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Title: The express man
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing a horse-drawn cart stalled in front of an express office on Walnut Street. The express man looks behind him at an office worker before dismounting to pick up parcels waiting for delivery. Packages, one labeled "St. Louis, Mo.," line the sidewalk in front of the office. Smoke rises from the chimney of a property facing the cross street, along which two pedestrians travel the sidewalk., Published as illustration on page 26 in Common Sights in Town & Country Delineated & Described for Young Children (Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1855)., Accompanied by text titled "The express man" praising the "continuous line of communication established from one place to another on the principal thoroughfares of travel in our land, and indeed all around the globe" made possible by the public express, which has buildings in "principal cities" for its operations, and is staffed by "secure persons of sober, honest and faithful habits"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 216, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8341.26, Library of Congress: Marian S. Carson Collection
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8341.26

Title: [James A. Freeman auction house, 422 Walnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the auction house at 422 Walnut Street of the business established in 1805. Building adorned with signage reading "Select New & 2nd Hand Furniture." Building, built circa 1797-1799, also served as a boarding house and the residence of Chief Justice John Marshall. Freeman operated from the address 1858-1898., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Compass directions given in manuscript on mount., Accompanied by newspaper clipping dated Mar 26, 1859 entitled "Building Improvements." Column notes that "On the south side of Walnut street, below Fifth, the old mansion, at one time one of our most fashionable boarding houses in the city, and lately used for offices, has been torn down, and a fine new building with ornamental front, is now being erected on the site.", 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 103. 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., Published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs 1839-1914 (New York: Published in copperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia by Dover Publications, Inc., 1976), plate 141., For cited dates of auction house's operation at 422 Walnut Street, see Roland Arkell and Catherine Saunders-Watson, The verdue masters: Tales from within the walls of America's oldest auction housr (New York: Antique Collectors club, 2005), p. 65., Reaccessioned as 8339.F.3.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: January 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Businesses - F [(3)2526.F.103 (Poulson)]

Title: [Dundas-Lippincott mansion, northeast corner of Broad and Walnut streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view from the southwest of the residence built circa 1838 after the designs of Thomas U. Walter for Philadelphia banker James Dundas at 1335 Walnut Street. Shows the property, known for its extensive gardens, surrounded by an ironwork fence. The residence, also known as the Yellow Mansion, was later the home of Agnes Keene Lippincott and her son, James Dundas Lippincott. Building demolished circa 1905., Manuscript note on recto: Mr. Dundas, Broad & Walnut, July 1858., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: July 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Residences - D [(6)1322.F.176a]

Title: Lippincott Mansion
Description: Exterior view of the Dundas-Lippincott mansion at the busy northeast corner of Broad and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia. Shows the mansion surrounded by a wall with wrought iron. Steps lead to ionic columns, which hold up the pediment over the front door. Several trees grow on either side of the house. Numerous pedestrians, including an African American boy, as well as a car, carriage, and trolley travel in front of and around the residence. Designed by Thomas U. Walter, the Dundas-Lippincott Mansion was built around 1838 for Philadelphia banker James Dundas on the old grounds of the amusement center Vauxhall Gardens. Nicknamed the "Yellow Mansion," due to its buff color, the residence was known for its impressive garden and as a place for lavish entertainment. The mansion passed to Dundas' niece, Agnes Dundas-Lippincott, upon his death in 1865, and stayed in the family until razed around 1905., Title from negative sleeve., Inscribed in negative: 152., Note on negative sleeve: Historical 170., Purchase 1981., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Jennings, William Nicholson, 1860-1946, photographer
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jennings [P.9480.H-152]

Title: Fire, marine and inland insurance by the Great Western Insurance & Trust Company, office in company's building, 403, Walnut, corner of Fourth Street, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement depicting the exterior of the company's four-story building. Pedestrians, including a woman, a couple, a mother and child, walk on the sidewalks. A peddler, his baskets at his feet, is addressed by a man at the corner of the building at which two men converse at the entrance. Also shows a man standing by a street lamp at the opposite corner and three dogs playing in the street. Company was instituted in 1856, and was located at this address until 1860, after which the company ceases to appear in city directories., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 252, Trimmed.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Businesses - Great [6483.F]

Title: The Dundas-Lippincott Mansion Commonly known as the "Yellow Mansion." Erected in 1837 on the site of Vauxhill Gardens. The famous elm shown on the right of the picture was a full-grown tree in 1818
Description: Exterior view of the mansion designed by Thomas Ustick Walter. House was commissioned by James Dundas, bequeathed in 1865 to Mrs. Joshua Lippincott and to her son James Dundas Lippincott in 1902., Sheet number: 27A11, Message on verso., 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: ca. 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]

Title: Wright, Hunter & Co. S.W. cor. Ninth & Walnut Sts. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the five-story corner property tenanted by the plumbing and gas fitting establishment of William Wright, John C. Hunter, J.H. McFetrich, and Thomas Brown at 900 Walnut Street. Seventeen bays of windows extend the length of the property on Ninth Street. Two women and a young girl stand in front of an unidentified property adorned by a metal skeleton for an awning (left). One man drives a horse-drawn cart north on Ninth Street, while another unloads goods from a dray. Two gentlemen wearing long coats and top hats stand at the Walnut Street entrance to the plumbing store. One of them grasps the handle of a pump in the doorway. Chandeliers and other wares are visible through the large shop windows. Two white horses are hitched to a closed cab stopped in front of the entrance, and a horse-drawn omnibus is partially visible in the background. The name of the business appears prominently on the cornice, and on signboards facing both Walnut and Ninth Streets. Managed at this site beginning in 1855, the store name changed to John C. Hunter & Co. in 1864., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: December 11, 1858., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 868, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: Reynolds, Robert F., artist
Date: [December 11, 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W471 [P.2270]

Title: Curtis Publishing postcards
Description: Contains views of the Curtis Publishing Company built 1910-1921 after designs by Edgar Viguers Seeler. Includes several exterior views from Sixth Street, Walnut Street, Independence Park and Washington Square. Also includes interior views of the first floor lobby; the director's room; offices and press rooms for Ladies Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post; the circulation department and circulation manager's office; the women's recreation, lunch and rest rooms; the paper stock room; a section of the engraving department; the composition division; the boiler room; and the power division., Contains 37 postcards printed in color., 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: 1910-1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Curtis Publishing - 37]

Title: The Mechanics Insurance Company's Building, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of front and east facades looking south. Fire insurance company incorporated in 1854., Undivided back. Post marked 1907. Text on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Business - [P.9048.317]

Title: First Church of Christ "Scientist," Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view., Sheet number: 50B03., Undivided back. Post marked 1906., 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: ca. 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Seamen's Church Institute, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of Seamen's Church Institute building, constructed in 1925. Under the auspices of the Episcopal Church and the outcome of the Churchmen's Missionary Association. Provided residence and entertainment for seamen passing through Philadelphia., Numbered 105111 on recto., Sheet number: 138A07., Divided back. Text on verso., 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: ca. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: [Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, 306 Walnut St., Philadelphia.]
Description: View focuses on the entrance way showing four columns. Includes man standing at the base of a column., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet with an oval design in the center, surrounded by leafy scroll work., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. Geometric design with broken scrolls in the center surrounded by swirls. A leafy design is at each corner., See Board Report dated September 17, 1991 which describes the building in more detail. The architect was Thomas U. Walter
Date: ca. 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9336]

Title: Holy Trinity Church postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of church built 1856-1859 by John Notman. George Hewitt Wattson added the tower in 1868. Includes a 1929 New Year's greeting from the church depicting an interior sketch of the nave and altar on recto and a poem by Gerald Massey on verso., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 1 in black and white., Sheet numbers: 50A03, 50A04 and 50B05., 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: 1900-1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Scrapbook of Greeting Cards, Menus, Invitations, etc.
Description: Scrapbook compiled by Philadelphia socialite Minnie Campbell Wilson (neé Harris) containing primarily place, greeting, holiday and calling cards predominantly issued in the United Kingdom and the Northeast United States. Majority of the cards are printed and or chromolithographs, with a small number illustrated with drawings by hand. Many cards also contain ornate border details, embossing, and adornments, including ribbons, fringe, lace, a wishbone, and overlays.

Title: Goal, in Walnut Street Philadelphia
Description: Active street scene at Sixth and Walnut streets with a view of the Walnut Street Jail, completed in 1776, after the designs of Philadelphia architect Robert Smith. Depicts several individuals, including a child, lining Sixth Street witnessing a large wood shed on wheels, possibly the first edifice of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, being moved by a team of horses. A dog runs in the street and another sits next to a spectator in the right foreground. The prison closed and was razed in 1835, the prisoners relocated to Moyamensing Prison. The first edifice of Bethel Church, a former blacksmith shop, was transported to Sixth and Lombard streets., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 24., Accessioned 1979., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator: W. Birch & Son
Date: 1799
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 24/P.2276.56]

Title: Jail in Walnut Street Philadelphia
Description: View of the front facade of the Walnut Street Prison, built in 1776 at Sixth and Walnut streets, possibly after the designs of Philadelphia architect Robert Smith. Depicts a group of individuals passing a water pump on the sidewalk in front of the jail. The prison was closed and razed in 1835, the prisoners removed to Moyamensing prison., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [(1804]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 35/P.2276.70]

Title: View from s.w. side of Walnut St. bridge
Description: View of snow-covered industrial area next to Schuylkill River. Includes cattle in pen, wagons, trains, and smokestacks., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Note: cattle in pens, contractors storage yard, what young man said to young woman. Formerly Grey's stone yard. Among the first to take advantage of pneumatic stone cutting tools in Phila. Note: that Grey furnished all cut stone for Wanamaker store. His contract drove him into bankrupsy [sic]., Title from photographer' s manuscript note on verso., 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 184 [P.8513.184], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson184.htm

Title: [Thos. Minford. Wholesale & retail grocery & tea warehouse, s.w. corner of Second and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Advertisement showing a southwest view of the three-story storefront, adorned with signage, on the 200 block of Walnut Street. In front of the store, a female patron reaches into a sack - one of several sacks, crates, and canisters displayed on a platform near the open doorway. Within the store, a couple stands near one of two rows of shelves of merchandise furnishing the establishment. On the second floor, large, open panel doors expose the room lined with hay. A barrel and crates, and boxes of tea and sacks stacked in the rear of the floor are visible. Several brooms are stored in front of the third floor windows. At the side of the building, two gentlemen converse near a side door and hand-cart across from a row of crates and barrels that are lined against the wall. Also shows a partial view of the adjacent building. Minford tenanted the site 1845-1847, and later relocated to New York City., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: June 1847. S.W. cor. Second and Walnut., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 754, LCP copy trimmed and lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [June 1847]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W405 [P.2218]

Title: Philadelphia Stock Exchange postcards
Description: Depicts the Philadelphia Stock Exchange building constructed in 1912 after designs by Horace Trumbauer., Also known as the Philadelphia Exchange and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange., 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: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Stock Exchange - 30]

Title: Witherspoon Building
Description: Depicts the Witherspoon Building constructed 1895-1897 after designs by Joseph M. Huston., Postcard issued by Crumbie Brothers, Philadelphia., Also known as the Presbyterian Board of Publication., Sheet number: 27A11, 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: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]

Title: The Free Library of Philadelphia, West Philadelphia Branch, Fortieth and Walnut Streets
Description: Exterior view of front facade of library built 1904-1905 after designs by Zantzinger & Borie., Postcard issued by William H. Rau, Philadelphia, and the Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., Sheet number: 132B08., Divided back., 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: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]

Title: Walnut St. Theatre, 9th & Walnut Sts. Built 1808
Description: View showing the Walnut Street Theatre under construction at 827-833 Walnut Street (corner of Ninth and Walnut Streets). The theater, originally built as a circus in 1809, was altered to a theater in 1816, and remodeled from 1827-1828 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Haviland. Other renovations were completed in 1852 by Hoxie & Button, in 1903 by Willis Gaylord Hale and in 1904 by Rush Anderson Plowman. Also shows adjacent buildings and a United Cigar Stores Co. shop in the foreground, the only portion of the theatre building not undergoing construction. The number 13 trolley is depicted on Walnut Street., Inscribed in negative: 3147., Title from negative sleeve., Modern reference print available.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.74]

Title: The St. James, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of The St. James Hotel built circa 1904 after designs by Horace Trumbauer., Numbered M18098 on verso., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9490.13]

Title: Krider's gun store, N.E. cor. 2nd & Walnut Sts
Description: Depicts Krider's gun store at the northeast corner of 2nd and Walnut Streets, looking east at the south front and west flank. Includes a partial view of the sign for St. Alban's Hotel in the foreground, along with a sign advertising Shore Dinners at Bookbinder's Restaurant (125 Walnut Street). A cigar shop and Bookbinder's are visible in the background. A plaque is posted near the Second Street doorway of the gun shop, marking the site as the birthplace of John Drinker, the first white child born in Philadelphia. The brick building was constructed by John Drinker as a residence in 1751 and altered to a gun shop in 1826. John Krider purchased the shop in 1856. Building demolished in 1955., Inscribed in negative: 2193., Title from negative sleeve., Modern reference print available.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.10]

Title: The St. James, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of The St. James Hotel built circa 1904 after designs by Horace Trumbauer., Numbered 14948 on recto., Sheet number: 117A07., Divided back., 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: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Lauber's through Stenton - 117]

Title: Walnut Street Theatre postcards
Description: Exterior views of the Walnut Street Theatre built originally as a circus in 1809, enlarged in 1811 and converted to a theatre in 1816. Remodeled in 1827-1828 after designs by John Haviland, in 1852 by Hoxie & Button, in 1903 by Willis Gaylord Hale and in 1904 by Rush Anderson Plowman. Includes an advertisement for "The Girl Rangers" at the Walnut Street Theatre in 1907., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Also identified as The Circus (1809-1811), Olympic Theatre (1811-1820) and Walnut Theatre., Sheet numbers: 157A07 and 157B03., Divided 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: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Theaters - 157]

Title: Scrapbook
Description: Scrapbook compiled by Philadelphia socialite Minnie Campbell Wilson (neé Harris) containing primarily place, greeting, holiday and calling cards predominantly issued in the United Kingdom and the Northeast United States. Majority of the cards are printed and or chromolithographs, with a small number illustrated with drawings by hand. Many cards also contain ornate border details, embossing, and adornments, including ribbons, fringe, lace, a wishbone, and overlays. Contents also include die-cuts of fans, horse shoes, a spoon, a flamingo, one-quarter moon, a woman’s leg, and a bird as a cover for a H. O. Neill & Co. illustrated hat catalog. Cards often depict sentimental and genre imagery including cupids, butterflies, flowers, vases and baskets; religious, historical and Asian-themed scenes, figures and/or decor; seasonal landscape views; women, children, and costumed figures; animals, including birds, chicks, dogs, and cats; and fruit. Other imagery includes two witches flying on brooms holding a "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" banner; London printer William Dickes series of women in native costume from Switzerland, Russia, and Norway; a holiday card that opens to a sledding scene of children holding letters spelling "Merry Christmas"; and a Valentine Day card showing a letter slot filled with valentines. Scrapbook also contains watercolors and drawings, trade cards, programs, menus, invitations, ribbons, photographs, etchings, newspaper clippings, including an announcement of the wedding of Adelaide Watson, and a post card from "cousin Will." Trade cards advertise businesses, including J. E. Caldwell & Co., Stephen F. Whitman & Son, P. Fleischner & Co., Sharpless & Sons, F. T. Howell & Co., A. Ripka & Bro., J. H. Way & Bro., and Automatic Signal Telegraph Co. containing four scenes showing a robbery and fire and police and fire department., Watercolors and drawings depict a woman attired in early 19th-century garb in a pumpkin patch, marinescapes, and an anthropomorphic frog. Photographs include a half stereograph showing a croquet match in front of a resort hotel and a photograph of Fifth and Walnut streets (Philadelphia) “taken by Chris in "88." Etchings include a portrait of an elderly man and one signed F. A. Stokes showing a man at a table. Other ephemera includes a hand-made tablet with a cover containing a watercolor depicting birds; a cloth padded bird figurine; a metamorphic playbill for the play "French Flats" at Union Square Theatre; a typewritten engagement announcement composed as a poem; a Christmas Hymnal booklet; handwritten word games, including 'Progressive Conversation"; a Pennsylvania Railroad "Old Point Comfort" tour schedule; and a train schedule scrap annotated with a doodle and inscribed text., Black binding, stamped on cover: Scrapbook., Label pasted on verso of cover: Patent Back Scrap Book. Pat. March 28, 1876., Inscribed on front free end paper: Minnie Campbell Harris Philadelphia. January 12, 1887., Provenance and date of majority of contents identified by brief inscriptions. Provenances include Nannie (i.e., Mary Jaudon) Harris, Lucy and Susan Jaudon, Mai Philler, Carrie (i.e., Caroline) Biddle, and Helen Morton., Printers include Philadelphia firms Craig, Finley & Co., Dreka, Rowley & Chew, and Sunshine Pub. Co.; Boston firm L. Prang & Co.; and British and Irish firms William Dickes, Marcus Ward & Co., and Eyre & Spottiswoode., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box., Gift of Elizabeth McLean., Inventory available at repository., Mary Campbell Harris (known as Minnie), daughter of U.S. Naval Commander Thomas Cadwalder Harris (1826-1875) and Mary Louisa Bainbridge Jaudon (1835-1914), was born in New York on December 27, 1862. Descended from Commodore William Bainbridge and Thomas Harris, the first surgeon-general of the United States Navy, Harris and her family resided in Philadelphia by 1866. In 1893, she married John L. Wilson (b. 1850), later treasurer of Coal Land Corporation and the couple resided in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood. Harris was active in the Sedgely Club and often attended and held card parties, teas, and luncheons noted in the local press. Harris spent her later years residing in Bryn Mawr where she died circa 1948.
Creator: Wilson, Mary Campbell Harris, 1862-ca. 1948
Date: ca. 1877-ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Harris [P.9682.1]

Title: Walnut St. Theatre
Description: View showing the Walnut Street Theatre at 827-833 Walnut Street (corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets). The theater, originally built as a circus in 1809, was altered to a theater in 1816, and remodeled from 1827-1828 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Haviland. Also shows adjacent buildings, including a lager beer saloon. Street traffic includes a horse-drawn omnibus and several carriages., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - theaters [(8)1322.F.5c-2]

Title: Walnut Street Theatre, Philada
Description: View showing the Walnut Street Theatre at 827-833 Walnut Street (corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets). The theater, originally built as a circus in 1809, was altered to a theater in 1816, and remodeled from 1827-1828 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Haviland. Also shows men sitting and standing near the corner of the building, along with adjacent row homes on the north side of the block looking east., Title from inscription on mount., Inscribed on mount: No. 1486., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 17., Arcadia caption text: The rowhouses on the north side of the 800 block of Walnut Street shown here c. 1865 no longer exist, but the Walnut Street Theatre still stands, holding the title of America’s oldest theater. Built by Victor Pepin and Jean Breschard, circus promoters who brought their equestrian and human acts to the United States from Europe, the theater has operated continuously since opening in 1809 as the New Circus. Architect John Haviland made extensive alterations in 1828, when it permanently changed its name to the Walnut Street Theatre., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer [P.9107.1]

Title: Friends' Alms-House. on Walnut St. Philada. -- Erected in 1745. Taken down in 1841. [graphic].
Description: Select link below for a digital image., Print advertised in "The Friend. A Religious and Literary Journal," vol. XIV, no. 39 (June 26, 1841)., Exterior view of the front of the almshouse located on the south side of Walnut Street between 3rd and 4th Streets.
Creator: Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, lithographer., creator
Date: [1841].
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W141.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W141 [P.2048]

Title: Friends' Alms-House. on Walnut St. Philada. -- Erected in 1745. Taken down in 1841
Description: Exterior view of the front of the almshouse located on the south side of Walnut Street between 3rd and 4th Streets., Print advertised in "The Friend. A Religious and Literary Journal," vol. XIV, no. 39 (June 26, 1841)., Possibly after William L. Breton. See Martin Snyder's "William L. Breton..." Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (1961), p. 207, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 282
Creator: Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, lithographer
Date: [1841]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W141 [P.2048]

Title: State-House garden, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the well-patronized garden enclosed by a brick wall with a tall gateway with wooden doors on Walnut Street at the rear of the State House. Depicts several individuals at leisure, walking, sitting on a bench, and conversing on the grounds landscaped with trees. The garden grounds purchased in 1760, enclosed in 1770 (the gate given by legislator and State House trustee Joseph Fox), was landscaped under the direction of visiting Jamaican trader and American Philosophical Society member Samuel Vaughan around 1784., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 23.
Creator: W. Birch & Son
Date: 1798
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 23/P.2276.53]

Title: State House garden, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the well-patronized garden at the rear of the State House on Walnut Street, enclosed by a brick wall and a tall gateway with wooden doors. Depicts several individuals at leisure, walking, sitting on a bench, and conversing on the landscaped grounds. The grounds purchased in 1760, enclosed in 1770 (the gate given by legislator and State House trustee Joseph Fox), was landscaped with trees and promenades under the direction of visiting Jamaican trader and American Philosophical Society member Samuel Vaughan around 1784., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1804]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 34/P.2276.55]

Title: Residence of George Edwards, s.e. corner of 18th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia
Description: Shows the mansion of the Philadelphia hotel entrepreneur built 1849 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun at 1724 Walnut Street near Rittenhouse Square. Residence later known as Weightman Mansion after owner, prominent Philadelphia businessman, William Weightman., Title, photographer, and date from manuscript note on verso., Buff paper mount with square corners., 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.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [(8)1322.F.19i]

Title: No.1 Residence of Rt. Rev. Dr. Wm. White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, No. 2 Residence of Chas. Chauncey, Esq. No.3 his law office these houses on Walnut Street No. 3 being one to the n.w. cor. of that and Third Street
Description: View showing the 300 block of Walnut street including the former residence of Bishop William White built 1786-1787 (309 Walnut) and the former residence, built 1746, and adjoining law office of attorney Charles Chauncey (307 and 305 Walnut). Chauncey residence tenanted by Petry Brothers' restaurant. View also shows construction debris in the foreground., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Inscribed on recto of photograph: 1; 2; 3., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 11, page 87. 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: June 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Residences - W [(11)2526.F.87(Poulson)]

Title: [Artist's study for the State-House garden, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the well-patronized garden enclosed by a brick wall with a tall gateway with wooden doors on Walnut Street at the rear of the State House. Depicts several individuals at leisure, walking, sitting on a bench, and conversing on the grounds landscaped with trees. The garden grounds purchased in 1760, enclosed in 1770 (the gate given by legislator and State House trustee Joseph Fox), was landscaped under the direction of visiting Jamaican trader and American Philosophical Society member Samuel Vaughan around 1784., Title from plate 23 in the first edition of Birch's "Views of Philadelphia.", Bequest of Charles Poulson, 1866., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook., Reproduced in Julius Sachse's Pictures of old Philadelphia from the originals in the collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1901), vol. 1, plate 45. (LCP Print Room Albums), See Martin Snyder's "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 73 (July 1949), p. 271-315.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, artist
Date: [ca. 1798]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department drawings & watercolors - Birch - State House Garden [P.9668]

Title: American Life Insurance and Trust Co., Office Walnut Street south east corner of Fourth, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the company's central office building, known as the American Building. A couple exits the building while a gentleman walks past. Incorporated in 1850, the company was formed in part to further the cause of temperance by offering considerable discounts to signers of the total abstinence pledge. Company occupied this building from 1854 to 1888., Published in I.L. Vansant ed. The royal road to wealth (Philadelphia: Published by Samuel Loag, 1869?), opp. pg. 31 without attribution. (LCP Am 1870 Van (18316.O)), Date from manuscript note on recto: June 15.60., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 18
Date: [1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Business [(7)1322.F.445e]

Title: Moss, upholsterer, No. 127 Walnut Street, Philadelphia Venetian blinds. Bedding
Description: Advertisement showing the ground level storefront of the upholstery and venetian blind business of James P. Moss. Pillasters flanking the two shop windows and the front entrance are surmounted by an entablature adorned with rosettes and other floral designs. Also visible are blinds and other upholstery in the windows, and an interior stairway leading to a door in the shop interior., Artist and publisher most likely W.L. Breton, del. and Kennedy & Lucas's Lithography. Assigned by cataloger., Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol II, oppostie page 108 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of the improvements of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 108., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 488, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1831 Mease 68582.D; Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D; Am 1831 Mease 20876.D; and Am 1831 Mease 104520.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Society Print Collection - Small - Stores & factories - Dry goods (M-R) - Box 55, Folder 7
Creator: Breton, William L., artist
Date: [1831]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W238 [Am 1831 Mease 68582.D.108a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W238 [Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D.108a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W238 [Am 1831 Mease 20876.D.108a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W238 [Am 1831 Mease 104520.D.108a]

Title: Drinking fountain, Washington Square
Description: View of the first public drinking fountain erected by the Philadelphia Fountain Society in the spring of 1869 on the sidewalk at 7th and Walnut Streets near Philadelphia's Washington Square. An eagle with outstretched wings perches on a tablet at the top of the fountain inscribed: Philadelphia Fountain Society, Instituted A.D. 1869. Below the tablet are an upper and lower water troughs for the use of horses and dogs. A high wrought iron fence separates the trees and benches of the park from the sidewalk. The Society paid William H. Radford $70.00 for his work on the fountain's plumbing; $100 to Robert Wood & Co. iron workers for making the eagle; and $242.75 to Broders Walsh & Co. for their stonework., Philadelphia Fountain Society records at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Manuscript collection #2045 Fairmount Park Art Association, boxes 49-50.), Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 119., Arcadia caption text: This c. 1870 view subtly captures a defining element of Washington Square. The square, bounded by Sixth, Eighth, Walnut, and Spruce streets, was known for its superior variety of trees. The grounds, once a potter’s field, had been transformed by the mid-19th century into a city arboretum of over 60 species. The square also held the distinction of being the site of the first public drinking fountain. Erected by the Philadelphia Fountain Society in the spring of 1869 at Seventh and Walnut streets, the fountain contained an eagle by the prominent Philadelphia ironwork firm, Robert Wood & Co., as well as provided water troughs for horses and dogs., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks & squares [P.9644.29]

Title: Hotel Aubry [sic], West Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing the "dwelling house" hotel built on Walnut Street between 33rd and 34th streets for the Centennial Exhibition in 1876. The hotel, built on inexpensive land considered undesirable for a permanent hotel, was composed of rows of several houses that were to be later sold or leased as individual dwellings. Guests stand on the porch of the twenty-six house hotel. Horse-drawn carriages travel in the street., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9047.51]

Title: American Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia. S.E. corner Fourth and Walnut Street
Description: Exterior view showing the company's central office building, known as the American Building. A large clock hangs from the corner of the building. Incorporated in 1850, the company was formed in part to further the cause of temperance by offering considerable discounts on life insurance products to signers of the total abstinence pledge. Company occupied this building from 1854 to 1888., Pale green mount with square corners., Title from advertising text printed on verso., Text on verso lists Alexander Whillden as president and John S. Wilson as secretary of the company. These men served together from 1862 to 1872., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - business - American [P.9058.165]

Title: American Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia. S.E. corner Fourth and Walnut Street
Description: View from the northwest showing the south side of the 300 block of Walnut Street including the company's central office building, known as the American Building. A large clock hangs from the corner of the building. Incorporated in 1850, the company was formed in part to further the cause of temperance by offering considerable discounts on life insurance products to signers of the total abstinence pledge. Company occupied this building from 1854 to 1888., Pale green mount with square corners., Title from advertising text printed on verso., Text on verso lists Alexander Whillden as president and John S. Wilson as secretary of the company. These men served together from 1862 to 1872., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - business - American [P.9047.55]

Title: Hotel Aubry, Walnut Street from 33rd to 34th Sts. Philadelphia Jas. T. Stover manager. Geo. A. Kelly, president. Jas. W. Packer, treasurer. Reuben C. Kelly, secretary. Directors: Geo. A. Kelly, Wm. T.B. Roberts, Jno. C. Allen, Jr., Jas. W. Packer, David C. Moore, Frederick Shinn, Wm. S. Kimball, Andrew M. Jones
Description: View showing the "dwelling house" hotel built on Walnut Street between 33rd and 34th streets for the Centennial Exhibition in 1876. Guests stand on the porch of the twenty-six house hotel and elegantly dressed men, women and children stroll the grounds in front of the hotel. The house number of each of the twenty-six properties, from 3300-3350, is labeled above the roof line. A Chestnut and Walnut Street streetcar filled with passengers travels east as horse-drawn carriages and coaches travel in both directions on Walnut Street. The hotel, built on inexpensive land considered undesirable for a permanent hotel, was composed of rows of several houses that were to be later sold or leased as individual dwellings. During the Centennial Exhibition, Hotel Aubry accommodated about 50,000 people between April and November of 1876., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 364
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW-Hotels [P.2008.34.25]

Title: South side of Walnut Street west of Third Street
Description: Pre-consolidation view of several properties and pedestrian activity on Walnut Street near Third Street. Includes J.H. Earle's tailor shop and Charles Toppan's bank note engraving business (60 Walnut Street, east of Third Street); Watson's Lithography at the southeast corner (62 Walnut Street), with Samuel W. Thackara, conveyancer, facing Third Street; J. Hancock & Co., upholsterers, at the southwest corner of Third and Walnut; and the first building of the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society. Pedestrian traffic including men, women and children strolling down the street in groups, a horse-drawn carriage traveling north on Third Street, and a man pushing a handcart west on Walnut Street., J.F. Watson operated his lithography business from 62 Walnut Street between 1835 and 1843., Title supplied by cataloger., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 83
Date: ca. 1837
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Drawings & Watercolors - unidentified - W [357M]

Title: Back of Independence Hall from near 5[th] & Walnut Sts. [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Independence Hall, a multi-story building with a prominent central spire designed by Andrew Hamilton (1676-1741) and Edmund Woolly (1695-1771) at Fifth and Walnut Streets. The building is seen from a distance across a field dotted with trees. Construction on Independence Hall began in 1732 and completed in 1753. It originally housed all three branches of the Pennsylvania colonial government, as well as being host to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitutional Convention. The building went through numerous renovations and reconstructions, until in 1950 when the National Park Service restored much of the architecture and interior to its 1776 appearance. It is a part of Independence National Park and a major tourist attraction as of the 21st century., Time: 2:00, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 22, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1104]

Title: State House from 6[th] & Walnut [streets]. [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Independence Hall, a large building with a prominent central spire designed by Andrew Hamilton (1676-1741) and Edmund Woolly (1695-1771) near Sixth and Walnut Streets. The building is viewed from across a park that is lined with paths and dotted with trees. People walk down the various paths and sit on benches. Construction on Independence Hall began in 1732 and completed in 1753. It originally housed all three branches of the Pennsylvania colonial government, as well as being host to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitutional Convention. The building went through numerous renovations and reconstructions, until in 1950 when the National Park Service restored much of the architecture and interior to its 1776 appearance. It is a part of Independence National Park and a major tourist attraction as of the 21st century., Photographer remarks: same remark as last. [too fast for stop used], Time: 2:10, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 25, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1108]

Title: Panorama of Philadelphia S.E. from State House
Description: Panoramic view showing several city blocks southeast from the State House at 520 Chestnut Street. Includes the 500 block of Walnut Street; Independence Square; the steeple of St. Peter's Church (300-340 Pine), and a distant view of Spark's shot tower near the Delaware River., Title from accompanying publisher's label., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Views [(3)1322.F.4h]

Title: State House, Philadelphia, from Walnut Street
Description: Shows four men and a boy standing at the rear gate of the State House on Walnut Street. Also shows a man seated on the gate steps. State House (520 Chestnut) built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title printed on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., 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. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Government Buildings [(3)1322.F.9f]

Title: Philadelphia Saving Fund Society
Description: Exterior view from the southeast of the building at 700-710 Walnut Street, built 1868-69, designed by Sloan & Hewitt. Includes partial view of rear addition built 1885-6, designed by Addison Hutton., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 93., Arcadia caption text: Founded in 1816 as the first savings bank in the United States, the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society (PSFS) commissioned several architecturally significant buildings in the city, the most famous of which is the Art Deco skyscraper at Twelfth and Market streets. This photograph shows the granite-faced Italianate structure designed for the bank by Addison Hutton in 1868, which still graces the northwest corner of Washington Square. Savings banks served the needs of “tradesmen, mechanics, laborers, and domestics” rather than wealthy businessmen and investors. In order to serve of a diverse working-class population, PSFS was open for business in the evening and hired multi-lingual tellers., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1886]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - banks [P.9058.171]

Title: Rear view of State House from Walnut St[reet]
Description: Glass negative showing exterior view of the back of the Independence Hall. A wide path with benches leads through a Independence Square toward the building. Pedestrians pass through the square on the flagstone walks under the trees that dot the park. Construction on Independence Hall began in 1732 and completed in 1753 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton (1676-1741) and Edmund Woolly (1695-1771). It originally housed all three branches of the Pennsylvania colonial government, as well as being host to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitutional Convention. The building went through numerous renovations and reconstructions, until in 1950 when the National Park Service restored much of the architecture and interior to its 1776 appearance. It is a part of Independence National Park and a major tourist attraction as of the 21st century., Title from entry in photographer's diary., Inscribed in negative: No. 14., Photographer remarks: too fast for stop used., Time: 2:00, Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 119., Arcadia caption text: Originally known as the State House Yard, Independence Square, on the 500 block of Walnut Street, was purchased in 1729 by the Pennsylvania Assembly for the erection of the State House. When the city bought the square in 1816, the undeveloped portion north of Walnut Street had been enclosed by fencing and was used as a public green for community meetings and demonstrations. The above view, taken in 1887, shows the square after its major redesign into geometric form, and includes the new flagstone walks, from the plans of William Dixey, City Commissioner of Property., Digitization and cataloging edits have been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 25, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1107]

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