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Title: Chestnut Street postcards
Description: Contains views of Chestnut Street looking west from Sixth Street, Eighth Street, Ninth Street and Eleventh Street. Also includes views looking east from Sixth Street, Eleventh Street and Sixteenth Street. Depicts one view looking north from Chestnut and Fifth Streets. The Philadelphia Record building, Post Office, United States Custom House and the Pennsylvania Building are the most prominent buildings in these street views., Contains 21 postcards printed in color and 8 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Chestnut Street - 46]

Title: Independence Hall postcards
Description: Contains architectural images and copies of paintings depicting Independence Hall and the leading politicians associated with the Declaration of Independence. Architectural images include exterior views of the front facade on Chestnut Street; oblique views of the state building from Fifth and Sixth Streets and the rear elevation facing Independence Square showing the Commodore Barry Monument designed by Samuel Murray in 1908. The overwhelming majority of interior views portray the room where the Declaration of Independence was signed, also called the Assembly Room, Philadelphia Room, Declaration Chamber and Independence Chamber. Others include the banquet room, Supreme Court room, main stairway and the ballroom. Paintings include portraits of Robert Morris, Richard Henry Lee, Samuel Huntingdon, Thomas McKean and Benjamin Franklin and the signing of the Declaration by these iconic figures. Also depicted is a popular series called the Cradle of Liberty, a collage of exterior and interior images of Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell and George Washington., Contains 188 postcards printed in color and 97 printed in black and white. Also contains 25 linen postcards., Built 1732-1748 by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Extensive renovations and additions completed incrementally between 1750 and 1973. Meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1783 and the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776., Also identified as the Pennsylvania State 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 [Independence Hall - 122 - 127]

Title: Independence Hall postcards
Description: Contains views of Independence Hall including exterior views of the front facade on Chestnut Street; oblique views of the state building from Fifth and Sixth Streets and the rear elevation facing Independence Square showing the Commodore Barry Monument designed by Samuel Murray in 1908. Interior views portray the room where the Declaration of Independence was signed, also called the Assembly Room, Philadelphia Room, Declaration Chamber and Independence Chamber. Others include the banquet room, Supreme Court room, main stairway and the ballroom., Contains 12 postcards printed in color and 13 printed in black and white., Built 1732-1748 by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Extensive renovations and additions completed incrementally between 1750 and 1973. Meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1783 and the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776., Also identified as the Pennsylvania State House., About one third (11 out of 23) of the postcards were issued by the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence., Accession numbers: P.8712.5e, P.8712.5k, P.9048.260, P.9048.281, P.9049.27, P.9049.35, P.9049.41, P.9050.66, P.9076.6, P.9076.17, P.9105.20 - 22. P.9441.3, P.9441.5 - 11, P.9441.13 - 16., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1905-1935
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Historic buildings and sites - [various]

Title: Keith's Chestnut Street Theatre postcards
Description: Contains images of Keith's Theatre built in 1902 after designs by Albert E. Westover. Depicts exterior views of the entrance on Chestnut Street and interior views of the Grand Entrance Hall, the Balcony Music Room, the Crystal Lobby and one of the reception rooms., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Also identified as the Randolph Theatre (1949-1971)., Sheet numbers: 157A04, 157A05 and 157B02., 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: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Theaters - 157]

Title: Hotel Pennsylvania postcards
Description: Contains images of the Hotel Pennsylvania, built in 1922 after designs by Clarence Edmond Wunder. Depicts exterior views of the hotel looking southwest at the 39th Street front. Also includes interior views of the lobby, lounge, men's club and the gentlemen's smoking room., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white. Also includes 2 linen postcards., Also identified as the Chestnut Hall Apartments, the Penn Sherwood and Hotel Philadelphian., Sheet numbers: 117A04, 117B01C and 117B01D., 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: 1922-1950
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Lauber's through Stenton - 117]

Title: The Rittenhouse Hotel postcards
Description: Exterior views looking northwest of hotel building constructed in 1893 after designs by Angus S. Wade. Note St. James Protestant Episcopal Church in the background., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 117A05 and 117B02B., 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 - Lauber's through Stenton - 117]

Title: Drexel Institute postcards
Description: Contains images of the main building constructed in 1891 after designs by Wilson Brothers & Company. Includes exterior views of the front facade and main entrance way. Also depicts interior views of the Great Court and museum., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white., Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel. Renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1970., 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: 1905-1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Drexel Institute - 149]

Title: [La Roche & Stahl florist shop, 1237 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Group portrait showing a line of eight men, including an African American employee and possibly co-owner Balthazar Stahl (third from right), standing in front of the flower store with large display windows marked "LaRoche & Stahl." Bouquets of flowers, floral wreathes, and other floral arrangements are displayed. A retracted awning with the name if the business adorns the building. A large garland of flowers is weaved across the awning frame. Potted plants line the base of the building and entryway near where the men stand. In the far left, the back of a horse traveling in the street near men patronizing a vendor's stand at the side of the flower store is visible. In the far right, signage for the adjacent business is partially visible. Florist Maximilian F. La Roche partnered with his brother-in-law Batlhazar Stahl in 1878. The partnership also managed several large greenhouses in Collingdale, Pa., which specialized in chrysanthemums and roses. Previously, La Roche had operated his own floral business in Philadelphia beginning circa 1876 when he purchased Brooker & Co. at 1319 Chestnut Street. La Roche removed his store to 1237 Chestnut in 1881. Stahl, who was in charge of the retail business, left the partnership circa 1898 when he started his own business at 27 South Eleventh Street., Title supplied by cataloguer., Date inferred from the attire of the men included in image.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Business - L [P.2008.11.6]

Title: United States Bank Philadelphia. [graphic].
Description: Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook., Constructed 1818-24 based on designs by Philadelphia architect William Strickland. Served as the Bank of the United States (i.e. Second Bank) until 1836 when the charter was not renewed. Served as U.S. Custom House 1844-1935.
Date: [1835]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W416.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W 416 [(1)1525.F.45b]

Title: 1010 Chestnut St. front
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting an ornate four story commercial front at 1010 Chestnut Street, occupied by Alexander's clothing shop on the ground level, Sun Beam Beauty Shops on the second floor and Merin Studios on the third floor. Charles David's clothing store occupies the ground floor of 1008 Chestnut Street and Fur Outlet Co., furriers, occupies the ground floor of the building at 1012 Chestnut Street. The property at 1010 Chestnut Street was altered in 1891 for Queen & Co. after designs by the architectural firm of Baily & Truscott. David B. Bassett altered the basement for Shaw Walker in 1919., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.27]

Title: 1022 Chestnut Street
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the five story commercial front of 1022 Chestnut Street, occupied by Alton's pictures, mirrors & frames. Alton's is flanked by Eastman Kodak Stores at 1020 Chestnut Street and Klein's Furriers at 1024 Chestnut Street. 1022 Chestnut Street was altered in 1899 after designs by Addison Hutton., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company., Title from manuscript note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.28]

Title: The Ledger polka
Description: Copyrighted by Edward L. Walker., Cover illustration is a lithograph showing a group of comically-portrayed men in top hats and suits surrounding a man reading the Public Leder in front of the office of the newspaper at 300 Chestnut Street. Some of the audience look aghast and have their mouths open in shock. Two boys, one a newsboy carrying the "City Item," also listen in with interest. Also shows two gentlemen, probably two of the proprietors of the paper (William Swaim and Arunah S. Abell), standing in the doorway of the office and looking on with content. Public Ledger operated from site 1840-1867., Polka dance., Publisher's plate # 3., Printer: T. Sinclairs lith. 101 Chesnut St. Phil., One copy [10075.F] contains manuscript note on recto: Nettie from J.G. Bolton. Nettie from Nannie., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 432, Taped down the left side., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with edits., Duplicate copy with sheet music [10075.F] housed in the Print Department. Gift of David Doret. Two of the three sheets pinned together on left side.
Creator: Bellak, Ja's (James), composer
Date: c.1849
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia RARE | Books & Other Texts Sheet Music Led 14858.Q, Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT | Print Department *W382 [10075.F], http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mussm&fileName=sm2/sm1849/111000/111260/mussm111260.db&recNum=0&itemLink=D?mussm:1:./temp/~ammem_rXH6::&linkText=0

Title: [Independence Hall, south elevation, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Depicts the south elevation and bell tower of Independence Hall. Built 1732-1748 by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Extensive renovations and additions completed incrementally between 1750 and 1973. Meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1783 and the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776., Title supplied by cataloguer., Also identified as the Pennsylvania State House., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.146]

Title: Clock tower of Independence Hall, Philada
Description: Depicts the bell tower of Independence Hall looking west. Constructed from 1750 to 1753, about ten years after Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley built the original portion of the building. Bell tower reconstructed by William Strickland in 1828. The mansard roof of the original Public Ledger building is visible in the background., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Browne, John C. (John Coates), 1838-1918, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.174]

Title: Independence Hall
Description: Depicts the south elevation and bell tower of Independence Hall. Built 1732-1748 by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Extensive renovations and additions completed incrementally between 1750 and 1973. Meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1783 and the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776., Inscribed in negative: 2247., Title from negative sleeve., Also identified as the Pennsylvania State House.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.28]

Title: Independence Hall
Description: Oblique view of the south elevation and bell tower of Independence Hall from Fifth Street, showing the stone wall that surrounds the square. Built 1732-1748 by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Extensive renovations and additions completed incrementally between 1750 and 1973. Meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1783 and the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776., Inscribed in negative: 2248., Title from negative sleeve., Also identified as the Pennsylvania State House.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.29]

Title: Allen's Furniture Warehouse, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement depicting the multi-story storefront for cabinetmakers Allen & Bro. (Joseph and James C.) erected in 1860 at 1209 Chestnut Street. Also shows pedestrians looking at furniture visible in the large display windows. The building contained salesrooms on the lower floors and upholstery and finishing rooms on the upper ones. Allen & Bro. was originally established by William Allen in 1836. The business specialized in custom orders and exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876., Probably engraved by John Serz., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr., Variant wood engraving published in I. L. Vansant, ed., The royal road to wealth (Philadelphia: Samuel Loag, (1869?)], opp. p. 43.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.76c]

Title: [Gumpert Bros., cigar manufacturers, 1341 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Advertisement depicting the factory during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 adorned with several signs, including ones illustrated with allegorical figures and patriotic imagery. Passersby look at displays of boxes in the window near pedestrians walking on the sidewalk. In the street, a man on horseback, and a horse-drawn carriage and omnibus travel. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings. Gumpert Bros, originally W.H. Grumpert, was established in 1856. The firm name changed to Gumpert Bros in 1866 and the business removed from the site in 1879., Probably engraved by John Serz., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.76e]

Title: Lafourcade, Bros. & Irwin [banknote vignette]
Description: Vignette illustrating a banknote for the Philadelphia National Bank. Shows the fabric store in Jayne’s Hall (constructed 1856) at 631 Chestnut Street. Members of the Lafourcade family worked as Philadelphia merchants from around 1840, with the partnership between the brothers and Irwin established around 1866. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk past a horse-drawn dray parked in the street to be loaded. A horse-drawn surrey travels nearby., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 427, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.126o]

Title: Independence Hall in 1776, Philadelphia. = Unabhängigkeits Halle = Edificio de la Independencia en 1776 = Hotel de L'Independance
Description: View representing the colonial era showing Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Also shows light street and pedestrian traffic, including a conestoga wagon., Attributed to Louis Aubrun., Published in Thompson Westcott's Centennial portfolio: a souvenir of the International Exhibition at Philadelphia; comprising lithographic views of fifty of its principal buildings (Philadelphia: T. Hunter, 1876), p. 51., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 376, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, lithographer
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Centennial [P.2006.31.16]

Title: Independence Hall, Philadelphia, 1776
Description: View representing the colonial era showing Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Also shows minor pedestrian traffic., Printed below the image: "Centennial Album" registered at the U. S. Patent Office July 20th, 1875, Published in Centennial Pocket Album (New York: Heppenheimer & Maurer, 1875), POS 378, Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone
Creator: Heppenheimer & Maurer
Date: [1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Centennial [P.2006.31.15]

Title: The state house 1778
Description: Book illustration looking southeast at Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley., Plate opposite page 172 in John F. Watson's Historic tales of olden time : concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ; for the use of families and schools ; illustrated with plates (Philadelphia : E. Littell : Thomas Holden, 1833)., William L. Breton and Kennedy & Lucas created many of the lithographic plates for Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, so it is probable that they also created the plates in Historic tales of olden time., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 719
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: [1833]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Am 1833 Wat [Log 2794.D.opp172]

Title: Wagner & McGuigan's lithographic establishment for drawing lettering & printing no. 116 Chesnut [sic] St. Philadelphia Portraits, landscapes, anatomical & architectural drawings, views of stores, fancy prints, show cards, maps, plans, certificates, circulars, all kinds of fancy labels, cards, &c., printing in illuminated colours & gold, transferring from steel, copper & stone. Wagner & McGuigan have received the highest award [a silver medal] for their lithography from the Franklin Institute of the state of Penna. Orders done with neatness and despatch
Description: Advertisement containing an interior view of the shop at 116 Chestnut Street (ie. 320 Chestnut Street) after a daguerreotype depicting a long row of presses lined along the perimeter of the room near tall windows for natural light. Pressmen work on stones propped flat and on an angle. The man at the first press rolls ink onto a stone, as another man, probably an apprentice, carries a stone from the reserve of fresh stones arranged and stacked on the shelves on the opposite wall. Bottles and other supplies line the shelves between each window, and several packaged stones are piled on the floor in the foreground awaiting shipment. View includes a standing press. A foreman, possibly Wagner or McGuigan, attired in a suit observes the printers. Includes views of the recto and verso of the silver medal awarded to Wagner & M'Guigan for "skill and ingenuity" in lithography by the Franklin Institute in 1844 below the image and flanking the advertising text. Advertisement shows text printed in various fonts and shades to demonstrate the range and ability of the recently established lithographic firm of Wagner & M'Guigan (fl. 1846-1858)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 113, T.B. Shaw, possibly Trueman Shaw, operated from the same address as Wagner & McGuigan (116 Chestnut) between 1846 and 1849., Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3081]
Creator: Aub, Jacob, artist
Date: [ca. 1847]
Location: Smithsonian Institution, NMAH, Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3081]

Title: George J. Henkels. City cabinet warerooms, 173 Chesnut [sic] Street, Phila
Description: Advertisement showing an interior view of the showroom of the furniture store of premier cabinetmaker George J. Henkels. Three well-dressed couples peruse and sit on the several pieces of furniture on display. Furniture includes tables, armchairs, sofas, and breakfronts. Also shows, in the background, curtained entryways to other areas liined with furniture. Henkels, Philadelphia's premier cabinetmaker in quality and production, operated his business from 173, i.e. 509 Chestnut Street from 1850 to 1857., Date from Poulson inscription., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Poulson scrapbooks - vol.7 [(7)2526.F.159]

Title: Charles Oakford's model hat store, 158, Chestnut Street Philadelphia. Hats, caps and furs, wholesale and retail
Description: Advertisement showing the ornately furnished interior of a later store, at 624 Chestnut Street, of the the hat establishment established by Oakford in 1827. Fitting tables adorned with lavish free standing light fixtures in front of glass display cases filled with men's hats line the sides of the room. In the foreground, Oakford assists a patron seated at one of the tables on top of which a number of hats lie. Behind the men, a clerk pulls a hat from one of the cases. In the background, in front of another fitting table on which hats sit, a clerk and gentleman patron stand and discuss hats in their hands. A third gentleman patron watches the exchange from across the aisle. An arch labeled "Oakford" is visible to the center of the room that leads to the women's and children's section at the rear of the store. A clerk assists a woman patron seated near a rack of hats and across from a woman and girl as they browse. Large tiles line the floor and the ceiling is plain. Oakford operated from the site 1853-1860 before relocating to the Continental Hotel. Oakford admitted his sons to the firm in 1856., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 109, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: [ca. 1854]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W58 [P.2030]

Title: United States Bank, Chestnut Street Philadelphia
Description: View looking east showing the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, formerly the Second Bank of the United States, built 1821-1824 after the designs of William Strickland at 420 Chestnut Street. Also shows the neighboring Bank of Philadelphia, completed in 1837, also after the designs of Strickland, at 400-408 Chestnut. Pedestrians traverse the sidewalks in front of the banks and across from the buildings. Couples promenade and greet each other, and patrons ascend the stairs of the U.S. Bank and convene in front of the Philadelphia Bank. Also shows two dogs playing in the street and a man exiting the adjacent building (134, i.e., 426 Chestnut) partially visible in the right of the image, Copyrighted by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Issued as plate 2 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume containing twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 776.1. Digital images shows fourth state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W415.1 [P.2225]

Title: Interior of Independence Hall
Description: View showing William Rush's wood statue of George Washington (carved 1815, installed 1824) in the Assembly Room of the State House. Also shows framed portrait paintings, predominately from the Charles Wilson Peale collection; a framed commemorative print in honor of the Declaration of Independence; a bronze eagle; a clock; and partial views of Thomas Sully's portrait painting of Lafayette and chairs adorning the room., Title printed on mount., Manuscript note on mount: 1859 - Rush's statue of Washington., White paper mount with square corners., Attributed to James E. McClees., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Government buildings [(8)1322.F.8f]

Title: [Interior view of McAllister & Brother's opticians' shop, 194 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows display cases, cabinets, a variety of stereviewers and other opitical instruments, stereographs, globes, and portraits . Sign at the back of the store advertises microscopes, spy glasses, opera glasses, magic lantern & dissolving views, spectacles, magnifying glasses, stereoscopes, globes, camera lucidas, and camera obsuras. Taken after the store moved to this location late in 1854, but before renumbering when the address was changed to 728 Chestnut., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title supplied by cataloger., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - business - McAllister [(6)1322.F.7e]

Title: Interior view of Independence Hall, Philadelphia
Description: View showing visitors of all ages in the Assembly Room being used as an exhibit gallery. Men, women, and children promenade, converse, and admire the artifacts that adorn the room with a parquet floor. Framed artwork, predominately from the Charles Wilson Peale portrait collection in addition to Henry Inman’s portrait painting of William Penn, and Thomas Sully’s portrait painting of Lafayette, line the paneled walls. Under a chandelier, in the rear center of the room stands William Rush’s wood statue of George Washington (carved 1815, installed 1824). To the right, a stuffed bald eagle sits atop the Liberty Bell (installed 1852). The bell is displayed on a pedestal adorned with fasces, a banner, and shield and stands near the "Rising Sun" chair, one of a number of chairs lining the room, which was used by George Washington as he presided over the Constitutional Convention. The gallery also includes a writing desk associated by legend with the Declaration of Independence and the framed Thomas Sully painting of the coat of arms of Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 386, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc47 R815., Original watercolor for print in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania., See also LCP copy in Joe Freedman Collection of Philadelphia Ephemera. Freedman oversize - I [P.2013.87.4]. Copy variant in printed color.
Creator: Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
Date: c1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W185 [P.2068], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Freedman oversize - I [P.2013.87.4]

Title: John C. Farr & Co. importers of watches, watchmakers tools. Silver & plated ware, musical boxes, etc. No. 112, Chestnut St. between 3rd & 4th St. Philada
Description: Advertisement showing street and pedestrian activity in front of the four-story corner storefront, with signage, for the jewelry and watch store at 112, i.e., 316 Chestnut Street. A sign illustrated with a watch and reading "No. 112 John C. Farr& Co. Wholesale and Retail" adorns the side of the building above a window with a shade advertising watches, jewelry, and silverware. At the store entrance, a clerk greets two ladies and a girl between the display windows filled with silverware, jewelry, and watches. In front of the store, a lady and gentleman converse near the horses of an out-of-view carriage, and at the corner, a gentleman, possibly, a store clerk talks with two ladies accompanied by a child and dog. Also shows a partial view, including signage and the display window, of the neighboring business, Eugene Roussel, perfumer. In addition, print contains a Gothic-style border as well as pictorial elements that flank the central image. Elements show a clock sculpture, pocket watch, and the embellished text, "Watches" and "Jewelry." Farr started his business in the mid 1820s and changed the firm name to John C. Farr & Co. in 1850. The business relocated circa 1854., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 409, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W202 [P.2122]

Title: Brown & Magee, manufacturers, 708 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Photographic advertising card promoting Brown & Magee, trunk manufacturers, as successors to James E. Brown. Brown & Magee succeeded Brown circa 1866. Depicts a labeled display of men's and women's bags, valises, and trunks. Includes a soufflet bag; a French sac; an officers bag; a tourist bag; and an Army trunk., Inscribed in ink on image: Brown and Magee., Advertisement printed on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Date: ca. 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - 5x7 unidentified - Business [(5)5786.F.114a]

Title: Warner Miskey & Merrill's show room, 718 Chestnut St. Phil
Description: Interior view of the gas fixture store. Gas light fixtures and chandeliers line the walls and ceilings above shelves lined with merchandise wrapped in paper. A store catalog is displayed in front of banister surrounding an opening in the floor. Also includes a stairwell in the background., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., White paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Accompanied by advertising label titled "Philadelphia Gas Fixture works. " Promotes the Philadelphia and New York branch (Warner, Peck & Co.) of the fixture manufactory and the company's line of products of "gas fixtures, lamps, girandoles, Bronzes, &c." designed by French artists. Also contains a one-line promotion for the photographic firm Langenheim, Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Published in Kenneth Finkel’s Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #109., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.F.33e]

Title: Independence Hall or State House, from the N.E. across the ruins made by the great fire N.W. corner of Chestnut & Fifth St
Description: View looking northeast showing the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. In the foreground, a partial view of the fire ruins from the expansive fire of the Artisan Building near Fourth and Chestnut streets on April 11th, 1856 is visible. Shows the exposed side of a damaged building adorned with broadsides., Title from transcribed scrapbook inscription., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Probably originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 30. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #76., McClees, a 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: Spring 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Government Buildings [8339.F.31]

Title: Bailey & Co.'s jewelry store, 918 [sic] Chestnut St., Philad'a
Description: Interior view of the silverware and jewelry manufacturer established in 1832 as Bailey, Kitchen & Co. Shows displays cases and stands adorned with silver and glass wares including tea and coffee sets, pitchers, vases, urns, and candelabras. Also includes empty display cases in the foreground, skylights, and ornate architectural elements of columns, crown molding, and frescoed ceilings. Firm operated from 819 Chestnut circa 1858 to circa 1869., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., White paper mount with square corners., Accompanied by advertising label: Bailey & Co. (Late Bailey & Kitchen.) 819 Chestnut Street, nearly opposite Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, Manufacturers of British Sterling Silverware. Watches: Constantly on hand a splendid stock of Superior Watches, of all the celebrated makers. Diamonds, Necklaces, Bracelets, Brooches, Ear Rings, Finger Rings, etc., etc. Rich Gold Jewelry. Also contains a one-line promotion for the photographic firm Langenheim, Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Published in Kenneth Finkel’s Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #111., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.F.31g]

Title: R. & G.A. Wright. Manufacturers of fine perfumery &c. 624 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of the storefront of the perfumery established in 1860. Building is adorned with an American flag. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including: clusters of men, women, and children pedestrians walking on the sidewalk; a horse-drawn carriage traveling down the street; and an African American paper boy running among the crowds., Vignette in the Philadelphia, western & southern trade journal. Illustrated supplement. (P.9384a-w), Accessioned 1992., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Van Ingen & Snyder, a partnership between William H. Van Ingen and Henry M. Snyder, was active from about 1853 until 1871.
Creator: Van Ingen & Snyder, engraver
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Ph Pr - Government Buildings [P.9384l]

Title: [Church of the New Jerusalem, 2129 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View of exterior staircase leading into west wall of the Church of the New Jerusalem. Includes view of three-arched walkway extending from main building. William Schlatter, grandfather of architect T.P. Chandler, was one of the founders of this church, built in 1881., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Not a monestary [sic] in France, or a church in rural England, just a peep at one corner of the New Jerusalem Church. 22nd and Chestnut Sts. Italian Gothic., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 191 [P.8513.191], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson191.htm

Title: [Keene Mansion, 1001 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the residence of Philadelphia attorney Henry E. Keene completed 1815 by carpenter Peter L. Berry. Also includes signage advertising a billards saloon visible in the left of the image., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on recto: N.W. 10th & Chestnut., Attributed to F. De B. Richards., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: March 5, 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Residence - K [8339.F.9], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/8339f9.jpg

Title: [Independence Hall interior, Washington statue in the Assembly Room, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows an elderly man leaning on the barrier gate in front of William Rush's wood statue of George Washington (carved 1815). Also shows framed artwork, predominately from the Charles Wilson Peale portrait collection, adorning the walls in the background and two chairs in the foreground., Attributed to John Moran., Title supplied by cataloguer., Stereograph on pale 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: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Government Buildings [(8)1322.F.8g], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Moran - Government Buildings- I [(8)1322.F.8c]

Title: [St. James Catholic Church, 3728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of ivy-covered church facade, including several large stained glass windows. Designed by architect Edwin Forrest Durang, church was built 1881-1887., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Church 37" and Chestnut Sts. This would pass for a view of an old world church, either in France or England. Gothic., Duplicate: P.8513.28: same neg., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 216 [P.8513.216], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson216.htm

Title: [McAllister & Brother, opticians, 728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of storefront at 728 Chestnut Street. Signage advertises mathematical instruments, spectacles, microscopes, spy glasses, thermometers. Image includes the bust of Franklin which adorns the second floor of the shop, and pedestrians in the street. Address on plate altered from an earlier version of the engraving created in late 1854 or early 1855 when McAllister & Brother moved from 48 Chestnut to their new location at 194 Chestnut. The address changed to 728 post-consolidation necessitating the alteration of the plate., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook.
Creator: Bigot, Alphonse, ca. 1828-1872 or 3, engraver
Date: [after 1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Ph Pr - 8 x 10 - Business - McAllister & Brother [(2)1525.F.18b]

Title: 1022 Chestnut Street (rear)
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting Clifton Street and the rear of a three-story brick building. Shows the building’s fire escape and security bars protecting the doors and windows. In the foreground is a street sign reading, “Clifton St.” In the left is an adjoining parking lot with cars lined up. Two African American men, one seated and one standing with a cigarette in his mouth, man the lot. The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company., Title from typewritten note on recto., Date inferred from content., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date: [ca. 1945]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.29]

Title: U.S. Custom House (formerly U.S. Bank)
Description: Exterior view of a classical style building constructed 1818-24 as the U.S. Bank (i.e. Second Bank of the United States) based on the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. Served as custom house from 1844-1935. Street scene in front depicts white men, women, and children pedestrians. In the street, there is a carriage containing a white man and woman as passengers driven by an African American coachman, a white man on horseback, and a dog., Title from item., Plate 12 of a series of fifty-four views published by Goupil, Vibert & Company from 1848 to 1851 that were drawn by Kollner and lithographed by Deroy, and later bound under the title "Views of American Cities.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 763, Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator: Deroy, Laurent, 1797-1886, artist
Date: 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Banks and Financial Institutions [P.2283.27]

Title: Unitarian Church, Van Pelt and Chestnut Sts
Description: Exterior view of side of First Unitarian Church at 2121 Chestnut St. Two men sit on church steps looking at camera. Designed by architect Frank Furness, the church was built in 1895-96, and underwent several subsequent alterations through 1955., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: a grotesque architectural hodge-poge [sic], chiefly noteworthy for its grotesqueness, lack of artistic appeal, curve and balance., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 147 [P.8513.147], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson147.htm

Title: U.S. Custom House (formerly U.S. Bank)
Description: Constructed 1818-24 as the U.S. Bank (i.e. Second Bank of the United States) based on the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. Served as custom house 1844-1935. Street scene in front depicts white men, women, and children pedestrians. In the street, there is a carriage containing a white man and woman as passengers driven by an African American coachman, a white man on horseback, and a dog., Plate 12 of a series of fifty-four views published by Goupil, Vibert & Company from 1848 to 1851 that were drawn by Kollner and lithographed by Deroy, and later bound under the title "Views of American Cities.", Title from item., Date inferred from content., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 763, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 4th-5th, Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator: Deroy, Laurent, 1797-1886, artist
Date: [1848]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Banks [P.2283.19]

Title: United States Bank Philadelphia
Description: Constructed 1818-24 based on the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. Served as Bank of the United States (i.e. Second Bank) until 1836 when the charter was not renewed. Served as the U.S. Custom House 1844-1935. Street scene in front depicts pedestrians including women, a man pushing a wheelbarrow, and a man carrying a ladder., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 778
Creator: Walton, Henry, artist
Date: [1835]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Banks [P.9454.2]

Title: United States Bank Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Second Bank of the United States constructed 1818-24 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland at 420 Chestnut Street. Includes a couple and a man strolling on the sidewalk, and two ladies conversing with a gentleman at the open gate to the alley west of the bank. Also shows a partial view of an adjacent building. Served as the Bank of the United States (i.e. Second Bank) until 1836 when the charter was not renewed. Served as U.S. Custom House 1844-1935., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 777, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia.
Date: [1835]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W416 [(1)1525.F.45b]

Title: Interior view of George G. Evans' original gift book establishment. 439 Chesnut [sic] Str. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement depicting a view looking toward the rear of the busy store. Shows bookcases filled with texts mounted atop cabinets and drawers lining the walls. Stacks of books and eight busts of prominent literary figures, including Shakespeare, adorn the tops of the cases. A clerk works from within and patrons surround a U-shaped central book display that contains a "Gifts" case. Patrons include men, women, and children. The individuals receive assistance at the case, peruse books on the shelves, carry their purchases, converse, and make payment at the cashier booth. The booth, enclosed with ornate white iron work, contains advertising text that reads "A Gift with Each Book Sold at Retail Price." Store signage is also displayed on three banners stretching across the ceiling. Additional advertising text includes "Gift Book Sales Originated by G.G. Evans' 1854." View also shows a ladder leaning against a bookcase, chandeliers, and a parquet floor., Title from duplicate in private collection., Not in Wainwright., Inscription on recto: Nov. 18th 1864 from Horace [W.?] Smith., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 385, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 641 E 15, E. Sachse & Co. operated from the Sun Iron Building in 1859., Smith, a Philadelphia antiquarian and collector, was well connected to the literary and book collecting societies of Philadelphia and New York. He was the great grandson of William Smith, D.D., the first Provost of the College of Philadelphia, i.e., University of Pennsylvania., Trimmed.
Creator: Sachse, E. (Edward), artist
Date: [1859]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 641 E 15

Title: From the Paris mantilla cloak and fur emporium. 920 Chestnut Street, Philada J. W. Proctor & Co
Description: Advertisement label showing an exterior view of the clothing store. Several cloaks are displayed in the storefront windows. A female clerk helps a customer at the entrance. Pedestrian traffic, predominately women wearing cloaks, pass on the sidewalk. Proctor relocated his store from 708 to 902 Chestnut Street in 1862., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 287, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories - Box 55, Folder 7, LCP holds engraved copy of advertisement. [Ph Pr - 8x10 - Businesses (7)1322.F.453i].
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories - Box 55, Folder 7

Title: Inde pendence Hall 1776
Description: Probably trimmed, vignette exterior view of Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Shows a crowd of spectators standing outside of Independence Hall listening to public speakers in 1776., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Gift of David Doret, 2019.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.18]

Title: Independence Hall
Description: Impressionistic drawing looking north from Independence Square showing the rear elevation of Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. View also includes a barren tall tree in the left, a sole pedestrian, and a tree with foliage in the right., Title inscribed on drawing., Signature of artist in lower left corner., Date from accompanying label: Built in 1731, - Independence Hall, originally called The State House, took its name from the signing of the Declaration of Independence within its walls in 1776. It contains the Liberty Bell, cracked while tolling the death of Chief Justice Marshall, and other precious relics of history. It is located on Chestnut Street, between 5th and 6th Streets, Philadelphia. An original drawing by Donald C. Taber, 1934., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Donald C. Taber, born in New York, was a commercial artist in Philadelphia by 1930.
Creator: Taber, Donald C., 1895-1981, artist
Date: [1934]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - A-Z - Taber [P.2017.8.29]

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