Block numbered in two places: 6467, also 1193 on small adhesive label on back of block., Woodblock for printing an illustration of a building surrounded by a few trees; several large stones or other objects are visible in the yard, Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down piece of paper.
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]
Block numbered in three places: 873., Image of a Sunday-school building with a teacher surrounded by girls in the doorway, and two boys in the foreground (one holding a book)., Illustration appears in The Design and importance of Sabbath-schools (Philadelphia, not before 1827?), wrapper vignette., Illustration appears in Select poetry, for children (Philadelphia, not before 1845?), p. 11., A similar illustration appears in The sailor's daughter (New York: Sunday-School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1846), p. 8., Copy 2, stereotype (4.8 x 6.2 x 2.3 cm.), , Provenance:, , Variant:
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]
Block numbered in two places: 6409, also 50 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a woman in a hoop skirt or dress facing a boy who leans against a fence post with his hands in his pockets and one knee bent; behind them outside of the fence is a church with a spire., “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.
Block numbered in two places : 3576, also 1347 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of what appears to be a graveyard behind a church building; there are several tall trees; the yard is surrounded by a wall; a shovel is leaning against a wall and a piece of cloth hangs over the wall beside the shovel., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
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]
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]
Block numbered in two places: 6228, also 1450 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a man and a woman leaning over the ground at what appears to be a grave; the man holds a shovel, and the woman wears a cloak with a hood and clutches a small branch or sprig; behind them are the spire of a church and a group of figures wearing coats and hats departing the churchyard., “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., “Am.S.S.U” – Back of block in three places., “Prayer [?] do [?]” – Inscribed on side of block.
Block numbered in two places: 6185., Image of a large, ornate building, possibly a train station or a convention hall; several figures stand in the street in the foreground., Back of block also engraved (for portion of map of Kansas)., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block in two places. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
View showing a dilapidated building, possibly a residence for mill workers, on a hillside. A large lot of overturned ground is visible in the foreground and laundry dries on a clothesline., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., Green mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Parks - F [P.9058.162]
View showing a dilapidated building, possibly a residence for mill workers, on a hillside. A large lot of overturned ground is visible in the foreground and laundry dries on a clothesline., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., Green mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Parks - F [P.9058.162]
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]
Exterior view from a path in a fenced park of a hall with the painted sign "Industrial Exposition Hall" over the entrance. Most likely Saengerfest Hall looking northwest from Washington Square in Cincinnati, Ohio. Hall built in 1867, renamed Exposition Hall in 1870, and demolished in 1877 to make way for the extant Music Hall at Fourteenth and Elm Streets. An Industrial Exposition was held at this site annually from 1870-1875., Title from manuscript note on verso., Stamped on verso: A. R. Mills., Mint green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non-Philadelphia - Ohio [P.9260.94]
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]
Sheet music cover containing an exterior view showing the Gothic-style hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart at 713-721 Chestnut Street. Also shows pedestrians looking into the storefront windows on the lower level and gentlemen entering the main entryway. Building sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street., Not in Wainwright., Printed on recto: AE 81., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 34, Library of Congress: PR 13 CN 2001: 068
Date
Aug. 17 1856
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PR 13 CN 2001: 068
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]
Bird's eye view print after B. F. Smith's 1850 lithograph "Philadelphia. From Girard College." View looking south from above Girard College (2000-2490 North College Avenue) showing the city to South Philadelphia. Includes Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings; Eastern State Penitentiary; Schuylkill River; and a church near the college grounds. Also shows spectators on the roof of Founder's Hall. The college buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revival style, were constructed 1833-1847. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans., Not in Wainwright., See LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #69., Gift of David Doret., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Views - Philadelphia from Girard College. FLP also holds copy "Exec by G.G. Lange Darmstadt.", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 568
Creator
Charles Magnus & Co.
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Views - Philadelphia [P.2005.21.2]
Bird's eye view print after B. F. Smith's 1850 lithograph "Philadelphia. From Girard College." View looking south from above Girard College (2000-2490 North College Avenue) showing the city to South Philadelphia. Includes Founder's Hall and the eastern and western outbuildings; Eastern State Penitentiary; Schuylkill River; and a church near the college grounds. Also shows spectators on the roof of Founder's Hall. The college buildings, designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter in the Greek Revival style, were constructed 1833-1847. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans., Title supplied by cataloger., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 584, See LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #69., Gift of David Doret., Possibly printed by Charles Magnus.
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Views - Philadelphia [P.2283.12]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Block numbered in two places: 8577., Image of an architectural structure, perhaps Petra or a similar site with rock-cut architecture, with mountains in the background., Signed: Hele-Sattler. Hele & Sattler, a partnership between William J. Hele (b. ca. 1857) and Julius C. Sattler (1855-1916), was active between circa 1877 and circa 1886.
Block numbered in one place: 9400, also 1224 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a man and a woman in a small boat; the woman wears a bonnet and holds a basket or woven bag in her lap; the man, who wears a tall hat rests his chin on his clasped hands, possibly leaning on a small cane; behind the boat a short distance away is a spired building on the shore, likely a church.
Block numbered in two places: 6590, also 3[7?]0 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a man wearing a long tunic and cloth head covering and holding what appears to be a rifle, resting the butt end on the ground; behind him are what appear to be several temporary structures made of what may be tarp, with people and goats gathered in and around them; the area is surrounded by a large number of palm trees., “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., “Am.S.S.U” – Back of block.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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)]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 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]
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]
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]
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]
