Testimonial awarded by the Philadelphia Relief Committee
Title
Testimonial awarded by the Philadelphia Relief Committee
Description
Certificate issued by the committee formed to provide relief for victims of the yellow fever epidemic in Portsmouth and Norfolk, Va. in 1855. Contains a central bird's eye view of the the two adjacent towns over which the figure of death flies. Vignettes and pictorial details depicting allegorical female figures, a barren tree, and a sepulchral monument surround the view. Also contains a religious scene representing Matthew 25, 36; "I was sick and ye visited me.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 248, Library of Congress: DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Testimonial
Creator
Moras, Ferdinand, 1821-1908, artist
Date
[1855]
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Testimonial
The Bergner & Engel Brewing Co., Philadelphia.
Title
The Bergner & Engel Brewing Co., Philadelphia
Description
Album containing 37 lithographic illustrations documenting the Philadelphia brewing complex on Thirty-second Street between Jefferson, Master and Thompson Streets, including exterior and interior views of individual buildings within the complex and detailed scenes of laborers operating equipment, transporting the finished product to and from railroad stations, and loading it onto ships. Shows exterior and interior views of the office building on Master Street; exterior views of the brew house and milling department, machine repair shop and fermenting houses; interior views of refrigerating machines, the first and second floors of the brew house, fermenting room, beer storage, cooper shops, racking room, wash house, shipping department, boiler house, pump room, electric light machines, machine repair shop, the ale and porter brewery and bottling house; and modes of transport including a refrigerating car, delivery wagon and locomotive. Other plates depict out-of-state depots and offices in Washington D.C.; Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia; Jacksonville, Florida; and Trenton, Sea Isle City, and Atlantic City, New Jersey and commemorative illustrations of the company's first-place winnings at the Centennial Exhibition in 1876 and Paris Exposition in 1878., The partnership of Bergner & Engel was formed in 1870 at the brewery of Bergner (erected 1857-1858) following the dissolution of the partnership of brewers Wolf & Engel. Construction of new buildings and additions and the purchase of new equipment for the Brewerytown complex took place in the 1870s. At this time, Bergner & Engel was one of the largest breweries in the country and had an international reputation. Bergner & Engel ceased operations during prohibition., Title from cover., Bound in a fine diagonal-ribbed maroon cloth, black and gilt stamped, with the company's trademark phoenix on the front board., Plates signed A.M.J. Mueller., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 15
Creator
Mueller, A. M. J., artist
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [67310.D]