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Title: Philadelphia Alms House [certificate]
Description: Certification certificate from the "Guardians, Physicians and Surgeons of the Pennsylvania Hospital" containing an exterior view of the Blockley Almshouse and Philadelphia General Hospital in West Philadelphia. The Board of Guardians, the governing board of the Guardians of the Poor, established in 1782 and abolished in 1877, oversaw the operations of the almshouse, including admissions, accounts, and employment of the poor. The almshouse was completed in 1833 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland., Not in Wainwright., Issued to W. Penn Buck M.D. for fifteen months as resident physician in 1871. Signed John M. Whitall, President of the Board of Guardians, Alfred Stille, M.D., President of the Medical Board, Charles ?, Secretary Board of Guardians, and John S. [Penn?] Atty. account., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 571, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Philadelphia Alms House
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Philadelphia Alms House

Title: [Philadelphia] P.S. Duval & Co. lith, Phila.]
Description: Proof print containing a montage of 14 vignettes (12 captioned) separated by borders of branches and garlands. Vignettes depict the "Custom House," West Philadelphia stand pipe (Twenty-Fourth Ward Water Works), "Independence Hall," Spark's shot tower, Merchants' "Exchange," "Insane Asylum," "Naval Asylum," "Pennsylvania "Hospital," "Philadelphia" near the Naval yard on the Delaware River, "Alms House," "Fair Mount" at the water works, "Girard College," and Eastern State "Penitentiary." Vignettes also include street, maritime, and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, wagons, and omnibuses; sail boats, skiffs, and steam boats; and laborers with hand carts and individuals on horseback. Also contains pictorial details showing an American eagle and shield, William Penn, and a Native American., Title and publication information from published duplicate., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 569, Library of Congress: DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia, See published copy DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia

Title: Philadelphia
Description: Print containing a montage of 14 vignettes (12 captioned) separated by borders of branches and garlands. Vignettes depict the "Custom House," West Philadelphia stand pipe (Twenty-Fourth Ward Water Works), "Independence Hall," Spark's shot tower, Merchants' "Exchange," "Insane Asylum," "Naval Asylum," "Pennsylvania "Hospital," "Philadelphia" near the Naval yard on the Delaware River, "Alms House," "Fair Mount" at the water works, "Girard College," and Eastern State "Penitentiary." Vignettes also include street, maritime, and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, wagons, and omnibuses; sail boats, skiffs, and steam boats; and laborers with hand carts and individuals on horseback. Also contains pictorial details showing an American eagle and shield, William Penn, and a Native American., Distributor's imprint printed on recto: For Sale by Drovin & Co., 38 S. 3rd Phila., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 569.1, Drovin & Co. was a Philadelphia stationery business., Library of Congress: DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia, See proof DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia

Title: Alms House. Philadelphia. [graphic] / Lith. of J.T. Bowen, Phila.
Description: Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen in 1840., Originally published as plate 8 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Snyder, Martin. "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75., Select link below for a digital image., Exterior view of the Blockley Alms House on the Schuylkill River from eastern bank including the Market Street Bridge, Beck's shot tower, and in the far distance Eastern State Penitentiary. The Almshouse, designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, was constructed in 1833.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist., creator
Date: [1848].
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W014-4.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W14 [P.9823]

Title: U. S. Naval Asylum
Description: View showing the U.S. Naval Asylum, the convalescence home for retired sailors built 1827-1833 after the designs of William Strickland at 2420 Gray’s Ferry Avenue. A small grove of trees adorns the yard in front of the colonnade portico entrance of the three-story building known as Biddle Hall. Two men with canes talk in front of the stone and iron-work fence protecting the property. Also shows, in the background, a sailboat on the Schuylkill River and the Blockley Almshouse, built 1833 in West Philadephia, also after the designs of Strickland. The asylum also served 1839-1845 as the first naval school under the administration of Commodore James Biddle., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 7 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 765.4, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2224 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W410.4 [P.2224]

Title: Alms House. Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Blockley Alms House on the Schuylkill River from eastern bank including the Market Street Bridge, Beck's shot tower, and in the far distance Eastern State Penitentiary. The Almshouse, designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, was constructed in 1833., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 8 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 14.4, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W14.4 [P.9823]

Title: Philadelphia fashions, fall & winter 1845, by Samuel A. Ward & Asahel F. Ward, no. 62 Walnut St
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 18 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene with 7 men, 2 boys and a woman socializing. Most of the men wear suits with striped pants, long coats, bow ties or a cravat and hold top hats and canes. The boys who cozy up to their seated father, wear a military style suit or a dress and pants. The woman, seated on a chaise lounge, wears a bonnet and holds a riding crop. Furnishings include a fireplace, mosaic carpeting, sofa, and a piano. Lower panel shows 7 men and a woman at an outdoor scene along the banks of the Schuylkill River across from the Blockley Almshouse and Schuylkill Permanent Bridge. The men wear fur-trimmed overcoats, a cloak with patterned lining, patterned pants, top hats, and a cap. Many hold canes or a riding crop and one man leans on a hitching post. The woman, turned to her side and her face obscured by a bonnet, wears a cloak and holds a muff. Most of the depicted men have some facial hair. Key numbered 1-10 and 11-18 printed below the figures., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 175, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 642 W 263d
Creator: French, John Taylor, 1822-1852, artist
Date: [ca. 1845]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 642 W 263d

Title: Panorama of Philadelphia from the State House steeple. West
Description: Panoramic view looking west toward West Philadelphia past the Schuykill River predominately showing the area between Arch Street and Gray's Ferry Avenue. Includes U.S. Naval Asylum, 2420 Gray's Ferry Avenue (1); [Blockley] Alms House, S. 34th and Pine streets (2); Peale's Museum, 100 block S. 9th Street (3); Walnut Street Theatre, 827-833 Walnut Street (4); Cook's Circus, i.e., Thomas Cooke's equestrian circus, 800 block of Chestnut Street (5); St. John's Church, i.e., St. John the Evangelist Church, 23-25 S. 13th Street (6); St. Stephen's Church, 19 S. 10th Street (7); University of Pennsylvania, Ninth Street below Market Street (8); [Beck's] Shot Tower, 21st and Cherry streets (9); Inst. for the Blind, 200 block Race Street (10); Water Works, Fairmount (11); East. Penitentiary, 2100-2199 Fairmount Avenue (13); Arcade, 615-619 Chestnut Street (14); and Chestnut St. Theatre, 603-609 Chestnut Street (15). Also shows part of Independence Square, Congress Hall, Marshall House hotel (625-631), residences on the 100 block of S. 6th Street, and the rooftops of several city blocks., Plate 3 of four panoramas originally issued as Panorama of Philadelphia. Views taken from the State House steeple (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, 1838). These panoramas also accompanied bound editions of Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. WIld & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). Views of Philadelphia was a series of twenty lithographs originally published as five numbers of four prints each. The four panoramas essentially constituted a sixth number in the series, and were published in bound editions with the twenty view under the title Panorama and Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity, published by J.B. Chevalier in 1838 and reissued by J.T. Bowen the same year., First state., Key to 15 landmarks printed below the image., Upper right corner missing, including cited landmark "Waterman's Church.", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 542.d.2, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: *P.2155 and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson), Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W267.1 [P.2155]

Title: Panorama of Philadelphia from the State House Steeple. West
Description: Panoramic view looking west toward West Philadelphia past the Schuykill River predominately showing the area between Arch Street and Gray's Ferry Avenue. Includes U.S. Naval Asylum, 2420 Gray's Ferry Avenue (1); [Blockley] Alms House, S. 34th and Pine streets (2); Peale's Museum, 100 block S. 9th Street (3); Walnut Street Theatre, 827-833 Walnut Street (4); Cook's Circus, i.e., Thomas Cooke's equestrian circus, 800 block of Chestnut Street (5); St. John's Church, i.e., St. John the Evangelist Church, 23-25 S. 13th Street (6); St. Stephen's Church, 19 S. 10th Street (7); University of Pennsylvania, Ninth Street below Market Street (8); [Beck's] Shot Tower, 21st and Cherry streets (9); Inst. for the Blind, 200 block Race Street (10); Water Works, Fairmount (11); [Thomas T.] Waterman's Church, i.e., Arch Street Presbyterian Church, 1006 Arch Street (12); East. Penitentiary, 2100-2199 Fairmount Avenue (13); Arcade, 615-619 Chestnut Street (14); and Chestnut St. Theatre, 603-609 Chestnut Street (15). Also shows part of Independence Square, Congress Hall, Marshall House hotel (625-631), residences on the 100 block of S. 6th Street, and the rooftops of several city blocks., Plate 3 of four panoramas originally issued as Panorama of Philadelphia. Views taken from the State House steeple (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, 1838). These panoramas also accompanied bound editions of Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). Views of Philadelphia was a series of twenty lithographs originally published as five numbers of four prints each. The four panoramas essentially constituted a sixth number in the series, and were published in bound editions with the twenty views under the title Panorama and Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity, published by J.B. Chevalier in 1838 and reissued by J.T. Bowen the same year., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen. LCP copies lacking copyright statement., Second state., Partial key to 8 of 15 landmarks (1-4, 8-12) printed below the image. Copy trimmed., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 542.d.2, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: *8236.F.4 and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush), Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 862 W 6441 front, Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W267.2 [8236.F.4]

Title: U. S. Naval Asylum. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the U.S. Naval Asylum, the convalescence home for retired sailors built 1827-1833 after the designs of William Strickland at 2420 Gray’s Ferry Avenue. A small grove of trees adorns the yard in front of the colonnade portico entrance of the three-story building known as Biddle Hall. Two men with canes talk in front of the stone and iron-work fence protecting the property. Also shows, in the background, a sailboat on the Schuylkill River and the Blockley Almshouse, built 1833 in West Philadephia, also after the designs of Strickland. The asylum also served 1839-1845 as the first naval school under the administration of Commodore James Biddle., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier. Loose print lacking copyright statement., Issued as plate 7 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 765.1. Digital image show fourth state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2222 and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd862 W644 pl. 7., Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W410.1 [P.2222]

Title: U. S. Naval Asylum. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the U.S. Naval Asylum, the convalescence home for retired sailors built 1827-1833 after the designs of William Strickland at 2420 Gray’s Ferry Avenue. A small grove of trees adorns the yard in front of the colonnade portico entrance of the three-story building known as Biddle Hall. Two men with canes talk in front of the stone and iron-work fence protecting the property. Also shows, in the background, a sailboat on the Schuylkill River and the Blockley Almshouse, built 1833 in West Philadephia, also after the designs of Strickland. The asylum also served 1839-1845 as the first naval school under the administration of Commodore James Biddle., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier., Issued as plate 7 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 765.2. Digital image show fourth state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2223 (Hand-colored) and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W410.2 [P.2223]

Title: U. S. Naval Asylum. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the U.S. Naval Asylum, the convalescence home for retired sailors built 1827-1833 after the designs of William Strickland at 2420 Gray’s Ferry Avenue. A small grove of trees adorns the yard in front of the colonnade portico entrance of the three-story building known as Biddle Hall. Two men with canes talk in front of the stone and iron-work fence protecting the property. Also shows, in the background, a sailboat on the Schuylkill River and the Blockley Almshouse, built 1833 in West Philadephia, also after the designs of Strickland. The asylum also served 1839-1845 as the first naval school under the administration of Commodore James Biddle., Copyrighted by J. T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 7 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 765.3. Digital image show fourth state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W410.3 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]

Title: Alms House. Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Blockley Alms House on the Schuylkill River from the eastern bank including the Market Street Bridge, Beck's shot tower, and a distant view of Eastern State Penitentiary. The Almshouse, designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, was constructed in 1833., Issued as plate 8 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 14.2, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 2 B 651.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W14.2 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q.8 (Poulson)]

Title: Alms House. Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Blockley Alms House on the Schuylkill River from eastern bank including the Market Street Bridge, Beck's shot tower, and in the far distance Eastern State Penitentiary. The Almshouse, designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, was constructed in 1833., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 8 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and 1848 with hand-coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 14.3, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 W6442., Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W14.3 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]

Title: Alms House. Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Blockley Alms House on the Schuylkill River from eastern bank including the Market Street Bridge, Beck's shot tower, and a distant view of Eastern State Penitentiary. Almshouse, designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, was constructed in 1833., Issued as plate 8 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity. (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each in 1838, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 14.1. Digital image shows fourth state of print.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W14.1 [P.2008]

Title: View of the Philadelphia alms house : Blockley. [graphic]: Taken from Hyde Park, east side of Schuylkill. / From nature & on stone by G. Lehman; Lehman & Duval Lithrs.
Description: View of the Blockley Almshouse on the west side of the Schuylkill River. Designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland and constructed 1833. View shows the riverbanks where two men fish and cows graze. A two masted sailing ship passes on the river.
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist., creator
Date: ca. 1835.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W433.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W433 [P.2236]

Title: View of the Philadelphia alms house : Blockley Taken from Hyde Park, east side of Schuylkill
Description: View of the Blockley Almshouse on the west side of the Schuylkill River. Designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland and constructed 1833. View shows the riverbanks where two men fish and cows graze. A two-masted sailing ship passes on the river. Cityscape on the east bank of the river and the Market Street Bridge are visible in the right background., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 805, Lehman & Duval was a partnership between George Lehman and P.S. Duval which lasted from 1835 until 1837.
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: [ca. 1835]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W433 [P.2236]

Title: [Certificate of the Guardians, Physicans and Surgeons of the] Philadelphia Alms House
Description: Certificate containing an exterior view of the Blockley Almshouse and Philadelphia General Hospital in West Philadelphia. Under a cloudy sky, a horse-drawn carriage passes and a few men walk in front of the building. A large yard and a tree are visible in the foreground. The Board of Guardians, the governing board of the Guardians of the Poor, established in 1782 and abolished in 1877, oversaw the operations of the almshouse, including admissions, accounts, and employment of the poor. The almshouse was completed in 1833 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland., pdcp00029, Title supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 100, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Alms House, Originally Castner 9:63.
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: [ca. 1835]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Alms House

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