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Title: [Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, 306 Walnut St., Philadelphia.]
Description: View focuses on the entrance way showing four columns. Includes man standing at the base of a column., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet with an oval design in the center, surrounded by leafy scroll work., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. Geometric design with broken scrolls in the center surrounded by swirls. A leafy design is at each corner., See Board Report dated September 17, 1991 which describes the building in more detail. The architect was Thomas U. Walter
Date: ca. 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9336]

Title: Watercatch at head of Hamilton Harbor, [Opposite Mr. Trimingham's house, Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a brick watercatch standing behind a stone wall. A road runs next to the wall and trees grow behind the watercatch., Photographer remarks: Opposite Mr. Triningham's house. Underdeveloped., Time: 12:50, Light: No sun fair light, 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 2, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1485]

Title: Union League, Broad and Sansom sts
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes streetlights. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Series label on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Distributor's stamp on verso: William Y. McAllister Phila., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - associations [P.9462.5]

Title: Union League club house Ph[iladelphi]a
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes streetlight, fire hydrant and group of men standing in front of building. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from manuscript on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., 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 - Associations [P.9047.11]

Title: Union League building
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes streetlight and fire hydrant. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Paper label on verso: Wm. Senter. watches, clocks, jewelry & spectacles. 54 Exchange st. [Por]tland, Me., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., 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 - Associations [P.9047.86 (Vogel)]

Title: Union League
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes streetlight, fire hydrant, and man standing on building steps. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from manuscript note on recto., Green mount with rounded corners., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of views relating to Philadelphia., 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 - Associations [(8)1322.F.3d-2]

Title: Union League
Description: Exterior view from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on the designs of Philadelphia architect John Fraser.View includes street light and fire hydrant. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from manuscript on mount., Pink mount with rounded corners., Photographer and copyright imprint printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Issued previously as part of R. Newell & Son's stereograph series entitled: Public buildings and street views (P.9260.62)., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Associations [P.9299.127]

Title: Union League
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on recto reads: Union League Broad & Chestnut., Pencil inscription on recto reads: 9., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [(8)1322.F.3b-2]

Title: Union League north side Philada
Description: View from northeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes streetlights. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Title from manuscript on recto., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on recto., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Associations [(8)1322.F.3a-1]

Title: [Union League, southwest corner of Broad and Sansom Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View from southeast of brick and brownstone building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs of Philadelphia architect John Fraser. View includes man standing at bottom of exterior stairs and street light and fire hydrant in front of building. Union League formed by a group of wealthy men to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause., Pale green mount with rounded corners., 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: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo -unidentified - Associations [P.9260.90]

Title: Union League, Philad[elphi]a
Description: Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., 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: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Associations [P.9260.61]

Title: A View of central section of British fortress city Singapore
Description: Drawing depicting a view of Singapore. Shows several streets with multi-storied buildings, including a domed-building and a church with a steeple. Numerous trees grow along the fence-lined streets and properties. In the background, the water is visible, probably the Singapore Strait. The British occupied Singapore from 1819 to 1942., Title from item., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Creator: Graeff, Henry F., artist
Date: [ca. 1940]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.66.16]

Title: Bird's eye view, Centennial buildings. 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view looking west from the Schuylkill River toward the exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park. Includes the Reading Railroad depot (in the foreground), the Main Building, Machinery Hall, the Art Gallery (Memorial Hall), Judges Hall, Ladies Pavilion, U.S. Government Buildings, Horticultural Hall, Agricultural Hall, the observatory on George's Hill, the 24th Ward reservoir, the Globe Hotel, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot. Also shows a train approaching the Reading Railroad station, the bridge over Lansdown Valley, and smaller exhibition venues, including the Photograph Gallery, City Pavilion, Vienna Bakery and Coffee House, restaurants, state buildings, fountains and monuments. The grounds are lined with trees, bushes, and landscaped paths. Contains the names and dimensions of the major buildings, and a miniature diagram of the view and corresponding key below the image. Key identifies 51 depicted sites. Several of the buildings were built after the designs of Henry Petit, Hermann Schwarzmann, and Joseph Wilson. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 42, Gift of David Doret.
Date: c1875, c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.2002.49.2]

Title: Mercantile Library
Description: Views showing the library built 1844-45 after the designs of William Johnston at 125 South Fifth Street. Demolished circa 1925. Image includes the Library Company of Philadelphia, a partial view of Philadelphia Dispensary, four horse-drawn carriages, and the block of Fifth Street between Market and Chestnut streets in the background., Yellow mounts, including two with rounded and one with square corners., Title from labels on versos of P.9260.9 and P.9573.14., One of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Libraries [(8)1322.F.5f; P.9260.9; P.9573.14]

Title: Boat houses along the Schuylkill
Description: View looking northwest showing Boathouse Row on the Schuylkill River immediately north of the Fairmount Water Works. Canoes float in the water in the foreground. Also shows the College Boat Club boathouse built 1874, the University Barge Club boathouse constructed in 1871, Bachelors Barge Club boathouse constructed in 1860, and the Pennsylvania Barge Club and Crescent Boat Club boathouse built 1869-1871., Title printed on verso with eighty-seven other numbered titles in series list (No. 1-57; 126-138; 1000-1018)., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff mount 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. 1874]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9191.2]

Title: [Boathouse Row,] Fairmount, Philadelphia
Description: View looks northwest from the steamboat landing adjacent to the Fairmount Waterworks showing boathouse row and floating boathouses, including George Popps Park Boat House and Union Boat House operated by Wm. F. Cline. Includes the boathouse built in 1872 for the Vesper and Malta boat clubs, the University Barge Club boathouse constructed in 1871, Bachelors boathouse built 1860, and the boathouse constructed 1869-1871 for the Pennsylvania Barge Club and Crescent Boat Club. A man sits on the dock in the foreground., Title on negative., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [P.9260.1]

Title: Boat houses, Lemon Hill
Description: View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing two boathouses on the east bank of the river in Fairmount Park, including the two-story stone boathouse built 1872 by the Vesper (org. 1865) and Malta (org. 1860) boat clubs (left) and the University Barge Club boathouse constructed in 1871 (right). The woods of Fairmount Park are visible behind the boathouses., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1873]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9644.14]

Title: The story of Christ Church in Philadelphia "The Nation's Church."
Description: Includes index., Gift of David Doret, 2019., Library copy in printed paper wrappers.
Creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: ©1953
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Ephemera [P.2019.64.2]

Title: ASSU Illustration 7118
Description: Block numbered in two places: 7118, also 8018 in two places (both defaced)., Image of nine small illustrations; in the first four a squirrel retrieves and then drops a nut; in the next five a tree grows where the nut was dropped, and the tree is cut for wood used to construct a church., "V. Grottenthaler, 402 Library St Phila." – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876., Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 27 no 7 (1870), p. 1.
Date: [between 1869 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 24

Title: ASSU Illustration 8958
Description: Block numbered in two places: 8958., Image of a white woman sitting in front of a black boy who stands in front of her, speaking or singing; two other boy sit behind him on a bench in what appears to be a church or school; the woman raises her hand slightly; in the background another woman holds a book and faces three seated boys; a white man sits behind a table or counter beneath a sign., “V. Grottenthaler [?] Phila.” – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1867 to 1876.
Date: [between 1867 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 18

Title: ASSU Illustration 6161
Description: Block numbered in one place: 6161 (inscribed), also 1319 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of three children exiting a doorway or arch with the words “Sunday Sc[hool]” written above it; two girls and two boys are visible., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
Date: [between 1861 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 23

Title: Model for the Ridgway Library
Description: The Ridgway Library was built with a million dollar bequest from Dr. James Rush with the condition that he would choose the site. It was named in honor of Dr. Rush’s wife, Phoebe Ann Ridgway Rush., This model was made for comparative purposes in choosing the architecture for the Ridgway Branch of the Library Company. The model was supplied by Addison Hutton, the architect of the Ridgway Library at Broad and Christian Streets., Made for the Library Company, ca. 1870.
Creator: Hutton, Addison, 1834-1916, architect
Date: 1870
Location: OBJ 601

Title: Horticultural Hall. Length 360 ft. Width 160 ft
Description: Miniature souvenir collecting card depicting the major Centennial Exhibition building built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann. Visitors on foot, horseback, and in carriage traverse the grounds. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, May 10-November 10, 1876., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.105]

Title: Horticultural Hall. Length, 383 ft. Width, 193 ft
Description: Souvenir collecting card depicting the major Centennial Exhibition building built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann. Visitors traverse the grounds. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, May 10-November 10, 1876., Prints contain variant colors., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.103 & 104]

Title: J. Russell & Co. Green River Works, MS. Established 1834 International Exhibition 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Trade card containing vignette views showing major exhibition buildings and the pictorial detail of an American eagle perched on an American shield. Buildings depicted include Horitcultural Hall, Art Gallery, Agricultural Hall, Machinery Hall, and Main Building. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia., Contains advertising text repeated in French, Spanish, and German on verso. Promotes the Mississippi cutlery firm's products, including table cutlery, butcher knives and hunting knives, and cutlery for painters, chemists, and the family., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.98]

Title: Medical Department Building
Description: View showing a group of seven men and two women standing on a path leading to the Medical Department Building designed by Herman J. Schwarzmann. Trees surround the building and obscure views of other fair buildings in the background. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Advertisements printed on verso for twelve businesses including Centennial Photographic Company, Gilbert & Bacon, Partridge's Dining Rooms, The Crosscup & West Wood and Photo-Engraving Co., Starkey & Palen, Amos Hillborn & Co., A. & G. Taylor, Hale & Kilburn Mfg. Co., Wm. J. Dornan, I.H. Wisler, Eichmann & Meier, and R. Levick, Son & Co., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9022.6]

Title: Vermont State Building
Description: View showing the small, one-story Vermont State Building on the Centennial grounds. Striped awnings cover the windows and two large flags fly from tall flagpoles on the roof. The state's coat of arms hangs above the entrance door. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Manuscript note on verso: Laura C. Bumpus., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9229.6]

Title: Pennsylvania State Building
Description: View of the front elevation of the Pennsylvania Building, designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann and Hugo Kafka. Spectators stand near the entrance of the building. Benches line the path in front of the house. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Manuscript note on verso: Laura C. Bumpus., White curved mount with rounded corners., Variant of Holstein stereos - P.2011.47.247 & 248., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9229.7]

Title: Rhode Island State Building
Description: View showing the front of the state building designed by T.J. Gold and William R. Walker. A group of men and women sit on the front porch of the building. A wooden fence is visible behind the property. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Manuscript note on verso: Laura C. Bumpus., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9229.9]

Title: Michigan State Building
Description: View showing the front of the stick-style state building. The adjacent Wisconsin State Building is partially visible to the east. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Manuscript note on verso: Laura C. Bumpus., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9229.10]

Title: Bird's eye view of grounds from reservoir
Description: View looking southeast from the reservoir near Belmont Avenue at the fair grounds, showing several state buildings along State Avenue, the rear of the U.S. Government Building designed by James H. Windrim, the dome of Memorial Hall designed by Hermann J. Schwarzman, and the Main Exhibition Building and Machinery Hall designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9260.47]

Title: Massachusetts State B'l'd'g
Description: Views of the front elevation of the Massachusetts State Building with the state's coat of arms hanging over the entrance porch. Located along State Avenue adjacent to the Delaware and Connecticut state buildings on the Centennial grounds. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negatives., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts and on versos. Imprint on versos contain initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.2011.47.207] gift of Raymond Holstein.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9299.39], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.2011.47.207]

Title: Arkansas State Building
Description: View showing the Arkansas State Building designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann and Hugo Kafka on the Centennial grounds. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9299.41]

Title: Main Building, from east end
Description: View showing the east elevation of the Main Exhibition Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson for the Centennial fair, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9580.7]

Title: [New Hampshire State Building, 1876]
Description: View showing the exterior of the two-story frame building on State Avenue. Men stand on the porch of the house and on a path near the entrance stairs. An American flag flies from a tall flag pole on the roof of the house. The fair 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 and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Variant of Holstein stereo - P.2011.47.249., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.168]

Title: [Views of Centennial Exhibition buildings]
Description: Series of views, possibly issued as loose souvenir prints, of prominent buildings at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Buildings include the Art Gallery; Main Building; Horticultural Hall; Machinery Hall; Agricultural Hall; U.S. Government Building; Women's Pavilion; and Judge's Hall. Views include heavy pedestrian traffic as well as visitors traveling the grounds by carriage. The Centennial celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title supplied by cataloguer., Variants of plates issued as Centennial Portfolio. 1st Series. Eight Views of Centennial Buildings ([Philadelphia]: Published by Thos. Hunter, No. 716 Filbert Street, [1876]). Also issued as Thompson Westcott's Centennial Portfolio. Thomas Hunter published several variant views, including folio-size prints commissioned in 1874 by the Centennial Board of Finance, of the Centennial Buildings after the official plans of the structures., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Centennial and Columbian Exposition views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 810a-h. POS 810a: Agricultural Hall. POS 810b:Art Gallery. POS 810c: Horticultural Hall. POS 810d: Judges Hall. POS 810e: Machinery Hall. POS 810f: Main Building. POS 810g: U.S. Government Building. POS 810h: Womens Pavilion.
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, artist
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Centennial [5758.F.25c&d; 26e&f; 27c&d; 28b&c]

Title: Villanova University
Description: Aerial views of Villanova University, including St. Thomas of Villanova Church, located at 800 Lancaster Avenue in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The university was founded in 1842 by the Augustinian Order of the Roman Catholic Church. Images probably taken 1921 [1399] and 1922 [1725]., Negative numbers: 1399, 1725., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1399; P.8990.1725]

Title: The great American Centennial Exhibition puzzle blocks, in sectional parts In five views comprising: 1. - Art Gallery. Morning view. 2.-Machinery Hall. Sunset view. 3.-Horticultural Hall. Nighttime illumination. 4.-Agricultural Hall. Storm view. 5.-Main building. Day scene - grand opening. Printed in oil colors. Endless amusement
Description: Collection of 5 chromolithograph puzzle blocks and 5 duplicate unmounted, uncut chromolithographs showing prominent buildings at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 during different times of the day and weather conditions. Buildings include the Art Gallery, Machinery Hall, Horticultural Hall, Agricultural Hall, and the Main Building. Views include heavy pedestrian traffic, visitors traveling the grounds by carriage, fountains, statuary, and variant skyscapes. Main Building view also shows a troop of marching soldiers and several street cars, including a "Fairmount Park" vehicle. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The Centennial celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Puzzle blocks contained in original wooden box [P.2007.21.12k]. Box cover mounted with a chromolithograph showing a view of the Art Gallery not included as a puzzle block. View contains heavy pedestrian traffic., Philadelphia on Stone, Gift of David Doret., Piece missing from "Agricultural Hall" puzzle block. [P.2007.21.12i], LCP copies of Machinery Hall prints contain variant title. Excludes text "Sunset View.", Library of Congress : PGA - Brett Litho. Co.--Centennial building ... (B size) [P&P]. LOC holds "Machinery Hall" and "General View" loose prints., POS 327a-e. POS 327a: 1. Art Gallery. POS 327b: 2. Machinery Hall. POS 327c: 3. Horticultural Hall. POS 327d: 4. Agricultural Hall. POS 327e: 5. Main Building.
Creator: Brett Lithographing Co., printer
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Centennial [P.2007.21.12a-e], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *albums (flat) [P.2007.21.12f-k]

Title: [Views of four prominent buildings at the Centennial Exhibition, Fairmount Park, 1876]
Description: Proof containing four uncut views of prominent buildings built after the designs of Henry Petit, Hermann Schwarzmann, and Joseph Wilson at the Centennial Exhibition. Shows the Main Building, the Art Gallery (Memorial Hall), Agricultural Hall, and Horticultural Hall. Views include pedestrian and street traffic. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park., Title supplied by cataloguer., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 812
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Centennial [P.9558.2]

Title: Bird's eye view of International Exhibition buildings
Description: Prospective view showing the main buildings on the exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park. Includes Machinery Hall, Main Building, Memorial Hall, Horticultural Hall, and Agricultural Hall. Shows fair visitors on the grounds landscaped with paths, fountains, a pond, and foot bridges. George's Hill and the 24th Ward reservoir are visible in the background. In the lower right foreground, a paddleboat and ladies on a rowboat excursion on the Schuylkill river are visible. Key to buildings and building dimensions printed below the image. Several of the main exhibition buildings were built after the designs of Henry Petit, Hermann Schwarzmann, and Joseph Wilson. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Not in Wainwright., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1875 by Breuker & Kessler in the Office of teh Librarian of Congress at Wash DC., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 53
Creator: Breuker & Kessler
Date: 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW -Centennial [P.9991.2]

Title: Bird's eye view, Centennial buildings. 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view looking west from the Schuylkill River toward the proposed buildings on the exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park. Includes the Main Building, Machinery Hall, the Art Gallery (Memorial Hall), Judges Hall, Ladies Pavilion, U.S. Government Buildings, Horticultural Hall, and Agricultural Hall. The grounds are lined with trees, bushes, and landscaped paths. Also shows the 24th Ward reservoir and buildings surrounding the exhibition grounds. A train travels in the background. Also contains the dimensions in the lower right corner for six of the buildings . The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 41
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.9192.4]

Title: Bird's eye view, Centennial buildings. 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: First state of a bird's eye view issued as a promotion by the publisher for "The Illustrated History of the Centennial Exhibition" (1876). View looks south from Belmont Plateau showing the proposed buildings on the exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park. Includes Horticultural Hall, Main Exhibition Building, Memorial Hall, Agricultural Hall, Judges Hall, Ladies Pavilion, Machinery Hall, and U.S. Government Building. The grounds are lined with trees, bushes, and landscaped paths. Includes several fair visitors traveling by foot and carriage on the paths. Clusters of tree tops are visible in the foreground. Also contains the names and dimensions of the main buildings printed below the image. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 51, Gift of David Doret, See James Dabney McCabe's The illustrated history of the Centennial Exhibition: ... (Philadelphia: Published by the National Publishing Company, 1876). [Am 1876 McCabe 78340.O], Trimmed.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.2003.41.3]

Title: Bird's eye view, Centennial buildings. 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view looking west from the Schuylkill River toward the proposed buildings on the exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park. Includes the Main Building, Machinery Hall, Memorial Hall, Horticultural Hall, and Agricultural Hall. The grounds are lined with trees, bushes, and landscaped paths. Also shows the 24th ward reservoir and buildings surrounding the exhibition grounds. A train travels in the background. Also contains the names and dimension of the main buildings s printed below the image. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Not in Wainwright., Gift of David Doret., POS 43, Philadelphia on Stone
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.2002.49.1]

Title: Haverford Grammar School
Description: Aerial view of the Haverford School, located at 450 Lancaster Ave. in Haverford, Pa. Depicts circular driveway in front of school buildings, and nearby residences. Pennsylvania Railroad line and Haverford Station can be seen in the distance. Founded in 1884 as the Haverford College Grammar School. Renamed Haverford School around 1916 after it severed ties with the college., Negative number: 2756.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.2756]

Title: California state building
Description: Elevated, exterior view looking southeast at the California state building with a view of Machinery Hall in the background. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title from manuscript note on mount., Orange 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.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9299.29]

Title: Main Building west end
Description: View looking southeast at the west elevation of the Main Exhibition Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title printed on mount below image., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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.9580.2]

Title: Brewers' Hall
Description: Exterior view of hall built by James B. Doyle after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann as an annex to Agricultural Hall. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title printed in numbered series list on verso with twenty-seven other titles (No. 1-28)., Series title repeated on printed scrollwork in red ink on mount: Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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.9260.86]

Title: Bear pits
Description: View showing the bear pits constructed in 1874 after designs by Theophilus Parsons Chandler, Jr., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Zoo [P.9119.9]

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: Court House, Asheville, looking up Patton Avenue, [NC]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Patton Avenue terminating in the Court House, a large building with a clocktower. Carriages, people, and storefronts line either side of the street as telegraph lines crisscross overhead and trolley tracks run below., Time: 4 P.M., Light: Fair 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: March 26, 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1603]

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