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Title: St. Luke's School, Wayne, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial view of St. Luke's School for boys in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Depicts Colonial-style buildings and dormitories and tennis courts surrounded by woodland. Established in 1863 as the Ury House School, it relocated to Wayne in 1902., Negative number: 1440.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1440]

Title: [St. David's Church & cemetery, Wayne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.]
Description: View of the cemetery of St. David's Church in Radnor and border of Wayne, Pa., showing the side of the stone church. An episcopal Welsh speaking congregation built the church from 1715 to 1717., Inscribed in negative: 2462., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.41]

Title: [Redfield residence, 211 Upland Way, Wayne, Pennsylvania.]
Description: Exterior views the photographer's home in Wayne. One shows two boys standing on the boarded sidewalk in front of house. The younger boy is sitting in a wheelbarrow held steady by an older boy. In the background, the asymmetrical stone house is depicted from the street, showing a projecting two-story oval-shaped wing topped by a balustrade. Shingles unite the bell-shaped roof of the opposite corner wing with the hipped roof of the central body. The front of the house is shaded by a wide, ivy-covered porch. A large brick chimney rises from the house, near the front entrance., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator: Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date: September 1896
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.15a & b]

Title: [Redfield residence, 211 Upland Way, Wayne, Pennsylvania.]
Description: Dog and young boy in front of the photographer's home in Wayne. In the background, the asymmetrical stone house is depicted from the street, showing a projecting two-story oval-shaped wing topped by a balustrade. Shingles unite the bell-shaped roof of the opposite corner wing with the hipped roof of the central body. The front of the house is shaded by a wide, ivy-covered porch and striped awnings cover each of the windows. A large brick chimney rises from the house, near the front entrance., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator: Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date: October 19, 1896
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.16]

Title: [Redfield residence, snow scene, 211 Upland Way, Wayne, Pennsylvania.]
Description: Depicts the snow and ice covered trees and bushes in the front yard of the photographer's home in Wayne., Numbered #2722 on verso of print., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator: Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date: [March 1902]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.17]

Title: [Interior of parlor, Redfield residence, 211 Upland Way, Wayne, Pennsylvania.]
Description: Depict the interior of the Redfield residence in Wayne, probably the parlor, showing a table with two chairs, a chandelier, a bookcase and framed pictures on the papered walls. The fireplace is visible in one of the images, the mantle of which is covered in porcelain., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator: Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.19 & 20]

Title: [Redfield residence, 211 Upland Way, Wayne, Pennsylvania]
Description: Depicts four children playing with a wagon and a bicycle on the boarded sidewalk in front of the photographer's home in Wayne, Pa. The asymmetrical stone house is depicted from the street, showing a projecting two-story oval-shaped wing topped by a balustrade. Shingles unite the bell-shaped roof of the opposite corner wing with the hipped roof of the central body. The front of the house is shaded by a wide porch and most of the windows are covered by striped awnings. A large brick chimney rises from the house, near the front entrance., Numbered #1871 on mount., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator: Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date: September 1894
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.13]

Title: [Redfield residence, 211 Upland Way, Wayne, Pennsylvania]
Description: Views of the photographer's home in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The asymmetrical stone house is depicted from the street, showing a projecting two-story oval-shaped wing topped by a balustrade. Shingles unite the bell-shaped roof of the opposite corner wing with the hipped roof of the central body. The front of the house is shaded by a wide porch. A large brick chimney rises from the house, near the front entrance. Men are working on the porch of the house and a woman stands with a baby stroller on the grass nearby., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator: Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date: 1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.14a & b]

Title: Louella: Home of J. Henry Askin Album
Description: Album containing 27 photographs showing the grounds and residence of the estate in Radnor Township, later Wayne, Pa.

Title: Louella Home of J. Henry Askin, Wayne Station, Penna. Rail Road, Radnor Township, Delaware Co. Pa. Views of mansion, farm houses, surrounding scenery, etc
Description: Album containing 27 photographs showing the grounds and residence of the estate in Radnor Township, later Wayne, Pa. Includes No. 1 the Wayne Pennsylvania Rail Road station; No. 2 "mansion as seen from the S.W."; No. 3 the "north side of Mansion"; No. 4 "Entire northern side of Mansion"; No. 5 "Full front view taken from the South, and as fronting on "The Pike," i.e, Lancaster Pike; No. 6 "Main Entrance and Vestibule, taken from the interior"; No. 7 "Scenery and Grounds, and Summer House, east of Dwelling"; No. 8 and No. 9 "South view" and North view of "late residence," known formerly as the 'Old Maule Manor House'"; No. 10 'View from the S.S.W. showing Lawn, Flower Garden, etc.; No. 11 "Partial view of the old and principal Barn and Implement House"; No. 12 "South View of the Main Barn and Granary, Stables for pleasure horses, and coach house"; No. 13 "Meadow north of the Pike"; No. 14 "Principal Spring and Dairy Houses"; No. 15 the public, lecture and library hall "'Wayne Hall' as seen from the S.W."; No. 16 "Modernized dwelling, formerly known as the "Old Barber Farm House"; No. 17 "Spring House," etc. belonging to the Barber Farm"; No. 18 "Cottage at the extreme eastern boundary of the 'Louella Farm' "; No. 19 "View from the N.W. of the old 'Jno. Richards Manor House,' built in 1792"; No. 20 "Northern view of the Sheep Houses, Fold, etc."; No. 21 "Two cottages "built on a hill," south of the Pike, on line with the Mansion"; No. 22 "The New Reservoir, (covered), with scenery to the East" at Wayne and Bloomingdale avenues; No. 23 "Meadow south of the Pike"; No. 24 "Wheel House"; No. 25 "The Riding horse 'Frank'"; No. 26 horse 'Billy Button' "; and No. 27 'Elizabeth' our favorite, a thorough-bred Guernsey cow." Views also show the cottage of Jane Kissick (widow of Center Square Water Works engineer John Kissick) attached to the Wayne train station; members of the Askin family, and their grounds keepers., Brown leather binding, grained., Contains lithographed title page and Table of "Contents" with a numbered and explanatory list of the photographs. Photographs listed as No. 1 - No. 27., Insert: Loose albumen print showing an oblique view of the mansion. Members of the Askin family sit on the porch. The landscaped estate lawn is partially visible in the foreground., Album pages contain lithographed decorative borders, tinted with one stone., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., LCP AR [Annual Report] 2002, p. 62., Variant copies held in the collections of William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan and the University of Delware Special Collections., Housed in red-clothed clamshell box., Louella, the estate of successful Philadelphia real estate broker and banker J. Henry Askin, was built in 1867 on hundreds of acres of land along the Lancaster Pike and the Pennsylvania Railroad in Wayne, Pa. The residence contained eighty rooms, was powered with gas retorts, and received water from a reservoir erected on a neighboring hill. The estate also sustained a green house; conservatory; farm; a public lecture hall, library, and place of worship; as well as landscaped lawns and flower gardens. In 1880, Askin sold the property to Philadelphia editor George Childs and banker Anthony J. Drexel for development into the Wayne Estates. The Louella residence was later used as a summer resort hotel, school for girls, and apartments.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *albums (flat) [P.2002.20]

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