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- Title
- [T. Sharpless & Sons, wholesale ware room, clothes, cassimeres, merinoes, silks and vestings, South Second Street and Trotter's Alley, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Drawn on stone by R. E. Reynolds.
- Description
- Location: Trotter's Alley and South Second Street., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Reynolds, Robert F., creator
- Date
- ca. 1850.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W358.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W358 [P.2198]
- Title
- Great Central Depot, southwest corner of 7th and Market Streets
- Description
- Men looking in windows of shop with comments in speech balloons. William Brown, prop., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.
- Date
- ca. 1850
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Ph Pr - Business - Grand Central Depot [P.9178.16]
- Title
- [J.H.R. Richelderfer, manufacturer of gent's fine shirts & collars, 1032 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Exterior view a group of employees, male and female, posed in front of the store. Includes two large windows displays filled with ties, shirts, socks, and gaters. Signage advertises "gents' overgaiters and furnishing goods, celluloid & chrolithion water proof linen collar & cuff depot" and "manufacturers of gent's over gaiters, children's leggings.", Buff mount with rounded corners.
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 5 x 7 - unidentified - business [P.9946]
- Title
- [Brown, Frederick & Kunkel, clothing warerooms, 41 North Third Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
- Description
- Location: 37-43 North Third St., Unlettered proof., Wainwright retrospective conversion project.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H., creator
- Date
- [1855]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W034.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W34 [P.2033]
- Title
- Jones & Co. of the crescent one price clothing store, No. 200 Market Street, above 6th Philada. [graphic] / On stone by R. F. Reynolds No. 30 S 5th. St.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Reynolds, Robert F., lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1855.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W206.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W206 [P.2142]
- Title
- Rockhill & Wilson, tailors & clothiers of men & boys wear, Nos. 205 & 207 Chestnut St & 28 South 6th Street. [graphic] / Lith. by W. H. Rease, N.E. cor. 4th & Chestnut Sts.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- 1857.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W319.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W319 [P.2255]
- Title
- Bennett & Co. Tower Hall, clothing bazaar No. 182 Market St, between Fifth & Sixth. Philadelphia. [graphic] / Executed, by, W. H. Rease No. 17 So. 5th. St.
- Description
- Location: 518 Market Street., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H., creator
- Date
- ca. 1853.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W023.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W23 [P.2016]
- Title
- Lippincott & Co. [clothing] south west corner of Fourth & Market St Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by R.F. Reynolds, No. 78 Dock St.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Reynolds, Robert F., lithographer., creator
- Date
- 1853.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W219.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W219 [P.2136]
- Title
- [Bennett's Tower Hall] Front elevation. [graphic] / Sam'l Sloan, Archt.
- Description
- Location: 518 Market Street., Published in: Sloan, Samuel. City and Suburban Architecture (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1867), plate 56, design XII for a mercantile building in the Norman style., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Library Company of Philadelphia: in *Am 1867 Sloan 7883.F.
- Creator
- Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884 architect., creator
- Date
- [1867]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W025.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W25 [*Am 1867 Sloan 7883.F]
- Title
- Front elevation Design XII. Plate 56
- Description
- Exterior view of Bennett's Tower Hall, the four-story, tower-shaped clothing store at 518 Market Street altered by architect Samuel Sloan circa 1867. Includes partial, faded view of adjacent properties. Col. Joseph M. Bennett (1816-1898) established his business, which he named Tower Hall in 1853, at the address in 1849. He was a successful businessman who used his wealth for philanthropic pursuits including the establishment of a Methodist orphanage and the bequest of West Philadelphia properties to the University of Pennsylvania in support of women's education., Date assigned by cataloger., Published in Samuel Sloan's City and Suburban Architecture (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1867), plate 56, design XII for a mercantile building in the Norman style., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 288, Free Library of Philadelphia: 724.3 SL52C, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
- Creator
- Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W25 [*Am 1867 Sloan 7883.F.56]
- Title
- J. Sandberg with J. Simon, dealer in ready-made clothing and gent's furnishing goods, no. 429 North Second Street, East side, Philadelphia Orders promptly attended to. Quick sales. Small profits
- Description
- Trade card containing a vignette showing a menagerie of men's clothing, including collars, a cravat and bow tie, vest, a shoe, plaid trousers, and a coat. Imagery also includes a scissor. Sandberg is listed in city directories as a peddler 1862-1863., Scribbles in pencil on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
- Date
- [ca. 1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.55]
- Title
- Rockhill & Wilson, tailors & clothiers of men & boys wear, Nos. 205 & 207 Chestnut St. & 28 South 6th Street Daniel H. Rockhill, Franklin S. Wilson
- Description
- Advertisement showing the wide, spacious interior of the clothing store tenanted by Daniel H. Rockhill and Franklin S. Wilson at 205-207 (ie. 603-605) Chestnut Street. Male clerks and patrons organize and sort through goods displayed in piles on tables throughout the ornately decorated store, which is adorned by pilasters, rounded pediments, rosettes, and flowery chandeliers and light fixtures. Two male clerks assist patrons in the foreground; one speaks with a woman and a young boy, and the other helps two gentlemen. Rockhill & Wilson moved their business from 111 (ie. 321) Chestnut Street to this location in 1857, and operated here until 1882., Date supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 658, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H., artist
- Date
- [1857]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W319 [P.2255]
- Title
- Bennett's Tower Hall, clothing bazaar, no. 518 Market Street, bet[ween] 5th & 6th, Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement with a street scene showing "Bennett's Tower Hall Clothing Bazaar." Signage and a flag adorn the tower-shaped storefront in front of which two men converse and ladies approach. Also shows heavy street activity. Two horse-drawn omnibuses travel near an unusually-designed "Tower Hall Clothing Bazaar 518 Market St." wagon and a drayman stopping his dray of goods in front of the store. The "West Philadelphia" omnibus is filled with passengers and a lady departs from the rear of the "Hestonville Market Street Camden Ferry" vehicle. Also shows adjacent buildings. Established at this address in 1849, named Tower Hall in 1853, renumbered as 518 Market Street in 1856 (formerly 182 Market Street)., Not in Wainwright., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Dec. 1858., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 37, Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia.
- Date
- [1858]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Business [P.2017]
- Title
- Jones & Co. of the crescent one price clothing store, No. 200 Market Street, above 6th Phila Has constantly on hand a large & fashionable stock of clothing made in the best manner, expressly for retail sales, with the very lowest selling price marked in plain figures on each article & never varied; so all must buy alike, and with the full assurance of getting a good article at the lowest rates. Remember the crescent above 6th in Market St. No. 200
- Description
- Advertisement depicting the two-bay, five-story, green building occupied by Owen Jones's clothing store since 1846. White text advertising the business as a cheap, one price clothing store covers the facade. A columned arcade extends along the ground floor of the properties depicted, stopping at the States Union Hotel (right). A sales booth displaying wares is sandwiched between two columns at the street level. Men's vests, pants, and jackets hang under the arcade, as several men, and a couple stroll by on the wide, brick sidewalk., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 413, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
- Creator
- Reynolds, Robert F., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1855]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W206 [P.2142]
- Title
- Philadelphia, north from State House
- Description
- Panoramic view showing several city blocks north from the State House (520 Chestnut Street). Includes: Harris and Newhall, paper manufacturers (515 Minor); Barnes, Bro. & Herron, hat store, and M.S. Shapleigh & Co., dry goods store (503 Market); Robert Levick, boots and shoes (525 Market); E.R. Taggert & Co., hosiery (515 Market); and in the far left background, Jessup & Moore, paper warehouse (27 N. 6th). Also shows rooftop decks with drying laundry., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Mount discolored., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1869
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Views [1322.F.4d]
- Title
- Philadelphia, north from State House
- Description
- Panoramic view showing several city blocks north from the State House (520 Chestnut Street). Includes: Harris and Newhall, paper manufacturers (515 Minor); Barnes, Bro. & Herron, hat store, and M.S. Shapleigh & Co., dry goods store (503 Market); Robert Levick, boots and shoes (525 Market); E.R. Taggert & Co., hosiery (515 Market); and in the far left background, Jessup & Moore, paper warehouse (27 N. 6th). Also shows rooftop decks with drying laundry., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Mount discolored., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1869
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Views [1322.F.4d]
- Title
- [Chestnut Street, rooftop view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut]
- Description
- Rooftop view looking east from Odiorne's Studio at 920 Chestnut showing the 800 and 900 blocks, north side, of the commercial street. Businesses include a boys clothing store and the Girard House hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr,.(823-835 Chestnut). Includes partial view of the south side of the street., Title supplied by cataloguer., Date from manuscript note on mount., Manuscript note on mount: Chestnut St. E. from 9th., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Image faded., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Odiorne operated from Philadelphia photographer Isaac Rehn's Gallery at 920 Chestnut Street between 1859 and 1860.
- Creator
- Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
- Date
- 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27e]
- Title
- [Chestnut Street, rooftop view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut]
- Description
- Rooftop view looking east from Odiorne's Studio at 920 Chestnut showing the 800 and 900 blocks, north side, of the commercial street. Businesses include a boys clothing store and the Girard House hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr,.(823-835 Chestnut). Includes partial view of the south side of the street., Title supplied by cataloguer., Date from manuscript note on mount., Manuscript note on mount: Chestnut St. E. from 9th., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Image faded., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Odiorne operated from Philadelphia photographer Isaac Rehn's Gallery at 920 Chestnut Street between 1859 and 1860.
- Creator
- Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
- Date
- 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27e]
- Title
- [Bennet's Tower Hall Clothing Bazaar, 518]
- Description
- Quirky advertisement showing heavy street traffic in front of the clothing store, designed as a medieval tower, at 518 Market Street. Patrons and pedestrians gather near the entrance of the store across from a saddled horse and a dray loaded with crates parked in front of the building. Other street traffic includes a stopped "Hestonville, Market Street, Cambridge Ferry" omnibus from which a lady departs from the rear while a chariot-like horse-drawn vehicle advertising "Tower Hall Clothing Bazaar Market Street" passes her. The unique vehicle is followed by an ornately painted "West Philadelphia" street car crowded with passengers, including men seated on the roof beside the driver. Also shows neighboring buildings. Joseph M. Bennett opened his clothier establishment in 1849, which he named Tower Hall in 1853., Title supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, Atwater Kent Museum: 88.98.393/2, Trimmed. Varnished.
- Date
- [ca. 1859]
- Location
- Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 88.98.393/2
- Title
- 1022 Chestnut Street
- Description
- Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the five story commercial front of 1022 Chestnut Street, occupied by Alton's pictures, mirrors & frames. Alton's is flanked by Eastman Kodak Stores at 1020 Chestnut Street and Klein's Furriers at 1024 Chestnut Street. 1022 Chestnut Street was altered in 1899 after designs by Addison Hutton., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company., Title from manuscript note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
- Date
- ca. 1940
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.28]
- Title
- Assembly Building schottisch
- Description
- Sheet music cover showing a busy street scene with the "Assembly Buildings" music hall rebuilt 1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. at 1000-1002 Chestnut Street. Signage for tenant F.A. Hoyt & Brother, boys clothing, adorns the frieze of the building used for concerts, exhibitions, and balls. The hall also displays signage for the "Assembly Dinner Saloon," the eating saloon in the basement. Several pedestrians walk on the sidewalks, convene at the intersection, and cross the street in which horse-drawn carriages and an omibus travel. Pedestrians include ladies with parasols, a boy with a hoop, and two men shaking hands. Also shows two men on horseback near a street lamp at the corner, a dog, and neighboring buildings., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by J.W. Roddon., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 28, Possibly printed by Jacob Haehnlen.
- Date
- c1852
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Theatres [6482.F]
- Title
- De Coursey, Bryan & Co. [banknote vignette]
- Description
- Vignette illustrating a banknote for the Philadelphia National Bank. Shows the importer and manufacturer of men's furnishing goods (618) in Artisan Hall at 616-620 Chestnut Street. Patrons enter the storefronts and pedestrians walk on the sidewalk near a horse-drawn dray parked in the street to be loaded. A horse-drawn carriage travels nearby. De Coursey, Bryan & Co. was active 1867-1868., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 173, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871., One printed in brown ink and one tinted with one stone.
- Date
- [ca. 1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.126b&p]
- Title
- Fine oysters From life, Phila
- Description
- Plate from children's moral instruction book showing two shabby oyster hucksters as they shout, "Here they go! Oys-te-ers! Prime fat Oys-te-ers!" and walk in the street beside a tattered wagon pulled by a skinny horse. Also includes a corner clothing store, and a dog following the hucksters in the street., Date supplied by cataloger., Published as illustration on page 17 in City Sights for Country Eyes ([Philadelphia]: American Sunday School Union, [1856])., Accompanied by text titled "Prime oysters" moralizing against taking "the wrong road" by hanging out in taverns and stables and not getting an education. Those who do end up sellng oysters., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 249, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8343.17, Free Library of Philadelphia: \\RBD\\ASSU\\V\\C498S\\FACSIM.\\
- Creator
- Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
- Date
- [1856]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8343.17
- Title
- Bennett & Co. Tower Hall, clothing bazaar No. 182 Market St, between Fifth & Sixth. Philadelphia Wholesale & retail. J.M. Bennett. J. C. Umberger
- Description
- Advertisement showing the four-story, tower-shaped clothing store adorned with signage at 182, i.e., 518 Market Street. Statuary and a flag reading "Tower Hall" embellish the building and signs advertise "Quick Sales" and "Small Profits." A store clerk consults with a patron near one of the four open entryways to the establishment. Clothing adorns the entries and hangs from racks inside the store in which another clerk assists a patron at a display table. Coats and other piles of clothing are visible in the upper floor windows. In front of the store, several crates line the sidewalk. A laborer nails one shut as other workers load a horse-drawn dray. A few of the crates are marked with addresses, including Independence, Mo., Nashville, Tenn., and Augusta, Ga. The three-and-one-half story "Clothing Ware Rooms" stands adjacent to the "Tower Hall." Signage advertising "Shirts, Collars, Bosoms, Cravats, Wrappers, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs &c. &c. &c. and [Edward] "Allman Hatter" and [Robert] "Winchester Grocer" adorns the facade. Patrons exit and enter the doorways of the building in front of which a laborer loads a "Bennet & Co. Tower Hall Clothing Bazaar" wagon. On the sidewalk, near the delivery worker, a woman strolls near two boys in conversation and a man carrying a large package. Partial views of the outerlying, neighboring businesses complete the scene. Signage reading "...T Toland," (i.e., George Toland, accountant, 180 Market), and "Robert..." adorn the buildings. Also contains a trompe l'oeil wood frame border around the image., Col. Joseph M. Bennett (1816-1898) established his business, which he named Tower Hall in 1853, at the address in 1849. He was a successful businessman who used his wealth for philanthropic pursuits including the establishment of a Methodist orphanage and the bequest of West Philadelphia properties to the University of Pennsylvania in support of women's education., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 35, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1853]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W23 [P.2016]
- Title
- Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, from Tenth to [Ninth], south side
- Description
- View from above Tenth Street, looking east, showing the 1000 block of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: J.G. Maxwell, trimmings store and factory (1032 Chestnut); Wilson and Stellwagon, jewelers (1028 Chestnut), and a children's clothing store. Crates of trash rest on the corner near a lamppost and a group of conversing men. Also includes a horse-drawn carriage standing idle in the street. Trimmings store contains a large advertisement on the side of its building., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Green mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
- Date
- ca. 1869
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [(8)1322.F.29a]
- Title
- [Little Dock and Spruce streets, at Second Street]
- Description
- View showing the businesses at 303 South Second Street at the intersection of Second and Little Dock (i.e., Mattis) streets. Shows the ramshackle building tenanted by J.T. Wells, clothier; Jacob Reed, clothing rooms; and J. & R. Hattuck, locksmiths and bell hangers. Includes two gentlemen in top hats conversing on the Little Dock Street side of the building; a freight car and sign post for a hotel in the right background; and surrounding businesses., Title supplied by cataloguer., Date and photographer's monogram inscribed in negative of (7)1322.F.39., Inscribed in negative of (7)1322.F.39: 23., Manuscript note on recto of (7)1322.F.55e: S.e. cor 2nd & Spruce., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Image (7)1322.F.39 reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #64.
- Creator
- Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
- Date
- March 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - L [(7)1322.F.39d & 55e]
- Title
- [Old London Coffee House, Front and Market streets, Philadelphia.]
- Description
- View showing the former coffee house and merchants' exchange. Shows building tenanted by Ulrich & Brother's Tobacco & Segar Store (14 Market, i.e. 100 Market). Also shows a partial view of the adjacent men's and boy's clothing store operated by Umberger & Co. (16 Market). Includes a female peddler with her baskets of goods at the corner; store merchandise on display; several handcarts resting idle on Front Street; tobacco store employees standing in the doorway; and a conestoga wagon parked in front of the clothing store. Originally built in 1702, the former coffee house was razed circa 1883 by the Ulrich brothers, whose family purchased the building in 1813., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., Title supplied by cataloguer., *McClees 1853-1., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees & Germon, a partnership between Philadelphia photographers James E. McClees and Washington Lafayette Germon, was active between 1854-1855.
- Creator
- McClees & Germon, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1854
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [8339.F.16]
- Title
- Minstrels! Branch, 1602 South St
- Description
- Racist trade card illustration depicting a large troupe of African American minstrels on a stage. Five of the men in the front row are seated in white chairs and a man in the center stands on his right leg with his arms wide. In the background are several palm trees. Visible in the center of the image is an ovular gold pendant with a caricatured portrait of a smiling African American man depicted with exaggerated features. He is attired in a white collared shirt, a red checkered necktie, and a brown jacket. The minstrel troupe is attired in white pants, red jackets, and white shoes. Some men hold red and white hats in their hands. The trade card is likely advertising Phillip Conway's business, Conway Gent's Furnisher, a custom clothing shop., Title from item., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Minstrels [P.2017.95.131]
- Title
- From the Paris mantilla cloak and fur emporium. 920 Chestnut Street, Philada J. W. Proctor & Co
- Description
- Advertisement label showing an exterior view of the clothing store. Several cloaks are displayed in the storefront windows. A female clerk helps a customer at the entrance. Pedestrian traffic, predominately women wearing cloaks, pass on the sidewalk. Proctor relocated his store from 708 to 902 Chestnut Street in 1862., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 287, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories - Box 55, Folder 7, LCP holds engraved copy of advertisement. [Ph Pr - 8x10 - Businesses (7)1322.F.453i].
- Date
- [ca. 1862]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Print Collection - Small - Stores & Factories - Box 55, Folder 7
- Title
- Independence Square recruiting camps. [graphic]. James Queen del.
- Description
- Printed on recto: Childrens Central Clothing Emporium. M. Shoemaker No. 2 North Eighth Street Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Tradecard depicting well-dressed children on the central promenade of Independence Square when used as Camp Independence, Civil War recruitment camp, in September and October 1862. Tents manned by soldiers line the promenade and the children who carry drums, flags, and a hoop, walk between a group of men and a mother and son. Mary Shoemaker operated from 2 North Eighth Street circa 1862-circa 1864.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
- Date
- 1862.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W183.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W183 [(2)5786.F.138b]
- Title
- Independence Square recruiting camps. [graphic]. James Queen del.
- Description
- Printed on recto: Childrens Central Clothing Emporium. M. Shoemaker No. 2 North Eighth Street Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Trade card depicting well-dressed children on the central promenade of Independence Square when used as Camp Independence, Civil War recruitment camp, in September and October 1862. Tents manned by soldiers line the promenade and the children who carry drums, flags, and a hoop, walk between a group of men and a mother and son. Mary Shoemaker operated from 2 North Eighth Street circa 1862-circa 1864.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
- Date
- 1862.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W183.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W183 [(2)5786.F.138b]
- Title
- 1010 Chestnut St. front
- Description
- Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting an ornate four story commercial front at 1010 Chestnut Street, occupied by Alexander's clothing shop on the ground level, Sun Beam Beauty Shops on the second floor and Merin Studios on the third floor. Charles David's clothing store occupies the ground floor of 1008 Chestnut Street and Fur Outlet Co., furriers, occupies the ground floor of the building at 1012 Chestnut Street. The property at 1010 Chestnut Street was altered in 1891 for Queen & Co. after designs by the architectural firm of Baily & Truscott. David B. Bassett altered the basement for Shaw Walker in 1919., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
- Date
- ca. 1940
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.27]
- Title
- 1326-28 Chestnut St
- Description
- Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the Hale Building at the southwest corner of Chestnut and Juniper Streets, on the former site of Dr. John Rea Barton's residence. Built in 1887 for Keystone National Bank after designs by Willis Gaylord Hale and altered by him from 1890 to 1892. Lousols' women's clothing store occupies the art deco addition at the street level, next to Stinson Drugs at 1332 Chestnut Street. The Presbyterian Board of Education Building (1334-36) and a partial view of the Real Estate Title & Trust Co. Building (1340-50) are visible in the background., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company., Title from manuscript note on recto., Also known as the Lucas Building and the Penfield Building, for the Penfield Theatre Ticket Co., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
- Date
- ca. 1940
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.30]
- Title
- 7201-03-05-07 Frankford Ave
- Description
- Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting automobiles parked in front of a one story strip of shops along Frankford Avenue. Includes Sheppard's Cancellation Shoes (7201); Morgenstern appliances (7203), Bradley's Clothes (7205) and Northeast National Bank (7207)., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company., Title from typed note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
- Creator
- Parker & Mullikin, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1950
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.37]
- Title
- Wm. H. Hortsmann & Sons, manufactory & sales rooms, cor. Fifth & Cherry Streets. Philadelphia
- Description
- Letterhead containing an exterior view of the manufactory and adjoining showroom specializing in military clothing, trimmings, and paraphernalia at 51 North Third Street. Shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn cart, streetcars, and patrons entering the establishment. Business established in 1815., Completed in manuscript on January 16, 1862 to Providence Tool Company, Providence, R.I. by "W.H. Hortsmann & Sons" about the price of "U.S. Cavalry Blades to pass Government Inspection" and whether then can "commence delivery at once.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler., See related print. [Ph Pr - 8x10 - Industries - H, (7)1322.F.61d]
- Creator
- Sartain, Samuel, 1830-1906, engraver
- Date
- [ca. 1858]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.149]
- Title
- Chestnut St[reet], west of 8th, Philadelphia
- Description
- View of the commercial street, above Eighth Street, south side. Businesses include: John Wanamaker & Co. luxury clothing store (established 1869) at 818 Chestnut Street; publishers and booksellers Porter & Coates (1867-1895) at 822 Chestnut Street; and the Continental Hotel (completed 1860 after designs of John McArthur, Jr.) at the corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets. Mannequins stand in front of the doorway of the Wanamaker store., Title from manuscript note on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer -Streets [P.9191.7]
- Title
- Independence Square recruiting camps
- Description
- Trade card depicting well-dressed children on the central promenade of Independence Square when used as Camp Independence, Civil War recruitment camp, in September and October 1862. Tents manned by soldiers line the promenade and the children who carry drums, flags, and a hoop, walk between a group of men and a mother and son. Mary Shoemaker operated from 2 North Eighth Street circa 1862-circa 1864., Printed on recto: Childrens Central Clothing Emporium. M. Shoemaker No. 2 North Eighth Street Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 380, Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Philadelphia on Stone
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer
- Date
- 1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W183 [(2)5786.F.138b]
- Title
- Wm. H. Horstmann & Sons No. 51, North Third Street Philadelphia, manufacturers and importers of military goods, coach laces, & fringes, epaulettes, swords, sashes, buttons, laces, chapeaux, pistols, holsters, saddle-cloths, banners, flags, embroideries, &c. &c Volunteer companies and officers of the Army & Navy supplied with every article in the military line, ladies fancy trimmings, cords, tassels, fringes, buttons, gimps, bindings, braids, &c. Military cloths & cassimeres
- Description
- Advertisement showing the ornately decorated storefront of William H. Horstmann & Sons clothing and military supply store. Patriotic bunting consisting of the names of artists J.H. Otten, carver and J. Gibson, pinxt, and a shield sumounted by an eagle, flags, swords and spears surround a sign that reads, "E Pluribus Unum, Horstmann," above the first level. Drums, military helmets, flags, and swords flank this central display. Laurel wreaths hang above the fasces that form columns on each side of the shop's two doorways and two bay windows. Tassels are visible in the left bay window, while various types of military hemlets are displayed in rows in the right window. Shields and crossed arrows adorn the transom lights above the windows and doors. Wm. H. Horstmann & Sons produced and sold their wares at this location between 1830 and 1857, after which time they moved their factory operations to 5th and Cherry Streets, and their storefront to a separate property at 223 Chestnut Street., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: August 1846., On recto: J.H. Otten, carver; J. Gibson, pinxt., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 857, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
- Creator
- French, John Taylor, 1822-1852, artist
- Date
- [August 1846]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W466 [P.2269]
- Title
- Lippincott & Co. south west corner of Fourth & Market St Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement showing the red, two-bay, six-story building tenanted by Barclay and Isaac Lippincott's clothing store at the southwest corner of Fourth and Market Streets, marked with pre-consolidation addressed buildings. An advertisement painted in white on the east side of the building reads, "Lippincotts one price clothing warehouse cheap for cash." The same phrase is displayed on the front facade, along with the address, "4th & Market Sts., 130" A large flag reading, "Clothing Lippincott & Co.," flies at the top of the building. Two men stand near a display of shirts, pants, vests, and other articles of clothing under the corner awning. Patrons speak with sales clerks who stand behind counters, in front of shelves that extend to the ceiling. The store's wares cover the shop windows. A man walks with a woman holding a parasol near boxes piled outside of the adjacent, four-story property occupied by Lippincott's Clothing Warehouse (132 Market Street, ie. 402 Market Street). Next to the clothing warehouse, framed engravings are displayed in the partially visible shop window of Thomas, importer of engravings (404 Market Street). A large framed print is prominently advertised on the outside of the shop. A person stands in the front doorway of the building immediately south of Lippincott & Co. on Fourth Street. A woman in a red dress rides a white horse along Market Street, and two dogs stand together in the middle of the street in the foreground., The clothing store operated at this address as Lippincott, Taylor & Co., until 1851 when it became Lippincott & Co. under the ownership of Barclay and Isaac Lippincott. The named changed again in 1860 to Lippincott, Hunter & Scott, with an additional store at 424 Market Street. Purportedly the store where John Wanamaker worked and was introduced to the clothing business., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Decemr. 1858., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 439, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
- Creator
- Reynolds, Robert F., artist
- Date
- [December 1858]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W219 [P.2136]
- Title
- Chestnut St. from 10th
- Description
- View looking east from Tenth Street showing the north side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: H.P. & W.C. Taylor, perfumery; M.L. Spooner, ladies and children furnishings; and the Girard House hotel (823-835 Chestnut), built 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. A partial view of the old masonic temple is seen in the distance. Lampposts line the sidewalk., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Date and title from manuscript note on mount., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
- Date
- [1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27g]
- Title
- Chestnut St. from 10th
- Description
- View looking east from Tenth Street showing the north side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: H.P. & W.C. Taylor, perfumery; M.L. Spooner, ladies and children furnishings; and the Girard House hotel (823-835 Chestnut), built 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. A partial view of the old masonic temple is seen in the distance. Lampposts line the sidewalk., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Date and title from manuscript note on mount., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
- Date
- [1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27g]
- Title
- Market Street, [above Fourth Street], Philadelphia
- Description
- View of the commercial street above Fourth Street, north side, showing 431-425 Market Street. Depicts William Brooks, ribbons, millinery goods, and straw goods, at 431 Market Street; Armar Young, Bro. & Co. (Young, Moore, & Co.), embroideries, hosiery, and notions, at 429 Market Street; Buehler Howard & Co, hardware, and Cunningham & Ethier, boots and shoes, at 427 Market Street; and White & Pechin, wood & willowware (dinnerware designed with a willow motif), Samuel Vendig, shirts, and the W. Williamson, dry goods office, as tenants of 425 Market Street. Buildings are heavily adorned with signage, which include the street numbers. A horse-drawn cart stands idle before 425 Market Street. Crates line the sidewalk. Also includes partial view of 433 Market Street., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., 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
- Date
- [ca. 1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Cremer - Streets [P.9260.37]
- Title
- [Chestnut Street, east from Thirteenth Street, south side, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View showing the south side of the 1200 block of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: Lacey & Phillips, saddlery and harnessmaker (1220 Chestnut); Reeve L. Knight & Son, carpets (1222 Chestnut); T.L. Jacobs & Co., shirt manufacturers (1226 Chestnut); Peck & Co., druggists (1228 Chestnut); Edward Borhek & Son, opticians (1230 Chestnut); and Carrington, DeZouche & Co., window shades and paper hangings (Chestnut and Thirteenth). Lacey & Phillip's building is adorned with signage advertising the business's awards for excellence. A woman stands in front of Carrington, DeZouche & Co. Also shows a boy leaning on a lamppost and letterbox at the street corner., Attributed to Robert Newell., Unmounted half of stereoview., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1869]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [(8)1322.F.49i]
- Title
- 1600 block of Chestnut St., south side looking east
- Description
- Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting commercial store fronts along the south side of the 1600 block Chesnut Street, looking east. The WCAU Building (1618-1622) towers over adjacent three and four story stores and shops. Built circa 1931, purportedly after designs by Harry Sternfeld and Gabriel Blum Roth. Includes Sun Ray drug store (1624); Whitman & Son Retail Store (1626), built in 1929 after designs by Edmund Beaman Gilchrist; Dr. Scholl's Foot Comfort Shop (1628), built in 1927 after designs by Rankin & Kellogg; and Mann & Dilks' clothing store (1630). Automobile traffic and parked vehicles are visible in the foreground., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
- Date
- ca. 1940
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.31]
- Title
- [Chestnut Street, rooftop view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut Street]
- Description
- View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include the hotels built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 and the Girard House hotel (823-825 Chestnut) built 1851. Also shows the Masonic Temple(713-721 Chestnut); the roof of the Burd mansion (900-906 Chestnut); building signage advertising a boy's clothing bazaar at the northwest corner of Ninth and Chestnut; and street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn omnibus., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Manuscript note on recto of (6)1322.F.69a: Chestnut E. from 9th., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
- Creator
- Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - C [(6)1322.F.27e & 69a]
- Title
- Jefferson House, so. west corner of Seventh and Market st
- Description
- View showing the house owned by Jacob Graff in which Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Signage adorns the building advertising current tenants William Brown, clothing, and D.E. Thompson's Book and Job Printing Office. Also shows an awning reading "Birth Place of Liberty" attached to the building; playbills on display; a hitching post; and a view of the adjacent business, William Jordan's Shoe Warehouse at 232 Market Street. The building was razed circa 1883., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription 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 5, page 92? The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #59., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
- Creator
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
- Date
- 1855
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Residences - G [P.2295]
- Title
- [Chestnut Street, rooftop view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut Street]
- Description
- View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include the hotels built after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 and the Girard House hotel (823-825 Chestnut) built 1851. Also shows the Masonic Temple(713-721 Chestnut); the roof of the Burd mansion (900-906 Chestnut); building signage advertising a boy's clothing bazaar at the northwest corner of Ninth and Chestnut; and street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Manuscript note on verso: Snow storm April 10, 1862., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
- Creator
- Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - C [P.2282.13]
- Title
- View from State House
- Description
- Panoramic view showing the north side of the the 600 block of Chestnut Street, including the office buildings constructed for patent medicine manufacturer Dr. David Jayne. Includes Rockhill & Wilson, clothiers (603-605 Chestnut); the Bulletin Building (607 Chestnut, built 1866); the Jayne Office Building known as the Commonwealth Building (611-613 Chestnut); Jayne's Marble Building (615-619 Chestnut, built 1860); and Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut, built 1856). Visible on the 700 block is a sign for "Greene's" and the front facade of the old Masonic Hall (713-721 Chestnut, built 1852-1853)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount below image., 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 - Views [P.9644.27]
- Title
- [T. Sharpless & Sons, wholesale ware room, clothes, cassimeres, merinoes, silks and vestings and Pekin Tea Company, South Second Street and Trotter's Alley, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Advertisement showing the four-story double storefronts adorned with signage at 30-32 South Second Street, below Market Street. Massive merchandise displays adorn the windows and front facades of the businesses. At the wareroom, reams of different cloths hang within open windows from rods behind tables covered in swatches and bolts of cloth. A number of patrons, including women and a couple, admire the displays, and enter the open entry through which shadowy figures of female clerks are visible. More merchandise, including bolts of cloth and cloth-covered hat boxes, are visible in showcase spaces on the second floor. At the tea store, couples exit and enter the business in which several boxes of tea are piled between Chinese figurines displayed in the window. A clerk stands within the store. Potted plants adorn the third floor windows between which a large model of a box of tea hangs. In front of the store, boxes of tea are piled under a frame for an awning that displays a sign advertising "Fresh Teas." Manhole covers and a fire hydrant adorn the sidewalk as well. Around the corner of the building, a woman and girl walk past a horse-drawn dray travelling down a side alley to Strawberry Street partially visible in the background. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings. Pekin Tea Company relocated to Sixth and Callowhill streets in 1847. The textile firm established by Townsend Sharpless in 1815 located to the address in 1841 under the name T. Sharpless & Son. Firm was renamed T. Sharpless & Sons in 1842., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from Poulson inscriptions on recto: Strawberry. So. Second St. & Trotter's Alley. Sept. 1846. "Strawberry" written in image to identify street., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 736, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., See related advertisement print, *W278 [P.2168]
- Creator
- Reynolds, Robert F., artist
- Date
- [September 1846]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W358 [P.2198]
- Title
- Market St., west of 10th St
- Description
- View of the commercial street, above Tenth Street, south side. Businesses include: Clark's Heating & Ventilating Warehouse at 1008 Market Street; Dale & Thomas, carpets, at 1010 Market Street; James Spear & Co., stoves, heaters, and ranges at 1014 Market Street; William Ray, clothier, at 1018 Market Street; William F. Simes, saddlery and harnessmaker, at 1026 Market; and the Bingham House hotel (named after express and freight agent John Bingham), established in 1867, at the corner of 11th and Market streets. Several of the businesses display their merchandise in front of their stores, including the stove warehouses and the clothier. A telegraph pole stands in the foreground. A horse-drawn wagon rests in front of the carpet store., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's label pasted on verso advertising: Stereoscopes and Views, Wholesale and Retail., Orange mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [ca. 1874]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.9047.94]