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- Title
- Hotel Lafayette. Situated on Broad St. betw. Chestnut & Walnut sts. Philadelphia Pennsylvania
- Description
- View showing the section of the hotel expanded from the neighboring La Pierre House hotel originally built in 1853 after the designs of John McArthur Jr. A horse-drawn carriage passes on Sansom Street, individuals walk on the sidewalk in front of and enter the hotel, and a man on horseback is haulted at the intersection. Also shows the entrance to the "ladies restaurant", a neighboring building on Sansom Street, and a partial view of the original La Pierre House. An American flag adorns the roof of the building. Hotel was later altered throughout the 1890s after the designs of Cope and Stewardson., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 365, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Hotels, Inns & Taverns [P.9001.7]
- Title
- The new Masonic Temple, Philadelphia The Keystone's new year's greeting
- Description
- Carrier's greeting containing a view looking northeast from the intersection of Broad and Filbert streets showing the temple built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim at 1-33 North Broad Street. The new hall was erected to accommodate the local lodges increasing membership. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage, a man on horseback, and strolling couples., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 502.2
- Creator
- Wynkoop, John J.
- Date
- [ca. 1873]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Associations [P.8970.23]
- Title
- Memorial Baptist Church. N. E. corner Broad & Master sts. Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- View showing the Baptist church, its cornerstone laid 1874 and built after the designs of Davis E. Supplee, at Broad and Master streets (i.e., 1400 block of Broad). Handsomely-attired parishioners arrive at the church entrances, walk on the sidewalks, and cross the street. Church includes a circular roof, steeple, and archways over the entrances inscribed "On Earth Peace" and "To God Glory." Trees flank the building., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 466
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Religion [P.9211]
- Title
- [The new Masonic Temple, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View looking northeast from the intersection of Broad and Filbert streets showing the temple built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim at 1-33 North Broad Street. The new hall was erected to accommodate the local lodges increasing membership. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage, a man on horseback, and strolling couples., Not in Wainwright., Title supplied by variant P.8970.23., Distributed by frame seller and agent Alex. M'Cune., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 502.1
- Creator
- Wynkoop, John J.
- Date
- [ca. 1873]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Associations [P.2008.34.26]
- Title
- Coterie Carnival, Academy of Music, Abel & Riley, directors, Monday, Jany 11th, 1869
- Description
- Advertisement for the Coterie Carnival, a costume and dance ball held at Philadelphia's Academy of Music. A photograph montage on the advertisement depicts the carnival with men and women promenading and dancing in the center while individuals watch from seats surrounding this central area., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 45, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
- Date
- [1869]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements [(1)1322.F.141]
- Title
- Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf & Dumb
- Description
- Exterior view of the school located at the northwest corner of Broad and Pine Streets. Designed by Philadelphia architect John Haviland, the building was constructed in 1824-26, soon after the school's founding., Frontispiece for The Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb for 1850 (Philadelphia; Crissy & Markley, printers, 1851). (LCP Am 1851 Pen Ins 50596.O.22), Philadelphia on Stone, POS 561
- Creator
- Newsam, Albert, 1809-1864, artist
- Date
- [1851]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W276 [P.2164]
- Title
- Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
- Description
- Large central image depicting the exterior of the school building located at Broad and Pine Streets surrounded by 14 smaller vignettes. The vignettes, primarily interior views of classrooms and administrative offices showing students and staff engaged in activities, include the Directors' Room; New Building (constructed 1875); Girls' School Room; Dormitory; Girls' Study Room; Engine Room; Shoemaking & Tailoring Room; Boys' Play Room; Lithographic Room; Superintendents' Room; Cabinet [i.e. museum]; and Chapel. Also contains a portrait of the principal, Joshua Foster; and two plaques listing the board and staff. The original building, designed by Philadelphia architect John Haviland, was constructed 1824-26 with many subsequent additions and alterations., Copyrighted by H.P. Arms, Jr., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 560, Reider was a student at the Institution.
- Creator
- Reider, James S., artist
- Date
- c1880
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Education [P.8970.24]
- Title
- Citizens Volunteer Hospital Association of Philadelphia. Instituted, September 5th 1862 Erected September 5th 1862 for temporary relief of sick and wounded soldiers, arriving in and passing through Philadelphia. Closed August 9th 1865
- Description
- Certificate containing a view showing a bustling street scene around the hospital situated opposite the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad depot at the corner of Broad Street and Washington Avenue. On the sidewalk, soldiers converse, men and women pedestrians stroll, and a female peddler and vendor sell their goods and wares, the latter patronized by Zouaves. In the street, medical personnel and doctors accompany injured soldiers, by stretcher, foot, and on crutches toward the hospital. Men, women, and children walk, converse, and greet each other, and horse-drawn carriages, including possibly an ambulance, travel past and stop near the hospital. Children include a boy carrying a basket and two attempting to help a man with his valise. Also shows surrounding buildings in the background. The hospital provided care to the most seriously injured before their reassignment to other hospitals. The hospital closed on August 11, 1865., Signed Thomas T. Tasker Junr President and F. Bayle Secretary pro tem., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 129, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Variant of image used as central scene in Wainwright 69.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W67 [P.8650]
- Title
- Citizens Volunteer Hospital. Corner of Broad St. and Washington Avenue
- Description
- Fundraising certificate containing views of the exterior and interior of the volunteer hospital opened September 5, 1862 opposite the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad depot. Exterior view shows civilians and a troop of Union soldiers standing in front of the hospital as a train arrives. Interior view shows rows of beds lining a central hallway. Women volunteers attend to bed-ridden soldiers and set a long table for a meal. Framed by decorative motifs including the seal of Philadelphia; angels hovering above an able-bodied and an injured soldier in front of columns inscribed "The Glory of the Volunteer"; American flags; and floral elements. The hospital provided care to the most seriously injured before their reassignment to other hospitals. Closed on August 11, 1865., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 130, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 C 581, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of material concerning Civil War volunteer saloons and hospitals.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W68 [5778.F Citizens Volunteer]