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Title: Buist’s garden seeds are the best
Description: Advertisement showing a socialite attired in a plunging lace lined bed gown, holding a handkerchief in one hand, and a feather fan in the other standing on her beautiful lawn in front of a mansion house, possibly in Germantown., pdcp00046, Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 20, Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Oversize Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards

Title: Dreer’s garden calendar 1886 [catalog cover]
Description: Front and back covers of the seed trade catalogue for the Henry A. Dreer firm. Front cover shows a property containing a mansion house (with an attached greenhouse), tree orchard, garden patch, and two outbuildings, including one with a windmill. In the foreground, a man on horseback passes on a road through the estate. Back cover shows a display of farm produce including, celery, pumpkin, corn, potatoes, watermelon, beets, lettuce, carrots, and asparagus in the foreground of a farming scene. Decorative trims line the top and bottom edges. The firm was incorporated 1892 under his son, William F. Dreer, who assumed the business operations following his father's death in 1873., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00055, Price list of available gardening book titles, index to calendar, "useful tables" for planting, and prices for flower pots and garden sticks printed on verso., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 59, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards, Butler previously was a partner of the Packard & Butler, later Packard Butler, & Partridge firm which ceased operation in early 1886 following a fire. Butler operated a studio solely until 1893.
Date: [ca. 1886]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards

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: Fountain Park, Falls of Schuylkill, Philada
Description: View showing the estate of the Philadelphia newspaper proprietor, Andrew McMakin, that was located northwest of Laurel Hill on the Ridge Turnpike at East Falls. Trees partially obscure the main residence that is flanked by outbuildings that were used as an ice-house, bath-house and hot-house. A fountain adorns the lawn on which two deer graze. In the foreground, two men travel on horseback and a third walks with a cane. They pass on the dirt road in front of the stone wall surrounding the property. The estate was originally built for Governor Thomas Mifflin in the 18th century and was later acquired by Fairmount Park. The residence was removed., Part of title from label pasted on recto., pdcc00030, Accompanied by clipping “Extract of a Letter from one of the editors of New York Mirror, dated: Philadelphia, September 1845." Describes in detail the architecture, grounds, and surrounding area of the estate, including the "stocked deer park, marble statues, flower garden, gardner’s cottage ornee, &c &c"; "the couple of lakes from one of which the summer stock of spring water ice is gathered, while the other by means of pipes is conveyed to the mansion, stables, bath and green houses"; and the "facilities of access to and from the city" as a result of the Norristown and Philadelphia Rail Road, Ridge Turnpike, and Schuylkill., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 31:21
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 31:21

Title: Fairmount Fire Engine Co. No. 32, of Philadelphia [membership certificate]
Description: Honorary membership certificate containing firefighting vignettes, scenes, and pictorial elements. Shows the company horse-drawn steam engine, manned by two volunteers, racing down a street; several firefighters drawing the hose carriage while a man runs in the street beside them; and an exterior view of the station house at Ridge Avenue above Wood Street in Spring Garden. The company engine is parked in front. Also contains, at the top of the certificate, a bust portrait of the “Chief Engineer D.M.L” attired in his fire fighter’s hat and coat. Pictorial elements depict bundles of fire fighting equipment, including hats, horns, ladders, and a rope designed as side borders; eagles holding the American flag in their beaks, and swans gliding on water. Fairmount Company, organized in 1823 and incorporated in 1850, was established after the dissolution of the Whale Fire Company. Butchers comprised much of the early membership., pdcp00030, Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on recto: Presented by Joseph W. Montgomery 529 York Ave., Issued to William McCormick on March 29, 1852. Signed Joseph S. Baker, President and Henry F. Dibbs, Secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Fire Companies
Creator: Kurtz, Henry, ca. 1822, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Philadelphiana - Fire Companies

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