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Title: 1227 + 1229 Market St., [Philadelphia, PA]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of 1227-1235 Market Street. Horse-drawn carriages and carts stand on the cobblestone street. Awnings and large signs hang from the buildings. 1235 Market Street has a sign reading "[Wil]liam B. Drew, [...] and Feathers." 1233 Market Street has signs reading "Established 1831, W.P. Walter's Sons, 1233 Hardware 1233." 1231 Market Street has signs reading "Commonwealth Brewing Co., Real German Lager., Ostendorff's." 1229 Market Street has signs reading "Firmin Michel originator of the hot roast beef sandwich Lunch and Dining Room. D.C. Humphreys Adv. Sign Co., 1227 Market St., 25c Regular Dinners, Light Lunch Cafe." 1227 Market Street has signs reading "E.C. Eisenbrey's Famous Shirts., Tents and Decorations, D.C. Humphrys & Co. 1227 Signs, Headquarters for G.A.R. Decorations.", Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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: 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.556]

Title: 1227 + 1229 Market St., [Philadelphia, PA]
Description: Glass negative a view of 1227-1235 Market Street. Horse-drawn carriages and carts stand on the cobblestone street. Awnings and large signs hang from the buildings. 1235 Market Street has a sign reading "[William] B. Drew [...] Feathers." 1233 Market Street has signs reading "Established 1831, W.P. Walter's Sons, 1233 Hardware 1233." 1231 Market Street has signs reading "Commonwealth Brewing Co., Real German Lager., Ostendorff's." 1229 Market Street has signs reading "Firmin Michel originator of the hot roast beef sandwich Lunch and Dining Room. D.C. Humphreys Adv. Sign Co., 1227 Market St., 25c Regular Dinners, Light Lunch Cafe." 1227 Market Street has signs reading "E.C. Eisenbrey's Famous Shirts., Tents and Decorations, D.C. Humphrys & Co. 1227 Signs, Headquarters for G.A.R. Decorations.", Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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: 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.557]

Title: 1888-1889 third supplement to catalogue of electrotypes from A. Blanc, Horticultural Engraver, No. 314 N. Eleventh St. Philada., Pa., U.S.A Registered Cable Address, "Blanc, Philadelphia."
Description: Catalog, including section “New Electros of Vegetables for 1889,” of electrotype specimens for the premier Philadelphia horticultural engraver and lithographer containing images of flowers, plants, fruits, and vegetables. Varieties of flowers, plants, fruits, and vegetables represented include begonias, carnations, chrysanthemums, ferns, pansies, poppies, roses, verbena, corn, melons, lettuces, onions, peppers, pumpkins, squashes, and tomatoes. Illustrations include specimen numbers and prices (ranging from $.50-$10), and most include titles. Images predominantly depict sentimental and genre views of women, children, and animals containing or bordered by flowers; baskets of fruit or flowers; wilderness scenes; insects; single letters and words embellished with floral details; potted plants and flowers; flower bushes; residential views containing flowers; flower and vegetable vignettes; bean pods; single, fields, patches, and bushels of fruits and vegetables; and gardening tools and agricultural implements and equipment., Other specimens depict reproductions of lithographs; female representations of months of the year; “Bulbs grown in Bamboo rod”; a montage, including a crate with packages of bulbs; "Craig’s New Chrysanthemum, Mrs. A. Blanc"; "The Philadelphia Prize Chrysanthemum of 1888"; "Cornfield"; "Insect Destroyers" (i.e., insect destroying insects); and "Odds and Ends" showing bottles of herbs. Also includes a photomechanical studio portrait of an African American boy and girl attired in winter coats and hats, a racist metamorphic montage showing a melon morph into a caricaturized African American figure; and an illustrated advertisement with testimonials promoting W. M. Giradeau’s Seminole Watermelon. Contents also include statements describing the flowers depicted; promoting made to order cuts and the possibility for the addition of text (mortised); noting possible alterations, including “each cut separate” and reductions in price; and indicating "3/4 natural size.", Cover annotated in pencil with date: 1890., Some leaves contain page numbers: 58-134., Cover contains photomechanical illustrations of a studio portrait showing a seated, barefoot girl in simple attire, holding a basket of roses under her arm, and holding a flower to her nose with the other. Attire includes a wide-brimmed hat adorned with several flowers. Grass and flowers rest at her feet. Portrait bordered by a large pictorial detail depicting two stemmed roses. Portrait is specimen 4817 in catalog., Contains promotional text to "Dear Sir" and dated Philadelphia, September 1, 1888 on inside front cover. Text advertises "list of new electrotypes, issued since last year’s supplement … that will enable you to give your catalogue an entirely different appearance" and references how it’s "an important item to the Horticultural trade" and Blanc’s stocks of electros are a “trifling expense” compared to original cuts. Text also explains the deferment of the reprinting of an entirely new catalog due to his addition of a large number of new electros, as well as ordering information including the necessity of a signed order sheet in which purchaser agrees not to sell or loan the electros; ability to make to order any cut for exclusive use; no discounts excepting for orders amounting to over $100; terms strictly cash with order; and cuts ordered to be mailed require a 10% additional fee for postage. Text also advertises "List of My Catalogues," including "Catalogue of Fruit and Tree Cuts"; "Cuts for Catalogue Covers'; "Lawn Views"; and "Sheets of Potato Cuts, Oats, Wheat, Grasses, etc."; their prices of 15 to 20 cents each or $1 for set, which is deductible from orders amounting to $5; and note about "Correspondence en Francais.", Several specimens include Blanc's copyright statement or name., Includes order sheet inscribed with addition equations., Back cover and end pages missing, RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program., See the Albert Blanc entry in the Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers., See the Edward Stern & Co. entry in the Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers., William M. Giradeau (b. 1852), owner of Girardeau Seed Company in Monticello, Fla., developed the first commercial machine for separating seeds from watermelons, making Jefferson county, the top watermelon seed supplier in the world by 1884.
Creator: Blanc, Albert, 1850-
Date: [1888]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Blanc [P.2013.69.2]

Title: [225th aniversary of Germantown parade, Germantown, Pa.]
Description: Film negative showing a group of soldiers marching in a parade down Germantown Avenue for the 225th anniversary of the founding of Germantown. The soldiers wear uniforms with tall hats and carry rifles over their shoulders. Spectators line the far side of the road. A line of carriages filled with people stand behind the spectators. A man on horseback and a horse-drawn carriage cross in the foreground. The original Bicentennial anniversary parade celebrated the first German immigrants to America and the first thirteen Quaker families who founded Germantown. A smaller annual holiday, German Day, began to be held in subsequent years in German-American communities., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on original envelope: 10-6-1908. Historical parade, being 225th aniv of Germantown Friends Meeting. On Germantown Ave., Gift of David M. Morris., 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: October 6, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2017.38.3]

Title: 2[25]th Anniversary parade in Germantown, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a parade float pulled by four horses carrying a group of people, flowers, and a spinning wheel during the 225th Anniversary parade of Germantown. Crowds gather on either side of the street to watch the parade. The Bicentennial anniversary parade celebrated the first German immigrants to America and the first thirteen Quaker families who founded Germantown. Most of the events were actually held in Philadelphia, and included the parade, concerts, religious services, and a ball. A smaller annual holiday, German Day, began to be held in subsequent years in German-American communities., Originally incorrectly titled: 200th Anniversary parade in Germantown., 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: October 6, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.312]

Title: 2[25]th Anniversary parade in Germantown, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a parade float pulled by four horses during the 225th Anniversary parade of Germantown. The float carries three men and a replica of a trolley. Crowds gather on either side of the street to watch the parade. The Bicentennial anniversary parade celebrated the first German immigrants to America and the first thirteen Quaker families who founded Germantown. Most of the events were actually held in Philadelphia, and included the parade, concerts, religious services, and a ball. A smaller annual holiday, German Day, began to be held in subsequent years in German-American communities., Originally incorrectly titled: 200th Anniversary parade in Germantown., 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: October 6, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.315]

Title: 3 day horseback trip, [Canada]
Description: Photograph taken during a family trip to Canada and Washington state showing a Native American man wearing furry chaps sitting on a horse. The horse wears a wide-brimmed hat while another man attired in cowboy-like gear holds its bridle. A tall wagon stands on the left and mountains rise behind the group., See Janet Morris, Summer 1921, Trip West Diary, v. 2, p. 6-8 [P.2014.69.2]., 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: July 26, 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.69.21]

Title: 3 day horseback trip, [Canada]
Description: Photograph taken during a family trip to Canada and Washington state showing a line of riders on horseback winding up an icy hill. A cluster of trees grows at the top of the hill in the distance., See Janet Morris, Summer 1921, Trip West Diary, v 2, p. 11-16 [P.2014.69.2]., 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: July 29, 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.69.23]

Title: 3 day horseback trip, [Canada]
Description: Photograph taken during a family trip to Canada and Washington state showing a line of riders on horseback traveling down a path carved in the snow on the side of an icy hill., See Janet Morris, Summer 1921, Trip West Diary, v. 2, p. 11-16 [P.2014.69.2]., 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: July 29, 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.69.24]

Title: [700 block of Arch Street with fire ruins of Morris building]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the 700 block of Arch Street with Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris' building in ruins on the right. Horse-drawn carts travel down the brick street lined with trolley tracks and people walk down the sidewalk., 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: 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.59.2]

Title: 715-19 Arch St[reet], Phila[delphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a five-story building owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris at 715-719 Arch Street. The building has a storefront on the first level, awnings over the second story window, and the roof is decorated with a niche surmounted by a pediment and finials. A sign on the third floor reads, "Upper floors to let, 65x130, elevators & power." A horse-drawn cart rests on the road outside the building and a vacant lot surrounded by a fence stands on the right., 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: 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.104.13]

Title: The adventures of a conscript as told by himself
Description: Collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards using humanized animals to portray domestic and military scenes in the life of a conscripted rabbit. Includes cards showing the rabbit reviewing a "Draft" poster and declaring himself a patriot if drafted; the rabbit receiving the "agonizing fact" of his draft notice; his failed attempt to employ a substitute - a "Quack" of a duck rejected by a donkey of a surgeon (Dr. Donkey); his farewell to his love; his "fearful carnage" of the foe; his retreat to make "a sturdy rebel fly"; his successful "perilous duty" to deliver "despatches" to an owl general, including a confrontation by "a band of Gorillas," portrayed as racist caricatures, and his beheading of the Gorilla Chief; his promotion to Brigadier General; and his release from duty to "crown his glory with love" in wedded bliss., Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from series title., Date from copyright statement by William A. Stephens., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Described in Gathering history: The Marian S. Carson Collection of Americana. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1999), p. 91., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Queen, a Philadelphia lithographer and pioneer chromolithographer known for his attention to detail, served in the Civil War militia from 1862 until 1863, and created several lithographs with Civil War subjects.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer
Date: 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Henry Louis Stephens Collection [5780.F.56a-l]

Title: A.J. Cassatt's house. "Scip" in foreground. [Cheswold, Cheswold Lane above Haverford Train Station]
Description: Glass negative showing A.J. Cassatt's large multi-story home with a wide lawn in front. Scip, a medium-sized piebald dog, sits on the lawn in the foreground. Cassatt was the seventh president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and brother to the painter Mary Cassatt., Photographer remarks: Over-developed I think. V [varnished] Prints pretty well on albumen paper., Time: 1:30 PM, Light: Bright, Dog in foreground is partially obscured by abrasion to the emulsion., 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: November 15, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.55]

Title: Album
Description: Album of genre scenes depicting European life in the country. Several contain children and animals, who are often in rural and buccolic settings. Includes plate 19 showing a Gypsy boy, with a monkey on his shoulder, and accompanied by two dogs walking past a farm; plate 20 showing a figurine peddler dropping his wares when frightened by a mother dog protecting her pups at a rustic family homestead; plate 3 depicting a woman, a rifle over her shoulder, guiding the horse of a Zouave soldier away from his fellow troops; plate 2 depicting a woman, with a book, possibly a Bible under her arm, walking with two boys past two men working in their garden; plate 5 showing a family in a canoe fishing with a net; plate 6 showing young hunters stealing the game of their napping companion; plate 7 depicting a young farm girl asleep near a picnic basket and a dog while her elders build hay huts in the background; plate 8 depicting a gypsy violinist with his dog near a stone wall and under the gaze of a barefoot peasant boy and girl; plate 9 showing a girl wading near an unhappy duck family in a river below a mountain range accompanied by a young male companion seated on the shore; plate 10 showing two young farm women attending to rabbits in the doorway of a hutch; plate 11 showing a peasant woman, carrying a bundle of wheat, and with a girl on a dirt road who watch a man, with a specimen box, seated near his net and holding a snake; plate 12 showing a wife in traditional costume leading a mule carrying her peasant husband and their child and a large bundle; plate 13 showing a father and his two young girls ice fishing with their dog and a picnic basket; plate 14 showing two girls gathering fire wood near a frozen river and with their dog; and plate 14 showing a girl making a floral wreath near another girl petting a dog attended by a boy on a hillside below a castle-like structure., Also includes plate 16 showing a toddler boy in a gown and socks walking to his mother seated next to his father in their rustic home; plate 17 depicting an older peasant boy and young woman attempting to wake a peasant girl sleeping on a hay bale in a farm field; an unnumbered plate showing an older boy disrobing for a swim beside a dog and a younger boy leaning on a pier near the ocean; and plate 4 showing a girl standing near a boy petting a dog laying near a tree on which a hunter's bag, rifle, and cap hang., Inscribed on front free endpaper: Maggie A. Fleming, June 1850., Title stamped on front cover., Green morrocco binding., Plate numbers printed in upper right corner of all, except one print. Bound out of order., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Forms part of Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection., Gift of Helen Beitler and the estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - album [9475.F]

Title: Alice [Shipley] & Bessie hauling down flag, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Alice Shipley and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris taking an American flag down from a flagpole. A small black dog stands in the grass next to Morris on the left. Both women wear long dark dresses with bustles. The ocean is visible in the distance., Time: 3:15, Light: Sun out brightly., 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: August 28, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.716]

Title: [Alligator with open mouth]
Description: Photograph showing an alligator with its mouth open laying in a patch of grass, likely in Jacksonville, Florida. A pond is visible behind the alligator's bared teeth., 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: 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.636]

Title: [Alligators]
Description: Photograph showing a group of alligators resting around a pond, likely in Jacksonville, Florida. Some alligators swim in the pond while others lay close to each other among the foliage., 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: 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.634]

Title: [Alligators in a pen]
Description: Photograph showing a view of a group of alligators in an enclosure, likely in Jacksonville, Florida. The enclosure includes a pond, a tree, and various other foliage., 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: 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.637]

Title: American elk, (cervus canadensis.)
Description: Depicts an elk in his holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Stamped on verso: surplus duplicate from the LIbrary of Congress, Division of Prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9169.4]

Title: American elk, (cervus canadensis.)
Description: Depicts an elk in his holding area at the Philadelphia zoo., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Stamped on verso: surplus duplicate from the Library of Congress, Division of Prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9169.3]

Title: ASSU Illustration 0075
Description: Image of a duck in a natural setting., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper., , Provenance:, , Variant:
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 2

Title: ASSU Illustration 0086
Description: Block numbered in two places: 86., Image of two birds in a natural setting., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper., , Provenance:, , Variant:
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 3

Title: ASSU Illustration 0087
Description: Block numbered in two places: 87., Image of a pigeon [?] in a natural setting., , Provenance:, , Variant:
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 2

Title: ASSU Illustration 0105
Description: Block numbered in three places: 105., Image of a standing elephant, holding a branch in its trunk, in a natural setting., Illustration appears in The Show of animals (Philadelphia, between 1832 and 1860?), p. 14. The Show of animals was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from May 1832 to July 1860., Illustration also appears in The Book of one hundred pictures (Philadelphia, between 1861 and 1907?), p. 92., , Provenance:, , Variant:
Date: [not before 1832?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 4

Title: ASSU Illustration 0115
Description: Block numbered in one place: 115., Image of two well-dressed men on horseback in a natural setting. One of the men has a bird on his wrist, and points with the other hand toward what appears to be a walled city in the distance., Attributed to George H. Matthews & John Robinson by S. Robert Teitelman. George Matthews was in a partnership with John Robinson between 1867 and 1869., Tape (inscribed “1807”) on obverse., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper., , Provenance:, , Variant:
Date: [between 1867 and 1869?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 7

Title: ASSU Illustration 0129
Description: Block numbered in one place: 129., Image of three men in a natural setting. Two of the men are conversing next to a horse. One of them is pointing towards what appears to be a distant church, while the third man brings two horses toward his companions., Signed in reverse: Matthews-Robinson SC [i.e. George H. Matthews and John Robinson]. George Matthews was in a partnership with John Robinson between 1867 and 1869., Tape (inscribed “1833”) on obverse., , Provenance:, , Variant:
Date: [between 1867 and 1869?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 9

Title: ASSU Illustration 0132
Description: Block numbered in one place: 132., Image of two well-dressed men on horseback, and two cloaked men walking alongside them in a natural setting. Two of the men appear to be in conversation., Attributed to George H. Matthews & John Robinson by S. Robert Teitelman. George Matthews was in a partnership with John Robinson between 1867 and 1869., Tape (inscribed “1812”) on obverse., , Provenance:, , Variant:
Date: [between 1867 and 1869?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 8

Title: ASSU Illustration 0137
Description: Block numbered in one place: 137., Image of three men on horseback riding towards a settlement [?] where there appears to be a group of soldiers and a man waving to those on horseback., Signed in reverse: Matthews-Robinson SC [i.e. George H. Matthews and John Robinson]. George Matthews was in a partnership with John Robinson between 1867 and 1869., Tape (inscribed “1739”) on obverse., , Provenance:, , Variant:
Date: [between 1867 and 1869?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 9

Title: ASSU Illustration 0852
Description: Block numbered in two places: 852., Image of a one lamb standing, one reclining in the background in a natural setting., Illustration appears in Kindness to animals, or the sin of cruelty exposed (Philadelphia, between 1857 and 1907?), tailpiece, p. 17., “Kindness to animals, or the sin of cruelty exposed” was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1846 to at least 1893., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper., Illustration also appears in History of beasts (Philadelphia, 1854 to 1857?), p. 9., Illustration also appears in Four seasons, Child's home library series no. 10 (Philadelphia, between 1857 and 1870?), p. 9., Illustration also appears in Child's world, vol. 4 no. 2, p. 4., , Provenance:, , Variant:
Date: [not before 1846?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 3

Title: ASSU Illustration 1493
Description: Block numbered in at least one place: 1493., Image of a long-legged wader bird standing in a natural setting.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 3

Title: ASSU Illustration 1552
Description: Block numbered in two places: 1552., Image of a rhinoceros in a natural setting., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 5

Title: ASSU Illustration 1553
Description: Block numbered in two places: 1553., Image of a two doves [?] in a natural setting., Illustration appears in The Union spelling book (Philadelphia, 1838), p.47.
Date: [1838?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 3

Title: ASSU Illustration 1555
Description: Block numbered in two places: 1555., Image of herons [?] in a natural setting, one in the foreground, one in the background., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 5

Title: ASSU Illustration 1564
Description: Block numbered in two places: 1564., Image of a hyena [?] in a desert setting., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 4

Title: ASSU Illustration 1568
Description: Block numbered in two places: 1568., Image of an unidentified bird in a natural setting., There has been talc added to the surface of the block., Tape (inscribed “1670”) on obverse.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 5

Title: ASSU Illustration 1571
Description: Block numbered in one place: 1571., Image of an ostrich in a natural setting.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 2

Title: ASSU Illustration 1576
Description: Block numbered in one place: 1576., Image of a duck in a barnyard or farm setting., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper., Illustration appears in The Book of one hundred pictures (Philadelphia, between 1861 and 1907?), p. 93.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 5

Title: ASSU Illustration 1583
Description: Block numbered in at least one place: 1583., Image of a quail in the foreground, and another in the background. There is a building in the background as well., Tape (inscribed “774”) on obverse., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 5

Title: ASSU Illustration 1586
Description: Block numbered in one place: 1586., Image of a jackal in a natural setting with a crescent moon overhead., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper., Illustration appears in The Book of one hundred pictures (Philadelphia, between 1861 and 1907?), p. 91.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 3

Title: ASSU Illustration 1592
Description: Block numbered in two places: 1592., Image of a dog in profile, in a natural setting, with mountains in the background.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 3

Title: ASSU Illustration 1599
Description: Block numbered in two places: 1599., Image of a bird in a natural setting, with houses in the background.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 2

Title: ASSU Illustration 1602
Description: Block numbered in at least one place: 1602., Image of an unidentified bird, possibly a pigeon in a natural setting., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 4

Title: ASSU Illustration 1605
Description: Block numbered in two places: 1605., Image of a rhinoceros., Reverse of block also engraved – trial for illustration of a zebu.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 2

Title: ASSU Illustration 1976
Description: Block numbered in two places: 1976., Image of a hawk and its three chicks. The hawk is in flight with one of its chicks, and the other two are in the nest.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 2

Title: ASSU Illustration 2253
Description: Block numbered in one place: 2253., Image of a man who appears to be in distress next to a reclining camel. There is another figure on a camel in the background, in a desert setting., Tape (inscribed “278”) on obverse. There is also a note inscribed “Duplicate Numbers” on obverse., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 13

Title: ASSU Illustration 2285
Description: Block numbered in two places: 2285., Image of a frog [?] in a natural setting.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 3

Title: ASSU Illustration 2843
Description: Block numbered in one place: 2843., Image of a bulldog., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 1

Title: ASSU Illustration 3201
Description: Block numbered in two places: 3201., Image of a lamb reclining on an architectural element., Illustration appears in Man lost and saved (Philadelphia, 1852), p. 7. This title was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1853 to at least 1893.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 4

Title: ASSU Illustration 3261
Description: Block numbered in two places: 3261., Image of a chimpanzee holding onto a branch in a natural setting., Illustration appears in The Union spelling book (Philadelphia, 1838), p.7.
Date: [1838?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 3

Title: ASSU Illustration 3265
Description: Block numbered in two places: 3265., Image of an eagle perched on a branch in a natural setting., Illustration appears in The Union spelling book (Philadelphia, 1838), p.8., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [1838?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 2

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