Film negative showing a group of large machines on a construction site at Greene Street and Walnut Lane. Smoke billows from the machines., Inscription on negative: 11/1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], 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
November 1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.543]
Aerial views of the Henry Avenue Bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Memorial Bridge) under construction. The bridge spans Wissahickon Creek at Lincoln Drive and Henry Avenue and was built from 1930-1932 after designs by Ralph Modjeski and and Paul Cret. Areas of the city to the north and east of the bridge are also visible., Negative numbers: 13961n, 13963n, 14393n.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1931
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.13961n; P.8990.13963n; P.8990.14393n]
View looking northeast at the west front and south flank of the temple on North Broad Street built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim to accommodate the local lodge's increasing membership. Includes large slabs of stone and horse-drawn carts and drays in the foreground, presumably for construction of City Hall (not pictured). Also shows the front facade of the building at the northwest corner of North Broad and Filbert Streets., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of F.J. Dallet.
Creator
Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date
[ca. 1873]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Associations [P.9418.4]
Oblique view looking northeast showing the front and west flank of the exhibition hall, also known as the Art Gallery, built 1874-1876 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann. In the foreground, a construction site with piles of lumber and frame structures is set up. This photograph was taken about two months before the official opening of the International Exhibition, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co.
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.182]
Aerial views of the site of Temple Stadium (also called Beury Stadium and Owl Stadium) under construction. Located at the corner of Pickering Avenue and East Vernon Road, on the site formerly known as Vernon Park. The Temple Owls football team played at the stadium until 1978, and it was demolished in the 1980s., Negative numbers: 8396.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1928
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.8396]
View of the front facade of the hall built 1770-1774 by the builders association, Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, after designs by member Robert Smith. Shows five men in suits standing and seated on the front steps of the building across from the foundation for the Guarantee Trust Company building (built 1873-1875) under construction at 318-320 Chestnut Street. Also shows a small garden lot and the side of the adjacent building at 324 Chestnut Street. Hall served as the meeting place for the First Continental Congress in 1774. The Carpenter's Company, organized 1724, was formed to provide instruction in the science of architecture and financial assistance to members and members' families in need., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896
Date
[ca. 1873]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister, W. Y. - Associations [(8)1322.F.7i]
View of the frame of Horticultural Hall designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann. A man stands in front of the fence surrounding the construction site in the foreground. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title from faint manuscript note on mount below image., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Date
[ca. 1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9299.35]
Construction view looking northeast showing the front and west flank of the exhibition hall, also known as the Art Gallery, built 1874-1876 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann. In the foreground, railroad tracks extend toward the building and a construction site with piles of lumber and frame structures is set up. Exhibition hall built for the International Exhibition, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date
[ca. 1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Construction [P.9047.75]
Interior view showing the Franklin Market, named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, under construction at Tenth and Marble, i.e. Ludlow streets (between Market and Chestnut streets). Completed after the designs of John McArthur, the building served as a market until sold to the Mercantile Library in 1867. The market relocated to a newly constructed building adjacent to the Farmer's Market at Twelfth and Market streets. Shows five men looking over the building's framework including a nearly completed ceiling and dirt sub-floor. Scaffolding covers the inside walls and stands in the center of the construction site., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Distributor's label pasted on verso: M.I. Franklin, optician, 112 S. Fourth St., Philad'a., See clipping in Poulson's scrapbook vol 1, p.19-20., 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. 113., Arcadia caption text: This 1859 construction view shows the Franklin Market, designed by Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr., on [South Tenth Street between Market and Chestnut streets]. Built by the Centre Market Company to house several of the displaced farmers and butchers, who previously occupied sheds on Market Street, the market house, named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, accommodated nearly 300 stalls under its fireproof roof. Around 1864, as a result of poor business, the market relocated to a different facility at Twelfth and Market streets adjacent to the successful Butchers’ and Farmers’ Market., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Markets [P.8931.4]
Photographic reproduction of panoramic photograph showing view from east of construction site. Wanamaker Department Store, designed by Daniel H. Burnham & Co., opened in Philadelphia in 1911 as the world's largest retail merchandising building., Original signed and copyrighted by William H. Rau, 1909., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo-Rau [P.8504.2]
Interior view of Machinery Hall under construction. Hall designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title from manuscript note on mount., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Date
[ca. 1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9299.37]
Depicts construction site's stone foundation surrounded by wooden fence in foreground, with rear of row houses and a greenhouse in background. A man wearing a hat passes by the construction site., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Small residences such as we have been seeing once stood here. They have been torn down to make way for another tall - 'shove it-up-in-a-week' building. Tell story of Englishman and United State-sian argument apropos quick building (Woolworth Bldg N.Y.). This picture indicates the new form of loft-building , what may be termed the renessance [sic] in home structure in Phila, and the destruction of the small old colonial type. Note greenhouse on second floor at left of print. Explain the incident of clambering over fence to get this view., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 145 [P.8513.145], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson145.htm
Negative number: 2373, Street view looking north from the most recently constructed steel bent, Bent 62. Beams and other construction materials line both sides of the street. Men and boys stand and sit on the sidewalks in front of the store fronts.
Negative number: 2226, View looking south from Produce Avenue showing a man holding up a "Front St. Bent 40" sign next to a steel column. Men stand around the construction scene. Two horses are attached to carts carrying supplies. Store fronts on North Front Street are shaded by awnings. A sign for "419 Willard & Mitten" is visible.
Negative number: 6600, Depicts wooden scaffolding covering the partially-constructed Allegheny station, which sits on a triangular lot next to the elevated railway tracks at the southwest corner of Kensington and Allegheny Avenues. Horse-drawn carriages and vehicles travel along Kensington Avenue.
Negative number: 2283, Street level view looking south at the 500 block of North Front Street. A man holds up the sign "Front St. Bent 48" next to a steel column in the foreground. Railroad tracks divide up the cobblestone street. Steel beams and other supplies sit on the side of the road. The brick building of the Philadelphia Warehousing & Cold Storage Co. occupies the entire east side of the block.
Negative number: 2285, Street level view looking south at a "Front St. Bent 48" sign next to a steel column. Men work from railroad freight cars underneath of the steel tracks. A loading dock sits on the east side of the block. A covered wagon and "Pork Packers" car sit near the loading dock. A signboard for Sam Katzowsky, clothing and shoes, is visible at 446 North Front Street.
Negative number: 5156, Depicts the construction of the Allegheny station next to the elevated railway tracks at the northeast corner of Kensington and Allegheny Avenues. Iron railings sit outside of the three story structure, waiting for installation. A sign for the Allegheny Hat Renovating Co. is visible on Kensington Avenue, behind the station building. A man and a boy stand in street looking at the photographer in the foreground.
Negative number: 7611, Depicts a construction site around a large brick warehouse or depot for the Frankford Elevated Railway. A locomotive sits on the railroad tracks at the end of the line nearby. Wooden scaffolding covers sections of the building where windows are waiting to be installed. Two African American workers stand near piles of bricks near the building.
Negative number: 2220, Street level view showing steel beams on North Front Street in the foreground. Horse-drawn vehicles and a steam dummy are also visible on the cobblestone street in the distance. Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Outward Freight buildings flank tracks running parallel to Willow Street. Includes a view of the brick Philadelphia Warehousing & Cold Storage Co. building.
Negative number: 7610, Depicts a construction site around a large warehouse or depot for the Frankford Elevated Railway. Wooden scaffolding covers sections of the building. Workers are laying bricks in the foreground, while a group of men with shovels dig near a brick smokestack in the distance.
Negative number: 7623, View of the elevated railway's underside at an unidentified location. Piles of dirt sit near wooden scaffolding that surrounds some of the steel beams. Two white horses are harnessed to a cart near the construction area.
Negative number: 7201, Depicts the demolition of a building at Front and Green Streets under the elevated railway. Broadsides advertising the Imperial Theatre and The Bijou are posted on the first floor exterior of the vacant brick building. A man works on the second floor near wooden scaffolding erected against the neighboring three-and-a-half story property. Rubble from demolition litters the sidewalk.
Negative number: 2995, Street view looking north on Front Street at a marker for bent 167 near Palmer Street. Men and boys have gathered on the corners for the photograph. The Kensington Freight Yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad occupies the entire east side of the block. H. Siemon & Son's barrel business is visible on the west side of the block (1750 North Front Street).
Negative number: 3298, View looking south from the most recently constructed steel bent, number 265, on Kensington Avenue. The sidewalks are crowded with spectators, mostly men, who are watching six men working on top of bent 265. Businesses on the block include Robert Kearn's liquor store (2629-31 Kensington Avenue) and an oysters shop.
Negative number: 2883, View looking south from bent 155 on Front Street. Large crowds have gathered on the east and west sidewalks. Construction supplies and rubble flank the tracks running along the cobblestone street.
Negative number: 3110, View looking south at construction site around bent 189 on Front Street. Includes a partial view of the Kensington passenger depot and ticket office for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on the east side of the block.
Negative number: 2353, Street view looking north along North Front Street showing a man holding up a sign next to a steel column: "Front St. Bent 61." Beams line both sides of the street. A horse-drawn carriage and horsecar travel south on the tracks in the distance.
Negative number: 2762, Street view looking south at construction site around bent 114, showing beams, piles of lumber and steel. J.A. Dougherty's Sons, distillers, sits at 1136 North Front Street. Gustav Berger, manufacturer of sash doors, is visible across the street at 1143 North Front Street.
Negative number: 24170, Exterior view looking southwest at the brick, one-story Philadelphia Rapid Transit office building under the elevated railway on Frankford Avenue near Bridge Street. A car is parked next to the side of the building.
Negative number: 3111, View looking north at traffic and pedestrians on Front Street near Norris Street, from bent 189. Includes a partial view of Ninth National Bank (left), American Loan Company (1953 North Front) and H.F. Mayer, liquors, at 1957 North Front).
Negative number: 2865, View looking north, showing construction materials flanking the cobblestone street. Includes horse-drawn carts and buggies and people sitting on front stoops of properties along North Front Street.
Negative number: 2884, View looking north from bent 155 on Front Street. A large crowd, including a police officer, has gathered on the west sidewalk. Construction supplies and rubble flank the tracks running along the cobblestone street. The corner property at 1700 North Front Street is occupied by Daniel Morris, liquors.
Negative number: 2864, View looking south at the most recently completed steel bent, bent 137, showing construction materials flanking the cobblestone street. A man stands on the steel skeleton near a crane looking down in the direction of the photographer. John J. McGrath, railway supplies, occupies 1340 North Front Street.
Negative number: 4306, View looking south along Kensington Avenue at the most recently completed steel bent, number 374, near Ontario Street. Stores and shops occupy the east side of the block, but the west side, below Ontario, is vacant. The Non Pariel Theater, also known as the Ontario Palace Theater, sits the southwest corner (3361 Kensington Avenue). A horse is harnessed to a cart pulling machinery (right).
Negative number: 2663, Street view looking south at the most recently completed steel bent, number 108, showing beams, rubble, and through Pratt trusses on the sides of the cobblestone street.
Negative number: 2650, Street view looking north from the most recently completed steel bent, number 108, showing beams, rubble, and through Pratt trusses on the sides of the cobblestone street. Pedestrians sit on the beams and linger around the construction site. Businesses include Gustav Berger's sashes and an unidentified cooperage.
Negative number: 2643, Street view looking south at the most recently completed steel bent, number 108, showing beams, rubble, and through Pratt trusses on the sides of the cobblestone street.
Negative number: 2811, Street view looking south at construction site around bent 121, showing horse-drawn buggies in the cobblestone street. Includes Nathan Rosenstein's grocery store at 1214 North Front Street.
Negative number: 3159, View looking north along Front Street, showing the marker for bent 227. Pedestrians, mostly men and boys, stand around the scene. Businesses include S.S. Kresge 5 & 10-cent store (2336 North Front) and McNeil's drug store (2401 Kensington Avenue). A carpet manufactury occupies the east side of the block.
Negative number: 2573, Street view looking north from the most recently completed steel bent, number 99, showing beams and rubble on the sides of the cobblestone street. Pedestrians sit on the beams and linger around the construction site.
Negative number: 2508, Street view looking north at steel bent 85 on North Front Street. Shows a locomotive pulling a freight car containing through Pratt trusses. A group of men stand on the sidewalk nearby. The signboard for M.F. Gates & Son coal yard is visible in the distance, which places this scene along the 1000 block of North Front Street. A small portion of Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church is visible as well.
Negative number: 2450, Street view looking north at a marker for Bent 74, near Poplar Street. Shows construction materials flanking the cobblestone street, a large horse-drawn carriage travelling north, and store fronts including Alfred Box & Co., and a bar with a "Schmidt's Beer" signboard hanging over the front entrance. A group of men sit on a cart on the east side of the block.
Negative number: 3136, View of the construction site at the most recently completed steel bent, bent 211, looking south from Susquehanna Avenue. "Street Closed" signs sit on both sides of the street. A police officer monitors the scene. Crowds have gathered on both sidewalks under the awnings that shade the first-floor store fronts.
Negative number: 2572, Street view looking south at construction scene near steel bent 99 on the 1000 block of North Front Street. Shows Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church and Max Bernstein & Son wool pullers.
Negative number: 2352, Street view looking south along North Front Street showing the most recently constructed steel bent, Bent 61, along North Front Street. Beams and other construction materials line both sides of the street. A locomotive approaches the photographer on the old tracks in the cobblestone street.
Negative number: 2449, Street view looking south at the steel bents ending with Bent 72 on North Front Street. Shows construction materials flanking the cobblestone street and freight cars sitting on the tracks underneath the steel bents in the foreground.
