Negative number: 7611, Depicts a construction site around a large brick warehouse or depot for the Frankford Elevated Railway. A locomotive sits on the railroad tracks at the end of the line nearby. Wooden scaffolding covers sections of the building where windows are waiting to be installed. Two African American workers stand near piles of bricks near the building.
Negative number: 7610, Depicts a construction site around a large warehouse or depot for the Frankford Elevated Railway. Wooden scaffolding covers sections of the building. Workers are laying bricks in the foreground, while a group of men with shovels dig near a brick smokestack in the distance.
Negative number: 7623, View of the elevated railway's underside at an unidentified location. Piles of dirt sit near wooden scaffolding that surrounds some of the steel beams. Two white horses are harnessed to a cart near the construction area.
Location: Roosevelt Blvd. at Adams Ave., Frankford., Frontispiece to Fifteenth Annual Report of the State of the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of their Reason, (Philadelphia: Printed by T.A. Conrad, corner Sixth and Cherry Streets, 1832). Report also contains "Map of the Asylum Farm" and "Groundfloor of the Asylum" printed on tissue by Childs & Inman Lithrs. Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1814 Phi Asy (box) 9092.O.11a., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator
Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856 artist., creator
Date
[1832]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W143.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W143 [Am 1814 Phi Asy (box) 9092.O.11a]
Published as the frontispiece of the annual reports of the asylum (entitled: ... Annual Report of the State of the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason) from 1836 to 1840., Select link below for a digital image., Exterior view of the front of the almshouse founded by the Society of Friends in 1813 located in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.
Creator
Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist., creator
Date
[1836].
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W144.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W144 [P.2049]
The company includes: F. Basquin, Frank Diamond, H.J. Raynor, J.P. Reese, S.S. Sanford, Frank Schaeffer, F.W. Stempel (a.k.a. Master Willie), J.B. Whitman, and J. Williams., "Notice--Change of base.--Mr. Sanford respectfully informs the public that he has leased the Olympic Theatre, Race Street, Philadelphia, which is now undergoing complete renovation, and will be open on Monday evening, November 14th, under the title of Sanford's New Opera House. Mark the locality, Race St., bet. 2d & 3d", Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Sanford's Opera Troupe
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1864 Sanford (26)5761.F.51a (McAllister)
John V. O'Brien, proprietor; other performers include: Charles Conrad, William Conrad, W.B. Kennedy, Charles King, C.F. Reed, Elvira Whitby, H.W. Whitby, Johnny Whitby, Lizzie Whitby, and Margaret Whitby., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Brien's National Circus and Model Show
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1863 Brien (25)5761.F.63b (McAllister)
Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Toy, John
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1864 Toy (26)5761.F.2a (McAllister)
Printed area, including double-rule border, measures 55.1 x 19.9 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Wunderlich, George, b. ca. 1826
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1863 Wunder (25)5761.F.108a (McAllister)
Advertisement showing a bird's eye view of the chemical works of Harrison Brothers near Fitler and Harrison Streets in Frankford, showing from left to right, the buildings containing "Pyro Acid Works," "Sulphuric Acid Works," "Sugar Lead Works," "White Lead Works," "Alum Works," "Copperas Works," and the company office. The bustling scene includes laborers pushing wheel barrows, putting coal in a furnace, and hoisting barrels using a block and tackle pulley system. Piles of lumber, barrels, and vats cover the ground, and smoke rises from the chimneys of the buildings within the enclosed compound. A man walks along the periphery of the fence in the foreground, between two gates. A loaded wagon enters the left gate, as a dray exits through the right. A dog stands on the left hand side of the fence, facing the pedestrian. Deer and horses graze the fields in the tree-lined, country-like setting behind the chemical works. Established circa 1793, Harrison Brothers operated plants in New York, Maryland and Philadelphia by the Civil War, operating this plant in Frankford until about 1870., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Aug. 1847., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 341, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Rease, a prominent mid-19th century Philadelphia trade card lithographer known to highlight details of human interest in his advertisements, partnered with Francis H. Schell in the 1850s and eventually operated his own press until around 1872.
Creator
Rease, W. H., artist
Date
[1847]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W475 [P.2271]
Exterior view of the almshouse building as it appeared after two patient wings were added to the original structure in 1827. The grounds of the mental institution, formerly a fifty-two acre farm in Oxford Township, were purchased by the Society of Friends in 1813, near Frankford. The hospital opened to patients four years later in 1817., Frontispiece to Fifteenth annual report on the state of the Asylum for the relief of persons deprived of the use of their reason, (Philadelphia: Printed by T.A. Conrad, corner Sixth and Cherry Streets, 1832). Report also contains "Map of the Asylum Farm" and "Groundfloor of the Asylum" printed on tissue by Childs & Inman lithrs. Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 284, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1814 Phi Asy (box) 9092.O.11a., Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 9:38, Philadelphiana
Creator
Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856, artist
Date
[1832]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W143 [Am 1814 Phi Asy (box) 9092.O.11a.frontis]
Exterior view of the almshouse building as it appeared after two patient wings were added to the original structure in 1827. Includes men standing in the foreground and animals grazing. The grounds of the mental institution, formerly a fifty-two acre farm in Oxford Township, were purchased by the Society of Friends in 1813, near Frankford. The hospital opened to patients four years later in 1817., Published as the frontispiece of the annual reports of the asylum (entitled: ... Annual Report of the State of the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason) from 1836 to 1840., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 285, Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2049 and in Am 1814 Phi Asy (box) 51117.O.6; 51117.O.9; and 51908.O.5., Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Creator
Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date
[1836]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W144 [P.2049]
Depicts bend in creek with industrial buildings lining banks and bridge crossing creek in the distance., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., 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 129 [P.8213.129], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson129.htm
Fire company certificate containing vignettes depicting fire fighters rushing a steam engine marked with the company motto down a city street past the Odd Fellows Hall, Frankford; a steam engine parked at the company fire station on Church Street; and fire fighters surrounded by spectators battling a fire of the Frogmore Mills cotton factory, Frankford. Fire fighting equipment including a fire hose, a ladder, an axe, a trumpet and other tools are drawn bundled together to form decorative elements on both sides. A small oval portrait of Commodore Stephen Decatur in a laurel wreath frame above intertwined American flags and the company motto "Ever Prompt to a Call" adorns the top. Also contains eagles, the company number "21," and the institution and incorporation dates (1803 and 1842, respectively). Company named after the Naval hero Decatur whose father purportedly resided in Frankford., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 177, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Fire Companies - Decatur, Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen Orr Duval (P.S. Duval’s son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval’s retirement in 1869 until 1874.
Creator
Bosch, A. H., artist
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Fire Companies - Decatur
Fire company certificate containing vignettes depicting fire fighters surrounded by spectators, battling the July 12, 1866 fire at the "Tackawana" (i.e., Tacony) Print Works in Frankford; a steam engine parked in the company fire station on Frankford Avenue between Sellers and Oxford streets; and fire fighters rushing a horse-drawn steam engine past a church. Fire fighting equipment including a fire hose, a ladder, an axe, a trumpet and other tools are drawn bundled together to form decorative elements on both sides. A small oval portrait of George Washington adorns an arch at the top. An American eagle rests on top of the portrait and clutches an American flag that is intertwined over the arch that is printed "First in War. First in Peace. First in the Hearts of His Country Men." Also contains the company institution date - 1793. Company was incorporated in 1846 (date visible on the station house)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 819, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Fire Companies - Washington, Duval and Hunter was a partnership between Stephen Orr Duval (P.S. Duval’s son) and Thomas Hunter that lasted from P.S. Duval’s retirement in 1869 until 1874.
Creator
Bosch, A. H., artist
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Fire Companies - Washington
Depicts landmarks in the Frankford section of Philadelphia showing exterior views of the Free Library of Frankford; the Real Estate Trust Building on Frankford Avenue; Frankford High School and Frankford Baptist Church., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Divided backs., 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 [Frankford (section) - 97]
The 121st Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers was organized in Sept. 1862, and mustered out in June 1865; Chapman Biddle was discharged in Dec. 1863; James Ashworth was captain of Company I. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p. 30, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 135., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 121st (1862-1865), Company I.
Date
[1862 or 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.39 (McAllister)
Depicts the low bridge carrying Kensington Avenue over the Tacony Creek in Frankford. Includes a boy leaning against the iron railing of the bridge looking down toward the creek and the camera. Also shows one of the stone abutments of the bridge, with a partial view of dwellings and businesses on Kensington Avenue in the background., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date
ca. 1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.4-8, P.9501.11]
View of a tree stump covered with brush on the bank of the Frankford Creek in Philadelphia, Pa. The stump, with an overgrowth of plants on top of it, rests on the edge of the bank as the creek flows around it. Trees and shrubs are visible growing in the background., Attributed to John Moran., Half of stereograph., Yellow mount with square corners., Title stamped on mount., Retrospective conversion record, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., See duplicate copy: Doret Collection – Photos [P.2019.64.51]., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Frankford [5759.F.19]
View showing the side and front facade of a three-story dwelling, covered in vines, beside a fenced yard. Includes a partial view of a "low racing car" parked in front of the house., Title from photographer's descriptive manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: However, the snorting exhausts of a low racing car is it drew up and stopped in front of this door seemed to us the heighth of the incongrous [sic]., 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.8513.152], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson152.htm
Portrait of an African American construction worker standing next to a support column of the Philadelphian & Trenton Railroad Bridge at Trenton Avenue near Frankford Avenue. The man, attired in a bowler hat, a long-sleeved shirt with only the top buttoned, torn and worn overalls, and shoes, tucks his hands into the waist of his overalls and looks at the viewer. Behind him, two laborers perform street work, including a white man holding a shovel that looks at the viewer. In the background is Frankford Avenue. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk along the row of brick buildings., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content and attire of the people., Gift of Ruth Molloy, 1994., 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.
Date
[ca. 1918]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - 5x7 - unidentified - Transportation [P.9481.3]
Billhead for R. Garsed & Brother containing a view of the firm's textile mills built 1853 on the northwest corner of Ashland Street along Frankford Creek in Frankford. The mills include a small office building adjacent to a long single-story building with three portico entrances, a smokestack, and cupola adorned with a weather vane. The main building housed the spinning, carding, warping, and spreading rooms. Women stand in two of the portico entries, individuals walk on the grounds, and a “Wingohocking” horse-drawn wagon travels past the mill. In the foreground, by the creek, a horse and colt stand near a canoe marked "Wingohocking Mills" moored at the bank. Across from the animals, a Native American stands with his canoe moored behind him. Richard Garsed was a pioneer in the improvement of cotton mill machinery, including the increased efficiency of power looms, during the 1840s and 1850s., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00009, Title supplied by cataloguer., Printed on recto: Frankford, Pa. Invoice of Goods consigned to ______ for Sale on account of R. Garsed & Brother. Marks & Nos. Pieces. Description Yards. Total Yards. Price pr. Yard $____ Cts., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:12a, See Castner 26: 17 for watercolor study for print titled “At Frankford, Phila, Pa.” Signed A. Kollner drawn 1855. Drawing also dated "30 Nov. 1853." View includes, in the foreground, a “Frankford” paddleboat on the creek and horses at the creek bank. Also shows horses frolicking in front of the mills in the background.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Castner 26:12a
View of a tree stump covered with brush on the bank of the Frankford Creek in Philadelphia, Pa. The stump, with an overgrowth of plants on top of it, rests on the edge of the bank as the creek flows around it. Trees and shrubs are visible growing in the background., Title from item., Date from manuscript note written on verso: Nov. 14, 62, -- 25 [?], Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Distributor's name embossed on mount on recto: Paul & Curtis, New York., Manuscript note written on verso: Frankford Creek, near Phila. Penn., Gift of David Doret., See duplicate, trimmed copy: stereo - Moran - Views - Frankford [5759.F.19].
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date
Nov. 14, 1862
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Photos [P.2019.64.51]
Negative number: 2373, Street view looking north from the most recently constructed steel bent, Bent 62. Beams and other construction materials line both sides of the street. Men and boys stand and sit on the sidewalks in front of the store fronts.
Negative number: 2226, View looking south from Produce Avenue showing a man holding up a "Front St. Bent 40" sign next to a steel column. Men stand around the construction scene. Two horses are attached to carts carrying supplies. Store fronts on North Front Street are shaded by awnings. A sign for "419 Willard & Mitten" is visible.
Negative number: 6600, Depicts wooden scaffolding covering the partially-constructed Allegheny station, which sits on a triangular lot next to the elevated railway tracks at the southwest corner of Kensington and Allegheny Avenues. Horse-drawn carriages and vehicles travel along Kensington Avenue.
Negative number: 2283, Street level view looking south at the 500 block of North Front Street. A man holds up the sign "Front St. Bent 48" next to a steel column in the foreground. Railroad tracks divide up the cobblestone street. Steel beams and other supplies sit on the side of the road. The brick building of the Philadelphia Warehousing & Cold Storage Co. occupies the entire east side of the block.
Negative number: 2285, Street level view looking south at a "Front St. Bent 48" sign next to a steel column. Men work from railroad freight cars underneath of the steel tracks. A loading dock sits on the east side of the block. A covered wagon and "Pork Packers" car sit near the loading dock. A signboard for Sam Katzowsky, clothing and shoes, is visible at 446 North Front Street.
Negative number: 5156, Depicts the construction of the Allegheny station next to the elevated railway tracks at the northeast corner of Kensington and Allegheny Avenues. Iron railings sit outside of the three story structure, waiting for installation. A sign for the Allegheny Hat Renovating Co. is visible on Kensington Avenue, behind the station building. A man and a boy stand in street looking at the photographer in the foreground.
Negative number: 2220, Street level view showing steel beams on North Front Street in the foreground. Horse-drawn vehicles and a steam dummy are also visible on the cobblestone street in the distance. Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Outward Freight buildings flank tracks running parallel to Willow Street. Includes a view of the brick Philadelphia Warehousing & Cold Storage Co. building.
Negative number: 7201, Depicts the demolition of a building at Front and Green Streets under the elevated railway. Broadsides advertising the Imperial Theatre and The Bijou are posted on the first floor exterior of the vacant brick building. A man works on the second floor near wooden scaffolding erected against the neighboring three-and-a-half story property. Rubble from demolition litters the sidewalk.
Negative number: 2995, Street view looking north on Front Street at a marker for bent 167 near Palmer Street. Men and boys have gathered on the corners for the photograph. The Kensington Freight Yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad occupies the entire east side of the block. H. Siemon & Son's barrel business is visible on the west side of the block (1750 North Front Street).
Negative number: 3298, View looking south from the most recently constructed steel bent, number 265, on Kensington Avenue. The sidewalks are crowded with spectators, mostly men, who are watching six men working on top of bent 265. Businesses on the block include Robert Kearn's liquor store (2629-31 Kensington Avenue) and an oysters shop.
Negative number: 2883, View looking south from bent 155 on Front Street. Large crowds have gathered on the east and west sidewalks. Construction supplies and rubble flank the tracks running along the cobblestone street.
Negative number: 3110, View looking south at construction site around bent 189 on Front Street. Includes a partial view of the Kensington passenger depot and ticket office for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on the east side of the block.
Negative number: 2353, Street view looking north along North Front Street showing a man holding up a sign next to a steel column: "Front St. Bent 61." Beams line both sides of the street. A horse-drawn carriage and horsecar travel south on the tracks in the distance.
Negative number: 2762, Street view looking south at construction site around bent 114, showing beams, piles of lumber and steel. J.A. Dougherty's Sons, distillers, sits at 1136 North Front Street. Gustav Berger, manufacturer of sash doors, is visible across the street at 1143 North Front Street.
Negative number: 24170, Exterior view looking southwest at the brick, one-story Philadelphia Rapid Transit office building under the elevated railway on Frankford Avenue near Bridge Street. A car is parked next to the side of the building.
Negative number: 3111, View looking north at traffic and pedestrians on Front Street near Norris Street, from bent 189. Includes a partial view of Ninth National Bank (left), American Loan Company (1953 North Front) and H.F. Mayer, liquors, at 1957 North Front).
Negative number: 2865, View looking north, showing construction materials flanking the cobblestone street. Includes horse-drawn carts and buggies and people sitting on front stoops of properties along North Front Street.
Negative number: 2884, View looking north from bent 155 on Front Street. A large crowd, including a police officer, has gathered on the west sidewalk. Construction supplies and rubble flank the tracks running along the cobblestone street. The corner property at 1700 North Front Street is occupied by Daniel Morris, liquors.
Negative number: 2864, View looking south at the most recently completed steel bent, bent 137, showing construction materials flanking the cobblestone street. A man stands on the steel skeleton near a crane looking down in the direction of the photographer. John J. McGrath, railway supplies, occupies 1340 North Front Street.
Negative number: 4306, View looking south along Kensington Avenue at the most recently completed steel bent, number 374, near Ontario Street. Stores and shops occupy the east side of the block, but the west side, below Ontario, is vacant. The Non Pariel Theater, also known as the Ontario Palace Theater, sits the southwest corner (3361 Kensington Avenue). A horse is harnessed to a cart pulling machinery (right).
Negative number: 2663, Street view looking south at the most recently completed steel bent, number 108, showing beams, rubble, and through Pratt trusses on the sides of the cobblestone street.
Negative number: 2650, Street view looking north from the most recently completed steel bent, number 108, showing beams, rubble, and through Pratt trusses on the sides of the cobblestone street. Pedestrians sit on the beams and linger around the construction site. Businesses include Gustav Berger's sashes and an unidentified cooperage.
