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- Title
- Jane Rhoads Morris with Elliston P. Morris Jr. in coach, 6706 Cresheim Rd., Pelham
- Description
- Circular photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris with their son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. seated on the porch steps at their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. Jane Morris smiles and reaches a hand toward the wicker carriage with four wheels where Elliston Morris sits. She wears a long, high-necked dress. Elliston Morris wears a wide brimmed hat and a long, light colored frock., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2011]
- Title
- [Marriott C. Morris Jr. and Elliston P. Morris Jr., 6706 Cresheim Rd., Pelham]
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. in the garden at their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. Elliston Morris on the right is a toddler playing with wooden blocks. Marriott Morris Jr. on the left is a baby sitting in a stroller, also playing with blocks. Both children wear white frocks and hats., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2012]
- Title
- Elliston P. Morris Jr. and roses, 6706 Cresheim Rd., Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a child standing next to their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. He looks up at a flowering shrub to his right. He wears a long, light colored frock with a ribbon around the waist and has long hair., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2014]
- Title
- Elliston P. Morris Jr. & Marriott C. Morris Jr., on front porch, 6706 Cresheim Rd. Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as children standing on their porch at 6706 Cresheim Road. Elliston Morris on the left points toward the camera with his left fist. Marriott Morris Jr. on the right has long hair tied back by a ribbon. The porch railing runs in front of the children., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1904
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2042]
- Title
- Elliston P. Morris Jr. by front steps, 6706 Cresheim Rd, Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a young boy standing next to their porch steps at 6706 Cresheim Road. He wears a wide brimmed straw hat and a sailor suit and holds a ball in his right hand., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1904
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2046]
- Title
- Marriott C. Morris Jr. posing with lawnmower, 6706 Cresheim Rd, Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a young boy pushing a lawnmower in their yard at 6706 Cresheim Road. He wears a wide brimmed straw hat and a sailor suit and smiles at the camera. Other houses are visible across the road in the background., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1905
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2049]
- Title
- Marriott C. Morris Jr. at Pelham opp. 6706 Cresheim Rd
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a young boy posing with a wheelbarrow in their front lawn at 6706 Cresheim Road. He wears a wide brimmed straw hat and a sailor suit. Other houses are visible across the road in the background., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1905
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2050]
- Title
- Elliston P. Morris Jr. in coach, 6706 Cresheim Rd., Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a young child sitting in a wicker carriage outside their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. He smiles and wears a wide brimmed hat and white frock. A flowering shrub climbs the wall of the house behind him., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2015]
- Title
- Jane Rhoads Morris, Elliston P. Morris, Jr. Taken at 6706 Cresheim Rd
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and their son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a child in an interior of their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. Jane Morris kneels down and holds her son's hands. She wears a high-necked dress while Elliston Morris wears a white frock. The wall behind them is decorated with floral wallpaper and framed pictures., The print is damaged in the upper corners and slightly discolored., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1902
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2016]
- Title
- Elliston 3 yrs and Marriott 1 year 5 mos, 6706 Cresheim Rd., Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr.as children playing with a small wheelbarrow in the garden at their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. A large shrub stands behind the children and the street and another house are visible in the background. The children wear white frocks., The image of this gelatin silver print is the same as the print P.9895.2018., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- May 1902
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2017]
- Title
- 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' two-story brick house at 6706 Cresheim Road, with a porch and timber framing covered in snow. A slender, leafless tree stands in the lawn and a sidewalk runs in front of the house., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- Winter 1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2100]
- Title
- Looking down Pelham Road from Cresheim Road
- Description
- Photograph showing a view of winding Pelham Road lined by slender trees. A neighborhood of large houses is clustered around the road in the distance. The print is mounted on a cream colored board with a generous border., Photograph from negative number *13-18., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 5, 1899
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.28.1]
- Title
- Crowds on G[erman]t[ow]n Ave. waiting for parade
- Description
- Film negative showing a group of people gathered on either side of Germantown Avenue. Many of the people carry American flags., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- October 6, 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.38]
- Title
- Crowds on G[erman]t[ow]n Ave. waiting for parade
- Description
- Film negative showing a group gathered on either side of Germantown Avenue, a brick street lined with trolley tracks. Buildings on either side of the street are draped with American flags and bunting. A tall building on the right has a sign reading "Cherry's Shoe's & Furnishings. For Men, Women and Children.", Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- October 6, 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.39]
- Title
- Crowds on G[erman]t[ow]n Ave. waiting for parade
- Description
- Film negative showing a group of people gathered at the side of Germantown Avenue, a brick road lined with trolley tracks. Many people in the crowd carry American flags and the nearby buildings are draped in bunting. A group of women in white dresses gather in the center of the frame., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- October 6, 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.40]
- Title
- Death of George Shifler in Kensington. Born Jan 24 1825. Murdered May 6 1844
- Description
- Sensational print showing the death of the 18-year old Nativist, the first person killed in the Nativist Riots at Kensington on May 6, 1844. Shows three men in suits surrounding Schiffler, who is attired in shirt sleeves, and collapsing to the ground. The gravely injured man half-kneels with one hand reaching for the bullet wound at his chest, and the other holding an American flag above his head. In the background, shadowy crowds of rioters clash with one another. The May riots (May 6-8, 1844) began during a confrontation between Irish-Catholics and participants of an American Nativist Party rally held in the Irish neighborhood of Kensington. Schiffler purportedly helped support the flag that hung on the speaker's stand at the Nativist Rally., Date range inferred from content of image and post-consolidation address of printer, 706 South Third Street, previously 264 South Third Street. See *GC - Genre [P.2005.36.17], Philadelphia on Stone, POS 176, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 24:1, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 892 M191, See also the ca. 1850 print "Death of George Shifler in Kensington. Born Jan 24 1825. Murdered May 6 1844" held at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. The unsigned lithograph is further captioned “Respectfully dedicated to the Native Americans by Shifler No. 1 Southwark Phila” and contains the imprint “Sold by Pierson No. 349 So. 2nd Phila. R. DeWitt, Tribune Buildings, N. York.” Pierson was Southwark (and Nativist supportive) bookseller Hiram B. Pierson (b. ca. 1814). DeWitt was New York publisher Robert DeWitt. Each concurrently operated from their cited business address between circa 1850 and circa 1853. Magee and Smith probably designed their lithograph after the ca. 1850 print after 1854.
- Creator
- Magee, John L., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1844-1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Riots [P.8729.17]
- Title
- Dann enhower's [sic] Dam in 1833. Near Shoemaker's Lane & Railroad
- Description
- View showing the dam for the Dannehower Mill at the Wingohocking Creek between Duy's and Shoemaker lanes. In the foreground, two men stand at the pond formed by the dam. The pond is lined by mill buildings and trees. Also shows fencing near the water in the left of the image. George and Charles Dannenhower operated the mill., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00033, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 38:40, Hart originally issued a series of prints of Germantown between 1863 and 1888, several of which were published as John Richards' Quaint old Germantown in Pennsylvania. A series of sixty former landmarks of Germantown and vicinity... Collated, arranged and annotated by Julius Friedrich Sachse (Philadelphia, 1913).
- Creator
- Richards, John, d. 1889, artist
- Date
- 1868
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 38:40
- 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
- Wakefield – The “Hunt,"
- Description
- Montage of five scenes from a "Hound and Hare Club of Germantown" meet at Wakefield Meadow, part of the estate of Thomas and Sarah Fisher near Germantown. Large central scene shows elegantly attired men, women, and children, a few astride horses, milling on the grounds near the old residence, pond and creek. Surrounding scenes show horsemen galloping on the grounds, over fences, and in front of distant crowds of on-lookers standing in front of the dwelling. Dwelling built circa 1795. The meet involved horsemen acting as "hounds" and "hares" through horns and pieces of paper. The riders were tracked by their fellow mounted clubmen. The club started meets at Wakefield circa 1871., Not in Wainwright., Printed above image: Germantown, December 1876. Vol. I, No. V. $1 Per Annum in Advance This December No., 5 CTS., Manuscript note on recto: Fishers Lane., pdcc00032, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 38:32
- Creator
- Cooper, Colin Campbell, Jr.
- Date
- December 1876
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 38:32
- Title
- Race Street in Philadelphia's Chinatown
- Description
- View looking down Race Street in Chinatown. Includes storefronts adorned with buntings, awnings, and flags. Pedestrians, horse-drawn carts and carriages, and cyclists crowd the thoroughfare. Probably taken during Chinese diplomat and statesmen Li Hongzhang's visit to Philadelphia on September 3, 1896., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Curved gray mount with rounded corners., Date inferred from type of mount., Gift of Raymond Holstein.
- Creator
- Berry, Kelley & Chadwick
- Date
- [ca. 1896]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Streets - Race Street [P.2011.47.1937]
- Title
- The three days of May 1844. Columbia mourns her citizens slain
- Description
- Memorial to nativist casualties of the violent clashes occurring between anti-foreigner "Native Americans" and Irish-American Catholics in Kensington, Philadelphia, May 6 through 8, 1844. The female figure of Columbia holds a large, billowing American flag near a broken column on which she places a wreath. On the column are the names of those Native Americans killed during the attacks on Catholic homes and institutions. At the top of the list, circled by Columbia's wreath, is the name of George Schiffler, the first and most famous of the nativist martyrs. Other names inscribed on the column are: Wright, Rhinedollar, Greble, Stillwell, Hammitt, Ramsey, and Cox. To the right of Columbia is an American eagle supporting a shield with the names of the wounded, including: Peale (the artist?), Whitecar, Lescher, Young, Wiseman, Willman, Schufelbaugh, Yocum, Ardis, Boggs, Ford, Bartleson, and Ort. Above the figure floats a streamer with the print's title. Below a similar banner reads "Deceased----We Revere Their Memory---Wounded---We Cherish And Reward Them---.", Not in Wainwright., Artist's signature lower left corner., LOC copy filed for copyright July 1, 1844., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 254, Library of Congress: LOT 10615-34 [item] [P&P] Columbia, Description supplied by LOC catalog record.
- Creator
- Peale, Washington, artist
- Date
- c1844
- Location
- Library of Congress LOC LOT 10615-34 [item] [P&P] Columbia
- Title
- Scrapbook of Prints
- Description
- Scrapbook containing primarily engraved periodical illustrations issued between circa 1820 and 1852 from American publications, including "Wellman's Literary Miscellany" and "Sartain's Magazine." Illustrations predominantly depict sentimental, religious, and genre views, many after European paintings, and often including children and animals, predominantly dogs.
- Title
- Woodland Ave.
- Description
- View looking east at the pony plate girder bridge carrying Woodland Avenue over the railroad tracks near Sixtieth Street Station.
- Date
- March 1891.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.117]
- Title
- Wharton Street Bridge
- Description
- View looking north at the deck plate girder bridge carrying Wharton Street over the Baltimore & Ohio tracks, just east of the Schuylkill River. Includes a distant view of the west approach of the tunnel under the intersection of Grays Ferry Avenue and South 34th Street.
- Date
- March 1891.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.121]
- Title
- Gray's Ave.
- Description
- Depicts a pony plate girder bridge carrying the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks over Grays Avenue.
- Date
- March 1891.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.119]
- Title
- The Game of Philadelphia Buildings Flashcards
- Description
- Card game containing fifty-three cards depicting landmarks and historic and well-known sites in the city.
- 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
- [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
- Section through the engine house of the Centre Square Water Works, Philadelphia
- Description
- Photomechanical reproduction of a mechanical drawing of a cross section of the pumping machinery for the waterworks, including the boiler and reservoirs, which when full were able to hold 17,660 gallons of water. Also includes smaller vignettes in the upper left and right corners showing the elevation and plan of the waterworks. The neo-classical style marble pump house was completed in 1800 after the designs of architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, in the tree-lined public square at High (Market) and Broad streets. The city's first waterworks delivered water from the Schuylkill River to subscribers and city hydrants until 1815, when superseded by the Fairmount Waterworks. The pump house was razed in 1827.
- Title
- World War One, memorial in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
- Description
- Shows the memorial, sculpted by J. Otto Schweizer and erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1934 in memory of all African American military men who have served in wartime. The top of the monument is a sculpted eternal flame, the "Torch of Life," surrounded by four American eagles. Below the torch, a female allegorical figure of justice stands holding wreaths symbolic of honor and reward. She is flanked by five figures of African American military personnel from each branch of the armed service. A dedication is inscribed into the memorial's granite pedestal which is adorned with a wreath. Erected after much controversy on Lansdowne Avenue, the memorial was moved in 1994 to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway opposite the Franklin Institute., Numbered 8419 on verso., Sheet number: 88L01., Divided back. Text on verso.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca 1935
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]
- Title
- Pennsylvania State Fair, Philadelphia, 1885. $41, 000 in premiums! Opens September 23d, closes October 14th Manufactures, machinery, implements, produce, live stock
- Description
- Advertising card containing a montage of captioned vignettes depicting the fair buildings and heavily trafficked grounds at Broad Street and Lehigh Avenue. Vignettes show the Main Building (Society of Arts); Poultry Agricultural Hall; Cattle Sheds; Restaurant; and Music Stand. The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society was founded in 1851 by representatives from 50 counties with the object to "foster and improve agriculture, horticulture, and the domestic and household arts.", Advertising text on verso: 31st. Pennsylvania State Fair, 1885. The spacious building and fine grounds, Broad St. and Lehigh Ave., Phila'a. for all the purposes of a grand exhibition of American industry, In [sic] all its departments, are unsurpassed in the United States. The lofty Main Building and its Annexes are devoted to General Machinery and Manufactured Goods, under the management of the Society of arts, office and books of entry, 411 N. 18th St., George W. Fryer, secretary. The Agricultural, Horticultural and Poultry, as well as other Live Stock Buildings, are devoted to special agricultural machinery products and manufactures. Under the management of the Penna. State Agricultural Society, Office and Books of Entry, N. E. Cor., 18th and Market Sts. D. W. Seiler, Secretary, Cheap Excursion Fares on all railroads entering Philadelphia. Low special rates of transportation on all objects entered for exhibtion. Trains run to Fair Grounds without change. Books of entry close Sept. 16., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 288, See POSP 239, Free Library of Philadlephia - Oversize Philadelphiana - Fairs, festivals, See related tradecard for Cheltenham Coach Works, Shoemakertown, PA. Moore & Ervien in FLP Americana - Tradesmen's Cards (A-D) - Folder C. Tradecard illustrated with a montage of views of the fair buidlings.
- Date
- [1885]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia. | Print Department trade card - Pennsylvania [P.2014.41.1]
- Title
- Old Tun Tavern
- Description
- David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection, 2018., Label on the front reads: Old Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, Where the First Grand □ of F. & A.M. was Held in America. Tun Tavern stood at the intersection of King (later Water) Street and Wilcox (later Tun) Alley. It was the location of the first lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in the colonies as early as 1732. The June 26, 1732 Pennsylvania Gazette contains an announcement of William Allen being chosen Grand Master. The Tavern is also regarded as the location where the United States Marines held their first recruitment drive in 1775. In 1781, Tun Tavern burned down. A reproduction was built on the grounds of the 1926 Sesquicentennial and demolished after the exposition ended.
- Date
- circa 20th c
- Location
- OBJ 907
- Title
- Philadelphia Founders Week Commemorative Medal
- Description
- Medal of William Penn with "1683-1908, Founders Week." Attached to a blue and yellow ribbon which reads, "City Council." Engraved, George Morris Abbott on the reverse.
- Date
- [1908.]
- Location
- OBJ 692
- Title
- Independence Square recruiting camps. [graphic]. James Queen del.
- Description
- Printed on recto: Childrens Central Clothing Emporium. M. Shoemaker No. 2 North Eighth Street Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Tradecard depicting well-dressed children on the central promenade of Independence Square when used as Camp Independence, Civil War recruitment camp, in September and October 1862. Tents manned by soldiers line the promenade and the children who carry drums, flags, and a hoop, walk between a group of men and a mother and son. Mary Shoemaker operated from 2 North Eighth Street circa 1862-circa 1864.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
- Date
- 1862.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W183.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W183 [(2)5786.F.138b]
- Title
- Merchant's Exchange, Philadelphia
- Description
- Merchant's Exchange, designed by William Strickland and constructed 1832-33, was one of the earliest stock exchanges in the United States., Gift of David Doret, 2002.
- Location
- OBJ 858
- Title
- Merchant's Exchange, Philadelphia
- Description
- Merchant's Exchange, designed by William Strickland and constructed 1832-33, was one of the earliest stock exchanges in the United States., Gift of David Doret, 2002.
- Location
- OBJ 859
- Title
- Merchant's Exchange, Philadelphia
- Description
- Merchant's Exchange, designed by William Strickland and constructed 1832-33, was one of the earliest stock exchanges in the United States., Gift of Michael Zinman, 1996.
- Location
- OBJ 860
- Title
- Stenton, the Seat of the Founder of the Loganian Library, A.D. 1728
- Description
- The Loganian Library Minutes vol. 1, Nov. 7, 1867, p. 346-347: "We the undersigned desirous of preserving for posterity a faithful and artistic representation of Stenton the residence of the Hon. James Logan hereby agree to contribute the sums set opposite our names respectively to be expended in an oil painting by Edmund Lewis of the said house and grounds of Stenton as they exist at present; the painting to be presented to and preserved by the Loganian Library." The names of the contributors pledging $10 are as follows: J.D. Sergeant, John Lambert, P.S.P. Conner, George W. Amis, John Jay Smith, J. Dickinson Logan, Lloyd P.Smith, Samuel Betton, Wm. Ritch Wister, M.N. Logan, Samuel M. Fox, Thos. Stewardson, Jr., Wm. Wister, N.& P.S. Hilles, Eliz. R. Fisher, John S. Newbold, A.C. Logan. The contributors pledging $5.00 are as follows: Dr. J. Carson, R. Morris Smith, H. Gates Jones, R.W. Ryerss, J.C. Milligan, D.R. King, and John Cooke. The total amount pledged was $215., Commissioned by the contributions of 25 individuals in 1867 for the Loganian Library.
- Creator
- Lewis, Edmund Darch, 1835-1910
- Date
- 1867?
- Location
- OBJ 142
- Title
- Sampler of Moyamensing Public School
- Description
- “Margaret Stevenson Moyamensing Public School” on the sampler along with a building and floral design around the border.
- Creator
- Stevenson, Margaret
- Date
- 1828
- Location
- OBJ 013
- 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
- Philadelphia, from the State House steeple, north, east and south. [graphic] / Sketched from nature by Joseph Thoma ; Drawn on stone by Leo Elliot ; N. Friend's Lithc. Offce. 141 Walnut Street ; Printed at T. Sinc.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Elliot, Leo, lithographer., creator
- Date
- c1849.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W287.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W287 [P.2125]
- Title
- [Residence of Joseph Harrison, Esqr., Rittenhouse Square, Phila.] Front Elevation. [graphic].
- Description
- Published in: Sloan, Samuel. City and Suburban Architecture (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1867), plate 108, design XXIV for a suburban mansion., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: *Am 1867 Sloan 7883.F.
- Date
- [1867]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W310.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W310 [*Am 1867 Sloan 7883.F]
- Title
- Independence Square recruiting camps. [graphic]. James Queen del.
- Description
- Printed on recto: Childrens Central Clothing Emporium. M. Shoemaker No. 2 North Eighth Street Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Trade card depicting well-dressed children on the central promenade of Independence Square when used as Camp Independence, Civil War recruitment camp, in September and October 1862. Tents manned by soldiers line the promenade and the children who carry drums, flags, and a hoop, walk between a group of men and a mother and son. Mary Shoemaker operated from 2 North Eighth Street circa 1862-circa 1864.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
- Date
- 1862.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W183.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W183 [(2)5786.F.138b]
- Title
- Joseph Ripka's mills. Manayunk 21st Ward Philadelphia. Manufacturer of all description of plain and fancy cottonades for men & boy's clothing warehouse 32 So Front St. [graphic] / Lith. of W. H. Rease N.E. cor. 4th & Chesnut.
- Description
- Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America... Commercial edition with business cards of prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 77. (HSP O 458)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc35 R588.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- [1856]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W211.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W211 [P.2139]
- Title
- Residence of Joseph Harrison, Esqr. Rittenhouse Square, Phila. [graphic].
- Description
- Location: Eighteenth and Locust Streets, northeast corner., Published in: Sloan, Samuel. City and Suburban Architecture (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1867), plate 107, design XXIV for a suburban mansion., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in *Am 1867 Sloan 7883.F., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb16 H32.
- Creator
- Watson, John Frampton., creator
- Date
- [1867]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W309.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W309 [*Am 1867 Sloan 7883.F] plate
- Title
- Skating in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Depicts a crowd of people ice skating in Fairmount Park., Numbered 8901 and 43042 on verso., Sheet number: 86A18., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
- Title
- West Park Trolley Station postcards
- Description
- Depicts the number 33 trolley sitting in front of the West Park Trolley Station., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A19 and 86B11., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1900-1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]