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Title: [The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 South 22nd St., Philadelphia]
Description: View of garden and part of south facade of College of Physicians building at 19 South 22nd St.Designed by architects Cope & Stewardson, building was built 1907., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Middle Renaissance., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 179 [P.8513.179], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson179.htm

Title: Christ Church Philadelphia. [graphic] / Lith. of J. T. Bowen.
Description: Originally published as plate 17 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., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: (4)1322.F.62b in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Reassigned McAllister accession number., Exterior view of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Also shows pedestrian traffic.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 artist., creator
Date: 1848, c1840.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W064-3.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W64.3 [(4)1322.F.62e]

Title: [Newmarket hardware, cutlery and nail store, 244 South Second Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / James Queen del.
Description: LCP copy lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 artist., creator
Date: ca. 1845.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W249.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W249 [P.2100]

Title: Foering & Thudiums cheap stove ware-house. [graphic] / W.H. Rease, No. 17 S[out]h 5[t]h St.
Description: Print trimmed and lacking caption., Poulson inscription on recto: Dec. 1846. North Second Street., Advertisement depicting the three-and-a-half story warehouse operated by Frederick Foering and C.A. Thudium at 87 North Second Street. In the open entranceways, a clerk assists a female shopper and an African American laborer lifts a stove. Displays of stoves line the sidewalk and the store walls. On the second floor near open windows, white laborers work. A horse-drawn cart departs an adjoining exitway. Foering and Thudium, one of the city's first domestic stove manufacturers, started in business in 1828, and operated on North Second Street from 1845 until 1847.
Creator: Rease, W. H., lithographer., creator
Date: [December 1846]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W132.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W132 [P.2045]

Title: [Christ Church.]
Description: Oblique view of Christ Church looking northwest. Steeple not included in the image. The signboard and storefront of Mahood & Co. (16 North 2nd Street), is visible in the foreground. Church built 1727-1744 after designs by John Kearsley. Steeple built 1751-1754 after designs by John Harrison II and Robert Smith., Inscribed in negative: 2502., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.45]

Title: John & Mildred Keen house cor. of Chestnut & Mansion Sts. on site of present Drexel Institute
Description: Copy photograph depicting the south and west elevations of the Keen residence at the northeast corner of 32nd and Chestnut Streets. Two people stand in a doorway facing 32nd Street. Demolished and occupied by the Drexel Institute building in 1891., Inscribed in negative: 1874., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.6]

Title: Christ Church, window
Description: View of stained glass window honoring George Elkins (1786-1839) in Christ Church. Depicts the Ecumenical Council of Nice called by Constantine in 325 A.D, which resulted in the Nicene Creed. A plaque honoring vestryman Edward Coles is visible next to the window., Inscribed in transparency: 4418., Title from transparency sleeve., Church built 1727-1744 after designs by John Kearsley. Steeple built 1751-1754 after designs by John Harrison II and Robert Smith.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Transparencies - Hand [P.9259.175]

Title: Christ Church, window
Description: View of stained glass window honoring George Elkins (1786-1839) in Christ Church. Depicts the Ecumenical Council of Nice called by Constantine in 325 A.D, which resulted in the Nicene Creed. A plaque honoring vestryman Edward Coles is visible next to the window., Inscribed in negative: 4423., Title from negative sleeve., Church built 1727-1744 after designs by John Kearsley. Steeple built 1751-1754 after designs by John Harrison II and Robert Smith.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.176]

Title: Window in Christ Church. Westernmost of the stained glass windows on the South Side. Upper part "Council of Nice, A. D. 325." Lower part "Origin of the American Church in Christ Church 1785."
Description: View of stained glass window in Christ Church depicting the Conversion of Constantine, in honor of James Mifflin, Esq. (1840-1895)., Inscribed in negative: 4425., Title from negative sleeve., Church built 1727-1744 after designs by John Kearsley. Steeple built 1751-1754 after designs by John Harrison II and Robert Smith.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.177]

Title: Christ Church window
Description: View of stained glass window in Christ Church depicting The Trial of Saint Agnes., Inscribed in negative: 4426., Title from negative sleeve., Church built 1727-1744 after designs by John Kearsley. Steeple built 1751-1754 after designs by John Harrison II and Robert Smith.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.178]

Title: Christ Church window
Description: View of stained glass window in Christ Church depicting The Ordination of the Apostles, created in honor of Francis King (d. 1870), Hetty T. King (d. 1876) and Mary B. K. Wainwright (d. 1896)., Inscribed in transparency: 4437., Title from transparency sleeve., Church built 1727-1744 after designs by John Kearsley. Steeple built 1751-1754 after designs by John Harrison II and Robert Smith.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Transparencies - Hand [P.9259.179]

Title: Christ Church, interior
Description: Interior view from the aisle looking toward the stained glass windows over the simple altar. The individual pews flanking the main aisle have gates. Above the stained glass windows and the altar is a large organ. Four flags hang from the second floor balcony, in front of the organ. Church built 1727-1744 after designs by John Kearsley. Steeple built 1751-1754 after designs by John Harrison II and Robert Smith., Inscribed in transparency: 4373., Title from transparency sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Transparencies - Hand [P.9259.173]

Title: [Interior of Christ Church, Philada. in 1785]
Description: Photographic reproduction of an engraving attributed to James Peller Malcolm of the tromp l'oeil decorated chancel of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Shows the wineglass pulpit built by cabinetmaker John Folwell, the palladian window, archways, and balconies. Includes the decorative motif of the rising sun symbolizing resurrection above the pulpit., Title and publication information supplied by carte de visite duplicate in the collections of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., Original engraving in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: [1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McAllister & Brother [(4)1322.F.65]

Title: Bean & Stevenson, importers and wholesale druggists, store, 47 and 49 N. Second Street. Sole proprietors of angora, white lead, and color works! And royal spice mills L. U. Bean. H. A. Stevenson. Successors to Alex. Fullerton, Moyer & Hazard & Co. and Wetherill & Bro. Established 1822. Robert Barker, John Moore, Benj. V. Mein. Sole proprietors of the celebrated first national white lead and colors. Manufacturers and proprietors of Barker's Celebrated Vegetable Horse and Cattle Powder, and Barker's Nerve and Bone Liniment
Description: Illustrated letterheads containing ornate lettering, an ornament, and inset exterior view of the firm's building at 47-49 North Second Street. View shows the five-story building adorned in signage reading "Wetherill & Brother" and "Bean & Stevenson, Wholesale Druggists." Patrons stand in the doorway, pedestrians walk on the sidewalk, and a horse-drawn cart is unloaded in front of the storefront as another marked "Rogers" travels in the street., P.2011.46.12 completed in manuscript on September 17, 1873 to J. Smith Futhey Esq. from Bean & Stevenson about "keep[ing] away from said meeting" with "Josh" who owed the firm., P.2011.46.13 completed in manuscript on February 6, 1874 to J. Smith Futhey Esq. from Bean & Stevenson about "[they] will not be needed as Josh no doubt will take it out of count for arbatration [sic]...", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., John Smith Futhey, Chester County attorney, also co-authored The History of Chester County and served as a president of Penn Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Chester County.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - B [P.2011.46.12 & 13]

Title: Leary & Co.'s cheap book store, no. 138 North Second Street, ten doors below New Street, Philadelphia Where are kept constantly on hand, and for sale, over 100,000 volumes of new, old, and scarce books in every department of literature, wholesale and retail. All the latest editions of school books. Latin, Greek, French, Hebrew, Spanish, Italian, and German books. N.B. Cash paid for rags
Description: Advertisement showing the exterior of the four-story bookstore of W.A. Leary & Co. on the 200 block of North Second Street. Signage, including a model of a book, adorns the facade. Patrons stand in the doorway and read books retrieved from the several shelves inside, and display tables and boxes on the sidewalk. Also shows laborers loading a wagon, an approaching couple, and a partial view of the neighboring "Camel Tavern." A sign post stands in front of the wooden building across from a man seated on a bench. Image also contains border details. Leary operated from the site ca. 1841-ca. 1857, including the publication of works as Leary & Getz., Forms part of Poulson scrapbooks, Illustrations of Philadelphia, volume 4., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Poulson scrapbooks - vol. 4 [(4)2526.F.92]

Title: Fred. Tausley's house at Uncle Sam[ue]l's cor. of 2nd St. pike, [Olney, PA]
Description: Glass negative showing a Fred Tausley's two-story home located at the corner of Second Street. A wooden fence surrounds the house and two tall trees stand behind it. A woman leans against the fence to the left of the house., Time: 2:10, Light: Fair sun., 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: February 23, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1259]

Title: [Slate Roof House, former residence of William Penn, southeast corner of Second and Sansom Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Views showing the former Penn residence tenanted by John C. Rogers, sign painter, and a wine and cigar dealer, at the southeast corner of Second Street and Norris Alley (Sansom Street). The H-shaped building, adorned with signage and broadsides, was the residence of Penn from 1699-1701. Also includes merchandise displays in front of the building and partial views of adjacent businesses., Yellow mounts with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Possibly by Philadelphia photographer John Moran., One of images 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. 1864
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Residences [(6)1322.F.60a & P.9758.1]

Title: "The Queen Anne plate"-Christ Church, Philadelphia
Description: Shows the communion plate in front of the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church at 22-34 North Second Street. Includes two flagons, two cups, two plates and a paten. Congregation established 1695., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Publisher's label pasted on verso describing the pieces and provenance of the communion plate. Provenances include Anna Regina, Robert Quay, Sarah Redman, and Margaret Tresse., Duplicate of (4)1322.F.65d., For reproductions use (4)1322.F.65d., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: December 1860, c1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [8424.F.6]

Title: Christ Church, Philadelphia
Description: Views of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Predominately interior views showing the altar, a clergyman, galleries, communion table, stain glass windows, and organ gallery of the church. Exterior views show the steeple (completed 1754 after the designs of John Harrison and Robert Smith) and a side of the church building. Interior altered 1834 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter. Also includes a reproduction of a drawing of the "Interior of Christ Church, Philada in 1795" showing the altar., Four images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Contains six stereographic prints, including five mounted on paper and one with a publisher's label listing the rectors and describing the history of the church and congregation. Also contains six one-half stereographic prints mounted on paper and two cartes-de-visite., One of images [1322.F.64a] 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 #120., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: December 1860, c1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McAllister & Bro. [(4)1322.62d; 64a; 64a(v); 64e; P.8662.3 & 4], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.63a; 64,64b(v)-d(v); 65e; P.8687.3], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.64c & 66c]

Title: Christ Church
Description: Exterior and interior views showing the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Interior view includes the altar, pews, galleries, and stain glass windows. Exterior view includes a street vendor. Interior altered 1834 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter., Series numbers include: No. 152, No. 156., Yellow paper mounts with rounded corners., Titles printed on mounts., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., One of the images [(4)1322.F.64d] 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. 35., Arcadia caption text: Known as the “Nation’s Church,” Christ Church, established in 1695, served as a place of worship for such historically prominent figures as John Penn, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin. Built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North Second Street, this c. 1870 interior view of the Episcopal church, which has become so closely associated with the founding of the country, shows the chancel adorned with some of the most treasured relics of the sanctuary. Visible are the wineglass pulpit built in 1769 by cabinetmaker John Folwell, the twenty-four branch chandelier imported from England in 1744, and the Palladian windows, some of the earliest installed in an American structure., 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 - Religion [(4)1322.F.61d; (4)1322.F.64d]

Title: Bank of Pennsylvania, South Second Street Philadelphia
Description: View showing the second edifice of the Bank of Pennsylvania (established 1780), built between 1798 and 1801, after the designs of architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, on South Second Street above Walnut Street. Includes views of the mansion of Jewish merchant David Franks, and the City Tavern (opened in 1773) used as a tavern, banquet hall, and merchant's exchange by colonial Americans, including the Continental Congress. Depicts individuals walking the sidewalks, including a man with a handcart, and several patrons gathered outside the tavern. The first American building built in the Greek Revival style, the bank was razed in 1867. The tavern, razed in 1854, was reconstructed for the Bicentennial., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 27.
Creator: W. Birch & Son
Date: [1800]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views[Sn 27a/P.2276.62]

Title: Bank of Pennsylvania, South Second Street Philadelphia
Description: View showing the second edifice of the Bank of Pennsylvania (established in 1780), built between 1798 and 1801, after the designs of architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe on South Second Street above Walnut Street. Includes views of the mansion of Jewish merchant David Franks, and the City Tavern (opened in 1773) used as a tavern, banquet hall, and merchant's exchange by several eminent colonial Americans, including the Continental Congress. Depicts individuals walking the sidewalks, including a man with a handcart, and several patrons gathered outside the tavern. The first American building built in the Greek Revival style, the bank was razed in 1867. The tavern, razed in 1854, was reconstructed for the Bicentennial., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitleman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 27.
Creator: W. Birch & Son
Date: [1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 27b/P.8717]

Title: Bank of Pennsylvania, South Second Street Philadelphia
Description: View showing the second edifice of the Bank of Pennsylvania (established 1780), built between 1798 and 1801, after the designs of architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, on South Second Street above Walnut Street. In the foreground, groups of men converse, a boy pets a dog, and men enter and leave the bank. The first American building built in the Greek Revival style, the bank building was razed around 1870., Contains watermark: AMIES and dove with branch., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1828]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 36b/P.2276.73]

Title: Bank of Pennsylvania, South Second Street Philadelphia
Description: View showing the second edifice of the Bank of Pennsylvania (established 1780), built between 1798 and 1801, after the designs of architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, on South Second Street above Walnut Street. In the foreground, groups of men converse, a boy pets a dog, and men enter and leave the bank. The first American building built in the Greek Revival style, the bank building was razed in 1867., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 91., Arcadia caption text: The first of several major public edifices built in the Greek Revival style in the early 19th century, the Bank of Pennsylvania greatly influenced bank design in Philadelphia and other American cities and contributed to Philadelphia’s designation as the “Athens of America.” Designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the bank contained the first domed banking room in America. The dome motif was echoed in the small pavilions located at each of the four corners of the lot, three of which housed the bank’s guards while the fourth served as an outhouse.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: 1804
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 36a/P.2276.72]

Title: Christ Church, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view from balcony showing the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Includes stain glass windows. Interior altered 1834 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter., Attributed to McAllister & Brother., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Duplicate of P.8662.4 and (4)1322.F.64a., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: [1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.65a]

Title: Christ Church, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view showing a minister in his robes near the communion table in front of the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church. Church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Includes stain glass windows. Interior altered 1834 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter., Attributed to McAllister & Brother., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: [1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.65b]

Title: Christ Church, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view showing a minister in his robes near the communion table in front of the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church. Church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Includes stain glass windows. Interior altered 1834 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter., Attributed to McAllister & Brother., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: [1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.65c]

Title: "The Queen Anne plate"-Christ Church, Philadelphia
Description: Shows the communion plate in front of the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church at 22-34 North Second Street. Includes two flagons, two cups, two plates and a paten. Congregation established 1695., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Accompanied by publisher's label describing the pieces and provenance of the communion plate. Provenances include Anna Regina, Robert Quay, Sarah Redman, and Margaret Tresse., Duplicate of 8424.F.6., For reproductions use (4)1322.F.65d., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: December 1860, c1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.65d]

Title: [Philadelphia residences, 315-317 22nd Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View of front facade of brick duplex with automobile parked in front. Roofline of building resembles that of a barn; two sets of bay windows, one circular and one polygonal, project from facade., Location from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: May be Flemish but is located at 22" and DeLancey [Cypress] Pl., Phila., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 201 [P.8513.201], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson201.htm

Title: [Wines and liquors. Wholesale and retail store, northeast corner Second and Spruce streets]
Description: View looking north from below Spruce Street showing businesses occupying rundown rowhouses on the 200 block of South Second Street. Includes a wine and liquor store and the Plough Hotel. A stack of barrels rests near the entrance of the liquor store. Also shows the corner of Spruce and Water streets., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title supplied by cataloguer., Inscribed in negative: 31., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: September 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - W [(7)1322.F.45a]

Title: Second Street north from Market St. wth. Christ Church. Philadelphia
Description: Street scene showing Second Street north from Market Street in Philadelphia, including Christ Church and the Old Courthouse and market. Depicts the busy street corner with people riding horses, driving and loading carts, conducting business, and walking and performing errands. In front of the Courthouse, vendors sit and sell their goods while nearby a constable on horseback is flanked by citizens. An African American boy carrying a basket strolls across Second Street. He walks toward two men and a child convened together and a man on horseback traveling toward the church (his back to the viewer). A dog runs in front of the horse. Christ Church, a Protestant Episcopal Church, was built between 1727 and 1744 and was founded as part of a provision of the original charter given to Pennsylvania founder William Penn. The Old Courthouse, completed in 1710 was the town hall, seat of the Legislature, market house, and the Pennsylvania statehouse until Independence Hall was opened in 1748. The Courthouse was demolished in 1837., Title from item., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982), pl. 15., Accessioned 1979., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1828]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch, William-Views of Philadelphia [Sn 15c/P.2276.33]

Title: Second Street north from Market St. wth. Christ Church. Philadelphia
Description: Street scene showing Second Street north from Market Street in Philadelphia, including Christ Church and the Old Courthouse and market. Depicts the busy street corner with people riding horses, driving and loading carts, conducting business, and walking and performing errands. In front of the Courthouse, vendors sit and sell their goods while nearby a constable on horseback is flanked by citizens. An African American boy carrying a basket strolls across Second Street. He walks toward two men and a child convened together and a man on horseback traveling toward the church (his back to the viewer). A dog runs in front of the horse. Christ Church, a Protestant Episcopal Church, was built between 1727 and 1744 and was founded as part of a provision of the original charter given to Pennsylvania founder William Penn. The Old Courthouse, completed in 1710 was the town hall, seat of the Legislature, market house, and the Pennsylvania statehouse until Independence Hall was opened in 1748. The Courthouse was demolished in 1837., Title from item., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982), pl. 15., Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1828]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 15c/P.8718]

Title: Second Street north from Market St. wth. Christ Church. Philadelphia
Description: Street scene showing Second Street north from Market Street in Philadelphia including Christ Church and the Old Courthouse and market. Depicts the busy street corner with people riding horses, driving and loading carts, conducting business, and walking and performing errands. In front of the Courthouse, vendors sit and sell their goods while nearby a constable on horseback is flanked by citizens. An African American boy carrying a basket strolls across Second Street. He walks toward two men and a child convened together and a man on horseback traveling toward the church (his back to the viewer). A dog runs in front of the horse. Christ Church, a Protestant Episcopal Church, was built between 1727 and 1744 and was founded as part of a provision of the original charter given to Pennsylvania founder William Penn. The Old Courthouse, completed in 1710 was the town hall, seat of the Legislature, market house, and the Pennsylvania statehouse until Independence Hall was opened in 1748. The Courthouse was demolished in 1837., Manuscript note on recto: John A McAllister with compl[imen]ts of Jacob Broome., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982), pl. 15., Broome was a Philadelphia lawyer and Pennsylvania legislator., Accessioned 1979., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator: W. Birch & Son
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 15a facs./P.2276.34]

Title: [Artist's study of detail from Second Street north from Market St. wth. Christ Church. Philadelphia.]
Description: Artist's study of a street scene showing Second Street north from Market Street with a view of Christ Church. Depicts a man on horseback, his back to the viewer, traveling down the street toward the church. A dog runs past him. To his right, pedestrians, including an African American boy with a basket, stroll near a horse-drawn cart. In the left, men and a boy gather around a man on horseback. Christ Church, a Protestant Episcopal Church, was built between 1727 and 1744 and was founded as part of a provision of the original charter given to Pennsylvania founder William Penn., Title from plate 15 in the first edition of Birch's "Views of Philadelphia.", Bequest of Charles Poulson, 1866., Reproduced in Edwin Wolf's Quarter of a millennium...(Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia in cooperation with Camino Books, 1981), p. 144., See Snyder 's "William Birch: His Philadelphia views," The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography 73 (July 1949), p. 271-315., Reproduced in Julius Sachse's Pictures of old Philadelphia from the originals in the collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1901), vol. 1, plate 42. (LCP Print Room Albums), Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook., Accessioned 1999., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, artist
Date: [ca. 1798]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department drawings & watercolors-Birch [P.9667]

Title: Christ Church, Philada
Description: Rooftop view looking northwest showing the east front, south flank, and steeple of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North Second Street. Steeple constructed 1751-1754 after designs by John Harrison II and Robert Smith. Also shows the gated church yard south of the edifice and partial views of adjacent brick buildings., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Religion [P.9260.35]

Title: 2nd and Brown St. A stevedore, a family
Description: Depicts an African American dock worker in his work clothes posed outside of his Philadelphia home with his four children. The children are dressed in old, worn clothes. In the left, the teenaged boy, attired in a knit cap, a coat, pants, and shoes, has a stern expression as he looks at the viewer. Beside him stands the African American man, wearing a mustache and attired in a cap, a sweater, torn and worn coveralls, and boots. In the center, the boy, attired in shirt, a coat with a belt at the waist, torn and worn shorts, socks, and worn shoes, stands with his hands at his sides. In the right, the young boy, attired in a hat, an oversized coat, socks, and shoes, and the boy, attired in a hat, a collared shirt, a coat, shoes, socks, and shoes, look at the viewer with their hands at their sides., Title from descriptive manuscript note by photographer on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Three wives. Wife no. 3 is in the house "fussingup". No Sir-ee you is not gwan to took mah picture in deese ol' c'los., Reproduced in Frederic M. Miller, Morris J. Vogel, and Allen F. Davis' Still Philadelphia: A photographic history, 1890-1940 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983), p. 164., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: [ca. 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson [P.8513.92], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson92.htm

Title: Old market
Description: View looking southwest at the north front and east flank of the fire-engine house (i.e., headhouse) at Second and Pine Streets, designed in 1745, with a cupola and alarm bell added in 1819. Two blocks of market sheds extend along Second Street from the rear of the headhouse to South Street., Inscribed in negative: 3296., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.90]

Title: Old Market, Second & Pine Sts
Description: Distant view of the north front of the fire-engine house (i.e., headhouse) at 2nd and Pine Streets, designed in 1745, with a cupola and alarm bell added in 1819. Two blocks of market sheds extend along 2nd Street from the rear of the headhouse to South Street. Storefronts along South Second Street are visible in the foreground, including a business operated by B & M Cohen at number 342. Includes pedestrians walking along the sidewalks in the front of the shops., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.12]

Title: Old Market, 2nd & Pine Sts. 1745. Clock & bell put in, 1819
Description: Depicts the north front and west flank of the fire-engine house (i.e., headhouse) at 2nd and Pine Streets, designed in 1745, with a cupola and alarm bell added in 1819. Two blocks of market sheds extend along 2nd Street from the rear of the headhouse to South Street., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative May 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.148]

Title: Old market sheds, 1898. 2nd St. North from Lombard
Description: Depicts the market sheds looking north toward Headhouse Square, identified by the fire-engine house (i.e., headhouse), designed in 1745, with a cupola and alarm bell added in 1819. Two men stand under the roof and a third man rests himself by sitting in the flatbed of a service cart. Perhaps it is day's end. There is refuse in the streets but no sign of customers., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., 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. 114., Arcadia caption text: Although market sheds were removed from Market Street almost 40 years earlier, this 1898 photograph shows public markets governed by the city still remained on adjacent streets. The Headhouse Market, originally known as the New Market, was erected in 1745 on the 400 block of South Second Street. Built to accommodate the growing number of South Philadelphia residents who did not wish to travel to the High Street market stalls, the market was not razed until 1956. The fire engine house, known as a headhouse, built in 1804 and for which the market was renamed, is visible in the distance on Pine Street.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.147]

Title: Second St., north of Market, west side
Description: View showing the west side of Second Street between Market and Arch streets. Businesses include: Du Hadway & Dodson, cloths, cassimeres, and vestings (Market and Second); the second of two stores of Edward T. Steele & Co., cloths and cassimeres (4 North 2nd); Bartram, cloths and cassimeres (8 North 2nd); Holland & Develin, confectioners (14 North 2nd); and F.D. Kramer & Co., furniture (36 North 2nd). Several men stand in front of Du Hadway & Dodson near a telegraph pole and merchandise displays., Paper label on verso listing over one hundred views published by the firm., Buff mount with rounded corners., 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. 1869]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [P.9805]

Title: [22nd Street, west side north of Market Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing an African American man laborer and two horse-drawn carts in front of the Philadelphia Gas Works building. Shows the man, attired in a cap, a coat, pants, and shoes, standing in the street with his right hand on top of the cart. Trolley tracks line the street. Includes partial view of a railroad overpass., Inscribed in negative: 215011., Inscribed in negative: 9 30 13., Title from manuscript note on negative envelope: Penna. R.R. Co. 22nd St. W. side North of Market St. September 29, 1913. Pennsylvania Railroad No. 177. 214924., Photograph commissioned by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company., Purchase 1981., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Jennings, William Nicholson, 1860-1946, photographer
Date: September 30, 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jennings [P.9480.215811]

Title: [McKinley's Court, west from 516 North Second Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Depicts a short courtyard bordered on three sides by houses. Washtubs hang on house facades, benches line house walls, wires cross the street between houses, and a lamppost sits next to a spicket on the sidewalk. McKinley's Court is located west of Second Street, east of American Street, between Noble Street to the south and Buttonwood Street to the north., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Another view of McKinley's Court. In this little court of six houses the following nationalities are represented: Jewish, Slavish, Hungarian, Polish and Italian. Is it any wonder Israel Zengwell's titel [sic] "The Melting Pot" found favor because of its truth, yet incongruity., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., For other views of McKinley's Court, see P.8513.117, P.8513.121, and P.8513.176., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 225 [P.8513.225], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson225.htm

Title: [McKinley's Court, west from 516 North Second Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View of facades of brick row houses. Tubs, rags hang on house walls. Chair sits next to drain pipe. Lamppost appears in foreground. McKinley's Court is located west of Second Street, east of American Street, between Noble Street to the south and Buttonwood Street to the north., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: McKinley's Court - 2" St ab ______ [Noble] St. This is undoubtly [sic] the most picturesque court in Phila. Note old Flemish bond brickwork. The old community hydrant is there. The old community entrance - to say nothing of the new community lamp post. Cheese bag hanging on window frame of 2" floor window., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., For other views of McKinley's Court, see P.8513.117, P.8513.121, and P.8513.225., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Frederic M. Miller, Morris J. Vogel, and Allen F. Davis' Still Philadelphia: A Photographic History, 1890-1940 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983), p. 165.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 176 [P.8513.176], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson176.htm

Title: Olivet Presby. Church, 22nd and Mount Vernon Sts
Description: Exterior view of the east and south elevations of the church constructed 1855 at the northwest corner of Twenty-second and Mt. Vernon Streets. Parts of the church are covered in ivy and trees and lampposts line the sidewalk in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint 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., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Religion [P.9260.43]

Title: [Little Dock and Spruce streets, at Second Street]
Description: View showing the businesses at 303 South Second Street at the intersection of Second and Little Dock (i.e., Mattis) streets. Shows the ramshackle building tenanted by J.T. Wells, clothier; Jacob Reed, clothing rooms; and J. & R. Hattuck, locksmiths and bell hangers. Includes two gentlemen in top hats conversing on the Little Dock Street side of the building; a freight car and sign post for a hotel in the right background; and surrounding businesses., Title supplied by cataloguer., Date and photographer's monogram inscribed in negative of (7)1322.F.39., Inscribed in negative of (7)1322.F.39: 23., Manuscript note on recto of (7)1322.F.55e: S.e. cor 2nd & Spruce., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Image (7)1322.F.39 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 #64.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: March 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - L [(7)1322.F.39d & 55e]

Title: Second Street Market, Second and Pine
Description: View showing Second Street, looking south, east side, including a partial view of the "Headhouse" Market, extending from Pine to South Street. The market sheds, erected about 1745 to accommodate the growing number of South Philadelphia residents, were expanded to included a fire engine house with cupola around 1804. The market was razed in 1956 and the market with headhouse was rebuilt between 1959 and 1963. A covered wagon stands between the market and the opposite block of storefronts. The storefronts, including a barber, are adorned with awnings., Title printed on mount., Coral mount with rounder corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Right edge of mount tinted purple., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Squares [(8)1322.F.9e]

Title: Second Street Market, Second and Pine
Description: View showing Second Street, looking south, east side, including a partial view of the "Headhouse" Market, extending from Pine to South Street. The market sheds, erected about 1745 to accommodate the growing number of South Philadelphia residents, were expanded to included a fire engine house with cupola around 1804. The market was razed in 1956 and the market with headhouse was rebuilt between 1959 and 1963. A covered wagon stands between the market and the opposite block of storefronts. The storefronts, including a barber, are adorned with awnings., Title printed on mount., Coral mount with rounder corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Right edge of mount tinted purple., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Squares [(8)1322.F.9e]

Title: Second Street Market, Second and Pine
Description: View showing the "Headhouse" of the New Market (established 1745) near Pine Street. The fire-engine house (i.e., headhouse), designed with a cupola and alarm bell, was added around 1804 with the extension of the market sheds to South Street. Also includes partial view of the sheds. A man and boy lean and sit on one of two stalls in front of the headhouse. The market was razed in 1956 and rebuilt between 1959 and 1963., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Coral mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Squares [(8)1322.F.9c-2]

Title: Second Street Market, Second and Pine
Description: View showing the "Headhouse" of the New Market (established 1745) near Pine Street. The fire-engine house (i.e., headhouse), designed with a cupola and alarm bell, was added around 1804 with the extension of the market sheds to South Street. Also includes partial view of the sheds. A man and boy lean and sit on one of two stalls in front of the headhouse. The market was razed in 1956 and rebuilt between 1959 and 1963., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Coral mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Squares [(8)1322.F.9c-2]

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