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Title: Rittenhouse Square fountain
Description: Views depict an ornate drinking fountain adorned by a column with sea horses and the bearded face of Neptune surmounted by a classical male figure balancing his body with one foot. Also shows a detail of an open iron gate., Title in manuscript notes on mount of P.9299.117 and verso of P.9299.116., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Stamped on versos: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink curved mounts with rounded corners., One item, P.9299.117, 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. 118., Arcadia caption text: Donated in 1872 to the Philadelphia Fountain Society by prominent Philadelphia civil engineer and art collector J. Gillingham Fell, the ornate fountain at the northwest corner of Rittenhouse Square (at Walnut and Rittenhouse streets) mirrored the wealth of nearby residents. Although beautiful, the fountains contained faulty plumbing, which caused muddy conditions intolerable to visitors, and the structures were removed by the early 1880s., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.116-117]

Title: Fountain. Rittenhouse Square
Description: View in Rittenhouse Square shows an ornate drinking fountain adorned by a column with sea horses and the bearded face of Neptune surmounted by a classical male figure balancing his body with one foot. Donated to the Philadelphia Fountain Society by prominent Philadelphia civil engineer and art collector J. Gillingham Fell and installed at the northwest corner of Rittenhouse Square (at Walnut and Rittenhouse streets) in 1872., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Woodward - Monuments and statues [P.9732]

Title: View in Rittenhouse Square
Description: Shows a grove of trees in the square., Photographer, title, and date from accompanying label., Buff 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: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Parks & squares [(8)1322.F.9h]

Title: Church of the Holy Trinity, 200 South 19th Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Views showing the exterior during construction and after completion of the Norman-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1856-1859 at 200 South 19th Street after the designs of John Notman. Includes a close-up view of the church door during construction. Views also show construction debris, construction equipment, neighboring buildings on the north side of the 1900 block of Walnut Street, and a partial view of Rittenhouse Square., Contains three stereographic prints mounted on yellow paper mounts, including two with manuscript titles and one with a printed label; three one-half stereographic prints mounted on paper; and one unmounted albumen., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., One of images [(8)1322.F.19a] reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #152., 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. 1859-ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Religion [(4)1322.F.72b & e; (4)1322.F.73a; (6)1322.F.87g; (8)1322.F.19a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Moran - Churches and Meetinghouses - H [(4)1322.F.72c-d]

Title: Residence of George Edwards, s.e. corner of 18th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia
Description: Shows the mansion of the Philadelphia hotel entrepreneur built 1849 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun at 1724 Walnut Street near Rittenhouse Square. Residence later known as Weightman Mansion after owner, prominent Philadelphia businessman, William Weightman., Title, photographer, and date from manuscript note on verso., Buff 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: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [(8)1322.F.19i]

Title: E. S. 18th St. N. of Spruce
Description: View looking north along Eighteenth Street showing three mansions near Rittenhouse Square on the east side of the block. Mansions include the residence of hotel entrepreneur Edwards built 1849 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun (1724 Walnut); the residence of locomotive engineer Joseph Harrison, Jr. built 1855-1857 after the designs of Samuel Sloan (221-225 S. 18th); and the residence of gentleman William H. Harrison (227-229 S. 18th)., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Mansion of Joseph Harrison in center., 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: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9047.63]

Title: Rear of J. Harrison Jr. residence - 18th below Walnut
Description: Shows the rear of the mansion with garden of locomotive engineer and inventor Joseph Harrison, Jr. built 1855-1857 after the designs of Samuel Sloan at 221-225 South 18th Street near Rittenhouse Square. Razed 1925., Title and photographer from accompanying label., Manuscript note on verso: J. Harrison - [Reside]nce 18th bel Wal[nut]., Buff paper mount with square corners., 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. 29., Arcadia caption text: Joseph Harrison, Jr., whose mansion appears at the center of the view opposite, conceived of the lot behind his home extending the entire width of the block as a private park to be shared by Harrison and the inhabitants of the elegant row he constructed along Locust Street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Street (see image below). This view of the garden, with its collection of ornamental shrubs and winding carriage road, also provides an unusual glimpse of the charming architectural features at the back of the mansion including the conservatory, the balcony, and the back gate., 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: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [(8)1322.F.19b]

Title: [Residences of George Edwards, Joseph Harrison Jr., W.H. Harrison, 200 block of South 18th Street, east side, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking northeast showing three mansions near Rittenhouse Square. Mansions include the residence of hotel entrepreneur Edwards built 1849 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun (1724 Walnut); the residence of locomotive engineer Joseph Harrison, Jr. built 1855-1857 after the designs of Samuel Sloan (221-225 S. 18th); and the residence of gentleman William .H. Harrison (227-229 S. 18th)., Manuscript note on mount:1 2 3., Manuscript note on accompanying label: 1.Residence of Geo. Edwards, 18th & Walnut. 2.[Residence] of J. Harrison Jr., 18th below Walnut. 3.[Residence] of W.H. Harrison, N.E. 18th & Locust., Photographer from accompanying label., Buff 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: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [(8)1322.F.19j]

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