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- Title
- Old Devonshire Church from graveyard. With Bradley, Mr. French & Mr. Edson. [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the Devonshire Church, a one-story stone church with a graveyard. Trees surround the outer edge of the property and many of the graves have raised oblong stones. Christ Church Devonshire was built before 1654, sometime after the settling of the English in Bermuda. It was rebuilt three times: after a hurricane (1715-1716); to accommodate more parishioners (1846-1851); and after being razed by fire (1970)., Photographer remarks: 5th day [written above date], Time: P.M., Light: Fairly 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
- March 25, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.877]
- Title
- Old Devonshire church from a point further N.E. than last, [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Deconshire Church, a one-story stone church with a graveyard. Trees surround the outer edge of the property and many of the graves have raised oblong stones. A man with a broom and bucket sits on a grave in the center. Christ Church Devonshire was built before 1654, sometime after the settling of the English in Bermuda. It was rebuilt three times: after a hurricane (1715-1716); to accommodate more parishioners (1846-1851); and after being razed by fire (1970)., Time: P.M., 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
- March 25, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.878]
- 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
- St. Ann[e]'s Church, Southampton, [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing St. Anne's Church with lancet windows and doorways. A cemetery surrounds the churchyard. The church and cemetery are surrounded by a low stone wall and set next to a dirt road. Originally named Port Royall Church, St. Anne’s Church was built between 1616 and 1626 in Southampton, Bermuda. After a hurricane destroyed the original wooden structure in 1716, a stone church was built in 1719. The church building underwent extensive renovations in 1925 and 2001. The graveyard contains graves dating back to 1668., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Time: 4:45, Light: Fair light. No 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
- March 19, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1443]
- 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
- Chapel
- Description
- Exterior view of the flank of the Gothic-style funeral chapel built 1836-1839 for Laurel Hill Cemetery after designs by John Notman on Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 43 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia (Philadelphia: For sale at the cemetery, and by the treasurer, etc.; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 102, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
- Date
- 1844
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W51 [*Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem (1)11129.O.43a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W51 [*Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem (2)11129.O.43a]
- 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
- The chapel in Oak Hill, cemetery. Georgetown, D.C
- Description
- Shows the Gothic Revival-style chapel built in 1850 after the designs of James Renwick in the Washington, D.C. cemetery established by William Corcoran in 1848., Title printed on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Pink mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of District of Columbia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bell & Bro was operated by Charles Milton Bell and his brothers from the 1860s to early 1870s.
- Creator
- Bell & Bro. (Washington, D.C.), photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bell & Bro. - Cemeteries [5740.F.1a]
- Title
- The Oak Hill Cemetery, at Georgetown. D.C
- Description
- Shows a path near monuments, headstones, and a mausoleum in the Washington, D.C. cemetery established by William Corcoran in 1848., Title printed on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Pink mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of District of Columbia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bell & Bro was operated by Charles Milton Bell and his brothers from the 1860s to early 1870s.
- Creator
- Bell & Bro. (Washington, D.C.), photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bell & Bro. - Cemeteries [5740.F.1b]
- Title
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Description
- Shows monuments, headstones, and a vault in the Washington, D.C. cemetery established by William Corcoran in 1848., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of District of Columbia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bell & Bro was operated by Charles Milton Bell and his brothers from the 1860s to early 1870s.
- Creator
- Bell & Bro. (Washington, D.C.), photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bell & Bro. - Cemeteries [5740.F.1c]
- 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
- [General Henry Lee gravestone, Greene's private cemetery, Dungeness, Cumberland Island, Ga.]
- Description
- Shows a man touching the moss-covered gravestone of the American Revolution soldier and former governor of Virginia who died and was buried on the ancestral island of compatriot Nathaniel Greene. Stone reads "Sacred to the Memory of Henry Lee of Virginia Obiit 25 March 1818. AEtat. 65.", Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American views., 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 - non-Philadelphia - Georgia [5739.F.54c]
- 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
- Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the main gate of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. A man on horseback rides past the cemetery in which the Gothic-style funerary chapel is visible in the background. Countryside and trees dominate the foreground., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier., Issued as plate 20 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 430.1. Digital image shows the third state of the print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: LCP 6626.F and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F and Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 862 W6442, pl. 8., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Cemeteries (2 copies), Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
- Date
- c1838
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W216.1 [6626.F]
- Title
- Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the main gate of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. A man on horseback rides past the cemetery in which the Gothic-style funerary chapel is visible in the background. Countryside and trees dominate the foreground., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 20 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 430.2. Digital image shows the third state of the print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
- Date
- c1838
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W216.2 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]
- Title
- Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the main gate of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. A man on horseback rides past the cemetery in which the Gothic-style funerary chapel is visible in the background. Countryside and trees dominate the foreground., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 20 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 430.3, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2090 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Cemeteries, Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PR299, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
- Date
- c1840, 1848
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W216.3 [P.2090]
- Title
- Alloway Kirk
- Description
- Shows the ruins of the church built in 1516 in Alloway, Scotland. Also shows a boy sitting in the church graveyard. Site served as the setting for Scotch poet Robert Burns's poem "Tam O'Shanter" (circa 1790) and as the burial ground of Burns's father., Title and photographer from accompanying label., Buff paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of different countries., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Coates, Andrew, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Religion [5754.F.48b]
- Title
- Laurel-Hill Cemetery
- Description
- View looking northeast toward the grounds of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Shows two men in riding clothes, on horseback, galloping on the tree-lined dirt road above the cemetery. Visitors on foot and by carriage approach the main gate of the memorial site visible in the background. Tombs, monuments, and a chapel are visible in the cemetery., Plate 10 of series of fifty-four views published by Goupil, Vibert and Company from 1848 to 1851 that were drawn by Kollner and lithographed by Deroy, and later bound under the title "Views of American Cities.", Copyrighted by August Köllner., Printed above the title: 10., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 431
- Creator
- Deroy, Laurent, 1797-1886, artist
- Date
- c1848
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Cemeteries - L [P.2283.25]
- Title
- Laurel-Hill Cemetery
- Description
- View looking northeast toward the grounds of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Shows two men in riding clothes, on horseback, galloping on the tree-lined dirt road above the cemetery. Visitors on foot and by carriage approach the main gate of the memorial site visible in the background. Tombs, monuments, and a chapel are visible in the cemetery., Plate 10 of series of fifty-four views published by Goupil, Vibert and Company from 1848 to 1851 that were drawn by Kollner and lithographed by Deroy, and later bound under the title "Views of American Cities.", Printed above the title: 10., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 431
- Creator
- Deroy, Laurent, 1797-1886, artist
- Date
- [c1848]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Cemeteries [P.2283.16]
- 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
- Old St. Michaels Church, (German Lutheran) on the southeast corner of Fifth and Cherry St. The grounds bounded on the south by Appletree Alley
- Description
- View showing the church also known as the Old Lutheran Church built 1743-1748 on the 100 block of North Fifth Street. Also shows the church and church burial ground enclosed by a brick wall and a partial view of buildings on Appletree Alley in the background., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Compass directions given in manuscript on mount., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 109. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- March 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Churches and Meetinghouses - S [(3)2526.F.109 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f109.jpg
- Title
- The second Presbyterian church. And the burial grounds belonging to it, and that of the first Presbyterian church. On the southwest corner of Pine, and Fourth Street, as recently altered and improved
- Description
- View showing the Third Presbyterian Church also known as Old Pine Street Church built 1766-1768 after the designs of Robert Smith at 400-416 South 4th Street. Church remodeled 1857 after the designs of John Fraser. Also shows the church burial ground behind an ironwork fence and partial views of surrounding buildings., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 125. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- May 5, 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Churches and Meetinghouses [(3)2526.F.125 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f125.jpg
- 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
- [Mikveh Israel Cemetery gate, 12th and Federal Streets, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View of Mikveh Israel's Second Cemetery Gate built in 1849 at 1114 Federal St., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Cemetary [sic] Gate 12th and Federal Sts. Did my ears deceive me, or was somebody having a joke. I was told that the name of the burial place was the McIsrael. Note - Eastern style of architecture. (Get data on this place.), Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1923
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 185 [P.8513.185], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson185.htm
- Title
- [Mount Sinai Cemetery gate, 1905 Bridge Street, Frankford, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Depicts ivy-covered gate to cemetery, with automobile parked in front., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Jewish Cemetary [sic] Gate - Bridge St., Frankford, Phila., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1923
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 122 [P.8513.122], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson122.htm
- 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
- [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
- Old Swedes Church, Wilmington Del
- Description
- Lantern slide showing Old Swedes Church, also known as Holy Trinity Church, a stone church with ivy climbing up the walls. The church is surrounded by bare trees, a cemetary and a metal fence. Holy Trinity Church was built 1698-1699. It became an Episcopal parish in 1791., Signed: Morris., Negative P.9895.206., 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. 1890
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2153]
- Title
- Chapel of the Lebanon Cemetery
- Description
- View of the chapel with steeple at the African American rural cemetery founded in 1849 at Passyunk Road near 18th and Wolf streets in South Philadelphia. Also shows monuments in the cemetery and visitors, including a family. Cemetery protected by a stone wall with iron fencing, including an iron gate. Cemetery was condemned in 1899 and closed in 1903, with the bodies removed to Eden Cemetery., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 103, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 63 L 441, Repair upper left edge.
- Creator
- Dubois, George, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1850]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 63 L 441
- Title
- The Roxborough Baptist Church
- Description
- Exterior view of the second church completed in 1830 for the Baptist congregation at 6305 Ridge Avenue. Includes the church cemetery protected with a post and rail fence in the foreground. Barren trees surround the church. Congregation organized in 1789 from Roxborough congregants of the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia. The church building was enlarged in 1832 and 1846., Title supplied by cataloguer., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 663, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 13 R 887
- Date
- [ca. 1859]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 13 R 887
- Title
- West view of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia. April 1_1842
- Description
- Exterior view of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1758-1761 after the designs of Robert Smith at 300-340 Pine Street. Building includes the church tower and spire built in 1842 after the designs of William Strickland. Also shows the church burial ground in the foreground., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 829, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 132 Sa 25b, Inscribed on verso: Presented by Mrs. John C. Browne, Oct. 10, 1918.
- Creator
- Smith, R. S. (Richard Somers), 1813-1877, artist
- Date
- [1842]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 132 Sa 25b
- Title
- St. David's Church. Manayunk
- Description
- Exterior view showing the Gothic-style Episcopal church built in 1832 at St. David's and Dupont streets. Headstones are visible in the adjacent church graveyard. Also shows a solitary headstone under a tree in the right foreground. A picket fence surrounds the property. The building was enlarged in 1857 and destroyed by fire in 1879. Church was rebuilt in 1880. The congregation, established in 1831, was formed from immigrant mill workers working in the burgeoning textile industry that was developing along the Schuylkill River above Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 707, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 132 S 1363
- Date
- [ca. 1840]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 132 S 1363
- 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
- [St. David's Church and cemetery, Wayne, Pennsylvania.]
- Description
- View depicting the Episcopal stone church (built 1715-1717) and surrounding cemetery on Valley Forge Road in Radnor and border of Wayne, Pa. Trees adorn the property lined by headstones., Title supplied by cataloger., Date supplied from original provenance copyrighted in 1890 and published in parts between 1891? and 1894?, Published in Historic churches of America; their romance and their history (Philadelphia : H.L. Everett, [1891?-1894?]), Part IV., Signed by artist in lower right., Includes remarque depicting a vignette view of "Gen'l Wayne's Monument" in lower left., Gift of David Doret.
- Creator
- Taylor, M.M, etcher
- Date
- [1890]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2018.63.20]
- Title
- [St. David's Church and cemetery, Wayne, Pennsylvania.]
- Description
- View depicting the Episcopal stone church (built 1715-1717) and surrounding cemetery on Valley Forge Road in Radnor and border of Wayne, Pa. Trees adorn the property lined by a stone embanakment. Headstones surround the church., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from copyright statement: Copyrighted by 1894 by F De. B. Richards., Gift of David Doret.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), etcher
- Date
- 1894
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2018.63.19]
- Title
- " Old Swedes, Phila."
- Description
- Impressionistic drawing showing the exterior and cemetery of the oldest church in Pennsylvania at 929 South Water Street. Includes headstones and foliage. The church, also known as Gloria Dei, was built 1698-1700 after designs by John I. Harrison and Reverend Andrew Rudman. Betsy Ross married her second husband Joseph Ashburn at Gloria Dei in 1777., Title inscribed on drawing., Signature of artist in lower left corner., Accompanied by label: The oldest church in Philadelphia is "Olde Swedes", [sic] on Swanson Street below Christian Street. It was built in 1700 and has been in continuous use ever since. It was in this church that Betsy Ross was married. An original drawing by Donald C. Taber, 1934., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Donald C. Taber, born in New York, was a commercial artist in Philadelphia by 1930.
- Creator
- Taber, Donald C., 1895-1981, artist
- Date
- 1934
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - A-Z - Taber [P.2017.8.28]
- 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
- Proposals for the removal of the dead on the Gettysburg battle-field Sealed proposals will be received at my office in the borough of Gettysburg, until the 22d inst., at 12 o'clock, noon, for the following two contracts, viz: 1st. For disinterring the bodies on the Gettysburg battle field and at the hospitals in the vicinity, and removing them to the Soldiers' Cemetery on the south side of the borough of Gettysburg. 2d. For digging the graves, and burying the dead in the cemetery. The specifications of work for each contract, to be strictly complied with by the contractor, can be seen and examined at my office
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Wills, David, 1831-1894
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 Wills (6)5777.F.86b (McAllister)
- Title
- Old Mortality
- Description
- View showing the Laurel Hill Cemetery sculpture completed by sculptor James Thom circa 1836. 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. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 67 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia: with numerous illustrations (Philadelphia: For sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 526, Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PRM (MTD) 15 - 73.
- Creator
- Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
- Date
- 1844
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.67a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.67a]
- Title
- Monument to Commodore Hull
- Description
- View of the tomb of Isaac Hull, Commodore in the United States Navy. Hull's tomb was constructed and designed similarly to the tomb of Roman consul Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, except for the eagle that rests on the decorative scroll work of the lid. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 30 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia: with numerous illustrations (Philadelphia: For sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 480
- Creator
- Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
- Date
- 1844
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.30a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.30a]