Landscape view showing a man on the banks of the creek lined with trees covered in fall foliage., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP11, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 2515e (E size) Wissahickon
Date
c1880
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 2515e (E size) Wissahickon
Tradecard depicting an Autumn genre scene with a girl and a pug dog. The girl, attired in a bonnet and dress with a large bow in the back, holds a stick over her shoulder and watches pine cones fall from a tree. Her dog watches from behind. Verso contains advertising text promoting "Graf & Brother, Practical Lithographers, Engravers and Printers, South-East Corner Fourth and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia Pa." Products include bonds, certificates, notes, checks, billheads, diplomas, maps, views, show-cards, architectural drawings, businesss cards, and chromo cards, the "Best Thing For Advertising Medium Extant.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 37, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - G
Creator
Graf & Brother
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - G
Depicts entire magnolia tree carrying darkly-colored leaves, with buildings surrounding Rittenhouse Square in the background., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., One of four Wilson images depicting the Rittenhouse magnolia tree in each of the four seasons., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 148 [P.8513.148], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson148.htm
Advertisement calendar for 1865 containing patriotic and seasonal vignettes, scenes, and allegorical figures framing a calendar. Upper corners contain an autumnal and winter scene. Autumnal scene shows a farmer at his plow with farmhands reaping wheat in the background and a yard of farm animals in the foreground. Winter scene shows individuals skating on a pond as a sled passes by, near a couple talking to a soldier under the gaze of two dogs. Dwellings and a train also comprise the landscape of the scenes. Lower corners contain the the breast-bearing female allegorical figures of Spring and Summer. Spring holds a sprig of flowers and Summer holds a basket of fruit. Patriotic imagery includes a battle scene, and the figure of Columbia surrounded by flags and soldiers, including an injured private, and another passing a laurel wreath to a fellow compatriot. Other vignettes show an artist working at a drawing table, and a lithographic printer rolling ink on a stone. The firm, established in 1859, was active under the name Stein & Jones, until the death of Stein in 1871 and its reestablishment as Jones & Potsdamer., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 91, See also variant uncolored proof with registration marks pasted on page 92. [P.9349.92]. Includes patriotic instead of seasonal female allegorcial figures and a vignette showing Abraham Lincoln and General Grant.
Creator
Stein & Jones
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.274]