Garden Sts
- Description
- The Sixth Union League Regiment, the 198th Pennsylvania Infantry, under the command of Horatio G. Sickel, was organized in Sept. 1864 and mustered out June 3, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 464, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 271., Printed in red and blue., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 198th (1864-1865), Company G.
- Date
- [1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1864 Uni Sta (3)5777.F.48 (McAllister)
- Title
- "Rally 'round the flag, boys!" A meeting of the citizens of the 14th Ward will be held at Spring Garden Hall, Wednesday eve'ng, Jan. 6th, 1864 at half-past 7 o'clock, to take measures to fill our quota!
- Description
- The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., is an eagle on a shield with a blank banner., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Citizens' Bounty Fund Committee (14th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Date
- [1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1864 Bounty (2)5777.F.28c (McAllister)
- Title
- Philadelphia Zoo Photograph Album
- Description
- Album of photographs predominantly showing the grounds of the Philadelphia Zoo in Fairmount Park, in West Philadelphia. Contains views of the Victorian-style gatehouse after the designs of Frank Furness; "The Dying Lioness" statue after the design of Wilhelm Wolff casted in 1875 at the entrance courtyard; lions, tigers, a jaguar and a zebra walking, standing, and grazing in their caged areas; an elephant, camel, lama, mountain goat, and caribou in fenced yards; buffalo grazing on a pasture; and Solitude, the country retreat of John Penn built in 1785 on the grounds of the zoo (miscaptioned as "Wm Penn's House, Fairmount Park"). Images include zoo keepers, visitors, gates, fencing, "Admission Today" signage, and partial views of other buildings on the zoo grounds. Also contains portrait photographs of a man and woman, probably Josie and Emil, and sculler "Andrew C. Craig, Undine Boat Club" on the Schuylkill River. Craig view also includes cityscape and trees along the riverbank in the background. The Philadelphia Zoo, the first in the nation, opened in 1874.
- Title
- Residence of John Penn, Colonial Governor, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior view of house built 1784-1785 for John Penn, grandson of William Penn. It became part of Fairmount Park in 1867. Currently part of the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens., Numbered 24 on recto., Also known as Solitude., Sheet number: 81A01., 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
- c1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]
- Title
- [White deer exhibition, Zoological Gardens, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View showing three white deer standing outside of the their rustic habitat in a gated yard., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Zoo [P.9119.6]
- Title
- In the goat-carriage at the "zoo" Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing two young girls seated in a carriage pulled by two goats at the Philadelphia Zoo. A smiling man stands next to them. Another man standing on an elevated pavilion or gazebo is visible in the background., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint stamped on mount., Distributor's imprint and logo stamped on mount., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., C.H. Graves published under the imprint "Universal Photo Art Co." between 1896 and 1904., See Darrah, The World of Stereographs, p. 52., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
- Date
- c1903
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graves - Zoo [P.9047.150]
- Title
- Philadelphia Zoo photograph album
- Description
- Album of photographs predominantly showing the grounds of the Philadelphia Zoo in Fairmount Park, in West Philadelphia. Contains views of the Victorian-style gatehouse after the designs of Frank Furness; "The Dying Lioness" statue after the design of Wilhelm Wolff casted in 1875 at the entrance courtyard; lions, tigers, a jaguar and a zebra walking, standing, and grazing in their caged areas; an elephant, camel, lama, mountain goat, and caribou in fenced yards; buffalo grazing on a pasture; and Solitude, the country retreat of John Penn built in 1785 on the grounds of the zoo (miscaptioned as "Wm Penn's House, Fairmount Park"). Images include zoo keepers, visitors, gates, fencing, "Admission Today" signage, and partial views of other buildings on the zoo grounds. Also contains portrait photographs of a man and woman, probably Josie and Emil, and sculler "Andrew C. Craig, Undine Boat Club" on the Schuylkill River. Craig view also includes cityscape and trees along the riverbank in the background. The Philadelphia Zoo, the first in the nation, opened in 1874., Calligraphed on cover: Photographs., Contains pasted label on front page: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to Uncle Joe from Josie & Emil., Contains pasted label on back cover: Ward's Souvenir Album. Made in Light Gray and Dark Gray Leaves. This book is no. 141., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box.
- Date
- 1902
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [8193.F]
- Title
- Conservatory at [Deshler-Morris House], 5442 G[erman]t[ow]n Ave
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of the conservatory at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The room features high ceilings and large windows and is filled with plants of various shapes and sizes growing in pots on the floor and on the shelves lining the walls. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1880-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.99.13]
- Title
- Eagle house
- Description
- View showing the eagle exhibition at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from printed label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Sons, photographer
- Date
- c1875
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9119.18]
- Title
- "Solitude," (Penn Villa.)
- Description
- Exterior view of Solitude, home built 1784-5 for John Penn, grandson of William Penn. Located on the grounds of the Philadelphia zoo, W. Girard Ave. and North 34th Street., Title from printed label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Sons, photographer
- Date
- c1875
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9119.19]
- Title
- Vicuna, (Lama, Vicugna.)
- Description
- Depicts two llamas in their holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from printed label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Sons, photographer
- Date
- c1875
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9119.2]
- Title
- Vicuna, (Lama, Vicugna.)
- Description
- Depicts two llamas in their holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from printed label on duplicate P.9119.2., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Sons, photographer
- Date
- c1875
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.8483.3]
- Title
- Giraffe, (camelopardalis giraffa)
- Description
- Depicts a giraffe in its holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from printed label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Sons, photographer
- Date
- c1875
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - Zoo [P.9119.17]
- Title
- [Grey wolf, (canus occidentalis)]
- Description
- Depicts a wolf in its holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Sons, photographer
- Date
- c1875
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.8483.2]
- Title
- Bruchall's zebra
- Description
- Depicts a zebra in its holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Sons, photographer
- Date
- c1875
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9119.14]
- Title
- "Solitude," from the bear pits
- Description
- View of the grounds of the Philadelphia zoo including "Solitude" home of John Penn, built 1784-5., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Stamped on verso: surplus duplicate from the Library of Congress, Division of Prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Sons, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1875
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9169.6]
- Title
- American elk, (cervus canadensis.)
- Description
- Depicts an elk in his holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Stamped on verso: surplus duplicate from the LIbrary of Congress, Division of Prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Sons, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1875
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9169.4]
- Title
- American elk, (cervus canadensis.)
- Description
- Depicts an elk in his holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Stamped on verso: surplus duplicate from the Library of Congress, Division of Prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Sons, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1875
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9169.3]
- Title
- Giraffe, (camelopardalis giraffa.)
- Description
- Depicts a giraffe in its holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Stamped on verso: surplus duplicate from the LIbrary of Congress, Division of Prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Sons, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1875
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9169.2]
- Title
- Giraffe, (camelopardalis giraffa.)
- Description
- Depicts a giraffe in its holding area at the Philadelphia zoo. The giraffe wears a halter held by a man who stands behind it., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Stamped on verso: surplus duplicate from the Library of Congress, Division of Prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Sons, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1875
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9169.1]
- Title
- Solitude in Pennsylva. belonging to Mr. Penn
- Description
- View showing the estate and mansion originally owned by John Penn, grandson of William Penn. The mansion, built around 1785, remained in the Penn family until 1869 when the estate was acquired by the city for inclusion in the Zoological Gardens in Fairmount Park., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner.
- Creator
- Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
- Date
- [1809]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 9a [P.9057.55.9a]
- Title
- [Garden & Brown, silk & fur hat manufactory, 196 Market Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Advertisement showing the four-story storefront for the hat manufactory established by Christopher H. Garden at 196, later 532 Market Street. The storefront is covered with signage and adorned with a large model hat marked with the street address "196." A patron enters one of the two open entryways of the business that are flanked by display cases of hats marked "Hats & Caps." Two other patrons stand near one of the cases across from a clerk in the store. The clerk pulls a hat from several displayed on shelves lining the shop walls. Rows of hats adorn the large display and upper windows of the building. Partial views of the adjacent businesses and the signage of the storefronts are also visible. Garden established his hat manufactory in 1843 and partnered with William Brown circa 1846-1850., Title supplied by cataloguer., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Aug. 1847 Market Street., Wainwright suggests date of circa 1846., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 291, Trimmed., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H., artist
- Date
- [August 1847]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W147 [P.2050]
- Title
- The fountain, Mount Auburn Cemetery
- Description
- View shows people walking around the perimeter of a large fountain in the cemetery founded in 1861. Also shows a large sepulchral monument in the foreground., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Aaron Wunsch.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Cemeteries [P.9963.2]
- Title
- [Garden & Brown, silk & fur hat manufactory, 196 Market Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / On stone by W. H. Rease, 17 So. 5th. St.
- Description
- Location: 196 Market Street (pre-consolidation)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1846.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W147.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W147 [P.2050]
- Title
- Coal Regiment! $50 bounty! Fall in! Fall in! For 100 days! Company F recruiting at C.B. Miller's, 741 Spring Garden St
- Description
- There were at least three Coal Regiments: the first and second, organized in 1863, became the 40th and 50th Infantry Regiments of the Pennsylvania Militia; the third, organized in 1864, became the 197th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army. William Wilson cannot be identified with any particular regiment., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [1863 or 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1863 Coal (1)5777.F.36g (McAllister)
- Title
- Peter E. Sheetz, florist, S.W. cor. 12th and Spring Garden Sts., also 1553 Palmer Street Hot-houses: Kensington Avenue, Harrowgate
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a spray of flowers, grapes and wheat., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Sheetz [1975.F.654 & 1975.F.868]
- Title
- Group in our garden. Cos. Lill, Bells, Edith & Morris Wistar. Cos Lizzie, John & Anchen Morris & Bess. [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a group portrait in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, including Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and third cousins Anna Stokes Morris, John Stokes Morris, and Elizabeth Wistar, Morris' second cousin once removed Elizabeth Stokes Morris, and Morris' third cousins once removed Anabelle Wistar, Edith Wistar, and Joshua Morris Wistar. Two of the women sit in the front row with Anna Morris leaning against the woman on the right and John Morris leaning against the woman on the left. The others stand behind them. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Time: 2, Light: Sun out., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- May 5, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1120]
- Title
- David Landreth & Sons, seed growers & merchants, Philadelphia. Our handy cabinet. Landreths' garden seeds from Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement depicting a cabinet stored with packets and boxes of Landreths' fruit and vegetable seeds. Shows the cabinet cover decorated with a vegetable patch scene. Also contains advertising text explicating pricing, citing an enclosed circular, and promoting "The Oldest Seed House in America. Founded 1784."., Printed on recto: Patented., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 48
- Creator
- Butler, William H., lithographer
- Date
- ca. 1895
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements [P.2004.29.1]
- Title
- Mishlers Garden Gold and sodium will cure all kinds of female complaints. To purify the blood it is warranted. Dr. Benjamin Mishler, Centre Square, Lancaster, Pa
- Description
- Advertisement showing the medicinal garden of patent medicine dealer Benjamin Mishler. A family and couple stand near the arched entrance of "Mishlers Garden" between two red stone buildings, possibly offices. Past the arch, women enter an enclosed promenade running through the center of the garden of trees, roots and plants. A yellow fence surrounds most of the property, except a section that is bordered by Lion Brewery, possibly another user of the garden. Also contains two promotions signed by S. H. Warwick, 324 N. Eighth St., Philadelphia offering $500 to any "graduated physician" who has a better cure than Mishler's Preparation of Gold and Sodium to "purify the blood" or treat "Syphilis, Scrofula, and Leprosy.", Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 148, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 39 M 678
- Date
- [ca. 1874]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 39 M 678
- Title
- And eyes will watch for thee
- Description
- Lyrics by J. H. Nones., Song for piano., Dedication: A Lita, en commemoracion de dias felices., Number 3 in 6 pointed star on tp; Publisher's Plate# 100.4; List of latest songs for the piano and instrumental music published by Sep. Winner is printed on the last page., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Bassler, Albert H., cmp
- Date
- c1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Sheet Music And 8107.F.20
- Title
- Biddle, Mary Hosack Rogers, 1847-
- Creator
- Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
- Date
- July 6, 1882
- Title
- Second concert by the Hutchinson Family! At Spring Garden Institute corner Broad and Spring Garden Sts., Monday evening, Jan. 12, 1863. All will appear! Asa, Lizzie, Abby, Freddy and little Dennett, singing their new songs of patriotism, Union, and freedom, &c. ... Admission, 25 cents Children under 12 years, 15 cents. Doors open at 7 o'clock. To commence at 8
- Description
- The Hutchinson Family, Tribe of Asa, consisted of Asa B. Hutchinson, his wife Elizabeth Chace Hutchinson, and their children Abby Hutchinson (later Anderson), Frederick Chace Hutchinson, and Oliver Dennett Hutchinson., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; copy (25)5761.F.37a printed on yellow paper., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Hutchinson Family (Singers)
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1863 Hutch (25)5761.F.37a (McAllister), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1863 Hutch (25)5761.F.37b (McAllister)
- Title
- Hall of the Spring Garden Institute March 5th, afternoon and evening, evening, at half-past 7 o'clock; afternoon at 3. Sig. Blitz will give entertainments, as above, for the benefit of the Girls' Grammar School Fifteenth Ward. Admission--Adults, 25 cents. Children, 13 cents Children, take your parents to see Blitz. Parents, take your children to see Blitz and his canary birds. ... The evening's entertainment will conclude with the celebrated Dance of six dinner plates on a common table, ... Lessons given by Sig. Blitz, of whom may be purchased a variety of family amusements, magical scrap books, &c. Instruction given in ventriloquism. Admission, 25 cents Children, 13 cents
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Blitz, Antonio, 1810-1877
- Date
- [1863?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1863 Blitz (27)5761.F.124b (McAllister)
- Title
- Can Vegetables Fruit and the Kaiser Too
- Description
- Produced for the National War Garden Commission
- Creator
- Verrees, J. Paul, 1889- , artist., creator
- Date
- 1918
- Location
- WWI Posters Drawer 1 Folder 9 [P.2284.121-134]
- Title
- Sow the seeds of Victory!
- Description
- Produced for the National War Garden Commission.
- Creator
- Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960, artist., creator
- Date
- 1918
- Location
- WWI Posters Drawer 3 Folder 16 [P.2284.261-306]
- Title
- Lulu Temple postcards
- Description
- Exterior views of the Lulu Temple (built in 1903) with the Spring Garden Institute (built 1851-1852 by Hoxie & Button) at the northeast corner of North Broad and Spring Garden Streets., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 5 in black and white., Sheet number: 153A05., 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
- 1905-1915
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Lulu Temple - 25] and [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]
- Title
- Clam bake at 12 m. 4-6:30 p.m. Melville Garden, Downer Landing...Boston Harbor, Open every day except Monday. One of the finest harbor resorts in New England
- Description
- Racist trade card depicting a whimsical scene with a young African American man serving a tray of food to a white couple seated at a table inside of a large clam shell. In the left, the wide-eyed man holds the large tray at his hips and is attired ina coat, vest, apron, bow tie, and dark-colored pants. The man and woman hold menus in their hands and are dressed in formal wear. The scene is set near a harbor and forst on a rocky shore. Trees and a steamboat in the harbor are visible in the background. Industrialist Samuel Downer opened Melville Garden in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1871. The park was razed in 1897., Title from item., Publication information from copyright statement: Copyright 1880 by J.D. Scudder., Advertising text printed on verso: The Garden contains First-Class Restaurant, Bowling and Shooting Alleys, Billiard Tables,Patent Swings, Flying Horses, Camera Obscura, Menagerie, Bear Pit, &c. Row Boats and Yachts to let. Rhode Island Clam Bake at 12, 4 and 6.30 o'clock. Dinner Tickets, 50c. Edmands' Band, Day and Evening. The Garden will be Illuminated Every Evening with 20 Electric Lights. Grand Concert by Edmands' Band Every Sunday Afternoon and Evening. Hingham Steamers Leave Rowe's Wharf at 5.45, 9.15, 10.30, 11.30, 12.30, 2.30, 3.30, 5.30, 6.30, 7.45 and *9.30. Returning, Leave Downer Landing at 7, 7.35, 9.45, 10.35, 12.15, 1.15, 4, 5.15, 6.45, †8.30. †9.30. Cross Trips to and from Nantasket Beach. Leave Downer Landing at 11.20, 12.20, 1.20 and 4.20. Leave Nantasket Beach at 9.30, 12, 1, and 4.50. Sundays. Boston to Downer Landing at 10.15, 2.15, 4.45, and 7.15. Downer Landing to Boston at 12, 3.30, 6, 9.30. †Monday's excepted. *Saturdays excepted. Buy The Excursion Ticket at Rowe's Wharf, 60 Cents., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- 1880
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Melville [P.2017.95.118]
- Title
- Chinatown. Looking north on Hutchinson Street which dead ends into Race Street
- Description
- View from Hutchinson Street towards the 900 block of Race Street, Philadelphia. Shows in the foreground a partial view of a car and the buildings flanking Hutchinson Street. In the center, depicts an exterior view of the four-story building at 919-921 and the three-story building at 923 Race Street. Part of the sign for the Shanghai Garden Restaurant at 919 is visible. The neighboring business has a storefront glass window which reads, "Hong Tai & [Co.] 921 Chinese Good[s]" with a display of merchandise. The adjacent building reads, "Fook Lee Co. 923" on the storefront glass window, and a seated man is visible inside., Title and date from label on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: Photo by Phila. Inquirer, Oct. 2, 1955., Gift of Linda Kimiko August.
- Creator
- Irving, William, photographer
- Date
- Oct. 2, 1955
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Irving (Phila Inquirer) [P.2023.27.6]
- Title
- Fall in, "Blues!" $50 bounty! Recruits wanted for Co. H, Blue Reserves Apply at 8th & Spring Garden Sts. or 505 Chestnut Street
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Blue Reserves, Company H.
- Date
- [between 1861 and 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1861 Blue (2)5777.F.22f (McAllister)
- Title
- Chimpanzees. Zoological Garden, Philada. From Africa. Age, 4 years
- Description
- View showing an African chimpanzee in the Zoological Garden standing on a table, drinking from a tin can with the help of a man. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title printed on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co.
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9229.5]
- Title
- The sun reflecting on the dew, a garden scene. Echo, Pennsylva. a place belonging to Mr. D. Bavarage
- Description
- View showing a hill and grove of trees on the grounds of the estate of D. Bavarage near the Schuylkill River (West Fairmount Park)., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner.
- Creator
- Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
- Date
- [1809]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 6a [P.9057.55.6a]