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)
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)
Album containing 67 photographs showing the grounds and residence of the Ashwood estate near Villanova during different seasons; neighboring properties in Delaware and Montgomery counties; and formally posed family portraiture. Images include the front and rear facade of the Ashwood residence and landscape views of the grounds; Paxson's Mill and Dam in Radnor; J. Howard Lewis's paper mill at Darby Creek; 'Hammer Hollow," including the mill dam; Gulph Mill (Montgomery County); Leaming's other family estate Waln Grove near Frankford; old spring houses near Gulph Mill and Paxson's Mill; and Ancrum, "Seat of the Scotts Baronets of Ancrum Scotland." Many of the estate views include Leaming's wife and children (attired in clothing appropriate to the season) posed at the residence and on the grounds, including near fences, the barn, woods, and creek and in characters, as tableaux, and with farm and domesticated pets. Also contains photographic reproductions and photo-collages. Reproductions depict the the "Scott of Ancrum" family tree and Leaming's painting "Where the Sea Mew roams" and the collages show Leaming's daughters in a parlor setting (possibly Ashwood) and painted works by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, James Reid Lambdin, and Edwin Henry Landseer including the visage of Robert Waln Leaming. Other portrait sitters include Alice Burda, Tom Stewart, "Our Truck-man" in his horse-drawn buggy; the "Coachman" with horse "'Nelly'"and Mrs. Scott, i.e., probably, Leaming's mother-in-law Mary Emlen Scott, Blue morocco binding, plate on front cover: R. W. Leaming and stamped: Photographs., Title from inscription on front free end paper. Also includes family tree of descendants of Robert Waln Leaming and his wife Julia Scott (1821-1914)., Insert: Portrait print of Robert Waln engraved by Samuel Sartain after 1825 painting by Jacob Eicholtz. Verso inscribed with biographical information., Captions by Robert Waln Leaming below the images., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1999, p. 45-46., Gift of Mrs. Clifford Lewis III., Housed in phase box., Robert Waln Leaming, grandson of China Trade merchant Robert Waln, was a merchant by trade who also painted and practiced photography. He was married to Julia Scott, descended from the royal Scotts of Ancrum, with whom he had four children Rebecca, i.e., Reb (1850-1911); Mary, i.e., Mame (1851-1911); Julia, i.e., Duly (1854-1913), and Thomas (1856-1911). Leaming was also an active member of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. His residence Ashwood, not to be confused with the Penn-Gaskell/DeCosta property of the same name (208 Ashwood Road, Villanova), was razed in the late 19th century.
Creator
Leaming, Robert Waln, 1824-1884, photographer
Date
1865-1875
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9759.1]
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]
July 2 fell on a Thursday in 1863., The illustration is a mounted cavalry officer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Pennsylvania, Militia, State Troop of Frankford, 1st
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 Penn Mil (3)5777.F.57 (McAllister)
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]
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]
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]
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]
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)
Negative number: 2373, Street view looking north from the most recently constructed steel bent, Bent 62. Beams and other construction materials line both sides of the street. Men and boys stand and sit on the sidewalks in front of the store fronts.
Negative number: 2226, View looking south from Produce Avenue showing a man holding up a "Front St. Bent 40" sign next to a steel column. Men stand around the construction scene. Two horses are attached to carts carrying supplies. Store fronts on North Front Street are shaded by awnings. A sign for "419 Willard & Mitten" is visible.
Negative number: 6600, Depicts wooden scaffolding covering the partially-constructed Allegheny station, which sits on a triangular lot next to the elevated railway tracks at the southwest corner of Kensington and Allegheny Avenues. Horse-drawn carriages and vehicles travel along Kensington Avenue.
Negative number: 2283, Street level view looking south at the 500 block of North Front Street. A man holds up the sign "Front St. Bent 48" next to a steel column in the foreground. Railroad tracks divide up the cobblestone street. Steel beams and other supplies sit on the side of the road. The brick building of the Philadelphia Warehousing & Cold Storage Co. occupies the entire east side of the block.
Negative number: 2285, Street level view looking south at a "Front St. Bent 48" sign next to a steel column. Men work from railroad freight cars underneath of the steel tracks. A loading dock sits on the east side of the block. A covered wagon and "Pork Packers" car sit near the loading dock. A signboard for Sam Katzowsky, clothing and shoes, is visible at 446 North Front Street.
Negative number: 5156, Depicts the construction of the Allegheny station next to the elevated railway tracks at the northeast corner of Kensington and Allegheny Avenues. Iron railings sit outside of the three story structure, waiting for installation. A sign for the Allegheny Hat Renovating Co. is visible on Kensington Avenue, behind the station building. A man and a boy stand in street looking at the photographer in the foreground.
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.
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.
Negative number: 2995, Street view looking north on Front Street at a marker for bent 167 near Palmer Street. Men and boys have gathered on the corners for the photograph. The Kensington Freight Yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad occupies the entire east side of the block. H. Siemon & Son's barrel business is visible on the west side of the block (1750 North Front Street).
Negative number: 3298, View looking south from the most recently constructed steel bent, number 265, on Kensington Avenue. The sidewalks are crowded with spectators, mostly men, who are watching six men working on top of bent 265. Businesses on the block include Robert Kearn's liquor store (2629-31 Kensington Avenue) and an oysters shop.
Negative number: 2883, View looking south from bent 155 on Front Street. Large crowds have gathered on the east and west sidewalks. Construction supplies and rubble flank the tracks running along the cobblestone street.
Negative number: 3110, View looking south at construction site around bent 189 on Front Street. Includes a partial view of the Kensington passenger depot and ticket office for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on the east side of the block.
Negative number: 2353, Street view looking north along North Front Street showing a man holding up a sign next to a steel column: "Front St. Bent 61." Beams line both sides of the street. A horse-drawn carriage and horsecar travel south on the tracks in the distance.
Negative number: 2762, Street view looking south at construction site around bent 114, showing beams, piles of lumber and steel. J.A. Dougherty's Sons, distillers, sits at 1136 North Front Street. Gustav Berger, manufacturer of sash doors, is visible across the street at 1143 North Front Street.
Negative number: 24170, Exterior view looking southwest at the brick, one-story Philadelphia Rapid Transit office building under the elevated railway on Frankford Avenue near Bridge Street. A car is parked next to the side of the building.
Negative number: 3111, View looking north at traffic and pedestrians on Front Street near Norris Street, from bent 189. Includes a partial view of Ninth National Bank (left), American Loan Company (1953 North Front) and H.F. Mayer, liquors, at 1957 North Front).
Negative number: 2865, View looking north, showing construction materials flanking the cobblestone street. Includes horse-drawn carts and buggies and people sitting on front stoops of properties along North Front Street.
Negative number: 2884, View looking north from bent 155 on Front Street. A large crowd, including a police officer, has gathered on the west sidewalk. Construction supplies and rubble flank the tracks running along the cobblestone street. The corner property at 1700 North Front Street is occupied by Daniel Morris, liquors.
Negative number: 2864, View looking south at the most recently completed steel bent, bent 137, showing construction materials flanking the cobblestone street. A man stands on the steel skeleton near a crane looking down in the direction of the photographer. John J. McGrath, railway supplies, occupies 1340 North Front Street.
Negative number: 4306, View looking south along Kensington Avenue at the most recently completed steel bent, number 374, near Ontario Street. Stores and shops occupy the east side of the block, but the west side, below Ontario, is vacant. The Non Pariel Theater, also known as the Ontario Palace Theater, sits the southwest corner (3361 Kensington Avenue). A horse is harnessed to a cart pulling machinery (right).
Negative number: 2663, Street view looking south at the most recently completed steel bent, number 108, showing beams, rubble, and through Pratt trusses on the sides of the cobblestone street.
Negative number: 2650, Street view looking north from the most recently completed steel bent, number 108, showing beams, rubble, and through Pratt trusses on the sides of the cobblestone street. Pedestrians sit on the beams and linger around the construction site. Businesses include Gustav Berger's sashes and an unidentified cooperage.
Negative number: 2643, Street view looking south at the most recently completed steel bent, number 108, showing beams, rubble, and through Pratt trusses on the sides of the cobblestone street.
Negative number: 2811, Street view looking south at construction site around bent 121, showing horse-drawn buggies in the cobblestone street. Includes Nathan Rosenstein's grocery store at 1214 North Front Street.
Negative number: 3159, View looking north along Front Street, showing the marker for bent 227. Pedestrians, mostly men and boys, stand around the scene. Businesses include S.S. Kresge 5 & 10-cent store (2336 North Front) and McNeil's drug store (2401 Kensington Avenue). A carpet manufactury occupies the east side of the block.
Negative number: 2573, Street view looking north from the most recently completed steel bent, number 99, showing beams and rubble on the sides of the cobblestone street. Pedestrians sit on the beams and linger around the construction site.
Negative number: 2508, Street view looking north at steel bent 85 on North Front Street. Shows a locomotive pulling a freight car containing through Pratt trusses. A group of men stand on the sidewalk nearby. The signboard for M.F. Gates & Son coal yard is visible in the distance, which places this scene along the 1000 block of North Front Street. A small portion of Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church is visible as well.
Negative number: 2450, Street view looking north at a marker for Bent 74, near Poplar Street. Shows construction materials flanking the cobblestone street, a large horse-drawn carriage travelling north, and store fronts including Alfred Box & Co., and a bar with a "Schmidt's Beer" signboard hanging over the front entrance. A group of men sit on a cart on the east side of the block.
Negative number: 3136, View of the construction site at the most recently completed steel bent, bent 211, looking south from Susquehanna Avenue. "Street Closed" signs sit on both sides of the street. A police officer monitors the scene. Crowds have gathered on both sidewalks under the awnings that shade the first-floor store fronts.
Negative number: 2572, Street view looking south at construction scene near steel bent 99 on the 1000 block of North Front Street. Shows Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church and Max Bernstein & Son wool pullers.
Negative number: 2352, Street view looking south along North Front Street showing the most recently constructed steel bent, Bent 61, along North Front Street. Beams and other construction materials line both sides of the street. A locomotive approaches the photographer on the old tracks in the cobblestone street.
Negative number: 2449, Street view looking south at the steel bents ending with Bent 72 on North Front Street. Shows construction materials flanking the cobblestone street and freight cars sitting on the tracks underneath the steel bents in the foreground.
Negative number: 3166, View looking west at the beginning of Kensington Avenue, branching off from Front Street. Shows the most recently constructed bent, number 234. Pedestrians, mostly men and boys, stand around the construction site, looking at the curve of the elevated tracks above them. Includes a partial view of McNeil's drug store (2401 Kensington Avenue) and Ferguson jeweler (2362 North Front Street).
Negative number: 3158, View looking south along Front Street, showing the most recently constructed bent, number 227. Pedestrians, mostly men and boys, stand around the scene on the sidewalks. A large brick carpet manufactury occupies the entire east side of the block. D. Strumpf Shoes (2322-24 North Front) and F.W. Woolworth & Co. 5 and 10-cent store (2320 North Front) are visible on the west side of the block.
Negative number: 3099, Street view looking south on Front Street at construction site near the most recently constructed steel bent, bent 187. Beams and piles of debris line the road. ,A streetcar approaches in the distance.
Negative number: 4339, View looking south along Kensington Avenue at the most recently completed steel bent, number 378, near Schiller Street. Three horse-drawn lifts sit in the middle of the street. Spectators line both sidewalks, watching the construction scene. Includes a partial view of a Philadelphia Electric Co. station.
