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Title: Brolasky vault, Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: Shows the vault of dry-goods merchant and real estate magnate Simon Brolasky in the cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Vault adorned with two sculptures of female figures., Label on verso listing over sixty cemetery and volunteer fire department views published by the firm., Grey mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Cemeteries [P.9299.24]

Title: Cedar Glenn [sic], Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing a man standing in a grove of trees and bushes near a headstone in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows several residential buildings in the distant background and fencing in the foreground., Title from label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Duplicate of P.9058.147., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Cemeteries [P.8484.16]

Title: Cedar Glenn [sic], Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing a man standing in a grove of trees and bushes near a headstone in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows several residential buildings in the distant background and fencing near a gravestone in the foreground.., Title from label on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Duplicate of P.8484.16., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Cemeteries [P.9058.147]

Title: Chapel
Description: Exterior view of the flank of the Gothic-style funeral chapel built 1836-1839 for Laurel Hill Cemetery after designs by John Notman on Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 43 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia (Philadelphia: For sale at the cemetery, and by the treasurer, etc.; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 102, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W51 [*Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem (1)11129.O.43a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W51 [*Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem (2)11129.O.43a]

Title: [Entrance to Printers' Cemetery at Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Side-view showing a man standing in front of the Gothic Revival-style gate to the Printers' Cemetery. Woodlands Cemetery was chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton at 3900 Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., 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 - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.45i]

Title: [Entrance to Printers' Cemetery at Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows a man standing in front of the Gothic Revival-style gate to the Printers' Cemetery. Woodlands Cemetery was chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton at 3900 Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., 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 - Cemteries [(8)1322.F.45c]

Title: Family monuments of J.A. Brown Esqr
Description: View of the Gothic monument adorned by shafted pillars, arches with cinque and trefoiled interarches, rosettes, and buttresses surmounted by pinacles, built in honor of John A. Brown's three daughters in Laurel Hill Cemetery. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 35 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia: with numerous illustrations (Philadelphia: For sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 242
Creator: Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.35a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.35a]

Title: General view of Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: Bird's eye showing the grounds of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Horse-drawn carriages and a hearse approach and horse-drawn wagons are parked in front of the main gate. Tombs, monuments, and a Gothic-style chapel line the landscaped grounds of the cemetery. Also shows residences on hillsides rising in the background., Frontispiece to Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia (Philadelphia: For sale at the cemetery, and by the treasurer, etc.; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 294.1, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.6 and in *Am 1844 Phi Lau 11129.O., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PR318
Creator: Pinkerton, E. J., artist
Date: [1844]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W148.1 [P.9830.6]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing rows and clusters of monuments and gravestones in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Title from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Cemeteries [8353.F.5]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View looking toward South Laurel Hill showing the connecting bridge (built 1864) over Hunting Park Avenue between South and Central Laurel Hill. View includes fenced plots, monuments, headstones, and mausoleums. Laurel Hill Cemetery, built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue, acquired the central property in 1863., Title from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Cemeteries [P.9191.6]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing a man leaning on fencing surrounding a plot in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows several surrounding monuments and headstones in fenced plots including headstones in the foreground dedicated to Joseph Cake and Margaret Bishop., Title from label on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Cemeteries [P.8484.14]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View looking from the connecting bridge (built 1864) over Hunting Park Avenue between South and Central Laurel Hill showing South Laurel Hill. View includes fenced plots, monuments, headstones, and mausoleums. Laurel Hill Cemetery, built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue, aquired the central property in 1863., Title from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Cemeteries [P.9260.24]

Title: [Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing an iron-work bench, headstones, and a sepulchral monument in the cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman. Also shows a section of the Falls Bridge over the Schuylkill River in the distant background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.45d]

Title: [Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows two men walking on a path in the cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman. View also shows a partial view of a chapel and several trees., Manuscript note on mount: Laurel Hill., Orange mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook ov views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50f]

Title: [Laurel Hill Cemetery, Maria Miles Heyward monument, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the tomb for the wife of U.S. Representative William Drayton. Reads "Maria Miles Heyward of South Carolina. Widow of William Drayton. Born October XX MDCCLXXXIV (i.e. October 20, 1784), Died January XVII MDCCCLXII (i.e. January 17, 1863)." Also shows surrounding plots. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title supplied by cataloguer., Trimmed yellow paper mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50g]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the main gate of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. A man on horseback rides past the cemetery in which the Gothic-style funerary chapel is visible in the background. Countryside and trees dominate the foreground., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier., Issued as plate 20 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 430.1. Digital image shows the third state of the print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: LCP 6626.F and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F and Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 862 W6442, pl. 8., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Cemeteries (2 copies), Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W216.1 [6626.F]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the main gate of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. A man on horseback rides past the cemetery in which the Gothic-style funerary chapel is visible in the background. Countryside and trees dominate the foreground., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 20 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 430.2. Digital image shows the third state of the print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W216.2 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the main gate of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. A man on horseback rides past the cemetery in which the Gothic-style funerary chapel is visible in the background. Countryside and trees dominate the foreground., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 20 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 430.3, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2090 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Cemeteries, Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PR299, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W216.3 [P.2090]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the sheltered sculpture, "Old Mortality," completed by sculptor James Thom circa 1836 in the central courtyard of the cemetery at 3822 Ridge Avenue. The sculpture, inspired by Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality," depicts Scott conversing with the main character of his novel, an elderly itinerant Scotsman who re-carved names on gravestones, seated on a tombstone near his horse. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow paper mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [P.9260.76]

Title: [Laurel Hill Cemetery, view looking north from ridge, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows a partial view of a monument and a horse-drawn wagon. Also shows the Falls Bridge over the Schuylkill River in the distant background. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman. Falls Bridge was erected by mason Christian Swartz in 1853., Title supplied by cataloguer., Unmounted trimmed stereograph., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.127e]

Title: Monument to Commodore Hull
Description: View of the tomb of Isaac Hull, Commodore in the United States Navy. Hull's tomb was constructed and designed similarly to the tomb of Roman consul Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, except for the eagle that rests on the decorative scroll work of the lid. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 30 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia: with numerous illustrations (Philadelphia: For sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 480
Creator: Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.30a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.30a]

Title: Monument to Genl. Mercer. ; Monument to W.Y. Birch
Description: View of two monuments in Laurel Hill Cemetery designed by architect J.M. Hamilton. The square pillar surmounted by an urn (left) is for General Hugh Mercer, a physician, and brigadier general in the Continental Army. The column and urn on the right is for William Young Birch, a native of Manchester, England, who moved to the states in 1793 and established himself as a bookseller and stationer in Philadelphia. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 25 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia: with numerous illustrations (Philadelphia: For sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 481
Creator: Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.25a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.25a]

Title: Monument to J.S. Lewis, Esq
Description: View showing two men working with a slab of stone in front of the tomb of Joseph S. Lewis, president of the Schuylkill Navigation Company and chairman of the Watering Committee of the Philadelphia Councils. A carving on the side of the tomb shows the Fairmount Waterworks and dam. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 33 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia: with numerous illustrations (Philadelphia: For sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 482
Creator: Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.33a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.33a]

Title: Monument to Oscar Douglass ; Mausoleum E.W. Robinson Esq
Description: View of two monuments in Laurel Hill Cemetery including a square pillar monument designed by J.M. Hamilton for Oscar Douglass, a Philadelphia fireman. The mausoleum on the right, adorned by Doric columns, pilasters, and a memorial wreath in the entablature, is for Edward William Robinson. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 27 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia: with numerous illustrations (Philadelphia: For sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 484
Creator: Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.27a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.27a]

Title: Old Mortality
Description: View showing the Laurel Hill Cemetery sculpture completed by sculptor James Thom circa 1836. The sculpture, inspired by Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality," depicts Scott conversing with the main character of his novel, an elderly itinerant Scotsman who re-carved names on gravestones, seated on a tombstone near his horse. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 67 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia: with numerous illustrations (Philadelphia: For sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 526, Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PRM (MTD) 15 - 73.
Creator: Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.67a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.67a]

Title: "Old Mortality." Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
Description: View looking from a pathway showing the shelter of the sculpture completed by sculptor James Thom circa 1836 in the central courtyard of the cemetery at 3822 Ridge Avenue. The partially visible sculpture, inspired by Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality," depicts Scott conversing with the main character of his novel, an elderly itinerant Scotsman who re-carved names on gravestones, seated on a tombstone near his horse. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title printed on mount., Trimmed buff paper mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50b]

Title: "Old Mortality." Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
Description: View looking from a pathway showing the shelter of the sculpture completed by sculptor James Thom circa 1836 in the central courtyard of the cemetery at 3822 Ridge Avenue. The partially visible sculpture, inspired by Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality," depicts Scott conversing with the main character of his novel, an elderly itinerant Scotsman who re-carved names on gravestones, seated on a tombstone near his horse. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title printed on mount., Trimmed buff paper mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50b]

Title: "Old Mortality." Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
Description: View looking from a pathway showing the shelter of the sculpture completed by sculptor James Thom circa 1836 in the central courtyard of the cemetery at 3822 Ridge Avenue. The partially visible sculpture, inspired by Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality," depicts Scott conversing with the main character of his novel, an elderly itinerant Scotsman who re-carved names on gravestones, seated on a tombstone near his horse. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title printed on mount., Trimmed buff paper mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50b]

Title: [Sarcophagus in cemetery, probably Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View includes a man standing by the sarcophagus. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., White paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., 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 - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.45b]

Title: View at north Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing a man standing next to a monument near a dirt path in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows rows of monuments and gravestones in the background., Title from label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Stamped on mount: Penn. & Delaware Views, Wholesale Depot for Stereoscopes and Views, 113 Washington Street,... Boston., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Cemeteries [P.8484.2]

Title: View at North Laurel Hill Phila, Pa
Description: Shows a man laying down and reading near a sarcophagus in the cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows rows of monuments and headstones in the background., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title from label on negative., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Union View Co.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo -Union View Company - Cemeteries [P.9963.4]

Title: View from south Laurel Hill Cemetery, looking west
Description: Shows two women standing in front of a fenced plot of gravestones. View also shows surrounding plots and an ironwork chair designed by Robert Wood & Co. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. The cemetery expanded south in 1844., Title from manuscript note on verso., Trimmed yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50a]

Title: View in Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: Shows a pathway to a gazebo in the cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows partial views of headstones., Title printed on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.127d]

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