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Title: Entrance to Monument Cemetery
Description: Exterior view looking southwest at the cemetery's Gothic gatehouse, chapel and steeple on the west side of North Broad Street at Berks Street. Includes two pedestrians standing on the sidewalk in front of the cemetery's entrance, and a milkman's coach parked in the street in the left foreground. Designed by Philadelphia artist and engraver John Sartain, the building also served as an office and superitendent's house before it was demolished to open Berks Street between Broad and Sixteenth Streets in 1904. Cemetery was established in 1838 by Dr. John Elkinton., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Phila., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [P.8451.4]

Title: Rinkermink (Cobb) Creek, Mount Moriah Cemetery
Description: View of leafy branches from trees and bushes on the creek's banks extending over the water. Mount Moriah Cemetery is divided by Cobbs Creek, the boundry between Philadelphia and Delaware Counties., Distributor's stamp on verso: William Y. McAllister, Phila., Jun. 27, 1868., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging 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
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Views [P.9085.3]

Title: Hood's Cemetery entrance
Description: Shows a side view of the marble gateway and entrance to the cemetery built 1849 by marble mason William Struthers after the designs of William Johnston at 4901 Germantown Ave. View includes a street lamp, possibly a fire hydrant, and adjacent buildings. Gateway commissioned by Germantown resident William Hood in exchange for a vault in the cemetery (organized 1690). Cemetery rechartered as the Hood Cemetery Company in 1866., White paper mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's stamp embossed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [(6)1322.F.205a]

Title: Hood Cemetery, Germantown
Description: Shows the marble gateway and entrance to the cemetery built 1849 by marble mason William Struthers after the designs of William Johnston at 4901 Germantown Ave. Gateway commissioned by Germantown resident William Hood in exchange for a vault in the cemetery (organized 1690). Cemetery rechartered as the Hood Cemetery Company in 1866., Title from label pasted on mount., Attributed to John Moran., White paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.47d]

Title: Old Swedes' Church
Description: Exterior view of the Episcopalian, former Lutheran, church known as Gloria Dei Church, built 1700-1703 by master builder John Harrison I at 929 South Water Street. View includes two boys standing on the sidewalk in front of the fence surrounding the church property and the very tops of tombstones in the adjacent burial ground., Title on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Religion [P.9260.87]

Title: Mount Vernon Cemetery
Description: View of the cemetery gateway built 1856-1858 after the designs of John Notman at 3301 West Lehigh Avenue., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Buff 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: Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - Cemeteries [P.9047.64]

Title: Mount Vernon Cemetery, Phila
Description: View of the cemetery gateway built 1856-1858 after the designs of John Notman at 3301 West Lehigh Avenue. A man stands on the dirt path in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Distibutor's printed pink label pasted on verso., Mint green mount with square 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 - Cemeteries [P.9107.4]

Title: Entrance to Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Phila., Pa
Description: View of the cemetery gateway built 1856-1858 after the designs of John Notman at 3301 West Lehigh Avenue. A man stands on the dirt path in the foreground., Title on negative., 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 F.J. Dallet.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [P.9164.2]

Title: [Hamm monument, Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View showing a standing angel sepulchral monument with a bench at its base surrounded by an iron fence., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: Monument in Woodland Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Cemeteries [7992.F.10]

Title: [William Hill Moore monument, Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View showing the Gothic monument erected for William Hill Moore, a manager of the Woodlands and an undertaker in Philadelphia., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: Monument in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Cemeteries [7992.F.11]

Title: The Bible Christian Church, 3rd St., above Girard Avenue, Phila., 10/77
Description: Exterior views, one an elevated view, of the east front of the second church edifice constructed in 1845 on North Third Street above Girard Avenue to replace the frame structure built on the same site in 1817. Also shows the tombstones in the small burial ground surrounding the church. Includes adjacent brick row houses accessed from Gray's Court (i.e., Gay's Court)., Title from manuscript notes on versos., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Gray mounts 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: Schofield, John, 1835-1910
Date: 1877
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schofield - Religion [P.9047.78-79]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing rows and clusters of monuments and gravestones in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Cemeteries [8353.F.5]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View looking toward South Laurel Hill showing the connecting bridge (built 1864) over Hunting Park Avenue between South and Central Laurel Hill. View includes fenced plots, monuments, headstones, and mausoleums. Laurel Hill Cemetery, built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue, acquired the central property in 1863., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Cemeteries [P.9191.6]

Title: [Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing an iron-work bench, headstones, and a sepulchral monument in the cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman. Also shows a section of the Falls Bridge over the Schuylkill River in the distant background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Attributed to Bartlett & French., 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 - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.45d]

Title: View in Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: Shows a pathway to a gazebo in the cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows partial views of headstones., Title printed on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., 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.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.127d]

Title: View from south Laurel Hill Cemetery, looking west
Description: Shows two women standing in front of a fenced plot of gravestones. View also shows surrounding plots and an ironwork chair designed by Robert Wood & Co. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. The cemetery expanded south in 1844., Title from manuscript note on verso., Trimmed yellow mount with rounded corners., 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.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50a]

Title: [Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows two men walking on a path in the cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman. View also shows a partial view of a chapel and several trees., Manuscript note on mount: Laurel Hill., Orange mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook ov views of 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 - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50f]

Title: View at north Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing a man standing next to a monument near a dirt path in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows rows of monuments and gravestones in the background., Title from label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Stamped on mount: Penn. & Delaware Views, Wholesale Depot for Stereoscopes and Views, 113 Washington Street,... Boston., 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 - Cemeteries [P.8484.2]

Title: Cedar Glenn [sic], Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing a man standing in a grove of trees and bushes near a headstone in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows several residential buildings in the distant background and fencing in the foreground., Title from label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Duplicate of P.9058.147., 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 - Cemeteries [P.8484.16]

Title: Cedar Glenn [sic], Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing a man standing in a grove of trees and bushes near a headstone in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows several residential buildings in the distant background and fencing near a gravestone in the foreground.., Title from label on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Duplicate of P.8484.16., 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 - Cemeteries [P.9058.147]

Title: [St. Andrew's Church, Rev. Gregory Townsend Bedell tomb, 250-254 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the tomb of the first rector of the church in the church cemetery. Tomb adorned with sculpted ornamentations including an eternal flame., Title supplied by cataloguer., White paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Monuments & statues [(8)1322.F.3f]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View looking from the connecting bridge (built 1864) over Hunting Park Avenue between South and Central Laurel Hill showing South Laurel Hill. View includes fenced plots, monuments, headstones, and mausoleums. Laurel Hill Cemetery, built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue, aquired the central property in 1863., Title from manuscript note on verso., 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: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Cemeteries [P.9260.24]

Title: Entrance to Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia
Description: Shows the cemetery gateway built 1856-1858 after the designs of John Notman at 3301 West Lehigh Avenue., Title from label pasted on mount., Attributed to John Moran., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Contains one stereographic print mounted on yellow paper mount with square corners and two half stereographic prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.47a; 8335.F.4; P.2005.2.5]

Title: [Sarcophagus in cemetery, probably Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View includes a man standing by the sarcophagus. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., White paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.45b]

Title: [Entrance to Printers' Cemetery at Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows a man standing in front of the Gothic Revival-style gate to the Printers' Cemetery. Woodlands Cemetery was chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton at 3900 Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemteries [(8)1322.F.45c]

Title: [Steamboat 684 Undine]
Description: View looking south from the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing the docked steamboat "Undine" and its passengers. Also shows the stone arch Reading Railroad Bridge, constructed by mason Christian Swartz 1853-1856, spanning the river north of Laurel Hill Cemetery, identified by the tombstones and monuments visible on the hill overlooking the bridge. The bridge was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Rail Road to "connect with the main road upon the west side of the river.", Title supplied by cataloger., Copy stereograph attributed to James Cremer based on his imprint on original [P.9260.18], Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9047.72]

Title: Steamboat "Undine"
Description: View looking south from the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing the docked steamboat "Undine" and its passengers. Also shows the stone arch Reading Railroad Bridge, constructed by mason Christian Swartz 1853-1856, spanning the river north of Laurel Hill Cemetery, identified by the tombstones and monuments visible on the hill overlooking the bridge. The bridge was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Rail Road to "connect with the main road upon the west side of the river.", Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9047.73]

Title: Steamboat - Undine
Description: View looking south from the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing the docked steamboat "Undine" and its passengers. Also shows the stone arch Reading Railroad Bridge, constructed by mason Christian Swartz 1853-1856, spanning the river north of Laurel Hill Cemetery, identified by the tombstones and monuments visible on the hill overlooking the bridge. The bridge was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Rail Road to "connect with the main road upon the west side of the river.", Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border. An illustrated newspaper article by "Witt" about the steamboat Undine is pasted 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9260.18]

Title: Benjamin Franklin's grave, 5th and Arch St
Description: View showing the flat headstone over the grave of Benjamin Franklin in Christ Church cemetery at 420-424 Arch Street. Includes adjacent headstones, a large crowd of spectators looking at the grave from behind an iron fence, and the front facades of buildings on Arch Street behind the cemetery., Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Cemeteries [P.9299.124]

Title: Harris'es monument in Woodland Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing the large monument in the cemetery at 3900 Woodland Avenue. The monument is comprised of a stone canopy enshrining a sculpted figure kneeling at a cross atop a pedestal. The canopy is adorned by an urn and the monument is surrounded by a stone enclosure. Also shows the Woodlands Mansion, built 1742, remodeled and enlarged between 1787 and 1790 for William Hamilton, in the right background. The estate was purchased in 1840 by the Woodlands Cemetery Company., 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Cemeteries [7992.F.20]

Title: [North entrance, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia]
Description: Promotional stereograph depicting the Roman Doric two-story stone building gateway near Ridge Road designed by Philadelphia architect John Notman., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff mount with rounded corners., Contains label pasted on verso advertising Young's Favorite Blue Grass Pure Rye and Wheat Whiskies distributed by New York wine shop Acker, Merrall & Condit and distilled by Philadelphia distiller Alexander Young & Co., 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 - Cemeteries [P.9774.1]

Title: [Laurel Hill Cemetery, view looking north from ridge, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows a partial view of a monument and a horse-drawn wagon. Also shows the Falls Bridge over the Schuylkill River in the distant background. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman. Falls Bridge was erected by mason Christian Swartz in 1853., Title supplied by cataloguer., Unmounted trimmed stereograph., 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.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.127e]

Title: [Laurel Hill Cemetery, Maria Miles Heyward monument, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the tomb for the wife of U.S. Representative William Drayton. Reads "Maria Miles Heyward of South Carolina. Widow of William Drayton. Born October XX MDCCLXXXIV (i.e. October 20, 1784), Died January XVII MDCCCLXII (i.e. January 17, 1863)." Also shows surrounding plots. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title supplied by cataloguer., Trimmed yellow paper mount., 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.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50g]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing a man leaning on fencing surrounding a plot in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows several surrounding monuments and headstones in fenced plots including headstones in the foreground dedicated to Joseph Cake and Margaret Bishop., Title from label on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Attributed to Bartlett & French., 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 - Cemeteries [P.8484.14]

Title: Monuments at Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia
Description: Views showing the monument for Stephen H. Tyng, reverend of the Church of Epiphany and an elaborate sculpture monument, including a reclining female figure, inscribed "Hobson." Views also include iron work fencing and surrounding gravesites., Yellow paper mounts with square corners., 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.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.45f-g]

Title: Monuments at Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia
Description: Views showing the monument for Stephen H. Tyng, reverend of the Church of Epiphany and an elaborate sculpture monument, including a reclining female figure, inscribed "Hobson." Views also include iron work fencing and surrounding gravesites., Yellow paper mounts with square corners., 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.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.45f-g]

Title: [Stenton, 4601 North 18th Street, Germantown]
Description: Views showing the estate of James Logan, built 1728-1734. Includes the residence from the rear and from a distance, the garden, the family burial ground, and an entranceway to an underground stone root cellar with brick arch., Title supplied by cataloguer., Contains seven stereographic prints mounted on white or yellow mounts with square corners, including four with manuscript titles, two with labels, and two with the photographer's imprint stamped on the mount., Four 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.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [(8)1322.F.37g; (8)1322.F.39c-1 & 2; (8)1322.F.45a; 8424.F.10; P.9462.18; P.9466.17]

Title: [Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the mansion built for botanist William Hamilton in the 1780s on the West Philadelphia estate converted to a cemetery in 1840. Mansion was used as the residence of the cemetery superintendent., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount of stereograph: Woodland Cemetery., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Contains one stereographic print on pale yellow paper mount with square corners, one unmounted stereographic print; and one unmounted half-stereographic print., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.39d & 43f; P.2005.2.4]

Title: [Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the mansion built for botanist William Hamilton in the 1780s on the West Philadelphia estate converted to a cemetery in 1840. Mansion was used as the residence of the cemetery superintendent., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount of stereograph: Woodland Cemetery., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Contains one stereographic print on pale yellow paper mount with square corners, one unmounted stereographic print; and one unmounted half-stereographic print., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.39d & 43f; P.2005.2.4]

Title: [Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the mansion built for botanist William Hamilton in the 1780s on the West Philadelphia estate converted to a cemetery in 1840. Mansion was used as the residence of the cemetery superintendent., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount of stereograph: Woodland Cemetery., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Contains one stereographic print on pale yellow paper mount with square corners, one unmounted stereographic print; and one unmounted half-stereographic print., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.39d & 43f; P.2005.2.4]

Title: Entrance to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
Description: Shows the gatehouse composed of a Roman arch and colonnade built 1836 after the designs of cemetery architect John Notman at 3820-3822 Ridge Avenue. View includes three children standing in the gatehouse and the "Old Mortality" monument in the background., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50e]

Title: Entrance to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
Description: Shows the gatehouse composed of a Roman arch and colonnade built 1836 after the designs of cemetery architect John Notman at 3820-3822 Ridge Avenue. View includes three children standing in the gatehouse and the "Old Mortality" monument in the background., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50e]

Title: Entrance to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
Description: Shows the gatehouse composed of a Roman arch and colonnade built 1836 after the designs of cemetery architect John Notman at 3820-3822 Ridge Avenue. View includes three children standing in the gatehouse and the "Old Mortality" monument in the background., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50e]

Title: "Old Mortality." Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
Description: View looking from a pathway showing the shelter of the sculpture completed by sculptor James Thom circa 1836 in the central courtyard of the cemetery at 3822 Ridge Avenue. The partially visible sculpture, inspired by Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality," depicts Scott conversing with the main character of his novel, an elderly itinerant Scotsman who re-carved names on gravestones, seated on a tombstone near his horse. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title printed on mount., Trimmed buff paper mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50b]

Title: "Old Mortality." Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
Description: View looking from a pathway showing the shelter of the sculpture completed by sculptor James Thom circa 1836 in the central courtyard of the cemetery at 3822 Ridge Avenue. The partially visible sculpture, inspired by Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality," depicts Scott conversing with the main character of his novel, an elderly itinerant Scotsman who re-carved names on gravestones, seated on a tombstone near his horse. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title printed on mount., Trimmed buff paper mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50b]

Title: "Old Mortality." Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
Description: View looking from a pathway showing the shelter of the sculpture completed by sculptor James Thom circa 1836 in the central courtyard of the cemetery at 3822 Ridge Avenue. The partially visible sculpture, inspired by Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality," depicts Scott conversing with the main character of his novel, an elderly itinerant Scotsman who re-carved names on gravestones, seated on a tombstone near his horse. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title printed on mount., Trimmed buff paper mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50b]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the sheltered sculpture, "Old Mortality," completed by sculptor James Thom circa 1836 in the central courtyard of the cemetery at 3822 Ridge Avenue. The sculpture, inspired by Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality," depicts Scott conversing with the main character of his novel, an elderly itinerant Scotsman who re-carved names on gravestones, seated on a tombstone near his horse. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow paper 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.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [P.9260.76]

Title: [Entrance to Printers' Cemetery at Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Side-view showing a man standing in front of the Gothic Revival-style gate to the Printers' Cemetery. Woodlands Cemetery was chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton at 3900 Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.45i]

Title: Gardel Memorial, Mt. Vernon Cemetry
Description: View of the pyramid-shaped marble Gardel Monument erected in 1864 in Mount Vernon Cemetery. Commissioned by French teacher Bertrand Gardel for his wife, Julia Hawks Gardel, who died while touring Damascus, Syria., Title printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [P.9047.46]

Title: Tombs in Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: Shows a man standing next to the rock-altar monument for Philadelphia humorist John Clay Neal. Monument includes plaque that reads "Joseph C. Neal Born 1807-Died 1847. A tribute of affectionate regret from those who loved him as a man and admired him as an author." View also shows ironwork fencing designed by Robert Wood & Co. and adjacent burial vaults. Cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title printed on mount., Name of photographer from duplicate. [(8)1322.F.49m]., Buff mount with square corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [P.8979.2]

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