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Title: Bellevue Stratford postcards
Description: Contains images of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, built 1902-1904 by G.W. & W.D. Hewitt. Includes exterior views of the hotel looking southwest. Also depicts interior views of the hotel including the Clover Club Banquet Hall, Vienese Room, Ladies' Restaurant, main office, lobby, grand ballroom and the Oak Hall and South Garden sections of the roof garden. Also includes an image of William Penn holding a model of the Bellevue Stratford in his hand., Contains 37 postcards printed in color and 26 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: 1900-1960
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bellevue Stratford - 110]

Title: [Schuylkill Water Works]
Description: View showing the rear of the engine house at the Schuylkill Water Works (formerly the Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Water Works) at the foot of Thompson Street on the Schuylkill River. Also shows a rowboat near the fenced water basin of the waterworks in the foreground. The waterworks, completed circa 1845 after the designs of engineer William E. Morris, provided water to the Spring Garden, Northern Liberties, and Kensington neighborhoods., Yellow mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.122d]

Title: Elliston P. Morris Jr. , 6706 [Cresheim Rd., Pelham]
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a child riding a hobby horse in the garden at their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. He holds the horse's mane in his left hand and a hat in his right. A brick wall borders the garden in the background., 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: June 1902
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2022]

Title: Old Diamond Cottage
Description: Pencil drawing showing the two-story wooden cottage with shingle roof, double entryway, and diamond-paned windows at Penn Street below Seventh street, Camden, N.J. A horse is bridled near one of three trees (in the right) adorning the property. The building was torn down in 1891 and was a part of the pleasure garden Diamond Cottage Garden, later Diamond Cottage Park., Title written on recto., Date inferred from inscription on recto: 1890., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., See complementary drawings depicting Camden views, Doret & Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2018.62.7-8 and 10-12].
Creator: Haines, D., artist
Date: [1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Watercolors & Drawings [P.2018.62.9]

Title: THE WEARING OF THE GREEN.
Description: They've trampled on poor Ould Ireland (5 vs.) Sung by J. H. Glenny, the celebrated Irish Comedian and Vocalist, in the drama of "Arrah na Pogue" at Niblo's Garden, New-York., Variant: a. Publ. De Marsan (3). De Marsan clown border. 24.4 x 15.9 cm., Variant: b. Sheet no. 361; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.1 x 15.1 cm.

Title: ASSU Illustration 5631
Description: Block numbered in two places: 5631, also 1190 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a small girl watering flowers while a woman stands over her and point; the fence behind them suggests a yard or garden, but there appears to be a stone, perhaps a tombstone, behind the plant., Signed: HD [i.e., Henry Dacre?]
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 23

Title: THE VIRGINIA ROSE-BUD; OR, THE LOST CHILD.
Description: I had a bud 'twas in my garden growing (2 vs. and chors.), Variant: a. As sung by F. Leslie, at White's Concert Saloon, 53 Bowery, New York; print. Andrews. T. o. border. 23 x 14.4 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] with Astley's imprint pasted over Andrews'. 23.2 x 15.2 cm., Variant: bc. With title "Virginia Rosebud" and 1st line: "I had a flower within my garden growing; chor. divided; publ. Auner (3). A-J border. 20.5 x 12 cm. (cropped), Variant: c. Title: "Virginia Rose Bud"; 1st line: "I had a flower within my garden growing" and other variations; chor. divided in four parts; publ. Johnson (2); adv. 600 different kinds of Songs. A-J border. 24.4 x 15.4 cm., Variant: d. [Without "The" and punctuation in title;] sheet no. 966; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley Ethiopian border. 24.8 x 15.5 cm., Variant: e. [As above;] publ. Wrigley (3). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24.5 x 15.2 cm., Variant: f. Title: "Virginia Rosebud."; 1st line: "I had a flower within my garden growing"; chor. divided in four parts; T.o. border, 20.2 x 12.5 cm. (cropped)

Title: Rolla, Teresa.
Description: Full-length portrait of Miss Rolla dancing on stage, with a bouquet at her feet., In Frank Leslie's illustrated weekly, vol. 4, no. 92 (Sept. 5, 1857), p. 209., Miss Teresa Rolla was an Italian-born ballet dancer who, shortly after moving to New York City, made her American premiere at Niblo's Garden at the age of nineteen.
Date: [1857?]

Title: If my passion I ever declare.
Description: A woman carrying a parasol walkes by an enclosed garden. She is holding the front of her skirt up to reveal lacy undergarment beneath it., Text: If my passion I ever declare, / Your heart I should like to possess; / But alas! You’ve so little to spare, / All being devoted to dress., Cf. Valentines 15.13, 15.14, 15.15., Provenance: Helfand, William H..
Date: [between 1840 and 1880?]

Title: The Big Red House
Description: View of a large four-story home with a walled-in garden on a busy street. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk, and early automobiles and a horse-drawn carriage are present in the street. The silhouette of City Hall can be seen on the far right of the image., Taylor Catalog Number:
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1914

Title: Riverside Mansion, Ridge Road, Phil
Description: Exterior view of unusually broad, two-story mansion from dirt drive, showing the words "Riverside Mansion" painted on the side addition. Occupied by a beer garden operated by John F. Betz some time after 1880., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.156]

Title: Compliments of Hershey Baking Co., York, Pa
Description: Illustrated trade card surrounded by a flower border depicting the profiles of two women in Renaissance robes reading a letter in a garden. Hershey Baking Company was founded by Jacob S. Hershey in 1899 as a bread bakery in York, Pennsylvania., Embossed., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Hershey [P.9631.4]

Title: Philadelphia
Description: Street map of Philadelphia showing Center City, Spring Garden, Northern Liberties, Kensington, Dist. of Penn, Moyamensing, and Southwark. Includes street names, railroads, public buildings, and names of wharves along the Delaware River. Also shows parts of West Philadelphia and Passyunk., Relief shown pictorially., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Hazzard, J. L., engraver
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *maps - Philadelphia - 1853 [299 M 27]

Title: View in Fairmount Park, Phila
Description: View of fenced-in garden adorned by decorative urns used as planters in Fairmount Park., Title and photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso., 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 J.F. Dallet.
Creator: Morse, S. R.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Morse - Parks [P.9500.2]

Title: View at Fairmount, Phila. Pa
Description: Landscape view from steep hillside showing winding entrance path flanked by ornate iron railings at the Spring Garden Street entrance to East Fairmount Park., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Sandra Markham.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Parks [P.2007.20.6]

Title: [The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 South 22nd St., Philadelphia]
Description: View of garden and part of south facade of College of Physicians building at 19 South 22nd St.Designed by architects Cope & Stewardson, building was built 1907., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Middle Renaissance., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 179 [P.8513.179], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson179.htm

Title: Pavillion [sic] & flood gates
Description: View looking south from the forebay of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the floodgates also known as the race bridge; the peristyle temple (i.e. pavilion) on the altered old mill house; and the old engine house converted to an ice cream saloon. Signage advertising "Ice Cream and Refreshments" adorns the saloon. Also shows women and children standing by the balustrades above the flood gates. The Fairmount Water Works, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded by Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Distributor's imprint printed on mount: L. Carty, Jr., Sole Agent, 921 Spring Garden St., Phila., Gift of Francis Dallett., Lewis Carty operated a stationery business in Philadelphia at 921 Spring Garden Street., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - Public Utilities [P.9148.3]

Title: Fairmount Gardens, with the Schuylkill Bridge Philadelphia
Description: Anachronistic view showing two ladies and two gentlemen, wearing mid-19th-century attire, on a walkway, surrounded by trees, below the waterworks in Fairmount Garden, i.e. Fairmount Park. Also shows garden visitors near a water fountain and the Upper Ferry Bridge (i.e., Lancaster Schuylkill Bridge) over the Schuylkill River in the background. The bridge erected 1809-1812 with Robert Mills serving as architect, and Lewis Wernwag as engineer, burned in 1838., Contains partial label pasted on verso: From George S[?] Practical b[?] Polsloe., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 232, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Also issued as sheet music cover by Brewer & Co., 23, Bishopsgate St. witihin E.C. titled "The American Quadrille" by Stephen Glover.
Creator: Brandard, John, 1812-1863, artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Parks [7970.F]

Title: Philadelphia Water Works. "Engine House" at Schuylkill Works
Description: View showing the rear of the engine house at the Schuylkill Water Works (formerly the Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Water Works) at the foot of Thompson Street on the Schuylkill River. Also shows the stand-pipe erected circa 1854 in the background and men leaning on the fencing surrounding the water basin in the foreground. The waterworks, completed circa 1845 after the designs of engineer William E. Morris, provided water to the Spring Garden, Northern Liberties, and Kensington neighborhoods., Grey mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note by H.P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer of the Water Department, on accompanying label., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.123g]

Title: [Girls High School class of 1900]
Description: Class portrait, including African American students, posed before the school at 17th and Spring Garden streets. The students sit on the front steps of the school and stand along the sides and at the top. Some hold and display personal mementoes. Established in 1848, the high school, located at Spring Garden from 1876 to 1958, was the first municipally funded secondary school for girls in the United States. The school relocated to 1400 West Olney Street in 1958., Right corner missing., Photographer's imprint ink stamped on verso., Title supplied by cataloger., Purchase 1991., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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.
Creator: Broadbent Company, photographer
Date: [1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *group portrait photographs - education [P.9359]

Title: Elliston P. Morris Jr. and hobby horse, 6706 [Cresheim Rd., Pelham]
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a child riding a hobby horse in their garden at 6706 Cresheim Road. He holds onto the back of the horse with his right hand and points his left hand toward the sky. He wears a wide-brimmed hat. A brick wall borders the garden in the background., 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: June 1902
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2023]

Title: Marriott C. Morris Jr. and Elliston P. Morris Jr. with flowering shrubs, Pelham
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as children in a garden standing next to a flowering shrub. Both boys wear light colored frocks and dark stockings. Marriott Morris Jr. on the left has long hair tied back with a ribbon. Large, leafy shrubs border the garden in the background., 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: 1904
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2044]

Title: St. Agatha's Church Philadelphia, Penna Rev. John E. Fitzmaurice pastor
Description: View showing the Roman Catholic Church built 1874-1878 in the High Victorian Gothic style after the designs of Durang at 3801 Spring Garden Street in West Philadelphia. Building includes the octagonal spire erected 1882-1883 and a gable-roof with cross-gables. Near the church, a woman strolls with a parasol, two men convene near a street lamp, two ladies converse with a gentleman, and a man carries a package in front of a fire hydrant. In the street, individuals cross the intersection near a man on horseback and the "Race, Hestonville, Vine, Fairmount & Exchange, Zoological Garden" horse-drawn street car. Also shows a fenced residence adjacent to the church. Residence contains a covered side-porch, addition, and iron-work fencing. Trees surround the property., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 227, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Agatha's
Date: [ca. 1883]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Agatha's

Title: ASSU Illustration 6994
Description: Block numbered in two places: 6994., Image of a man and a woman looking out of a house into a yard or garden; the woman looks through an open window, and the man seems to lean out of what may be a Dutch door., Signed: Longacre [i.e. James B. Longacre?], “N.J. Wemmer & Son. 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.
Date: [between 1861 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 29

Title: Hotel Walton, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of north and east fronts looking southeast. Originally built as the Hotel Metropole circa 1892 after designs by Angus S. Wade., The Hotel Metropole was incorporated into the Hotel Walton in 1895. Additions and renovations occurred in 1914 and in 1925 to accommodate a roof garden and shops on the first floor facing Broad Street., Divided back. Text on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9490.14]

Title: The Castle. Built 1812 [sic]. State in Schuylkill fish house below Graysferry. Old fishing club. Founded 1732
Description: Exterior view of the clubhouse known as The Castle of the Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill. Association formed in 1732 for hunting and fishing, originally on "Eaglesfield" the old estate of William Warner on the western bank of the Schuylkill River. Construction of the Fairmount Dam circa 1822 forced the clubhouse to rebuild their home near Gray's Ferry, across the river from Bartram's Garden on Rambo's Rock., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative December 8, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.157]

Title: Grandfather's visit
Description: Puzzle showing a family, including a mother, father, grandfather and two daughters, working and playing outside on their homestead. The mother and father work in the garden, as the daughters play with various toys, including dolls, a drum, horn, and sword. Also shows a mill building with a waterwheel in the background., One of four puzzles housed in clamshell box., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *albums (flat) - Four Lithographic Puzzles [8418.F.3]

Title: Compliments of Charles E. Ford's English Comic Opera Co. St. Valentine's Day, 1882 "When I first put this uniform on." Patience
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a soldier in uniform above a quote from Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience". Charles E. Ford continued the business of his father John T. Ford, who founded Ford's Opera House in Baltimore, Maryland in 1871., Excerpts entitled "The Garden" and "The Sea" from Oscar Wilde's "Our Continent" printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Ford's [1975.F.309]

Title: Baldwin Locomotive Works
Description: Aerial views of Baldwin Locomotive Works, located at Broad and Spring Garden Streets in Philadelphia. Depicts factory and office buildings, as well as nearby industrial buildings. Includes views of the Elverson Building. Baldwin Locomotive Works buildings at this location were demolished in 1937 after the company moved south of Philadelphia to Eddystone, Pa. in 1928., Negative numbers: 8724, 8725., Negative 8724 dated July 30, 1928., Negative 8725 dated July 9, 1928.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1928
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.8724-8725]

Title: Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: View from the southeast showing a fountain in the garden near the old Fairmount Waterworks engine house built 1812-1815 by Frederick Graff. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed 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., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Taggart - Parks [P.9047.158]

Title: View in the park
Description: Landscape view showing the feather-like plumage of a large white pampas grass plant in the center foreground. Includes landscaped garden with shrubs and trees in the background., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint obscured by photograph pasted on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.90]

Title: Callowhill St. Bridge Upper deck, 2,734 ft.; Lower, 850 ft
Description: View showing a segment of the Callowhill Street railroad bridge, also known as Spring Garden Street Bridge, built 1874-1875 by the Keystone Bridge Company after the designs of engineer Jacob H. Linville. Depicts the lower deck used by pedestrians. Bridge demolished in 1964., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Description of "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" printed on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Bridges [P.9466.19]

Title: Callowhill Street Bridge
Description: View showing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, also known as Spring Garden Street Bridge, built over the Schuylkill River from 1874-1875 by the Keystone Bridge Company after the designs of engineer Jacob H. Linville. Demolished in 1964. Bridge adorned with ornate ironwork, including lampposts and fencing., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Bridges [P.9466.20]

Title: [Quaint house on unidentified street between 2nd and 3rd Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing a residence in a courtyard . A group of children and a woman gather in front of the dwelling near a small garden. Also shows a young child leaning on a water fountain near a picket fence in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note by photographer on verso: Quaint House on _______ St. bet. 2" and 3.", Duplicate of P.8513.10., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.106], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson106.htm

Title: [Bartram residence, Philadelphia, detail of front facade]
Description: Close-up view of window, stone work, and porch of house. Botanist and farmer John Bartram built residence in 1730-1731. Altered in 1770, the residence and garden deteriorated throughout the 19th century, but was restored in the 1920s by the John Bartram Association., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: French chateaux style 15 century Bartram Gardens Phila., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.167], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson167.htm

Title: Cider press in Bartram gardens. Phila
Description: Large irregularly-shaped flat stone on the ground surrounded by an iron fence. Leafless trees and a bench visible outside of the fence. Bartram's Gardens, the first botanic garden in the country cultivated by botanist and farmer John Bartram in the mid 18th century, was restored by the John Bartram Association in the 1920s after many years of neglect., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.64], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson64.htm

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

Title: The Woodlands and Bartram's Mansion
Description: Contains two panels of country mansions. The top panel depicts a home with a neo-classical porch, identified as having been owned by Andrew Hamilton. The bottom panel depicts a home covered in ivy and surrounded by trees and identifired as having been built by John and Mary Bartram., There was a time when the unpolluted tide-water Schuylkill River was bordered by fine country seats and the embowered road leading from the town down the George Gray's ferry was a populat drive. The two well-preserved examples of COlonial homes here shown are the Woodlands and Bartram's Mansion. The first-named was established by Andrew Hamilton, an eminent jurist, in 1735, devised to his son, Andrew, designer of the State House, in 1741, and then passed to a grandson, William, in 1747. The latter erected the existing mansion about the time of the Revolution. The property covered 356 acres. It was devoted to cemetery purposes in 1835. Bartram's Mansion and garden are now city property. The interesting stone house was built by John and Mary Bartram in 1731, and, in time, the botanist and his rare garden became famous. The children of the worthy couple maintained the garden beyond a century. It then became the property of Andrew Eastwick, whose large residence formerly stood nearby. The Bartram Association of Descendants meet, here, annually., Taylor Catalog Number: 99
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, creator
Date: ca. 1922

Title: Philadelphia Zoo postcards
Description: Contains architectural views of various animal habitats at the Philadelphia Zoo, along with views of visitors watching and feeding the animals. Depicts the entrance to the zoo, flanked by two pavilions built 1875-1876 after designs by Furness & Hewitt; the statue of The Dying Lioness designed 1873-1875 by Wilhelm Franz Alexander Friedrich Wolff near the entrance pavilions; a rustic bridge; a flower garden; the Carnivora House; the Monkey House near the lake; the Beaver dam; the shady walk showing fish pond; swan pond; the bird house; the interior of a flying cage in the bird house; the corner of a polar bear den and the zoo barn. Also includes views of bears, beavers, a dromedary (Arabian camel), sea lions, an elephant bathing, a bison herd, a rhinocerous, a white-tailed gnu (antelope), a hippopotamus, moneys, horses and a chimp. Also includes pedestrians walking and riding in carriages through the zoological garden., Contains 55 postcards printed in color and 13 printed in black and white. Also includes 6 linen postcards., The Philadelphia Zoological Garden was the first zoo to open in America in 1874., 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: 1900-1980
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Zoo - 94]

Title: Bartram gardens, Phila[delphia]
Description: Depicts three well-dressed children, including an African American girl, posed on and around a large stone trough by the wall of a building in Bartram's Garden. In the left, a white boy, attired in a white collared shirt, a striped tie, light-colored shorts, black socks, and shoes, stands facing the viewer with his left hand on the trough. The African American girl, attired in a short-sleeved dress with white trim at the neck, cuffs, and waist, stands behind the trough with her left hand resting on its rim. In the right , a white boy, attired in a short-sleeved, white collared shirt, shorts, and socks, sits on the trough with his legs hanging inside it. Bartram's Garden, the first botanic garden in the country cultivated by botanist and farmer John Bartram in the mid-18th century, was restored by the John Bartram Association in the 1920s after many years of neglect., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979., Description revised 2022., Access point revised 2022., 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.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: [ca. 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson [P.8513.115], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson115.htm

Title: [View of the Fairmount Water Works]
Description: Landscape view showing the engine house originally built between 1812 and 1815 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff at the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the Federal-style engine house and the garden created by Graff in 1829 featuring geometric walkways with trees and a fountain. Two women and a man walk around the garden. The Wire Suspension Bridge built over the Schuylkill River from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. is visible in the background. Trees grow along the river bank., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from date of construction of the garden and fountain., Signed by the artist on verso., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022., Frederick Graff, Jr. (1817-1890) was chief engineer of Philadelphia's Water Department from 1847 to 1856 and 1866 to 1872. His father Frederick Graff (1774-1847) was superintendent of the Philadelphia Water Works in 1805 and recommended their relocation to Fairmount in 1811. He designed the Fairmount Water Works, which was constructed between 1812 and 1822.
Creator: Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, artist
Date: [ca. 1847]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.11]

Title: Scott, Thomas M.
Description: Thomas M. Scott was a Philadelphia artist whose cityscape views were printed as lithographs by P.S. Duval in the early 1850s. Known works after Scott, often lithographed by Charles Conrad Kuchel, include "Northern Liberties and Spring Garden Works" (1852); "Tamany Fish House, on the Pea Shore, R. Delaware" (ca. 1852); and "Commissioners Hall, Northern Liberties, Phila." (1853) described in the July 1, 1853 edition of the "Public Ledger" as a "very fine and correct winter scene" by Capt. Thomas M. Scott., Scott may be the Thomas Scott listed in the 1860 Philadelphia city directory as an engraver at Allegheny House (814 Market Street).
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Hart, William Jr.
Description: William Hart, Jr., son of English-born lithographer William Hart, was born October 1846 and operated his late father's firm at 123-127 North Fourth Street 1888-ca. 1900. By 1870, Hart had been working as a "lithographic printer" at his father's establishment., Hart resided with his father until William Sr.'s death in 1888. Hart remained at his father's late residence at 3703 Spring Garden and lived with an aunt Esther Wilson (b. 1813) and a cousin Elizabeth Wilson (b. 1848) by 1900. Hart died suddenly on August 26, 1906.
Date: October 1846-August 26, 1906
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Fletcher, Veron
Description: Veron Fletcher, Philadelphia artist born ca. 1820 in Pennsylvania, designed the painting reproduced as the noted Herline & Co. lithograph "Washington and his Staff at Valley Forge" published in 1855. The painting was exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1855., By 1850, Fletcher lived at 188 Noble Street with his wife Mary A. (b. ca. 1831) in the Spring Garden Ward of Philadelphia and resided North of Center City throughout the 1860s. During this period, in 1867, Fletcher painted "London Coffee House" (1867) and "Slate Roof House" (1867). From ca. 1870 to ca. 1876, he resided at 1224 Heath Street (near Poplar Street) in North Philadelphia.
Date: b. ca. 1820
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: WHILE THERE'S LIFE, THERE'S HOPE.
Description: Never lose heart, where'er thou art (2 vs. and chors.) As sung by Mr. John Collins, the celebrated Irish Comedian and Vocalist, in Brougham's play of the: Duke's Motto, at Niblo's Garden, N.Y., Variant: a. [Publ.] De Marsan (3). De Marsan kissing cupids border. 24.2 x 16.9 cm., Variant: b. [As above;] with Notice of publication of "Monthly Singer's Journal," signed Mrs. Pauline Lieder, on verso. 23.5 x 16 cm., Variant: c. Letter paper; blue ink; hdpc. Magnus 93, col.; publ. Magnus (1). 20.5 x 12.7 cm., Variant: d. Sheet no. 1177; publ. Wrigley (1). Wrigley kissing cupids border. 24 x 15 cm.

Title: Stewart, Pythias
Description: Pythias D. Stewart, born ca. 1840 in Georgia, resided in Trenton, New Jersey by 1850 with his Pennsylvania-born parents and New Jersey-born infant sister. His father, Theodore (b. ca. 1829), was a grocer by trade. By 1860, Stewart worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia and resided in a boarding house in the Spring Garden (Ward 13). In 1870, he was a photographer working at 322 North Second Street, most likely with Pirrong & Son, photographers, and lived in Jacob W. Zell's household in Ward 14.
Date: b. ca. 1840
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Kramer, William
Description: According to Peters, William Kramer served as the lithographer with L. N. Rosenthal on plates printed for H. L. Stephens "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race" (1851) signed "Rosenthal & Kramer.", Possibly the William Kramer, born ca. 1814 in Pennsylvania, who worked as a printer in Philadelphia in the mid 19th century. In 1850, he resided in Spring Garden (Ward 6) and was married to Adeline (b. ca. 1812)., Most likely the Kramer cited by Peters was the lithographer Peter Kramer misidentified as William Kramer.
Date: b. ca. 1814
Location: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

Title: Views at Chestnutwold: Residence of C. H. Clark Album
Description: Album of 12 photographic views showing the West Philadelphia estate of Philadelphia banker and collector Clarence Howard Clark at 4200 Locust Street. Images depict the front gate to the residence, the residence, green house and garden, and pond with fountain. Also depicts members of Clark's family posed at the residence, on the grounds, in a goat carriage, and in a boat on the pond. Views also include an African American servant posed near an entrance, gardeners at the greenhouse, wooded areas, paths, and lawn chairs.

Title: Woodlands Cemetery Seal
Description: Gift of Tim Long, 2016., Seal for the Woodlands Cemetery. Reads: Woodlands Cemetery Company of Philaa. Depicted is a cemetery urn with a lyre and a large tree on the right. A garden folly is in the far left background with the sun’s rays filling the sky. The Woodlands, the former country seat of William Hamilton (1745-1813), was established as the Woodlands Cemetery Company of Philadelphia in 1840. Located in West Philadelphia on the banks of the Schuylkill River, it has over 54 acres of land with over 30,000 people buried wherein.
Location: OBJ 906

Title: The Castle of the State in Schuylkill. [graphic] / From nature & on stone M. Swett.
Description: Location: West bank of the Schuylkill, opposite Bartram's Garden., First appeared in American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, 1, No.5, p. 217 (January, 1830), and then as frontspiece in William Milnor, Jr.'s An Authentic Historical Memoir of the Schuylkill Fishing Company (Philadelphia: Published by Judah Dobson, 1830)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1830 Mil 7130.O copy 1 & 2., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: in Am 1830 Mil Ap83 M66 copy 1 & 2 and Wi.2.
Creator: Swett, Moses., creator
Date: [1830]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W369.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W369 [Am 1830 Mil 7130.O]

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