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Title: Masonic Hall, Philada
Description: Exterior view of the south and west facades of Philadelphia's Masonic Temple during its construction. Land at Broad and Filbert Streets was purchased in 1866 and construction of the building, designed by James H. Windrim, began in 1868. The building was dedicated on September 26, 1873., Number 1237 in an unnamed series., 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 stereographs - unidentified - Construction [P.9644.7]

Title: Coterie Carnival, Academy of Music, Abel & Riley, directors, Monday, Jany 11th, 1869
Description: Advertisement for the Coterie Carnival, a costume and dance ball held at Philadelphia's Academy of Music. A photograph montage on the advertisement depicts the carnival with men and women promenading and dancing in the center while individuals watch from seats surrounding this central area., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 45, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Date: [1869]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements [(1)1322.F.141]

Title: United Gas Improvement postcards
Description: Depicts the United Gas Improvement building looking north on Broad Street. Building constructed circa 1898., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 4 in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - United Gas Improvement - 33]

Title: Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank postcards
Description: Exterior views of Girard Trust built 1905-1908 based on designs by Furness, Evans & Co. with detailing by McKim, Mead & White., Contains 13 postcards printed in color., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Girard Trust - 39]

Title: Baldwin Locomotive Works postcards
Description: Exterior views of Baldwin Locomotive Works at 400 North Broad Street built circa 1902. Demolished in 1937., Sheet number: 40A01B, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1909-1914
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]

Title: The Philadelphia Inquirer building
Description: Depicts the Philadelphia Inquirer's Elverson Building constructed 1923-1924 after designs by Rankin, Kellogg & Crane., Number 124302 on verso., Sheet number: 40A08A, Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]

Title: Brown Auto Top Company - we are growing - there's a reason, Broad and Hamilton Streets, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Depicts two images of Brown Auto Top Company showing the physical expansion of the company from a typical commercial front (1906) into an entire city block (1907)., Numbered 11702 on recto., Sheet number: 40B01A, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Divided back.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]

Title: Franklin Bank Building and Betz Building. Broad and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of Girard Trust Company building constructed 1888-1889 after designs by Addison Hutton and the Betz Building constructed 1889-1890 after designs by William H. Decker., See earlier postcard view printed in black and white dated before 1908 when the building served as the Girard Trust Company. Sheet number: 27B04., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Divided back. Post marked 1914., Sheet number: 27A05B
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1914
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]

Title: Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf & Dumb
Description: Exterior view of the school located at the northwest corner of Broad and Pine Streets. Designed by Philadelphia architect John Haviland, the building was constructed in 1824-26, soon after the school's founding., Frontispiece for The Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb for 1850 (Philadelphia; Crissy & Markley, printers, 1851). (LCP Am 1851 Pen Ins 50596.O.22), Philadelphia on Stone, POS 561
Creator: Newsam, Albert, 1809-1864, artist
Date: [1851]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W276 [P.2164]

Title: Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
Description: Large central image depicting the exterior of the school building located at Broad and Pine Streets surrounded by 14 smaller vignettes. The vignettes, primarily interior views of classrooms and administrative offices showing students and staff engaged in activities, include the Directors' Room; New Building (constructed 1875); Girls' School Room; Dormitory; Girls' Study Room; Engine Room; Shoemaking & Tailoring Room; Boys' Play Room; Lithographic Room; Superintendents' Room; Cabinet [i.e. museum]; and Chapel. Also contains a portrait of the principal, Joshua Foster; and two plaques listing the board and staff. The original building, designed by Philadelphia architect John Haviland, was constructed 1824-26 with many subsequent additions and alterations., Copyrighted by H.P. Arms, Jr., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 560, Reider was a student at the Institution.
Creator: Reider, James S., artist
Date: c1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Education [P.8970.24]

Title: Academy of Music - or operahouse - S.W. cor. Broad & Locust St
Description: View of front and partial side facades of brick and sandstone Italianate style building. Architects Napoleon LeBrun and Gustav Runge formed a short-lived partnership to win design competition. Building constructed 1855-1857. Served as home of Philadelphia Orchestra from 1900-2000., Photographer's blind stamp on duplicate., Title from scrapbook inscription., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of Poulson scrapbook of material relating to Philadelphia.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees [8339.F.32]

Title: Academy of Music, Philadelphia
Description: View of front facade of brick and sandstone Italianate style building. Architects Napoleon LeBrun and Gustav Runge formed a short-lived partnership to win design competition. Building constructed 1855-1857., Title from printed paper label., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of images relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Theaters & halls [(8)1322.F.35g]

Title: Union League
Description: Exterior view from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on the designs of Philadelphia architect John Fraser.View includes street light and fire hydrant. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from manuscript on mount., Pink mount with rounded corners., Photographer and copyright imprint printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Issued previously as part of R. Newell & Son's stereograph series entitled: Public buildings and street views (P.9260.62)., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Associations [P.9299.127]

Title: Union League
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on recto reads: Union League Broad & Chestnut., Pencil inscription on recto reads: 9., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [(8)1322.F.3b-2]

Title: Union League north side Philada
Description: View from northeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes streetlights. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from manuscript on recto., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on recto., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Associations [(8)1322.F.3a-1]

Title: Union League, Broad St. below Chestnut, south side
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes street lamp and fire hydrant. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from manuscript note on recto., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on recto., Pale green mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Associations [(8)1322.F.1c-1]

Title: Union League, Broad St. below Chestnut, south side
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes street lamp and fire hydrant. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from manuscript note on recto., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on recto., Pale green mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Associations [(8)1322.F.1c-1]

Title: [Academy of the Visitation, soutwest corner Broad and Poplar streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of the religious educational institution incorporated in 1850 under the direction of the Ladies of Visitation. The Academy, the former residence of gentleman Benjamin Stiles, also housed the Convent of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The order was founded in Philadelphia in 1848., Manuscript note on recto: SW Corner Broad & Poplar Sts., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Education [(7)1322.F.23b]

Title: Beth Eden Church, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Baptist church organized by dissident members from the Spruce Street Baptist Church in 1870 at 258-260 South Broad Street. Building razed by fire 1881., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Duplicate of 1322.F.4c., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Co., photographer
Date: [photographed ca. 1870, printed ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Religion [P.9047.112]

Title: [Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, Broad and Diamond Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of facade of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church from the southwest corner of Broad and Diamond Streets, including stained glass windows and spired roof. Automobile and pedestrian traffic along the street are visible in the foreground, including a policeman standing at the intersection's stop sign. Church was designed by architect Theophilus Parsons Chandler, Jr. and built from 1887-1889. Additions and alterations were made to the building in 1915 after designs by architects Furness, Evans & Co., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Church - Broad and Diamond Sts. An interesting and somewhat attractive style of architecture. Creates a Russian atmosphere but the boldness of the Russian style as well as its solodity [sic] is softened by the Gothic windows. (find out denomination, cost, and seating capacity. Fill in a few clouds.). French Gothic., 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 143 [P.8513.143], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson143.htm

Title: Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Broad Street below Spruce Street, Philada
Description: Exterior view showing the third building of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church (i.e. Wylie Memorial Church) erected in 1854 on the 300 block of Broad Street after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Includes partial view of adjacent building. Congregation organized in 1798. Church renamed in the early 1890s for long-term pastors T.W.J. Wylie and Samuel Wylie., Photographers' imprint embossed on mount., Title from manuscript note on mount: Broad St. Pres. Church Broad St. bel. Spruce Philada., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: ca. 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Religion [(8)1322.F.3g]

Title: La Pierre House Philada
Description: View from above Chestnut Street showing the hotel at Broad and Sansom streets opened by George W. and J.G. Edwards in 1853. The hotel built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. was expanded and renamed the Lafayette Hotel in 1876. View also depicts adjacent buildings, including the Academy of Natural Sciences and the Union League; parked horse-drawn carriages; and broadsides pasted on a brick wall., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint embossed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: ca. 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Hotels [(8)1322.F.31d]

Title: Rev. Mr. Chamber's church, Philadelphia
Description: Title printed on mount., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Yellow mount with square corners., Shows the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows adjacent buildings. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.37e]

Title: Rev. Mr. Chamber's church, Philadelphia
Description: Title printed on mount., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Yellow mount with square corners., Shows the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows adjacent buildings. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.37e]

Title: Rev. Mr. Chamber's church, Philadelphia
Description: Title printed on mount., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Yellow mount with square corners., Shows the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows adjacent buildings. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.37e]

Title: First Baptist Church, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view showing the altar of the Baptist church built 1856 after the designs of Stephen Decatur Button at the northwest corner of Broad and Arch streets. Also shows the pastor at the pulpit; the organ gallery; and five men seated and standing next to the pews., Publication information from duplicate., Title printed on mount., Paper backing pasted on verso., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Duplicate of (4)1322.F.5a., 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: [May 1861, c1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.5c]

Title: Restaurant, Union League Philada
Description: Interior view of room filled with tables and chairs. Tables, covered by tablecloths, are set with glassware and napkins. Extra napkins and plates sit on sideboard. Union League was established to raise funds and troops for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo unidentified - Associations [(8)1322.F.3-e2]

Title: Billiard salon, Union League, Philada
Description: View showing room with five billiard tables and young man standing with cue stick. Row of chairs stands against one wall. Racks holding cue sticks hang along one wall. Union League was established to raise funds for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from pencil inscription on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., 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. 82., Arcadia caption text: The two main floors of the Union League offered its male members a library, reading room, parlors, and dining rooms in which to socialize, conduct business, or discuss politics over dinner, drinks, or a good cigar. In the basement, members like this young man, photographed in the late 1860s, could enjoy a game of billiards under the watchful eye of General Ulysses S. Grant’s portrait., 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 - Associations [(8)1322.F.1e-3]

Title: Private dining room, Union League, Philad[elphi]a
Description: View of round table covered by cloth and surrounded by upholstered armchairs. Table is set with glass and ceramic wares. Table is near three large windows with opened shutters. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser., Title from pencil inscription on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., 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 - Associations [(8)1322.F.1i]

Title: Reading room, Union League, Philad[elphi]a
Description: Interior view showing upholstered chairs and tables in center of carpeted room with high ceilings. Newspaper racks line walls and reading material is spread over tables. Union League was established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia archiect John Fraser., Distributor's stamp on verso: William Y. McAllister Phila., 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. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [P.9356.6]

Title: Smoking room, Union League, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of room with upholstered armchairs around central table and along walls. Numerous spittoons visible on carpeted floor. Union League established to raise funds and troops for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser., Title from manuscript note on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., 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 - Associations [(8)1322.F.1f-2]

Title: Office & reception room, Union League, Philada
Description: Interior view taken from doorway showing two men in foreground sitting at table with classical bust. Two seated men visible in background. Union League was established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser., Title from manuscript note on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [(8)1322.F.1h]

Title: First Baptist Church, Broad and Arch sts., Philadelphia
Description: View looking northwest from Market Street showing the church built 1856 after the designs of Stephen D. Button on the 100 block of North Broad Street. Includes adjacent buildings and parked horse-drawn wagons., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.4b(v)]

Title: First Baptist Church, Broad and Arch sts., Philadelphia
Description: View looking northwest from Market Street showing the church built 1856 after the designs of Stephen D. Button on the 100 block of North Broad Street. Includes adjacent buildings and parked horse-drawn wagons., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.4b(v)]

Title: First Baptist Church, Broad and Arch sts., Philadelphia
Description: View looking northwest from Market Street showing the church built 1856 after the designs of Stephen D. Button on the 100 block of North Broad Street. Includes adjacent buildings and parked horse-drawn wagons., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.4b(v)]

Title: The First Baptist Church, n.w. corner of Broad and Arch Streets. Philadelphia
Description: Interior view showing the altar of the Baptist church built 1856 after the designs of Stephen Decatur Button. Also shows the pastor at the pulpit; the organ gallery; and five men seated and standing next to the pews., (4)1322.F.5a accompanied by publisher's label describing the church building and the history of the congregation., (4)1322.F.5a unmounted stereograph., (4)1322.F.5c hand-colored and on yellow mount with square corners., 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: May 1861, c1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister - Religion [(4)1322.F.5a ; (4)1322.F.5c]

Title: Rev. Jno. Chambers Church, N.E. cor Broad & Sansom Sts
Description: Exterior view of the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows adjacent buildings, including a residence with awnings adorning the second floor windows. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Title from Poulson inscription on accompanying label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 91? The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs 1839-1914 (New York: Published in cooperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia by Dover Publications, Inc., 1976), plate 157., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Churches and meetinghouses [(5)2526.F.105]

Title: [First Independent Church, northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior view looking toward the altar of the church built 1831 for the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Shows Rev. Chambers at the pulpit, three men seated in front of the pulpit, and several male and female parishioners in and near the pews. Church renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church and congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to McAllister & Brother., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister - Religion [1322.F.152d]

Title: First Reformed Presbyterian Church, Broad Street between Spruce and Pine streets, Philadelphia
Description: Interior views showing the altar of the church built 1853-1854 on the 300 block of South Broad Street after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Altar is richly paneled and ornamented in front of a recess bordered by perforated scroll ornaments. Also includes partial views of pews. Church later known as Wylie Memorial Church., Contains two stereographic images mounted on white paper mounts with square corners and printed titles including one [(4)1322.F.40e], hand-colored and accompanied by publisher's label describing the church building and history of the congregation. Also contains one stereographic image mounted on paper accompanied by publisher's label, one half stereographic image mounted on paper, and one carte de visite., (4)1322.F.40c, e, & f are duplicates., 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.40b, c, e & f], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.40a]

Title: Union League house, Philadelphia
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes street light, fire hydrant, and man in front of building. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from inscription on verso of mount., 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Associations [7992.F.12]

Title: Library, Union League, Philad[elphi]a
Description: View of room with floor to ceiling bookcases. Man seated in chair at round table. Library was located on second floor on east end of building. Union League was established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from pencil inscription on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [(8)1322.F.11]

Title: [Union League, southwest corner of Broad and Sansom Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs of Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes man standing at bottom of exterior stairs and street light and fire hydrant in front of building. Union League formed by a group of wealthy men to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Pale green 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: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo -unidentified - Associations [P.9260.90]

Title: Union League house
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs of Philadelphia architect John Fraser. Union League established by group of wealthy men to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause. View includes street light and fire hydrant in front of building and man standing at bottom of exterior stairs., Title from manuscript note on verso., Green mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Associations [P.9260.36]

Title: Union League, Philad[elphi]a
Description: 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Associations [P.9260.61]

Title: Union League House
Description: Exterior view from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on the designs of Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes street light and fire hydrant. Union League established to raise money and recruits for Union cause., Paper label on verso listing over one hundred Philadelphia views (139-245) published by the firm., Buff mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., View later issued by Kiralfy Brothers in 1876 (P.9299.127)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: [1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Associations [P.9260.62]

Title: First United Presbyterian Church, southwest corner of Broad and Lombard streets, Philadelphia
Description: Primarily interior views showing the altar and pews of the church erected in 1855 on the 500 block of South Broad Street. Views include a man, presumably Rev. Francis Church, at the pulpit in front of a recess heavily adorned with ornamentation. Also includes an exterior view of the church., Contains four stereographic prints mounted on paper with two accompanied by publisher's labels describing the church building and history of the congregation and one [(4)1322.F.41b] with manuscript note on mount: First United Presbyterian Church S.W. corner Broad & Lombard Sts. Also contains one stereographic image mounted on yellow paper mount with square corners, hand-colored, printed title, and accompanied by publisher's label., (4)1322.F.42a and (4)1322.F.42ax are duplicates., 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 [1322.F.42a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.41b; (4)1322.F.42ax; (4)1322.F.42b & c]

Title: Independent Church Dr. Chambers, Broad and George St
Description: Exterior view of the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831, altered 1853 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows adjacent buildings. Front facade altered with a portico. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Manuscript note on mount: See page 91., McClees 1855-16., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 4, page 81. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Churches and meetinghouses [(4)2526.F.2]

Title: Wylie Memorial Church, Broad & Spruce streets, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the third building of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church (i.e. Wylie Memorial Church) erected in 1854 on the 300 block of Broad Street after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings, including a wood shack adorned with broadsides. Congregation organized in 1798. Church renamed in the early 1890s for long-term pastors T.W.J. Wylie and Samuel Wylie., Title from manuscript note on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry. edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Churches and Meetinghouses - F [4)1322.F.41a]

Title: [Spring Garden Institute, northeast corner Broad and Spring Garden streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the vocational school built 1851-1852 after the designs of Hoxie & Button at 523-525 North Broad Street. Also shows partial views of surrounding buildings. The institute, comprised of a lecture-room, a lending library, a free reading room, classrooms, and a boardroom, educated youth for employment in the practical sciences and technologies., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount: Sp. Garden Hall - N.E. Cor Broad and Sp. Garden St., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., McClees, an early prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Spring Garden [(7)1322.F.45b]

Title: [Keneseth Israel Temple, 1717 North Broad Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View shows facade of synagogue with two automobiles parked outside., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Not Cario [sic]. Venetian Campanile. E side Broad ab Columbia Ave., Similar view to P.8513.226., 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 128 [P.8513.128], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson128.htm

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