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$1036 N. Front St. showing fracture in front wall caused by pile driver, October 26, 1915.$

Title: 1036 N. Front St. showing fracture in front wall caused by pile driver, October 26, 1915.
Description: Negative number: 1614, Street level view of delapidated, abandoned storefront.
Date: October 26, 1915

Title: 23d Ward McClellan Troop! Attention! The troop will assemble at Jas. Mullen's, Frankford on Saturday evening, Oct. 1st, 1864, at half-past 6 o'clock, for the purpose of attending the Democratic mass meeting at Branchtown. The Democracy are invited to procure horses, form a cavalcade and accompany the troop
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Twenty-Third Ward McClellan Troop (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1864 Twenty (6)5777.F.43a (McAllister)

Title: [4500 block of Franklin Street, near "Grandmother's Alley", Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the west side of the 4500 block of Franklin Street, currently Griscom Street, focusing on a two-story brick structure, which sits next to "Grandmother's Alley," an alleyway leading to the Frankford Friends Meeting House from Frankford Avenue. The clock tower of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church is visible in the background. The church was constructed in 1869 for the Seventh United Presbyterian Church. The Central Methodist Episcopal Church purchased the property ca. 1877 when the new church for the Seventh United Presbyterian Church was constructed at the southeast corner of Orthodox and Leiper streets., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.130]

Title: [African American worker at a work site near the Trenton Elevated Railroad Bridge in Philadelphia]
Description: Portrait of an African American construction worker standing next to a support column of the Philadelphian & Trenton Railroad Bridge at Trenton Avenue near Frankford Avenue. The man, attired in a bowler hat, a long-sleeved shirt with only the top buttoned, torn and worn overalls, and shoes, tucks his hands into the waist of his overalls and looks at the viewer. Behind him, two laborers perform street work, including a white man holding a shovel that looks at the viewer. In the background is Frankford Avenue. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk along the row of brick buildings., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content and attire of the people., Gift of Ruth Molloy, 1994., 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.
Date: [ca. 1918]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - 5x7 - unidentified - Transportation [P.9481.3]

Title: Alirene Mills textile plant at Frankford Creek, 1200-1300 Adams Avenue, Frankford, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of Alirene Mills (formerly Bromley Mills) textile plant at Frankford Creek and Adams Avenue. The mill was owned by James Bromley and was built in 1903, designed by the architecture firm Stearns and Castor. Row homes can be seen adjacent to the factory complex., Negative numbers: 13002n, P98, P99, P103, P104., Manuscript note on negative sleeve of 13002n: Buckman and Buckman, Fkd. Creek, N. Phila, Pa, August 27, 1930.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1930-1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.13002n; P.8990.P98; P.8990.P99; P.8990.P103; P.8990.P104]

Title: Arch over Lehigh Ave. showing detail construction under road-bed, looking north, June 4, 1917.
Description: Negative number: 4535, View looking north along Kensington Avenue, showing the underbelly of the arch spanning Lehigh Avenue and the truss bridge carrying the elevated railway over the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad pony plate girder bridge. Includes a partial view of the Port Richmond division of the Young Men's Christian association (left). A trolley car travels south on Kensington Avenue.
Date: June 4, 1917

Title: Assist the volunteers. Unequalled attraction By special request, the great musical & literary festival, in aid of the volunteers! given at the Odd Fellows' Hall, on Monday evening last, will be repeated at the same place, on Tuesday evening, June 25, 1861, look at the names. By kind permission of Mrs. Garretson, of the Walnut Street Theatre, Mrs. Anna Cowell, ... Ex-Gov. James Pollock, ... Dr. R. Shelton Mackenzie, ... Mr. George H. Haselwood, ... Miss Henrietta Shaw, ... Mr. W.J. Hill, ... The Washingtonian Glee Club of Philadelphia, and the Union Glee Club of Frankford, ... George Felix Benkert, Esq., professor of music, will preside at the piano, assisted by Mr. S. Behrens. The whole forming a combination of talent that will insure such an entertainment as the citizens of Frankford have never before had the opportunity of enjoying. Tickets, twenty-five cents.---Children half-price. To be had at Wright's Hardware Store, and Sheard's Book Store, Frankford, Taylor's Store, White Hall, and at the door [on the] evening of the entertainment. Doors open at half-past 7 o'clock, performance to commence at 8 o'clock
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; torn, affecting some text., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1861 Assist (6)5777.F.85a (McAllister)

Title: [Beneath tracks, unid. location], September 6, 1922.
Description: Negative number: 7623, View of the elevated railway's underside at an unidentified location. Piles of dirt sit near wooden scaffolding that surrounds some of the steel beams. Two white horses are harnessed to a cart near the construction area.
Date: September 6, 1922

Title: [Beneath tracks, unid. location], September 6, 1922.
Description: Negative number: 7688, Depicts wooden scaffolding surrounding a steel beam underneath of the elevated railway in an unidentified location.
Date: September 6, 1922

Title: Brien's National Circus and Model Show! J. Brien, proprietor C. Warner, business manager and treasurer H. Whitby, equestrian director Frank Whittaker, ring manager C.H. Castle, contracting agent R.P. Jones, director of publications This gigantic concern! with an outfit all new! an immense stud of trained horses! a fine selection of ponies! mules and other performing animals! and a superior troupe of performers, constituting the largest and best circus ever formed, will exhibit at Frankford! on Tuesday, April 28th, 1863. Admission, 25 cts. No half price. No extra fee demanded for choice seats. Seats for everybody. Performances, afternoon and night, at 2 and half-past 7 o'cl'k Special notice to ladies.--The management is happy to announce an engagement with Mrs. Charles Warner, formerly Mrs Dan Rice ... Miss Libbie Rice! now on her initial professional tour, ... A grand procession, led by P. Brintner's Keystone Cornet Band, will be made daily, at half-past 10 o'clock, A.M
Description: John V. O'Brien, proprietor; other performers include: Charles Conrad, William Conrad, W.B. Kennedy, Charles King, C.F. Reed, Elvira Whitby, H.W. Whitby, Johnny Whitby, Lizzie Whitby, and Margaret Whitby., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Brien's National Circus and Model Show
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1863 Brien (25)5761.F.63b (McAllister)

Title: [Briggs & Bro., flour and feed store, East Orthodox Street, Frankford, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of the two story brick store. Depicts fenced lot adjoining the store and barrels lined up along the side of the building and under the front awning. Briggs & Bro. was located at several locations on Orthodox Street around the time this photograph was taken. Established at 164 Orthodox in 1879; moved to 242 Orthodox around 1880, and then to 248 Orthodox around 1885., Grey mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: H.M.B.S., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schofield, John, 1835-1910, photographer
Date: between 1879 and 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schofield - business [P.9774.5]

Title: [Carriage house behind John H. Webster residence, 4834 Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Detail of stable in the rear of the property owned by John H. Webster Sr., the photographer's father., The Webster family owned four neighboring residences, 4830 to 4834, on Penn Street in Frankford., Negative severely damaged., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.128]

Title: Cedar Grove, Harrowgate Road, Kensington. Elizabeth Coates Paschall built the original portion in 1748. Newer part built in 1799. Its last occupant & owner was John T. Morris, who died about 1916
Description: View of house built circa 1748 and moved to Fairmount Park in 1926-7. Country seat of the Paschall-Morris family for five generations., Inscribed in negative: 3361., Title from negative sleeve., Also known as the Joseph Paschall House., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: October 8, 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.115]

Title: Column foundation construction, fifth stage concrete foundation uncovered, September 14, 1916.
Description: Negative number: 3132, Detail of column foundation.
Date: September 14, 1916

Title: [Construction of wall, unid. location], August 31, 1922.
Description: Negative number: 7611, Depicts a construction site around a large brick warehouse or depot for the Frankford Elevated Railway. A locomotive sits on the railroad tracks at the end of the line nearby. Wooden scaffolding covers sections of the building where windows are waiting to be installed. Two African American workers stand near piles of bricks near the building.
Date: August 31, 1922

Title: Construction of wall, unid. location], August 31, 1922.
Description: Negative number: 7610, Depicts a construction site around a large warehouse or depot for the Frankford Elevated Railway. Wooden scaffolding covers sections of the building. Workers are laying bricks in the foreground, while a group of men with shovels dig near a brick smokestack in the distance.
Date: August 31, 1922

Title: Cross wires on Front St. north from bent 39, April 24, 1916.
Description: Negative number: 2220, Street level view showing steel beams on North Front Street in the foreground. Horse-drawn vehicles and a steam dummy are also visible on the cobblestone street in the distance. Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Outward Freight buildings flank tracks running parallel to Willow Street. Includes a view of the brick Philadelphia Warehousing & Cold Storage Co. building.
Date: April 24, 1916

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: [Demolition of building, Front and Green Sts.], June 11, 1921 - B.
Description: Negative number: 7201, Depicts the demolition of a building at Front and Green Streets under the elevated railway. Broadsides advertising the Imperial Theatre and The Bijou are posted on the first floor exterior of the vacant brick building. A man works on the second floor near wooden scaffolding erected against the neighboring three-and-a-half story property. Rubble from demolition litters the sidewalk.
Date: June 11, 1921

Title: Fourth Regiment Union League! Col. Geo. P. McLean Men wanted to fill up Co. C now in camp at Frankford. $100 to $402 bounty. Cash in hand, when company is mustered in, $60 Three years' service, or during the war Men clothed and equipped immediately
Description: The Fourth Union League Regiment, 183rd Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, began recruiting in the fall of 1863 and was mustered out in July 1865; Col. George P. McLean was mustered in March 8 and resigned May 3, 1864; Capt. Henry W. Graeff was mustered in April 10 and resigned May 18, 1864. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 128, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 141., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 183rd (1863-1865), Company C.
Date: [1863 or 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.57b (McAllister)

Title: Frankford Creek at Frankford Ave., looking east
Description: Depicts bend in creek with industrial buildings lining banks and bridge crossing creek in the distance., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., 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 129 [P.8213.129], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson129.htm

Title: Frankford High School, N. Phila., Pa
Description: Aerial view of Frankford High School, located at Oxford Ave. and Wakeling St. in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. Includes nearby row homes., Negative number: 17459n.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: May 8, 1936
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.17459n]

Title: Frankford High School, Phila
Description: Aerial view of Frankford High School, located at Oxford Ave. and Wakeling St. in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. Includes nearby row homes., Negative numbers: 19853s, 19854s.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: June 26, 1939
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.19853s; P.8990.19854s]

Title: Frankford (section) postcards
Description: Depicts landmarks in the Frankford section of Philadelphia showing exterior views of the Free Library of Frankford; the Real Estate Trust Building on Frankford Avenue; Frankford High School and Frankford Baptist Church., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., 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 [Frankford (section) - 97]

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: Friends Asylum for the Insane near Frankford. [graphic] / Doughty, del.
Description: Location: Roosevelt Blvd. at Adams Ave., Frankford., Frontispiece to Fifteenth Annual Report of 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., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1814 Phi Asy (box) 9092.O.11a., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856 artist., creator
Date: [1832]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W143.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W143 [Am 1814 Phi Asy (box) 9092.O.11a]

Title: Friends' Asylum for the Insane near Frankford. [graphic] / From nature & on stone by G. Lehman.
Description: 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., Select link below for a digital image., Exterior view of the front of the almshouse founded by the Society of Friends in 1813 located in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist., creator
Date: [1836].
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W144.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W144 [P.2049]

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

Title: [George S. Webster residence, 4900 Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the residence of George S. Webster, the photographer's brother and surveyor of the city of Philadelphia, at 4900 Penn Street, looking at the southwest flank., Inscribed in negative: 62143W., The Webster family owned four neighboring residences, 4830 to 4834, on Penn Street in Frankford., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.121]

Title: [George S. Webster residence, 4900 Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the southeast front and rear stable of house owned by the photographer's brother, George S. Webster. View from Harrison Street., The Webster family owned four neighboring residences, 4830 to 4834, on Penn Street in Frankford., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.125]

Title: Girard Ave crossover without station girders - Front Street, September 14, 1916.
Description: Negative number: 3120, Street view looking west at a section of the unfinished elevated railway crossing over Girard Avenue. A group of young boys stand in the middle of the street. Shows William Penn Hose Co. and Kensington National Bank in the distance.
Date: September 14, 1916

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: Ho! for the Bucktails! The only chance offered in Kensington, Richmond, Bridesburg and Frankford to enlist in this famous brigade. This company is attached to the 143d Regiment and to be commanded by Col. L. Wistar [sic], late of the original Bucktails. Capt. Evans has served ten years in the regular service, and will guarantee that every man enlisting with him shall be treated as a soldier. Come and enlist now, as the bounty, $165 will cease after the 22d---Friday night
Description: The 143rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment was organized in Oct. 1862 and mustered out in June 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p.487. Col. Langhorne Wister commanded the Third Bucktails, 150th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, organized in Sept. 1862 and mustered out in June 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p. 611., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 143rd (1862-1865)
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.44 (McAllister)

Title: [Jane L. Webster holding daughter Lydia Webster in residence at 4830 Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the photographer's wife, Jane Lownes Webster, holding their daughter Lydia Smedley Webster in their Frankford home., Modern reference print #28 available for P.9501.41 in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.41 & 43]

Title: [John H. Webster residence, 4834 Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the residence of John H. Webster, the photographer's father, at 4834 Penn Street, looking at the northeast flank and carriage house in the backyard. Includes a partial view of the porch and side entrance. According to a datestone on the side of the house, it was constructed in 1890., The Webster family owned four neighboring residences, 4830 to 4834, on Penn Street in Frankford., Modern reference print #35 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.120]

Title: [John H. Webster residence, 4834 Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View of southeast front and northeast flank of house owned by John H. Webster Sr., the photographer's father. View taken from Penn Street. Includes the stable in the rear of the property. The photographer's wife, Jane L. Webster, sits in a chair on the porch., The Webster family owned four neighboring residences, 4830 to 4834, on Penn Street in Frankford., Modern reference print #8 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.127]

Title: [John H. Webster residence, side view, 4834 Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Oblique view of northeast flank of house owned by John H. Webster Sr., the photographer's father. View taken from the rear of the side lawn., The Webster family owned four neighboring residences, 4830 to 4834, on Penn Street in Frankford., Modern reference print #10 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.126]

Title: [Kensington Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the low bridge carrying Kensington Avenue over the Tacony Creek in Frankford. Includes a boy leaning against the iron railing of the bridge looking down toward the creek and the camera. Also shows one of the stone abutments of the bridge, with a partial view of dwellings and businesses on Kensington Avenue in the background., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.4-8, P.9501.11]

Title: A little rural scene in Frankford
Description: Exterior view showing a quaint area of the Frankford section of Philadelphia including Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church on the 1600 block of Oxford Avenue (that is Kinsey Street). In the right, is a two-story, colonial-style home with shuttered windows situated behind a fence. In the left is the African American church, founded in 1804, with its door open. Several trees line the property. A fire hydrant is visible in the left foreground., Title from descriptive manuscript note by photographer on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: One block away the Frankford El rumbles past - the trolleys clang, and general traffic rolls along., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979., 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: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: [ca. 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson [P.8513.206], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson206.htm

Title: A little rural scene in Frankford
Description: Exterior view showing a quaint area of the Frankford section of Philadelphia including Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church on the 1600 block of Oxford Avenue (that is Kinsey Street). In the right, is a two-story, colonial-style home with shuttered windows situated behind a fence. In the left is the African American church, founded in 1804, with its door open. Several trees line the property. A fire hydrant is visible in the left foreground., Title from descriptive manuscript note by photographer on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: One block away the Frankford El rumbles past - the trolleys clang, and general traffic rolls along., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979., 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: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: [ca. 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson [P.8513.206], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson206.htm

Title: [Lydia Webster sitting in a baby carriage in front of 4834 Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts Lydia Webster, the daughter of John H. Webster, Jr., bundled in winter clothing and sitting in a baby carriage in front of the porch of John H. Webster Sr. (4834 Penn Street). The southwest facade of George S. Webster's residence is visible in the background (4900 Penn Street). The Webster family owned four neighboring houses on Penn Street (4830-4900)., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members., Numbered 2.14 in manuscript note on negative sleeve.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.34]

Title: [Mabel C. Webster holding Lydia S. Webster in John H. Webster, Jr. residence at 4830 Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the photographer's neice, Mabel C. Webster, holding his daughter, Lydia S. Webster, in his Frankford residence., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.42 & 44]

Title: Odd Fellows' Hall, Frankford Edward Mogridge, business manager George Brown, treasurer Benefit of the 25th Ward Bounty Fund! On Wednesday evening, Aug. 24, '64 on which occasion Briggs' Minstrels and Burlesque Opera Troupe, in connection with the Bridesburg Armory Brass Band will appear in a versatile programme. ... Dramatic readings! ... How is your grandmudder? ... The evening's entertainment will conclude with the Ethiopian opera, entitled The rival boot blacks ... Admission, 25 cents Doors open at 7 o'clock. Performance to commence at half-past 7. Front seats reserved for ladies. Polite ushers will be in attendance
Description: Performers include: Billy Burr, Joe Dean, W.G. Hilfrem, F. Marion, W.H. Marshall, J.P. Morris, and Pete Williams., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Briggs' Minstrels
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1864 Briggs (26)5761.F.41b (McAllister)

Title: Odd Fellows' Hall, Frankford Benefit of the National Cornet Band! The original, mammoth, justly celebrated and wonderful stereopticon (copyrighted by P.E. Abel, Philadelphia.) Manager, John Toy Business agent, W.H. Sargent Lecturer, E.E. Hulfish, Esq. Operator, Prof. Digel The most thrilling and comprehensive, scientific, artistic invention of the age, will be exhibited on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, March 24th, 25th and 26th, 1864, at quarter to 8 o'clock. The celebrity of this astounding combination of beauty and immensity having, through the medium of the press, become a household theme, a repetition of its grandeur is deemed superfluous. Possessing, through the agency of the powerful Drummond light the unriveled [sic] property of producing to the admiring beholder a series of gigantic stereoscopic pictures! each covering an area of over 600 square feet of brilliantly illuminated canvas! ... Remember--the original stereopticon is not a mere panorama! ... At each entertainment will be presented a choice selection, comprising the grandest and most attractive views of American and European scenery: ... The whole comprising the most noted objects of interest, as seen by travelers, in a voyage around the world!! Admission, 25 cents. Children, 15 cents Doors open at 7 o'clock. To commence at quarter to 8
Description: Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Toy, John
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1864 Toy (26)5761.F.2a (McAllister)

Title: Odd Fellows' Hall, Frankford Benefit of the Ward Bounty Fund The wonderful stereopticon Proprietor, John Toy Lecturer, E.E. Hulfish, Esq. This beautiful intellectual entertainment, which will be found to surpass anything hitherto presented to the citizens of Frankford, will be given at the above popular hall, on Friday and Saturday evenings, Feb. 5th & 6th Also a grand day exhibition on Saturday afternoon, at 3 The stereopticon is a new and powerful apparatus, which, with the aid of the strongest artificial light that science has yet created, produces gigantic stereoscopic pictures! covering over 600 square feet of illuminated canvas, ... At each performance will be presented a choice selection, comprising the grandest and most attractive views of American and European scenery! ... The whole comprising the most noted objects of interest, as seen by travelers, in a voyage around the world!! Each evening will be presented a nember [sic] of interesting local views, choice specimens of monumental sculpture, &c., and statues and colossal portraits of eminent American heroes and statesmen ... Brief and appropriate remarks will be given with each view. Admission, 25 cents
Description: Feb. 5 fell on a Friday in 1864., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Toy, John
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1864 Toy (27)5761.F.98 (McAllister)

Title: Odd Fellows' Hall, Frankford for one night only. Sanford's Opera Troupe This far-famed Philadelphia institution will appear at the above hall, on Thursday evening, Nov'r 10th, 1864, the whole under the immediate direction of Samuel S. Sanford! proprietor and manager, (of Sanford's Opera Houses, Philadelphia and Harrisburg.) The company: as presented on this occasion, is far superior to any ever offered to the public, giving more novelties than heretofore, among which are The exempts--Les miserables--The ghost! and other rare and attractive acts, as only done by Sanford's Troupe. ... Admission to all parts of the hall, 30 cents Children, twenty-five cents. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Commence quarter before 8
Description: The company includes: F. Basquin, Frank Diamond, H.J. Raynor, J.P. Reese, S.S. Sanford, Frank Schaeffer, F.W. Stempel (a.k.a. Master Willie), J.B. Whitman, and J. Williams., "Notice--Change of base.--Mr. Sanford respectfully informs the public that he has leased the Olympic Theatre, Race Street, Philadelphia, which is now undergoing complete renovation, and will be open on Monday evening, November 14th, under the title of Sanford's New Opera House. Mark the locality, Race St., bet. 2d & 3d", Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Sanford's Opera Troupe
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1864 Sanford (26)5761.F.51a (McAllister)

Title: Odd Fellows' Hall, Frankford positively one week only Commencing Monday evening, March 2d, and every evening during the week. Tickets, 15 cents. Packages of 10, one dollar. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Lecture to commence quarter before 8. Grand exhibition on Saturday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, for schools and families, when children will be admitted for the low price of six cents. Grand historic mirror of the American war! The most exciting topic of the times! The only work of the kind in existence, sketched by eye-witnesses, and painted by the most eminent artists, under the supervision of the well-known Pearson Brothers, of New York. ... Mr. Robert Pearson, the principal artist, has made arrangements to add to this popular work, from week to week, all the principal events that may transpire in the prosecution of the war, having distinguished artists engaged to forward to him sketches and reports prepared on the spot
Description: March 2 fell on a Monday in 1863., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *PB 1863 Grand (27)5761.F.96 (McAllister)

Title: Odd Fellows' Hall! Learned canary birds! Immense powers of ventriloquism Natural magic and spirit rappings. Come and laugh The celebrated and popular Sig. Blitz will give his entertainments at the above place, on Tuesday afternoon & evening, Jan. 24, '64 Doors open at 2 1/2 and 6 1/2 o'clock. Performance commences at 3 and 7. The proceeds to aid the Washington Ambulance Fund. ... The evening's entertainment will conclude with the celebrated Dance of 6 dinner plates on a common table, ... Lessons given by Sig. Blitz, of whom may be pruchased a variety of family amusements, magical scrap books, &c. Instructions given in ventriloquism. Admission, 25 cents Children, 15 cents
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Blitz, Antonio, 1810-1877
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1864 Blitz (25)5761.F.119a (McAllister)

Title: [Office of surveyors Clement B. and John H. Webster, 4534 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the west side of the 4500 block of Frankford Avenue, taken from Oxford Street. Three story, brick commercial buildings line the middle of the block, including L.J. Faber's cigar store (4526); three connected brick buildings with glass store fronts (4528-32); the one story office of surveyors Clement B. and John H. Webster; another cigar store (4538) and John J. Stewart's flour, feed, hay and straw business (4540). A small alley leading to the Frankford Meeting House separates L.J. Faber's cigar store from the other businesses. Two men stand on the northeast corner looking toward the camera., Modern reference print #11 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.131]

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