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Title: Union League north side Philada
Description: View from northeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes streetlights. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from manuscript on recto., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on recto., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Associations [(8)1322.F.3a-1]

Title: Union League, Broad St. below Chestnut, south side
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes street lamp and fire hydrant. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from manuscript note on recto., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on recto., Pale green mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Associations [(8)1322.F.1c-1]

Title: Union League, Broad St. below Chestnut, south side
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes street lamp and fire hydrant. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from manuscript note on recto., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on recto., Pale green mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Associations [(8)1322.F.1c-1]

Title: Beth Eden Church, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Baptist church organized by dissident members from the Spruce Street Baptist Church in 1870 at 258-260 South Broad Street. Building razed by fire 1881., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Duplicate of 1322.F.4c., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Co., photographer
Date: [photographed ca. 1870, printed ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Religion [P.9047.112]

Title: Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Broad Street below Spruce Street, Philada
Description: Exterior view showing the third building of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church (i.e. Wylie Memorial Church) erected in 1854 on the 300 block of Broad Street after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Includes partial view of adjacent building. Congregation organized in 1798. Church renamed in the early 1890s for long-term pastors T.W.J. Wylie and Samuel Wylie., Photographers' imprint embossed on mount., Title from manuscript note on mount: Broad St. Pres. Church Broad St. bel. Spruce Philada., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: ca. 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Religion [(8)1322.F.3g]

Title: La Pierre House Philada
Description: View from above Chestnut Street showing the hotel at Broad and Sansom streets opened by George W. and J.G. Edwards in 1853. The hotel built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. was expanded and renamed the Lafayette Hotel in 1876. View also depicts adjacent buildings, including the Academy of Natural Sciences and the Union League; parked horse-drawn carriages; and broadsides pasted on a brick wall., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint embossed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: ca. 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Hotels [(8)1322.F.31d]

Title: Rev. Mr. Chamber's church, Philadelphia
Description: Title printed on mount., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Yellow mount with square corners., Shows the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows adjacent buildings. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.37e]

Title: Rev. Mr. Chamber's church, Philadelphia
Description: Title printed on mount., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Yellow mount with square corners., Shows the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows adjacent buildings. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.37e]

Title: Restaurant, Union League Philada
Description: Interior view of room filled with tables and chairs. Tables, covered by tablecloths, are set with glassware and napkins. Extra napkins and plates sit on sideboard. Union League was established to raise funds and troops for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., 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 - Associations [(8)1322.F.3-e2]

Title: Billiard salon, Union League, Philada
Description: View showing room with five billiard tables and young man standing with cue stick. Row of chairs stands against one wall. Racks holding cue sticks hang along one wall. Union League was established to raise funds for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from pencil inscription on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to 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. 82., Arcadia caption text: The two main floors of the Union League offered its male members a library, reading room, parlors, and dining rooms in which to socialize, conduct business, or discuss politics over dinner, drinks, or a good cigar. In the basement, members like this young man, photographed in the late 1860s, could enjoy a game of billiards under the watchful eye of General Ulysses S. Grant’s portrait., 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 - Associations [(8)1322.F.1e-3]

Title: Private dining room, Union League, Philad[elphi]a
Description: View of round table covered by cloth and surrounded by upholstered armchairs. Table is set with glass and ceramic wares. Table is near three large windows with opened shutters. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser., Title from pencil inscription on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., 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. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [(8)1322.F.1i]

Title: Reading room, Union League, Philad[elphi]a
Description: Interior view showing upholstered chairs and tables in center of carpeted room with high ceilings. Newspaper racks line walls and reading material is spread over tables. Union League was established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia archiect John Fraser., Distributor's stamp on verso: William Y. McAllister Phila., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., 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. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [P.9356.6]

Title: Smoking room, Union League, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of room with upholstered armchairs around central table and along walls. Numerous spittoons visible on carpeted floor. Union League established to raise funds and troops for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser., Title from manuscript note on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., 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. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [(8)1322.F.1f-2]

Title: Office & reception room, Union League, Philada
Description: Interior view taken from doorway showing two men in foreground sitting at table with classical bust. Two seated men visible in background. Union League was established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser., Title from manuscript note on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., 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 - Associations [(8)1322.F.1h]

Title: First Baptist Church, Broad and Arch sts., Philadelphia
Description: View looking northwest from Market Street showing the church built 1856 after the designs of Stephen D. Button on the 100 block of North Broad Street. Includes adjacent buildings and parked horse-drawn wagons., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.4b(v)]

Title: First Baptist Church, Broad and Arch sts., Philadelphia
Description: View looking northwest from Market Street showing the church built 1856 after the designs of Stephen D. Button on the 100 block of North Broad Street. Includes adjacent buildings and parked horse-drawn wagons., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.4b(v)]

Title: Union League house, Philadelphia
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes street light, fire hydrant, and man in front of building. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from inscription on verso of mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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 - Associations [7992.F.12]

Title: Library, Union League, Philad[elphi]a
Description: View of room with floor to ceiling bookcases. Man seated in chair at round table. Library was located on second floor on east end of building. Union League was established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from pencil inscription on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., 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 - Associations [(8)1322.F.11]

Title: [Union League, southwest corner of Broad and Sansom Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs of Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes man standing at bottom of exterior stairs and street light and fire hydrant in front of building. Union League formed by a group of wealthy men to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Pale green mount with rounded corners., 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: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo -unidentified - Associations [P.9260.90]

Title: Union League house
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs of Philadelphia architect John Fraser. Union League established by group of wealthy men to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause. View includes street light and fire hydrant in front of building and man standing at bottom of exterior stairs., Title from manuscript note on verso., Green mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Associations [P.9260.36]

Title: Union League, Philad[elphi]a
Description: Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Associations [P.9260.61]

Title: Union League House
Description: Exterior view from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on the designs of Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes street light and fire hydrant. Union League established to raise money and recruits for Union cause., Paper label on verso listing over one hundred Philadelphia views (139-245) published by the firm., Buff mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., View later issued by Kiralfy Brothers in 1876 (P.9299.127)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: [1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Associations [P.9260.62]

Title: Masonic Temple
Description: Oblique view showing the west front and south flank of the temple on North Broad Street built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim to accommodate the local lodge's increasing membership., Label on verso contains printed description of Masonic Temple surmounted by a vignette of the state seal of Pennsylvania., Date from other stereographs in the series., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1873]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Associations [P.9260.38]

Title: Horticultural Hall, Broad Street, below Locust
Description: View of the front elevation of Horticultural Hall, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's headquarters on South Broad Street. Broadside posters adorn the front of the building and can be seen along the fence separating the hall from the Academy of Music. Gas lamps flank the entrance stairs and large stones are piled in the street south of the building. Samuel Sloan designed the hall in 1867. A fire destroyed this hall in early 1881, and it was rebuilt in 1882 after designs by Addison Hutton., Titles from printed label on paper mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Theaters and halls [(8)1322.F.35h]

Title: New Masonic Temple, corner Broad & Filbert Sts. Phila, Pa. To be dedicated Sept. 26, 1873
Description: View looking northeast showing the west front and north flank of the new Masonic Temple, built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim. Also shows construction materials and a dray in the street in front of City Hall in the right foreground., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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 David Doret.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1873]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Associations [P.2010.6.19]

Title: Broad St. from the Academy of Music
Description: View looking north on South Broad Street from the Academy of Music showing two horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground and buildings adjacent to the main thoroughfare, including the second building of the Academy of Natural Sciences (built 1839-1840, John Notman, architect) and La Pierre House Hotel (built 1853, John McArthur, architect) in the distant left background. Row homes are visible on the east side of the street in the foreground and a four story building with gothic-arch windows on the west side, possibly the future site of the Stratford Hotel. Construction of the Union League and City Hall has not yet begun., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Streets [P.8464.16]

Title: The Court of Honor during the Elks' greatest parade, Philadelphia, July 18, 1907
Description: View of the "Elks Greatest Parade" on South Broad Street during the 21st Annual Benevolent Protective Order of Elks Convention held in Philadelphia in 1907. Depicts a float, a horse-drawn wagon carrying a large stuffed elk and passengers, and several costumed parade participants from various Elk Lodges throughout the country. Participants include a group dressed as minstrels in bowler hats and duster jackets and members attired all in white holding umbrellas. Spectators line the street. The south side of City Hall is visible in the distance., Title from item., Berry, Kelley & Chadwick was an early 20th century prolific publisher and retailer of stereoviews with locations in Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, and Atlanta., Purchase 1978., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Berry, Kelley & Chadwick [P.8451.3]

Title: [Broad and Oxford Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking northeast showing the front facades of row houses and dwellings on Broad Street, just below Oxford Street (1529-1535 North Broad). Also depicts the Oxford Presbyterian Church at the northeast corner, constructed 1879-1881 after a fire destroyed the original church and chapel. Church organized in 1867., Title supplied by cataloger., Copy photograph attributed to James Cremer based on duplicate stereograph bearing his imprint., Manuscript note on verso: Broad & Oxford Sts., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: [ca. 1881]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9260.52]

Title: Looking west [sic] from Colosseum. Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Rooftop view looking south from the tower observatory of the Colosseum at the southeast corner of Broad and Locust Streets showing a partial view of the Beth Eden Baptist church built circa 1869 after designs by Edward Tuckerman Potter; a partially obscured view of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (i.e., Deaf & Dumb Asylum) built 1824-26 after designs by John Haviland; and brick row houses facing Broad Street and Spruce Street. Originally constructed in 1873 in New York City, the Colosseum was dismantled and rebuilt in Philadelphia to exhibit cycloramas during the Centennial celebration in 1876. Removed to Boston in 1883 and stables built on the site by John Wanamaker., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., White mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Walker, Lewis E. (Lewis Emory), 1822-1880
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Walker - Views [P.8452]

Title: North Broad St., Phil., PA
Description: View looking south from below Race Street to City Hall on Penn Square. East side of street shows a partial view of the Masonic Temple (completed 1873 after the designs of James Hamilton Windrim), Odd Fellows Hall (built 1893), and the store of Thomas B. Wanamaker's (son of John Wanamaker). West side of the street shows the First Baptist Church (built 1856 after the designs of Stephen Button), the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (completed 1876 after the designs of Furness & Hewitt), and the manufactory "Heywood Bros & Co. Wholesale Chair & Ratan Furniture Warerooms." Shows City Hall (completed 1901) with an incomplete tower (constructed 1884-1896) in the background. Horse-drawn carriages travel and park on the sides of the street. Pedestrians walk the sidewalks., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Copyrighted by Alfred S. Campbell, Elizabeth, N.J., U.S.A., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title inscribed in negative., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Campbell, Alfred S.
Date: [ca. 1893]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Campbell - Streets - Broad [P.9047.130]

Title: Kiralfy's Alhambra Palace, Philadelphia. The illuminated gardens
Description: Views depict the front facade and interior illuminated gardens of Kiralfy's Alhambra Palace built on Broad Street below Locust Street in 1876 after designs by Frank H. Loenholdt for Hungarian-born brothers Bolossy and Imre Kiralfy. Shows Moorish-influenced architecture, garden sculptures, lights, balconies, and rock formations. The building was purchased by the Broad Street Theatre in 1877. Intended to be a temporary space for musical and dance performances during the Centennial Exhibition, it thrived long after its 100th anniversary, until 1937 when it was demolished for a parking lot., Stamped on rectos: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Title and photographer's imprint printed on versos., Orange curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One item [P.9047.83] gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Theaters and halls [P.9047.83; P.9145.1-4]

Title: Broad St. New public buildings
Description: View looking from City Hall under archway supported by scaffolding at vehicles on Broad Street. Shows horse-drawn carriage parked in the foreground., Title from photographer's printed series list on verso with fifty-nine other titles from "Philadelphia" (1-31) and "Washington, D.C." (32-59) series., Photographer'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.
Creator: Peabody, Edwin N.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Peabody [P.9099.6]

Title: General view of the erecting shop, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
Description: Interior view of the two-section erecting shop (remodeled in 1890) at the Baldwin factory on Broad and Spring Garden streets. Depicts a row of locomotives in various stages of completion on one side of an open framework of steel. The Seller electric cranes capable of lifting 100 tons are visible above the engines. The company was founded by Matthias W. Baldwin in 1831., Copyrighted by Keystone View Company., Negative number printed on mount: 7090., Title printed on mount., Printed above image: 82., Contains a description of the design and operation of the erecting shop on verso., Keystone View Company, stock publisher of stereographs of the late 19th and 20th century, started issuing educational stereoviews around 1898. In 1906, the first boxed set of 600 educational views with an accompanying guide book was issued., Digitization funded by 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 stereo - Keystone View Company - Industries [P.9573.24]

Title: La Pierre House, Academy of Natural Science, and Union League, Broad Street, below Chestnut
Description: View showing the La Pierre House hotel, the second building of the Academy of Natural Sciences museum, and the Union League on the west side of the 100 block of South Broad Street. The hotel, completed in 1853 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John McArthur, was expanded and renamed Lafayette Hotel in 1876. The second building of the Academy, completed in 1840 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman, and expanded in 1855, housed the museum until 1876. The Union League, established to raise money and recruits for the Union cause, was completed in 1865 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Fraser. Includes a horse-drawn carriage parked in front of the museum., Title from accompanying label., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Hotels [(8)1322.F.31c]

Title: La Pierre House, Academy of Natural Sciences, and Union League, Broad St., below Chestnut, Phila[delphia] Pa
Description: View showing the La Pierre House hotel, the second building of the Academy of Natural Sciences museum, and the Union League on the west side of the 100 block of South Broad Street. The hotel, completed in 1853 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John McArthur, was expanded and renamed Lafayette Hotel in 1876. The second building of the Academy, completed in 1840 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman, and expanded in 1852, housed the museum until 1876. The Union League, established to raise money and recruits for the Union cause, was completed in 1865 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Fraser. Includes horse-drawn carriages parked in front of the buildings., 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. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9260.2]

Title: Academy of Music, side view
Description: View of front and partial side facade of brick and sandstone Italiantate style building. Architects Napoleon LeBrun and Gustav Runge formed a short lived partnership to win the design competition. Building constructed 1855-1857., Printed label on verso contains title, series title, photographer's imprint and a list of Philadelphia views offered by the firm., Pale green mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Theaters & halls [P.9299.22]

Title: Lincoln Market
Description: View of Lincoln Market, erected in 1871, at Broad Street and Fairmount Avenue. The building, designed with a tower and clock, served as a market and contained a second floor hall for public meetings. Also includes signage for "George Voltz, basketmaker and dealer in home furnishing goods" displayed under an awning adorning the market., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., List of over 50 Philadelphia views published by the firm printed on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: H. Ropes & Co.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Ropes - Markets [P.9281.1]

Title: Philadelphia's pride, her public building, Pa., U.S.A
Description: View looking north toward City Hall (built 1871-1901, John McArthur, Jr., architect) from South Broad Street, where construction on the tower, begun in 1884, is still in progress. In the left foreground stands the Lafayette Hotel, formerly La Pierre House built 1853 after designs by Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr., at the northwest corner of Broad and Sansom Streets. The hotel was expanded and renamed in 1876. In the right background stands the Girard Trust Company building at the northeast corner of Broad and Chestnut Streets built 1888-89 after designs by Addison Hutton. Also shows pedestrians on the sidewalks and horse-drawn vehicles, including a double-decker omnibus traveling north on Broad Street and private coaches moving in both directions., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Government buildings [P.9047.116]

Title: Photographic views of New City Building
Description: Albums of progress photographs of the early construction of City Hall built 1871-1901 on Penn Square after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Photographs show different stages of the construction of the foundation and lower floor of the building between 1873 and 1875. Includes images of the dirt sub basement; construction materials, equipment, and workers; aerial views of the built foundation; partially completed walls and abutments; and studio views of columns and architectural ornaments. Several of the views include scaffolding; horse-drawn carts; pulleys; piles of construction debris; Pennsylvania Railroad cars on Market Street; and workers and well-dressed men, probably the commissioners, reviewing and posed on or near constructed parts of the building and construction materials. Views also show surrounding cityscape, including the Masonic Temple (Broad and Filbert); United States Mint (1331-1337 Chestnut Street); the Seventh Presbyterian Church (Broad Street above Chestnut Street); Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Depot (13th and Market); La Salle College High School (Filbert and Juniper); Sharpless & Watts, flooring tile (1325 Market Street); the spires of Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (s.w. cor. Broad & Arch) and First Baptist Church (n.w. cor. Broad and Arch); and other surrounding businesses (beer hall, wall paper, and furniture) and residences., Volume 1 (Oct. 1873-Aug. 1874) contains two tipped in letters, dated December 26, 1873 and June 27, 1874, from President of the Commissioners for the Erection of the Public Buildings Samuel C. Perkins. Correspondence presents the stereographs, "authorized to be taken by the commissioners," as a means for the library to "have for preservation in [the] archives a complete photographic record of the progress of a work which under any aspect must be considered as of marked importance in our local history.", Stereographs numbered, dated, and printed with the series title "Views of Construction in Sub-Basement" or "Views of Construction" and the names of the architect, chief assistant, and board of commissioners on the verso., Calf bindings, polished and mottled., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Volume 1 image 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. 116., Samuel C. Perkins, a Philadelphia lawyer, served as president of the Commissioners for the Erection of the Public Buidlings 1872-1891., Housed in phase boxes.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: 1873-1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Cremer [(1) 23455.D & (2) 23455.D]

Title: North Broad St. from La Pierre House
Description: Rooftop view from the La Pierre House Hotel at Broad and Sansom streets showing North Broad Street. View includes: the Seventh Presbyterian Church at the northeast corner of Chestnut and Broad streets; Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (built 1869-70) at 55-65 N. Broad Street; and the tree-covered North and South Penn Squares (removed circa 1871 for the construction of City Hall). Also shows freight cars traveling past the Seventh Presbyterian Church on Chestnut Street and north on North Broad Street en route to the freight depot of the Reading Railroad at the corner of Cherry and Broad streets., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Purple mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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. 116., Arcadia caption text: Taken from the rooftop of the La Pierre House Hotel at Broad and Sansom streets, the left view shows Penn Square shortly before it was removed in 1871 for the construction of the new City Hall designed by Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr. ..., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Streets [(8)1322.F.17a]

Title: The Civic Parade and Court of Honor, Peace Jubilee, Phila. Pa., Oct. 26, '98
Description: View looking north showing the Peace Jubilee procession on South Broad Street in celebration of the end of the Spanish American War in 1898. Procession includes men walking with flags and a band playing instruments. Spectators stand on the sidewalk and sit in stands decorated with patriotic bunting on both sides of the street. The Court of Honor and Triumphal Arch, designed by Joseph M. Huston, is visible in the background, along with City Hall's clock tower., Copyrighted 1898 by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount below image., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Buff 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Date: c1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Processions [P.9047.124]

Title: Broa d Street, showing M.E. church, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
Description: View looking northeast on Broad Street showing the west elevation and spire of Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (built 1869, Addison Hutton, architect) and a partial view of the west front of Masonic Temple in the right foreground (built 1868-1873, James H. Windrim, architect). Also shows a partial view of a Chestnut Street horsecar in the left foreground, a horse-drawn coach in front of the temple, and pedestrians on the sidewalk., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Religion [P.9047.128]

Title: Methodist Episcopal Church and Masonic Temple
Description: View looking south from the sidewalk in front of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts showing buildings on the east side of Broad Street near Arch Street, including the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (1344-48 Arch, built 1869-70, Addison Hutton, architect) and Masonic Temple (1-33 North Broad, built 1868-73, James H. Windrim, architect). In the foreground, a broadside advertising PAFA's exhibition of "engravings, etchings, and mezzotints" stands on the sidewalk and a sign advertising "Dying Lioness, the bronze group," hangs from a nearby building. Also shows a construction site with unhitched coaches and drays across the street. The skeleton of the lower levels of City Hall is partially visible in the background., Title from printed series list on verso. Includes two other series, "Philadelphia Centennial Views" and "Miscellaneous."Printed on verso: Philad'a Stereo. Publishing Company., Publisher's imprint on mount., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Purchased by the Fairmount Park Art Association, the Dying Lioness statue group arrived in Philadelphia in the fall of 1875, before it was installed on the Centennial Exhibition grounds. It moved to the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens entrance after the fair., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Fleischner - Religion [P.9117.1]

Title: Masonic Temple
Description: View looking northeast at the west front and south flank of the temple on North Broad Street built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim to accommodate the local lodge's increasing membership. Includes large slabs of stone and horse-drawn carts and drays in the foreground, presumably for construction of City Hall (not pictured). Also shows the front facade of the building at the northwest corner of North Broad and Filbert Streets., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Yellow 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 F.J. Dallet.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: [ca. 1873]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Associations [P.9418.4]

Title: Soldiers' Monument
Description: View of the granite Soldiers' Monument from Broad Street looking east along Girard Avenue depicting a cannon, breech upward, on a base. Erected in 1872 by the Light Artillery Corps, Washington Grays and dedicated to those who fell during the Civil War., Title printed on verso in publisher's series list with fifty-three other titles (No. 1-54)., Publisher's imprint in red text 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. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - H. Ropes & Co. - Monuments & statues [P.9047.137]

Title: Church, Broad & Arch Sts., Phila. (Methodist) New Masonic Temple in the background
Description: View looking southeast at the Methodist Episcopal church constructed 1869-70 after designs by Addison Hutton. Shows the west front of the adjacent Masonic Temple built 1868-1873 after the designs of James H. Windrim, a coach parked in the right foreground, and the liquor store operated by Charles P. Collins at the northeast corner of Broad and Arch Streets., Title from two different manuscript notes on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., 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 David Doret.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1873]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Religion [P.2010.6.18]

Title: Horticultural Hall, Phila
Description: View looking west at the front elevation of Horticultural Hall, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's headquarters on South Broad Street. Gas lamps flank the entrance stairs and broadside posters adorn the front of the building and can be seen along the fence separating the hall from the Academy of Music. Includes a partial view of Lardner Street (i.e. Back Place). Samuel Sloan designed the hall in 1867. A fire destroyed this hall in early 1881, and it was rebuilt in 1882 after designs by Addison Hutton., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Stamped twice on verso: J.B. Sample., Yellow 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 David Doret.
Creator: De Young's Palace Dollar Store (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young's - Theatres and halls [P.2010.6.3]

Title: Views of construction of New City Building, Philadelphia, John McArthur, Jr., architect
Description: Progress photographs of the early construction of City Hall built 1871-1901 on Penn Square after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Photographs show different stages of the construction of the foundation and lower floor of the building between 1873 and 1875. Includes images of the dirt sub-basement; construction materials, equipment, and workers; and partially completed walls and abutments. Several of the views include scaffolding; horse-drawn carts; pulleys; piles of construction debris; and workers and well-dressed men, probably the commissioners, reviewing and posed on or near constructed parts of the building and construction materials. Views also show surrounding cityscape, including the west and south elevations of Masonic Temple (Broad and Filbert); the Pennsylvania Railroad freight depot (13th and Market); the towers of the gothic-style St. John the Evangelist Church (23-25 South 13th); West Penn Square Academy (s.w. corner of Market and Merrick); the spire of the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (s.w. corner Broad and Arch); La Salle College High School (n.e. corner Broad and Filbert); and dwellings facing Penn Square. Also shows broadsides posted to the fence surrounding the construction site advertising Pugh & Creauthers furniture manufacturers and dealers (228 So. 2nd St.); Fox's New American Theatre; Arion Pianos (1308 Chestnut); and Secor Sewing Machines (Eighth and Walnut)., Six are from the Views of construction in sub-basement series and eight are from the Views of construction series., Series titled "Views of construction in sub-basement" (P.9840.3-7) copyrighted 1873 by James Cremer., Photographer's imprint on mounts., Dates on versos., Printed text on versos list names of architects and the Board of Commissioners., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., See also albums - Cremer [(1)23455.D and (2)23455.D], Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., From 1873 to 1875, Cremer documented the construction of Philadelphia's City Hall in a series of stereographs produced for the Commissioner for the Erection of the Public Building.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: December 1873-September 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Construction [P.9006.1-8; P.9079.5; P.9840.3-7]

Title: Masonic Temple and M.E. Church, Phila
Description: View looking south showing buildings on the east side of Broad Street near Arch Street, including the Surgical Institute, Eastern Division (northeast corner of Broad and Arch Streets), the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (1344-48 Arch, built 1869-70, Addison Hutton, architect) and Masonic Temple (1-33 North Broad, built 1868-73, James H. Windrim, architect). In the foreground, an unhitched coach and dray sit on Broad Street near a utility pole and ladder. The first floor skeleton of City Hall is partially visible in the background., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint on mount., Yellow 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young's Palace Dollar Store [P.9047.9]

Title: M.E. Church Broad and Arch Sts., Philada
Description: Exterior views of the church constructed 1869-70 after designs by Addison Hutton, including one looking southeast on Broad Street at the north and west elevations of the church and the other looking northwest from a construction site, with a horse-drawn dray, in front of Masonic Temple. Both views include the west front of the adjacent Masonic Temple built 1868-1873 after the designs of James H. Windrim, the cobblestone tree-lined street in the foreground and the liquor store operated by Charles P. Collins at the northeast corner of Broad and Arch Streets., Title on mounts., Photographer's imprint on mounts., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Charles P. Collins moved his liquor business from 1627 Market Street to the northwest corner of Broad and Arch Streets in 1872., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., P.9047.56 gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Religion [P.9047.56 and P.9135]

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