Where have all the cigar store Indians gone. [graphic].
Title
Where have all the cigar store Indians gone
Description
View of female wooden cigar store Indian statue standing on pedestal on sidewalk in front of building. Pedestal reads "Chas. Seider, Manufacturer." Signs posted on building read: "Radio News in The Bulletin" and "Local and Long Distance. Keystone Telephone Pay Station." Statue wears feathered headdress, skirt, dangling earrings, and lifts something in her left hand., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Here is one at 4" and race [sic]. The really fine examples of the wood carvers [sic] art, as applied to these images, has disappeared from the pavements of the corner cigar stores. The Indian introduced tobacco, hence the symbol of the sign. (Find out name of man who made a business of such work in Phila. Trace his line with the carving of figure heads on old sailing vessels, the figures on Morse, Spanish and Italian boats. Mention totem poles., 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 174 [P.8513.174], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson174.htm
The Penington mansion. On the northwest corner of Race and Crown Street. [graphic]
Title
The Penington mansion. On the northwest corner of Race and Crown Street
Description
Shows the former residence of sugar refiner Edward Penington, built circa 1760, on the 400 block of Race Street. Residence includes ironwork fencing. Ivy adorns the side of the building., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 99. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date
March 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Residences - P [(3)2526.F.99 (Poulson)]
View of the reception of the 29th Regiment, P. V., at Philadelphia.
Title
View of the reception of the 29th Regiment, P. V., at Philadelphia
Description
An innovatively designed view of the December 23, 1863 procession of the Pennsylvania Volunteer regiment in honor of their heroic service with the Army of the Potomac. Depicts the procession as a serpentine with the order of procession arranged from top to bottom, with a large eagle, holding an American shield, and patriotic flags by the "Ladies for the 29th" flanked by banners reading "Welcome Home" above the entire view. Soldiers on horseback lead the procession, followed by infantrymen transported in horse-drawn wagons, with one also pulling a cannon, which are followed by a small brass military band. After the musicians, the 29th Regiment marches on foot, some carrying flags, amongst which additional military bands and officers on horse-back also process. Horse-drawn volunteer fire company ambulances carrying soldiers follow the troops, including the vehicles of Northern Liberty Fire Co. no. 1, Vigilant Fire Co., Assistance Fire Co., Weccacoe, Southwark Hose Co., and Hope Hose Company. Along the route men, women, and children watch and join the procession, shake soldier's hands, and cheer. Also shows two boys in a scuffle among the spectators., Buildings line the route, most in shadowy, partial views except the Cooper Shop Soldiers Home at Race and Crown (opened December 1863) and the adjacent buildings near the top of the view. Women crowd the windows of the home and a large American flag marked "Cooper Shop Soldiers Home" stands in front of the building. Also contains the names by Field and Staff Officers, Non-Commissioned Staff, and by Company, of the "Veterans of the 29th," including the African American Company K in addition to the names of the "Board of Managers of the Cooper Shop Soldiers' Home." The procession commenced at about one o'clock from Market Street Bridge down Market Street to Twenty-First Street eventually arriving at the Cooper Shop Soldiers Home where the members of the 29th regiment had dinner before proceeding to the National Guards Hall (518-520 Race Street) to be welcomed by Colonel John Price Wetherill. The order of the procession was as follows the First City Troop; 27th New York Battery; Liberty Coronet Band; Henry Guards; four companies of invalids corps; Provost Guard; discharged members of the regiment; Birgfield's Band; former (Murphy) and present (Rickards) commander of the regiment; Lieut. Col. Zulick of the regiment; the regiment; female family members; First Regiment, Jefferson Coronet Band, Pennsylvania Military Institute cadets, City Council members, and other guards and regiments; and lastly the ambulances of the firemen. The veterans of the 29th Regiment home on furlough re-inlisted for additional service, which was announced at the procession., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 807, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc85 B347., Reception described in the Philadelphia Inquirer (December 24, 1863).
Date
c1863
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***W435 [P.2262 and (12) 1540.F]