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Title: Photographic Views of Philadelphia's New City Building
Description: Albums of progress photographs of the early construction of City Hall built 1871-1901 on Penn Square after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Photographs show different stages of the construction of the foundation and lower floor of the building between 1873 and 1875. Includes images of the dirt sub basement; construction materials, equipment, and workers; aerial views of the built foundation; partially completed walls and abutments; and studio views of columns and architectural ornaments. Several of the views include scaffolding; horse-drawn carts; pulleys; piles of construction debris; Pennsylvania Railroad cars on Market Street; and workers and well-dressed men, probably the commissioners, reviewing and posed on or near constructed parts of the building and construction materials. Views also show surrounding cityscape, including the Masonic Temple (Broad and Filbert); United States Mint (1331-1337 Chestnut Street); the Seventh Presbyterian Church (Broad Street above Chestnut Street); Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Depot (13th and Market); La Salle College High School (Filbert and Juniper); Sharpless & Watts, flooring tile (1325 Market Street); the spires of Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (s.w. cor. Broad & Arch) and First Baptist Church (n.w. cor. Broad and Arch); and other surrounding businesses (beer hall, wall paper, and furniture) and residences.

Title: Horticultural Hall in course of erection
Description: 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]

Title: Masonic Temple and M.E. Church, Phila
Description: View looking south showing buildings on the east side of Broad Street near Arch Street, including the Surgical Institute, Eastern Division (northeast corner of Broad and Arch Streets), the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (1344-48 Arch, built 1869-70, Addison Hutton, architect) and Masonic Temple (1-33 North Broad, built 1868-73, James H. Windrim, architect). In the foreground, an unhitched coach and dray sit on Broad Street near a utility pole and ladder. The first floor skeleton of City Hall is partially visible in the background., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young's Palace Dollar Store [P.9047.9]

Title: Methodist Episcopal Church and Masonic Temple
Description: View looking south from the sidewalk in front of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts showing buildings on the east side of Broad Street near Arch Street, including the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (1344-48 Arch, built 1869-70, Addison Hutton, architect) and Masonic Temple (1-33 North Broad, built 1868-73, James H. Windrim, architect). In the foreground, a broadside advertising PAFA's exhibition of "engravings, etchings, and mezzotints" stands on the sidewalk and a sign advertising "Dying Lioness, the bronze group," hangs from a nearby building. Also shows a construction site with unhitched coaches and drays across the street. The skeleton of the lower levels of City Hall is partially visible in the background., Title from printed series list on verso. Includes two other series, "Philadelphia Centennial Views" and "Miscellaneous."Printed on verso: Philad'a Stereo. Publishing Company., Publisher's imprint on mount., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Purchased by the Fairmount Park Art Association, the Dying Lioness statue group arrived in Philadelphia in the fall of 1875, before it was installed on the Centennial Exhibition grounds. It moved to the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens entrance after the fair., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Fleischner - Religion [P.9117.1]

Title: Art Gallery
Description: 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]

Title: New market house, 10th Street, Philada
Description: 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]

Title: Girard House Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Girard House hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-835 Chestnut Street. Signage advertising John O. Mead & Sons, silverplaters, adorns the hotel building. In the foreground, construction work on the foundations of the Continental Hotel (built 1857-1860), also after the designs of McArthur, is visible., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [(8)1322.F.29g]

Title: [Girard Avenue Bridge under construction, Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing a section of the Girard Avenue Bridge under construction. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, completed in 1874 after the designs of Henry A. and James P. Sims, was demolished in 1971. In the background, a section of the Connecting Railway Bridge, also known as the New York Railroad Bridge, is visbile. Built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, the bridge served as the railroad's first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City. Includes a man on a pier, in the foreground, near a row boat, crane, and stone rubble., Title supplied by cataloguer., Orange mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: From Fairmount Park, Phila. series., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9424]

Title: Views of Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Views predominately showing exteriors of the front and rear of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. adorned with lettering reading "Mayors Office" (500 Chestnut); views of Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut), including the building adorned with broadsides; partial views of the construction site for and the completed Public Ledger Building (built 1866-1867, 600-606 Chestnut), the rear gate entrance to Independence Square and the square; pedestrian traffic; horse-drawn wagons; and a guard. Also includes a view of a queue of people in mourning clothes at the rear of the hall, probably during the funeral of President Lincoln and an interior view showing the Assembly Room when utilized as an exhibit gallery. Interior view includes William Rush's wood statue of George Washington (carved 1815); the Liberty Bell; a stuffed bald eagle; framed artwork, predominately from the Charles Wilson Peale portrait collection, and the "Rising Sun" chair (used by George Washington as he presided over the Constitutional Convention) displayed on top of a desk., Contains eight stereographic prints mounted on yellow, cream, or orange mounts, including six with square corners and two with rounded corners. Four of images contain manuscript titles. One of images published as series number 352. Independence Hall. New Excelsior Series. Fine American Views. Philadelphia, Penn'a., Six of the images were originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1865-ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Government buildings [1322.F.7f; (3)1322.F.9h; (8)1322.F.8e; (8)1322.F.9bx; (8)1322.F.9dx; (8)1322.F.9f; P.9013.5; P.9299.26]

Title: Masonic Hall, Philada
Description: Exterior view of the south and west facades of Philadelphia's Masonic Temple during its construction. Land at Broad and Filbert Streets was purchased in 1866 and construction of the building, designed by James H. Windrim, began in 1868. The building was dedicated on September 26, 1873., Number 1237 in an unnamed series., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereographs - unidentified - Construction [P.9644.7]

Title: [Engine house at Delaware Water Works]
Description: View showing the engine house at the Delaware Water Works, formerly the Kensington Water Works, at the foot of Wood Street (i.e., Susquehanna Avenue) near the Delaware River. The waterworks, completed in 1852, provided water for the district of Kensington. Also shows laborers working on a raised platform near piles of wood planks in front of the building., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on accompanying label: Philadelphia Water Works. "Engine House." Delaware Works. H.P.M. Birkinbine Chief Engr., Buff 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.
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(8)1322.F.3c]

Title: Reading R.R. Office
Description: View showing the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company offices at 227 South Fourth Street during the construction of the 1871 addition designed by Collins & Autenrieth. The offices remained at the site from the time of original construction in 1850 (designs by John M. Gries) until 1893 and the completion of the new Philadelphia and Reading terminal at 12th and Market streets. Also shows construction materials including concrete blocks, bricks, and planks of wood laying in front of the office building and in the street., Yellow mount with rounded corners., 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.
Date: ca. 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Transportation [P.9260.84]

Title: Wanamaker's new building operation, Jan[uar]y. 6th, 1909
Description: 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]

Title: Philadelphia Water Works. New mill house at Fairmount. Foundations for south front
Description: View showing laborers pausing from work in the foundation pit for the new mill house on the mound dam at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. The new mill house, constructed between 1859-1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine, housed the engines that replaced the water wheels that previously powered the waterworks. View also includes scaffolding, buckets on pulleys, and a pool of water in the foreground., Title from manuscript note by H.P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer of the Water Department, on accompanying label., Buff 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.
Date: July 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120(v)a]

Title: Philadelphia Water Works. New mill house at Fairmount. Foundations for south front
Description: View showing stone work on the foundation of the new mill house on the mound dam at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. The new mill house constructed between 1859-1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine housed the engines that replaced the water wheels that previously powered the waterworks. View includes workers posed on the foundation walls. Also shows a partial view of the old mill house in the background., Title from manuscript note by H.P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer, on accompanying label., Buff mount with square corners., Date inscribed in negative., 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.
Date: October 16, 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120j]

Title: Philadelphia Water Works. Extension of Water Works. South view of flumes. New mill house
Description: View showing the construction site on the mound dam of the new mill house at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. The new mill house, built between 1859-1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine, housed the turbine engines that replaced the water wheels, which previously powered the waterworks. Shows several construction workers posed near the flumes, with wheelbarrows, on scaffolding, and on a raised walkway across a channel of water. Also shows a man with a top hat , possibly Birkinbine, standing in the center of the site., Title and date from manuscript note by H.P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer of the Water Department, on verso., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: May 4, 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9356.7]

Title: Dam, Fairmount
Description: View looking west across the Schuylkill River from the old mill house at the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the dam as well as construction materials and equipment near the new mill house. The new mill house, built between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine, was altered between 1867 and 1872 during remodeling of the old mill house. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822, were altered and expanded after the designs of Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9260.89]

Title: Machinery Hall
Description: 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]

Title: Philadelphia Water Works. New mill house at Fairmount. South front
Description: View looking from the Schuylkill River showing the new mill house under construction on the mound dam at the Fairmount Water Works. The new mill house, built between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine, housed the engines that replaced the water wheels that previously powered the waterworks., Title from manuscript note by H.P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer, on accompanying label., 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.
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.121d]

Title: Philadelphia Water Works. New mill house at Fairmount. Foundations for south front
Description: View showing the foundation pit for the new mill house on the mound dam at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. The new mill house, built between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine, housed the engines that replaced the water wheels that previously powered the waterworks. Includes construction workers standing in the pit. Also shows a partial view of the old mill house in the background., Title and date from manuscript note by H.P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer, on accompanying label., Date inscribed in negative., 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.
Date: September 7, 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.121a]

Title: Philadelphia Water Works. New mill house at Fairmount. Foundations for south front
Description: View showing the foundation pit for the new mill house on the mound dam at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. The new mill house, built between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine, housed the engines that replaced the water wheels that previously powered the waterworks. Three construction workers are posed in the pit., Title and date from manuscript note by H.P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer, on accompanying label., Date inscribed in negative., 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.
Date: July 1, 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.121b]

Title: [United States Department of the Interior] Quartermasters Interior Depot, 21 and Oregon Ave., May 24, 1917 [sic]
Description: View of a crowd witnessing the military performing a flag folding ceremony at the Depot under construction in Philadelphia during World War I. In the center, the soldiers hold a large American flag. More soldiers stand in formation in the right. Surrounding the soldiers are depot workers, some African American men, who watch the ceremony. In the foreground, men observe the scene while seated on a trailer and sitting and standing on stacks of cinder blocks. In the left, a man sits on a bicycle beside a building. Scaffolding is visible in the background., Title from item., Manuscript date written on recto should probably be 1918 not 1917., See related: P.P.9260.428., Purchase 1989., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [May 24, 1918]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Construction [P.9260.427]

Title: Quartermasters Department of the Interior, 21st & Oregon Ave. Phila May 24, 1918
Description: View of a crowd witnessing the military conducting a flag ceremony at the Depot under construction in Philadelphia during World War I. The majority of spectators, predominately depot workers, some African American men, surround the soldiers as they fold a large American flag in the right. In the foreground, men watch seated on a trailer and stacks of cinder blocks. In the left, a man stands with a bicycle in front of a building. In the background, men work within scaffolding., Title and date from item., See related: P.P.9260.427., Purchased 1989., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [May 24, 1918]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Construction [P.9260.428]

Title: [Construction on Market Street between 17th and 18th Streets, Philadelphia, July 8, 1904]
Description: View of a fenced exposed area of the street with unearthed pipes protected by a series of wood girders. African American construction workers guide a steel bin over the girders and haul dirt from the site with a horse-drawn cart. Several spectators, including a well- dressed African American man, line the fence. In the distance, a white boy with a bucket rests on a crane near a workman's shed. Businesses line the street including "Leiber's Red Front Dining Room, 1788 Market Street." Painted advertisements for Coca Cola and a liquor dealer adorn the building visible on the street corner., Title supplied by cataloger., Negative inscribed: 554., Purchase 1989., 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.
Date: [July 8, 1904]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Construction [P.9260.362]

Title: Looking east on Market St. from above 8th St., Philadelphia
Description: View showing street construction by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company of the Market Street Subway on the 700 block of Market Street. Shows the very active street with several trolleys, horse-drawn vehicles, and men and women pedestrians hurrying on the street near the sidewalk mobbed with people. African American construction workers work under a "Danger" sign. Nearby, a man carries a sign advertising "Dr. Hyman" who "will fix your teeth." Several businesses line the street, including Lit Brothers department store (701-739 Market); "Dr. Wyeth's Painless Modern Dentistry" covered with signage; Hanscom's, grocery and lunch room (734 Market); Hertfelder's, tailor and clothiers; Wick Narrow Fabric Co.; and Asam Brothers, wall paper., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inscribed in negative., Inscribed in negative: 4396., Purchase 1989., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: September 25, 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Construction [P.9260.375]

Title: [African American worker at a work site near the Trenton Elevated Railroad Bridge in Philadelphia]
Description: Portrait of an African American construction worker standing next to a support column of the Philadelphian & Trenton Railroad Bridge at Trenton Avenue near Frankford Avenue. The man, attired in a bowler hat, a long-sleeved shirt with only the top buttoned, torn and worn overalls, and shoes, tucks his hands into the waist of his overalls and looks at the viewer. Behind him, two laborers perform street work, including a white man holding a shovel that looks at the viewer. In the background is Frankford Avenue. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk along the row of brick buildings., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content and attire of the people., Gift of Ruth Molloy, 1994., 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.
Date: [ca. 1918]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - 5x7 - unidentified - Transportation [P.9481.3]

Title: [Robert Swayne collection of Philadelphia photographs]
Description: Collection of photographs documenting Philadelphia cityscapes, neighborhoods, landmarks, churches and benevolent institutions, businesses and factories, street views, and local events. Images depict interiors, exteriors, and alleyways. Many views include storefront signage; utility poles and street clocks; railroads and stations; and street and pedestrian traffic, as well as show the Western, Southern, and Northern sections of the city. Subjects depicted include All Saints Church (Torresdale); Cliveden; views along the Delaware River; Fairmount Park and Waterworks; Wissahickon Creek, Schuylkill River and Boathouse Row; Frankford Arsenal (1948); Philadelphia Gazette Building (924 Arch Street); the WCAU building (Bala Cynwyd) ; Rittenhouse and Logan squares; the “Clothesline Show” at Rittenhouse Square: a ca. 1930 view of a baseball game at the Baker Bowl, i.e. National League Park (2622 North Broad St.); the power house of the Westinghouse Gas Engine Machinery (Manayunk); the attic and basement of the original United State Mint (37-39 N. 7th Street, built 1792) photographed ca. 1890 by Newell & Son; interior of the second Mint Building (Broad and Chestnut);, the construction of the Delaware River, later Benjamin Franklin, Bridge (ca. 1924), Hahnemann Hospital (1928), Philadelphia Municipal, later JFK, Stadium (ca. 1926); the interior of an unidentified bakery (53rd and Vine) photographed ca. 1905 by C.H. Miller; interior and exterior of Geo. W. Einselen, Fine Cake Bakery and Ice Cream Saloon (1372 Somerset St.) photographed 1904 by Joseph Pearce; progress photographs photographed 1926 of the property of “Philadelphia Brick Co. Required for P.R.R. Temporary Track” and photographed 1921 by J.E. Bewley of and near the 3400 block of North 5th Street ; “Stephen Girard's ‘Alleged Slave Dungeons,’ Front & Market Streets uncovered by demolition” photographed 1906-1907 by John Trautwine, likely the civil engineer (P.2017.88.37.1-7); ca. 1880s studio portraits of adult and child mummers photographed by Richter & Co.; workers on scaffolding attached to the Nixon Building (20 S. 52nd St.); an exterior view photographed ca. 1873 by Newell & Son of the carpenter shop of Clarkson Fogg in front of which numerous household implements and furniture are lined, as well as men, women, and children, including a policeman are posed (449 N. 10th St.); ca. 1868 view of the 100 block of North Third Street, including the storefront for Dr. Stoever's Bitters manufactured by Kryder & Co (121 N. Third); Maryland Metal Bldg. Co. Incorporated classroom modules for the Philadelphia School District (ca. 1924); ca. 1920 advertising photos for an unidentified lighting company of examples of their work in Philadelphia manufactories with sewing machines (Greenwald Bros., Inc., 313 Arch St. and Trio Waist Co., 821 Arch St.) and of the moulding room of S.J. Cresswell Iron Works (2250 Cherry St.); the ca. 1905 interior of the cigar store of Ramon Azogue (102 S. 8th St.);, ca. 1930 view of the hairdressing salon at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel; ca. 1895 view of the interior of the Bourse (i.e., Philadelphia Stock Exchange); and a ca. 1930s exterior view of the Roxborough Home for Indigent Women (601 Leverington Avenue). Other images show a WWI benefit parade "to Keep the War Chest Filled" (1419 N. 2nd St.); a ca. 1900 lavish display of elaborately-decorated cakes photographed by William Phillipi; a posed WWI publicity still with release statements on the verso for Eastman Kodak showing Anna B. Graham with a camera and a young girl in a nurse’s uniform photographed by William F. Langrock; the storefront of a women’s owned business (Mrs. R.T. Anderson); a ca. 1920s contact sheet of variant bust-length portraits of a young woman photographed by the Lipp Studio; and the Walter Lippincott family posed on the porch of a residence., Portrait photographs, including of engraver John Sartain (P.2017.88.77.1 & 2), African American Rev. C. M. Tanner (1869-1933)(P.2018.66.4), John McAllister, Jr. and family members, and “physio-psychism” researcher Emil Sutra (P.2018.66.2) by Philadelphia photographers and occupational, school, and organizational group portrait photographs also comprise the collection. Group portraits document the Bellview Wheelmen; a class trip to the Franklin Institute; and performers attired in leotards, including jugglers, titled “Mr. Jonathan Evans, Haines & Cheer St.” Collection also includes William Stuart McFeeters family photograph album; a small number of images depicting African American men (P.2017.88.11, P.2017.88.61, P.2017.88.76.9 & 38); an organizational group portrait with a man with dwarfism (P.2018.66.15); candid snapshots, including ca. 1900 views of women using cameras along the Schuylkill River; and two film negatives depicting the WCAU building., Title supplied by cataloger., Various photographers, including Frank B. Cassel; William Bell; Berry & Homer; J. E. Bewley; Coward & Shannon; Harry A. Derr; Eagle Photo View Co.; Empire Photo Co.; H. Fetters; S.M. Fisher; Frederick Guteknust; Hansbury Studio; Henry C. Howland; Keystone Instantaneous View Company; William J. Kuebler; William F. Langrock; Lipp Studio; Charles Luedecke; F. Mattes; Monarch Photograph & Publishing Co.; Marriott C. Morris; Robert Newell; Newell & Son; Newell Studio; C. H. Miller, C. R. Pancoast; Joseph N. Pearce; William Phillipi; William Rau; Frederick DeBourg Richards; Schreiber; George Sheridan; Alfred Taylor; John Trautwine; Universal Photo Service; and W. D. Weland, Cartes-de-visite portraits of John Sartain (P.2017.88.77.1 & 2) housed separately and with cdv portraits – sitters - S., View by Schreiber of horse cart racing (1903) housed separately and with *photo – Schreiber., Cartes-de-visite portrait photographs of John McAllister, Jr. and family members (P.2017.88.79-102) housed with the McAllister Family Portrait Collection - cartes-de-visite., Electronic inventories of collection available at repository., See Lib. Company. Annual report, 2016, p. 64-65., RVCDC, Access points revised 2022., Robert Swayne (1927-2011) was a West Chester antique dealer, collector of vernacular photographs, and local writer about the Civil War.
Date: [ca. 1860-ca. 1952]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Swayne Collection [P.2017.88 & P.2018.66]

Title: [Looking east on the 1600 block of Market Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing street construction by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company of the Market Street Subway across from the Broad Street Station (built 1879-1882). In the foreground, a number of African American construction workers stand in a pit. In the background is another pit with more construction workers. Pedestrians and spectators look on at the scene. Several businesses on the south side of the 1600 block of Market Street, including "Cronin's," are visible. Also shows several horse-drawn wagons traveling past the rail station, and theater advertisements adorning construction equipment., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from a closely-numbered photograph in the series with an inscribed date., Inscribed in negative: 555., Gift of Steven Dorfman, 2013., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date: [1904]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Construction [P.2013.6.5]

Title: [Looking east on the 2100 block of Market Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing street construction by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company of the Market Street Subway in a large, deep pit on the 2100 block of Market Street. The construction workers include white and African American men. Shows men spectators looking down at the pit. Men fill horse-drawn carts with dirt, and theater advertisements for the "Famous Ithaca Band" at Willow Grove Park adorn construction equipment., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inscribed in negative: 9-17-04., Inscribed in negative: 579., Gift of Steven Dorfman, 2013., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date: [September 17, 1904]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Construction [P.2013.6.9]

Title: [Looking west on the 2100 block of Market Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing street construction by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company of the Market Street Subway in a shallow pit on the 2100 block of Market Street. The construction workers include white and African American men. Also shows cityscape, trollies traveling in the street, spectators, and construction equipment., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inscribed in negative: 7-22-04., Inscribed in negative: 563., Gift of Steven Dorfman, 2013., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date: [July 22, 1904]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Construction [P.2013.6.7]

Title: Philadelphia House of Correction
Description: Aerial view of the Philadelphia House of Correction, opened in 1874 in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia. Depicts the razing of the original building and construction of a new facility using the old materials., Negative number: 5602a.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: May 21, 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5602a]

Title: Philadelphia House of Correction
Description: Aerial view of the Philadelphia House of Correction, opened in 1874 in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia. Depicts the razing of the original building and construction of a new facility using the old materials. Holmesburg Prison can be seen in the distance., Negative number: 5458.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5458]

Title: Philadelphia House of Correction
Description: Aerial views of the Philadelphia House of Correction, opened in 1874 in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia. Depicts the razing of the original building and construction of a new facility using the old materials., Negative numbers: 5489-5492.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: March 5, 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5489-5492]

Title: Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company building, 2501-2515 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company's building at 2501-2515 Fairmount Avenue under construction. Scaffolding flanks the entrance of the nearly completed building while vehicles move along the streets. Designed by Zantzinger, Borie & Medary, the Art Deco building was constructed 1926-1927. Views show a railroad tunnel and large semicircular factory building on the 2600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Nearby row homes are visible., Negative numbers: 7631, 7632, 7633.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.7631; P.8990.7632; P.8990.7633]

Title: [James Weldon Johnson Homes and environs, North Philadelphia, Philadelphia.]
Description: Aerial views of the construction of the James Weldon Johnson Homes, a low rent housing project consisting of 535 dwelling units in 59 buildings (including a Community Building) built on 19.4 gross acres. The first tenants moved into the project on October 1, 1940. At the time of completion, the project was owned by the Philadelphia Housing Authority. Designed by architect William Pope Barney and Frank R. Watson. Located at 2500 West Norris Street in North Philadelphia. Surrounding row homes to the south and east are visible for some distance., Negative numbers: 20754s.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1939
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.20754s]

Title: Henry Avenue Bridge construction, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: [Municipal Auditorium, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia]
Description: Aerial views of the Municipal Auditorium under construction. The facility was also known as Convention Hall and later as Civic Center Auditorium. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by the architect Philip H. Johnson and was demolished in 2005. View is facing northwest and shows the structure about 50 percent complete, with portions of the University of Pennsylvania campus visible in the distance., Negative number: 13242n., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Convention Hall, W. Phila. Pa., Sept. 26, 1930.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.13242n]

Title: [United States Custom House, Chestnut and Second Streets, Old City, Philadelphia]
Description: Aerial views of the Custom House under construction at 200 Chestnut Street (at 2nd Street). Building was designed in the Art Deco style by the architecture firm Ritter and Shay. View looks northeast towards the Custom House from the vicinity of Front and Dock Streets. Much of Old City surrounding the Custom House is visible, as is some of Center City in the distance., Negative number: 16086n., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: New Customs House, Phila. Pa., October 19, 1933.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1933
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.16086n]

Title: [Municipal Court Building under Construction, 1801 Vine Street, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia]
Description: Aerial views of the Municipal Court Building under construction in June, 1939. Building was designed in the classical revival style by architects John T. Windrim and Morton Keast. View looks southwest from the vicinity of 17th and Callowhill. The Benjamin Franklin Parkway is visible from Logan Circle to just beyond 22nd Street. Major features of the parkway can be seen, including the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Franklin Institute. The view to the west stretches to 30th Street Station and the Schuylkill River., Negative number: 19826s., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Municipal Court Bldg. under construction, Logan Circle - Phila., June 26, 1939.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1939
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.19826s]

Title: 30th Street Station under construction, 2901-2951 Market Street, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the 30th Street Station (also known as Pennsylvania Station - 30th Street) under construction, which began in 1929 and was completed in 1934. Designed by Chicago-based architecture firm Graham, Anderson, Probst & White. Areas of Philadelphia to the north and east of 30th and Market Streets are visible in the distance, including the Schuylkill River, Chestnut and Walnut Streets, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art., Negative numbers: 14831n, 15252n, P278.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.14831n; P.8990.15252n, P.8990.P278]

Title: Temple Stadium site, Pickering Avenue and East Vernon Road, West Oak Lane, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: Municipal Stadium under construction, South Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of Municipal Stadium, later known as John F. Kennedy Stadium, under construction in 1925 in preparation for the Sesqui-Centennial International Exhibition the following year. Designed by the Philadelphia firm Simon & Simon. Broad Street and the Delaware River are also visible. Located at 3601 Broad Street in South Philadelphia. The stadium was demolished in 1992., Negative numbers: 4826a, 4826b, 4828a, 4829a, 4831, 5214, 5406-5409, 5413.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1925-1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.4826a; P.8990.4826b; P.8990.4828a; P.8990.4829a; P.8990.4831; P.8990.5406-5409; P8990.5213; P.8990.5214]

Title: Municipal Stadium in preparation for the Sesqui-Centennial International Exhibition, South Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of Municipal Stadium, later known as John F. Kennedy Stadium, in 1926 as it is being prepared for the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition. A stage is being constructed at one end of the field and a few people are in the stands. Broad Street and other areas of the exposition site are also visible. Stadium was designed by the Philadelphia firm Simon & Simon. Located at 3601 Broad Street in South Philadelphia., Negative numbers: 6105, 6276, 6287, 6291.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6105; P.8990.6276; P.8990.6287; P8990.6291]

Title: New Olney High School, N. Phila
Description: Aerial views showing Olney High School under construction. Located at North Front Street and Duncannon Avenue in the Olney section of Philadelphia, the building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine in the Academic Gothic style. Includes views of nearby rowhomes., Negative numbers: 12618, 12619.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: June 4, 1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.12618-12619]

Title: Overbrook High School
Description: Aerial view of Overbrook High School under construction. Located at 59th Street and Lancaster Avenue, the school was built 1924-1926 in the Academic Gothic style after designs by Irwin T. Catharine. View includes Pennsylvania Railroad tracks and rowhomes in the surrounding area., Negative number: 5216.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5216]

Title: Construction of airplane hangars, South Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of airplane hangars under construction at the site of what is now Philadelphia International Airport. Starting in 1925 the Pennsylvania National Guard used the site (known as Hog Island) as a training airfield. The site was dedicated as the "Philadelphia Municipal Airport" by Charles Lindbergh in 1927, but it had no proper terminal building until 1940. 5924 shows a view of the hangars from southwest to northeast along Island Avenue. 5926 shows a slightly more distant view from west to east including the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard as well as the hangers under construction. The Pennsylvania Rail Road is also visible. Probably taken May 1926., Negative numbers: 5924; 5926., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5924; P.8990.5926]

Title: [Construction at Ninth and Sansom streets]
Description: Depicts four African American men construction workers on the framework of store fronts (i.e., Burd Building) under construction on the former grounds of the Shippen Burd mansion, demolished in 1861. In the background stands the hippodrome-shaped auction house of "Alfred M. Herkness Philadelphia Horse & Carriage Bazaar," in operation from around 1848 until 1913., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from manuscript note on verso., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, 1980), p. 180., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of engravings relating to Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., 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: Broadbent & Co., photographer
Date: September 6, 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - Non-Portraits - Broadbent & Co. [(8)1322.F.47f]

Title: Public building, Phila
Description: Oblique view of the north side of City Hall built 1871-1901 after designs by John McArthur, Jr., including the tower surrounded by scaffolding at the top. Begun in 1884, the tower was in the final stages of construction at the time of this photograph. Also shows a horse-drawn omnibus and pedestrians traveling around Penn Square in the foreground., Title inscribed in negative., Photographer's imprint on mount., Label pasted on verso includes paragraph describing the "Public Buildings.", Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Photograph and mount are water stained., Gift of Ken Graitzer., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Campbell, Alfred S., 1840-1912
Date: c1896
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Campbell - Government Buildings [P.2003.31.2]

Title: [Progress photographs documenting the construction of the Sesquicentennial Exhibition, South Philadelphia, 1926]
Description: Series of progress photographs of the construction of the Tower of Light and "Progress on Lagoon" west of Broad Street and near Packer Street. Photographs depict the construction of the tower from its foundation to completion and the early stages of development of the lagoon from muddy marshland. Images show construction workers, including African Americans; construction equipment and supplies; automobiles and horse-drawn wagons; and foot traffic, including spectators. Lagoon photographs also show neighboring exhibition buildings under construction. Series also contains a view of the completed exhibition grounds. In the foreground, cars and visitors travel past the "Kodak" building. In the background, other exhibition buildings, including the "Battle of Gettysburg" theater, "Fire and Flame" hall, Alpine Haus restaurant, and Louis Mark Model Shoe Manufactory, are visible. The exhibition near the Navy Yard celebrated the 150th anniversary of independence in Philadelphia through attractions and entertainment in the form of pageants, exhibitions and sporting events., Title supplied by cataloger., Negative numbers written lower right corner. Includes 644; 1257; 1715; 1922- 1923, 1927, 3171; and 4057., Three photographs contain dates. Dates include: June 13, 1926 (Neg. #1257); June 26, 1926 (Neg. #1715); and July 2, 1926 (Neg. #1923)., See also related collection: Brightbill postcards [Sesquicentennial Exposition - 155]., Purchase 2010., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Cardinell, John D., photographer
Date: [1926]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Cardinell [P.2010.18.2-9]

Title: Art Gallery and Memorial Hall - March 7
Description: 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]

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