Exterior view of hotel operated by Thomas H. Boyd. Also includes adjoining private residence, a horsecar, several pedestrians and a sign advertising Boyd's celebrated ice cream., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., LCP AR (Annual Report) 1975, p. 6-11.
Creator
Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
Date
1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.62], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc062.html
View showing the female boarding school, Sharon Female Seminary, established in 1837 by Hicksite Quakers John and Rachel Jackson at their residence in Darby, later Sharon Hill, Pa. A few girls walk on the tree-lined grounds of the school. The institution provided a curriculum that combined teacher training with a liberal arts education of natural philosophy, chemistry, astronomy, and other sciences. The school closed in the early 1850s and the property was purchased by Sister Cornelia Connelly in 1867 for Holy Child Academy., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00016, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 263, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 17:61
Creator
Thomas, E.W, artist
Date
[ca. 1840]
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 17:61
View of ice and snow-covered trees., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: West of 69" St terminal of El. The houses of the city can be seen east of this point., Similar view to P.8513.59., 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 67 [P.8513.67], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson67.htm
Snow and ice cover the ground and trees beyond a fence, west of 69th St, Philadelphia., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: 69th St. (a few blocks beyond) within sight of City Hall (figuratively). Trees covered with ice., 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 79 [P.8513.79], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson79.htm
Photographer's manuscript note on verso: A little west of 69: St. El., terminal. A group of ice laden trees and underbrush., Similar view to P.8513.67., 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 59 [P.8513.59], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson59.htm
Shows an abandoned dwelling in the middle of a field covered in brush in a suburb near Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Away out in the country? Not at all - simply an abandoned old house a bit west of 69" and Market Sts on Remington Rd., 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 photo - Wilson [P.8513.236], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson236.htm
The Twenty-ninth Regiment, Infantry, of the Pennsylvania Militia, under the command of Col. Joseph W. Hawley, was mustered in June 19 and discharged Aug. 1, 1863; Capt. Andrews commanded Company H. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1241., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Pennsylvania, Militia, Infantry Regiment, 29th (1863), Company H.
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1863 Penn Mil (1)5777.F.36c (McAllister)
Depicts the McClatchy Building illuminated at night showing the signs of the Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia, Whelan Drug Co. and S.S. Kresge Co. Store., Postcards issued by Lynn H. Boyer of Philadelphia and Wildwood, and Curt Teich and Company of Chicago., Sheet number: 27A06, 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 - Miscellaneous - 27]
