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Title: Chestnut Street at Strawberry St. about 18[43]
Description: Title from manuscript note pasted to lower edge of case., Pad: Dark green velvet., Mat: Lacking mat., Case: Leather. No design., Gift of John Archibald McAllister., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Resealed by CRH [Christine Hindle] 1/79.
Creator: Mason, William G.
Date: ca. 1843
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Mason [59542.D]

Title: Old houses, N. side of Locust near 5th St. [sic]
Description: Depicts a row of old dwellings and businesses along the north side of Locust Street, near Second Street, including a grocer (left) and L. Bernhardt, tailor, at 241. Includes the back of a delivery wagon, a partial view of a carriage (right) and a single pedestrian passing a row of barrels on the sidewalk., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 21., Arcadia caption text: Philadelphia’s numerous blocks of brick rowhouses are the most striking characteristic of the city’s residential architecture. The great local abundance of high quality clay and lime  used to make mortar  contributed to the prevalence of this style. Photographed at the close of the 19th century, this image captures a row of 18th-century residences on the north side of the 200 block of Locust Street.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.153]

Title: W[est] side of Main St. G[erman]t[ow]n from School to Church Lane taken from opposite Saving Fund
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a row of buildings on Germantown Avenue. The road is lined with bricks and has trolley tracks running down the center. A man stands next to the lamppost at the corner in front of a large stone building with "Germantown Saving Fund" carved into the facade., Photographer remarks: Not well focussed. All these Gtn. 5 x 8's taken with (cousin) Rebecca Cooper's camera., Time: 7:30, 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 10, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1501]

Title: Walnut St. Theatre, 9th & Walnut Sts. Built 1808
Description: View showing the Walnut Street Theatre under construction at 827-833 Walnut Street (corner of Ninth and Walnut Streets). The theater, originally built as a circus in 1809, was altered to a theater in 1816, and remodeled from 1827-1828 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Haviland. Other renovations were completed in 1852 by Hoxie & Button, in 1903 by Willis Gaylord Hale and in 1904 by Rush Anderson Plowman. Also shows adjacent buildings and a United Cigar Stores Co. shop in the foreground, the only portion of the theatre building not undergoing construction. The number 13 trolley is depicted on Walnut Street., Inscribed in negative: 3147., Title from negative sleeve., Modern reference print available.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.74]

Title: Hokey Pokey Man
Description: Depicts a street vendor, with a wagon drawn by a donkey and protected by a striped awning, dispensing his wares to two young boys. Includes horse drawn carts in the background. The awning of The James Bell Co. is also visible in the background., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Slide number 41.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.37]

Title: Looking up Market St. from Front
Description: Wagons, trolleys and pedestrians crowd the street and sidewalks in front of the shops along the north side of Market Street, west of Front Street. Names of businesses are painted on signboards along the block. Visible names include F. Frenzell, Vance & Co. and Coates Bros. Wool. A cigar shop occupies the southwest corner lot in the foreground., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Browne, John C. (John Coates), 1838-1918, photographer
Date: Negative July 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.173]

Title: Broad St. looking N. from Sansom St. on 3rd day of Centennial of our Constitution, showing Arch with coats of arms of states. [Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Broad Street filled with people and carriages during the Centennial celebrations. Spanning the street is a large archway decorated with coats of arms and surmounted by an eagle. Flags fly from the surrounding buildings and people lean out windows to look down on the street. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Time: 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: Septmeber 17, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1223]

Title: National Bank & old houses from there to Armat St. from cor[ner] of Market Sq[uare], [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the National Bank at 5504 Germantown Avenue, a two-story stone building with an elaborate cornice and decorative iron bars over the windows designed by James Charles Sidney (1819-1881). Trolley tracks run down the center of the brick road. A telephone pole stands in front of the bank and a lamp post stands on the corner to the left. Other buildings line the road to the right. The National Bank of Germantown was chartered by the state of Pennsylvania in 1813 and began operations in 1814 in the parlor of the house of Dr. Charles Bensell. The bank built a new building on this site in 1868. The building was altered in 1890, 1907, and 1930., Time: 8:00 AM, 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 10, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1505]

Title: [Walter Graham, wholesale & retail grocer, northwest corner of Market and Sixteenth Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view showing storefront at 1601 Market Street. Also depicts adjoining businesses including John S. Hansell, produce dealer at 1605 Market. Image includes two delivery wagons, barrels lining the sidewalk, and street railway tracks. Graham and Hansell are first listed in city directories simultaneously at this location in 1862., Nonpareil brass mat., Leather case with geometric design. Front cover separated. Losses in leather., Deep blue velvet pad, stamped., Image damaged at upper right along roofline., Similar view reproduced in Robert Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs, 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1976) page 98.
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - unidentified [P.9669.17]

Title: Fourth Street above Pine Street
Description: View looking south on Fourth Street, including Daniel Donnelly's tavern (310 S. 4th). Three men stand near the entranceway of the tavern. Also shows the adjacent business, "Browning's new cheap store," possibly the cigar store of Ellen Browning. Browning tenanted 315 S. 4th Street in 1858., Date and photographer's monogram inscribed in negative., Title from manuscript note on mount: 4th above Pine., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in early photographs 1839-1914 (New York: Published in cooperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia by Dover Publications, Inc., 1976), plate 53.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: August 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - F [(7)1322.F.71a

Title: Centennial of the U.S. Constitution. 9 mo. 15, 16 + 17, 1887. The Arch at Broad and Chestnut, [Philadelphia]
Description: Photograph showing Broad Street filled with people and carriages during the Centennial celebrations. Spanning the street is a large archway decorated with coats of arms and surmounted by an eagle. Flags fly from the surrounding buildings and people lean out windows to look down on the street. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Photograph from negative number 1223., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 17, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9844.49]

Title: Merchants' Exchange
Description: View of the east front of the Merchants' Exchange, showing the rotunda and cupola of the building constructed between 1832 and 1833 after designs by William Strickland for the Philadelphia Exchange Company. Photograph taken from the the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut Streets. A cart loaded with boxes sits in the foreground and a sign for H. M. Hillman Metals is visible in a window on the ground level., Inscribed in negative: 3291., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.88]

Title: [Office of surveyors Clement B. and John H. Webster, 4534 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the west side of the 4500 block of Frankford Avenue, taken from Oxford Street. Three story, brick commercial buildings line the middle of the block, including L.J. Faber's cigar store (4526); three connected brick buildings with glass store fronts (4528-32); the one story office of surveyors Clement B. and John H. Webster; another cigar store (4538) and John J. Stewart's flour, feed, hay and straw business (4540). A small alley leading to the Frankford Meeting House separates L.J. Faber's cigar store from the other businesses. Two men stand on the northeast corner looking toward the camera., Modern reference print #11 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.131]

Title: [Northeast corner of Chestnut and Second streets]
Description: View looking east on Chestnut Street showing the north side of the block including Caspar Souder, bootmaker (43 Chestnut Street), and a leather store., Title supplied by cataloguer., Probably a reproduction of an 1843 daguerreotype by William G. Mason. See P.2282.16., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Streets - Chestnut [(3)1322.F.73d]

Title: Custom House & E. end of State House from 4 & Library Sts. 2nd story, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the custom house at Fourth and Library Street, a large building with pillars and a wide staircase. The clocktower of another building is visible in the distance and horse-drawn carriages travel down the road in the foreground. A building on the right bears a sign reading "F. Bernhardt.", Photographer remarks: Good sun., Time: 10:15, 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: June 15, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1139]

Title: [Custom House & E. end of State House from 4 & Library Sts. 2nd story. Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the custom house at Fourth and Library Street, a large building with pillars and a wide staircase. The clocktower of another building is visible in the distance and horse-drawn carriages travel down the road in the foreground. A building on the right bears a sign reading "F. Bernhardt.", Photographer remarks: Better density., Time: 10:20, Same as last., 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: June 15, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1140]

Title: The London Hotel, N.W. corner 7th & Arch. Soon to be torn down
Description: Glass negative showing the London Hotel, a large building set on the corner of Seventh and Arch Streets. A sign at the top of the building reads "The London...Temperance Hotel" and a sign on the first floor awning reads "Gas Stoves." Horse-drawn carts wait outside the building and trolley tracks run down the cobblestone street. A building to the left has a sign reading "St. Cloud Hotel.", 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: October, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.784]

Title: [715-719 Arch Street, Bowen, Dungan & Co. under renovation, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a large brick building owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris under construction at 715-719 Arch Street. Telephone wires travel through the air in front of the building as wooden scaffolding shields the street below. Two signs hang from the scaffolding. The left sign reads "Bowen, Dungan & Co. have resumed business 728 Arch St." The right sign reads "Doyle & Doak Contractors and Builders [..] 609 Sansom St." A sign in the first floor window behind the scaffolding reads "Uncle Tom's Cabin Co." The building was damaged by a fire in 1900., See *P.9895.8.12 and *P.9895.8.13., 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. 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.9]

Title: [715-719 Arch Street, Bowen, Dungan & Co. under reconstruction, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing showing a view of a large brick building owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris under construction at 715-719 Arch Street. Telephone wires travel through the air in front of the building as wooden scaffolding shields the street below. Two signs hang from the scaffolding. The left sign reads "Bowen, Dungan & Co. have resumed business 728 Arch St." The right sign reads "Doyle & Doak Contractors and Builders [..] 609 Sansom St." A sign in the first floor window behind the scaffolding reads "Uncle Tom's Cabin Co." The building was damaged by a fire in 1900., See *P.9895.8.12 and *P.9895.8.13., 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. 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.10]

Title: [715 Arch Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing a view of the five-story brick building at 715 Arch Street tenanted by Bowen, Dungan & Co. and Rubin & Kaufman. Awnings hang over the windows on the first and second floors. The top of the front facade is decorated with two cartouches, a pediment, and finials. A fire escape runs down the left side of the building over an adjacent lot, which is under construction., Title supplied by cataloger., 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. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.3]

Title: [715 Arch Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the five-story brick building at 715 Arch Street tenanted by Bowen, Dungan & Co. and Rubin & Kaufman. Awnings hang over the windows on the first and second stories. The top of the front facade is decorated with two cartouches, a pediment, and finials. A fire escape runs down the left side of the building over an adjacent lot, which is under construction. Horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians travel on the street below., Title supplied by cataloger., 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. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.8]

Title: Broad St. looking South from Sansom St. [Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Broad Street dotted with horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians during the Centennial celebrations. A grandstand and stalls have been constructed on the right side of the street in front of a large building flying an American flag from the roof. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Time: 10:05, 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: September 17, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1224]

Title: [Broad St. looking N. from Sansom St. on 3rd day of Centennial of our Constitution, showing Arch with coats of arms of states. Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Broad Street filled with people and carriages during the Centennial celebrations. Spanning the street is a large archway decorated with coats of arms and surmounted by an eagle. Flags fly from the surrounding buildings and people lean out windows to look down on the street. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Photographer remarks: Slower shutter., Time: 10:15, Same view as no. 1223., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 17, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1225]

Title: Chestnut St. looking E. from top of Wanamakers arch, [Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Chestnut Street seen from above during the Centennial celebrations. The street is filled with carriages and people. American flags fly from each story of the buildings on either side of the street. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Time: 4:30, Light: Faint 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: September 17, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1228]

Title: Yates Arch over Chestnut St. above 6th, [Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Chestnut Street spanned by an elaborate archway that reads, "1787, 1887, Centennial of the Constitution." People crowd the sidewalks on either side of the street and trolley wires crisscross overhead. The buildings on the left have signs for [Me]gargee & Co. [En]velope Warehouse at 617, Super Jones & Co. White Goods House at 615, and Chas Beck Fancy Paper at 609. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Time: 4:40, Light: Faint light, slow shutter., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 17, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1229]

Title: Yates Arch over Chestnut St. above 6th, [Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Chestnut Street spanned by an elaborate archway that reads, "Centennial of the Constitution." People crowd the sidewalks on either side of the street and trolley wires crisscross overhead. The buildings on the left have signs for [Megarg]ee & Co. [Envelope] Warehouse at 617, Super Jones & Co. White Goods House at 615, and Chas Beck Fancy Paper and Cardboards at 609. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Time: 1:10, Light: Fair light., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 20, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1230]

Title: [Chestnut Street in the snow, view east from Odiorne's studio at 920 Chestnut Street]
Description: View photographed following a snowstorm showing the 900-800 blocks of Chestnut Street. Includes the Girard House hotel, built 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-838 Chestnut Street. Signage adorning 918 Chestnut Street and advertising "Geo. Fryer," dry goods at 916 Chestnut Street is also visible. Snow covers buildings' awnings and the street. A few pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and an individual leans from an upper window to sweep snow from a ledge., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title supplied by cataloguer., Stereograph mounted on grey mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Stereograph duplicate of print (6)1322.F.163b and (7)1322.F.63a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: 1859-1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27d & 51b]

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: Second Street Market, Second and Pine
Description: View showing Second Street, looking south, east side, including a partial view of the "Headhouse" Market, extending from Pine to South Street. The market sheds, erected about 1745 to accommodate the growing number of South Philadelphia residents, were expanded to included a fire engine house with cupola around 1804. The market was razed in 1956 and the market with headhouse was rebuilt between 1959 and 1963. A covered wagon stands between the market and the opposite block of storefronts. The storefronts, including a barber, are adorned with awnings., Title printed on mount., Coral mount with rounder corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Right edge of mount tinted purple., 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.)
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Squares [(8)1322.F.9e]

Title: Fifth above Arch Street, eastside, Philadelphia
Description: View looking north on Fifth Street showing the eastside of the 100 block. Businesses include Koshland and Brother, tobacco store (136 N. 5th) and The Arbor, probably a restaurant (138 N. 5th). Tobacco store heavily adorned with advertisements, including a cigar store Indian. Also shows another storefront with display windows, possibly a gentleman's furnishings store., Date and photographer's monogram inscribed in negative., Inscribed in negative: 20., Title from manuscript note on recto: 5th above Arch., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: August 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - F [(7)1322.F.53b]

Title: 1227-1229 Market St. after the great fire at Hunt, Wilkinson + Co's 1212-19 Market St., [Philadelphia, PA]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a collapsed building at 1227 Market Street. A building with a sign reading "1229 Freihofer's Central Branch" stands with broken windows to the left. A sign reading "D.C. Humphrys Co. Signs, 13 N. 13th St." rest on top of the rubble., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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: October 25, 1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.558]

Title: Near a fire. Say! Just hold this while I fetch another section, will you. (Likely?)
Description: One of a series of satires mocking the ineptitude of Philadelphia volunteer firefighters. Shows a volunteer, in full uniform, offering a flowing fire hose to an unsuspecting gentleman on a street corner. The gentleman whose hands are occupied with a cigar and a cane looks aghast at the firefighter. A woman watches the scene from the window of her dwelling. Additional streetscape, including a storefront, is visible in the background, Philadelphia on Stone., POS 253b, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Harrison & Weightman was a partnership between Henry G. Harrison and William N. Weightman., Variant of P.8970.12., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - The Fireman (Cartoons)
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Fires and Firefighting [P.8970.13]

Title: Phila[delphia] Dispensary from Independence Square
Description: Glass negative showing exterior view from Independence Square of the Philadelphia Dispensary's third building, built in 1801, at 127 South Fifth Street, with partial views of adjacent buildings including the Mercantile Library building (125 South Fifth Street), occupied by the American Bank Note Company at the time of this photograph, and the offices of F. Cooper Shapely (129 South Fifth Street). Boys sit and stand in front of the dispensary building while a horse-drawn Knickerbocker Ice Company cart is parked in front of the Bank Note Company. Founded in 1786 by Benjamin Rush, the dispensary provided medical attention to the indigent sick. The building was razed in 1922., Title from entry in photographer's diary., Inscribed in negative: No. 12., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Time: 1:45, Light: Good sun., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 46., Arcadia caption text: The Philadelphia Dispensary is dwarfed by the adjacent Bank Note Company, formerly the Mercantile Library, in this 1887 photograph by Marriott C. Morris. Founded in 1786, the Dispensary provided in-home care to the indigent sick and specialized in inoculation against smallpox. Doctors donated their time to the institution, providing medicine to patients free of charge, in return for medical experience. After renting properties near Chestnut and Strawberry streets, the Dispensary constructed its own out-patient clinic at 127 South Fifth Street in 1801. The plan of the Dispensary shows a “Prescribing Room,” an apothecary shop, and a room for patients on the ground floor, and a Manager’s Room, Library, and three bedrooms on the second floor. The Dispensary remained here until the institution was dissolved in 1922., Digitization and cataloging edits have 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 25, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1106]

Title: Father's building 715-719 Arch St. from 2nd story of 700 Arch, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a large, multi-story building owned by Elliston P. Morris at 715-719 Arch Street with its left facade made of bare brick. The front facade is decorated with carved lintels, awnings, a pediment and finnials. A sign hanging from the third floor reads "Upper floors to let, 65x130, Elevators & Power." Horse-drawn carriages travel down the street in front of the building and the lot to the right of the building is vacant., Time: 11:15, 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: June 22, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1141]

Title: 4774 Main St. [Bruner & George Livery] showing that side of street up to School Lane. From P[ost] O[ffice] [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing Bruner and George Livery, a two-story stone building at 5434 Germantown Avenue. An alleyway runs down the left side of the building. The building has two chimneys, shuttered windows, a wooden fence extending from the right side, and a sign reading, "Bruner and George Livery 4774, Branch of Stables [4934?] Office Door Back." Other similar buildings continue to line the street in the distance. Bruner and George were a livery and boarding stables in Germantown, Philadelphia owned by Henry B. Bruner and Riter W. George. The business existed from circa 1858 to circa 1918. This property at 5434 Germantown Avenue was owned by William Ashmead, a wagon manufacturer, after the American Revolution. Elliston Perot Morris bought the building in 1907., Time: 8:40, Light: good sun, The emulsion is flaking along the top edge of the plate., 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 14, 1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1620]

Title: [700 block of Arch Street, north side, looking west, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the buildings on Arch Street, including Fairbanks Co. (701 Arch Street), Strouse & Co. building for sale (711 Arch Street), Rubin & Kaufman Novelty Underwear (715 Arch Street), I.S. Custer & Son & Co. (721 Arch Street), and the Baxter Building (733 Arch Street). 715 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Novelty Underwear Co., Kaufman & Rubin, Manufacturers of Ladies' Undergarments, Children's and Infants' Dresses." The lot next to the building is under construction. On the far left, 733 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Baxter Building." Horse-drawn carriages, pedestrians, and a trolley travel on the brick road below., Title supplied by cataloger., 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. 1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.1]

Title: [700 block of Arch Street, north side, looking west, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the buildings on Arch Street, including Fairbanks Co. (701 Arch Street), Strouse & Co. building for sale (711 Arch Street), Rubin & Kaufman Novelty Underwear (715 Arch Street), I.S. Custer & Son & Co. (721 Arch Street), and the Baxter Building (733 Arch Street). 715 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Novelty Underwear Co., Kaufman & Rubin, Manufacturers of Ladies' Undergarments, Children's and Infants' Dresses." The one-story building next door has a sign that reads "George L. Sipps Carpenter Builder and Contractor [...] S. Seventh St." The lot next to the building is under construction. On the far left, 733 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Baxter Building." Pedestrians stand on the brick road below., Title supplied by cataloger., 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. 1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.2]

Title: [Father's building, 715-17-19 Arch St. from H. Hellers 2nd story window, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a large, multi-story building owned by Elliston P. Morris at 715-719 Arch Street. The top of the building is decorated with a pediment, half-circle window and finnials. A fire escape runs down the left facade above the neighboring building, which is under construction. The building to the right has two signs, one on the side reading "St Cloud Hotel," and one over the entrance reading, "This property for sale. 91 feet front. ...", Time: 2:40, Same as 2 previous., The emulsion is heavliy damaged and discolored., 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 5, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1091]

Title: Father's building, 715-17-19 Arch St. from H. Hellers 2nd story window, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a large, multi-story building owned by Elliston P. Morris at 715-719 Arch Street. The top of the building is decorated with a pediment, half-circle window and finnials. A fire escape runs down the left facade above the neighboring building, which is under construction. The building to the right has two signs, one on the side reading "St Cloud Hotel," and one over the entrance reading, "This property for sale. 81 feet front. ...", Time: 2:20, Light: Fair 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 5, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1089]

Title: [Father's building, 715-17-19 Arch St. from H. Hellers 2nd story window, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a large, multi-story building owned by Elliston P. Morris at 715-719 Arch Street. The top of the building is decorated with a pediment, half-circle window and finnials. A fire escape runs down the left facade above the neighboring building, which is under construction. The building to the right has two signs, one on the side reading "St Cloud Hotel," and one over the entrance reading, "This property for sale. 91 feet front. ...", Same as last. (Mays building 721 Arch. 1 story high at this time.), Time: 2:35, The emulsion is heavliy damaged and discolored., 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 5, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1090]

Title: [1433-1435 South Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by Albert M. Greenfield & Co. probably for publication in the firm's monthly Real Estate Bulletin depicting a three-story commercial building containing empty storefronts. Building contains signage for Greenfield & Co. offering the building for sale or rent. In the left, a woman bundled against the cold sits on the front stoop. In the center, an African American man, attired in a cap, a white collared shirt, a tie, a waistcoat with a pocket watch chain, an overcoat, and pants, stands on the sidewalk with his hands in his pockets and looks left. There is a partial view of an adjoining shoe store and two automobiles., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso and embossed on recto., Manuscript notes on verso: 1433-35 South St. [and] 1433-35 South., Manuscript note on verso: S-128., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
Date: 1926-1929
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Greenfield collection [P.9789.5]

Title: House, (tree in front,) where the first U.S. flag was made
Description: View showing the Betsy Ross House at 239 (formerly 89) Arch Street. House tenanted by tailor Gustavus Franke. View also includes the buildings tenanted by fur dealer Rudolph Reisky (237 Arch) and brass cock manufacturers J. & H. Jones (243 Arch). A horse-drawn carriage stands idle in front of J. & H. Jones's building., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Text explicating the historical significance of the house on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's and Susan Oyama's Philadelphia then and now (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1988), p. 108., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: May 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Historic Sites and Bldgs [P.8451.1]

Title: Chestnut St. from above 9th
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; a millinery, a shirt manufactory, and a clothier. Lampposts line the sidewalk, including one adorned with an advertisement for the Walnut Street Theater. Horse-drawn carts and carriages travel the street. Partial view of a tree with full foliage is visible in the foreground., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title and date from manuscript note on mount., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of (8)1322.31a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27f]

Title: Chestnut St. from above 9th
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; a millinery, a shirt manufactory, and a clothier. Lampposts line the sidewalk, including one adorned with an advertisement for the Walnut Street Theater. Horse-drawn carts and carriages travel the street. Partial view of a tree with full foliage is visible in the foreground., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title and date from manuscript note on mount., Gray mount with square corners., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of (8)1322.31a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographerphotographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.31a]

Title: Chestnut St. from above 9th
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; a millinery, a shirt manufactory, and a clothier. Lampposts line the sidewalk, including one adorned with an advertisement for the Walnut Street Theater. Horse-drawn carts and carriages travel the street. Partial view of a tree with full foliage is visible in the foreground., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title and date from manuscript note on mount., Gray mount with square corners., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of (8)1322.31a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographerphotographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.31a]

Title: [Chestnut Street above Eighth Street, south side, looking west]
Description: View looking west from above Eighth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Includes the Continental Hotel and the Burd Mansion at the adjacent corners of Ninth and Chestnut streets. The luxury hotel, tenanted by several businesses, was built in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. and razed in 1924. The Burd Mansion, built for Joseph Sims in 1807 and later owned by his nephew-in-law, prominent Philadelphia lawyer, Edward Shippen Burd, was razed in 1862 to be replaced by storefronts. Also includes partial view of the building tenanted by jewelers and silversmiths, James E. Caldwell & Co. (822 Chestnut). Lampposts line the sidewalk and a horse-drawn carriage travels the street., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Date from manuscript note on mount., Manuscript note on mount: Chestnut St., 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, photographer
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.29i]

Title: Near a fire. Say! Just hold this while I fetch another section, will you. (Likely?)
Description: One of a series of satires mocking the ineptitude of Philadelphia volunteer firefighters. Shows a volunteer, in full uniform, offering a flowing fire hose to an unsuspecting gentleman on a street corner. The gentleman whose hands are occupied with a cigar and a cane looks aghast at the firefighter. A woman watches the scene from the window of her dwelling. Additional streetscape, including a storefront, is visible in the background., Philadelphia on Stone., POS 253c, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Harrison & Weightman was a partnership between Henry G. Harrison and William N. Weightman., Variant of P.8970.13., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - The Fireman (Cartoons)
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Fires and Firefighting [P.8970.12]

Title: Near a fire. An awkward attachment
Description: One of a series of satires mocking the ineptitude of Philadelphia volunteer firefighters. Shows the volunteer in full uniform catching a male pedestrian in the hook of his ladder as he rushes past the gentleman on the sidewalk. The man shirks backward, his hat falling off, as the hook tugs at his coat collar. Streetscape, including the storefront of a stove business, is visible in the background. Also shows a fire hose sprung with leaks laying in the street., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 253b, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Harrison & Weightman was a partnership between Henry G. Harrison and William N. Weightman., Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - The Fireman (Cartoons)
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Fires and Firefighting [P.8970.9]

Title: Philadelphia. Chestnut St. looking east from Broad St
Description: Scene showing the heavily trafficked commercial thoroughfare near Juniper Street. Depicts numerous pedestrians, including African Americans, walking the business-lined sidewalks next to the street congested with automobile traffic. Businesses lining the street include the Western Saving Fund Society, the specialty store, Lousols, the Bailey, Banks, and Biddle Company jewelers building, and the rear entrance of John Wanamaker's department store., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from content, Gift of Joseph Kelly. 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
Date: 1949
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8853.17]

Title: East side of Thirteenth above Callowhill. Occupied in 1844 by Colored Orphan Asylum
Description: View depicting the commercial Philadelphia street with the four-story building of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company Office. Building formerly housed "Brotherly Love Hall," the African American orphanage founded by the Society of Friends in 1822. Businesses lining the street include Sullivan & Sweeney, rag and feed store; J. Hunsinker, merchant; J. Neil & Sons, coal dealers; Barber & Son, Edward and Frank, painters; and Haines & Scarlet. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalk., Title from item., Commissioned by Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Dreer., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1975, p. 6-11., Purchase 1975., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
Date: 1881
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.93], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc093.html

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