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Title: Philadelphia Library. On the northeast corner of Fifth and Library street
Description: View showing the Library Company of Philadelphia (organized by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731) built 1789-1790 after the designs of Dr. William Thornton on the 100 block of Fifth Street. A group of young men and boys stand near the entrance of the building. Also shows a horse-drawn carriage and lamppost in the foreground., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount of (3)2526.F.105 (Poulson)/8339.F.5., Date inscribed on photograph (3)2526.F.105 (Poulson)/8339.F.5., Compass directions given in manuscript on mount., One of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., One of the images originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 105. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image., (3)2526.F.105 reaccessioned as 8339.F.5.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: February 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Libraries - L [(6)1322.F.10e; (3)2526.F.105], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/8339f5.jpg

Title: Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, J.E. Kingsley & Co., proprietors [envelope]
Description: View showing the luxury hotel completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. at the corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic including horse-drawn carriages, men on horseback, and a strolling family. The hotel was demolished in 1924., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Variant of (6)1322.F.69c., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 158
Creator: Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Hotels [(8)1322.F.49h]

Title: Mercantile Library, on the southeast corner of Fifth and Library Street
Description: View showing the building of the library, organized in 1821 for the benefit of merchants and merchant clerks, built 1844-45 after the designs of William Johnston at 125 South Fifth Street. Includes a horse-drawn carriage parked in front of the library and a partial view of Independence Square. Building demolished circa 1925., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Mount inscribed with directions: N. E. S. W., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 111. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 11., Arcadia caption text: William L. Johnston designed this Greek Revival edifice, constructed 1844-1845, at the southeast corner of Fifth and Library streets for the Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia, which formed in 1821 as a member-supported institution for merchants and clerks. Initially serving the specific interests of bankers, traders, and accountants, by the late 19th century the library became a place for the general public to utilize its collection of newspapers, magazines, and novels. Pictured here in 1858, the library relocated in 1869. The building was demolished c. 1925.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: December 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Libraries - M [(3)2526.F.111 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/2526f111.jpg

Title: [Man with a horse drawn carriage], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a man standing next to a horse-drawn carriage in a field at Pocono Lake. The man wears a hat and suspenders. Trees line the field. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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: July 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.411]

Title: [Man with a horse-drawn carriage, Pocono Lake, PA]
Description: Photograph showing a man standing next to a horse-drawn carriage in a field at Pocono Lake. The man wears a hat and suspenders. Trees line the field. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.411., 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: July 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.626]

Title: [225th aniversary of Germantown parade, Germantown, Pa.]
Description: Film negative showing a group of soldiers marching in a parade down Germantown Avenue for the 225th anniversary of the founding of Germantown. The soldiers wear uniforms with tall hats and carry rifles over their shoulders. Spectators line the far side of the road. A line of carriages filled with people stand behind the spectators. A man on horseback and a horse-drawn carriage cross in the foreground. The original Bicentennial anniversary parade celebrated the first German immigrants to America and the first thirteen Quaker families who founded Germantown. A smaller annual holiday, German Day, began to be held in subsequent years in German-American communities., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on original envelope: 10-6-1908. Historical parade, being 225th aniv of Germantown Friends Meeting. On Germantown Ave., Gift of David M. Morris., 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: October 6, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2017.38.3]

Title: West Arch Street Presbyterian Church, corner of Eighteenth & Arch streets, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view showing the church also known as Arch Street Presbyterian Church built by Joseph DeNegre in 1855 after the designs of Joseph C. Hoxie at 1726-1732 Arch Street. Also shows parishioners, men, women, and children, leaving the church, walking past it, and convening in couples and groups on the sidewalk around the building. Also shows a horse-drawn carriage galloping in the street., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of partnership of M.H. Traubel & Co., Length of House 150 feet, Width " " 87 ", Height of Front Tower 115 feet, " " Centre " 170 "., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 882, Gift of David Doret., Print received after original dates of project.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret Collection - Prints [P.2020.39.13]

Title: Fourteenth [sic] Presbyterian Church. N. west corner of Schuylkill Seventh and George Sts. Phila
Description: Exterior view showing the Greek-Revival style building of the Ninth Presbyterian Church opened in 1841 at S. 16th and Sansom streets. Partial views of neighboring buildings are visible. Also shows pedestrian and street traffic. Includes a small horse-drawn buggy traveling past an overweight man with a lady waiting near a lamp post at the street corner. Congregation organized May 1822., Title partially printed on mount, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 270, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 136 F 781, Contains paper backing.
Creator: Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.), artist
Date: [ca. 1841]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 136 F 781

Title: Princeton Presbyterian Church, Phila
Description: Exterior view showing the greenstone church built 1858-1860 at 39th Street (i.e., Saunders Avenue) and Powelton Avenue in West Philadelphia. An iron fence surrounds the church and trees line the sidewalk in front of the sanctuary. A lot of land and a grove of trees flank the property. Exiting parishioners are visible in the doorway and individuals greet and converse with one another on the sidewalk as a horse-drawn buggy rushes past in the street. A new church building was completed on the site in 1876. Congregation organized October 1855., Manuscript note on recto: 39th & Powelton Ave., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 627, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 136 P 957
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 136 P 957

Title: Richmond Chemical Works near Philadelphia N. Lennig & Co. Offer for sale
Description: Advertisement card showing a view of the large chemical works for N. Lennig & Co., also known as Tacony Chemical Works, established in 1831 at Richmond and Ann streets in Port Richmond. Several of the buildings contain smokestacks, and most are absent or only contain a few windows. In the foreground, a man leans on a fence lining the road, while behind him, a horse-drawn carriage and man on horseback travel in front of the complex. Also contains a list of 20 chemicals produced by the factory, including Chloride of lime, Aqua fortis, and Muriate of tin, printed below the image. The works ceased operations circa 1848 following the relocation of the plant to Bridesburg beginning in 1847., Date supplied by Wainwright., pdcc00006, Name of printer printed on stone with incorrect first initial "P.", Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:1A, Kollner operated from 6 Bank Alley in 1844.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [1844]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Castner 26:1A

Title: The celebrated Blasius Pianos. Blasius & Sons piano manufacturers Warerooms: 1101-1103-1119 Chestnut St. Factory: 2240-2242-2244, 2246-2248 North Ninth St. Philadelphia Pa
Description: Advertising card containing a romantic genre scene bordering captioned views of the Chestnut Street warerooms of the manufactory established in 1855. View captioned "Warerooms: 1119 Chestnut St.” shows part of the front façade of the 4-story storefront marked “Blasius & Sons Piano Manufacturers.” Patrons and pedestrians mill in front of the business. View captioned “Warerooms: 1101 & 1103 Chestnut St.” shows the multiple-story storefront marked “Blasius & Sons Manufacturer of the Blasius Pianos.” Several pedestrians walk in front of the large display windows and patrons enter the building. A horse-drawn carriage is parked in the street. In the left of the print, the genre scene set during the medieval period shows a troubadour serenading a lady from below her window., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00005, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 23, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 11th-12th
Creator: Hoover, Joseph
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 11th-12th

Title: Williams Ogle coach and harness maker, no. 280, Chestnut Street, above 10th.. south side, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing a view of the three-and-a half story factory of the “Ogle’s Coach & Harness Manufactory” on the 1000 block of Chestnut Street. Building adorned with signage, including “Wm. Ogle Coach 280 Maker” signs by the entranceway. A gentleman, probably the proprietor, stands at the open entranceway to the first-floor showroom in which several carriages are displayed. A couple approaches the entrance. In the street, a horse-drawn carriage is parked and attended by a disembarked driver on the side. An unhitched sulky is also visible in the street in front of the store. Also includes slight views of the adjacent buildings. Ogle operated as a sole proprietor from the address 1847-1850., pdcp00031, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Factories, etc.
Creator: Rease, W.H, artist
Date: [1850]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Factories, etc. - O

Title: Brandywine Springs Hotel near Wilmington Del
Description: View showing the elegant four-story hotel completed in 1826 after the designs of Thomas U. Walter in Brandywine Springs, Delaware. Elegantly attired guests crowd the first floor porch, are visible in some upper floor windows, and walk and lounge on the grounds. A man on horseback, and a horse-drawn carriage arrive at the hotel near two dogs chasing each other in the driveway. The hotel served as a summer retreat for the well-to-do of the region. The building was razed by fire in 1853., Title from manuscript note in ink on recto., pdcc00012, Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 19, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 11:54
Creator: Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857, artist
Date: 1830
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 11:54

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

Title: Exterior view of the tabernacle of the Alexander Presbyterian Church, Rev. Alfred Nevin. D.D. Pastor. N. E. corner of Nineteenth and Green streets. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the one-story red brick temporary church building that housed the congregation, later the West Green Street Church, 1858-1859. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn coach, promenading families and couples, and a boy waving an American flag. Congregation originally named for Rev. Archibald Alexander. The permanent church structure was built during the 1860s and complete by 1869., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 218, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 136 A 374
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 136 A 374

Title: Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Description: View showing the educational institution built 1824-1826 after the designs of John Haviland at 320 South Broad Street. Trees are visible in the courtyard. A carriage passes in the street and two men converse at the opposite street corner., Not in Wainwright., pdcj00004, Date from manuscript note on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: FLP Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 52, See Wainwright 93.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [1847]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 52

Title: Church of Our Lady of Consolation. Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa In charge of the Augustinian Fathers
Description: Certificate containing an exterior view of the Roman Catholic church, also known as St. Mary's Lady of Consolation Church, and later Our Mother of Consolation Church, built in 1855 at 7-25 East Chestnut Hill Avenue. Church contains the Gothic spire built in 1885. A Victorian-style residence stands adjacent to the church and an iron-work fence bordered by bushes line the properties. A man enters the church building while nearby a lady walks across the path in the sidewalk, which leads to the church yard. In the street, a horse-drawn buggy travels. On the opposite sidewalk, a gentleman on a stroll walks in the direction of two young men, one carrying a basket on his arm. Also shows a street lamp. The church, founded in 1855, was built with funding from founding parishioner Joseph Middleton., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 32, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Lady of Consolation
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Lady of Consolation

Title: West Arch Street Presbyterian Church, corner of Eighteenth & Arch streets, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view showing the church also known as Arch Street Presbyterian Church built by Joseph DeNegre in 1855 after the designs of Joseph C. Hoxie at 1726-1732 Arch Street. Also shows parishioners, men, women, and children, leaving the church, walking past it, and convening in couples and groups on the sidewalk around the building. Also shows a horse-drawn carriage galloping in the street., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of partnership of M.H. Traubel & Co., Length of House 150 feet, Width " " 87 ", Height of Front Tower 115 feet, " " Centre " 170 "., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 882, Gift of David Doret., Print received after original dates of project.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret Collection - Prints [P.2020.39.13]

Title: Clarke Hall, s.w. corner of Third and Chestnut Streets, built soon after 1700 From 1700 to 1795 it was occupied as the office of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. After many changes it was removed to make room for the Ledger building in 1840. The Public record was first published here in 1870
Description: Drawing of an early 1800s street view showing storefronts on the former site of the mansion of colonial lawyer William Clarke (built circa 1699, razed 1800) on Third and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia. A man patron exits the two-and-half-story building near two women who peer into one of the multi-paned windows of the storefront. View also shows neighboring residential buildings as well as pedestrian and street traffic, including a woman resident being greeted by a man at her front door and a horse-drawn carriage traveling down the street., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of the artist., Signed by the artist in the lower right., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., See related: Taylor – Case 12-15 [2717.F].
Creator: Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927, artist
Date: [ca. 1920]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.20]

Title: St. Paul's German Lutheran Church. N. East, corner of Brown and St. John sts., Phila
Description: Exterior view of the church built 1840 after the designs of architect A.D. Caldwell on the 200 block of Brown Street. Also shows pedestrian and street traffic, including a man and woman admiring the church from a street corner; a couple in a carriage acknowledging a gentleman passing on horseback; and a man seated side-saddle on a stopped horse conversing with a man in the street., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 714, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.), artist
Date: c1840
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W349 [P.2004.44.30]

Title: Assembly Building schottisch
Description: Sheet music cover showing a busy street scene with the "Assembly Buildings" music hall rebuilt 1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. at 1000-1002 Chestnut Street. Signage for tenant F.A. Hoyt & Brother, boys clothing, adorns the frieze of the building used for concerts, exhibitions, and balls. The hall also displays signage for the "Assembly Dinner Saloon," the eating saloon in the basement. Several pedestrians walk on the sidewalks, convene at the intersection, and cross the street in which horse-drawn carriages and an omibus travel. Pedestrians include ladies with parasols, a boy with a hoop, and two men shaking hands. Also shows two men on horseback near a street lamp at the corner, a dog, and neighboring buildings., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by J.W. Roddon., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 28, Possibly printed by Jacob Haehnlen.
Date: c1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Theatres [6482.F]

Title: F. & L. Ladner's Military Hall. No. 532 North Third St. Philadelphia Free concerts nightly
Description: Tradecard containing an exterior view of the saloon and concert hall built 1857 on the 500 block of North Third Street. Male patrons convene at and near the entry as pedestrians, including women, walk past the three-and one-half-story twin building with showcase windows. In the street, a horse-drawn carriage is parked and a "Richmond & Navy Yard/Second & Third St." street car travels. Also shows partial views of adjacent businesses, including a tobacconist. The Ladners operated the hall 1857-1881., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 221, See related advertisement print **BW - Hotels, Inns & Taverns [P.9008], Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.153o]

Title: Residence & property of James Holgate, n. w. cor. Lehigh Ave. & Eleventh St. Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View, probably from an atlas, showing the Victorian-style house and substantial property of the state legislator at 1109 Lehigh Avenue in North Philadelphia. The property, surrounded by a fence, contains a carriage house and large landscaped garden, including a wall of trellises, a green house, and a dog house. A gardener works near the trellises. Neighboring buildings, including row houses and W.C. Gill, apothecary, are visible in the background. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages; a lamppost with mailbox at the corner; and the names of the streets inscribed on the sidewalks., Contains inset of a view showing three elegant row houses. Includes pedestrian traffic., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 194, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 16 H 716
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Residences [7810.F]

Title: [Mount Equity, with carriages in driveway, Pennsdale, Pa.]
Description: Exterior view of Mount Equity and surrounding property, including three carriages on the stone drive near the house. Bertha T. Webster, wife of the photographer's brother Clement, stands on the front lawn of the house, looking at the carriages. Mount Equity was rented by the photographer's aunt, Hannah Mary S. Taylor, during the summer months of 1889 and 1890., A small stone section of Mount Equity, known as "The Cottage," was constructed near the Wolf Run House in Pennsdale, Pa. ca. 1810 by Mercy Ellis after the death of her husband, William Ellis. After her death in 1848, her children used the cottage primarily during the summer months. Her son Charles Ellis built a stone addition to the house in 1861 and a rear kitchen wing was added by the family in 1882. It was around this time that the enlarged house shed its name as "The Cottage," and was known as Mount Equity. The property is now home to a Buddhist Monastery, Mt. Equity Zendo Jihoji., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.111]

Title: Western Exchange Hotel, Market Street, west of Penn Square, Philadelphia Joseph Waterman, proprietor. The proprietor of this hotel, respectfully announces to the public, that he has refitted his hotel and is now prepared to receive his friends and patrons in a manner which he flatters himself they will find that attention to their comforts which will give entire satisfaction. -- This hotel embraces many advantages to the travelling public being contiguous to the great Central and Pennsylvania Rail Road Depot, and in immediate vicinity of the depots of the Baltimore, Wilmington, Pottsville and Reading Rail Roads. The Westchester cars leave the hotel morning and afternoon. -- Terms, one dollar per day
Description: Advertisement showing Joseph Waterman's stately six-story hotel building and adjacent properties on the north side of the 1500 block of Market Street. Gentlemen mingle on the second-story, arcaded balcony overlooking the street. A large cupola and weathervane surmount the penthouse. Horse-drawn carriages and carts labeled "Exchange Wagon," "Waterman's Hotel," and "Western Exchange," congest the street and transport patrons to and from nearby railroad depots. The hotel was patronized by farmers and used as the western terminus of several omnibus lines. Hotel removed circa 1860., Artist probably Frederick J. Pilliner who worked as a lithographer first in Boston in 1853-54 and in Philadelphia between 1856 and 1860., Philadelphia on Stone, Atwater Kent Museum: 56.25.7, Pilliner worked from the address of the Lithographic Institute, which included lithographers Maurice H. Traubel, Theodore Leonhardt, Edward Schnabel, John F. Finkeldey, and William Demme in 1856 and 1857.
Creator: Pilliner, E, artist
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 56.25.7

Title: St. Francis Xavier's Church. Philadelphia, Penna Rev. James Maginn, Pastor
Description: View showing the Roman Catholic church at Twenty-fifth and Biddle Streets (i.e., Buttonwood Street) below the Fairmount Waterworks Basin in Fairmount. Church contains a dome and bell tower. Also shows an adjacent four-story rectory building, convent, or school. Building contains an attached covered shed. Trees line the church properties. Street and pedestrian traffic includes individuals crossing the street, strolling on the sidewalk, and a horse-drawn carriage with passengers. Rev. Maginn was appointed pastor in 1863. The church relocated to a new building at 24th and Green streets in 1898 with the Philadelphia Museum of Art erected at the prior location., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 232, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Francis Xavier's Church
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Francis Xavier's Church

Title: Pavillion [sic], George's Hill
Description: Promotional stereograph depicting the bandstand, built in 1872, on George's Hill near Fifty-Second Street in West Fairmount Park. The hill was given to the city by siblings Jesse and Rebecca George in 1868. Shows a crowd of men and women, including two African American men, possibly carriage drivers, posing in front of the pavilion. In the foreground, a coach is parked., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from content and the people's attire., Buff mount with rounded corners., Contains label posted on verso promoting Young's Favorite Blue Grass Rye and Wheat Whiskies distributed by New York wine shop, Acker, Merrall & Condit, and distilled by Philadelphia distiller Alexander Young & Co., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 - Parks [P.9774.2]

Title: Dunlaps'[sic] Phoenix Coach Works, corner of Fifth & Buttonwood Streets, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the industrial complex for the "Phoenix Coach Works" on the 400 block of Buttonwood Street. Complex includes a four-story main building, adorned with street signs, connected to additions and the "General Coach Furnishing Store." Several smokestacks and a tower decorated with the model of a carriage adorn the roof. Signage reading "Phoenix Coach Works" adorns one of the additions, which contains a rooftop crossover to the main building in addition to an entry, adorned with the figures of lions, to a courtyard. A man drives a horse-drawn carriage through the entryway, as above, carriages are displayed on the crossover. Four unhitched carriages, including an ornately decorated one, line the street in front of the main building as a single-seat carriage and a fancy coach with driver and passenger travel in the street. On the sidewalk, a woman, holding a parasol, promenades with a child; a man accompanied by a dog strolls; and two boys pull and push a wheelbarrow. Neighboring buildings (adjacent and rear), including a drugstore, are visible in the left of the image. The shop is adorned with signage "Drugs [sic] & Medecines Wholesale & Retail," an American flag, and a display window lined with jars, bottles, and canisters. Also shows a woman exiting one of the rear neighboring buildings. Circa 1845, Dunlap began operating from the factory which was later used as a hospital, prison, and barracks during the Civil War., Inscribed on recto: Wood Oct 10 56., Wainwright suggests date of circa 1850., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 192, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: [ca. 1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W100 [P.2084]

Title: General view of Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: Bird's eye view showing part of the grounds of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. In the foreground, horse-drawn carriages approach the main gate (visible in the left) of the cemetery that contains tombs, monuments, and a Gothic-style chapel., Frontispiece to Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: For sale at the cemetery, and by the treasurer, 1847) and alter editions., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 294.2, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.7 and in Am 1847 Phi Lau 10497.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Date: [ca. 1847]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W148.2 [P.9830.7]

Title: Christ Church Hospital
Description: Exterior view of front facade of hospital building constructed 1856-1861 after designs by John M. Gries at 2100 North Forty-ninth Street. Building adorned with Gothic details, including narrow pointed arched windows, gable roofs, pinnacles and spires. A carriage drives away from the front entrance of the home along the same path where pedestrians stroll the grounds. Founded in 1772 by Dr. John Kearsley to support poor and widowed women of the Church of England., Published in Edward W. Clark's A Record of the Inscriptions of the Tablets and Grave-Stones in the Burial-Grounds of Christ Church, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Collins, printer, 705 Jayne Street, 1864), opposite page 85., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 119, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Uy8 96795.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Tholey, Charles P., d. 1898, artist
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W63 [Uy8 96795.D.85a]

Title: Old State House, Congress Hall and Town Hall, Chesnut [sic] Street Philadelphia
Description: Street scene on Chestnut Street below Sixth Street with views of Independence Hall (completed in 1748), and the adjacent Congress Hall (Town Hall), completed in 1789 as a county courthouse, and used by Congress from 1790 to 1800. Depicts several men convened outside Congress Hall; couples strolling the sidewalk; and horse-drawn carriages, a man on horseback, and a boy with a dog traversing the street. Includes view of the building originally built as a city hall, and used as the seat of the Supreme Court from 1790 to 1800., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1804]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 33/P.2276.69]

Title: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, from Tenth to [Ninth], south side
Description: View from above Tenth Street, looking east, showing the 1000 block of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: J.G. Maxwell, trimmings store and factory (1032 Chestnut); Wilson and Stellwagon, jewelers (1028 Chestnut), and a children's clothing store. Crates of trash rest on the corner near a lamppost and a group of conversing men. Also includes a horse-drawn carriage standing idle in the street. Trimmings store contains a large advertisement on the side of its building., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Green mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: ca. 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [(8)1322.F.29a]

Title: Corner [Eighth] and Chestnut Street looking west
Description: View showing the north side of the 800 block of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: John Stone & Sons, silk merchants (805 Chestnut) and the Girard House (823-835 Chestnut), built 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Also includes partial view of Wilson & Marter, watch and jewelery store, (802 Chestnut) on the south side of the block. Awnings adorn the buildings. Several pedestrians crowd the sidewalk and horse-drawn carriages travel the street., Title from manuscript note on mount., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.25c]

Title: Corner [Eighth] and Chestnut Street looking west
Description: View showing the north side of the 800 block of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: John Stone & Sons, silk merchants (805 Chestnut) and the Girard House (823-835 Chestnut), built 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Also includes partial view of Wilson & Marter, watch and jewelery store, (802 Chestnut) on the south side of the block. Awnings adorn the buildings. Several pedestrians crowd the sidewalk and horse-drawn carriages travel the street., Title from manuscript note on mount., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.25c]

Title: Southside Chestnut St. from Carpenters Court to 4th St., 1809
Description: View showing the block of four wooden buildings, including a stable, near the back of Carpenter's Hall during the year 1809. A horse-drawn carriage travels down the street. Several men and women pedestrians, including an African American man, attired in an apron and carrying two bundles, walk the sidewalks., Title from item., Inscribed on recto: Copy., Commissioned by Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Dreer., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1975, p. 6-11., Purchase 1975., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
Date: 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.146], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc146.html

Title: Ficken & Williams, steam sugar refiners, Crown, Willow and Fifth streets, Philadelphia Office 416. Crown Street Philada. Office. 119 So. Front St. Philada. Office 80 Wall Street New York
Description: Advertisement showing a busy street scene with a view of the refinery complex in Northern Liberties. Includes the office building adorned with signage "Ficken & Williams Steam Sugar Refinery" attached to the large multi-storied processing plant of several connected buildings marked at the corner "Crown St." and "William St." Smoke stacks and a large American flag adorn the facility. Two men converse at the doorway of the office across from a horse-drawn carriage parked in the street that is congested with refinery traffic. Several drays, some loaded with barrels, and a cart loaded with coal travel to and from the refinery. Factory employees also load a dray with barrels, sit on a barrel, converse, and emerge from a building entrance. Other street traffic includes two boys crossing the intersection, a woman and girl on promenade, dogs, and a driver leading a team of mules hauling freight cars of coal. Also shows pedestrian traffic, including three men convened in conversation, on the sidewalks around the factory., pdcp00036, Not in Wainwright, Reduced variant published in Edwin T. Freedley’s Philadelphia and its manufactures : a handbook of the great manufactories and representative mercantile houses of Philadelphia in 1867 (Philadelphia: E. Young, 1867), opp. p. 472., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories and Foundries (A-M)
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories and Foundries (A-M)

Title: Girard College for orphans at Philadelphia, Penn
Description: Exterior view of Girard College constructed 1833 to 1847 after the designs of Thomas Ustrick Walter at 1201-1211 West College Avenue, Philadelphia. In the center, shows Founders Hall designed in the Greek-Revival style with columns and a pediment. Two outbuildings flank either side of the Hall. A number of boys walk on the school grounds. Outside the walled campus, pedestrians walk along the sidewalk. Horse-drawn carriages travel down the street. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor, white, orphaned boys. The outbuildings, originally named Building 1 through 4, were used as student dormitories and residences for the president and teacher. In 1927, the buildings were renamed, Allen Hall, Bordeaux Hall, Mariner Hall, and Merchant Hall., Title and date from duplicate copies in Library Company collection., Trimmed and lacking title and imprint., Gift of David Doret., See related copies: **Ph Pr - Education - Girard [5225.F.7; 5225.F.11].
Creator: Graham, A. W., engraver
Date: [ca. 1840 or 1847]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.39]

Title: A View of Reading Taken from the west side of Schuylkill and most respectfully dedicated to the citizens of Berks County Pa
Description: View depicting Reading, Pa. from the west side of the Schuylkill River. In the foreground, foot and vehicular traffic travels on the dirt roads alongside the river’s edge, including a woman carrying a pail, a barefooted white boy with a bag and a dog at his feet, and a horse-drawn carriage carrying a white man and a woman. The women’s faces are obscured by the bonnets they wear. Also near the river, three cows lie down and one stands beside a wooden fence. Boats travel down the river. In the background, the cityscape of Reading is visible including buildings, houses, churches with steeples, and roads., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Holtzwart, Frederick A., artist
Date: [ca. 1837]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.40]

Title: Ph. J. Lauber's restaurant, Centennial grounds, near Horticultural Hall
Description: Illustration on recto depicts a bird's eye view of Lauber's restaurant on the Centennial grounds in West Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Includes pedestrians and horse-drawn coaches in the foreground. The Cenntenial, held in 1876, celebrated America’s one-hundredth anniversary of independence and showcased the strengths of the country’s industry, manufactures, agriculture, and art., Left vignette on verso shows three buildings comprising the Philip J. Lauber liquor and restaurant business at 24-26 South Fifth Street. The buildings, adorned with signage, include left to right: "Ph. Lauber Beer & Ale"; "Ph. Lauber Importer of Wines"; and "Ph. Lauber Restaurant" (partial view). Image also shows heavy street and pedestrian traffic. Men congregate at the doorway of the wine shop at which a horse-drawn cart loaded with wine barrels departs. A carriage, horse-drawn dray, men on horseback, and pedestrians travel in the street. Lauber added a restaurant to his business on Fifth Street circa 1877. Right vignette on verso depicts cherubs eating grapes and drinking bottles of wine on a mantelpiece surrounded by vinery and greenery., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Lauber [5758.F.11c]

Title: [Billheads from J.D. Marshall & Bros., later D. Marshall & Bro., druggists, 1215 Market Street, Philadelphia to E. Somers]
Description: Illustrated billheads containing ornate lettering, pictorial and ornamental details, and a vignette exterior view of the sign-covered, five-story storefront of the firm established by Joseph D. Marshall, and Robert T. Marshall circa 1870. Signage reads "Paints, Oils & Glass. Coal Oil. J.D. Marshall & Bro. Drugs and Chemicals." View also shows a horse-drawn wagon and carriage in the street and partial views of adjacent buildings. Pictorial and ornamental details include a mortar and pestle in a shield-shaped frame and art-noveau-style borders decorated with garlands, a vase, and sprigs of leaves. Prints also contains lists of products sold by the firm, including Anchor Varnish Works and Hubbard Varnish Works, Annatta, Lamp Chimneys, Pure Neatsfoot Oil, Sweet Oil, and "Spts Turpentine." Joseph D. Marshall left the partnership by 1891., Printers include Stockdale, Printer, 117 S. Second St., P.2011.46.170 completed on March 29, 1873 for $6.55; P.2011.46.17 completed on November 27, 1876 for $6.65; P.2011.46.172 completed on May 12, 1879 for $4.45; P.2011.46.173 completed on October 18, 1879 for $12.81; P.2011.46.174 completed on May 15, 1891 for $7.75; and P.2011.46.175 completed on June 12, 1891 for $8.68. Items billed include soap, candles, lard, candy, matches, cigars, pomade, toilet powder, ginger, German chocolate, and nutmeg., Majority of prints contain punched holes., All prints annotated as payment received., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1870 - ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - J [P.2011.46.170-175]

Title: St. George Society club house
Description: View looking south at the front elevation of the residence built in 1835 after designs by Thomas Walter Ustick for railroad executive Matthew Newkirk at the southwest corner of Thirteenth and Arch streets. Shows the building before it was physically converted to the headquarters of the Society of the Sons of St. George in 1876, which included adding a third floor and a statue of St. George slaying the dragon over the front portico. Also includes a horse-drawn coach traveling west on Arch Street in the foreground and trolley tracks in the cobblestone street. Also known as St. George's Hall, the building was demolished circa 1903, after the society moved to 19th and Arch Streets., Title from manuscript note on verso., Printed on mount: Arch Street, Philadelphia., 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Associations [P.9047.84]

Title: Gen. Washington's Carriage
Description: View showing a display outside of the carriage annex, or Main Exhibition Building annex, consisting of four carved white horses hitched to Washington's carriage. A display sign in the ground in front of the horses reads: "Samuel R. Phillips Harness Maker 13th Below Chestnut Philadelphia." Originally located within the building, the carriage, also known as the Dunlap-Powel coach or "Washington's White Chariot," was moved outside at a later date to the location depicted in this image. 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.9734.7]

Title: [General Washington's carriage at Belmont Mansion, Judge William Peter's residence, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing George Washington's carriage, also known as the Dunlap-Powel coach or "Washington's White Chariot," in the foreground. Also shows a crowd of spectators standing in the background adjacent to the estate house at the country seat of Judge Richard Peters known as Belmont above Philadelphia (West Fairmount Park). Construction of the main block of the house began in 1743 but was not completed until circa 1751. The estate, originally purchased by William Peters in 1742 was used as a working model farm by his son Richard until Richard's death in 1828. Subsequently, the estate was utilized by the railroad, an oil refinery, and a country resort before purchased by the city in 1869 for inclusion in Fairmount Park., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on mount: Gen. Washington's carriage., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Photographer's imprint printed on recto., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., William Peters was a landowner and attorney from Liverpool, England. He held several offices in Philadelphia including Clerk of the Admiralty Court, Notary Public, and Prothonotary of the Superior Court. Belmont Mansion was one of several properties owned by Peters in Philadelphia. He gave the property to his son, Judge Richard Peters, when he returned to England in 1768., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Transportation [P.9299.110]

Title: [Webster women picnicking]
Description: Depicts four women sitting on the wooden benches that flank a picnic table in a field. On the left side, Bertha T. Webster sits with an unidentified woman and on the right, the photographer's older sister, Mary S. Webster, sits next to the photographer's wife, Jane L. Webster. Picnic baskets rest on the table, along with a pair of shoes. A man holds the reigns of two horse-drawn buggies in the background., Modern reference print #34 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.92]

Title: [Webster women picnicking]
Description: Depicts four women sitting on the wooden benches that flank a picnic table in a field. On the left side, the photographer's wife, Jane L. Webster, sits with an unidentified woman, and on the right, the photographer's older sister, Mary S. Webster, sits next to Bertha T. Webster. Picnic baskets rest on the table, along with a pair of shoes. Two horse-drawn buggies are lined up side by side in the background., Modern reference print #33 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.93]

Title: Arch Street Theatre
Description: View of the north side of the 600 block of Arch Street, showing the Arch Street Theater built 1826-28 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland at 609-615 Arch Street. Also shows Bird's Billiard Hall operated by Christian Bird at 605-607 Arch Street. Includes two playbills on display in front of the theater, street lamps with large fixtures, an unhitched carriage on the sidewalk, and several horse-drawn carriages traveling along Arch Street., Title from photographer's label on verso. Also includes list of forty-one other titles in the series (No. 140-180)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Streets [P.2002.21.2]

Title: [Green's August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards promoting George Gill Green's "August Flower" and "Boschee's German Syrup". Four trade cards depict views of Fairmount Park, including one eight-page foldout advertisement containing advertising text pages. Illustrations include the Fairmount Water Works and Resevoir, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Also shows horse-drawn carriages pulling men and women racing north on East River Drive under the New York Connecting Railway Bridge, built 1866-67 after designs by Joseph A. Wilson for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Promontory Rock Tunnel, bored in 1871, is visible in the background. Other images include people leisurely rowing on a creek under the bridge to Lansdown Island; park visitors standing on a pathway that overlooks the Schuylkill River from the Fairmount Water Works; and men and women strolling, sitting, and traveling in horse-drawn carriages along Wissahickon Drive. Paragraphs of advertising text promote George Gill Green's "August Flower" as a "natural cathartic" that "corrects the acidity of the stomach," and "it is established fact in every town and village on this continent, that [Boschee's] German Syrup is the only remedy that has given satisfaction in severe cases of Lung Disease." Two photographic reproductions depict inverted images of sailboats on the ocean and an inset portrait of a woman. Green was a patent medicine entrepreneur who purchased the rights of these two medicines from his father, Lewis M. Green., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co. and Donaldson Brothers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Two prints [P.9993.5 & 6] gift of Helen Beitler., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Green's [111016.D; P.9490.38; P.9642.1; P.9685.2; P.9993.5 & 6]

Title: Old [De la Plaine] house, N.E. cor. School Lane & Main St., [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the De la Plaine House at 5521-5523 Germantown Avenue, a three-story stone building located on the corner and previously owned by the Morris family. The first floor houses a shop with some of its wares displayed outside. A horse-drawn cart stands on the street in front of the building. James De la Plaine settled in Germantown in 1691. Before his death in 1750, he built a house. It was afterward owned by E.B. Paramore and used as a corner store before the Germantown Mutual Fire Insurance Company bought the property in 1885. The Rev. B. Wistar Morris also lived here before he became a bishop in Oregon., Photographer remarks: Good negative, Time: 2 P.M., 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: August 30, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.170]

Title: Our [Deshler-Morris] house [4782 Main Street] from the other side of Market Sq. [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, a two-story house with shuttered windows and ivy climbing up the walls. A horse-drawn carriage stands in front of the home. A fenced lawn is across the street. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Photographer remarks: Very good picture. Postion well chosen., Time: 9:35 A.M., Light: Good, 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: September 4, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.178]

Title: Old stable where [Stuart] painted Washington's portrait. On Wister's, Main St. below Bringhurst, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a dilapidated stone building with a slanted roof at William Wynne Wister's house at 5140 Germantown Avenue (earlier 4622 Main Street), where Gilbert Sutart painted Washington's portrait in 1795. Two carriages rest to the left of the stable with a line of trees standing behind them., Subject in photographer's journal: Old stable where Peale painted Washington's portrait. On Wister's, Main St. below Bringhurst., Light: Good 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: February, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.826]

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