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- Title
- St. Johns Church, Phila., Pa. The first English Lutheran Church in the world
- Description
- Exterior view of front facade of Evangelical Lutheran Church built 1928-1929 after designs by Charles Augustus Ziegler., Publisher's monogram on verso., Also identified as Old St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [P.9512.11]
- Title
- Philadelphia Record postcards
- Description
- Depicts interior views of the Philadelphia Record building on Chestnut Street, including the lobby showing a giant global map and a printing room during Franklin's time. Constructed in 1886 after designs by Willis Gaylord Hale., Accession numbers: P.9048.267 and P.9048.284., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- 1915-1946
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Business - [various]
- Title
- Fellowship Commission Building postcards
- Description
- Contains images of the Philadelphia Fellowship Commission Building at 260 South 15th Street, originally constructed as the Security Title & Trust Company. Includes an exterior view of the front facade and interior views of the library and auditorium., Sheet number: 138B07., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1947
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]
- Title
- Philadelphia Record postcards
- Description
- Contains views of office building constructed in 1886 after designs by Willis Gaylord Hale. Several interior views of the office building depict a section of the linotyping room, the stereotyping room and a corner of the press room. Also includes a family reading the Philadelphia Record and a subscription card depicting the Delaware River at Penn Beach, NJ., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Most postcards (five out of seven) issued by the Home Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pa., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1915
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Philadelphia Record - 41]
- Title
- New Masonic Temple
- Description
- Elevated view looking northeast from the City Hall construction site showing the west front and north flank of the new Masonic Temple, built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim. Also shows pedestrians standing on the corner in the foreground., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Philadelphia., Yellow 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 Robert M. Vogel.
- Date
- [ca. 1873]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [P.9047.96]
- Title
- New Masonic Temple, corner Broad & Filbert Sts. Phila, Pa. To be dedicated Sept. 26, 1873
- Description
- View looking northeast showing the west front and north flank of the new Masonic Temple, built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim. Also shows construction materials and a dray in the street in front of City Hall in the right foreground., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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 David Doret.
- Creator
- Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
- Date
- [ca. 1873]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Associations [P.2010.6.19]
- Title
- North American Building postcards
- Description
- Depicts the North American Building constructed in 1900 after designs by James Hamilton Windrim. The building was commissioned by John Wanamaker, who used the North American newspaper to criticize Philadelphia machine politics. Includes views of the Real Estate Title & Trust Company building in the background., Contains 13 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1900-1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - North American - 28]
- Title
- Real Estate Trust postcards
- Description
- Depicts the Real Estate Title & Trust Company built 1897-1898 after designs by Edgar Viguers Seeler. Includes views of the Betz Building, Girard Trust Company and the North American building in the background., Contains 8 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1900-1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Real Estate Trust - 29]
- Title
- Arcade Building postcards
- Description
- Exterior views. Built 1900-1902 based on designs by by Furness, Evans & Co. Demolished 1969., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white, Also known as the Commercial Trust Company building., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1902-1911
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Arcade - 20]
- Title
- Masonic Temple postcards
- Description
- Contains views of the Masonic Temple built 1868-1873 after designs by James Hamilton Windrim. Images depict the temple looking northeast from City Hall. Includes one interior view of Norman Hall., Contains 22 postcards printed in color and 9 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1900-1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Masonic Temple - 26]
- Title
- Commercial Trust Bldg. Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Exterior view. Constructed in 1900-1902 after designs by Furness, Evans & Co and demolished in 1969., Also known as the Arcade Building., Sheet number: 27A04, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1916
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
- Title
- Drexel Building postcards
- Description
- Exterior views of the Drexel Building constructed in 1885 after designs by Wilson Brothers & Company., One card issued by F. Von Bardeleben, New York and Germany. U.S. series no. 125/6., Sleeve number 27A05A., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1905-1914
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
- Title
- Widener Building postcards
- Description
- Contains three views of the north front of the Widener Building closest to City Hall. Constructed in 1914 after designs by Horace Trumbauer., Sheet numbers: 27A10 and 27A11, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1900-1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
- Title
- Witherspoon Building
- Description
- Depicts the Witherspoon Building constructed 1895-1897 after designs by Joseph M. Huston., Postcard issued by Crumbie Brothers, Philadelphia., Also known as the Presbyterian Board of Publication., Sheet number: 27A11, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1900-1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
- Title
- Lafayette Building, 5th & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Exterior view. Constructed in 1907 after designs by John T. Windrim., Sheet number: 27A06, Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
- Title
- Pennsylvania Building postcards
- Description
- Depicts views of the Pennsylvania Building constructed in 1903 by Henry L. A. Jekel Co. on the site where the Epiphany Church once stood., Postcards issued by the Post Card Distributing Co., Philadelphia and Curt Teich and Company, Chicago., Contains 2 postcards printed in color., Also known as the Robinson Building and the Penn Building., Sheet number: 27A07, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1900-1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
- Title
- Masonic Temple
- Description
- Oblique view showing the west front and south flank of the temple on North Broad Street built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim to accommodate the local lodge's increasing membership., Label on verso contains printed description of Masonic Temple surmounted by a vignette of the state seal of Pennsylvania., Date from other stereographs in the series., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [ca. 1873]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Associations [P.9260.38]
- Title
- Masonic Temple
- Description
- View looking northeast at the west front and south flank of the temple on North Broad Street built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim to accommodate the local lodge's increasing membership. Includes large slabs of stone and horse-drawn carts and drays in the foreground, presumably for construction of City Hall (not pictured). Also shows the front facade of the building at the northwest corner of North Broad and Filbert Streets., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Yellow 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 F.J. Dallet.
- Creator
- Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
- Date
- [ca. 1873]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Associations [P.9418.4]
- Title
- [Unidentified building, probably in Germantown]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of a stone building with a spire in the center of its roof surrounded by slender trees, probably in Germantown. A grassy lawn grows around the building surrounded by a metal fence. Across the street a young girl leans against a fence while looking at the house., 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
- ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.11.8]
- Title
- Betz Building postcards
- Description
- Contains exterior views of the Betz Building constructed 1891-1892 after designs by William H. Decker and demolished in 1926. Also includes views of adjoining office buildings, the Girard Trust Company building and the Real Estate Title & Trust Company building., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 4 in black and white., Also known as the Lincoln Building., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1905
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Betz - 22]
- Title
- Horticultural Hall, Broad above Spruce Streets
- Description
- Depicts Horticultural Hall built 1894-1896 after designs by Frank Day Miles on the site of an earlier horticultural hall designed by Samuel Sloan. Demolished in 1917 to make way for the Shubert Theater., Sheet number: 27A05B, Divided back. Post marked 1917., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1915
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
- Title
- Evening Bulletin postcards
- Description
- Contains exterior views of the office building of the Philadelphia newspaper, the Evening Bulletin, built 1906-1908 after designs by Edgar Viguers Seeler., Sheet number: 40A02B, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1900-1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
- Title
- The Philadelphia Inquirer building
- Description
- Depicts the Philadelphia Inquirer's Elverson Building constructed 1923-1924 after designs by Rankin, Kellogg & Crane., Number 124302 on verso., Sheet number: 40A08A, Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
- Title
- Penn R. R. Office
- Description
- View of the Pennsylvania Railroad adminstrative office building at 233 South 4th Street, Philadelphia. The railroad utilized the building between circa 1871 and 1895 when leased to the Commercial Museum. Includes partial views of adjacent buildings and a horse-drawn carriage., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- ca. 1871
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Transportation [P.9260.83]
- Title
- [Dilapidated, abandoned Philadelphia residence, unidentified location.]
- Description
- Shows an ivy-covered, abandoned dwelling in a clearing surrounded by trees., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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 photo - Wilson [P.8513.232], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson232.htm
- Title
- [Residence at Second and Wharton streets, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Shows a three-story small wood plank dwelling. Residents peer from lower story windows., Title supplied by cataloguer., Descriptive manuscript note by photographer on verso: Southwark. 2 and Wharton Sts. 4 families live in this house. It is known to be over 80 yrs old., 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 photo - Wilson [P.8513.231], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson231.htm
- Title
- [Carpenters' Hall, taken from the narrow alley of Carpenters' Court, Philadelphia.]
- Description
- View of the front of Carpenters' Hall, surrounded by large office buildings on three sides, including the Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co. (left), the Bullitt Building (rear) and the new Carpenters' Hall (right). Built between 1770 and 1774 by the Carpenter's Company of the City and County of Philadelphia after designs by member Robert Smith. Served as the meeting place for the First Continental Congress in 1774., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1896
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.145]
- Title
- Grand lodge room of the new Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street Philadelphia. To the R. W. Grand Master, Grand Officers, and Members of the Grand Lodge of Penna, and the Order in general this print is respectfully dedicated by L. N. Rosenthal. [graphic] / On stone by Max Rosenthal; Collins & Autenrieth, del.; Sloan & Stewart Architects.
- Description
- Location: 713-721 Chestnut Street, interior, second floor., LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #78., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: BC 05 S634.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.) lithographer. Collins & Autenrieth, artist., creator
- Date
- c1855.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W160.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W160 [P.2078]
- Title
- The New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia. [graphic] / Tholey ; Lithy. of Friend & Aub, 80 Walnut St.
- Description
- Sloan & Stewart, Architects; S.K. Hoxie, Builder., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979 p. 43., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: BcO5 T451.
- Creator
- Friend & Aub lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1855
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W385.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W385 [P.8467]
- Title
- S. E. Corner 5th & Chestnut Sts
- Description
- Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the Drexel Building at the southeast corner of Fifth and Chestnut Streets, built in 1885 after designs by Wilson Brothers & Company. Altered several times by the same architectural firm, until 1904, when the firm of Wilson, Harris & Richards executed renovations. Demolished in 1955., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
- Creator
- Parker & Mullikin, photographer
- Date
- May 20, 1946
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.25]
- Title
- Immaculate Conception, R.C. Church, Germantown, Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior view of Immaculate Conception Church built 1875-1879 after designs by Ephraim Francis Baldwin., Numbered 1030 on recto. Publisher's monogram on verso., Divided back. Post marked 1908., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [P.9050.18]
- Title
- Immaculate Conception Church chapel and St. Vincent's College, Germantown, Pa
- Description
- Oblique views of Immaculate Conception Church chapel built 1875-1879 after designs by Ephraim Francis Baldwin., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 101A02 and 101B02B., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1900-1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Churches - 101]
- Title
- Staton Brothers, Stationery and Art Shop, Germantown Ave. and Coulter St., Germantown, Pa
- Description
- Exterior view of front facade of Staton Brothers stationery store at 5402 Germantown Avenue., Sheet number: 100A07., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]
- Title
- Church of St. Thomas, 17th & Morris Sts., Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Exterior view of front and south facade of church built 1901-1903 by after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang at the northwest corner of 17th and Morris Streets., Numbered 1018 on recto., Sheet number: 50A10., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]
- Title
- The new Masonic Temple, Philadelphia The Keystone's new year's greeting
- Description
- Carrier's greeting containing a view looking northeast from the intersection of Broad and Filbert streets showing the temple built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim at 1-33 North Broad Street. The new hall was erected to accommodate the local lodges increasing membership. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage, a man on horseback, and strolling couples., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 502.2
- Creator
- Wynkoop, John J.
- Date
- [ca. 1873]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Associations [P.8970.23]
- Title
- [The new Masonic Temple, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View looking northeast from the intersection of Broad and Filbert streets showing the temple built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim at 1-33 North Broad Street. The new hall was erected to accommodate the local lodges increasing membership. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage, a man on horseback, and strolling couples., Not in Wainwright., Title supplied by variant P.8970.23., Distributed by frame seller and agent Alex. M'Cune., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 502.1
- Creator
- Wynkoop, John J.
- Date
- [ca. 1873]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Associations [P.2008.34.26]
- Title
- [Agricultural Hall, Centennial Exhibition, 1876, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Exterior view of Agricultural Hall designed by James H. Windrim for the Centennial fair, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Gray mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Schofield, John, 1835-1910
- Date
- [ca. 1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schofield - Exhibitions [P.9774.7]
- Title
- Back of Independence Hall from near 5[th] & Walnut Sts. [Philadelphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Independence Hall, a multi-story building with a prominent central spire designed by Andrew Hamilton (1676-1741) and Edmund Woolly (1695-1771) at Fifth and Walnut Streets. The building is seen from a distance across a field dotted with trees. Construction on Independence Hall began in 1732 and completed in 1753. It originally housed all three branches of the Pennsylvania colonial government, as well as being host to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitutional Convention. The building went through numerous renovations and reconstructions, until in 1950 when the National Park Service restored much of the architecture and interior to its 1776 appearance. It is a part of Independence National Park and a major tourist attraction as of the 21st century., Time: 2:00, Light: Faint sun., 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
- April 22, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1104]
- Title
- State House from 6[th] & Walnut [streets]. [Philadelphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Independence Hall, a large building with a prominent central spire designed by Andrew Hamilton (1676-1741) and Edmund Woolly (1695-1771) near Sixth and Walnut Streets. The building is viewed from across a park that is lined with paths and dotted with trees. People walk down the various paths and sit on benches. Construction on Independence Hall began in 1732 and completed in 1753. It originally housed all three branches of the Pennsylvania colonial government, as well as being host to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitutional Convention. The building went through numerous renovations and reconstructions, until in 1950 when the National Park Service restored much of the architecture and interior to its 1776 appearance. It is a part of Independence National Park and a major tourist attraction as of the 21st century., Photographer remarks: same remark as last. [too fast for stop used], Time: 2:10, 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
- April 25, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1108]
- Title
- The New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior view showing the four-story Gothic-style hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart at 713-721 Chestnut Street. A small portion of the adjacent Washington House hotel signboard is visible (right). On the sidewalk, eleven pedestrians (men wearing top hats and canes, women with parasols, and a child wearing a wide-brimmed hat) greet one another, converse, stroll, and admire the building. Hall building sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 501, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979 p. 43., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 05 T 451.
- Creator
- Tholey, Charles P., d. 1898, artist
- Date
- ca. 1855
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W385 [P.8467]
- Title
- Grand lodge room of the new Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street Philadelphia To the R. W. Grand Master, Grand Officers, and Members of the Grand Lodge of Penna, and the Order in general this print is respectfully dedicated by L. N. Rosenthal of no. 9
- Description
- Commemorative print showing the ornately decorated grand lodge room on the second floor of the New Masonic Hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart at 713-721 Chestnut Street. Rows of cushioned benches with carved backs line the room adorned with gold vaulting over the turquoise colored walls and ceiling. Two daises with lavish thrones adorned with ornate Gothic-style canopies containing sculpted allegorical female figures interrupt the seating. The larger dais, which predominates the background and over which a large gilt chandelier hangs, contains several Gothic-style chairs, two chests, and sculpture displayed on pedestals and in alcoves. The smaller dais, including a chest, stands in the right of the image. The building was sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street and later razed by fire in 1883., Embossed stamp of printer on recto: L.N. Rosenthal Lithographer Publisher Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 324, LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #78., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: BC 05 S634.
- Creator
- Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
- Date
- c1855
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W160 [P.2078]
- Title
- [Unidentified Centennial Exhibition building]
- Description
- View of pavillion-style building with center cupola. Formally landscaped walks wind around building. Possibly a building constructed for the Centennial exhibition held in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park., Title supplied by cataloger., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9600.11]
- Title
- Main building, central pavillion, east
- Description
- Exterior view of the central portion of the Main Building at Philadelphia's Centennial exhibition held in Fairmount Park. A horse-drawn buggy stands in front of the multi-arched entryway., Title from paper series label pasted on verso with twenty-seven other numbered, titled views in the series (No. 1-28)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- ca. 1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9644.1]
- Title
- Agricultural Hall
- Description
- Exterior view of Agricultural Hall behind wooden fence at Philadelphia's Centennial exhibition held in Fairmount Park. The view shows three large entryways dwarfed by steeply pitched roofs and flanking towers., Paper label on verso lists twenty-eight other titles in the series., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- ca. 1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9644.2]
- Title
- United Gas Improvement postcards
- Description
- Depicts the United Gas Improvement building looking north on Broad Street. Building constructed circa 1898., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 4 in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1900-1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - United Gas Improvement - 33]
- Title
- Bell Telephone building, 17th and Arch Streets postcards
- Description
- Exterior views from Arch Street looking north of Bell Telephone's Parkway central office building built 1914-1915., Sheet number: 27A02, Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1915
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
- Title
- [Unidentified Bell Telephone Company of Philadelphia building]
- Description
- Exterior view., Sheet number: 27A02, Undivided back. Text on recto., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1905
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]
- Title
- The Jayne Building, 7th & Chestnut Sts. Philada
- Description
- View looking west showing the north side of the 600 block of Chestnut Street depicting two office buildings constructed for patent medicine manufacturer Dr. David Jayne. Image includes Jayne's Marble Building (615-619 Chestnut Street), constructed 1860 and tenanted by Atwood, Ralston & Co.; Yard, Gilmore & Co., silk goods; Furness, Brinley & Co.; and M.L. Hallowell & Co.; and Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut), constructed 1856., Title from manuscript note on mount of stereograph., Stereograph on yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Bartlett & Smith, photographer
- Date
- [1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Businesses [(8)1322.F.25a; P.2005.2.3]
- Title
- [Arcade Building, south Penn Square, west of Broad Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Exterior view of Arcade Building at night with lights on in windows. Shows automobiles and horse-drawn carriages parked on street in front of building. Also known as the Commercial Trust Building, it was built from 1900 to 1902 at 1428-1434 Market Street by architects Furness, Evans & Co. Building was demolished in 1969., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Finance Building. So. Penn Sq. W. of Broad St. Early evening. Winter. Taken from P.R.R. balcony. Enlarge. Work out halations., Duplicate: P.8513.16: same neg., 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 210 [P.8513.210], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson210.htm
- Title
- [African American man sitting near a building, probably in Philadelphia]
- Description
- View showing an African American man sitting on an enbankment next to a stairwell to a building adorned with ornamental ironwork. The man hangs his head down, his hands together, and his elbows on his knees. He is attired in a cap, jacket, pants and laced shoes. A jagged cobblestone walkway is visible in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from date inscribed on other photographs in the series., Part of a number of views taken by Fetters within a series of his work in the Swayne Collection [P.2017.88.76.1-52]., Description reviewed 2022., Access points reviewed 2022.
- Creator
- Fetters, H.
- Date
- [ca. 1937]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Robert Swayne Collection [P.2017.88.76.38]