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Title: Children's Art Union
Description: Comic genre view showing boys and girls sitting in a parlor creating or holding artwork. One boy stands on a table and draws a caricature of a man's face on the wall. Another boy holds his rough sketch of a horse for others to see. One girl stands in front of a sophisticated painting with a palette in her hand., Title on negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of F.J. Dallet.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [P.9461.1]

Title: Cumberland Island, Georgia
Description: Views showing rocks with hieroglyphics on the the barrier island off the Southern end of Georgia used as a fishing and hunting ground by Native Americans before the 16th century., Title from label accompanying 5739.F.54d., Yellow paper mounts with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American views., 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 - Non-Philadelphia - Georgia [5739.F.54a, b & d]

Title: Cyclorama of Jerusalem and the Crucifixion, Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia
Description: Series of titled views include "Crucifixion," "Mount Moriah and Tower of Antonia," "Mount Moriah, with Mount Olives as background of Temple," "Lower Part of Mount Zion, with Mountains of Moab in the distance," "Central portion of Mount Zion," "Herod's Palace and Towers," "Western View, Ruins of Caravensary," "Western View," "Northern View, with Shepherd's Cottage and Road to Damascus," "Northern View, with Caravensary and Illuminated Well," and "North-eastern view, with Grotto of Jeremiah". Images depict the crucifixion of Christ on a barren plateau outside of the city and include Roman soldiers, pilgrims, merchant caravans, donkeys and camels, and a cottage., Title and photographer's imprint from series label pasted on verso. Includes eleven numbered titles in the series list (No. 1-11)., Orange curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1888]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Theaters and halls [P.9900.1-11]

Title: [Stone statue of a man holding rearing horse]
Description: View showing a sculpture, possibly on display at the Cenntenial Exhibition in 1876., Written on negative: 438, Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.103]

Title: [Stone statue of seated man with reclining head]
Description: View showing a sculpture, possibly on display at the Cenntenial Exhibition in 1876., Written on negative: 442, Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.104]

Title: [James S. Earle & Son, looking glasses, 816 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Interior view of the first floor of Earle's shop. Walls are lined with elaborately framed mirrors and works of art, and several statues. Includes staff and customers, and the stairway to the upper gallery. Earle dealt in looking glasses and picture frames, and sold original works of art and prints., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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 - business [(7)1322.F.57e]

Title: [Caleb O. Childs residence, 9201 Germantown Avenue, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of home of Caleb Childs, "gentleman," and his wife Sarah. Built circa 1860, served as a private residence until 1940 when it was opened to the public as an art gallery. Became the Woodmere Art Museum in 1985., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on verso: 102 C.O. Child Chestnut Hill 1866., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - residences [P.9486.4]

Title: [James S. Earle & Son, looking glasses, 816 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Interior view showing the upper gallery of Earle's store. Earle dealt in looking glasses and picture frames, and sold original works of art and prints. Image shows four men standing around the mezzanine railing. Framed paintings and other works of art are displayed on the walls., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century Photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1980.), plate 110., 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 - businesses [(8)1322.F.33d]

Title: [James S. Earle & Son, looking glasses, 816 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Interior view of the first floor of Earle's shop. Walls are lined with elaborately framed mirrors and works of art, and several statues. Includes staff and customers, and the stairway to the upper gallery. British-born James S. Earle (nephew of glazier and gallery owner James Earle) established his looking glass, frame making, and picture dealing business in 1832 on the 100 block of South Fifth Street. Earle relocated to the 800 block of Chestnut Street by 1840 and the business was renamed James S. Earle & Son by 1858 and James S. Earle & Sons by 1860., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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 - business [(8)1322.F.35b]

Title: [Ferdinand J. Dreer residence, library, 1520 Spruce Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Views showing the library in the residence of Philadelphia businessman, collector, and antiquarian Ferdinand J. Dreer. Includes a marble fireplace mantelpiece, framed artwork, sculptures, a desk, couch, and chairs. Views also show individuals utilizing the library, including women knitting and working on needlepoint and men, probably including Dreer, reading and writing., Title supplied by cataloguer., Three of images originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of collections of portraits and views of Philadelphia., Contains three stereographic prints mounted on pale yellow paper mounts, including one with a manuscript title; two albumens mounted on paper and accompanied by a label; and one unmounted albumen., Two of images reproduced in Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980) entries #81-82., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [February 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [(8)1322.F.35d; (1)5750.F.137 1/2d; 8313.F.133a; P.8464.8-9]

Title: The city of brotherly love
Description: Bird's eye view from City Hall tower looking north showing the cityscape surrounding Broad Street. Identifiable buildings include Masonic Temple (1-33 North Broad, built 1868-1873, James H. Windrim, architect); the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (1344-1348 Arch, built 1869, Addison Hutton, architect); First Baptist Church (northwest cor. Broad and Arch, built 1856, Stephen Decatur Button, architect); Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (118-126 North Broad, built 1872-76, Furness & Hewitt, architects); Offenbach's Garden, carriage depository or bazaar, formerly the site of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Depot (southeast corner of Broad and Cherry Streets); cyclorama building that displayed the Battle of Gettyburg in the early 1890s (northeast corner of Broad and Cherry Streets); Hahnemann Medical College (230 North Broad); and Roman Catholic High School (301-313 North Broad, built 1890, Edwin Forrest Durang, architect). Horse-drawn vehicles on Broad Street are also visible., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of J.F. Dallet.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Views [P.9418.2]

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