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Title: Mercantile Library
Description: Views showing the library built 1844-45 after the designs of William Johnston at 125 South Fifth Street. Demolished circa 1925. Image includes the Library Company of Philadelphia, a partial view of Philadelphia Dispensary, four horse-drawn carriages, and the block of Fifth Street between Market and Chestnut streets in the background., Yellow mounts, including two with rounded and one with square corners., Title from labels on versos of P.9260.9 and P.9573.14., One of images 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., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Libraries [(8)1322.F.5f; P.9260.9; P.9573.14]

Title: The Free Library of Philadelphia, Southwark Branch, N.W. corner Fifth and Ellsworth Streets
Description: Exterior view of front facade of library built circa 1911 after designs by David Knickerbacker Boyd., Postcard issued by William H. Rau, Philadelphia, and the Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., Sheet number: 132B06., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]

Title: Home for Veteran and Wife G.A.R., 63rd and Callowhill Sts. [sic], Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of the home for veterans and wives of the Grand Army of the Republic built in 1903 by Charles Webber Bolton., Numbered 5500 and 20074 on verso., Sheet number: 138A05., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: [Fifth Street north of Allegheny Avenue.]
Description: Depicts row homes along the west side of 5th Street north of Allegheny Avenue. Includes a grocery store on the corner and a sign for the adjacent cigar store. Also depicts pedestrian and street traffic., Numbered 1062 on recto., Sheet number: 156B05., Real photo. Undivided back. Post marked 1907., 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. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]

Title: Lacey & Phillips. [graphic] / Drawn on stone by W.H. Rease No. 17 So. 5th St., Philda.
Description: Print trimmed and lacking caption., Poulson inscription on recto: Aug. 1847., Select link below for a digital image., Advertisement depicting William N. Lacey's and Samuel R. Phillips' busy four-story equestrian store at 12 South Fifth Street selling "ladies and gentlemen's saddles, single and double harnesses, and bridles and whips." Saddles, bridles, harnesses, and blankets are prominently displayed in the storefront window and on the building facade. On the upper floors, several employees work by open windows. Elegantly dressed patrons converse near the entryway and four horses are lined up in the street awaiting and receiving service including a pair reined in by an African American coach driver. Partial view of the adjacent building containing the carpenter, W.B. Morrell, is visible. Lacey and Phillips partnership, established in 1845 remained at the site until 1852.
Creator: Rease, W. H., lithographer., creator
Date: [August 1847]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W215.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W 215 [P.2108]

Title: St. Peter's Catholic Church of Philadelphia. At Fifth and Franklin Streets., Die Katholische St. Peter's Kirche zu Philadelphia. An der Fünften und Franklin Strasse. [graphic].
Description: Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 131 S149., Select link below for a digital image., Exterior view of the Roman-style German Catholic church, St. Peter the Apostle, built 1842-1847 at 1015 North Fifth Street after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun. Also shows pedestrian traffic, including two children holding hands.
Creator: Herline & Hensel., creator
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W096.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W96 [(5)1322.F.48a & 71a]

Title: The Free Library of Philadelphia, Southwark Branch, N.W. corner Fifth and Ellsworth Streets
Description: Exterior view of front facade of library built circa 1911 after designs by David Knickerbacker Boyd., Postcard issued by William H. Rau, Philadelphia, and the Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., Sheet number: 132B06., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]

Title: [Fifth Street north of Allegheny Avenue.]
Description: Depicts row homes along the west side of 5th Street north of Allegheny Avenue. Includes a grocery store on the corner and a sign for the adjacent cigar store. Also depicts pedestrian and street traffic., Numbered 1062 on recto., Sheet number: 156B05., Real photo. Undivided back. Post marked 1907., 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. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]

Title: Edgar Allen Poe house where he is supposed to have written the Raven. #530 N. 7th St. at cor. Brandywine
Description: Depicts the south front and rear of the Edgar Allan Poe House, dwarfed by neighboring properties and partially obscured by a wooden fence. Laundry hangs from a line in the rear of the yard and a woman stands in the doorway of the house looking toward the camera. Occupied by the famous writer from 1842 to 1844., Inscribed in negative: 3200., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.86]

Title: Home for Veteran and Wife G.A.R., 63rd and Callowhill Sts. [sic], Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of the home for veterans and wives of the Grand Army of the Republic built in 1903 by Charles Webber Bolton., Numbered 5500 and 20074 on verso., Sheet number: 138A05., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Bought of Russell & Landis, importers & wholesale druggists, & dealers in paints, oils, glass, varnishes, & c., also manufacturers of pure lily white lead, hunters iron paint, & ivory white lead. no. 5 North Fifth Street (3 doors above Market.) Geo. P. Russell. D. C. Landis
Description: Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing ornate lettering and an exterior view of the firm's storefront on Fifth Street. View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn omnibus and a man pushing a hand cart. Print also contains a pictorial detailed composed of a ribbon overlaid filigree and reading "All Claims to Be Reported Within Ten Days After Receipt of Goods." Terms of payment and shipping are also included. Russell & Landis relocated from the 400 block of Market and Fifth Street circa 1870., Completed in manuscript to F. P. Magraw on October 27, 1870 for $12.60., Stamped on recto: Paid Jul 19, 1904, E.K. Thompson & Son., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads -1879 (N-R) - R [P.2011.46.389]

Title: Joseph J. Cana[v]an morocco factory Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement depicting the manufactory complex at 1225 North Fifth Street (Canal Street between Thompson and Girard avenues). complex included a slaughterhouse, drying rooms, pulling shop, and office and sales room. A horse-drawn dray loaded with goods departs from the exit way between two sections of buildings that contain a flag and working smokestack. Also shows a worker in a doorway and a few pedestrians., Probably engraved by John Serz., Name of business misspelled in title: Canaran., 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: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.76b]

Title: Phila[delphia] Dispensary from Independence Square
Description: Glass negative showing exterior view from Independence Square of the Philadelphia Dispensary's third building, built in 1801, at 127 South Fifth Street, with partial views of adjacent buildings including the Mercantile Library building (125 South Fifth Street), occupied by the American Bank Note Company at the time of this photograph, and the offices of F. Cooper Shapely (129 South Fifth Street). Boys sit and stand in front of the dispensary building while a horse-drawn Knickerbocker Ice Company cart is parked in front of the Bank Note Company. Founded in 1786 by Benjamin Rush, the dispensary provided medical attention to the indigent sick. The building was razed in 1922., Title from entry in photographer's diary., Inscribed in negative: No. 12., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Time: 1:45, Light: Good sun., 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. 46., Arcadia caption text: The Philadelphia Dispensary is dwarfed by the adjacent Bank Note Company, formerly the Mercantile Library, in this 1887 photograph by Marriott C. Morris. Founded in 1786, the Dispensary provided in-home care to the indigent sick and specialized in inoculation against smallpox. Doctors donated their time to the institution, providing medicine to patients free of charge, in return for medical experience. After renting properties near Chestnut and Strawberry streets, the Dispensary constructed its own out-patient clinic at 127 South Fifth Street in 1801. The plan of the Dispensary shows a “Prescribing Room,” an apothecary shop, and a room for patients on the ground floor, and a Manager’s Room, Library, and three bedrooms on the second floor. The Dispensary remained here until the institution was dissolved in 1922., Digitization and cataloging edits have been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 25, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1106]

Title: Philadelphia Bourse postcards
Description: Contains three views of the Fifth Street front of the Philadelphia Bourse building constructed 1893-1895 after designs by G. W. & W. D. Hewitt., Contains 3 postcards printed in color., Sheet number: 27A03, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]

Title: Baptist Church, 5th & Buttonwood streets
Description: Exterior view of the Fourth Baptist Church built 1853-1855 after the designs of Joseph C. Hoxie. Edifice includes a tapering spire. Also shows neighboring buildings. Demolished circa 1970., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., See clipping in Poulson scrapbook, "Illustrations of Philadelphia," vol. 4, p. 4 for description of church., 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 #89., 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: July 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [(6)1322.F.34]

Title: The " Black Bear" Tavern; Girard estate offices; the residence of Thos. Sully, and his studio, and the music store of Geo. E. Blake; up to Fred. Brown's iron building and apothecary shop, at the n.e. corner of Fifth and Chestnut St., and the east side of Fifth St. continued, below (s. of) Chestnut in the perspective. The original Black bear tavern was on south side of Market east of Fifth Street. The stables &c are on the same lot that fronted Market Street
Description: View looking west on Fifth Street below Chestnut Street showing the businesses and residence. Shows the tavern building tenanted by Jeremiah Starr, grocer (11 S. Fifth) and Schaffer & Montgomery, wine and liquors (13 S. 5th). Also includes the office building operated by the estate of Stephen Girard; the residence of artist Thomas Sully (23 S. 5th); Blake's music store (25 S. 5th); and the renovated drug and chemical store of Frederick Brown (rebuilt late 1850s). Carts and wagons line the street and a group of men stand in front of the tavern. Tavern building razed 1859 for the erection of the Eastern Market at Fifth and Merchant streets., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Manuscript note by Poulson on mount: (see p. 56 1/2)., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 58. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: February 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo -Richards - Streets - Fifth [(3)2526.F.58 (Poulson)]

Title: Orthodox [Russian] Church and a much sign be-splattered home of a magician next to it at 700 no 5" St
Description: Shows home and business of "Professor Samuel H. Lingerman, The Celebrated Ventriloquist" at 705 North Fifth Street. Dwelling is covered in signs and advertisements. St. Andrew Russian Orthodox Church topped with spherical spires is visible next door., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso that incorrectly identifies church as "Orthodox Greek.", Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry,edited., Reproduced in Frederic M. Miller, Morris J. Vogel, and Allen F. Davis' Still Philadelphia: A Photographic History, 1890-1940 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983), p. 166., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel and Susan Oyama's Philadelphia: Then and Now (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1988), p. 92.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 182 [P.8513.182], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson182.htm

Title: Old Houses, on the east of Fifth Street, with entrance to a "court," to Fred. Brown's iron buildings n.e. cor. of Chestnut and Fifth sts
Description: View showing the residence of Philadelphia artist Thomas Sully (23 S. 5th) and George Blake's music store (25 S. 5th). Sully lived in the residence, which included his living quarters, studio, and small exhibition gallery, circa 1828 until his death. Blake, a long-time friend of Sully, operated from the location circa 1814-1871. View includes Frederick Brown's apothecary store, i.e., "Iron Building" and court entrance. Also shows two men standing in front of the Sully residence., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount of (3)2526.F.56 1/2., Date inscribed on photograph (3)2526.F.56 1/2., Manuscript note by Poulson on mount of 3)2526.F.56 1/2: (See page 58)., Manuscript note on mount of (3)2526.F.56 1/2: Thos. Sully Residence; Blakes Music Store., One of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., One of the images originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 56 1/2. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: February 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo -Richards - Streets - Fifth [(6)1322.F.137c; (3)2526.F.56 1/2 (Poulson)]

Title: St. Michael's. - (Fifth Street above Arch.)
Description: Shows the church also known as the Old Lutheran Church built 1743-1748 on the 100 block of North Fifth Street. View also includes several broadsides pasted on the brick wall enclosing the church. Church razed 1872., Title and photographer's imprint printed on mount., Lavender paper mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 37., Arcadia caption text: Like many of the churches built in the city in the 1700s, St. Michael’s Church (the Old Lutheran Church), completed in 1748, did not survive through the 19th century. Used as a garrison by British troops during the American Revolution, the church, visible here a few years before its demolition in 1872, shows the signs of abandonment. Following the relocation of the congregation in 1870, the church was razed from the 100 block of North Fifth Street.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Religion [(4)1322.F.25b]

Title: Old St. Michaels Church, (German Lutheran) on the southeast corner of Fifth and Cherry St. The grounds bounded on the south by Appletree Alley
Description: View showing the church also known as the Old Lutheran Church built 1743-1748 on the 100 block of North Fifth Street. Also shows the church and church burial ground enclosed by a brick wall and a partial view of buildings on Appletree Alley in the background., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Compass directions given in manuscript on mount., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 109. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: March 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Churches and Meetinghouses - S [(3)2526.F.109 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f109.jpg

Title: [Wm. Wilson & Son, manufacturers of silverware, northwest corner Fifth and Cherry streets]
Description: View looking south from above Cherry Street showing the manufactory at 78 North Fifth Street. Employees stand at several of the windows of the building. Business adorned with a sign embellished with silver lettering and ornaments. Also shows partial views of merchandise in the display windows and a horse-drawn wagon., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title supplied by cataloguer., Inscribed in negative: 12., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - W [(7)1322.F.37d

Title: Old Lutheran Church, in Fifth Philadelphia
Description: Street scene showing Fifth Street with the Old Lutheran Church (i.e., St. Michael's Church). Depicts well-dressed white women in small groups, a woman and child, and men strolling passed the church, a horse-drawn carriage traveling down the street, and three white men conversing around a horse hitched to a post near two African American girls. One of the girls holds out her hand. Also shows dogs standing and running in the street. St Michael's Church, built 1743-1748 and demolished in 1872, was occupied in 1777 by British chaplains and used as the garrison church of the British troops during the American Revolution., Title from item., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 7., Accessioned 1979., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator: W. Birch & Son
Date: 1800
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 7/P.2276.13]

Title: [Philadelphia Bourse construction]
Description: View of an early stage of the construction of the Philadelphia Bourse at 11-21 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia. Depicts construction workers, including African Americans, standing at the center of the steel frame on a scaffolding surrounded by masonry tools and supplies. Existing business and residences surround the construction site. Designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm, George and William Hewitt, the Bourse was completed after 2 years of construction in 1895. It was one of the first modern U.S. commerce centers and stock exchanges., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Stamped on verso: No. of negative 491., Date from manuscript written note on mount: Mar. 2nd 1894., Forms part of a series of ten Philadelphia Bourse construction photographs., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1992, p. 50-51., Purchase 1992., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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.
Creator: Miller, Chas. (Charles H.), photographer
Date: March 2, 1894
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Miller [P.9381.2]

Title: Franklin's statue, Philadelphia Library
Description: Detail of the front facade of the Library Company of Philadelphia's first building at Fifth and Library Streets, depicting the marble statue of Franklin by Francesco Lazzarini commissioned by William Bingham circa 1792 to occupy a niche on the second story of the building., Thin paper buff mount., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Oringinally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - libraries [(6)1322.F.20c]

Title: Franklin's statue, Philadelphia Library
Description: Detail of the front facade of the Library Company of Philadelphia's first building at Fifth and Library Streets, depicting the marble statue of Franklin by Francesco Lazzarini commissioned by William Bingham circa 1792 to occupy a niche on the second story of the building., Thin paper buff mount., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Oringinally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - libraries [(6)1322.F.20c]

Title: Franklin's statue, Philadelphia Library
Description: Detail of the front facade of the Library Company of Philadelphia's first building at Fifth and Library Streets, depicting the marble statue of Franklin by Francesco Lazzarini commissioned by William Bingham circa 1792 to occupy a niche on the second story of the building., Thin paper buff mount., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Oringinally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - libraries [(6)1322.F.20c]

Title: Interior of Phila; Library, Fifth and Library Streets, 1878
Description: Drawing depicting the reading room in the Library Company on Fifth and Library streets. Shows the interior of the first building for the Library constructed by William Thornton from 1789 to 1790. The building was demolished in 1887. Includes a view of the Librarian's desk (right) and visitors browsing the book shelves on the balcony and the main floor., Title from item., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., LCP AR (Annual Report) 1975, p. 6-11., Forms part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Creator: Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
Date: 1878
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.151]

Title: Philadelphia Library. On the northeast corner of Fifth and Library street
Description: View showing the Library Company of Philadelphia (organized by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731) built 1789-1790 after the designs of Dr. William Thornton on the 100 block of Fifth Street. A group of young men and boys stand near the entrance of the building. Also shows a horse-drawn carriage and lamppost in the foreground., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount of (3)2526.F.105 (Poulson)/8339.F.5., Date inscribed on photograph (3)2526.F.105 (Poulson)/8339.F.5., Compass directions given in manuscript on mount., One of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., One of the images originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 105. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., (3)2526.F.105 reaccessioned as 8339.F.5., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: February 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Libraries - L [(6)1322.F.10e; (3)2526.F.105], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/8339f5.jpg

Title: [Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth Street Philadelphia]
Description: View on Fifth Street above Walnut Street including the halls of the Library Company of Philadelphia (built 1790) and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (built 1792). Depicts patrons entering and leaving the red brick Palladian library building; men and a boy playing dice on the sidewalk; a blacksmith working in his shop; and a man leading a horse-drawn cart down the street. The Library Company, established by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731, remained at the hall designed by Dr. William Thornton until 1880; the building razed in 1887. Surgeons or Anatomical Hall served as a lecture room and chemistry laboratory for the University's medical students until 1807., Title from duplicate print., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 19., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Creator: W. Birch & Son
Date: 1799
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 19a/P.2276.42]

Title: [Library Company of Philadelphia, southeast corner Fifth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the first permanent building of the subscription library, organized by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731, built 1789-1790 after the designs of Dr. William Thornton at Fifth and Library streets. View includes the Benjamin Franklin statue sculpted by Francesco Lazzarini and installed in 1792 in the niche above the entrance of the Palladian building., Half-stereographic prints including one on white paper mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Libraries [(6)1322.F.20b; P.2282.41]

Title: Old Phila[delphia] Library, 5th & Library Sts from Independence Sq[uare] being torn down for Drexel's new building
Description: Glass negative showing exterior view looking east from State House Square at the red-brick building constructed on South Fifth Street for the Library Company of Philadelphia in 1789 after designs by Dr. William Thornton. After the construction of two new buildings - the Ridgway Building in South Philadelphia and the Furness building at Juniper and Locust Streets - the Fifth Street library was sold in 1880. A signboard for The Central News Company is visible across the front facade of the building, which in this image, is being demolished to make way for the Drexel Building. Men wearing suits and bowler hats sit in the grass nearby. The Forrest Building (119-127 South Fourth Street) is visible in the distance. Central News Company operated from the building from 1883 until 1886., Title from entry in photographer's diary., Inscribed in negative: No. 13., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Time: 2:10, Light: Faint sun., 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. 10., Arcadia caption text: In 1887, the old Library Company building was demolished to make way for the Drexel Building. Ironically, this office building was demolished in the late 1950s when the American Philosophical Society (founded 1743) built its state-of-the-art library on the site, featuring a reproduction of the Library Company’s original façade as designed by William Thornton., Digitization and cataloging edits have been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 22, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1105]

Title: Philadelphia Library
Description: View looking northeast at the first permanent red-brick building of the subscription library, organized by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731, built 1789-1790 after the designs of Dr. William Thornton. View includes the Benjamin Franklin statue sculpted by Francesco Lazzarini and installed in the niche above the building entrance in 1792. Also shows a man digging up the street near a pile of stones and dirt, a partial view of a horse traveling north on Fifth Street, and men standing near the building on the corner. The library sold the building 1880 and it was demolished in 1887., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Libraries [P.9058.170]

Title: The Free Library of Philadelphia, Haddington Branch, S.W. corner 65th and Girard Avenue
Description: Exterior view of front facade of library built in 1915 after designs by Albert Kelsey., Postcard issued by William H. Rau, Philadelphia, and the Albertype Co., Booklyn, N.Y., Sheet number: 132B03., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector.
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]

Title: The Free Library of Philadelphia, Haddington Branch, S.W. corner 65th and Girard Avenue
Description: Exterior view of front facade of library built in 1915 after designs by Albert Kelsey., Postcard issued by William H. Rau, Philadelphia, and the Albertype Co., Booklyn, N.Y., Sheet number: 132B03., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]

Title: Fifth above Arch Street, westside, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the westside of the 100 block of North Fifth Street. Businesses include Garrigues & Magee, manufactuers of photographic and daguerrian chemicals (108 N. 5th); Tripple's Shoe Store (110 N. 5th), and William Seefeldt, musical instrument store (114 N. 5th). Several musical instruments are displayed in the window of the musical instrument store. Magee, a photographer, operated his chemical business circa 1857 to the early 1890s., Date and photographer's monogram inscribed in negative., Inscribed in negative: 20., Title from manuscript note on recto: 5th above Arch., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: August 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - F [(6)1322.F.81c]

Title: Back of Independence Hall from near 5[th] & Walnut Sts. [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Independence Hall, a multi-story building with a prominent central spire designed by Andrew Hamilton (1676-1741) and Edmund Woolly (1695-1771) at Fifth and Walnut Streets. The building is seen from a distance across a field dotted with trees. Construction on Independence Hall began in 1732 and completed in 1753. It originally housed all three branches of the Pennsylvania colonial government, as well as being host to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitutional Convention. The building went through numerous renovations and reconstructions, until in 1950 when the National Park Service restored much of the architecture and interior to its 1776 appearance. It is a part of Independence National Park and a major tourist attraction as of the 21st century., Time: 2:00, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 22, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1104]

Title: [J.H. Davis driving a horsecar out of a carbarn, Fifth & Sixth Street line, Fifth & Jackson Streets, Philadelphia.]
Description: Depicts J.H. Davis seated in the drivers position holding the horses' reigns in the number 20 horsecar, operated along the Fifth & Sixth Street line, also known as the Frankford-Southwark Passenger Railway. Four men and a boy stand near the car as it exits a carbarn at Fifth and Jackson Streets., Title, description, and location from manuscript note on verso., Gift of Emily Riese., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Davis, Eugene H., photographer
Date: 1894
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Davis [P.9332.15]

Title: [John Davis driving a horsecar out of a carbarn, Fifth & Sixth Street line, Fifth & Jackson Streets, Philadelphia.]
Description: Depicts John Davis seated in the drivers position holding the horses' reigns in the number 12 horsecar, operated along the Fifth & Sixth Street line, also known as the Frankford-Southwark Passenger Railway. A uniformed conductor stands next to Davis and five men, including one policeman, stand near the car as it exits a carbarn at Fifth and Jackson Streets. A sign attached to the car above the windows reads: "Lincoln Park on the Delaware, Steamers every 45 minutes, Race and Christian St. Wharves. 3 concerts daily", Gift of Emily Riese., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Davis, Eugene H., photographer
Date: ca. 1894
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Davis [P.9332.16]

Title: Pepper's brewery And dwelling house - the latter - on northwest corner of Fifth and Minor street with a view in perspective of the houses on the west side of Fifth Street to the corner of Market Street - also part of the house on n.w. corner of Market and Fifth Street
Description: Shows Robert Smith's Brewery, formerly the Pepper Brewery, on South Fifth Street between Market and Chestnut streets. View includes two men standing near several barrels lined in front of the brewery. Also shows adjacent and neighboring businesses, including partial views of a manufacturer and a shoe store. Pepper Brewery, originally established by Joseph Potts in 1774, was assumed by Henry Pepper & Son circa 1780. Smith, who joined in partnership with Pepper's sons and Frederick Seckel in 1837, gained sole proprietorship of the brewery in the mid 1850s. Brewery was incorporated in 1887 and relocated to 38th Street and Girard Avenue in 1888., Title from manuscript note by Poulson on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 55. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: February 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - [(3)2526.F.55 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f55.jpg

Title: Fifth above Arch Street, eastside, Philadelphia
Description: View looking north on Fifth Street showing the eastside of the 100 block. Businesses include Koshland and Brother, tobacco store (136 N. 5th) and The Arbor, probably a restaurant (138 N. 5th). Tobacco store heavily adorned with advertisements, including a cigar store Indian. Also shows another storefront with display windows, possibly a gentleman's furnishings store., Date and photographer's monogram inscribed in negative., Inscribed in negative: 20., Title from manuscript note on recto: 5th above Arch., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: August 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - F [(7)1322.F.53b]

Title: Fifth Street above Arch Street, west side
Description: View showing the westside of the 100 block of North Fifth Street. Businesses include Garrigues & Magee, manufacturers of photographic and daguerreian chemicals (108 N. 5th) and Tripple's Shoe Store (110 N. 5th). Also shows the shadow figure of a peddler standing on the sidewalk near his basket in front of the shoe store. Magee, a photographer, operated his chemical business circa 1857 to the early 1890s., Date and photographer's monogram inscribed in negative., Title from manuscript note on recto, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs 1839-1914 (New York: Published in cooperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia by Dover Publications, Inc., 1976), plate 99.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: August 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - F [(7)1322.F.53d]

Title: Mercantile Library, on the southeast corner of Fifth and Library Street
Description: View showing the building of the library, organized in 1821 for the benefit of merchants and merchant clerks, built 1844-45 after the designs of William Johnston at 125 South Fifth Street. Includes a horse-drawn carriage parked in front of the library and a partial view of Independence Square. Building demolished circa 1925., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Mount inscribed with directions: N. E. S. W., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 111. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 11., Arcadia caption text: William L. Johnston designed this Greek Revival edifice, constructed 1844-1845, at the southeast corner of Fifth and Library streets for the Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia, which formed in 1821 as a member-supported institution for merchants and clerks. Initially serving the specific interests of bankers, traders, and accountants, by the late 19th century the library became a place for the general public to utilize its collection of newspapers, magazines, and novels. Pictured here in 1858, the library relocated in 1869. The building was demolished c. 1925.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: December 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Libraries - M [(3)2526.F.111 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/2526f111.jpg

Title: The old Hurst mansion, "standing back," facing the west, on the northeast corner of Fifth and South street
Description: View showing the former residence of English gentleman Charles Hurst built 1775-1779 on the 500 block of South Fifth Street. Shows the front yard of the building being used as a storage area. Yard contains several wagons, including the wagon of "W.B. Chambers, grocer, N.E. cor. 5th & Pine" and headstones from the adjacent marble yard. Also shows a young man seated on a chair amongst several pieces of furniture lining the wood fence in front of the former residence. Fence painted with several notices to the public., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed in negative., Mount inscribed with directions: N. E. S. W., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 119. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: December 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Residences - H [(3)2526.F.119 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f119.jpg

Title: Philadelphia Water Works. "Stand Pipe" 24th Ward Works
Description: View showing the standpipe with an ornate spiral staircase erected at Thirty-Fifth and Sycamore streets as part of the Twenty Fourth Ward Water Works also known as the West Philadelphia Water Works. Completed circa 1855 after the designs of engineers Birkinbine & Trotter, the standpipe served as a reservoir for the waterworks located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River above the Fairmount Dam. The standpipe was removed in 1870., Title from manuscript note by Henry P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer of the Water Department, on accompanying label., Manuscript note on accompanying label: With respects of Henry P.M. Birkinbine Chief Engineer., Blue mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Birkinbine & Trotter was a partnership between Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Edward H. Trotter (1814-1872)., See Poulson's scrapbook vol. VII, pg. 119 for clipping concerning the raising of the stand pipe dated December 15, 1853., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(8)1322.F.3a-2]

Title: Stand pipe, West Philada Waterworks, flying buttresses &c
Description: Architectural drawing showing the design for the flying buttresses for the standpipe erected at Thirty-Fifth and Sycamore Streets as part of the Twenty Fourth Ward Water Works (i.e., West Philadelphia Water Works) and completed circa 1855 after the designs of engineers Birkinbine & Trotter. Shows the flying buttress and three columns colored pink and blue. Part of the buttress is super imposed on the middle column depicted. The standpipe served as a reservoir for the waterworks located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River above the Fairmount Dam and was removed in 1870., Title from item., Date inferred from date of construction., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., Birkinbine & Trotter was a partnership between Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Edward H. Trotter (1814-1872).
Creator: Birkinbine & Trotter, artist
Date: [ca. 1854]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.24]

Title: 8 pannells [sic] for stand pipe West Philada Waterworks
Description: Architectural drawing showing the design for the panels around the base of the standpipe erected at Thirty-Fifth and Sycamore Streets as part of the Twenty Fourth Ward Water Works (i.e., West Philadelphia Water Works) and completed circa 1855 after the designs of engineers Birkinbine & Trotter. Shows the panel with a decorative floral pattern and with measurements written in pencil around the piece and a label in the right indicating that it is “full size.” Above the panel image are two pieces, probably tabs to hold the panels, labeled “full size.” Also includes structural outlines marked with notes about “cement” and “1/2m” or “1/3m bolts.” The standpipe served as a reservoir for the waterworks located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River above the Fairmount Dam and was removed in 1870., Title from item., Date inferred from date of construction., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., Birkinbine & Trotter was a partnership between Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Edward H. Trotter (1814-1872).
Creator: Birkinbine & Trotter, artist
Date: [ca. 1854]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.23]

Title: Library Company of Philadelphia scrapbook
Description: Scrapbook predominantly containing photographs of the interiors and exteriors of the buildings of the Library Company of Philadelphia at Fifth and Library streets (1792-1878) (p. 8, 10, 21a) and Juniper and Locust streets (1880-1940). Interior views show the main reading rooms (p. 27, 29, 30, 33-35), the women's reading room (p.31-32), and the Henry C. Lea Annex (member's reading room)(p.37) at the Juniper Street building. The images include shelves of books; reading tables and chairs; magazine racks; card catalogs; and paintings, photographs, manuscripts and busts and object d'arts on display. Also contains photographs and photomechanical reproductions of portraiture of early noted figures and donors to the Library Company and art and artifacts held by or associated with the repository. Additional content includes reference correspondence (1920 and 1924) between librarian George Abbot and overseas researchers studying Peter Collinson and an April 8, 1834 newspaper clipping reporting the Library Company's receipt of the book collection of the late James Cox "Artist and Bibliomaniac" accompanied by his autograph (John McAllister label pasted on verso)., Portraits depict Rev. Samuel Preston (1756-1834)(p. 12); optician Joseph Fisher (d. 1864) (p. 13); library director Dr. Thomas Parke (1749-1835) (p. 14); "library director 1825-1840" Benjamin R. Morgan (1765-1840) (p. 16); and Library Company purchasing agent Peter Collinson (1694-1768) (p. 17). Artifacts include the "Lion's Mouth" tin suggestion box (ca. 1850) (p. 21); the candle lantern from the entrance of the original library building (pre-1791) (p. 20); "old playing cards used as washers for Franklin's electrical machine" (1740s) (p. 22); William Penn's secretary desk (ca. 1680) (p. 23); John Penn's air pump case for electrical instruments (1738-1739) (p. 24); and the anti-slavery painting "Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences" given to the library by its artist Samuel Jennings in 1792 (p. 18-19). Photographic reproductions also depict prints from Birch's "Views of Philadelphia" (p. 25-26)., Title supplied by cataloger., Bookplate of the Library Company dated October 9, 1934 pasted on inside front cover., Some contents identified from manuscript notes on rectos and versos of scrapbook pages., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitization made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025., Housed in phase box., Select link below to access the website "Art & Artifacts. Discover the Library Company’s Art and Artifact Collection.", The Library Company of Philadelphia, America’s first successful lending library and oldest cultural institution, was founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin as a subscription library supported by its shareholders. Until the 1850s it was the largest public library in America. It was transformed into a research library in the 1950s.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1818-ca. 1934, bulk 1920-1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Library [Uy8 7065.Q], http://www.librarycompany.org/artifacts/

Title: Library Company of Philadelphia scrapbook
Description: Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, photographs, ephemera and prints predominantly issued between the 1930s and 1970s documenting exhibitions, loans, collections, events and the history of the Library Company. Clippings include newspaper articles about a loan of American political cartoons to the Toledo Museum (1936); exhibitions commemorating the centenary of librettist W.S. Gilbert (1936); the tercentenary of Swedish Settlement (1938); and the library's African American history collection (1971). Columns also describe the presentation of the Christopher Sower library (1909); the return in 1876 of a book 99 years overdue since the American Revolution (1938); the demolition of the Library's Juniper and Locust streets building for a parking lot (1939); and the vandalism of the former Ridgway Building at 901-933 Broad Street (1969). Photographs predominantly depict the exteriors and reading rooms of the library buildings at Fifth and Library Streets, Juniper and Locust Streets, and Broad Street (Ridgway Building). Other photographs include a series of views from the 1939 unveiling ceremony of the James Logan memorial (to be erected in Fairmount Park) on the steps of the Ridgway Branch. Ephemera includes invitations (several from The Women's Committee), brochures, catalogs, announcements and placards related to library events; bulletins and pamphlets describing collections; dues notices and book plates; the variant 1884 and 1906 "Rules of the Library Company"; an off-print of the 1882 Louise Stockton entry in "A Sylvan City..." about "The Old Philadelphia Library"; and a 1961 citation from the city recognizing the library as a "Philadelphia first.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cut outs of the seal and motto of Library Company from bookplate pasted on title page., Some contents annotated with dates and typewritten descriptions., Several loose photographs removed and rehoused as "Library Company of Philadelphia Scrapbook Photographs Collection" [P.2010.17]. Contains a ca. 1865 portrait of library donor John A. McAllister misidentified as librarian Lloyd P. Smith, a ca. 1935 portrait of librarian George Abbot, and interior and exterior views of the library buildings, including artifacts, at Fifth and Library Streets, Juniper and Locust Streets, and Broad Street (Ridgway Building)., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitization made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Typewritten index inserted in volume., The Library Company of Philadelphia, America’s first successful lending library and oldest cultural institution, was founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin as a subscription library supported by its shareholders. Until the 1850s it was the largest public library in America. It was transformed into a research library in the 1950s.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: [ca. 1865-ca. 1971, bulk ca. 1936-ca. 1945]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *albums (flat) [P.2010.17], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Library Company of Philadelphia Scrapbook Photographs Collection [P.2010.17]

Title: Albert Hatch Photograph Album
Description: Photographs compiled and possibly taken by Albert Hatch showing city and landscape views as well as family views and portraits, ca. 1866-ca. 1888.

Title: Photograph album
Description: Album of photographs compiled and some possibly taken by Albert Hatch showing city and landscape views and family views and portraits. Photographs depict Atlantic City; Fairmount Park, including the water works and the Wissahickon Creek; Schooley family residences, landmarks, and the 1888 reunion in Luzerne County, Pa., including the residence of Joanna Schooley (West Pittston), the "Old Homestead" (Wyoming), the residence of H. N. Schooley before and after renovations in 1888, and the Schooley Breaker (Sturmerville) and Mill (Luzerne); lighthouses at Sandy Hook, N.J. and Neversink, N.Y.; and the White Mountains, N.H. Images also show the 500 block of North Twenty-Fifth Street, including Hatch's residence; the Girard Avenue Bridge and tunnel; the Old Red Bridge and Thorps Lane Bridge (Wissahickon), and "Old Smithy", a view by John Moran of a "smith" in front of his stone cabin shop in the woods. Also contains unidentified landscape views by Moran, and frontispiece photographs removed from late 1880s editions of "The Philadelphia Photographer," including views of South Africa and "The Kiosk of Isis" (Bed of Pharoah) at Philae Island., Calligraphed on cover: Photographs., Insert: Permission card issued to Mr. Albert Hatch, No. 577 N. 25 St. Recto contains stamps: Albert Hatch 190 Lambert St., Phila, Pa.; Albert Hatch 1616 Montgomery Ave. Verso printed: Permission has been granted to you to take Photographic Views in the Park during 1885. Good until revoked by the Committee on superintendance [use?] J. M. Dougherty, Secretary., Contains pasted label on back cover: Howard Album. Interchangeable Cards, Scovill Mf'g Co., N. Y. Patented and Label Registered., Photographers include George Hanmer Croughton; Lulu Farini; John Moran; and E. L. Wilson., Several of the photographs identified from captions below the images., Names of photographers from inscriptions below the images., Brown leather binding stamped: Photographs., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Agnes Kelly., Housed in phase box., Albert Hatch, son of Massachusetts-born, real estate broker Edward Hatch, was an amateur photographer who worked as a clerk at the U.S. Post Office from the late 1880s into the early 20th century. He was married in 1886 to Alice C. Schooley, who was from a family active in the milling and mining industry in and near Wyoming, Pa, including her brother Henry N. and Aunt Joanna. The couple had two children, including Augusta Hatch (b. 1868), who married James Kelly in 1890.
Creator: Hatch, Albert, 1844-1910
Date: ca. 1866-ca. 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9250]

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