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Title: Arch Street postcards
Description: Contains images of Arch Street, including views looking east from Fifteenth Street and west from Broad Street, showing the Young Men's Christian association building (1417-23 Arch Street) and the United Gas Improvement Building (1401 Arch Street). Also includes an image of the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (55-65 North Broad Street), Masonic Temple (1-33 North Broad Street), and City Hall tower near Broad and Arch Streets., Sheet number: 156A01., 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: 1910-1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]

Title: [Man among fire ruins of a building]
Description: Glass negative showing a man walking through the ruins of a building. Two tall poles and the outer wall still stand among the rubble. The ruins were likely from a fire at 721-723 Arch Street that also damaged Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris' property at 715-719 Arch Street., 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. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.11]

Title: [Fire ruins of a building]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a ruined building. A few tall columns and an outer wall still stand among the rubble. The ruins were likely from a fire at 721-723 Arch Street that also damaged Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris' property at 715-719 Arch Street., 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. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.12]

Title: [Academy of the Sacred Heart, Chapel]
Description: Interior., Location: 1819 Arch Street., Moved to Haverford & City Line Aves. in 1924. Currently, Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, 4080 Bryn Mawr Ave., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date: ca. 1924
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department [P.8514.103]

Title: Betsy Ross House before restoration
Description: Exterior view of the Betsy Ross House, built ca. 1740 and renovated by Richardson Brognard Okie in 1936. A banner spelling out "Birthplace of Old Glory" hangs below a picture of George Washington and a replica of the first American flag designed by Betsy Ross in 1776. Also depicts adjacent businesses in much taller commercial buildings, including the United States Thread Company and Berger Bros. Co., tinplate and metals., Inscribed in negative: 2186., Title from negative sleeve., Also known as the American Flag House.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.7]

Title: St. George's Hall. N.W. [sic] 13th & Arch Sts
Description: Exterior view of the north front and east flank of St. George's Hall built in 1835 by Thomas Walter Ustick as a residence for railroad executive Matthew Newkirk. Converted to the headquarters of the Society of the Sons of St. George in 1876, whose mission was to assist Englishmen in distress in America. The statue of St. George slaying the dragon on top of the front portico is partially visible. Includes numerous pedestrians crossing the street, the rear of a delivery wagon in the foreground and in the background, the tower of City Hall. Demolished circa 1903, after the society moved to 19th and Arch Streets., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Also known as St. George's Society Club House.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative 1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.155]

Title: New Hotel Hanover postcards
Description: Contains images of Hotel Hanover, built after designs by Angus S. Wade in 1893 at the northwest corner of 12th and Arch Streets. Depicts exterior views of the front facade and flank looking northwest. Also includes interior views of the hotel lobby and dining room in the cafe., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., 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 [Hotels and Restaurants - Hanover - 113]

Title: Young Women's Christian Association postcards
Description: Exterior views of the front facade of the Young Women's Christian association building constructed in 1891 after designs by Benjamin D. Price. One postcard includes a partial view of the Arch Street Presbyterian Church (1726-32 Arch Street) in the foreground., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 138A08 and 138B24., 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 [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Friends' Arch Street Centre, 304 Arch Street, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Friends' Arch Street Centre erected in 1915 next to the meeting house at 4th and Arch Streets., Sheet number: 50B03., Divided back. Post marked 1932., 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. 1932
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Benj. C. Hornor, manufacturer of varnishes, Japans, &c. Dealer in gum copal spts. turpentines &c. No. 81 Arch St. Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting the four-story front elevation of 81 Arch Street (i.e., 200 block of Arch Street), the location of Benjamin C. Hornor's varnishing business. Includes a shop window on the ground level flanked by two large doorways and sideboards on the building that read, "varnish" and "Benj. C. Horner"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hornor [(6)1322.F.119a]

Title: St. George Society club house
Description: View looking south at the front elevation of the residence built in 1835 after designs by Thomas Walter Ustick for railroad executive Matthew Newkirk at the southwest corner of Thirteenth and Arch streets. Shows the building before it was physically converted to the headquarters of the Society of the Sons of St. George in 1876, which included adding a third floor and a statue of St. George slaying the dragon over the front portico. Also includes a horse-drawn coach traveling west on Arch Street in the foreground and trolley tracks in the cobblestone street. Also known as St. George's Hall, the building was demolished circa 1903, after the society moved to 19th and Arch Streets., Title from manuscript note on verso., Printed on mount: Arch Street, Philadelphia., 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.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Associations [P.9047.84]

Title: Arch Street Opera House
Description: Exterior view of Italianate front facade of the Arch Street Opera House at 1003 Arch Street, constructed in 1870 after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang. A distinctive large wreathed lyre is visible above the heavy cornice. Large awnings provide shade to the two shops flanking the main entrance on the ground level. Includes partial views of adjacent commercial properties and a horse-drawn cart parked in the street in front of decorative light standards., Title from inscription on mount., Inscribed on mount: No. 167., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 18., Arcadia caption text: The Trocadero’s origins date back to 1870, when the Arch Street Opera House opened its doors as a minstrel theater. Designed by Edwin Forrest Durang at 1003 Arch Street, the theater burned down and was rebuilt or altered several times within the first two decades, at some point losing the free-standing wreathed lyre above the cornice shown here c. 1870. It operated under a succession of at least nine different names until settling on the Trocadero in 1896, at which time the stage mainly showcased burlesque and vaudeville groups. The Italianate style building, which originally housed retail stores in the two flanks, is the nation’s only 19th century Victorian theater left intact, thereby earning its place on the National Register of Historic Places., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Theaters [P.9085.4]

Title: [715 Arch Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing a view of the five-story brick building at 715 Arch Street tenanted by Bowen, Dungan & Co. and Rubin & Kaufman. Awnings hang over the windows on the first and second floors. The top of the front facade is decorated with two cartouches, a pediment, and finials. A fire escape runs down the left side of the building over an adjacent lot, which is under construction., Title supplied by cataloger., 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. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.3]

Title: [715 Arch Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the five-story brick building at 715 Arch Street tenanted by Bowen, Dungan & Co. and Rubin & Kaufman. Awnings hang over the windows on the first and second stories. The top of the front facade is decorated with two cartouches, a pediment, and finials. A fire escape runs down the left side of the building over an adjacent lot, which is under construction. Horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians travel on the street below., Title supplied by cataloger., 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. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.8]

Title: Arch St. Meeting House. Arch above 3rd. [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the Arch Street Meeting House at 320 Arch Street, a large two-story brick building with shuttered windows. A brick sidewalk runs along the front of the building and a wooden wall is on the left. A Quaker burial ground as early as 1683, the site was officially deeded as a burial ground in 1701. The Meeting House was built by carpenter Owen Biddle Jr. (1774-1806) in 1803-1804, with a second room added in 1811. The Meeting House has continued to host Quaker religious services through the 21st century, with the most recent building renovations adding second-floor conference rooms in 1969. Cemetery burials officially ended in 1880., Photographer remarks: Taken during Yearly Meeting. From men's side., Time: 10:55, Light: Strong 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: April 22, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.562]

Title: Arch St. Meeting House, from a little nearer Arch St. than last, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the Arch Street Meeting House at 320 Arch Street, a large two-story brick building with shuttered windows. A brick sidewalk runs along the front of the building next to a grassy lawn, and a wooden wall is on the left. A Quaker burial ground as early as 1683, the site was officially deeded as a burial ground in 1701. The Meeting House was built by carpenter Owen Biddle Jr. (1774-1806) in 1803-1804, with a second room added in 1811. The Meeting House has continued to host Quaker religious services through the 21st century, with the most recent building renovations adding second-floor conference rooms in 1969. Cemetery burials officially ended in 1880., Time: 11:05, Light: Good strong 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: April 22, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.563]

Title: St. George's Hall
Description: Depicts the front of St. George's Hall built in 1835 by Thomas Walter Ustick as a residence for Matthew Newkirk. Demolished in 1903., Also known as St. George's Society Club House., Sheet number: 27B09, 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. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]

Title: [Germon's Temple of Art, 914 Arch Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of photographic studio of Washington Lafayette Germon including window displays containing large photographic portraits. Germon was located at this address from 1865 to 1872., Yellow mount with square corners., A brief description of Germon's studio appears in his obituary in Philadelphia Photographer, January 1878, pg. 22., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877, photographer
Date: [1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Germon - business [P.9079.2]

Title: Dr. Hoofland's celebrated German bitters and balsamic cordial. Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, 418 Arch St., Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement containing a decorative border surrounding an exterior view of the patent medicine shop operated by C. M. Jackson. The four-story building, adjacent a walled courtyard, contains an "1855" date marker; lettering on the roof spelling "C.M. Jackson;" and advertising text on the side of the building reading "Dr. Hoofland's German Bitters and Balsamic Cordial." Pedestrians walk and converse on the sidewalk and a horse-drawn carriage passes in the street. Arch shaped border contains filigree, architectural elements, bust sculptures, and advertising text. Text reads "German Bitters For The Cure Of Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia & c." and "Balsamic Cordial For The Cure Of Coughs Colds & c." Jackson began marketing the bitters, named after the German physician Christoph Wilhem Hoofland (Hufeland), in the United States about 1848. Jackson operated from 418 Arch Street 1858-1859., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Jany 1859, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 188, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: [January 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W99 [P.2144]

Title: House, (tree in front,) where the first U.S. flag was made
Description: View showing the Betsy Ross House at 239 (formerly 89) Arch Street. House tenanted by tailor Gustavus Franke. View also includes the buildings tenanted by fur dealer Rudolph Reisky (237 Arch) and brass cock manufacturers J. & H. Jones (243 Arch). A horse-drawn carriage stands idle in front of J. & H. Jones's building., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Text explicating the historical significance of the house on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's and Susan Oyama's Philadelphia then and now (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1988), p. 108., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: May 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Historic Sites and Bldgs [P.8451.1]

Title: House, (tree in front,) where the first U.S. flag was made
Description: View showing the Betsy Ross House at 239 (formerly 89) Arch Street. House tenanted by tailor Gustavus Franke. View also includes the buildings tenanted by fur dealer Rudolph Reisky (237 Arch) and brass cock manufacturers J. & H. Jones (243 Arch). A horse-drawn carriage stands idle in front of J. & H. Jones's building., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Text explicating the historical significance of the house on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's and Susan Oyama's Philadelphia then and now (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1988), p. 108., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: May 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Historic Sites and Bldgs [P.8451.1]

Title: Rittenhouse Mansion. Northwest corner of Arch and Seventh Street. Sometimes called "fort Rittenhouse"
Description: Shows the former residence of astronomer David Rittenhouse built 1786-1787 by master builder Joseph Ogilby at 701 Arch Street. Also shows nearby buildings., 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 11, page 75. 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 - R [(11)2526.F.75 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f75.jpg

Title: Gartley's portable steam engine, Front ab. Arch
Description: View of the fire engine built by machinist Joseph C. Gartley in front of his factory at 108 Arch Street. Laborers sit and stand in the doorway of the manufactory and neighboring businesses of Brown, Hill & Co., wool warehouse (40 N. Front). Engine adorned with the plate of the manufacturer., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., McClees 1858-8., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Philadelphia views., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1980), entry # 129., McClees, an early prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: August 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Fires & Firefighting [(6)1322.F.46b]

Title: Free Quakers meeting house. On the southwest corner of Fifth Street. Benjm. Tucker's schools, for many years, were kept in upper portion of this building
Description: Shows the former meeting house built 1783 after the designs of Free Quakers Timothy Matlack and Samuel Price Wetherill at 500 Arch Street. Building tenanted by the Apprentice's Library 1841-1897. View includes a vendor's stand in front of the library and slabs of stone laying in the street. Building served as the Free Quakers' meetinghouse until circa 1838. Second floor added 1788. Free Quakers were excommunicated from the Society of Friends because of their violent resistance during the American Revolution., Date inscribed on photograph., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount of 3599.Q.110., One of images originally part of a Philadelphia scrapbook directory for 1768 compiled by John McAllister, Jr., Charles Massey, Jr. and Charles Poulson., One of images originally part of a series of eight scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson entitled " A collection of Miscellaneous Scraps: Illuminating the history of the city of Philadelphia in the 'olden time,'" volume 4, page 36a., 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 - Churches and meetinghouses [3599.Q.110 (Poulson); (4)3602.F.36a (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/3599q110.jpg

Title: Apprentices' Library
Description: Shows the expanded building of the library, formerly the Free Quaker Meetinghouse, built 1783 after the designs of Timothy Matlack and Samuel Price Wetherill at 500 Arch Street. Also shows partial views of the adjacent buildings, including a liquor store and a business adorned with an iron-wrought balcony. The library, the oldest free circulating library in the United States, was established in 1820 to aid in the knowledge of apprentices. Building housed the library 1841-1897 and was expanded in 1868 after the designs of Stephen Decatur Button., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., Lavender paper mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 11., Arcadia caption text: The Apprentices’ Library was founded in 1820 to provide young people free access to books. No idle reading of sensational fiction was done here. The board of managers reviewed every book before placing it on the shelf, with the goal of promoting “orderly and virtuous habits,” the diffusion of knowledge, and betterment of scientific skill. The library rented this building (designed in 1783 by Timothy Matlack and Samuel Price Wetherill) at 500 Arch Street from the Society of Free Quakers from 1841 until 1897, and provided separate reading rooms for girls and boys. This view dates to c. 1870.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Libraries [(8)1322.F.5e-2]

Title: North-west corner of Fifth and Arch street. (A primitive house)
Description: Photographic reproduction of a partially painted photograph showing the former house tenanted by C.G. Henderson & Co., booksellers and publishers, the "Cheap Book Store," at 501 Arch Street. Also shows two men standing in front of the building, which is adorned with several advertisements., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Compass directions inscribed on mount., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 2, page 33. 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., Published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in early photographs 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1976), entry #97., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: October 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Streets - A [(2)2526.F.33(Poulson)]

Title: Friends' Meeting House 4th & Arch Sts., Phila
Description: Photograph showing the Arch Street Meeting House at 320 Arch Street, a large, two-story brick building with shuttered windows. A brick sidewalk runs along the front of the meeting house next to a grassy lawn, and a wooden wall is on the left. A Quaker burial ground as early as 1683, the site was officially deeded as a burial ground in 1701. The Meeting House was built by carpenter Owen Biddle Jr. (1774-1806) in 1803-1804, with a second room added in 1811. The Meeting House has continued to host Quaker religious services through the 21st century, with the most recent building renovations adding second-floor conference rooms in 1969. Cemetery burials officially ended in 1880., Photograph from negative number 563., 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: April 22, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9768.5]

Title: Arch St. Theatre, above 6th St., Phila
Description: Shows the theater built 1826-28 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland at 609-615 Arch Street. Also shows two women and a man posed in front of the building; a playbill on display; street lamps; and adjacent businesses, including Christian Bird's Billiard Hall., Title from manuscript note on mount of (8)1322.F.5d., Orange and yellow paper mounts with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., One of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Manuscript note on mount of 7992.F.1: Arch St. Theatre, Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Theaters [(8)1322.F.5d-2; 7992.F.1]

Title: Hagar & Campbell's Dime Museum, Ninth & Arch Sts. Opens Monday September 3d 1883
Description: Lively advertising print for the dime museum operated by W. D. Hagar and W. T. Campbell 1883-1885. Shows throngs of people entering the mansard-roofed building, heavily adorned in signage and over 40 pictures of the museum's performers, at the northwest corner of Ninth and Arch Streets. Signs read "Specially Adapted for Ladies & Children: Open Daily from 1 to 10 P.M."; "Curiosities Constantly Arriving From All Parts of the World"; and "Philadelphia's Pleasure Palace Containing Countless Curiosities / Peerless Parlor Peformances." Other signs announce the hours of operation, the museum's purpose for the "instruction and amusement" of ladies and children, and the admission price - 10 cents. Performer's pictures primarily depict human curiosities and include tattooed men and women, a bearded lady, clowns, a two-headed woman, little people, an armless man, a man eating a slate, exotic and native costumed figures, as well as a magician and a ventriloquist. Graphics also show exotic animals and birds. Building also adorned with flags promoting the museum and its attractions, including "birds, beasts, and mechanical marvels." In the street, three street cars (nos. 44, 33, and 26) and one wagon, advertising Hagar & Campbell's, travel and stop in front of the museum. Wagon is composed of billboards illustrated with an image of seven women with floor-length hair and captioned "Seven Wonders of the World.", Also shows adjacent buildings, a crowd of people at the side of the museum, and pedestrians and passersby in the street, on the sidewalk, and near and looking at the street vehicles. Print also contains portraits of owners W. D. Hagar and W. T. Campbell in the upper corners. By 1884, Campbell and Hagar were officers in the Barnum and London show managing "Privileges." Campbell stayed with Barnum until at least the early 1890s., Date inferred from title., Gift of Barbara Fahs Charles and Robert Staples., POSP 286
Date: [1883]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***BW - Advertisements - H [P.2013.82]

Title: Franklin's grave postcards
Description: Depicts Benjamin Franklin's grave in Christ Church's cemetery at the southeast corner of Fifth and Arch Streets. Includes sightseers behind the iron fence that replaced a section of the stone wall built in 1858 to allow for a better view of the tomb., Contains 20 postcards printed in color and 6 printed in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., 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 [Franklin's Grave - 99]

Title: Benjamin Franklin's grave postcards
Description: Depicts Benjamin Franklin's grave in Christ Church's cemetery at the southeast corner of Fifth and Arch Streets. Includes sightseers behind the iron fence that replaced a section of the stone wall built in 1858 to allow for a better view of the tomb., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.8712.5f, P.9048.282, P.9049.13 - 15a, P.9105.8 and P.9441.25., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Cemeteries - [various]

Title: Betsy Ross House postcards
Description: Exterior views of the Betsy Ross House built ca. 1740., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white., Also known as the American Flag House., Accession numbers: P.8712.51, P.9048.241, P.9048.261, P.9049.56 - 59, P.9076.2, P.9105.11 and P.9441.18., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1905-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Historic buildings and sites - [various]

Title: Christ Church burying ground. 5th & Arch Sts. Phila
Description: Depicts the opening in the brick wall of Christ Church cemetery that exposes the grave of Benjamin Franklin near the southeast corner of 5th and Arch Streets. The scene is viewed from the northwest corner of the intersection. Several pedestrians are visible in the foreground, one of whom is looking at Franklin's grave., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.150]

Title: Betsy Ross House postcards
Description: Contains images of the Betsy Ross House built ca. 1740. Includes exterior views of the house with no flags; two small flags; two small and one large flag; one large flag and one large flag and a group of small flags. Also depicts images associated with Betsy Ross and the creation of the American flag, including Betsy Ross's grave, interior views of the flag room and images of Betsy Ross sewing the flag., Contains 76 postcards printed in color and 36 printed in black and white. Also includes 5 linen postcards., Also known as the American Flag House., 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: 1900-1950
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Betsy Ross House - 05 - 10]

Title: Central Y.M.C.A. postcards
Description: Contains images of the central branch of the Young Men's Christian association building on Arch Street. Includes an exterior view of the front facade looking northwest. Built circa 1907 after designs by Horace Trumbauer and Cope & Stewardson. Two postcards also depict the Armed Forces Building of the Y.M.C.A. (111-123 North 15th Street), built 1926-28 by Louis Eugene Jallade., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 138A08 and 138B23., 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: 1910-1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Friends' Meeting House, 4th and Arch Streets postcards
Description: Exterior views of the friends' meeting house built 1803-1805 after designs by Owen Biddle. Additions and renovations were added incrementally until 1906. Also includes views of congregation members outside of the meeting house., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 50A03, 50B03 and 50B04., 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 [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Geo. S. Harris & Sons, printers, engravers, lithographers, 718, 720, 722 & 724 Arch Street, Philadelphia Branch House, 53 State St., Chicago
Description: Advertisement containing a montage of images depicting the business and evoking the decorative arts. Includes an exterior view of the firm's building; an interior view showing artisans at work on and around printing presses; object d'art and works of art; an artist's palette; a seascape; printed wallpaper; draperies; and flowers. Exterior view includes street and pedestrian traffic. Harris' firm moved to this address circa 1882 and later relocated to 1033 Chestnut Street circa 1898., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 33
Creator: Geo. S. Harris & Sons
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements [P.9349.406]

Title: Benjamin Franklin's grave, 5th and Arch St
Description: View showing the flat headstone over the grave of Benjamin Franklin in Christ Church cemetery at 420-424 Arch Street. Includes adjacent headstones, a large crowd of spectators looking at the grave from behind an iron fence, and the front facades of buildings on Arch Street behind the cemetery., Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Pink 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
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Cemeteries [P.9299.124]

Title: [715-719 Arch Street, Bowen, Dungan & Co. under renovation, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a large brick building owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris under construction at 715-719 Arch Street. Telephone wires travel through the air in front of the building as wooden scaffolding shields the street below. Two signs hang from the scaffolding. The left sign reads "Bowen, Dungan & Co. have resumed business 728 Arch St." The right sign reads "Doyle & Doak Contractors and Builders [..] 609 Sansom St." A sign in the first floor window behind the scaffolding reads "Uncle Tom's Cabin Co." The building was damaged by a fire in 1900., See *P.9895.8.12 and *P.9895.8.13., 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. 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.9]

Title: [700 block of Arch Street, north side, looking west, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the buildings on Arch Street, including Fairbanks Co. (701 Arch Street), Strouse & Co. building for sale (711 Arch Street), Rubin & Kaufman Novelty Underwear (715 Arch Street), I.S. Custer & Son & Co. (721 Arch Street), and the Baxter Building (733 Arch Street). 715 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Novelty Underwear Co., Kaufman & Rubin, Manufacturers of Ladies' Undergarments, Children's and Infants' Dresses." The lot next to the building is under construction. On the far left, 733 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Baxter Building." Horse-drawn carriages, pedestrians, and a trolley travel on the brick road below., Title supplied by cataloger., 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. 1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.1]

Title: [715-719 Arch Street, Bowen, Dungan & Co. under reconstruction, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing showing a view of a large brick building owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris under construction at 715-719 Arch Street. Telephone wires travel through the air in front of the building as wooden scaffolding shields the street below. Two signs hang from the scaffolding. The left sign reads "Bowen, Dungan & Co. have resumed business 728 Arch St." The right sign reads "Doyle & Doak Contractors and Builders [..] 609 Sansom St." A sign in the first floor window behind the scaffolding reads "Uncle Tom's Cabin Co." The building was damaged by a fire in 1900., See *P.9895.8.12 and *P.9895.8.13., 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. 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.10]

Title: 715-17-19 Arch Street after fire of 2/23/1900
Description: Glass negative showing the five-story building at 715-719 Arch Street owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris with damage to the upper stories from a fire. Telephone wires run between the building and the shorter building to the left. The fire started on February 23, 1900 at 721-723 Arch Street and spread to the buildings on either side., 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 24, 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.13]

Title: 715-17-19 Arch Street after fire of 2/23/1900
Description: Glass negative showing the five-story building at 715-719 Arch Street owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris with damage to the upper stories from a fire. Telephone wires run between the building and the shorter building to the left. The fire started on February 23, 1900 at 721-723 Arch Street and spread to the buildings on either side., 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 24, 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.14]

Title: [700 block of Arch Street, north side, looking west, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the buildings on Arch Street, including Fairbanks Co. (701 Arch Street), Strouse & Co. building for sale (711 Arch Street), Rubin & Kaufman Novelty Underwear (715 Arch Street), I.S. Custer & Son & Co. (721 Arch Street), and the Baxter Building (733 Arch Street). 715 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Novelty Underwear Co., Kaufman & Rubin, Manufacturers of Ladies' Undergarments, Children's and Infants' Dresses." The one-story building next door has a sign that reads "George L. Sipps Carpenter Builder and Contractor [...] S. Seventh St." The lot next to the building is under construction. On the far left, 733 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Baxter Building." Pedestrians stand on the brick road below., Title supplied by cataloger., 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. 1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.2]

Title: [Fire] Ruins of 715-19 Arch St. from Garner's window, [possibly] 710 Arch, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris' severely damaged building at 715-719 Arch Street. The pillars of the front facade stand. Piles of rubble lay in front of the ruins. The damaged buildings on either side are visible, and an undamaged building is visible behind the ruins in the background. The fire began in the elevator shaft of Morris' building on the night of January 26, 1886, and spread down Arch Street and onto Cherry Street., Time: A.M., 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: January 26, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.821]

Title: [Ruins of 715-19 Arch St. from Garner's window. Possibly 710 Arch, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris' severely damaged building at 715-719 Arch Street. The pillars of the front facade stand. Piles of rubble lay in front of the ruins. The damaged buildings on either side are visible, and an undamaged building is visible behind the ruins in the background. The fire began in the elevator shaft of Morris' building on the night of January 26, 1886, and spread down Arch Street and onto Cherry Street., Same as last., Time: A.M., 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: January 26, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.822]

Title: Front of father's building 715-719 Arch St., the morning of the fire, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris' severely damaged building at 715-719 Arch Street. The pillars of the front facade stand. Piles of rubble lay in front of the ruins. The fire began in the elevator shaft of Morris' building on the night of January 26, 1886, and spread down Arch Street and onto Cherry Street., Photographer remarks: Taken with Geo. N. Latham's camera. Overtimed., Time: A.M., 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: January 26, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.815]

Title: Ruins of father's building [715-719 Arch Street] from [George] Harris [& Sons, lithographer] 2nd story window, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris' severely damaged building at 715-719 Arch Street. The pillars of the front facade stand. Piles of rubble lay in front of the ruins. The fire began in the elevator shaft of Morris' building on the night of January 26, 1886, and spread down Arch Street and onto Cherry Street., Time: A.M., These are the same ruins in plate 815 but seen from a higher vantage point., 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: January 26, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.816]

Title: [Fire] Ruins of 715-19 Arch St. from [George S.] Harris [& Sons, lithographers] 2nd story, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris' severely damaged building at 715-719 Arch Street. The pillars of the front facade stand. Piles of rubble lay in front of the ruins. The fire began in the elevator shaft of Morris' building on the night of January 26, 1886, and spread down Arch Street and onto Cherry Street., Time: A.M., 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: January 26, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.817]

Title: [Fire] ruins part of Father's & May's property, No. 721 Arch [Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing two severely damaged buildings at 715-721 Arch Street. In the right, a small section of the frame of Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris' building stands. In the left, the front wall of the fire-gutted building stands. Signs reading "S. May & Bro., 721 Straw and Millinery Goods" and "Metropolitan Straw Works, 723" adorn the remaining facade. Piles of rubble cover the ground. The fire began in the elevator shaft of Morris' building on the night of January 26, 1886, and spread down Arch Street and onto Cherry Street., 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: January 26, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.818]

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