Faded exterior view of Switchin C. Shortlidge's boarding school for boys in Media, Pennsylvania. Students stand in small groups on the enclosed lawn near the school. School founded in 1875., Title printed on verso., Photographer's imprint on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of F.J. Dallet.
Creator
McMullin, Samuel, b. 1819
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McMullin - Education [P.9500.3]
Aerial views of Media and West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Perspectives from a high altitude showing residential areas of row homes adjacent to business districts. West Philadelphia view (P.8990.1868a) includes A.P. Hill's Bell Storage Warehouse at 6926 Woodland Avenue., Negative numbers: 1433, 1868a., Record revised with date information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1921-1922
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1433; P.8990.1868a]
Exterior view of front facade and flank of the old Rose Tree Inn. The original log structure on this site was constructed in 1739, and later replaced in 1809 and 1836 by a stone building. The old tavern building was relocated 200 feet east of the original site in 2004., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date
ca. 1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.4]
Exterior view of front facade and flank of the old Rose Tree Inn. The original log structure on this site was constructed in 1739, and later replaced in 1809 and 1836 by a stone building. The old tavern building was relocated 200 feet east of the original site in 2004., Inscribed in negative: 3824., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date
ca. 1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.148]
The 16th Cavalry, 161st Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, under the command of Col. J. I. Gregg until Aug. 1864, was organized in the summer and fall of 1862 and mustered out in Aug. 7, 1865; Nathan S. Hill and Archer N. Martin both served in Company I; Lieut. Hill was promoted to captain Nov. 15, 1862. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p. 950, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 179., Printed in red and blue., The illustration shows a mounted Union cavalry soldier, sabre drawn, attacking a mounted Confederate soldier., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 16th (1862-1865), Company I.
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.16i (McAllister)
