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- Title
- [Strawberry Mansion Music Pavilion, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Aerial view of the rectangular music pavilion at Strawberry Mansion in Fairmount Park designed in 1905 by Horace Trumbauer. The pavilion was razed in 1930 when replaced by Robin Hood Dell. View includes the Schuylkill River and Laurel Hill Cemetery., Title supplied by cataloger., Negative number: 12703n., Negative 12703 dated June 23, 1930.
- Creator
- Aero Service Corporation, photographer
- Date
- 1930
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.12703]
- Title
- Old graveyard. N.S. Spruce bet 8th & 9th
- Description
- View showing the front gate, adorned with a stone marker, of the Jewish Philadelphia cemetery Mikveh Israel. A brick wall surrounds the entrance with a wrought iron gate, which leads to a path through the cemetery. In the left, two men, including an African American, sit with their legs crossed on crates near the gate. Trees flank the gate, and more trees are visible beyond on the grounds. Established as a private burial ground in 1738 by Jewish businessman Nathan Levy, the cemetery was deeded to the Mikveh Israel congregation in 1774., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Gift of Mrs. Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1923]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.132], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson132.htm
- Title
- Old graveyard. N.S. Spruce bet 8th & 9th
- Description
- View showing the front gate, adorned with a stone marker, of the Jewish Philadelphia cemetery Mikveh Israel. A brick wall surrounds the entrance with a wrought iron gate, which leads to a path through the cemetery. In the left, two men, including an African American, sit with their legs crossed on crates near the gate. Trees flank the gate, and more trees are visible beyond on the grounds. Established as a private burial ground in 1738 by Jewish businessman Nathan Levy, the cemetery was deeded to the Mikveh Israel congregation in 1774., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Gift of Mrs. Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1923]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.132], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson132.htm
- Title
- [Olive Cemetery chapel, Girard Avenue between Marion and Belmont Avenues, Philadelphia.]
- Description
- View showing the chapel at the African American cemetery, Olive Cemetery. African American children sit in the doorway of the chapel, which stands behind a dilapidated stone and wrought iron gate. The cemetery, established in February 1849, was one of the city's largest African American administered business enterprises, which by the late 19th century had gone to ruination due to mismanagement. The Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons is visible in the background., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: 47 Street no. of Lancaster Ave., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1923]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson [P.8513.240], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson240.htm
- Title
- [Olive Cemetery chapel, Girard Avenue between Marion and Belmont Avenues, Philadelphia.]
- Description
- View showing the chapel at the African American cemetery, Olive Cemetery. African American children sit in the doorway of the chapel, which stands behind a dilapidated stone and wrought iron gate. The cemetery, established in February 1849, was one of the city's largest African American administered business enterprises, which by the late 19th century had gone to ruination due to mismanagement. The Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons is visible in the background., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: 47 Street no. of Lancaster Ave., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1923]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson [P.8513.240], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson240.htm
- Title
- Aerial views of the Somerton section of Northeast Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Description
- Aerial views of the Somerton neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia. Two views show residential development along Bustleton Avenue with adjacent farmlands. The William Penn Cemetery on Trevose Road is also visible., Negative numbers: 1446, 1469., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
- Creator
- Aero Service Corporation, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1921
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1446; P.8990.1469]
- Title
- Woodlands
- Description
- Exterior view looking northeast at the Hamilton Mansion, the Woodlands, built 1770-1790 in West Philadelphia. Originally the country seat of Andrew Hamilton. His grandon William Hamilton (1745-1813) renovated and enlarged the house from 1787 until his death in 1813. In 1843 the house became the headquarters for the Woodlands Cemetery., Inscribed in negative: 3156., Title from negative sleeve.
- Creator
- Hand, Alfred, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.78]
- Title
- [Gloria Dei Church, 929 S. Water Street, Philadelphia.]
- Description
- Exterior view, showing headstones in the cemetery of the oldest church in Pennsylvania, built 1698-1700 after designs by John I. Harrison and Reverend Andrew Rudman. The wings were added 1703-1705 and the tower circa 1733., Title from negative sleeve., Also known as Old Swedes' Church. Stands on the site of the first Swedish Lutheran Church in Philadelphia.
- Creator
- Hand, Alfred, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.26]
- Title
- Hood Cemetery postcards
- Description
- Depicts the marble arch entrance gate and balustrade of Hood Cemetery, designed in 1849 by William L. Johnston and William Struthers. Marble wall, balustrade and gateway commissioned by William Hood., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 104A02 and 104B02., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Miscellaneous - 104]
- Title
- Franklin's grave postcards
- Description
- Depicts Benjamin Franklin's grave in Christ Church's cemetery at the southeast corner of Fifth and Arch Streets. Includes sightseers behind the iron fence that replaced a section of the stone wall built in 1858 to allow for a better view of the tomb., Contains 20 postcards printed in color and 6 printed in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1900-1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Franklin's Grave - 99]
- Title
- [East River Drive from the Strawberry Mansion Trolley Bridge, Philadelphia.]
- Description
- View of East River Drive (Kelly Drive) looking north from the Strawberry Mansion Trolley Bridge. Laurel Hill Cemetery occupies the land east of the tree-lined drive. A Philadelphia and Reading Railroad bridge spanning the Schuylkill River is visible in the distance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.39]
- Title
- [Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery entranceway, 4268 Richmond Street]
- Description
- Depicts the rusticated stone arch entranceway to Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery, situated between two rectangular wings with projecting bay windows. The central tower rises above the two wings and is capped by a pyramidal roof. Shingles unite the taller central block with the shorter wings. Constructed by John Jerome Deery in 1887., Modern reference print #14 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.9501.17]
- Title
- Benjamin Franklin's grave postcards
- Description
- Depicts Benjamin Franklin's grave in Christ Church's cemetery at the southeast corner of Fifth and Arch Streets. Includes sightseers behind the iron fence that replaced a section of the stone wall built in 1858 to allow for a better view of the tomb., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.8712.5f, P.9048.282, P.9049.13 - 15a, P.9105.8 and P.9441.25., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- 1900-1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Cemeteries - [various]
- Title
- Christ Church burying ground. 5th & Arch Sts. Phila
- Description
- Depicts the opening in the brick wall of Christ Church cemetery that exposes the grave of Benjamin Franklin near the southeast corner of 5th and Arch Streets. The scene is viewed from the northwest corner of the intersection. Several pedestrians are visible in the foreground, one of whom is looking at Franklin's grave., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
- Creator
- Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
- Date
- Negative 1898
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.150]
- Title
- St. Ann's Church Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- View showing the Roman Catholic Church built 1866-1870 after the designs of Edwin F. Durang at 2328 E. Lehigh Street. Also shows the other properties of the church surrounding the building. Includes the rectory (built 1894, Durang), the church cemetery, the original church building partially visible behind the new structure, and the St. Ann School (built 1894-1895, Durang) at 2343 East Tucker Street. Street traffic includes a horse-drawn carriage, electric trolley, and man on horseback. Trees landscape the sidewalks and an iron fence lines the church and cemetery. Cemetery contains several headstones. Electric trolleys began operating in the city in 1892., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 229, PAHRC: Unitrd States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Ann's
- Date
- [ca. 1895]
- Location
- Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Ann's
- Title
- Northwood Cemetery entrance. The beauty and adaptibility of the grounds are unsurpassed by any cemetery in the country Northwood Cemetery, near York Road and Haines St., Oak Lane Station, N.P.R.R. Office: 217 South Sixth Street. A. Austin, general manager
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting trees flanking Northwood Cemetery's entrance gate near Fifteenth and Haines Streets in Philadelphia. Headstones are visible in the distance., Advertising text printed on verso: Northwood Cemetery. Lots for sale as low as $25.00. Terms on a $25.00 lot: $1.00 to be paid at time of purchase; $1.00 per month thereafter, with the privilege to bury at any time after $10.00 are paid on said lot. Larger lots in same proportion. For further information, address by postal card or letter to B.F. Wilson, 1511 Stiles St., Philadelphia., Address for B.F. Wilson annotated on verso. Printed "1228 Citron Street" and crossed out., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Northwood [P.2004.36.4]
- Title
- [Thomas H. Wilkinson watercolor views of Philadelphia]
- Description
- Series of watercolors by British-born, Canadian artist Thomas H. Wilkinson showing views of historic and prominent landmarks, sites, and residences in Philadelphia, including the Roxborough and Germantown neighborhoods. Many of the sites are historically significant in relation to the American Revolution. Includes “Arnold Mansion,” i.e., Mount Pleasant (built 1761) in East Fairmount Park where British General James Agnew died after being wounded in the Battle of Germantown (P.2017.8.2); Cannon Ball House (built ca. 1715) also known as Blakely House on Mud Island through which a cannonball went during the largest British bombardment of the Revolution in 1777; Dunkards Church (built 1770) also known as Church of the Brethren, 6613 Germantown Avenue; Gloria Dei (built 1698-1700) also known as Old Swedes Church, 929 South Water Street; Haines House, i.e., Wyck (originally built ca. 1690), the ancestral family home of the Wister-Haines families, 6026 Germantown Avenue; Johnson House (built 1765-8 and used as a stop on the Underground Railroad), 6306 Germantown Avenue (P.2017.8.7); The Jolly Post (built ca. 1680), a colonial inn on Main Street, Frankford where the American Army rested on its march to capture Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781; Market House at Second and Pine Streets, i.e the Newmarket or Head House Square Market (originally built 1745) from the Northwest; Mennonite Church, Germantown (built 1770), 6119 Germantown Avenue and used as a hospital during the American Revolution;, "Morris House" also known as the Deshler-Morris House (built 1772) and used as the summer residence of President George Washington 1793 and 1794; "Old Fort Mifflin" (built ca. 1772-98) on Mud Island; Penrose Ferry Hotel near the Penrose Ferry Bridge in Kingsessing; St. Peter’s Church at Third and Pine Streets (built 1758-61); Smith Mansion on Queen Lane, Germantown also known as Carlton built ca. 1780 and owned by Cornelius S. Smith ca. 1840-ca. 1880s; Wagner House also known as Mechlin-Wagner House (built 1747), 4840 Germantown Avenue and used as a hospital during the American Revolution; and "Wister House, Germantown" (built 1744) also known as Grumplethorpe, 5267 Germantown Avenue. Most of the views include the surrounding property and/or adjacent buildings and residences. Some of the views also show street and pedestrian traffic, including persons in conversation, market visitors, and a street car. Some of the church views show the church’s graveyard as well. Penrose Ferry Hotel view includes chickens in the side yard., Mount Pleasant Mansion was built 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson after the designs of Thomas Nevil in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. Macpherson, a privateer during the Seven Years’ War, purchased the estate with profits from these operations. Free white and Black laborers, indentured servants, and at least four enslaved people of African descent, whose names are unknown, worked on the plantation. In 1779, General Benedict Arnold purchased Mount Pleasant for his wife Peggy Shippen, but they never occupied the house. In 1792, General Jonathan Williams purchased the mansion. The City of Philadelphia purchased the property from the Williams family in 1869. On behalf of the city, the Philadelphia Museum of Art restored the house in 1926., The Johnson House was built 1765-1768 by master builder Jacob Knor at 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. John Johnson resided in the house during the Battle of Germantown. The dwelling sustained damage including a hole in the parlor door caused by a cannon ball and a chipped corner. It served as a station on the Underground Railroad. The Johnson family owned the house until 1908. The Woman's Club of Germantown purchased the house in 1917, and in 1980, gifted the house and its contents to the Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust to operate as a house museum. In 2002, the deed of ownership was transferred to the Johnson House Historic Site, Inc., Title supplied by cataloger., Watercolors signed by the artist in lower left or right corner: T.H. Wilkinson., Small number of the drawings include a title in the lower left corner., Accompanied by label: The Historical Collection of the late Samuel Castner, Jr. of Philadelphia., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., LCP also holds glass plate negatives in the Marriott C. Morris Collection showing a variant ca. 1893 watercolor view of the Morris-Deshler house by Thomas H. Wilkinson [*P.9895.6.3 and *P.9895.11.18]., New items acquired for and housed with collection after 2017., See Lib. Company. Annual report, 2017, p. 62-64., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Thomas H. Wilkinson (1847-1929) was a British-born artist who specialized in landscape views. Although he settled in Canada in the later 19th century, he traveled the United States through the 20th century to execute his art works. During the 1890s, he created several watercolor views of Philadelphia. He died while a well-known local artist and resident of Hamilton, Ontario.
- Creator
- Wilkinson, Thomas H., 1847-1929, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1890-ca. 1895]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Watercolors and Drawings - Wilkinson [P.2017.8.2-18]
- Title
- [Thomas H. Wilkinson watercolor views of Philadelphia]
- Description
- Series of watercolors by British-born, Canadian artist Thomas H. Wilkinson showing views of historic and prominent landmarks, sites, and residences in Philadelphia, including the Roxborough and Germantown neighborhoods. Many of the sites are historically significant in relation to the American Revolution. Includes “Arnold Mansion,” i.e., Mount Pleasant (built 1761) in East Fairmount Park where British General James Agnew died after being wounded in the Battle of Germantown (P.2017.8.2); Cannon Ball House (built ca. 1715) also known as Blakely House on Mud Island through which a cannonball went during the largest British bombardment of the Revolution in 1777; Dunkards Church (built 1770) also known as Church of the Brethren, 6613 Germantown Avenue; Gloria Dei (built 1698-1700) also known as Old Swedes Church, 929 South Water Street; Haines House, i.e., Wyck (originally built ca. 1690), the ancestral family home of the Wister-Haines families, 6026 Germantown Avenue; Johnson House (built 1765-8 and used as a stop on the Underground Railroad), 6306 Germantown Avenue (P.2017.8.7); The Jolly Post (built ca. 1680), a colonial inn on Main Street, Frankford where the American Army rested on its march to capture Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781; Market House at Second and Pine Streets, i.e the Newmarket or Head House Square Market (originally built 1745) from the Northwest; Mennonite Church, Germantown (built 1770), 6119 Germantown Avenue and used as a hospital during the American Revolution;, "Morris House" also known as the Deshler-Morris House (built 1772) and used as the summer residence of President George Washington 1793 and 1794; "Old Fort Mifflin" (built ca. 1772-98) on Mud Island; Penrose Ferry Hotel near the Penrose Ferry Bridge in Kingsessing; St. Peter’s Church at Third and Pine Streets (built 1758-61); Smith Mansion on Queen Lane, Germantown also known as Carlton built ca. 1780 and owned by Cornelius S. Smith ca. 1840-ca. 1880s; Wagner House also known as Mechlin-Wagner House (built 1747), 4840 Germantown Avenue and used as a hospital during the American Revolution; and "Wister House, Germantown" (built 1744) also known as Grumplethorpe, 5267 Germantown Avenue. Most of the views include the surrounding property and/or adjacent buildings and residences. Some of the views also show street and pedestrian traffic, including persons in conversation, market visitors, and a street car. Some of the church views show the church’s graveyard as well. Penrose Ferry Hotel view includes chickens in the side yard., Mount Pleasant Mansion was built 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson after the designs of Thomas Nevil in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. Macpherson, a privateer during the Seven Years’ War, purchased the estate with profits from these operations. Free white and Black laborers, indentured servants, and at least four enslaved people of African descent, whose names are unknown, worked on the plantation. In 1779, General Benedict Arnold purchased Mount Pleasant for his wife Peggy Shippen, but they never occupied the house. In 1792, General Jonathan Williams purchased the mansion. The City of Philadelphia purchased the property from the Williams family in 1869. On behalf of the city, the Philadelphia Museum of Art restored the house in 1926., The Johnson House was built 1765-1768 by master builder Jacob Knor at 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. John Johnson resided in the house during the Battle of Germantown. The dwelling sustained damage including a hole in the parlor door caused by a cannon ball and a chipped corner. It served as a station on the Underground Railroad. The Johnson family owned the house until 1908. The Woman's Club of Germantown purchased the house in 1917, and in 1980, gifted the house and its contents to the Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust to operate as a house museum. In 2002, the deed of ownership was transferred to the Johnson House Historic Site, Inc., Title supplied by cataloger., Watercolors signed by the artist in lower left or right corner: T.H. Wilkinson., Small number of the drawings include a title in the lower left corner., Accompanied by label: The Historical Collection of the late Samuel Castner, Jr. of Philadelphia., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., LCP also holds glass plate negatives in the Marriott C. Morris Collection showing a variant ca. 1893 watercolor view of the Morris-Deshler house by Thomas H. Wilkinson [*P.9895.6.3 and *P.9895.11.18]., New items acquired for and housed with collection after 2017., See Lib. Company. Annual report, 2017, p. 62-64., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Thomas H. Wilkinson (1847-1929) was a British-born artist who specialized in landscape views. Although he settled in Canada in the later 19th century, he traveled the United States through the 20th century to execute his art works. During the 1890s, he created several watercolor views of Philadelphia. He died while a well-known local artist and resident of Hamilton, Ontario.
- Creator
- Wilkinson, Thomas H., 1847-1929, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1890-ca. 1895]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Watercolors and Drawings - Wilkinson [P.2017.8.2-18]
- Title
- Friend's Library, graveyard, gymnasium & Primary school house. From roof of Ja[me]s] S. Jones' [drygoods] store, [4739 & 4745 Main Street, Germantown]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of a the Friends' Library behind a cemetery surrounded by a low metal fence and a stone wall as seen from the roof of 4739-4745 Main Street, later Germantown Avenue. The Library stands on the right side of the cemetery and the gymnasium and primary school of the Germantown Friends School are visible in the backgorund. The Friends Free Library was originally housed in the Germantown Friends School, starting in 1845. In 1874, a separate library building was built, endowed by Alfred Cope. The Friends Free Library was an independent organization until 1977 when it was taken over by the school. The Germantown Friends School under the administration of Charles Jones began as a boy’s school in 1845. After closing briefly in 1849, the school reopened with a new building in 1858 and began enrolling girls. In 1869, a new larger school house was built to accommodate more students. This building went through many renovations and enlargements through the 20th century., Time: 9:10, 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
- April 23, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1513]
- Title
- [Friend's] Library & graveyard [5418 Germantown Avenue] from roof of [James S.] Jones' store [5401-5 Germantown Avenue]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of the Friends' Library, a large stone building at 5418 Germantown Avenue. A fenced in field in front of the library contains trees and a few small gravestones. A cobblestone road runs to the right of the library and two men stand on the sidewalk next to the fenced field. The Friends Free Library was originally housed in the Germantown Friends School, starting in 1845. In 1874, a separate library building was built, endowed by Alfred Cope. The Friends Free Library was an independent organization until 1977 when it was taken over by the school., Time: 12, Light: No sun, fair light., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 19, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1266]
- Title
- Liberty building, old graveyard & school-house from Jone's roof, [Germantown]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of a cemetery and stone Liberty building in Germantown seen from above. A fence separates the cemetery from the street on the right A horse-drawn carriage waits on the left side of the street., Time: 10:00, Light: Bright 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
- April 21, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1103]
- Title
- Gloria Dei, Old Swede's Church, Phila[delphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a cemetery in front of the brick church building of Gloria Dei, also known as Old Swedes', Church. The cemetery is dotted with trees and contains many gravestones of various sizes. Gloria Dei, founded in 1677, was built 1698-1700 after the designs of John I. Harrison. Originally a Swedish Lutheran church, it became Episcopal in 1845., Time: 11:40, Light: Very 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
- May 9, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.592]
- Title
- [Gloria Dei, Old Swede's Church, Phila.], from further S[outh]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a cemetery in front of the brick church building of Gloria Dei, also known as Old Swedes', Church. The cemetery is dotted with trees and contains many gravestones of various sizes. Gloria Dei, founded in 1677, was built 1698-1700 after the designs of John I. Harrison. Originally a Swedish Lutheran church, it became Episcopal in 1845., Photographer remarks: Same subject as last., Time: 11:50, 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
- May 9, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.593]
- Title
- [Mennonite meeting house with view of cemetery grounds, Germantown]
- Description
- Lantern slide showing a stone Mennonite meeting house at 6119 Germantown Avenue standing next to a cemetary surrounded by a metal fence. Trolley tracks run through the center of the street. A tree grows to the left of the meeting house and other buildings are visible in the background. A Mennonite meeting house was originally built on Main Street in 1705. The stone building replaced the wooden structure in 1770. The meeting house had one addition in 1908, and was restored to its colonial appearance in 1952., Signed: Morris. Cracked. In envelope with ms notes: John Wanamaker 13th Street Chestnut to Market of Philadelphia; No. 20, 5 mo. 1884, Old horse chestnut tree, tulip bed & looking down., 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
- ca. 1884
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2175]
- Title
- Mennonite Meeting house. Main St., [Germantown]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a stone Mennonite meeting house at 6119 Germantown Avenue standing next to a cemetary surrounded by a metal fence. Trolley tracks run through the center of the street. A tree grows to the left of the meeting house and other buildings are visible in the background. A Mennonite meeting house was originally built on Main Street in 1705. The stone building replaced the wooden structure in 1770. The meeting house had one addition in 1908, and was restored to its colonial appearance in 1952., Photographer remarks: Beautiful negative., Time: 10:35 A.M., Light: Bright., 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 7, 1883
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.185]
- Title
- St. Augustine's Church. Philadelphia, Penna
- Description
- View showing the second edifice of the Roman Catholic church built 1848-1849 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun at 260-262 North Fourth Street. Building contains the steeple added in 1867 after the designs of Edwin F. Durang. Neighboring residences, a business adorned with an awning, and the church cemetery are visible adjacent to St. Augustine's. In front of the church, pedestrians, including a mother and child, stroll; a newsboy runs toward a parked carriage; and a man crosses the street. Also shows a fire hydrant, street lamps, and the church property protected by an ironwork fence and stone wall with doorway., Not in Wainwright., Contains inset titled "St. Augustine's School and Parochial Residence, E.F. Durang, Arch't." Shows the three-story school rebuilt in 1870 and the adjoining parochial residence on the north side of the church. Includes light pedestrian traffic., Reproduction of print published as frontispiece to Rev. Francis X. McGowan, ed., Historical Sketch of St. Augustine's Church, Philadelphia, Pa. 1796-1896 (Philadelphia: Published by the Augustinian Fathers, 1896), Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 230, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Augustine's
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Augustine's
- Title
- Gloria Dei Or old Swede's Church, Swanson below Christian, Philadelphia. The oldest church organization in the city. Founded 1667, five years prior to the landing of William Penn. Present edifice erected 1700, and has been worshipped in continuously from that time
- 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 in Southwark. Shows a couple walking past the gravestones in the church cemetery and up the path to the entrance of Gloria Dei. Also includes neighboring buildings, trees on the cemetery grounds, and masts of ships in the background., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 317, Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1878]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Religion - G [P.2007.28.16]
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- View from West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Description
- View looking south from the rural cemetery established near the Schuylkill River valley in 1869 at 227 Belmont Avenue in Bala Cynwd. Shows a couple seated at a path. Behind them stand a small cluster of monuments in a meadow surrounded by trees that overlooks the river. The Girard Avenue and New York Connecting Railway bridges are visible in the distant background., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 783, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 631 La 373, The Kellogg firm, founded by Daniel Wright Kellogg in 1830, was reorganized as Kellogg & Bulkeley in 1871 when General William Henry Bulkeley joined the company.
- Date
- [ca. 1871]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 631 La 373
- 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
- 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
- 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
- [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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Menn onite Church & Keyser's House Built 1770
- Description
- View showing the stone Mennonite meetinghouse built 1770 at 6121 Germantown Avenue in the right of the image. Also shows the church burial ground and adjacent residence and shop of shoemaker Samuel Keyser (6133 Germantown Avenue). A water pump is visible near the residence. Keyser residence razed circa 1873., Date lower right corner of stone., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00031, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 38:13, Hart originally issued a series of prints of Germantown between 1863 and 1888 several of which were published as John Richards' Quaint old Germantown in Pennsylvania. A series of sixty former landmarks of Germantown and vicinity... Collated, arranged and annotated by Julius Friedrich Sachse (Philadelphia, 1913), Pl. XVI. Caption in publication reads: The Mennonite church and Samuel Keyser's, built A.D. 1770 (No. 6121-31), and the Samuel Keyser House with its old pump site (Site of no. 6133-35). Demolished about 1871.
- Creator
- Richards, John, d. 1889, artist
- Date
- 1870
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 38:13
- 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
- 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
- [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]