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Title: "The boys in blue," returning the state flags to the governor of Pennsylvania, Independence Square, Philadelphia July 4th, 1866. [graphic] / Rea & Sharp, engravers.
Description: Copyright secured., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited, Shows a large crowd of spectators surrounding a platform of dignitaries in Independence Square for the July 4th celebration commemorating the return of colors to the state by the Pennsylvania regiments. American flags and banners adorn the rear of Independence Hall. Several military personnel, flags, and a banner advertising King & Baird, book & job printers, are visible in the foreground. Veterans from over one-hundred regiments and the orphan children of soldiers and sailors killed during the Civil War attended the ceremony officiated by Mayor General George G. Meade and Governor Andrew G. Curtin.
Creator: Rea & Sharp engraver., creator
Date: [1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *Ph Pr - Gov't Buildings - I [5779.7]

Title: Philadelphians, to arms!! At a meeting of Company C., 2nd Regiment Rifles, held at their armory, 38th and Bridge Sts., on Thursday evening, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, the present crisis makes it necessary that every citizen should be prepared to aid the government and protect his own home from the encroachment of an enemy who is making rapid advances towards accomplishing his wicked purposes, therefore Resolved, that Captain Corrie be requested to issue an immediate call, commanding each enrolled member of our corps to meet on Saturday evening, Sept. 6th, at the armory, for drill. Resolved, that each and every citizen be requested, in pursuance of the suggestion of Gov. Curtin, to unite with us in learning the drill, and thus prepare themselves for such efficient duty as the exigency of the present state of affairs seems to require. Resolved, that the citizens be invited to attend at a general mass meeting to be held on Monday evening, Sept. 8th, at the lot in front of the armory. The meeting will be addressed by several distinguished speakers and arrangements made to fill up the ranks of this company and to form others
Description: Sept. 8 fell on a Monday in 1862., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Phila (1)5777.F.27f (McAllister)

Title: Volunteers wanted! For Company F, Col. Staunton's regiment, Pennsylvania sharp shooters Pay and rations begin when enrolled. Roll open here. Head quarters N.W. cor. Fourth & Walnut
Description: Col. John F. Staunton received authority to form a regiment July 24, 1861; the first company of the 67th Pennsylvania Volunteers was mustered in Aug. 28, 1861, but recruiting progress was slow, and the regiment was not completed until the following spring; the regiment was mustered out July 14, 1865; Gill, Laird, and Kite are not identified with this regiment. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 2, p. 634, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 82., The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., is an eagle on a shield, with the banner: No compromise with traitors, and no argument but the cannon's mouth., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [between 1861 and 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1861 Volunteers (2)5777.F.22h (McAllister)

Title: Tenth Ward! To the rescue! All desiring to join a live organization will enroll themselves at once under the call of the president and governor in a company to be commanded by Captain Caleb Needles, "Washington Gray Regiment," now recruiting at the "League House" North East corner Broad and Race Streets
Description: During the course of the Civil War, the Washington Grays formed Co. A and F of the 17th Pennsylvania Infantry in the three months' service, Co. A in the 21st Regiment of the 1862 Emergency Militia, and Co. A and part of Co. B in the 49th Regiment of the 1863 Emergency Militia. Cf. F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 21. Alexander Murphy served as Colonel in 1862 and 1863; Caleb H. Needles served as a private in 1862. Cf. J.O Foering. Register of the members of the "Artillery Corps, Washington Grays.", Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Pennsylvania, Militia, Light Artillery Corps of Washington Grays
Date: [1863?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 Penn Mil (2)5777.F.28e (McAllister)

Title: Second Infantry Regiment, 1st Brg: 1st Div. P.V. National Guard Good active men wanted for Co. D! Call at once! At head-quarters, No. 605 Arch St
Description: Capt. Jacob B. De Haven led Company D of the National Guard, an infantry battalion of the Pennsylvania Militia formed from the 2nd Regiment Reserve Brigade, under command of Major Jeremiah W. Fritz; it was mustered in Sept. 11 and discharged Sept. 22, 1862. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1205, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 219., Printed on yellow paper., The illustration shows a Union soldier in Zouave uniform, sabre drawn, attacking a Confederate soldier., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Pennsylvania, Militia, National Guard (1862), Company D.
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1862 Penn Mil (4)5777.F.1a (McAllister)

Title: Come join the National Guard Defend your state! Recruits wanted. Military Hall, Library St., bet. 4th & 5th
Description: The National Guard, an infantry battalion of the Pennsylvania Militia, was formed from the 2nd Regiment Reserve Brigade, under command of Major Jeremiah W. Fritz; it was mustered in Sept. 11 and discharged Sept. 22, 1862. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1205, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 219., Printed on yellow paper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Pennsylvania, Militia, National Guard (1862)
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1862 Penn Mil (4)5777.F.2 (McAllister)

Title: Off for Dixie, boys! Take no draft but the bounty draft! Pennsylvania Sharpshooters Able-bodied and active men wanted for Capt. John F. Preston's company of this crack regiment, Col. Charles R. Doron, commanding Head-quarters at Morris's Quinton Hotel Manayunk
Description: Printed in red and blue., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [between 1861 and 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1861 Off for (4)5777.F.31 (McAllister)

Title: Attention 24th Ward. $50 bounty Recruits wanted to fill a company for 100 days' service, in accordance with the proclamation of the governor. Apply at once at the Commissioners' Hall, 37th & Market
Description: Capt. Edward Lyster and 1st Lt. Thomas P. Smith were in Company K of the 196th Regiment Infantry, Pennsylvania Volunteers, the Fifth Union League Regiment, under the command of Col. Harmanus Neff; it was organized July 20, and mustered out Nov. 17, 1864. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 436, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 278., The illustration, signed H.L.S. L. Johnson & Co. Copyright secured, is an eagle on a shield, with the banner: No compromise with traitors, and no argument but the cannon's mouth., 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, 196th (1864), Company K.
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1864 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.43c (McAllister)

Title: [Connecting Railway Bridge over the Schuylkill River near Girard Avenue, showing the installation of the Pratt truss, October 1897.]
Description: Depicts a locomotive crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River near Girard Avenue. Wooden scaffolding supporting a new Pratt truss flanks both sides of the bridge over the main channel of the river. The Pratt truss, which could hold heavier train loads, replaced the old Whipple truss in October of 1897., Title supplied by cataloguer., The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, completed in 1867 after the designs of P.R.R. Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, served as the first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.27]

Title: Fall in! Fall in! Fall in!!! The long roll is beating us to arms! to hurl back the invaders from our soil! Russell Light Infantry This regiment is being organized under the recent proclamation of the president, and is to be officered by soldiers of ability, and who have seen active service. Sons of Pennsylvania! Your state is invaded! The foul emblem of treason flaunts defiance in our faces, and the feet of traitors pollute our soil! Already the capitol of our state is in danger. A moment lost and we may be too late! Shall we stand idly by and see our capitol destroyed? Let us answer as one man, Never! Never!! and prove our devotion by at once enrolling ourselves upon the roll of honor, ready to strike for our country's imperilled liberties, as worthy sons of noble sires. Companies will be forwarded immediately to Harrisburg, where they will be uniformed and mustered into service at once. Head quarters, No. 409 Chesnut Street
Description: The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., shows an eagle on a shield with a blank banner., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Russell Light Infantry
Date: [1862 or 1863?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1862 Russell (3)5777.F.22 (McAllister)

Title: Head-quarters, Co. I Second Regiment, Reserve Brigade! Wanted---strong, able-bodied men to serve during three months if not sooner discharged. Pay from $13 to $21 per month. The pay and rations will commence immediately after enrollment. Good clothing and medical attendance free of charge. For further information, apply at head quarters, Market St., above 20th, North side
Description: The illustration is an eagle, with the banner: To arms! To arms!, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Pennsylvania, Militia, Reserve Infantry Regiment, 2nd, Company I.
Date: [1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Penn Mil (1)5777.F.25c (McAllister)

Title: Rathbun Guards This company is being recruited under the auspices of the Coal Merchants Committee, and will be attached to the 183d Reg't, Pa. Volunteers! Col. commanding, Geo. P. McLean. The only new regiment that has been accepted, or will be, by authority of the War Department. The last chance before the draft! The bounties are as follows: for those who have served 9 months, $652. For new recruits, $552. Cash paid on muster of co., $325 Pay, rations and clothing commence as soon as mustered. Head-quarters, New Market & Laurel Sts
Description: The 183rd Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, the Fourth Union League Regiment, 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; David Richardson was captain of Company B. 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 B.
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1863 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.54a (McAllister)

Title: To amrs! [sic] Recruits wanted for three months service, in F Company, Gray Reserves
Description: The Gray Reserves, the First Regiment Infantry Reserve Brigade, was organized in Philadelphia in April 1861, under command of Col. Peter C. Ellmaker; Joseph N. Peirsol was captain captain of Co. F from May 1861 to July 1862. During the crisis of 1862, the Gray Reserves were absorbed whole into the 7th Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Militia. Cf. J.W. Latta. History of the First Regiment Infantry of the Pennsylvania National Guard (Gray Reserves)., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Pennsylvania, Militia, Reserve Infantry Regiment, 1st, Company F.
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1862 Penn Mil (2)5777.F.17a (McAllister)

Title: Philadelphians rally! and defend your state! $25 bounty as soon as mustered into the service. $10 Citizens' bounty. $50 City Council bounty. $85 bounties in full! 3d Union League Reg't Colonel George P. McLean
Description: The Third Union League Regiment, 59th Regiment Infantry of the Ninety-Day Militia, under command of Col. George P. McLean, was mustered into service July 1 and discharged Sept. 9, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1311, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 251., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Pennsylvania, Militia, Infantry Regiment, 59th (1863)
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1863 Penn Mil (3)5777.F.43 (McAllister)

Title: Fourth Union League Regiment To be raised under special authority from the War Department, for 3 years or the war. To recruits who have been in service 9 months, a bounty of $402! will be paid--all others receive 110 dollars. The regiment will be under the command of Col. George P. McLean. Head-quarters, 434 Chestnut Street
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. 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)
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.56b (McAllister)

Title: 1st Pa. Chasseurs! Sharpshooters! Men equipped, and sent to camp soon as mustered in, at Broad and Germantown R.R. This regiment is attached to the Union League Brigade!
Description: The Pennsylvania Chasseurs, an independent battlion of five companies under the command of T. Ellwood Zell, was mustered in July 23,1863 and mustered out Jan. 29, 1864. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1319, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 276., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Pennsylvania, Militia, Pennsylvania Chasseurs
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1863 Penn Mil (3)5777.F.41 (McAllister)

Title: To arms! $10 extra bounty! $10 extra bounty! Our favorite in the field again! Col. George P. McLean, late Col. of the 88th P.V. Recruits wanted for Co. I. For 3 months' duty in the state's service only! Apply at the armory, at Tenth and Noble Streets
Description: The Third Union League Regiment, 59th Regiment Infantry of the Ninety-Day Militia, under command of Col. George P. McLean, was mustered into service July 1 and discharged Sept. 9, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1311, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 251., The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., in an eagle on a shield, with the banner: 1863. 1863., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Pennsylvania, Militia, Infantry Regiment, 59th (1863), Company I.
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1863 Penn Mil (2)5777.F.34a (McAllister)

Title: $35 bounty! Fall in boys and get rid of the draft! by joining Captain V. Marchal's company of the 1st Penn'a Chasseurs Union League Brigade! Six months service! Charles Lespes, Col. T. Ellwood Zell, Lieut. Col. Company head-quarters, 526 Prune St
Description: The Pennsylvania Chasseurs, an independent battlion of five companies under the command of T. Ellwood Zell, was mustered in July 23,1863 and mustered out Jan. 29, 1864. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1319, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 276., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Pennsylvania, Militia, Pennsylvania Chasseurs
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1863 Penn Mil (1)5777.F.16g (McAllister)

Title: Fall in Fifth Ward Captain Thos. H. Taylor, late of the 69th P.V. is now organizing a company, at New Market Hall, Second & Pine Sts. for the Union League Brigade! Third Regiment, Colonel George P. McLean, com'dg. late of the 88th P.V. for state defence, 3 months or sooner discharged. All the authorized bounties paid, and families provided for. Action, not words! Must defend the state. Recruits uniformed and sent to camp at once, near the city
Description: The Third Union League Regiment, 59th Regiment Infantry of the Ninety-Day Militia, under command of Col. George P. McLean, was mustered into service July 1 and discharged Sept. 9, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1311, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 251., The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., in an eagle on a shield, with the banner: Our country and our flag., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Pennsylvania, Militia, Infantry Regiment, 59th (1863)
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1863 Penn Mil (3)5777.F.42 (McAllister)

Title: Dana Troop! A troop of cavalry of the above name, composed of the late members of the Anderson Cavalry, and their friends, is now recruiting at 1010 Chestnut Street. A few respectable young men wanted to fill the company. Horses and equipments furnished by private subscription
Description: The Dana Troop, an independent cavalry company of the Pennsylvania Ninety-Day Militia, under the command of Capt. Richard W. Hammell, was organized under the direction of a committee of the Union League; it was mustered in July 2 and discharged Sept. 16, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1329, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 251., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Pennsylvania, Militia, Dana Troop
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 Penn Mil (2)5777.F.24d (McAllister)

Title: Soldiers read! Letter from Gen. McClellan Orange, N.J., October 12th, 1863. Hon. Chas. J. Biddle, Dear Sir:--My attention has been called to an article in the Philadelphia press, asserting that I had written to the managers of a Democratic meeting of Allentown, disapproving the objects of the meeting, and that if I voted and spoke, it would be in favor of Governor Curtin. ... I desire to state clearly and distinctly that, having some few days ago had a full conversation with Judge Woodward, I find that our views agree, and I regard his election as governor of Pennsylvania, call for by the interests of the nation
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 McClellan 5793.F.68a (McAllister)

Title: To arms! To arms! Fall in, discharged soldiers and join your comrades for the defence of your state All others wishing to join a company that have served their country, are invited to do so. Apply at the head-quarters, Cornet Hotel, Ninth Street, above Race
Description: The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., is an eagle on a shield with the banner: "When duty calls, 'tis ours to obey.", Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [between 1861 and 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1861 To arms (2)5777.F.4a (McAllister)

Title: Fall in! Fall in! Last chance for bounty before draft $502 bounty $602 $275 cash. Co. F. Co. F. Co. F. 183d Regiment, P.V. Col. Geo. P. McLean. Twenty men wanted to complete the company. Recruits clothed and placed in barracks in the city at once
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. 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 F.
Date: [1863 or 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1863 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.74b (McAllister)

Title: Fourth Union League Reg't Col. Geo. P. McLean. Co. E. Co. E $400 bounty. $400 Cash on hand on being mustered into service, $60. Enlist at once in this branch of the service, under its able and competent leader, and protect your homes from the invasion of traitors at home and abroad. Come one! Come all! Get your bounty, and save yourself from the dishonorable name of a conscript! Regimental head-quarters, 432 Chestnut St
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. 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., The illustration is an eagle with a blank banner., 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 E.
Date: [1863 or 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.57c (McAllister)

Title: Fourth Union League Reg't Col. Geo. P. McLean. Co. A Co. A $100 to $402 bounty! Cash in hand on company being mustered in, $40. 3 years' service, or during the war. A few men yet wanted for Co. A Rally, boys, rally! Avoid the draft, and get your bounty! Head-quarters, 337 Chestnut St., Sixth St. bel. Chestnut. (Cas. Berry's) and 1220 Market Street Pay from $13 to $20 per month. Clothed, equiped and quartered 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. 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., The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., is an eagle on a shield with the banner: When duty calls, 'tis ours to obey!, 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 A.
Date: [1863 or 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.57a (McAllister)

Title: To arms! To arms! Recruits wanted to fill up an independent company! To be joined to any regiment the company may determine upon hereafter for service in the war. Bounty, $412 for three years' recruits. Head-quarters, in Independence Square
Description: The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., shows on eagle of a shield, with a blank banner., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [between 1861 and 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 To arms (2)5777.F.24c (McAllister)

Title: Freemen, to the rescue! Defend your state! Your homes and your property! All able-bodied men are now called upon to enroll themselves and repel the invader from our soil. A few more men wanted to fill Company H, Philad'a Light Guards Col. Geo. P. M'Lean. All bounties guaranteed to this regiment which are given to any other. $10 cash as soon as enlisted! Recruits will be mustered, armed and provided for immediately. Company head-quarters, N.E. corner Seventh & Girard Avenue. Recruiting office: Mervine & Thompson
Description: Printed on yellow paper., The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., in an eagle on a shield, with the banner: "When duty calls, 'tis ours to obey.", Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Philadelphia Light Guards
Date: [between 1861 and 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1861 Phila Light (2)5777.F.46a (McAllister)

Title: Union mass meeting! Hon. Leonard Myers, member of Congress elect, will address the citizens at Yohe's Eagle Hotel, in Bethlehem, on Tuesday evening, Oct. 6th, at half-past seven o'clock. J.B. Stoll Esq. of Philadelphia willl [sic] speak in the German language. Come, friends of liberty and the Union, and hear the plain truth plainly spoken. Dienstag Abends d. 6ten Oct. um halb acht uhr, wird J.B. Stoll Esq. von Philadelphia in Yohe's Wirths-Haus eine Rede in Deutscher Sprache au die Bürger von Bethlehem halten
Description: Oct. 6 fell on a Tuesday 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 #Am 1863 Union (6)5777.F.96c (McAllister)

Title: Friends of the Union rally! Rally! Hon. W.W. Ketcham of Wilkes-Barre, and other distinguished speakers, will address the citizens of Bethlehem at Citizens' Hall, on Monday evening Oct. 5th, at half-past seven o'clock. Turn out in your strength! Friends of the Union, the Constitution, and liberty, to hear eloquently discussed the issues involved in the present canvass for governor. Bethlehem, Oct. 3, 1863
Description: 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 #Am 1863 Friends (6)5777.F.98b (McAllister)

Title: Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company building, 2501-2515 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company's building at 2501-2515 Fairmount Avenue under construction. Scaffolding flanks the entrance of the nearly completed building while vehicles move along the streets. Designed by Zantzinger, Borie & Medary, the Art Deco building was constructed 1926-1927. Views show a railroad tunnel and large semicircular factory building on the 2600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Nearby row homes are visible., Negative numbers: 7631, 7632, 7633.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.7631; P.8990.7632; P.8990.7633]

Title: Moon development, Morrisville, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial views of a large house being constructed in an area of sparse residential development in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. The Delaware River, a more densely populated area of Morrisville, and Trenton, New Jersey are all visible in the distance., Negative numbers: 6451, 6452.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6451; P.8990.6452]

Title: South Street Hospital, 24th and South streets, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of the Civil War hospital. Shows convalescing soldiers, seated, in opposite rows, along the walls of a ward. A few men, possibly hospital attendants, stand among the patients. South Street Hospital was also known as "stump hospital" given the large number of amputations performed at the facility., Title from manuscript note on mount: Hospital 24th & South., White mount with square corners., Created postfreeze., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of materials of Civil War Views, Places & Events., 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. 53., Arcadia caption text: Recuperating soldiers are seated in opposite rows lining the walls of a ward in the South Street Hospital. Located at Twenty-fourth and South streets, this Civil War hospital was sometimes referred to as “stump hospital” because of the large number of amputations performed there., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hospitals [5779.F.14a]

Title: Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital, West Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view showing the hospital opened June 9th, 1862 at Forty-fourth Street and Baltimore Avenue. The hospital complex is surrounded by tents to accommodate the high number of patients as a result of the battles of Wilderness and Spotsylvania. Soldiers and visitors mill the grounds and horse-drawn ominbuses enter the compound. Outside the hospital, a horse-drawn wagon travels and soldiers drill in formation. Also contains several lines of descriptive text and the names of the principal officers printed below the image. Text describes the size and dimensions of the hospital, visiting hours, and patient services including Sisters of Charity on call, a sutler store, barber shop, printing office, and a band., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 676, One of the images gift of William Helfand.
Creator: Magnus, Charles, lithographer
Date: c1864
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Hospitals [P.8690; P.9650.1]

Title: Girard College. Grounds and statue
Description: View of the white marble Soldiers' Monument erected 1869 after designs by W. Struthers & Son on the landscaped grounds of Girard College, showing a soldier at rest under a canopy supported by four columns. Monument funded by alumni of Girard College to commemorate those who died in the Civil War., Title and publisher's imprint from printed series list on verso. Series includes twenty-three other titles (No. 150-173)., Printed on mount: American Views., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: J. W. and J. S. Moulton
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moulton - Education [P.9047.132]

Title: [German Peace Jubilee procession at the 600 block of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., May 15, 1871]
Description: View showing the German Peace Jubilee procession in celebration of the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War. Procession includes several horse-drawn carriages carrying parade dignitaries. Spectators crowd the sidewalks and the balcony of the office building Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut). Bunting, as well as signage advertising a dry goods store and W.G. Spencer & Co., notions, is visible on the building. Also shows a partial view of Joseph Monier's bookbinding establishment at Seventh and Chestnut., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Schreiber & Sons because of blindstamps on mounts of other stereographs in series [P.9840.1 and P.9840.2], Incorrect manuscript note on verso: 5th below Market., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Son - Processions [P.9047.44]

Title: The Civic Parade and Court of Honor, Peace Jubilee, Phila. Pa., Oct. 26, '98
Description: View looking north showing the Peace Jubilee procession on South Broad Street in celebration of the end of the Spanish American War in 1898. Procession includes men walking with flags and a band playing instruments. Spectators stand on the sidewalk and sit in stands decorated with patriotic bunting on both sides of the street. The Court of Honor and Triumphal Arch, designed by Joseph M. Huston, is visible in the background, along with City Hall's clock tower., Copyrighted 1898 by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount below image., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: c1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Processions [P.9047.124]

Title: The brave 3rd U.S. Cavalry. Heroes of El Caney. Peace Jubilee, Phila
Description: View looking east from City Hall showing the Third United States Volunteer Cavalry in formation on the 1300 block of Market street during the celebration commemorating the end of the Spanish American War in 1898. Spectators crowd the sidewalks and flags and bunting adorn the businesses, including John Wanamaker's department store, completed in 1876 after the designs of Theophilius P. Chandler (1300-1326 Market)., Title printed on mount below image., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed on mount: Sold only by Berry, Kelley & Chadwick. Dallas, Tex., Chicago, Augusta, Ga., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1898]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Berry, Kelley & Chadwick - Processions [P.9047.142]

Title: Unveiling of Washington statue, Phila., May 15, 1897
Description: View showing President McKinley standing and addressing a crowd of spectators during the unveiling of the equestrian Washington Statue designed by Rudolf Siemering at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. Also visible in the background are crowds of spectators seated in stands on Pennsylvania Avenue across from President McKinley and the spire and west elevation of St. Francis Xavier's Roman Catholic Church (2319-2331 Green Street, built 1893, Edwin Forrest Durang, architect). Also shows a group in the street ready to march in a procession., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint on mount., Distributor's imprint on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., C.H. Graves published under the imprint "Universal Photo Art Co." between 1896 and 1904., See Darrah, The World of Stereographs, p. 52., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: c1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graves - Events [P.9077]

Title: Ground plan; U.S. Army General Hospital at West Philadelphia, Pa. 1862
Description: Ground plan of the H-shaped Satterlee U. S. General Hospital in West Philadelphia, showing 32 wards lettered A-Z; XX; OK; and numbered 1-6. The following spaces are also identified: dining halls, guard house and barracks, knapsack room, kitchens, extra diet kitchen, laundry rooms, reading and lecture room, library, smoking rooms, officers' quarters, boiler room, carpenter shop, medical store room, clerks and druggists mess room, stewards office and quarters, chief ward master's office, chapel, donation room, reception room, executive office, surgery, laboratory, printing office, barber shop, engineers gang, green room, post mortem room, stables, sheds, and gates. The Civil War hospital, one of the largest in the country, opened June 9th, 1862 at Forty-fourth Street and Baltimore Avenue in the farmland of West Philadelphia. The hospital was closed in August 1865 and the buildings demolished., Not in Wainwright., Includes "scale of feet.", Includes three notes in the upper left corner. Note 1 is a table of the "Ward capacity" including minimum and maximum occupancy and lengths of wards in feet. Notes 2 and 3 discuss the dimensions, including heights, of specific departments., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 333, Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Hospitals [P.2009.17.4]

Title: Scenery on the Pennsylvania Railroad
Description: Album of photographs documenting the Philadelphia, Middle, and Pittsburgh divisions of the Pennsylvania Railroad, incorporated in 1846. The consolidated company sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh through the Allegheny mountains in order to compete with the Erie Canal for freight traffic. In 1854, rail passage through the Alleghenies via the "Horse Shoe Curve" was achieved and spurred the establishment and growth of the several towns depicted along the route., Photographs depict stations, sites, landmarks, and landscape and townscape views along the Pennsylvania Railroad. Titles include No. 1 Ardmore Station ; No. 2 Bryn Mawr Station; No. 3 Bridge at Conways at Conewago; No. 5 Mount Union; No. 6 Susquehanna Bridge at Rockville (i.e., first bridge replaced in 1877); No. 7 Track Tank; No. 8 Jack Narrows; No. 9 Triple Track; No. 12 Bryn Mawr Hotel; No. 13 Coatesville Bridge; No. 16 Powers Run Allegheny River; No. 21 Sample track near Harmersville; No. 25 East from Harmersville; No. 26 Butler; No. 29 On the Kiskimenitus below Leechburg; No. 36 Greensburg near Huffs; No. 39 Hawkins; No. 40 West of Derry; No. 41 East of Morgan; No. 42 West of Beattys Station; No. 43 Monastery West of Latrobe; No. 44 1 1/2 miles East of S. W. Penna.; No. 46 Westmoreland Coal Co.; No. 47 Braddocks, Port Perry and Steel Works; No. 48 Westmoreland Landscape; No. 49 Stewarts Sample Track; No. 50 Section of Y at Walls; No. 51 Greensburg Station ; No. 53 West of Pack Saddle; No. 55 Lockport; No. 56 Below Conemaugh Furnace; No. 58 Cresson (Panorama); No. 61 Allegheny Tunnel , Galitzen; No. 64 Soap Fat; No. 57 Cresson (Panorama); No. 59 Kittanning from McGarveys; No. 65 Pulpit Rock; No. 67 From McKees Gap; No. 76 Bellefonte; No. 78 Mill Hall; No. 79 Birmingham; No. 80 Union Furnace and Station ; No. 81 Spring Creek; No. 82 Allegheny Tunnel; No. 83 Tyrone and Clearfield; No. 84 Grade on the Tyrone and Clearfield; No. 85 Bellefonte Gap;, No. 86 Mule Shoe and Deep Fill; No. 88 Pack Saddle East; No. 90 Logan House, Altoona, Pa.; No. 96 Jack Narrows, Mapleton; No. 97 Entrance to Jack Narrows; No. 98 Reservoir; No. 99 Bedford Springs; No. 100 View from Bedford Springs; No. 101 Bedford from Wickershams; No. 102 Below Bedford, Devils Backbone; No. 103 Bedford; No. 104 McVeytown Station; No. 105 Mount Dallas; No. 106 Mapleton; No. 107 Huntington; No. 108 Tuscarora Valley; No. 109 Sentinel Rock; No. 110 Tyrone Forges; No. 113 Standard Track, Lewistown Narrows; No. 114 From Centre of Susquehanna Bridge; No. 115 Terrace Mountain, Mill Creek; No. 116 From West End of Susquehanna Bridge; No. 117 Upper Mann’s; No. 118 Lewistown Narrows; No. 119 Susquehanna Bridge; No. 121 Standard Track at Newport; No. 123 Across the Allegheny; No. 127 General View of Bryn Mawr; No. 124 Saltzburg; No. 130 Bryn Mawr; No. 131 Bryn Mawr; No. 138 Irwin Station; No. 139 Sample Track, Wynnewood Station ; No. 140 Haverford College; No. 142 Haverford College Station; No. 147 Bridge at Columbia [Wrightsburg?] Pa.; No. 148 Wayne Station; No. 151 Terminus at Delaware City; No. 154 Harrisburg from Fort Washington ; No. 150 Chiques (i.e., Chickie’s Rock); No. 153 Henry Clay, Chiques and Marietta; No. 158 Landenburg; No. 159 Columbia Tunnel; and No. 162 Louella Residence of J. Henry Askin., Photographs include railroad tracks, locomotives and railcars, railroad equipment, bridges, tunnels, rock formations, mountains, passes, mills, furnaces, coal and steel works, hotels, Victorian-style residences, wooden dwellings and sheds, canal houses and canals, telegraph poles, townscape, farmsteads, marshland, rivers, and wooden fences. Several images, particularly views of stations, also depict posed figures, including an African American man at the Haverford College Station (No. 142). Details in other photographs include rail tracks with a water trough (No. 7); amateurishly hand-painted advertising text on a wood fence (No. 36); the "Exchange Hotel" near the Allegheny Tunnel in Galitzen (No. 61); men seated on the cow catcher of a partially visible locomotive at the grade on the Tyrone and Clearfield (No. 84); a gazebo-style pavilion at Bedford Springs (No. 199); oil tanks and drums (No. 123); the Pennsylvania Gas Coal Co. Office, a pedestrian bridge crossing over a creek, and the “Tom Smith Peanut Man” shed near Irwin Station (No. 138); the “Columbia” barge (No. 147); a "Water-Line of Boston" sailing vessel at the terminus at Delaware City (No. 151); the Martin Landenburger mill in Landenburg (No. 158); and the greenhouse attached to the residence on the Louella estate in Wayne (No. 162)., Photographer’s imprint inscribed in negative of several of the photographs: F. Gutekunst, Philada. or F. Gutekunst, Photogr., Philada., Date inferred from publication date of stereographs with similar content by the photographer. See stereo - Gutekunst - Views [P.9058.1-.142]., Photograph No. 4, 10-11, 14-15, 17-20, 22-24, 27-28, 30-35, 37-38, 45, 52, 54, 60, 62-63, 66, 68-75, 77, 87, 89, 91-95, 112, 120, 122, 125-126, 128-129, 132-137, 141, 143-146, 149, 152, 155-157, 160-161 not included in album., Inscribed in pencil upper right corner on mount of photograph No. 1: 40 guards., Inscribed in pencil below image on mount of photograph No. 1: about 1876., Inscription in pencil below title on mount of photograph No. 147: Wrightsburg. “Columbia” in title circled., See Gutekunst (Pennsylvania Railroad) research file., Gift of the Greer family in memory of David St. John Greer who after starting as a co-op student at Drexel University spent his working life with the Pennsylvania Railroad with the exception of a period of service with the U.S. Navy during WWII., Lib. Company. Annual report, 2014, p. 49-50., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Gutekunst, a prominent Philadelphia photographer, published a series of Pennsylvania Railroad views stereographs in 1875.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2014.74]

Title: [German Peace Jubilee procession at the 600 block of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., May 15, 1871]
Description: View showing the German Peace Jubilee procession in celebration of the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War. Procession includes several horse-drawn carriages carrying parade dignitaries and a float labeled "Peace" transporting a band. Spectators crowd the sidewalks and the balcony of the office building Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut). Bunting, as well as signage advertising a dry goods store and W.G. Spencer & Co., notions, is visible on the building. Also shows a partial view of Joseph Monier's bookbinding establishment at Seventh and Chestnut., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Son - Processions [P.9840.1]

Title: Lecompton funeral
Description: Cartoon satirizing Colonel Thomas B. Florence, the only successful Philadelphia Democrat in the Congressional race of 1858 despite his support of the recently defeated pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution advocated by President Buchanan ("Prince James"). Depicts Florence, with the head of a donkey, leading a funeral procession for the "dead" constitution. The procession is composed of: white men shipworkers of the "Two Sloops," which rescued Florence from the "wreck of Lecompton" (an allusion to the decisive electoral support provided by the Philadelphia Navy Yard workers actively supported by Florence's committee work); four, white men pallbearers carrying the "remains of Lecompton" in a coffin resembling an outhouse and inscribed with the names of the unsuccessful Democratic Congressional nominees, "Phillips," "Landy," "Jones" ; and two semi-human figures bearing the flag "discharged ship carpenters.", Title from item., Publication date supplied by manuscript note in Poulson's Scrapbook, Vol. 1, p. 29., Text printed on recto: Democratic committee bearing the remains of Lecompton to Prince James, marshaled by the only remaining representative, Col. T.B. Florence, who was rescued from the wreck by the untiring exertions of the workmen upon the TWO SLOOPS., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views and political miscellany. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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: [October 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - 1858-2W [5759.F]

Title: Philadelphia Zouave Corps Pennsylvania Volunteers
Description: Shows the troops of the 114th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, led by four drummers and four buglers marching past the old City Hall, Independence Hall, and Congress Hall on the 500 block of Chestnut Street. The commanders, wearing caps, long jackets, and pants, march in front and beside the men attired in their turbans, cropped jackets, and baggy pantaloons. Several spectators, including a girl hold a pail next to a man in an apron, line the street. An American and French flag frame and are integrated into the side borders of the view., Manuscript note on recto: A M. T. Batiste Saulane membre honoraire de la compagnie des Philadelphia Zouaves End. [Gaudin?] captaine, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 601, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 525 Q 3
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 525 Q 3

Title: Mower U.S.A. General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Civil War hospital, built in 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr. between Stenton, Germantown, Springfield and Abington avenues opposite the Chestnut Hill track of the Reading Railroad (7900-8000 blocks Stenton Avenue). Hospital contains a central complex of administrative and utility buildings, and radiating hospital wards. A train approaches the station at which people wait opposite the hospital. Trees surround the complex. Also shows a neighboring factory building and visitors walking toward the entrance of the hospital and on the grounds., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 491, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 M 936
Creator: Andrews, W. S., artist
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 15 M 936

Title: United States Army Hospital, Philadelphia This is one of the largest army hospitals in the world it is capable of accommodating 3000 men, it has two dining rooms, each 775 feet long, the whole establishment covers twelve acres of ground, and is enclosed by a fence, 14 feet high, the surgeon in charge is Doctor Isaac J. Hays, the distinguished Arctic explorer, who was a former companion of the lamented Doctor Kane
Description: Bird’s eye view showing the Satterlee U. S. General Hospital, opened June 9th, 1862 at Forty-fourth Street and Baltimore Avenue in the farmland of West Philadelphia. A horse-drawn wagon, a man pushing a handcart of linens, and a line of pedestrians approach the entrance of the hospital complex that is guarded by a soldier. Within the complex, visitors stroll and a troop of soldiers drill in the central courtyards bordered by over twenty wards. Also shows a neighboring building, soldiers reclining near the fence of the complex, and a soldier on horseback. The hospital was closed in August 1865 and the buildings demolished., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 774, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 15 U 58 (oversize), Inscribed on verso: Gift of Arthur Sussel, Aug. 23, 1957.
Date: c1863
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 15 U 58 (oversize)

Title: View of the reception of the 29th Regiment, P. V., at Philadelphia
Description: An innovatively designed view of the December 23, 1863 procession of the Pennsylvania Volunteer regiment in honor of their heroic service with the Army of the Potomac. Depicts the procession as a serpentine with the order of procession arranged from top to bottom, with a large eagle, holding an American shield, and patriotic flags by the "Ladies for the 29th" flanked by banners reading "Welcome Home" above the entire view. Soldiers on horseback lead the procession, followed by infantrymen transported in horse-drawn wagons, with one also pulling a cannon, which are followed by a small brass military band. After the musicians, the 29th Regiment marches on foot, some carrying flags, amongst which additional military bands and officers on horse-back also process. Horse-drawn volunteer fire company ambulances carrying soldiers follow the troops, including the vehicles of Northern Liberty Fire Co. no. 1, Vigilant Fire Co., Assistance Fire Co., Weccacoe, Southwark Hose Co., and Hope Hose Company. Along the route men, women, and children watch and join the procession, shake soldier's hands, and cheer. Also shows two boys in a scuffle among the spectators., Buildings line the route, most in shadowy, partial views except the Cooper Shop Soldiers Home at Race and Crown (opened December 1863) and the adjacent buildings near the top of the view. Women crowd the windows of the home and a large American flag marked "Cooper Shop Soldiers Home" stands in front of the building. Also contains the names by Field and Staff Officers, Non-Commissioned Staff, and by Company, of the "Veterans of the 29th," including the African American Company K in addition to the names of the "Board of Managers of the Cooper Shop Soldiers' Home." The procession commenced at about one o'clock from Market Street Bridge down Market Street to Twenty-First Street eventually arriving at the Cooper Shop Soldiers Home where the members of the 29th regiment had dinner before proceeding to the National Guards Hall (518-520 Race Street) to be welcomed by Colonel John Price Wetherill. The order of the procession was as follows the First City Troop; 27th New York Battery; Liberty Coronet Band; Henry Guards; four companies of invalids corps; Provost Guard; discharged members of the regiment; Birgfield's Band; former (Murphy) and present (Rickards) commander of the regiment; Lieut. Col. Zulick of the regiment; the regiment; female family members; First Regiment, Jefferson Coronet Band, Pennsylvania Military Institute cadets, City Council members, and other guards and regiments; and lastly the ambulances of the firemen. The veterans of the 29th Regiment home on furlough re-inlisted for additional service, which was announced at the procession., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 807, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc85 B347., Reception described in the Philadelphia Inquirer (December 24, 1863).
Date: c1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***W435 [P.2262 and (12) 1540.F]

Title: To the rescue The state invaded! The state capital your own homes, and property in danger. The rebels advancing in force and near Harrisburg. Freemen rally! The governor of Pennsylvania has issued a proclamation for 60,000 men, to be mustered in the state service for ninety days unless sooner discharged to drive the marauders from the state. Your county calls; let every man do his duty and shoulder his musket. There is no time for political quarrels now, let us all unite on the grand platform; our state must not be invaded. The following dispatch has been received from Adj't Gen. Russell: Harrisburg, June 28th, 1863. Under the governor's proclamation of to-day the quota for Lehigh County after deducting men mustered in for six months or emergency is nine hundred and seventy men. Communicate this to leading citizens and have it announced in your churches. A.L. Russel, Adj't General Penna. Allentown, June 28, 1863
Description: 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 #Am 1863 To the rescue (1)5777.F.69a (McAllister)

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: [Tacony-Palmyra Bridge construction, Tacony, Philadelphia]
Description: Aerial view of the construction of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge that spans the Delaware River at Levick Street from the Tacony section of Philadelphia to Palmyra, Burlington County, New Jersey (PA/NJ Route 73). Bridge designed by architect Paul Philippe Cret and engineer Ralph Modjeski., Negative numbers: 8496., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Palmyra Bridge.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1928
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.8496]

Title: McClellan Hospital, ward 14
Description: Shows a heavily decorated patient ward at the Civil War hospital established in February 1863 at Germantown Avenue and Cayuga Street in Nicetown. Two rows of recovering soldiers seated next to their beds line both sides of the ward. Decorations include streamers, flags, lace bedspreads, flowers, framed pictures, and patriotic statements of affirmation painted on the walls. Also shows a row of heaters down the middle of the floor., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From M.S. Hagaman's photograph & ivorytype rooms, No. 936 Arch Street, Philadelphia., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Hagaman operated from 936 Arch Street from 1863 to 1868., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - McClellan [P.8979.11]

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