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Title: Photograph Album of Philadelphia and Vicinity
Description: Photograph album compiled by Philadelphia photographer Robert Newell containing views by the photographer and his peers, including F. De. B. Richards. Images depict major city landmarks and views of Fairmount Park, including benevolent, educational and financial institutions, historic sites, residences, churches and meetinghouses, bridges, and hotels and taverns. Sites documented include Broad Street (Civil War) Hospital; Foster Home (Twenty-Fourth and Poplar); Germantown Academy; the former bookstore and printing office of William Young (200-204 Chestnut); Landing Avenue during alterations (East bank of Schuylkill); Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (old and new); Carpenters Hall; Independence Hall; Academy of Music; Merchants' Exchange; Girard, Farmers', Mechanics', Pennsylvania, and Fourth National banks; Bartram's, Keene, and Rittenhouse mansions; Woodford residence (Fairmount Park); Washington's residence (Germantown); Womrath property, "where the first 4th of July" was celebrated" (4216 Frankford); Oldest house in Lansdown" (West Fairmount Park); Old Farm house (Broad and Oxford); St. Judes Episcopal church; Fairmount Water Works, and boat houses and ice houses along the Schuylkill; Cedar Hill, Laurel Hill and Woodlands cemeteries; Columbia, Old Callowhill Street, Girard Avenue, and New York Connecting Railroad bridges; Continental, Valley Green, Maple Spring, Markley's and Cole's hotels; and "Punch Bowl" (2100 Broad), "Abbey" (Hunting Park and Wissahickon Aves), Old Buck? (Lancaster Pike) and Old Grey's Ferry taverns.

Title: View of the Schuylkill River and Vicinity from Office Window, Phila.
Description: View looking north from the B&O Railroad terminal at 24th and Chestnut streets at the Schuylkill River and nearby industries on the waterfront. Includes part of the Philadelphia Gas Works and two bridges in the distance., Part of an album containing photographs of railroad bridges and stations along the B&O Railroad's Philadelphia Division taken on a trip made by a small group of B&O Railroad employees, under the supervision of Division Engineer Maintenance-of-Way William A. Pratt, who surveyed the line in March 1891., 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. 65., Arcadia caption text: Looking north from an upper-story window of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station located at Chestnut and Twenty-fourth streets, this 1891 photograph shows the city's industrial waterfront along the Schuylkill River including parts of the Philadelphia Gas Works and a freight depot. Horse-drawn vehicles and a train travel across the numerous bridges spanning the river in the background., LCP AR [Annual Report] 2001, pg. 58-9.
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.124]

Title: Schuylkill River Bridge
Description: Depicts a through truss bridge spanning the Schuylkill River south of Grays Ferry Avenue.
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.120]

Title: Fairmount
Description: Puzzle showing a Reading Railroad Co. train with passengers in the foreground and the Fairmount Waterworks and Wire Suspension Bridge from the west bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia in the background. Includes spectators surrounding a hot air balloon behind the train and rowers and a steamboat on the Schuylkill River. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr. The Wire Bridge of Fairmount, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built over the Schuylkill River from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. and was removed in 1874., One of four puzzles housed in clamshell box., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *albums (flat) - Four Lithographic Puzzles [8418.F.1]

Title: Callowhill Street Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa A series of 25 bridges packing in Honest Long Cut
Description: Cigarette card promoting the Honest Long Cut brand of the American Tobacco Company. Depicts a view of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, also known as Spring Garden Street Bridge, built over the Schuylkill River from 1874-1875 by the Keystone Bridge Company after the designs of engineer Jacob H. Linville. Demolished in 1964. Bridge adorned with ornate ironwork, including lampposts and fencing., Title printed on recto and verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.34]

Title: Birds-eye view of the Centennial Buildings, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia Agricultural Hall, Horticultural Hall, Memorial Hall (or Art Gallery), Main Exhibition Building, Machinery Hall ; 1776-1876
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a bird's eye view of the Centennial Exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park looking southeast, including Agricultural Hall, Horticultural Hall, Memorial Hall (or Art Gallery), Main Exhibition Building, Machinery Hall and the United States Government Building built after designs by Henry Pettit, Joseph M. Wilson, James H. Windrim, and Hermann J. Schwarzmann. Pedestrians stroll the landscaped grounds in the foreground. The cityscape of Philadelphia is visible in the background, including the covered Columbia Railroad Bridge (built 1834), the Pennsylvania Railway Connecting Bridge (built 1866-1867), the Girard Avenue Bridge (built 1873-1874), and the Spring Garden Street Bridge (built 1874-1875) spanning the Schuylkill River., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted 1875 by Longacre & Co. in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C., Advertising text printed on verso: Paxson, Comfort & Co. manufacturers, importers, and jobbers of undertaker's supplies, and shrouding materials in dry-goods, trimmings & hardware, No. 231 Market Street, Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 872, Longacre & Co., formed by Matthias R. Longacre and rotating partners, was active as a Philadelphia lithographic establishment at 30-32 South Seventh Street 1870-1879.
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Paxson [P.9728.2]

Title: [Steamboats on the Schuylkill River, near Boathouse Row, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking north showing the steamboat landing and Boathouse Row on the Schuylkill River immediately north of the Fairmount Water Works. A small canoe floats in the water in the foreground. Also shows two steamboats on the river near the landing and three boathouses in the background, including the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society boathouse built in 1861 (left), the boathouse built in 1872 for the Vesper and Malta boat clubs (center), the University Barge Club boathouse constructed in 1871 (right). Other boat houses are obscured by trees., Title supplied by cataloger., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 - Transportation [P.8709.12]

Title: [View showing the grounds of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Shows four of the main buildings near the Schuylkill River. Includes the Art Gallery, Main Building, Machinery Hall, and Horticultural Hall. Also shows sailing vessels, including the steamboat "Belmont," traversing the river in the foreground. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia., Probably by John Serz., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.3]

Title: Fairmount Park
Description: Sheet music cover containing a view looking from Reservoir Hill toward Lemon Hill showing part of the Fairmount Water Works. Includes part of the mill race and the promenade on the old mill house, and visitors on the roof of the new mill house (completed 1862). Also shows a boat docked at the nearby boat landing and boat houses along the east bank of the Schuylkill River. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00018, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 235, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21:1 and 30:86
Date: c1871
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 21:1 and 30:86

Title: Microscopic view of Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view predominately showing the built city from the Schuylkill to the Delaware rivers and Port Richmond to South Philadelphia. Market Street runs down the center of the view. Shows the residential, commercial, industrial, religious, educational, and cultural buildings lining the streets and outer lying areas of Center City. Also shows parts of West Philadelphia, Windmill Island, and Camden, NJ. and public utilities, bridges, railroad depots, and reservoirs. Includes from west to east, the Woodlands, Blockley Almshouse, the Upper Ferry Bridge, Market Street Bridge, the two Gas Works, Fairmount Water Works, Girard College, Eastern State Penitentiary, the Naval Asylum, Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, St. Mark's Church, Christ Church, Independence Hall, Pennsylvania Hospital, St. Peter's Church, and Spark's Shot Tower. Also shows the five major squares (as well as Independence Square) and adjacent landmarks, including the P.R.R. Freight Depot, U.S. Mint, First Independent Church, Pennsylvania Asylum for the Blind, and Will's Eye Hospital. Masts of docked ships line the piers along the Delaware and vessels sail on the waters of both rivers. Foundries with smokestacks and undeveloped land border the built city to the North and South., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 478, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Views
Date: c1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Views [P.9087]

Title: Green's August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup. Portfolio of views in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia Presented by R.D. Pulford, druggist, Mineral Point, Wis
Description: Eight-page foldout advertisement for George Gill Green's "August Flower" and "Boschee's German Syrup" containing advertising text pages and five views of Fairmount Park including the Fairmount Water Works and Resevoir, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Also shows horse-drawn carriages pulling men and women racing north on East River Drive under the New York Connecting Railway Bridge, built 1866-67 after designs by Joseph A. Wilson for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Promontory Rock Tunnel, bored in 1871, is visible in the background. Other images include people leisurely rowing on a creek under the bridge to Lansdown Island; park visitors standing on a pathway that overlooks the Schuylkill River from the Fairmount Water Works; and men and women strolling, sitting, and traveling in horse-drawn carriages along Wissahickon Drive. Paragraphs of advertising text promote George Gill Green's "August Flower" as a "natural cathartic" that "corrects the acidity of the stomach," and "it is established fact in every town and village on this continent, that [Boschee's] German Syrup is the only remedy that has given satisfaction in severe cases of Lung Disease." Green was a patent medicine entrepreneur who purchased the rights of these two medicines from his father, Lewis M. Green., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 330
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Helfand Trade Cards - Patent Medicine - G [P.9828.1686a]

Title: Boat House and Lake, Philadelphia, Penn
Description: View looks west in the direction of West Philadelphia at Wm. F. Cline's floating "Union Boat House" with rowboats pulled up to the dock. Also shows a boat or ferry on the Schuylkill River and buildings on the west bank of the river, including Jeremiah King's hotel and tavern (left), in the background., Title printed on verso in numbered series list with fifty-three other titles (No. 100-153)., Printed on mount: Stereoscopic Gems. American Scenery., Publisher's imprint printed on verso below series list., 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.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [P.9047.40]

Title: [Boathouse Row,] Fairmount, Philadelphia
Description: View looks northwest from the steamboat landing adjacent to the Fairmount Waterworks showing boathouse row and floating boathouses, including George Popps Park Boat House and Union Boat House operated by Wm. F. Cline. Includes the boathouse built in 1872 for the Vesper and Malta boat clubs, the University Barge Club boathouse constructed in 1871, Bachelors boathouse built 1860, and the boathouse constructed 1869-1871 for the Pennsylvania Barge Club and Crescent Boat Club. A man sits on the dock in the foreground., Title on negative., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [P.9260.1]

Title: Boat landing. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Copy stereograph view looks west in the direction of West Philadelphia at Wm. F. Cline's floating "Union Boat House" with rowboats pulled up to the dock. Also shows a boat or ferry on the Schuylkill River and buildings on the west bank of the river, including Jeremiah King's hotel and tavern (left), in the background., Title printed on mount below image., Manuscript note on verso: Helen B. Wellman 1882., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of F.J. Dallet.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [P.9449.1]

Title: Boat House No. 5
Description: View looking west at the east and north elevations of the University Barge Club boathouse constructed in 1871., Title printed on mount below image., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of F.J. Dallet.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [P.9164.1]

Title: [Point lookout,] Fairmount Park, Philad'a
Description: View showing children standing and sitting on a gazebo or pavilion in East Fairmount Park overlooking the Schuykill River. Buildings on the west bank of the river are also visible., Title printed on mount., Trimmed white mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9013.3]

Title: North from Sweet Brier Height. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Landscape view showing the tree-lined Schuylkill River from Sweet Brier Heights in West Fairmount Park. Includes a utility pole in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso and partially printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.8924.1]

Title: Ansicht von Fairmount in Philadelphia
Description: View looking from the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Shows the engine house; mill house; pavilion on the mound dam, stand pipe (built 1852) and Reservoir Hill. View also includes two men with a canvas and easle on the river bank across from a steam boat traveling on the water in the foregound and the Wire Bridge at Fairmount (built 1841-1842) in the background., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 22, Library of Congress: PR 13 CN 2001: 033
Date: [ca. 1852]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PR 13 CN 2001: 033

Title: Park Boat House, Fairmount, Phila., Pa
Description: Views look southwest in the direction of West Philadelphia at the floating George Popps Park Boat House with rowboats pulled up to the dock. Men stand and sit on the dock and in the boathouse in the foreground. Also shows buildings on the west bank of the river, including a building possibly inhabited and operated by Jeremiah King., Titles on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mounts., Yellow and orange mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One item gift of Robert M. Vogel [P.9047.7]., One item gift of Sandra Markham [P.2007.20.5]
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Recreation [P.2007.20.5 and P.9047.7]

Title: Lover's retreat, Fairmount Park, Phila., Pa
Description: Elevated landscape view looking down at bare trees in the ravine partially obscuring the view of the Schuylkill River north of Horticultural Hall in West Fairmount Park. Includes men and women standing on a path in the foreground., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange 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 Sandra Markham.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Parks [P.2007.20.2]

Title: Fairmount Dam
Description: View looking north from the canal locks on the west bank of the river showing the Fairmount dam adjacent to the Fairmount Water Works and landmarks on the east bank of the river, including the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam (built 1835), a paddle steamboat docked at the boat landing, and a floating boathouse., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange 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 Sandra Markham.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Public Utilities [P.2007.20.4]

Title: River Road at Fairmount Park. Phil. Pa
Description: Landscape view of River Road running parallel to the Schuylkill River. Shows a pavilion in the distance, along with dwellings on the opposite bank., Title and series number on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 - Parks [P.8731.10]

Title: [Green's August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards promoting George Gill Green's "August Flower" and "Boschee's German Syrup". Four trade cards depict views of Fairmount Park, including one eight-page foldout advertisement containing advertising text pages. Illustrations include the Fairmount Water Works and Resevoir, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Also shows horse-drawn carriages pulling men and women racing north on East River Drive under the New York Connecting Railway Bridge, built 1866-67 after designs by Joseph A. Wilson for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Promontory Rock Tunnel, bored in 1871, is visible in the background. Other images include people leisurely rowing on a creek under the bridge to Lansdown Island; park visitors standing on a pathway that overlooks the Schuylkill River from the Fairmount Water Works; and men and women strolling, sitting, and traveling in horse-drawn carriages along Wissahickon Drive. Paragraphs of advertising text promote George Gill Green's "August Flower" as a "natural cathartic" that "corrects the acidity of the stomach," and "it is established fact in every town and village on this continent, that [Boschee's] German Syrup is the only remedy that has given satisfaction in severe cases of Lung Disease." Two photographic reproductions depict inverted images of sailboats on the ocean and an inset portrait of a woman. Green was a patent medicine entrepreneur who purchased the rights of these two medicines from his father, Lewis M. Green., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co. and Donaldson Brothers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Two prints [P.9993.5 & 6] gift of Helen Beitler., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Green's [111016.D; P.9490.38; P.9642.1; P.9685.2; P.9993.5 & 6]

Title: Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia
Description: Copy stereograph of a view looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River. Shows the old engine house; the altered old mill house with peristyle temple flanked by entrance houses (altered 1867-1872); the new mill house (built 1859-1862); and the stand pipe (built 1852), observatory tower arch (completed 1862), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the Schuylkill Canal lock in the foreground and a dredging machine near the new mill house. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9047.113]

Title: Atlantic Petroleum Storage Company for refined oil. Empire stores for crude oil Warehouse: Point Breeze. Office: 115 Walnut Street} Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement containing a view of the company's oil storage facilities at Point Breeze on the Schuylkill River, a plan of the grounds by Hexamer, and text describing the facilities. View depicts sailing ships docked at the wharves adjoining the "refined" and "crude" oil warehouses. Horse-drawn carriages travel on River Road toward the wharves. Individuals mill along the banks and on the wharves. The "Garden Farm" is visible in the background. Hexamer plan contains 7 numbered buildings, including the oil warehouses, crude oil wharf, and office in addition to cooper shops, crude oil tanks, and the railroad. Also identifies the surrounding plots of land including, the Garden Farm, Empire Stores for Crude Oil, Farmland of the Atlantic Petroleum Storage Co., and B.J. Crew's Atlantic Petroleum Refinery. Advertising text promotes the experience and care of the "those having charge of the business" and the erection of "large and commodious" warehouses and docks. It describes the warehouses and docks of the "Crude and Refined Oil Departments," including their length, capacity, and construction. Text also describes the safety of the property from fire due to the separation of the warehouses, tanks and docks in addition to the beneficial proximity of the warehouses to the Pennsylvania Central, and Philadelphia and Erie railroads in allowing a direct connection to the oil regions of the West as well as preventing the loss and destruction of oil from leaks and the sun., Also contains a list of the company's board of directors and officers for 1866. Philadelphia members include James A. Wright, Wm. G. Warden, and Clement A. Griscom. Atlantic was founded by Charles Lockhart and William Warden in 1866 and renamed Atlantic Refining in 1870. The firm was purchased by John D. Rockerfeller in 1874 for incorporation into Standard Oil., Not in Wainwright., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 31, Reproduced and described in Edwin Wolf 2nd and Marie Lena Korey, eds. Quarter of a Millennium (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1981) entry #178., Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Refineries, Oil, Possibly Wainwright 295.
Date: [1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW-Industries [P.2145]

Title: View from the New Park, Phila[delphia]
Description: View looking from West Fairmount Park showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge over the Schuylkill River. The bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, was completed in 1834 after the designs of engineer John C. Trautwine for use by the Reading Railroad Company. A residence is visible in the foreground and buildings line the river bank in the background. A line of freight cars enters the bridge., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Francis J. Dallett., 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 - Bridges - Columbia [P.9528.1]

Title: Connecting R.R. Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View from Laurel Hill in Fairmount Park looking northwest showing the Falls Bridge spanning over the Schuylkill River near the old Falls in the Schuylkill. The six-arched bridge, completed in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz, was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Railroad. A covered bridge is seen in the background., Orange mount with rounded corners., Gift of Francis James Dallett., Digitization 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 - unidentified - Bridges - Falls Bridge [P.9233.3]

Title: Girard Avenue Bridge and N.Y.R.R. Bridge, Phila[delphia]
Description: View looking from East Fairmount Park showing the Old Girard Avenue Bridge and the New York Connecting Railway bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Girard Avenue Bridge, was built in 1855 and razed circa 1871. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge in the background, the New York Railroad Bridge, known as the Connecting Railway Bridge, was built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson. It served as the railroad's first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City. A woman sits and reads on a bench in the foreground., Title inscribed on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Image blurred., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Saul Kotnow.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9022.36]

Title: [Girard Avenue Bridge under construction, Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing a section of the Girard Avenue Bridge under construction. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, completed in 1874 after the designs of Henry A. and James P. Sims, was demolished in 1971. In the background, a section of the Connecting Railway Bridge, also known as the New York Railroad Bridge, is visbile. Built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, the bridge served as the railroad's first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City. Includes a man on a pier, in the foreground, near a row boat, crane, and stone rubble., Title supplied by cataloguer., Orange mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: From Fairmount Park, Phila. series., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9424]

Title: View of side of basin at Fairmount
Description: View showing the "Nymph with Bittern" statue at the east side of the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. The statue, sculpted in wood in 1809 by William Rush for the Centre Square Water Works, was installed at the basin in 1827. It was removed in 1872 when cast in bronze and relocated to the south garden at the waterworks. Also shows the standpipe on Reservoir Hill in the upper left corner of the image. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822, were altered and expanded until 1872., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., American scenery was a popular series of copy stereographs issued between 1874 and 1877., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9058.167]

Title: [Forebay at Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking southeast from the rear terrace of the old mill house showing the forebay of the waterworks on the Schuylkill River. Also shows Reservoir Hill in the background, including William Rush's "Allegory of the Schuylkill River" or "Water Nymph and Bittern" fountain installed in 1827. Water sprays from the statue's base. The waterworks were originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff., Title supplied by cataloguer., Orange mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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 - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.121f]

Title: Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Copy stereoview of a view looking northwest from the south garden at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows Reservoir Hill adorned with one of the rustic pavilions installed at the waterworks between 1864-1866 as a decorative improvement. View also shows a pitched-roof monument attached to the base of the hill in the foreground and the "Diana" statue (installed circa 1831) near the base of the inclined walkway to the hill. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title from label on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [8353.F.25]

Title: Stand-pipe view
Description: View looking east from the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works showing the decorative distribution arch on Reservoir Hill. The arch, built in 1860, functioned as a standpipe and observatory tower. Also shows men, including two park guards standing on the promenade near the forebay in the foreground and inclined walkways to Reservoir Hill in the background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from accompanying label., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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 - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.119g]

Title: Pavillion [sic] view
Description: View looking west from the forebay of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows one of the two pavilions on the old mill house adorned with an American flag. Also shows a partial view of the rear terrace of the old mill house and the terrace roof of the new mill house built on the mound dam between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Men convene on the terrace near a bench. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from accompanying label., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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 - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.121c]

Title: Turbine wheels, Fairmount Water Works, Phila
Description: View showing the interior of the new mill house completed in 1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Shows a man standing between the turbine wheels and several pumps, which were added to the waterworks to increase the supply of water to the growing number of city residents. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title from label on negative., Warped yellow mount with rounded corners., American scenery was a popular series of copy stereographs issued between 1874 and 1877., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.8731.3]

Title: [Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the old engine house and mill house. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Buff mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.108g]

Title: Fairmount Water Works
Description: View looking northwest through the observatory tower arch at the basin of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the terrace of the new mill house built on the mound dam between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Also shows a pavilion of the old mill house, the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam, and a man sitting on the ornate railing of the inclined walkway under the arch. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., 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 - Public Utilities [P.9299.2]

Title: Fairmount Water Works
Description: Promotional copy stereograph of a view looking east from the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the decorative distribution arch, built in 1860, and the Italianate standpipe, built in 1852, on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the inclined walkways on the hill and a partial view of the rear terrace of the old mill house in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Advertisement printed on verso promoting seven "Philadelphia Leading Business Houses," including Hemphill & Ziegler, commercial printers (10th & Market); H. Schaeffer, merchant tailor (16 N. 11th & 18 N. 13th); Henry Veit's, ice cream saloon and fancy cake bakery, fine confections, & c. (34 N. 11th); Edward Mullin, fashonable boot and shoe maker (416 N. 10th); R.G. Alford, building and house-furnishing hardware (2141 Callowhill); J.C. McNelly, gents' furnishing goods (2014 Callowhill); and William Leopold, manufacturer of fine segars (2002 Callowhill)., Manuscript note by one of advertisers on mount: Presented by R.G. Alford., Gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1878
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9002.1]

Title: [Schuylkill Water Works]
Description: View showing the rear of the engine house at the Schuylkill Water Works (formerly the Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Water Works) at the foot of Thompson Street on the Schuylkill River. Also shows a rowboat near the fenced water basin of the waterworks in the foreground. The waterworks, completed circa 1845 after the designs of engineer William E. Morris, provided water to the Spring Garden, Northern Liberties, and Kensington neighborhoods., Yellow mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.122d]

Title: George & James M. Bullock. "Conshohocken Woolen Mills" Manufacturers of doeskin beavers, Moscow beavers, &c in fancy colors, 233 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the woolen mills at Gulf Creek and the Schuylkill River in Conshohocken. Complex includes a main mill; engine house; boiler and dry house; dye house; scouring house; wool house; ware house; steaming houses; storehouse; mill; shoddy mill; engine house; boiler house; carpenter shop; lumber shed; office; gas house; gas holder; and coal and waste house. A flag adorns the property and stacks spew smoke. A fence surrounds the complex outside of which a man on horseback converses with two gentlemen, two ladies stroll, and a horse-drawn wagon is stopped. In the background, a farm and pastureland and neighboring mansion house are visible. The mill built in 1854, was purchased by wool manufacturer Benjamin Bullock in the 1860s, and in 1871 his sons George and James Bullock assumed operations. In 1880, the firm was operated by George Bullock & Co., and later the stock company Conshohocken Worsted Mills., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 297
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Industries [6623.F]

Title: Fairmount Park
Description: A woman holding a dark parasol over her head stands on a path in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park looking out over a rustic fence at the Schuylkill River. Girard Avenue Bridge is visible in the background., 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 - Parks [P.9644.13]

Title: Pratts house now Fairmount Park
Description: View looking from the bank of the Schuylkill River showing the mansion built circa 1799 for Henry Pratt known as Lemon Hill in the distance. Also shows men fishing from the riverbank and a rowboat sailing across the Schuylkill., Title from manuscript note on recto., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 624, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Parks and Squares - F [(3)1322.F.130b]

Title: New mill house, Fairmount Water Works, Phila
Description: View looking northwest from the west base of the old mill house at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the new mill house constructed between 1859-1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Also shows men standing on the roof terrace and in a window balcony of the building. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square 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.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereographs - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9356.4]

Title: View from wheel house
Description: View looking northwest from the old mill house at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the new mill house (built 1859-1862); the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam; and boathouses, including the University boathouse, on the east bank of the river in the distance. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Title from manuscript note on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Inscribed in negative: 70., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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 - Public Utilities [P.9260.95]

Title: View on Schuylkill
Description: View looking south from Lemon Hill in East Fairmount Park. Shows the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River, including the old engine house; the old mill house; and the observatory arch, standpipe and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. View also includes a group of girls standing near a tree on the estate in the foreground. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow 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.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9260.93]

Title: [A view of the Fairmount Waterworks with Schuylkill in the distance. Taken from the mount.]
Description: Bird's eye, landscape view looking west from Reservoir Hill showing the Fairmount Water Works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Includes the engine house, mill house, and race bridge. Paddle boats dock at boat landings next to the works and travel up the river. Also shows park visitors milling about the sites, the Fairmount dam, Schuylkill canal lock, and a few buildings lining the banks., Possibly printed by J.T. Bowen., Title supplied by cataloguer., Philadelphia on Stone, POs 798, Reduced variant of Wainwright 9., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date: [ca. 1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Public Utilities - F [P.2007]

Title: Bird's eye view, Centennial Exhibition buildings & grounds, Philada
Description: Bird's eye view looking east showing the exhibition grounds and surrounding area. Grounds are landscaped with trees, bushes, and pathways. Key to 39 depicted buildings and sites printed below the image. Includes the Main Building, Machinery Hall, Memorial Hall & Art Gallery, Agricultural Building, and Horticultural Hall. Also shows the several bridges over the Schuylkill River, including Falls, Columbia, Girard Avenue, and New York Connecting, in addition to "New Bridges over Penna. R.R." south of the grounds. Major roadways include Elm, Belmont, and Girard avenues. Other sites depicted include the 24th Ward reservoir, George's Hill, Sawyer's Elevator, Belmont Mansion, and Globe and Trans Continental hotels. East Fairmount Park is visible in the background., Copyrighted by Sydney Smirke, Distributor's stamp pasted on recto: From J. L. Smith's Map Establishment, 37 S. Sixth St., Philada., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 44, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date: 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [5225.F.7]

Title: [Looking west from Reservoir Hill at Fairmount Water Works]
Description: Copy stereograph of a view looking west from Reservoir Hill at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the terrace of the new mill house (built 1859-1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine), a paddleboat at the nearby boat landing, and boat houses, including University boat house, on the east bank of the river in the distance. Also shows a section of ornate railing and a decorative urn in the foreground. The waterworks, built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with rounded corners., American Scenery was a popular series of copy stereographs issued between 1874 and 1877., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9356.3]

Title: Philadelphia Water Works. "Engine House" at Schuylkill Works
Description: View showing the rear of the engine house at the Schuylkill Water Works (formerly the Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Water Works) at the foot of Thompson Street on the Schuylkill River. Also shows the stand-pipe erected circa 1854 in the background and men leaning on the fencing surrounding the water basin in the foreground. The waterworks, completed circa 1845 after the designs of engineer William E. Morris, provided water to the Spring Garden, Northern Liberties, and Kensington neighborhoods., Grey mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note by H.P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer of the Water Department, on accompanying label., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.123g]

Title: Philadelphia Water Works. Engine House 24th Ward Works
Description: View showing the engine house at the Twenty Fourth Ward Water Works also known as the West Philadelphia Water Works, completed circa 1855, on the west bank of the Schuylkill River above the Fairmount Dam. The engine house built after the designs of engineers Birkinbine & Trotter, contained two boiler rooms, sleeping rooms for the engineers, and storerooms. Also includes a partial view of the smokestack at the waterworks in the background., Grey mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note by Henry P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer of the Water Department, on accompanying label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Birkinbine & Trotter was a partnership between Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Edward H. Trotter (1814-1872), Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.122a]

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