Shows the monument sculpted by Thomas Crawford and Randolph Rogers installed at Capitol Square in 1850. Sculpture includes figure of Washington on horseback and six smaller figures of important Virginians including Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. View includes church steeples in the background., Unmounted stereographic print with paper backing pasted on verso., Title inscribed on image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Virginia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non-Philadelphia - Virginia [5737.F.17a]
Views showing the equestrian statue sculpted by Thomas Crawford erected in the western portion of the square in 1858. Shows the sculpture on an elaborate stone pedestal and base designed by architect Robert Mills and adorned by bronze figures of prominent Virginians. Views also show neighboring buildings and posed pedestrians, including elegantly attired ladies with parasols and a gentleman with a cane., Titles from accompanying labels., Pale yellow paper mounts with square corners., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Virginia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
ca. 1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Monuments & statues [5737.F.17b & d]
For voice and piano (refrain for chorus (SATB) and piano)., Pre-cataloging record., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Turner, J. W.
Date
c1865
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 11859.F (Clarence Wolf) In Process 4th Floor
For solo voice or quartet (SATB) with piano., Dedicated to: Lieut. Gen. Grant., Advertisement for "A dream of my mother and my home" and other music: p. [6]., First line of text: Richmond is ours!, Verse 4 printed as text of p. 5., Pre-cataloging record., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Parkhurst, E. A., Mrs.
Date
c1865
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 11614.F (Clarence Wolf) In Process 4th Floor
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]
