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Title: Scene at the U. S. Agricultural Society's Fair, Philada. 1856
Description: Scene showing a harness race at the track on the grounds of the fourth national exhibition of the U.S.A.S held at the Powleton grounds in West Philadelphia on October 7-11, 1856. Spectators, including men, women, and children, a few cheering, crowd outside of the track in the foreground. In the background, throngs of spectators (shown as a smudgy mass) watch the event from stands or standing within the center of the track. The judges' stand and several tents, including one waving the flag for the "President," are also visible inside the track. Also shows the tower of a building in the distance. The United States Agricultural Society, formed in 1852 at a convention called by 12 state agricultural societies, strove" to embody in one central Association, the valuable information already obtained by various local Societies, and to establish a more intimate connection between them; to correspond with foreign Societies, and to diffuse a knowledge of their most important Agricultural improvements and discoveries; and, in various other ways, to aid the promotion of this noble art.", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 678, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb8 Q3., Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21:28 and Philadelphiana - Fairs., LOC holds artist's study. [DLC-PP-1997-105-Drawings-USAgricSoc].
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W330 [P.2187]

Title: Alms House. Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Blockley Alms House on the Schuylkill River from the eastern bank including the Market Street Bridge, Beck's shot tower, and a distant view of Eastern State Penitentiary. The Almshouse, designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, was constructed in 1833., Issued as plate 8 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 14.2, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 2 B 651.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W14.2 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q.8 (Poulson)]

Title: Alms House. Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Blockley Alms House on the Schuylkill River from eastern bank including the Market Street Bridge, Beck's shot tower, and in the far distance Eastern State Penitentiary. The Almshouse, designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, was constructed in 1833., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 8 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 1848 with hand-coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 14.3, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 W6442., Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W14.3 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]

Title: The Artillery Corps of Philadelphia Greys, (Company D), Comd. by Capt. Geo. Cadwalader, First Regiment of Artillery, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, P. M
Description: Scene showing Captain George Cadwalader commanding a drill of the mounted artillery troop of the Pennsylvania Militia on a large field near Powelton in West Philadelphia. Shows, in the foreground, Cadwalader, seated on his stead, and signaling a change of formation with his raised saber. Two officers, one blowing a bugle, trot behind him between two lines of men mounted on horses, seated in horse-drawn carriages, or pulling canons by horse-team. Other men on mounts, in carriages, and pulling cannons have broken from the old formation and fan out alongside the lines. The militia men wear blue uniforms comprised of trousers, jackets with epaulets, and tall shakos with plumes. In the background, clusters of trees and a residence with fenced property are visible. Samuel Powel (1818-1885) for whose family the neighborhood depicted was named, was a member of the Philadelphia Greys., Artist's signature lower left corner of stone., Date from untrimmed duplicate., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 27, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb529 H711., Gift of Martin Snyder., Trimmed., Hoffy was the predominate artist of the plates used to illustrate the military fashion periodical, "U.S. Military Magazine," published 1839-1842 by Duval and Huddy.
Creator: Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date: [c1845]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W367 [P.9504.6]

Title: Satterlee Heights. Satterlee Hospital Grounds, 27th Ward. West Philadelphia
Description: Aerial view showing the area between 46th, 42nd, Walnut streets and Baltimore Avenue. Includes lots for purchase at Satterlee Heights, residences, Mill Creek Culvert (built 1855), ponds, groves of trees and landscaped blocks. Key to 52 property holders printed above and below the image. Properties include Twadell Estate (1), Woodland Presbyterian Church (18), G. C. Fell's Buildings (20), Morton McMichael (25); Clarence H. Clark (i.e., Chestnutwold, later Clark's Park) (29), John McArthur, Jr. (33), William Blasius (38), and Mrs. Josephine Simpson (52). Also shows minimal street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages. The residential development of Satterlee Heights proceeded on land previously occupied by the Civil War hospital Satterlee U.S. General Hospital that operated 1862-1865., Contains pencil annotations of lot numbers on recto., Includes compass pointed to right., Printed on recto: These Lots for Sale by, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 674, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Lower left edge mended.
Creator: Herline & Co.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Hospitals [6537.F]

Title: West Philadelphia Sadiron Works, M.L. Keen & Brother, Proprietors
Description: Advertisement for the small fenced factory complex with courtyard of the busy "M.L. Keen & Bror." sadiron works on Washington Avenue in West Philadelphia. Complex includes the single story "Iron foundry" and "Grinding Shop" to the right of the two-story warehouse adorned with signage reading "West Phila. Sad Iron Works." Laborers lead horse-drawn carts into and out of the complex. One entry is marked "No admittance." Within the complex, workers move large wheels by hand, push a handcart, and drive a cart. They also enter and exit doorways of the warehouse where men also hoist barrels. Also shows piles of wood planks and other material lined in front of the works around a worker being harrassed by a dog as he eats his lunch on a log., Not in Wainwright., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Sept. 1848., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 827, Trimmed., Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia.
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [September 1848]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Industry [2526.F.86a]

Title: Hotel Aubry, Walnut Street from 33rd to 34th Sts. Philadelphia Jas. T. Stover manager. Geo. A. Kelly, president. Jas. W. Packer, treasurer. Reuben C. Kelly, secretary. Directors: Geo. A. Kelly, Wm. T.B. Roberts, Jno. C. Allen, Jr., Jas. W. Packer, David C. Moore, Frederick Shinn, Wm. S. Kimball, Andrew M. Jones
Description: View showing the "dwelling house" hotel built on Walnut Street between 33rd and 34th streets for the Centennial Exhibition in 1876. Guests stand on the porch of the twenty-six house hotel and elegantly dressed men, women and children stroll the grounds in front of the hotel. The house number of each of the twenty-six properties, from 3300-3350, is labeled above the roof line. A Chestnut and Walnut Street streetcar filled with passengers travels east as horse-drawn carriages and coaches travel in both directions on Walnut Street. The hotel, built on inexpensive land considered undesirable for a permanent hotel, was composed of rows of several houses that were to be later sold or leased as individual dwellings. During the Centennial Exhibition, Hotel Aubry accommodated about 50,000 people between April and November of 1876., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 364
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW-Hotels [P.2008.34.25]

Title: Woodlands Cemetery. Main entrance
Description: Shows the arched gateway entrance to the cemetery chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton at 3900 Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia. View includes a carriage passing under the arch and two families, one entering and one exiting, both attired in black. The entranceway, built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., was razed in 1936., Frontispiece to The charter, by-laws and regulations of the Woodlands Cemetery Company, with a list of lot holders (Philadelphia: James B. Chandler, printer, 1857)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 866, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1857 Phi Woo Cem 16256.O.1., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ws*.161
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare W470 [Am 1857 Phi Woo Cem 16256.O.1.frontispiece], http://www.lcpimages.org/wainwright/W470.htm

Title: The Bull's Head, Drovers' Hotel, corner of Vine & 65th sts. 24th ward. West Philada. On the estate of the Butchers & Drovers Association
Description: View showing the front facade of the three-story hotel operated by Mr. Nelson Werntz. The hotel, opened in 1855 for the use of drovers who supplied the Pennsylvania market, includes a verandah and cupola. Cupola adorned with a flag decorated with a bull's head. Also shows red and blue drapery lining the windows. The Butcher's And Drover's Association purchased the West Philadelphia estate in 1855 and sold the hotel and property in 1866., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 68, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Magee, John L., artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Hotels, Inns & Taverns [P.8970.27]

Title: Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital, West Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view showing the hospital opened June 9th, 1862 at Forty-fourth Street and Baltimore Avenue. The hospital complex is surrounded by tents to accommodate the high number of patients as a result of the battles of Wilderness and Spotsylvania. Soldiers and visitors mill the grounds and horse-drawn ominbuses enter the compound. Outside the hospital, a horse-drawn wagon travels and soldiers drill in formation. Also contains several lines of descriptive text and the names of the principal officers printed below the image. Text describes the size and dimensions of the hospital, visiting hours, and patient services including Sisters of Charity on call, a sutler store, barber shop, printing office, and a band., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 676, One of the images gift of William Helfand.
Creator: Magnus, Charles, lithographer
Date: c1864
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Hospitals [P.8690; P.9650.1]

Title: Ground plan; U.S. Army General Hospital at West Philadelphia, Pa. 1862
Description: Ground plan of the H-shaped Satterlee U. S. General Hospital in West Philadelphia, showing 32 wards lettered A-Z; XX; OK; and numbered 1-6. The following spaces are also identified: dining halls, guard house and barracks, knapsack room, kitchens, extra diet kitchen, laundry rooms, reading and lecture room, library, smoking rooms, officers' quarters, boiler room, carpenter shop, medical store room, clerks and druggists mess room, stewards office and quarters, chief ward master's office, chapel, donation room, reception room, executive office, surgery, laboratory, printing office, barber shop, engineers gang, green room, post mortem room, stables, sheds, and gates. The Civil War hospital, one of the largest in the country, opened June 9th, 1862 at Forty-fourth Street and Baltimore Avenue in the farmland of West Philadelphia. The hospital was closed in August 1865 and the buildings demolished., Not in Wainwright., Includes "scale of feet.", Includes three notes in the upper left corner. Note 1 is a table of the "Ward capacity" including minimum and maximum occupancy and lengths of wards in feet. Notes 2 and 3 discuss the dimensions, including heights, of specific departments., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 333, Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Hospitals [P.2009.17.4]

Title: Stand pipe. For West Philada. Water Works
Description: View showing the proposed design for a standpipe with an ornate spiral staircase and statute of George Washington to be erected at Thirty-Fifth and Sycamore streets as part of the Twenty Fourth Ward Water Works (i.e., West Philadelphia Water Works). Individuals gaze up at the stucture from its base as other men and women ascend the staircase and view the vista from the observation deck. Completed circa 1855, without the statue, after the designs of engineers Birkinbine & Trotter, the standpipe served as a reservoir for the waterworks located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River above the Fairmount Dam. The standpipe was removed in 1870., Manuscript note on recto: height 130 feet. diameter 5 ". Made of of B[?] iron., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 717, LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #77., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., See Poulson's scrapbook vol. VII, pg. 119 for clipping concerning the raising of the stand pipe dated December 15, 1853., Trimmed.
Creator: Rease & Schell, artist
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W351 [P.2191]

Title: Panorama Hill, Hestonville, West Philadelphia This property, embracing over 350 acres, adjoins Hestonville in the 24th Ward, and is distant 3 1/2 miles from Market St. Bridge. It extends from the Lancaster Turnpike to the Monument Road, and it is intersected by the old Lancaster Road, thus having the advantage of three excellent roads. It also has constant communication of passenger rail road. The elevation is 250 feet above tide, the highest ground within an equal distance of the center of the city, of which it commands a splendid panoramic view. The gas has been introduced and the property is well supplied with spring water and possesses all the advantages of the more densely populated wards. For public institutions or elegant residences this locality is unsurpassed
Description: Print containing panoramic views of Panorama Hill in Hestonville, West Philadelphia and "Panorama of Philadelphia as Seen from Panorama Hill." "References" to 32 sites total in both views printed below the images. Central view shows the Pennsylvania Railroad (labeled) cutting through the area that is lined with trees, farmland, and a small number of residences. In the foreground, trains travel in opposite directions on the rail tracks that overpass Old Lancaster Road (labeled). Horse-drawn carriages and wagons travel on Lancaster and under the overpass, cows and horses graze on the hillsides, and the residences of David George (1), Jesse George (2), and Edmund George (3) are visible in the background. Also shows the ravine for a proposed lake (4), the distant steeple of Episcopal Hospital (5), and the toll house (6) on Lancaster Road. Upper view shows the Philadelphia skyline from Panorama Hill. Cows graze in the foreground in front of fenced pastures. In the distant background, steeples and roofs of prominent landmarks, predominately churches, are visible. Includes Girard College (1); House of Refuge (2); Eastern State Penitentiary (3); Shot tower (15); Catholic Cemetery (23); Delaware River (24); Lunatic Asylum (25) and Pennsylvania Railroad (26). Churches include Christ Church (6); St. Peters (12); St. Marks (16); and Trinity Church Maylandville (22). Also contains an inset map showing the property outline between 49th and 56th streets and Haddington and York avenues. Map also includes proposed lake and compass with north pointing left., Manuscript note on recto: Made about 1867., Philadelphia on Stone., POS 539, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., LCP also holds duplicate in very poor condition., Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Views (2 copies)
Creator: Moras, Ferdinand, 1821-1908
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - View [P.2132]

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