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Title: Windmill at Torresdale, Philadelphia
Description: View showing a man standing in front of a windmill with a small building and porch at its base. A dwelling is visible in the background., Title printed on mount., Publisher's printed label pasted on verso., Stamped on verso: G. Pfund, 4731 N. Front St., Phila., Pa., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim Brothers copyrighted a series of stereographs with labels inscribed: "American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philadelphia" in 1858. They continued to produce stereographs until 1865, when they withdrew from the American Stereoscopic Co.
Creator: American Stereoscopic Company
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Agriculture and horticulture [P.9082.1]

Title: Red Lion Inn postcards
Description: Exterior views of flank of tavern, showing the lion on its sign post and an unidentified stone bridge in the background. Founded in 1739, but built in 1750 according to the date stone on the building. The Lippincott Mansion was built opposite the tavern., Sheet number: 117B02A., Undivided 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: 1906-1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Lauber's through Stenton - 117]

Title: Sacred Heart Convent, "Eden Hall." Torresdale, Pa
Description: View of the girls boarding school and convent administered by the Society of Sacred Heart Sisters that was built 1849-1850 after the designs of Frank Wills at 4800 Grant Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia. The stone building contains several wings and a chapel. Crosses adorn the roofs. Girls play on the grounds landscaped with trees. Also shows a woman and child walking up the path to the school entrance and a man with a horse-drawn wagon near the chapel. A border, arched at the top with simple art details, frames the image. The society purchased the Torresdale estate of F. Cowperthwait in 1847 and operated a school on the property until 1969., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 199, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Walker & Co., the Boston lithography firm established in 1879, sought the patronage of Roman Catholic clergy in the early 1880s.
Creator: Geo. H. Walker & Co.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Religion - Sacred Heart Convent [P.9372]

Title: Convent of the Sacred Heart, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing several nuns and female students in front of the convent and boarding school, also known as Eden Hall, built 1849-1850 after the designs of Frank Wills, at 4800 Grant Avenue in Torresdale. Several students wear white gowns, possibly habits., Title printed on mount., Photographer from embossed stamp., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [1322.F.69a]

Title: Convent of the Sacred Heart, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing several nuns and female students in front of the convent and boarding school, also known as Eden Hall, built 1849-1850 after the designs of Frank Wills, at 4800 Grant Avenue in Torresdale. Several students wear white gowns, possibly habits., Title printed on mount., Photographer from embossed stamp., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [1322.F.69a]

Title: Convent of the Sacred Heart, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing several nuns and female students in front of the convent and boarding school, also known as Eden Hall, built 1849-1850 after the designs of Frank Wills, at 4800 Grant Avenue in Torresdale. Several students wear white gowns, possibly habits., Title printed on mount., Photographer from embossed stamp., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [1322.F.69a]

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