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Title: The world's wonders! The great Arab troupe together with Rivers & Derious' Combination Circus This immense establishment will exhibit its wonderful performances under their mammoth pavilion in Manayunk for one night only, Thursday, April 28th, 1864 under the management and direct superintendence of Messrs. Rivers & Derious. ... The grand procession will enter town on the day of the exhibition, preceded by the splendid military band, led by O.P. Perry, leader of Baxter's Phila. Zouaves' Band--followed by the grand dragon chariot, containing the arabs of the desert in their native costume. Admission, 25 cts. No half price Doors open at 7. To commence at half-past 7
Creator: Rivers & Derious' Combination Circus
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1864 Rivers (26)5761.F.22a (McAllister)

Title: "We study to please." First appearance of the Frank Moran Minstrels! at the Masonic Hall Manayunk, on Monday evening, April 6, '62 ... Handy Andy, ... He would be a speaker ... The contraband trip, ... The discharged volunteer, ... The jaw bone festival, ... The Third Street brokers ... The three graces ... Cruelty to Shonny ... The whole to conclude with the plantation scene, entitled The contrabands' jubilee by the company. Tickets, 15 cents. Children, 10 cents Doors open at 7 o'colck. To commence at quarter before 8
Creator: Frank Moran Minstrels
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1862 Frank (25)5761.F.18 (McAllister)

Title: Masonic Hall! Manayunk For 2 nights only Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 25th and 26th, 1863 The original and only Blaisdell Brothers, and their troupe of Swiss bell ringers! In national Swiss costume Playing 239 bells ... The troupe will be aided and assisted by five instrumental solo artists, quartet of vocalists, and brass and string band. ... Cards of admission, 25 cents No half price. Tickets can be had at Jas. G. Marce's jewelry store, Main Street. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Performance to commence at quarter before 8. See photographs at the hall
Creator: Blaisdell Brothers (Swiss bell ringers)
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1863 Blaisdell (25)5761.F.104a (McAllister)

Title: Masonic Hall, Manayunk for 2 nights and 1 afternoon only, on Friday and Saturday evenings, Feb. 19 and 20, and on Saturday afternoon Zographicon! A series of panoramic illustrations--of T.S. Arthur's Ten nights in a bar-room! John Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress, and other attractive scenes from life, character, nature and art! Comprising one of the most pleasing, instructive and highly impressive series of entertainments of this class ever presented to the American public
Creator: Wunderlich, George, b. ca. 1826
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1864 Wunder (27)5761.F.84a (McAllister)

Title: Masonic Hall, Manayunk positively one night only Carncross and Dixey's Minstrels the star troupe of the world! In their great Ethiopian soirees ... Wednesday ev'ng, June 17, 1863, ... Burlesque monster concert a la Germania. ... Poor old maids! ... Babes in the wood ... Exempt shaking Quakers ... Deaf as a post, ... To conclude with the plantation walk-around, entitled High Daddy! by the full company. Admission, twenty-five cents Doors open at quarter past 7. Performance commence at 8 o'clock
Creator: Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1863 Carncross (25)5761.F.82b (McAllister)

Title: Manayunk: one night only, Monday evening, April 27th, 1863 The far-famed Sanford Opera Troupe: oldest company in the world! Samuel S. Sanford, manager. Mr. Sanford will have the honor of presenting the best troupe of artists that has ever been concentrated into one body, embracing: operatic talent, tragic merit comic ability, delineations of men, manners & customs and the special acts, as given with unbounded applause at his opera houses, Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Sanford appearing each evening! with his star troupe ... Them Irishmen, ... The exempts, ... Sanford's black edition of Romeo and Juliet ... Strange scenes from the tragedy of The stranger. ... Our relations! ... The whole to conclude with the laughable burlesque of Old Josh and his family ... Admission, 25 cents. Children 15 cents Doors open at 7 o'clock. To commence at quarter of 8. Front seats invariably reserved for ladies. Tom W. Brown, ag't
Creator: Sanford's Opera Troupe
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1863 Sanford (25)5761.F.63a (McAllister)

Title: St. David's Church. Manayunk
Date: [ca. 1840]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 132 S 1363

Title: Cotton mills, Schuylkill River, Manayunk
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Industry [P.2282.32]

Title: Cotton mills, Schuylkill River, Manayunk
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Industry [P.2282.39]

Title: [Man on a motorcycle, The Flying Merkel, in Manayunk]
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.42]

Title: [Swimming, near lumber piles, Manayunk]
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.62]

Title: [Family portrait in a backyard, Manayunk]
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.57]

Title: [Portrait of a woman in a plumed hat, Manayunk]
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.56]

Title: [Portrait of a woman attired in a fur coat, Manayunk]
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.55]

Title: [Man dressed in a clown costume, Manayunk]
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.54]

Title: [Frank W. Berry riding bicycle downhill on cobblestone street, Manayunk]
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.53]

Title: McDowell Paper Mills - actual paper makers since 1825
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]

Title: Manayunk
Creator: Copstick, A., artist
Date: [1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 862 C 79

Title: Joseph Ripka's mills. Manayunk 21st Ward Philadelphia. Manufacturer of all description of plain and fancy cottonades for men & boy's clothing warehouse 32 So Front St. [graphic] / Lith. of W. H. Rease N.E. cor. 4th & Chesnut.
Creator: Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
Date: [1856]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W211.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W211 [P.2139]

Title: [Factory building, Manayunk]
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 156 [P.8513.156], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson156.htm

Title: A group of young hill climbers of Manyunk [sic] with a background of overlapping roofs, to say nothing of a weekly wash
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 95 [P.8513.95], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson95.htm

Title: [Staircase rising above snow-covered boulders, Manayunk, Philadelphia]
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 125a [P.8513.125a], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson125a.htm

Title: [Industrial buildings lining canal in Manayunk, Philadelphia during winter]
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 214 [P.8513.214], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson214.htm

Title: [Unidentified residences in Manayunk, Philadelphia]
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 22 [P.8513.22], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson22.htm

Title: [Street in Manayunk]
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 21 [P.8513.21], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson217.htm

Title: [Street in Manayunk]
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 217 [P.8513.217], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson217.htm

Title: [Frame houses next to Manayunk canal, Philadelphia]
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 125b [P.8513.125b], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson125b.htm

Title: [Industrial buildings lining canal in Manayunk, Philadelphia, during winter]
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 18 [P.8513.18], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson214.htm

Title: [Ruins of house in Manayunk, Philadelphia]
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 48 [P.8513.48], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson48.htm

Title: Manayunk: in the summer
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 198 [P.8513.198], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson198.htm

Title: Manayunk near Philadelphia
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W226.3 [P.2094], http://www.lcpimages.org/wainwright/W226-3.htm

Title: Manayunk
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [1839]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W226.4 [Am 1839 Bow 9837.O and 76434.O]

Title: Manayunk, near Philadelphia
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W226.1 [P.2093]

Title: Manayunk near Philadelphia
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W226.2 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]

Title: Manayunk near Philadelphia. [graphic] / [J. C. Wild].
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846., creator
Date: c1840,1848.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W226-3.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W226.3 [P.2094]

Title: Joseph Ripka's mills. Manayunk 21st Ward Philadelphia. Manufacturer of all description of plain and fancy cottonades for men & boy's clothing warehouse 32 So. Front St
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W211 [P.2139], http://www.lcpimages.org/wainwright/W211.htm

Title: $160 bounty! The Philadelphia Light Guard! 145th Reg't P.V. Colonel E.W. Davis Recruits wanted for Company E of this regiment, now in camp. Recruiting station, Masonic Hall, Manayunk!
Creator: Philadelphia Light Guard
Date: [1862?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Phila Light (1)5777.F.46b (McAllister)

Title: Flat Rock Dam, on Schuylkill
Creator: Swett, Moses, artist
Date: [1827]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Rivers - Schuylkill [(1)5750.F.73c; (2)5750.F.21a]

Title: [Manayunk]
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: [1830]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W225 [7845.F]

Title: [Schuylkill River and houses atop hill in Manyaunk, Philadelphia]
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 124 [P.8513.124], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson124.htm

Title: [Manayunk, Philadelphia, in winter]
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 192 [P.8513.192], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson192.htm

Title: St. John's R.C. Church, Manayunk, Philadelphia
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: [4300 Fleming Street, northwest corner of Roxborough Avenue, Philadelphia.]
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Streets - [P.2005.6]

Title: [Portrait of two men and two women on a porch on Righter Street, Manayunk]
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.6]

Title: [Children sledding on the 200 block of Righter Street, Manayunk]
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.3]

Title: [Elizabeth Berry photographing Alice Berry in a rocking chair, 201 Righter Street, Manayunk]
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.8]

Title: [Alice Berry photographing Walter N. and Elizabeth Berry, 201 Righter Street, Manayunk]
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.49]

Title: [Snow scene, 100 block of Kalos Street, Manayunk]
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.63]

Title: [Christmas tree, interior, 201 Righter Street, Manayunk]
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.41 ; P.8986.43]

Title: [Boy photographing another young boy, 201 Righter Street, Manayunk]
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.40]

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