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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: 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: Traveling teams of Mr. J. Campbell Harris,- starting from his "White Mountains" stables, to return to Philadelphia. (his mountain buggy-team on the left.)
Description: View showing three horse-teams each harnessed to the three carriages waiting in the yard of a clapboard house and stable. In the left, a white man driver sits in one carriage and holds the reins. In the center, a man stands beside the horse hitched to another carriage. In the right, the third carriage is empty. Two woman sitting on the porch and a boy in the yard watch the carriages. An unhitched carriage sits below the wide roof of the stable's verandah. Harris, son-in-law of Thomas Powers of Powers & Weightman, was a Philadelphia businessman involved in real estate development., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Merrow, Edward L., ca. 1861-1922, photographer
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Merrow [P.2010.6.21]

Title: [New Excursion House, Atlantic City, New Jersey]
Description: Exterior view of the New Excursion House, opened in 1869, and beachfront in Atlantic City, N.J. Shows the guests sitting, standing, and looking out from the three-story resort hotel with a watch tower and covered porches. In front of the house, men and women walk and four horse-drawn carriages are parked. Also shows in the foreground, the Camden and Atlantic Railroad Co. tracks extending across the grounds and to the hotel., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Photographer’s imprint embossed on mount., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Photos [P.2019.64.25]

Title: U.S.P.O. & C., Lancaster, PA
Description: Exterior view of the United States Post Office and Courthouse built in 1892 after the designs of architect William Alfred Freret Jr. at 120 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pa. Shows the Venetian-Renaissance style building with a tower, and an American flag flying on a pole. A woman walks through the front door. Men, women, and children pedestrians walk on the sidewalk. A woman and girl walk a dog, and a dog runs through the street towards them. A horse-drawn carriage and a man on horseback travel down the street. The building was converted into City Hall in 1931., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of the artist and publisher and content., Printed signature under the image: Will. A. Freret, Supervising Architect., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Peters, N. (Norris), lithographer
Date: [ca. 1892]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Government buildings - PA [P.2010.21.4]

Title: Grand Centennial depot, at the main entrance to the exhibition grounds
Description: View of the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot located opposite of the Centennial Exhibition grounds in Philadelphia in 1876. Shows trains arriving on the railroad tracks in front of the depot. In the right, depicts the Globe Hotel and the Trans-Continental Hotel, which were built to accommodate visitors to the Centennial Exhibition. Large crowds of pedestrians walk, and horse-drawn carriages and omnibuses travel down the street. The Globe Hotel was operated by John A. Rice and contained 1,000 rooms to house 3,000 to 5,000 guests for $5 a day., Title from item., Date from content., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ** Phila Prints - Events - Centennial [P.2011.45.1]

Title: [View of the Centennial Machinery Hall with people from all nations]
Description: Block-printed wallpaper depicting an exterior view of Machinery Hall designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson for the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Horse-drawn carriages bring visitors to and from the Hall. A large crowd of spectators walk on the grounds. In the foreground, people from various nationalities and ethnicities are represented including Native Americans attired in feather headdresses; two men, including a Black man, attired in fez hats; two Chinese men, one carrying a fan, attired in conical hats and robes; two Arab men in white headdresses and robes; and a Scottish man attired in a kilt. Other spectators include a man attired in a sailor’s uniform, men and women couples, and young boys., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Gift of David Doret., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2022.62.3.49]

Title: New Excursion House, Atlantic City
Description: Advertisement showing an exterior view of the New Excursion House, opened in 1869, and beachfront in Atlantic City, N.J. Shows guests, sitting, standing, and looking out from the three-story resort hotel with a watch tower and covered porches. In front and near the hotel, men and women walk on the grounds, a man rides on a horse, and several horse-drawn carriages travel. In the left, a Camden and Atlantic Railroad Co. train stops at the hotel. In the foreground, waves crash on the shore as bathers wade into the water using two safety lines mounted between masts on the beach and in the ocean. Captain William Tell Street patented his Life Line for Sea Bathing safety device in 1868., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Text printed on recto below image: This house is situated within forty feet of the surf, constructed expressly for the accommodation of excursionists, and containing everything necessary for their comfort and amusement. Carncross & Dixey’s Brass Band and Orchestra has been engaged for the season, free of charge to excursion parties. Although the bathing is perfectly safe at this point, yet, to insure confidence, Street’s Safety Apparatus has been erected on the grounds. Excursion trains run directly to the house as represented.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.46]

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