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Title: Use Eavenson's diamond soap
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a girl attired in a blue dress and matching bonnet walking with her dog on an autumn day. She holds a stick in her right arm and is poised to whack the branches with it. Eavenson & Sons was founded ca. 1857 in Philadelphia by Jones Eavenson and his eldest son Allen Eavenson., Copyright 1882 by Graf Bros., Contains advertising text listing varieties of Eavenson & Sons' high grade pure soaps printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Graf Brothers, the lithograph firm operated by German brothers Julius F. (b. 1846) and Charles L. Graf (1849-1900) in Philadelphia 1873-1970s, produced advertisements, trade cards, labels and maps.
Date: c1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Eavenson [1975.F.290]

Title: Compliments of L.A. Heyer & Son, the new headquarters for toys, fancy goods and dolls, "Rhoda" baby carriages, wagons, velocipedes, etc., and fireworks, 812 Arch St., Philad'a, Pa Dolls a specialty
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a woman skipping with flowers along a path on a hill with a dog and a bird following her. A covered pavilion and body of water are visible in the background., Copyright secured by Graf Bros. Phila., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Heyer [1975.F.452]

Title: Greenfield's candies. 909 Broadway
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a man and a dog playing tug of war with a goose near the edge of a pond., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Greenfield's [1975.F.367]

Title: Jet lying on front porch, Sea Girt, [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Jet, a small black dog, resting on the porch at the Morris family home Avocado. Jet wears a collar with a bell and lays in the sunlight. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Time: 9, 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: September 15, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1350]

Title: Dog "jet" begging on [Avocado's] porch, Sea Girt, [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Jet, a small black dog, sitting up on its hind legs in a begging position on the Morris family home Avocado's porch. The shadow of a person's hand holding a treat is visible on the floor of the porch next to Jet. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Time: 9:10, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 15, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1351]

Title: John F. Haverty's dog "Dash"
Description: Glass negative showing Dash, a medium-sized a piebald dog owned by John F. Haverty laying in the grass., Photographer remarks: Taken near football ground, Time: 1:20, 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 13, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.441]

Title: Party to reefs (Misses Schenkl, Mr. French & Mr. Trimingham) by road side. Somerset Isl[and] near wharf. Mangrove B[ay], [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing the two Misses Schenkl, Mr. French, and Mr. Trimingham posing next to a stone wall. The woman on the right sits on the wall and holds a medium-sized bicolor dog in her lap. A road runs next to the wall and tall trees stand behind it. The women wear long dark dresses with hats while the men wear three-piece suits with hats. The man on the left has a bushy beard., Time: 1 P.M., Light: Very 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: March 29, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.917]

Title: [Dog] "Jet" on beach, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing family pet Jet, a small black dog, wearing a collar and standing in the sand at Sea Girt, N.J. The beach is dotted with driftwood and other debris., 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: July 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.104.7]

Title: [Woman seated with a dog]
Description: Glass negative showing a woman seated with a small white dog on a set of steps. The woman wears a dark dress with puffed sleeves, a cross necklace, and a small white cap., 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: 1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.562]

Title: Jas. S. Willis' home. Willis Island Upper Delaware River
Description: Lantern slide showing a man, possibly Jas. S. Willis, and dog standing in the doorway of Willis' house. The house is covered in ivy with a diamond shaped window in the gable. A picnic table sits under a wooden portico and three lawn chairs sit in the grass., Ms note: Bainbridge. Photo. Contains MCM's stamp., 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: 1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2146]

Title: You are my Darling.
Description: A woman in an ornate gown walks her small black dog., Text: You are my darling; don't I know / Why you are ogling ev'ry beau; / But all in vain, for who would be / Led like a puppy tied to thee., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [between 1840 and 1880?]

Title: The first of May 1865 or gen'l moving day in Richmond Va
Description: Cartoon relishing the surrender of the Confederacy to the Union depicting a Southern general moving from his war damaged home which is to undergo a "Sheriff Sale" and to be let by "Lincoln & Co." Three white Southerners and two African American men, one who thumbs his nose, witness the General and a mover begin to load a "C.S.A." (i.e., Confederate States of America) cart. The cart, to be pulled by two dogs, is situated next to a "C.S.A Treasury" box of "Waste Paper" that is being urinated upon by another dog. The mover is burdened by several packages, many falling off his back, labeled with the names of Confederate states., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by H. & W. Voight in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York., Accessioned 1979., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., 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., Kimmel and Forster was a 19th-century firm known more so for their engraving than their lithography.
Creator: Kimmell & Forster, lithographers
Date: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department political cartoons - 1865-4W [P.2275.29]

Title: Why dont you take it?
Description: Cartoon promoting the existence of a Union stronghold to defend against a Confederate seizure of Washington, D.C. Depicts General Winfield Scott as the bulldog, "Old General U.S.," protecting the cut of meat, "Washington Prime Beef," from the snarling, retreating greyhound "Jeff" (Confederate President Jefferson Davis). Davis, wearing a Confederate flag and broad-brimmed hat, slinks back to his side where a bale of cotton and animal skull lie, a coiled snake hisses, and a palmetto tree stands. Scott sits guard in front of several money bags, a cannon, American flag, and barrels of beans, beef, and "Mess Pork.", Copyrighted by F.T.B. [Frank T. Beard?], Name of artist supplied by Weitenkampf., One of four variant designs that was also used on Civil War patriotic envelopes., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister Civil War scrapbook of Sumter and Anderson, Scott, Brownlow., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Beard, Frank, 1842-1905, lithographer
Date: c1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department political cartoons - 1861-26 [5794.F.c]

Title: Why don't you take it?
Description: Cartoon promoting the existence of a Union stronghold to defend against a Confederate seizure of Washington, D.C. Depicts General Winfield Scott as the bulldog, "Old General U.S.," protecting the cut of meat, "Washington Prime Beef," from the snarling, retreating greyhound "Jeff" (Confederate President Jefferson Davis). Davis, wearing a Confederate flag and broad-brimmed hat, slinks back to his side where a bale of cotton lies and a palmetto tree stands. Scott sits guard in front of several money bags, a cannon, and barrels of corn, flour, and "Mess Beef.", Per Weitenkampf, one of four variant designs after original by cartoonist Frank T. Beard that was also used on Civil War patriotic envelopes., Contains manuscript note lower right corner: Ballard Vale 1861., Contains manuscript note on verso: VA Ballard Vale May 1861., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department political cartoons - 1861-54W [P.2275.15]

Title: [African American woman holding a dog]
Description: African American woman sitting in a meadow holding up a small dog from her lap. The woman, attired in a short-sleeved dress, smiles and looks at the viewer as she holds a small white and brown dog up. Trees and a vegetable garden are visual in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from attire of sitter and active dates of the photographer., Purchase 1988., 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., Rich was a professional Philadelphia landscape photographer and avid traveler who privately produced several candid portraits of family and friends.
Creator: Rich, James Bartlett, 1866-1942, photographer
Date: [ca. 1920]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Rich - Portraits - Unidentified [P.9266.970]

Title: Running away
Description: Illustration accompanies part five, "Domestic Amusements in the Slave States." Trailed by a pack of bloodhounds and several mounted authorities armed with rifles, a slave family tries to make their escape. To the right, on the bank of a river, two authorities aim their rifles at a drowning slave, who is approached by a group of white men in a boat., Illustration in the Suppressed Book about Slavery! (New York: Carleton, 1864), p. 336., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Fugitives.
Creator: Van Ingen & Snyder, engraver
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1864 Suppr 15191.D p 336, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2813

Title: The bloodhound business
Description: Illustration accompanies part five, "Domestic Amusements in the Slave States." It shows a family of runaway slaves as they try to defend themselves from a pack of bloodhounds. Behind them, two slavehunters aim their rifes at father, mother, and child., Illustration in the Suppressed Book about Slavery! (New York: Carleton, 1864), p. 288., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Fugitives.
Creator: Van Ingen & Snyder, engraver
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1864 Suppr 15191.D p 288, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2812

Title: The fugitive's song
Description: Backed by a large tree, a fugitive slave representing Frederick Douglass runs away from a river-bank, and heads in the direction of New England (as evidenced by the sign in the background right). The party in pursuit of him, two mounted figures and a pack of dogs, can be seen on the other side of the river in the distant background. The fugitive slave (Douglass) wears unsoiled white pants, a neat striped shirt, and no shoes; he carries a bundle on a stick., Sheet music cover for J. Hutchinson (lyrics) and J.M. White's (music), The Fugitive's Song (Boston: Published by Henry Prentiss, 33 Court St., 1845)., Dedication underneath the image reads: "Words / composed and respectfully dedicated, in token of confidential esteem to / Frederick Douglass / a Graduate from the / "Peculiar Institution" / For his fearless advocacy, signal ability and wonderful success in behalf of / his brothers in bonds. / (and to the fugitives from slavery in the ) / Free States & Canadas. / by their friend / Jesse Hutchinson Junr.", Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Fugitives.
Creator: Bouvé, Ephraim W., 1817-1897, designer
Date: [1845]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Sheet Music Fugitive 8214.F, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2891

Title: [Unidentified African American man with a dog]
Description: Full-length portrait of an African American man, wearing a mustache and attired in a white collared shirt, a waistcoat, a jacket, a riding coat, and pants, standing in front of a backdrop adorned with ornate decorative columns. He holds a walking stick, crosses his right leg over his left, and leans on a balustrade on which a top hat rests. A white and brown spaniel dog lies in the foreground., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Title supplied by cataloger., Purchase 2001., 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., Parlor Gallery, operated by Lewis Horning, was in business at 523 South 9th Street from around 1876 until 1885.
Creator: Parlor Gallery (Firm), photographer
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cabinet card portraits - photographer - Parlor [P.9981.7]

Title: Finn & Burton's paper hangings warehouse No 142, Arch St. Phila
Description: Advertisement showing the first floor of the elegant storefront, on the 600 block of Arch Street, surrounded by a tromp l'oeil border. Through the open entryway, a clerk is visible showing wallpaper samples, propped upon racks, to two women and a gentleman patron, seated on chairs. Large display windows adorned with massive scenic views flank the doorway. A boy and gentleman, stand near a boot scrape and admire one window display, and a mother, holding a parasol, and attended by her daughter, stand on cellar doors, and admire the paper in the other. An elegantly-attired couple strolls past a tall, closed door to the establishment and a muzzled dog walks near by. A hitching post labeled "Wall Paper" stands in front of the store near the street. Also shows partial views of the upper floor, and adjoining buildings. Border comprised of sheets of various patterns of wallpaper, in addition to rolls of the material., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: April 1849., Printer attributed by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 250, LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #66., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Reproduced in Jennifer Ambrose, "Nineteenth Century Advertising Prints," in Magazine Antiques (August 2006)., Trimmed.
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [April 1849]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W127 [P.2082]

Title: The mode of training blood hounds in St. Domingo and of exercising them by Chasseurs
Description: Featuring a model of a black man and a Spanish Chasseur in typical dress, the engraving helps shows how Spanish colonizers in St. Domingo trained blood-hounds to track and kill runaway slaves. As Rainsford explained, "With respect to the dogs their general mode of rearing was latterly in the following manner. From the time of their being taken from the dam, they were confined in a sort of kennel, or cage, where they were but sparingly fed upon small quantities of the blood of different animals. As they approached maturity, their keepers procured a figure roughly formed as a negro in wicker work, in the body of which were contained the blood and entails of beasts. This was exhibited before an upper part of the cage, and the food occasionally exposed as a temptation, which attracted the attention of the dogs to it as a source of the food they wanted. This was repeated often, so that the animals with rodoubled ferocity struggled against their confinement while in proportion to their impatience the figure was brought nearer, though yet out of their reach, and their food decreased, till at the last extremity of desperation, the keeper resigned the figure, well charged with the nauseous food before described, to their wishes. While they gorged themselves with the dreadful met, he and his colleagues caressed and encouraged them. By these means the whites ingratiated themselves so much with the animals, as to produce an effect directly opposite to that perceivable in them towards the black figure; . . . ." (p. 426-27)., Plate in Marcus Rainsford's Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: comprehending a view of the principal transactions in the revolution of Saint Domingo; with its antient and modern state (London: Albion press printed: published by James Cundee, Ivy-Lane, Paternoster-Row; and sold by C. Chapple, Pall Mall, 1805), p. 422., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Resistance.
Creator: Barlow, J., engraver
Date: 1805
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1805 Rains 1416.Q p 422, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2708

Title: Mr. & Mrs. Jay Rial with Rial & Draper's Ideal Uncle Tom's Cabin
Description: Vignette from an advertisement for the touring stage company's production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Contains bust-length portraits of Jay Rial, wearing a beard and attired in a white collared shirt, a brown tie, and brown jacket, and Louise Rial, wearing her hair in curls and attired in a black dress with a gold brooch and a red shawl. Also depicted are brown dogs in recline flanking the portraits of the Rials, a miniature view of a plantation house, and palm leaves. Jay Rial, a New York theatrical manager, began tours of his production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" circa 1881. The production was associated with novel features of live dogs and donkeys and props, such as floating cakes of ice, and was purported to have earned $1,000,000 by the end of its run. The Rials divorced in 1897., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of the theatrical production., See also trade card with duplicate design. [trade cards - Academy of Music, 1975.F.738]., Purchase 2006., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1881]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Entertainment [105879.D]

Title: Colgate & Co.'s "new" soap. The "new" soap in oval cakes unequalled for laundry use
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a newsboy, with a bag of newspapers slung over his shoulder and a paper advertising "new" soap in his left hand, standing and leaning against a wall on the sidewalk. A dog sits at his feet. A broadside for Colgate & Co.'s "New" soap hangs on the wall behind him. William Colgate founded the company as William Colgate & Company in New York City in 1806. Upon his death in 1857, the style changed to Colgate & Company., Advertising text printed on verso: To our patrons. Thanking you for your favorable reception of our "new" soap, we beg you again to ask your special attention to its peculiar and substantial advantages in the matter of economy, when used (as it always should be) according to directions printed on the wrappers. To meet the requirements of all classes of buyers as to the size cake they may specially prefer, we put up the "New" soap in 9 oz. and 16 oz. cakes, the prices of which vary proportionately. Soliciting your continued patronage, we remain, respectfully, Colgate & Co., 53 and 55 John Street, New York. Established 1806., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Colgate [1975.F.179]

Title: Colburn's Phila. mustard
Description: Illustrated die cut trade cards shaped into a dog and an owl with the label "Colburn's Phila. mustard" printed on the animals' collars. Connecticut-native Arthur T. Colburn began his spice business ca. 1856 in Philadelphia., Advertising text printed on versos: Colburn's Philadelphia mustard, king of condiments. Always reliable for table & medicinal uses. Flavor, pungency, strength, combined in perfection. Better than imported and cheaper. Saving 14 cts. per 1 lb. in duty. For sale by grocers & druggists in 1/4, 1/2, & 1 lb. cans. Full weight., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.2009.5] gift of David Rowland., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Colburn's [1975.F.124; P.2009.5]

Title: The esthetic drive. 122 North Eighth Street, near Arch, common sense shoemaker, Sylvan Dalsimer, manager
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a couple riding in a cart drawn by a goat. Includes a dog running along side the goat, a peacock blocking the goat's path in the foreground, and a carousel in the distant background., Copyright 1882, Graf Bros., Advertising text printed on verso: For your common sense shoes go to the common sense shoemaker. 122 North Eighth St., near Arch. For your children's shoes, go to the common sense shoemaker., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Graf Brothers, the lithograph firm operated by German brothers Julius F. (b. 1846) and Charles L. Graf (1849-1900) in Philadelphia 1873-1970s, produced advertisements, trade cards, labels and maps.
Date: c1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Common [1975.F.231]

Title: [Bound Brook Route trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a comical, theatrical scenario with two boys, a girl, a dog, and a thermometer. The boys court and fight over the girl, whose desires seem to change with the season. Additional imagery includes flowers and one of the boys reading. The Bound Brooke Route, operated by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, operated between Ninth and Green Streets in Philadelphia and New York City. Route opened about 1876 and capitalized on the Centennial celebration in Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on rectos: "19 trains daily, between Philadelphia and New York. Low fare, quick transit, perfect equipment. New York. Trenton. Elizabeth. Long Branch." Prints also contain tables of schedules for train stops between Philadelphia and New York on versos., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Bound [1975.F.45; 1975.F.86; 1975.F.90]

Title: Charles Brintzinghoffer, wholesale and retail brush manufacturer, No. 935 Market Street, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a girl standing in the snow on the edge of a frozen pond bundled in a winter coat, hat, and tights, holding ice skates in her left hand. A duck flies away from a dog sitting next to the girl., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Graf Brothers, the lithograph firm operated by German brothers Julius F. (b. 1846) and Charles L. Graf (1849-1900) in Philadelphia 1873-1970s, produced advertisements, trade cards, labels and maps.
Date: c1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Brintzinghoffer [P.9724.1]

Title: Walter W. Bragg, printer. Fine gift & bevel edged card a speciality [sic]
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a comic scene with two men and a dog on a wooden pier fishing in a lake. Another man swims in the water unseen by the fishermen and pulls their fishing lines toward the shore., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See trade card - Loudenslager [1975.F.507] for similar illustration., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Bragg [P.9111.22]

Title: What's the matter with that ere dog?
Description: Illustrated stock trade card depicts a bear with a rifle behind a man that sits on the ground with his legs spread out before him. With a fork in his right hand and a meal in front of him, the man wonders why his dog runs away., Copyrighted Bufford, Boston., Advertising text printed on recto for Atlantic Clothing House, No. 204 North Second Street, Philadelphia, two doors above Race. Morris Salinger, proprietor., Manuscript note on verso: Chester., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Atlantic [P.9577.17]

Title: A. Maron, 1612 Chestnut Stret, Philadelphia
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting two girls gathered around a table picking at a large plate of sweets and two boys in horseback riding gear trying to mount the back of a large muzzled dog. Alfred Maron, son of Anna Maron who worked with Charles Penas at his 830 Walnut Street establishment, succeeded in Penas ca. 1885. Alfred Maron owned confectioneries at both 830 Walnut Street and 1612 Chestnut Street in 1885., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Maron [1975.F.627 & 1975.F.631]

Title: E.H. Parry, fashionable hatter, S.E. cor. 10th & Market Sts. Phila
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting two couples walking arm-in-arm in opposite directions. Includes two dogs and random items scattered on the ground including a rifle, bucket, and eyeglasses., Advertising text printed on verso promotes gentlemen's and youths' hats and a comprehensive line of straw hats for sale at E.H. Parry's store., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Parry [1975.F.667]

Title: Fannie Price, dealer in all kind of county produce, stalls, 125 & 127 Farmer's Market, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a man attired in a uniform standing next to two children seated in a goat cart. A small dog barks at the goats in the foreground. A balustrated staircase is partially visible behind the title., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: c1881
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Price [1975.F.656a]

Title: [Van Haagen's Toilet Soap, Benj. Brooke & Co., Manufs., Philadelphia trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a man holding a bouquet of flowers standing with two women; a man with an envelope approaching a woman standing at a mirror; a couple walking with arms clasped and a poodle by their side; and a soldier peering over the shoulder of a woman who pulls petals off of a flower., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.898 & 901] contain distributor's imprint printed on bottom of rectos in black text: McIlvaine & Co., grocers, S.E. cor. Chestnut & Juniper Sts., Philadelphia., Two prints [1975.F.899 & 900] contain advertising text printed on bottom of rectos in black text: 1st Regiment Bouquet Toilet Soap for sale at soap stand in the fair., Advertising text printed on versos promotes the purity, quality and general superiority of the soap produced by Benjamin Brooke & Co. with the expertise of Mr. A. Van Haagen, formerly of McKeone, Van Haagen & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Van Haagen's [1975.F.898-901]

Title: [Jones & Fisher trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Jones & Fisher, the mourning dry goods store operated by Chalkley L. Jones and Frederick F. Fisher at 918 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations entitled "Le roi Dagobert" and "M' de la Palisse" show children depicting Good King Dagobert and Jacques de la Palisse; men and women startled after observing their large, distorted reflections in mirrors and a crystal ball; a man and a woman attired in Medieval or Renaissance clothing; flowers; and a dog., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9669.2] copyrighted 1882 by G. Kahn., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Jones [P.9669.1-11]

Title: Compliments of the West End Clothing House, 1634 Market Street, Philadelphia. J. Kuh; prop'r
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a boy in a sailor's outfit and straw hat with his pet dog and a girl wearing a purple flower hat holding a doll in her arms., Price lists printed on versos for suits sold by the West End Clothing House, No. 1634 Market Street, Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - West End [1975.F.978 & 1975.F.981]

Title: [Young African American man, possibly Jerry Stevens an enslaved man, at Raceland Plantation, Dinwiddie, Virginia]
Description: Full-length portrait of an African American man, attired in a brimmed hat, a long-sleeved shirt, and pants with large tears and holes, holding a wooden plow over his shoulder. He stands in front of a wooden building and to the left of a wooden door. In the right is a white dog with its back to the viewer., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and content., Purchase 2011., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - miscellaneous - Stevens [P.2011.16]

Title: [Joseph Hoover trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Joseph Hoover's pictures and frames business at 628 Arch Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a business card for Hoover tucked into a pink roses and a boy crying and watching another boy pull on the legs of a dog that is attacking another animal. Joseph Hoover, a Swiss-German chromolithographer, operated his chromolithography, engraving, and picture frame business from 628 Arch Street in Philadelphia between 1880 and ca. 1888., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9651.13] copyrighted 1888 by J. Hoover., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Joseph Hoover's products as holiday presents, including paintings, engravings, plain and colored photographs, velvet, ebony and gold photograph frames, and oleographs. Also promotes a moving sale (c1888) with reduced prices on these items., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1888]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hoover [1975.F.412 & P.9651.13]

Title: Schuylkill River below the falls, Fairmount Pk. Phila
Description: Lithograph showing a man with a book sitting on a large rock near a towering rock formation on the edge of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. Includes a dog curled up on the ground nearby, people in rowboats on the river, and a dwelling on the edge of the river in the right background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.6]

Title: Thos. Moore’s Cottage, Phila. Park
Description: Lithograph showing the one-story cottage located on the west side of the Schuylkill River above the Reading Railway Bridge in Fairmount Park. A man leaves the house as a woman enters the dwelling. Includes a dog on a path in the foreground, a large warped tree in front of the cottage, and horses walking on paths in the distant right background. The cottage was on the estate of Jacob S. Waln where the Irish poet Tom Moore puportedly stayed during his visit to Philadelphia in 1804. Dwelling also known as Boelson Cottage, Belmont Cottage and Pig's Eye Cottage., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.1]

Title: [Duryeas' Glen Cove Manufacturing Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a bird's eye view of Duryea's manufactory in Glen Cove, New York; facsimilies of prize medals awarded the company, including the obverse and reverse sides of the gold medal awarded at the Paris Exposition in 1878; and a man posting a broadside advertisement for "Duryea's improved cornstarch" on the side of a brick building as two children and a dog stand nearby and watch., Printers and engravers include the Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co., Includes advertising text promoting Duryea's improved corn starch and satin gloss starch printed on versos., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Duryea's [1975.F.250; 1975.F.252; 1975.F.256; 1975.F.267]

Title: [Charles E. Hires Company trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards entitled, "Grandma's present," "His first suspender," "An uninvited guest," and "Come back! I'll tell moth-er!". Illustrations depict girls and boys posed with "Hires root beer" boxes; a dog stealing root beer from a toddler's glass; and one duckling swimming away from a sibling who stands on shore., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9651.11] copyrighted 1883., Printers and engravers include Donaldson Brothers (New York), J. Ottmann Lithographic Company (New York), and Gast Art Press (New York and St. Louis)., Advertising text promoting Hires rootbeer for good health and Hires cough cure for instant relief printed on versos. One print [P.9651.11] also includes testimonials for Hires root beer from customers printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.9306.1] gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880-1883]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hires [P.9306.1; P.9588.1 & 2; P.9651.11 & 12]

Title: [Louis J. Selliez trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated stock trade cards for Louis J. Selliez's hat store, formerly William Hopson's store, at the northwest corner of Eleventh and South Streets in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict two couples walking arm-in-arm in opposite directions. Includes two dogs and random items scattered on the ground including a rifle, bucket, and eyeglasses. Also shows two performers, one lying on the ground and balancing a ball on his feet and the other demonstrating his strength by lifting weights., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertisement on verso of one print [1975.F.832] printed by John H. Johnson., Advertising text printed on versos promotes fall and winter styles of hats for 1879 and spring styles for 1880., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Creator: E. Ketterlinus & Co.
Date: 1879-1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Selliez [1975.F.831 & 832]

Title: [Boy and girl with dog, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing a boy and a girl playing with a small, bicolor dog on the beach at Sea Girt. The boy wears a tie and short pants with long stockings. He holds a stick with a string attached to the end above the dog, who looks up at the boy expectantly. The girl reaches out for the string and wears a short white dress with a large bow in her hair., 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: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.106]

Title: Olney, "Don" at foot of tree near Uncle Sam[ue]l's house
Description: Glass negative showing Don, a speckle-coated dog, sitting in front of a tree in a field at Marriott Morris' uncle Samuel Morris' house. The dog sits in profile, tilting his head toward the camera. A shed and storm cellar are visible on the left., Time: 12:40, 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 26, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1269]

Title: Cat & dog at tree, [Olney, PA]
Description: Glass negative showing a cat sitting among the branches of a small tree at Marriott Morris' uncle Samuel Morris' house. Don, a speckle-coated dog, stands at the base of the tree looking up at the cat., Time: 2:15, Light: Fairly good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 26, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1272]

Title: Group of sailors on the "Galina" with a bear and a goat, [Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of sailors gathered on the deck of a ship during the Centennial celebrations. A man standing on the left holds a dog and there is a goat in the center of the group. A baby bear rests on the deck in the foreground with its head in a sailor's lap. The sailors all wear uniforms with knitted caps. 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: 2:25, 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: September 20, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1232]

Title: Geo. Vaux & Ralf in Vaux's backyard, [Bryn Mawr, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' third cousin George Vaux wearing a bowler hat and long coat kneeling down to shake hands with Ralf, a medium-sized brown dog crouching on its hind legs. Ralf wears a wide collar and tilts his head slightly to look at Vaux. A fence bordered by bare shrubs runs behind Vaux., Photographer remarks: One of sample plates. Finished by Carbutt., Time: P.M., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.830]

Title: Marriott on bench reading
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris sitting on a wooden bench reading a paper that he holds in his hands. Morris has a mustache and wears a suit with his hat in his lap. A small black dog, likely family pet Jet, sits next to him on the bench. Leafy foliage grows in the garden behind him., No. 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: ca. 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.87.1]

Title: Monument & Square from our front steps, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Civil War monument in the center of Market Square from the steps of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The monument is comprised of a carved pedestal and a statue of a man. A horse-drawn carriage travels down the cobblestone street adjacent to the Square while a dog runs the opposite way. First called The Green, Market Square was established from land originally owned by James De la Plaine as early as 1703. As a center of community activity, Market Square contained not only market stalls but also the prison and stocks. Samuel B. Morris planted many of the Square’s original trees. Prominent buildings situated around the Square include the Deshler-Morris House, the German Reformed Church, and the Fromberger-Harkness House. The Market Square monument, built in 1883, commemorates the contributions of soldiers to the Civil War. Designed as a Union soldier, it rests on a pedestal made from granite taken from Devil’s Den, Gettysburg. The fence surrounding the monument was constructed from old musket barrels and bayonets. Cannons used during the war stand beside the monument., Photographer remarks: Weak neg., Time: 9:30, 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: March 24, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1085]

Title: H[annah] P. M[orris] and George's dog Donald. In front of ice house at Olney, [PA]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' cousin Hannah Perot Morris with one hand on her hip and the other hand holding up a treat for the small bicolor dog sitting attentively at her feet. Morris wears a dark high-necked dress. A cellar door stands open on the right and a path covered with leaves extends to the left. The roof of an underground building is visible in the background., Photographer remarks: Fair sun obscured by flecey [sic] clouds., Time: 2:20, 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 21, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1057]

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