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Title: Old farm building on the Pastorius Estate, back of the n.e. cor. of the Methodist Church at corner of Germantown Ave. & High Street
Description: Depicts the porticoed entrance to a building on the Pastorius estate behind the Pastorius - Dunton House built by Daniel Francis Pastorius in 1796. The house was moved from its original location in 1851 to make way for the construction of High Street. Dr. William R. Dunton later occupied the house in the 1860s and the property was moved again, this time to 25 High Street for the construction of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Germantown. A stone corner of the church is visible in the image, showing the close proximity of the building to the Methodist church., Inscribed in negative: 3371., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: October 13, 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.118]

Title: Pastorius Estate. Building on the estate
Description: Depicts the porticoed entrance to a building on the Pastorius estate behind the Pastorius - Dunton House built by Daniel Francis Pastorius in 1796. The house was moved from its original location in 1851 to make way for the construction of High Street. Dr. William R. Dunton later occupied the house in the 1860s and the property was moved again, this time to 25 High Street for the construction of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Germantown. A gothic window near the stone corner of the church is visible in the image, along with the west wall of the Pastorius - Dunton House, showing the close proximity of these buildings to each other., Inscribed in negative: 3372., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.119]

Title: Livezy House (Wm. Rittenhouse, father of David.) (Livezey's Lane) Owned by Joshua Garsed. Built some time before 1745. Washington's headquarters, formerly known as the monastery of the Wissahickon. Bought by Livezey in 1800. 1940, Valley Green Canoe Club
Description: Exterior view of the front facade of dwelling built for Thomas Shoemaker from 1733-1739. Thomas Livezey bought the property, including a grist mill, from Shoemaker in 1747 and named it Glen Fern. The house was enlarged and raised one story in 1765, and sometime before 1853 a rear ell was constructed., Inscribed in negative: 3143., Title from negative sleeve., Also known as Glen Fern, the Thomas Shoemaker House and the Valley Green Canoe Club (1909).
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.72]

Title: 922 Clinton St., Phila
Description: Depicts the front of the Bailey Residence, showing the portico that decorates the front doorway and the keystone lintels over the windows. Renovated by Baily & Truscott for Charles Winter Baily in 1901. Includes a partial view of 920 Clinton Street., Inscribed in negative: 3173., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.83]

Title: N. W. cor. Germantown Ave. & Logan St. Probably the Wachsmuth-Henry House, built 1760
Description: Exterior view of front facade, south side and rear ell of house set behind a short stone wall. Built in 1760., Inscribed in negative: 3337., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer., Also known as the Wachsmuth-Henry House.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.100]

Title: 5218 Germantown Ave
Description: View of the ivy covered east front of the Howell House, built circa 1795 and later used by the Germantown Historical Society as a Costume Museum., Inscribed in negative: 3352., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.108]

Title: 5222 Germantown Ave., Endt-Hansberry House. Theobald Endt, clockmaker owned it in 1766
Description: View of the east front of the Endt - Hansberry House, owned by clockmaker Theobald Endt in 1766. Converted to apartments and a store in the early twentieth century. The word "Painting" is visible on the store front window directly north of the entrance stairs to 5222 Germantown Avenue., Inscribed in negative: 3353., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.109]

Title: John Bechtel House, 5226 Germantown Ave
Description: View of the ivy covered east front of the John Bechtel House, built in 1742. The word "Painting" is visible on the store front window of 5224 Germantown Avenue. Later occupied by the Textile Museum of the Germantown Historical Society., Inscribed in negative: 3354., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.110]

Title: House at foot of Neglee Hill just north of Loudoun
Description: Rear view of a brick house with a porch. A wooden fence and shrubs surround the property in the foreground. Located north of Loudoun at the foot of Neglee's Hill., Inscribed in negative: 3333., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.98]

Title: Toland House, 4810 Germantown Ave., built in 1734. At time of Battle of Germantown was home of Geo. Miller, an officer in the American Army, whose wife was forced to bake bread for British. Hotchkin says interior very interesting. Open stairway. Franklin Stove & harpsichord in parlor
Description: View of front facade of home built circa 1740 and owned by officer George Miller during the Battle of Germantown. Named for resident George W. Toland, a member of Congress from 1837 to 1843. A sign for Jost Brothers Engineers is posted underneath two of the first floor windows., Inscribed in negative: 3336., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: September 23, 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.99]

Title: House on Main St., Germantown
Description: View of the front facade of the Sproegell House built early in the 18th century and purportedly occupied by John Henry Sproegell circa 1710. Stucco covers the exterior of the house and a rounded arch resting on columns flanks the off-center entrance way. Anthony Gilbert and William Keyser were occupants of the dwelling at one time., Inscribed in negative: 2894., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.61]

Title: Harriton, showing old pump
Description: View of the Harriton stone residence, showing an old pump in the foreground. The datestone is visible in the gable. The initials R.E. stand for Rowland Ellis, who constructed the residence in 1704. Richard Harrison owned the property after Ellis and named it Harriton. His daugher married Charles Thomson, a member of the General Assembly and the Secretary of Congress in 1774, and moved into Harriton after they were married., Inscribed in negative: 3136., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.69]

Title: Harriton, built in 1704 by Rowland Ellis
Description: Oblique view of the Harriton stone residence, showing the front facade and side elevation with the datestone. Carved into the datestone are the initials R.E., for Rowland Ellis, who constructed the residence in 1704. Richard Harrison owned the property after Ellis and named it Harriton. His daugher married Charles Thomson, a member of the General Assembly and the Secretary of Congress in 1774, and moved into Harriton after they were married., Inscribed in negative: 3139., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.70]

Title: [Livezey House, on the banks of the Wissahickon Creek at Livezey Lane, Germantown, Philadelphia.]
Description: View of the front facade of dwelling built for Thomas Shoemaker from 1733-1739. Two men stand in the front yard, one leaning on a tree stump, the other sawing wood with a bow saw. Thomas Livezey bought the property, including a grist mill, from Shoemaker in 1747 and named it Glen Fern. The house was enlarged and raised one story in 1765, and sometime before 1853 a rear ell was constructed. In 1909 became the Valley Green Canoe Club., Title supplied by cataloguer., Also known as Glen Fern, the Thomas Shoemaker House and the Valley Green Canoe Club (1909)., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.55]

Title: [John H. Webster residence, side view, 4834 Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Oblique view of northeast flank of house owned by John H. Webster Sr., the photographer's father. View taken from the rear of the side lawn., The Webster family owned four neighboring residences, 4830 to 4834, on Penn Street in Frankford., Modern reference print #10 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.126]

Title: [John H. Webster residence, 4834 Penn Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View of southeast front and northeast flank of house owned by John H. Webster Sr., the photographer's father. View taken from Penn Street. Includes the stable in the rear of the property. The photographer's wife, Jane L. Webster, sits in a chair on the porch., The Webster family owned four neighboring residences, 4830 to 4834, on Penn Street in Frankford., Modern reference print #8 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.127]

Title: Marsden Gateway, Chestnut Hill, Phila
Description: Exterior view of the entrance gateway to the Marsden residence in Chestnut Hill, showing the front portico of the house in the background., Numbered 797 on verso., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Residences - A - M - [P.9105.1]

Title: Old houses on the north side of Arch Street, west of Third and the new Hotel
Description: Shows dilapidated residences with closed shutters and broken windows on the 300 block of Arch Street west of Union Hote (321 Arch)., Title from manuscript note., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: March 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Streets - Arch [(6)1322.F.xx]

Title: Ottinger House, Germantown, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of Ottinger House, with a partial view of property to the north. Built circa 1781 by Christopher Ottinger, a Revolutionary soldier who became a master coach maker after the war., Undivided back. Dated 1907 in manuscript note on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Residences - N - Z - [P.9049.84]

Title: Morris House, door, 225 S. 8th St., blt. 1785
Description: Exterior detail of west front of dwelling, showing Flemish bond construction, pilasters flanking the front doorway and windows surmounted by keystone lintels. Built 1786-87 by John Reynolds and sold to Luke Wistar Morris in 1817., Inscribed in negative: 2207., Title from negative sleeve., Also identified as the Reynolds-Morris House, Israel Wistar Morris House and Luke Wistar Morris House.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.14]

Title: Morris House
Description: Exterior view of west front of dwelling built 1786-87 by John Reynolds and sold to Luke Wistar Morris in 1817., Inscribed in negative: 2210., Title from negative sleeve., Also identified as the Reynolds-Morris House, Israel Wistar Morris House and Luke Wistar Morris House.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.15]

Title: 4825 Germantown Ave., home of Christian Ottinger, a soldier of the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolutionary War
Description: Depicts the west fronts of neighboring dwellings along Germantown Avenue, 4821 in the foreground and 4825 in the background, the latter built circa 1781 by Christopher Ottinger, a Revolutionary soldier who became a master coach maker after the war. A man stands on the steps of the Ottinger House., Inscribed in negative: 2211., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.16]

Title: John & Mildred Keen house cor. of Chestnut & Mansion Sts. on site of present Drexel Institute
Description: Copy photograph depicting the south and west elevations of the Keen residence at the northeast corner of 32nd and Chestnut Streets. Two people stand in a doorway facing 32nd Street. Demolished and occupied by the Drexel Institute building in 1891., Inscribed in negative: 1874., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.6]

Title: Whitby Hall, 58th & Florence Ave
Description: Rear view of country dwelling built in 1754 on land acquired by Philadelphia merchant James Coultas in 1741. Portions of the house were used to construct Whitby New in Haverford circa 1922., Inscribed in negative: 2257., Title from negative sleeve., Also identified as the Thomas Mansion.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.30]

Title: Whitby Hall, 58th & Florence Ave
Description: Depicts the front of the country dwelling built in 1754 on land acquired by Philadelphia merchant James Coultas in 1741. Portions of the house were used to construct Whitby New in Haverford circa 1922., Inscribed in negative: 2258., Title from negative sleeve., Also identified as the Thomas Mansion.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.31]

Title: White Cottage, Gtn., Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of front facade of home on Manheim west of Greene Street. Although the house was owned by Col. Thomas Forrest, one of his daughers lived here with her husband, Samuel Betton, Jr. The octagonal shaped room was built by Dr. Samuel Betton, Jr. Demolished circa 1905., Sheet number: 100B11A., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Residence of William P. M. Braun, Pelham, Germantown
Description: Depicts the front facade of William P. M. Braun's residence in Pelham, an area where many members of Philadelphia's mercantile class erected mansions., Numbered 509 on verso., Sheet number: 100B01A., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Thones Kunder's House, Germantown, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of front facade of house built on the site of Thones Kunder's original house, built in 1683. The first meetings of the Society of Friends were held in this house, along with the first public protests against slavery written here by Daniel Pastorius in 1688., Numbered 571 on recto., Sheet number: 102B09., Undivided back. Post marked 1906., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]

Title: Henry House postcards
Description: Exterior view of the front facade of the Wachsmuth-Henry House built in 1760., Numbered 580 on recto., Sheet number: 102B05., Undivided back. Post marked 1905., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]

Title: [Mitchell House, southwest corner of Greene Street and Walnut Lane, Germantown, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking southwest at the west and north elevations of the stone country house built ca. 1856 after designs by Samuel Sloan at 200 West Walnut Lane in Germantown., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: [Walnut Lane + Greene St.], Creme mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Residences [8353.F.23]

Title: [Residence, corner of Walnut Lane and Greene Street, Germantown, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing a man leaning against the gate of a Gothic-style residence built in Germantown after the designs of Samuel Sloan. The design of the residence is a near mirror of another commissioned by Chestnut Hill developer Charles Taylor and built at Chestnut Hill and Norwood Avenues in 1861 after the designs of Samuel Sloan. Mirrored architectural details included recessed gable fronts on opposite sides of the house., Title supplied by cataloger., Creme mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Image previously misidentified as "Charles Taylor residence, northwest corner of Chestnut Hill and Norwood Avenues, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia." The Chestnut Hill property was sold to Horace Brown in the fall of 1861 and was later purchased by Dr. Robert Bolling and then Colonel George H. North in 1883. The residence was demolished in 1928.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Residences [8353.F.17]

Title: [Unidentified residence, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of front facade of a two story residence. An illegible sign protrudes from the building near the entrance door. Includes a partial view of a carriage house and adjacent houses and yards., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on verso: H.M.B.S., Gray mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schofield, John, 1835-1910
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schofield - Residences [P.9774.6]

Title: Broad St
Description: View looking from the southwest corner of Broad and Stiles Streets showing dwellings lining the east side of Broad Street. Also shows trees spaced evenly in front of the dwellings and a lamppost in the foreground with "Stiles" etched into it., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's printed label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.9260.42]

Title: [Unidentified residence and outbuildings]
Description: Views depict unidentified residences and the rear of these properties with a circular tent and flagpole., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint from printed red text on versos., Yellow mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown - Residences [8353.F.31-32]

Title: River Road at Fairmount Park. Phil. Pa
Description: Landscape view of River Road running parallel to the Schuylkill River. Shows a pavilion in the distance, along with dwellings on the opposite bank., Title and series number 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.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.8731.10]

Title: Morris-Littell House postcards
Description: Depicts exterior views of the house owned by the Morris-Littell family from 1776 until 1888. Dr. Christopher Wit (1675-1765) planted one of the first botanical gardens in America on this site. The house was torn down after the construction of Germantown High School in 1915., Sheet numbers: 27B05 and 102B12., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27] and [Germantown - Mansions - 102]

Title: Butler Place. Branchtown
Description: Exterior view of residence including part of the grounds., Also known as Bramblethope and Brambleton., Sheet number: 27B01B, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]

Title: Old houses, from the southeast corner of Fourth and Union Street, to the northeast corner of Pine and Fourth Street
Description: Shows the former residential buildings on the east side of the 300 block of South Fourth Street. Awning frames adorn most of the buildings., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 60. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: March 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Streets - Fourth [(3)2526.F.60 (Poulson)]

Title: [Chestnut Street, between Tenth and Eleventh streets]
Description: Photographic reproduction of a view showing a residential building on the 1000 block of Chestnut Street. Includes partial view of signage reading "1011-" adorning the adjacent building., Reproduction of February 1859 photograph., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Streets - Chestnut [8339.F.10]

Title: Northwest corner Fourth and Pine streets
Description: View looking north from below Pine Street showing the 300 block of South Fourth Street. Shows two women with a parasol conversing at the street corner. They stand in front of a residential building adorned with a small placard advertising "Schuylkill & Lehigh coal cheap" (401-407 Pine). Also shows individuals posed at the doorways of their residences, which line the street., Title from manuscript note on recto: 4th & Pine., Date and photographer's monogram inscribed in negative., Inscribed in negative: 21., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 22., Arcadia caption text: Taken on a hot summer day in August of 1860, this photograph shows a block of row homes on Fourth Street at the corner of Pine shuttered against the steamy Philadelphia heat. Those who could afford to leave fled the city in the summer months, taking up residence in suburban “cottages” and summer resorts in order to escape the oppressive weather and the frequent outbreaks of disease.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: August 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - N [(7)1322.F.55f]

Title: House n.w. corner of Prune and Fourth street
Description: Exterior view of the residences located at the northwest corner of Prune [i.e. Locust] and 4th Streets. Shows a gentleman standing on the corner., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 45. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Previously misidentified as the Wistar-Shippen House located at the s.w. corner of Prune and 4th.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: September 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Streets - Fourth [(5)2526.F.5b (Poulson)]

Title: Horace Binney, 241 - 245 South 4th St
Description: Depicts private residences along the east side of Fourth Street south of Willings Alley including the private residences of Joseph R. Ingersoll, which later housed the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Office building (231 South Fourth Street); Horace Binney, lawyer and politician (241-245 South Fourth Street); Commander D. Conner United States Navy (247-249 South Fourth Street) and John Sergeant (251-253 South Fourth Street). Also includes pedestrians., Location: 241-245 South 4th Street., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., LCP AR (Annual Report) 1975, p. 6-11.
Creator: Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
Date: [1882]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.8730.4], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc304.html

Title: East side of Logan Square
Description: View, possibly a perspective plan, showing elegant dwellings completed 1847 after the designs of William L. Johnston on 18th Street near the southeast corner of Logan Square. A fence surrounds the visible section of the tree-lined square. Also shows a dome and steeple in the background. Possibly a conception of the dome of the Cathedral Basilica of S.S. Peter and Paul under construction (church built 1846-1864, 209-225 N. 18th), and the steeple of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary on the 200 block of N. 18th Street 1839-1871., Date inferred from William Johnston entry in Rutledge and Falk, The annual exhibition record (Madison, Ct.: Soundview Press, 1988), p. 10., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 199, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 87 L 824, See related print: HSP Bb 87 L 824a., Date
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1842-1847]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 87 L 824

Title: North side of Logan Square
Description: View, possibly a perspective plan, showing an elegant building of several attached dwellings completed 1847 after the designs of William L. Johnston on Race Street near the northeast corner of Logan Square. A fence surrounds the visible section of the tree-lined square. Also shows pedestrians, including a couple of men in conversation near the square., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 510, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 87 L 824a, See related print: HSP Bb 87 L 824.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1847]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 87 L 824a

Title: Tom Moore's Cottage near Belmont
Description: Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts a cottage located on the west side of the Schuylkill River above the Reading Railway Bridge. The farm house was on the estate of Jacob S. Waln when the Irish poet Tom Moore puportedly stayed here during his visit to Philadelphia in 1804.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer., creator
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: stereo - Gutekunst - Views [P.9058.4]

Title: Old house on S. Broad Street above Passayunk R[oa]d, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a two-story brick home on South Broad Street, with a wide porch and two chimneys. The cobblestone road runs in front of the house. A tree and a small shed stand next to the road., Time: 5:00 PM, Light: Very weak 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: October 4, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.440]

Title: [Exterior of unidentified residence, possibly in Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of two connected two-story houses seen from across a brick road with trolley tracks running down the center, possibly at Germantown. A metal fence separates the houses from the sidewalk, with trees growing on either side. The house on the right has a porch and a balcony on the third floor., 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. 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.12]

Title: Old Johnson House, [Upsala], opposite Chews, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing Upsala at 6430 Germantown Avenue, a two-story stone house with shuttered windows and two large trees standing on the front lawn. A walkway runs along the right of the house. Originally built by Dirk Jansen circa 1755, Upsala was the staging ground for the Continental army at the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The expanded house, built by Jansen’s descendant John Johnson III in 1798, remained with the Johnson family until 1941. The estate was purchased by the Upsala Foundation in 1944., Photographer remarks: In a neg. preserver., Time: 12, Light: Sun shining., 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 19, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.242]

Title: Oldest house in Germantown. Cor[ner] Main & Johnson Sts
Description: Glass negative showing a two-story stone house with steps leading down to the cobblestone street. A fence surroundeds the lawn to the left. This house was built in 1698 and was the oldest house in Germantown before it was torn down in November 1883., Photographer remarks: Foregrd very white., Time: 10:10, Light: Sun shining brightly., Built 1698. House torn down 11 mo. '83., The negative has discolored to a bright yellow., 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 7, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.183]

Title: Johnson House, [Upsala], Main opp. Washington Lane, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing Upsala at 6430 Germantown Avenue, a two-story stone house with shuttered windows and a fenced yard to the right. Two large trees stand in front of the house. Originally built by Dirk Jansen circa 1755, Upsala was the staging ground for the Continental army at the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The expanded house, built by Jansen’s descendant John Johnson III in 1798, remained with the Johnson family until 1941. The estate was purchased by the Upsala Foundation in 1944., Photographer remarks: Almost too dense., Time: 10:20 A.M., Light: Bright 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 7, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.184]

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