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Title: Harrison Brothers' white lead works & chemical laboratory, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing a bird's eye view of the chemical works of Harrison Brothers near Fitler and Harrison Streets in Frankford, showing from left to right, the buildings containing "Pyro Acid Works," "Sulphuric Acid Works," "Sugar Lead Works," "White Lead Works," "Alum Works," "Copperas Works," and the company office. The bustling scene includes laborers pushing wheel barrows, putting coal in a furnace, and hoisting barrels using a block and tackle pulley system. Piles of lumber, barrels, and vats cover the ground, and smoke rises from the chimneys of the buildings within the enclosed compound. A man walks along the periphery of the fence in the foreground, between two gates. A loaded wagon enters the left gate, as a dray exits through the right. A dog stands on the left hand side of the fence, facing the pedestrian. Deer and horses graze the fields in the tree-lined, country-like setting behind the chemical works. Established circa 1793, Harrison Brothers operated plants in New York, Maryland and Philadelphia by the Civil War, operating this plant in Frankford until about 1870., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Aug. 1847., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 341, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Rease, a prominent mid-19th century Philadelphia trade card lithographer known to highlight details of human interest in his advertisements, partnered with Francis H. Schell in the 1850s and eventually operated his own press until around 1872.
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [1847]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W475 [P.2271]

Title: Friends Asylum for the Insane near Frankford
Description: Exterior view of the almshouse building as it appeared after two patient wings were added to the original structure in 1827. The grounds of the mental institution, formerly a fifty-two acre farm in Oxford Township, were purchased by the Society of Friends in 1813, near Frankford. The hospital opened to patients four years later in 1817., Frontispiece to Fifteenth annual report on the state of the Asylum for the relief of persons deprived of the use of their reason, (Philadelphia: Printed by T.A. Conrad, corner Sixth and Cherry Streets, 1832). Report also contains "Map of the Asylum Farm" and "Groundfloor of the Asylum" printed on tissue by Childs & Inman lithrs. Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 284, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1814 Phi Asy (box) 9092.O.11a., Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 9:38, Philadelphiana
Creator: Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856, artist
Date: [1832]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W143 [Am 1814 Phi Asy (box) 9092.O.11a.frontis]

Title: Friends' Asylum for the Insane near Frankford
Description: Exterior view of the almshouse building as it appeared after two patient wings were added to the original structure in 1827. Includes men standing in the foreground and animals grazing. The grounds of the mental institution, formerly a fifty-two acre farm in Oxford Township, were purchased by the Society of Friends in 1813, near Frankford. The hospital opened to patients four years later in 1817., Published as the frontispiece of the annual reports of the asylum (entitled: ... Annual Report of the State of the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason) from 1836 to 1840., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 285, Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2049 and in Am 1814 Phi Asy (box) 51117.O.6; 51117.O.9; and 51908.O.5., Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: [1836]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W144 [P.2049]

Title: Decatur Fire Company of Frankford
Description: Fire company certificate containing vignettes depicting fire fighters rushing a steam engine marked with the company motto down a city street past the Odd Fellows Hall, Frankford; a steam engine parked at the company fire station on Church Street; and fire fighters surrounded by spectators battling a fire of the Frogmore Mills cotton factory, Frankford. Fire fighting equipment including a fire hose, a ladder, an axe, a trumpet and other tools are drawn bundled together to form decorative elements on both sides. A small oval portrait of Commodore Stephen Decatur in a laurel wreath frame above intertwined American flags and the company motto "Ever Prompt to a Call" adorns the top. Also contains eagles, the company number "21," and the institution and incorporation dates (1803 and 1842, respectively). Company named after the Naval hero Decatur whose father purportedly resided in Frankford., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 177, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Fire Companies - Decatur, Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen Orr Duval (P.S. Duval’s son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval’s retirement in 1869 until 1874.
Creator: Bosch, A. H., artist
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Fire Companies - Decatur

Title: Washington Fire Company of Frankford
Description: Fire company certificate containing vignettes depicting fire fighters surrounded by spectators, battling the July 12, 1866 fire at the "Tackawana" (i.e., Tacony) Print Works in Frankford; a steam engine parked in the company fire station on Frankford Avenue between Sellers and Oxford streets; and fire fighters rushing a horse-drawn steam engine past a church. Fire fighting equipment including a fire hose, a ladder, an axe, a trumpet and other tools are drawn bundled together to form decorative elements on both sides. A small oval portrait of George Washington adorns an arch at the top. An American eagle rests on top of the portrait and clutches an American flag that is intertwined over the arch that is printed "First in War. First in Peace. First in the Hearts of His Country Men." Also contains the company institution date - 1793. Company was incorporated in 1846 (date visible on the station house)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 819, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Fire Companies - Washington, Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen Orr Duval (P.S. Duval’s son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval’s retirement in 1869 until 1874.
Creator: Bosch, A. H., artist
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Fire Companies - Washington

Title: [Garsed & Brother Wingohocking Mills billhead]
Description: Billhead for R. Garsed & Brother containing a view of the firm's textile mills built 1853 on the northwest corner of Ashland Street along Frankford Creek in Frankford. The mills include a small office building adjacent to a long single-story building with three portico entrances, a smokestack, and cupola adorned with a weather vane. The main building housed the spinning, carding, warping, and spreading rooms. Women stand in two of the portico entries, individuals walk on the grounds, and a “Wingohocking” horse-drawn wagon travels past the mill. In the foreground, by the creek, a horse and colt stand near a canoe marked "Wingohocking Mills" moored at the bank. Across from the animals, a Native American stands with his canoe moored behind him. Richard Garsed was a pioneer in the improvement of cotton mill machinery, including the increased efficiency of power looms, during the 1840s and 1850s., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00009, Title supplied by cataloguer., Printed on recto: Frankford, Pa. Invoice of Goods consigned to ______ for Sale on account of R. Garsed & Brother. Marks & Nos. Pieces. Description Yards. Total Yards. Price pr. Yard $____ Cts., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:12a, See Castner 26: 17 for watercolor study for print titled “At Frankford, Phila, Pa.” Signed A. Kollner drawn 1855. Drawing also dated "30 Nov. 1853." View includes, in the foreground, a “Frankford” paddleboat on the creek and horses at the creek bank. Also shows horses frolicking in front of the mills in the background.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Castner 26:12a

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