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Title: Penn talking to the Indians
Description: Print invoking the treaty made at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington) on the Delaware River. Penn, with his delegates, displays a large sheet of paper to a delegation of Delaware Indians. A crate, barrels, and textiles lie on the ground between the two groups of men. Two of Penn's men open the crate. The top of a barren tree, a cabin, and the outlines of human figures are visible in the background. Contains decorative border., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 554, Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Penn [P.2007.39.22]

Title: Wm. Penn's treaty with the Indians, when he founded the province of Pennsa. 1681 The only treaty that was never broken
Description: Print after the Benjamin West painting (1771) showing the treaty made at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington) on the Delaware River. Penn, surrounded by his delegates, negotiates with the Delaware Indian chief near a giant elm tree. Crates of goods are sat upon and displayed by the English delegation. Native Americans, including a translator and a woman breast-feeding her baby, participate in and watch the negotiations. Also shows brick residences being built in the background. River depicted on left., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 859
Creator: Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888
Date: [ca. 1845]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Penn [P.9458]

Title: Wm. Penn's treaty with the Indians when he founded the Province of Pennsila. 1661 The only treaty that never was broken
Description: Print after the Benjamin West painting (1771) showing the treaty made at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington) on the Delaware River. Penn, surrounded by his delegates, negotiates with the Delaware Indian chief near a giant elm tree. Crates of goods are sat upon and displayed by the English delegation. Native Americans, including a translator and a woman breast-feeding her baby, participate in and watch the negotiations. Also shows brick residences being built in the background. River depicted on right., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 861, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855
Date: [ca. 1849]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Penn [P.9680]

Title: Wm. Penn's treaty with the Indians when he founded the Province of Pennsya. 1661 the only treaty that never was broken
Description: Print after the Benjamin West painting (1771) showing the treaty made at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington) on the Delaware River. Penn, surrounded by his delegates, negotiates with the Delaware Indian chief near a giant elm tree. Crates of goods are sat upon and displayed by the English delegation. Native Americans, including a translator and a woman breast-feeding her baby, participate in and watch the negotiations. Also shows brick residences being built in the background. River depicted on left., Printed below image: 256., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 860
Creator: Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Penn [P.9492]

Title: P.S. Duval, Son & Co. Designers & lithographer Philadelphia Portraits & all subjects of fine arts executed in chromo
Description: Frontispiece advertisement containing a Western-themed scene set within a mirror-shaped panel with Victorian details. Scene shows a canyon valley in which miners prepare to depart from their log cabin base. The men sit on logs and a wagon loaded with small crates, carry picks, and engage in discussion. In the background, miners pick at rocks near a waterfall emptying into a stream within the valley. The oval-shape image is bordered by the figure of a Native American man holding a gun and a pipe, and an African American man holding a hoe, smoking a pipe, and seated next to a plant on the base of the panel. Floral details and an American flag adorn the upper frame of the oval. The Duval firm operated under the name P.S. Duval & Son or P.S Duval, Son & Co. circa 1857-circa 1879., Not in Wainwright., Published in Edwin Freedley's Philadelphia and its manufactures: a hand-Book of the great manufactories and representative mercantile houses of Philadelphia, in 1867 (Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co., 1867(Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co., 1867), frontispiece., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 71
Creator: P.S. Duval & Son
Date: [1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1867 Free 55213.O.frontispiece

Title: 1776. Centennial Fountain, 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Erected under the auspices of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Description: View showing the fountain designed in honor of prominent Irish or Catholic Revolutionary heroes that was erected 1875-1877 by the national temperance society at Fountain Avenue and Avenue of the Republic on the Centennial grounds. The monument designed in the shape of a maltese cross by Herman Kirn contains statues of Father Theobold Matthew (Irish temperance reformer), Charles Carroll (only Catholic signer of the Declaration), Commodore Barry (Irish-born naval commander known as the Father of the American Navy), and Archbishop Caroll (first Catholic Bishop of the U.S.) mounted on fountain pedestals. The statues surround the central sculpted figure of Moses who holds the Ten Commandments. The Moses sculpture rests upon a rock-mound within a marble basin. Water flows over the rocks into a pool. Also shows visitors, including a woman with a parasol, strolling around the memorial. Another drinks from a cup at the "Matthew" fountain. The names of the revolutionary heros are printed below the image respective to their corresponding statue., Presented to James J. Brannen of Pittsburgh, a subscriber., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 2
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.2002.28]

Title: Centennial Fountain grand march
Description: Printer: Thomas Hunter, Philadelphia., Cover illustration is a lithograph of the Centennial Fountain designed in honor of prominent Irish or Catholic Revolutionary heroes that was erected 1875-1877 by the national temperance society at Fountain Avenue and Avenue of the Republic on the Centennial grounds. The monument designed in the shape of a maltese cross by Herman Kirn contains statues of Father Theobold Matthew (Irish temperance reformer), Charles Carroll (only Catholic signer of the Declaration), Commodore Barry (Irish-born naval commander known as the Father of the American Navy), and Archbishop Caroll (first Catholic Bishop of the U.S.) mounted on fountain pedestals. The statues surround the central sculpted figure of Moses who holds the Ten Commandments. The Moses sculpture rests upon a rock-mound within a marble basin. Water flows over the rocks into a pool., Patriotic march for piano., Dedication: Respectfully dedicated to the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America., Seal of the C.T.U.of A. at bottom of tp; In very poor condition, torn, taped; List of New and Old Popular Standard Ballads by H. P. Danks and W.C. Baker is printed on page 6., Pencilled signature: C. O'Hara., Not in Wainwright, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with edits., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 92
Creator: Mack, Edward, 1826-1882, composer
Date: c1877
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Sheet Music Cen 9154.F (Brenner)

Title: Dr. George Stuart's botanical syrup and vegetable pills, the greatest family medicine in the world Laboratory no. 254, Race St. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement containing an exterior view of the three-and-one-half story storefront on the 700 block of Race Street bordered by paragraphs of advertising text, including notice of prices that ranged from 25 cents to one dollar per box or bottle. Signage above the large central showcase window lists several diseases and ailments cured by "Dr. G. Stuart's Syrup and Vegetable Pills." Infirmities include consumption, dysentery, chills and fevers, piles, colds, coughs, bronchitis, "tumours," "erysipelas," neuralgia, and "general and nervous debility &c. &c." Shadowy views of branches, leaves, and decanters are visible in the window. Several male character types, of different ages, class, and ethnicity, holding banners inscribed with testimonials, gather around laborers loading a "Botanical [Syr]up" crate onto a horse-drawn wagon in front of the store. Figures include a dandy, Quaker, father and son, and a Native American, many of whom also hold bottles. The testimonials cite the customer's supplying of certificates of cure and their attesting to Dr. Stuart's syrup and pills as cures for cancer, dyspepsia, scrofula, and colds. Paragraphs of advertising text promote "Vegetable Pills, composed entirely of herbs" that were "intended to operate....on the whole system"; "Rheumatic Liniment," which has been used by the medical Faculty in cases of small pox..."; "Vermifuge for Worms, made with particular reference to children"; "Botanical Syrup composed entirely of herb & free minerals," that "in no instance ever failed to do what it was intended to accomplish"; and "Pile & Cancer Salve" that are the "best remedies that were ever in use..." Advertisement also includes two large-scale details showing bottles inscribed with product advertisements for "Dr. Stuart's Rheumatic Liniment," "Cancer salve," "Salve Sure Cure for Piles Price $1 per Box," "Botanical Syrup" and "Dr. Stuart's Vegetable Pills.", Paragraphs of advertising text promote "Vegetable Pills, composed entirely of herbs" that were "intended to operate....on the whole system"; "Rheumatic Liniment," which has been used by the medical Faculty in cases of small pox..."; "Vermifuge for Worms, made with particular reference to children"; "Botanical Syrup composed entirely of herb & free minerals," that "in no instance ever failed to do what it was intended to accomplish"; and "Pile & Cancer Salve" that are the "best remedies that were ever in use..." Advertisement also includes two large-scale details showing bottles inscribed with product advertisements for "Dr. Stuart's Rheumatic Liniment," "Cancer salve," "Salve Sure Cure for Piles Price $1 per Box," "Botanical Syrup" and "Dr. Stuart's Vegetable Pills.", Date from Poulson inscription on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 187, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: [April 1849]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W98 [P.2147]

Title: Penn's Treaty; Boon and the Indians
Description: Book illustration reproducing architectural ornaments adorning the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Depicts Nicholas Grevelet's 1827 sandstone relief "William Penn's Treaty with the Indians" and Enrico Causici's 1826-1827 sandstone relief "Conflict of Daniel Boone and the Indians." Shows William Penn's treaty of 1682 for Pennsylvania as a peaceful interaction with Native Americans in contrast to Daniel Boone in violent combat with Native Americans on the frontier. The treaty scene depicts Penn holding the treaty while shaking hands with a Native American holding a pipe. In the background, another Native American holds his hand up in the sign of peace in front of two doves sitting in a tree. The Boone scene shows Boone brandishing a rifle and knife during a violent struggle with a Native American holding a tomahawk. The men fight over a fallen Native American. Scene includes a tree branch inscribed "1775" - the year Boone explored Kentucky., Published in Public buildings and statuary of the government, the public buildings and architectural ornaments of the Capitol of the U. States, at the city of Washington (Washington, D.C.: P. Haas, 1839) and later 1840 edition., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 555, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Haas was a Washington, D.C. lithographer and publisher active predominately 1837-1845. Augustus Kollner worked under Haas 1839-1840, including as an artist for "Public Buildings and Statuary of the Government, the Public Buildings and Architectural Ornaments of the Capitol of the U. States, at the City of Washington."
Creator: Haas, Philip, fl. 1837-1863
Date: [1839]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Architecture [(6)1322.F.39c]

Title: The International Exposition 1876 at Philadelphia, PA. U.S.A View from George's Hill
Description: Allegorical commemorative print celebrating the internationalism and historic significance of the Centennial Exhibition. Depicts a bird's-eye view of the active exhibition grounds including the Agricultural Building, Horticultural Building, Main Building, and Machinery Hall. In the foreground, figures representing various races, ethnicities, and cultures convene and interact with one another. An African American woman and man sit on a bench. An African American man, attired in a black suit, tips his top hat and greets a white woman sitting on a bench. Groups of people stand in clusters to converse and walk including Native Americans, attired in feather headdresses, and Chinese women and men. Middle Eastern and Russian men ride on horseback. Contains ghost-like imagery visible in the sky depicting significant historic American moments, figures, and buildings, including William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, George Washington, and the White House. Contains the names of the prominent exhibition halls below the image., Copyrighted by George H. Ellsbury & J. Hayward., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 390, Accessioned 1983., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator: Ellsbury, George H., lithographer
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.8966]

Title: Henry Simons. Wagon & U.S. national coach works. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement with ornate border containing a series of vignettes displaying several types of wagons, coaches, and carts produced by the manufactory. Vignettes are captioned with details of the products uses and surround a central view of the exterior of the busy "Simons, Coleman & Co. National Wagon Works" factory and office at No. 1109 North Front Street. Vignettes depict: African American plantation workers transporting sugar cane to a barge by a "cane cart"; laborers and settlers hauling materials out West by "road wagon" and "catamaran"; an ambush of U.S. Army soldiers, baggage wagon, and ambulance by Native Americans; and a busy Philadelphia port scene with a disinterested constable overseeing the wharf congested with carts and wagons as docked Henry Simons's factory ships ready for departure. Also contains an allegorical scene with a Northern factory worker and his Southern patron extending each other their hands before the shadowy figure of a factory agent; a large American eagle clutching the American flag; promotional text; and a listing of the factory's several business locations and names of agents. The city's high quality blacksmithship and large local lumber supply made Philadelphia the primary national and international manufacturer of wagons immediately following the Civil War., Title from item., Date of publication supplied by Wainwright., Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 351, Lower left corner missing., Rease, a prominent mid-19th century Philadelphia trade card lithographer known to highlight details of human interest in his advertisements, partnered with Francis Schell in the 1850s, and eventually owned his own press until around 1872.
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W174 [P.2143]

Title: Centennial Westward the course of empire takes its way
Description: Print commemorating the 100th anniversary of the nation, celebrated at the Centennial Exhibition through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in Philadelphia. Contains the text of the Declaration of Independence and the Proclamation Emancipation bordered by several historical and allegorical vignettes, scenes, and views that symbolize the social, political, and technological progress of the country. Oval frames surround the texts, which encircle bust-length portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The frames are adorned with banners labeled with the names of the original 13 colonies and the 38 states recognized as of 1876. Two bird's eye views showing the development of a cityscape, possibly New York City, from 1776 to 1876 are visible between the framed texts. Other images show the "Battle of Bunker Hill"; "Battle of Gettysburg"; "Surrender of Cornwallis"; "Columbus - 1492"; colonists landing at "Plymouth Rock"; "[Lafayette's] Visit to U.S. in 1824"; "A Home of 1776" with a white woman at a loom; "Franklin's Printing Press"; "Hoe's Ten Cylinder Press"; "A Home of 1876" with a white woman at a sewing machine; the marine battles of the "Constitution and Guerriere" and "Merrimac and Monitor"; Independence Hall, and the U.S. Capitol., Uncaptioned vignettes show an auction of enslaved African American people, African American children in a classroom, farmers harvesting a field by hand, a farmer harvesting a field with a horse-drawn reaper, a man traveling by horseback, a speeding train, a hand-pump fire engine of "1776" and a steam engine of "1876." Other pictorial elements include an American eagle, flags, and a view of the Main Building of the Centennial Exhibition incorporated into the title design in addition to floral vinery interweaved between the vignettes, scenes, and views., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1876, by D.T. Ames in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington., Letters of title illustrated with state seals., Title based on quote by Bishop George Berkley., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 96, Gift of David Doret, 2001., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator: Ames, Daniel T., artist
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***BW - Centennial [P.9974.2]

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