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Title: [Winter rooftop view]
Description: Rooftop view from rear of dwelling looking over adjacent, snow-covered roofs and yards in the city., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on recto., Yellow mount with square corners., Possibly a view from one of George O. Bartlett's studios. He tenanted 602 Poplar Street with John E. Smith in 1867 and 1202 Chestnut Street the following year., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Views [P.2002.21.4]

Title: Mansion at Fairmount Park
Description: View of the south elevation, divided into five bays, showing the oval pavilion of the mansion built 1799-1800 for businessman Henry Pratt in East Fairmount Park. A man lies in the grass on his side in the foreground. A small sign for ice cream hangs from the porch. In 1844, several years after Pratt’s death, Lemon Hill became the first mansion acquired by the city of Philadelphia to establish a public park, i.e., Fairmount Park. The residence was used as a lager beer garden following the establishment of the park in 1855., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.8484.15]

Title: Lemon Hill mansion
Description: Oblique view of the west flank and south elevation, divided into five bays, showing the oval pavilion of the mansion built 1799-1800 for businessman Henry Pratt in East Fairmount Park. A man sits in a chair reading the newspaper on the lawn in the foreground. A banner for ice cream hangs from the porch on the west side of the house. In 1844, several years after Pratt’s death, Lemon Hill became the first mansion acquired by the city of Philadelphia to establish a public park, i.e., Fairmount Park. The residence was used as a lager beer garden following the establishment of the park in 1855., Title printed on label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Residences [P.9260.73]

Title: Old house nearly opp. Armat St., on Main, No. 4818 Main St., [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing Christian Lehman's two-story stone house at 5524 Germantown Avenue. Vines climb up the walls on the right. Trees grow on either side of the house and back gate is visible on the right. Christian Lehman was born in Germany in 1714 and immigrated to the United States in 1731. He worked as a land surveyor and flower merchant. By 1809, the house had passed to his son, Benjamin., Photographer remarks: Pretty good picture., Time: 9:40 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.9895.182]

Title: Side of old Wister House, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the old Wister House, a two-story house with a porch and shuttered windows surrounded by trees., Photographer remarks: Quite a dense negative. Almost too much contrast., Time: 10:15, Light: Strong, 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 4, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.179]

Title: Our old cottage, Church L[ane] & Chew Sts. From near Zell's gate, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a house, previously owned by the Morris family, at Church Lane and Chew Streets in Philadelphia. Trees surround the house. A young man leans against the low stone wall in front of the house next to a hitching post and gate., Time: 4:10, Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 14, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1096]

Title: Our old cottage, Cor. of Chew St. & Church Lane. Taken from E. in garden, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a two-story home once owned by the Morris family at the corner of Chew Street and Church Lane. The house has a porch with vines growing up the columns. A tree and various tall shrubs stand in front of the home. To the right is a small covered patio., Time: 5:50, 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: April 21, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.560]

Title: Rear view of house cor[ner] of Main St. & School Lane, Site of pres[ent] Saving F[un]d Soc[iety] of G[erman]t[ow]n
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the Germantown Saving Fund building at 5456 Germantown Avenue, a two-story stone house seen from across a brick road. The house has shuttered windows, two gabels on the roof and a lamppost standing at the street corner. The Saving Fund Society of Germantown, a savings and money-lending business, was founded by Samuel B. Morris. In 1854, the Society formally organized. The building moved twice, in 1869 and in 1883. The name changed to Germantown Savings Bank in 1987, after which it merged with another bank and ceased to be active as a separate entity in 1994., No. 22., Photographer remarks: Taken by Marriott ., 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.9895.99.8]

Title: Houses N.W. corner of Main & Upsal Sts. (no. 5352 & 5354 Main St.) [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing two two-story houses at 5352-5354 Main Street, later Germantown Avenue. Trolley tracks run down the center of the brick road. The house on the right is made of stone with shuttered windows. The house on the left has wooden siding, a low wooden fence, and a sign reading, "John W. Bardsley, House, Sign and Wall Pain[ting], Graining, Glazing, Calcimin[ing].", Time: 10:10, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 25, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1517]

Title: Old house no. 5358 Main St. & view up the street. [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing 5358 Main Street (i.e., 6514 Germantown Avenue) and adjacent buildings (6520-6526 Germantown Avenue). Trolley tracks run down the center of the brick road. Two horse-drawn carriages wait near the curb on either side of the street. The house on the far left is made of stone and has a wooden fence extending from the left side., Time: 10:25, Light: No sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 25, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1518]

Title: Old houses nos. [4649-4641] Main St. cor[ner] of Bringhurst. [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a two-story house located at the 5239-5247 Germantown Avenue on the corner of Bringhurst Street. There is a lawn with a large tree in the center surrounded by a wooden fence located behind the house. A horse-drawn carriage waits on the road to the right of the fence. This property was originally owned by Alexander Provest (alternately Provost). The building operated variously as dwellings, stores, and a school run by Provest’s son. The property was sold in 1895., Time: 12:20, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 2, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1535]

Title: [Joseph B. Cowperthwait's residence, 31 Summit Street, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of home of Cowperthwait, a Philadelphia publisher and bookseller. Built circa 1860., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on verso: 41 Copperswites Chestnut Hill 1866., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - residences [P.9486.5]

Title: Rockland Mansion
Description: Detail of dwelling built ca. 1810, showing side elevation of house covered in branches and the front porch. Sold to Isaac Cooper Jones, another merchant, in 1815. Jones' family owned it until it was sold to Fairmount Park in 1870., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow 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 F.J. Dallet.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Residences [P.9327]

Title: Rear of J. Harrison Jr. residence - 18th below Walnut
Description: Shows the rear of the mansion with garden of locomotive engineer and inventor Joseph Harrison, Jr. built 1855-1857 after the designs of Samuel Sloan at 221-225 South 18th Street near Rittenhouse Square. Razed 1925., Title and photographer from accompanying label., Manuscript note on verso: J. Harrison - [Reside]nce 18th bel Wal[nut]., Buff paper mount with square corners., 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. 29., Arcadia caption text: Joseph Harrison, Jr., whose mansion appears at the center of the view opposite, conceived of the lot behind his home extending the entire width of the block as a private park to be shared by Harrison and the inhabitants of the elegant row he constructed along Locust Street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Street (see image below). This view of the garden, with its collection of ornamental shrubs and winding carriage road, also provides an unusual glimpse of the charming architectural features at the back of the mansion including the conservatory, the balcony, and the back gate., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [(8)1322.F.19b]

Title: [T.S.R. Fassitt residence, s.e. corner 17th & Locust streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the residence of Philadelphia gentleman T.S.R. Fassitt at 1630 Locust Street., Manuscript note on mount: Residence of - Fassett S.E. cor 17th & Locust Sts., Buff paper mount with square corners., Partial manuscript note by collector on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [(8)1322.F.37c]

Title: The Penington mansion. On the northwest corner of Race and Crown Street
Description: Shows the former residence of sugar refiner Edward Penington, built circa 1760, on the 400 block of Race Street. Residence includes ironwork fencing. Ivy adorns the side of the building., 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 99. 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 - Residences - P [(3)2526.F.99 (Poulson)]

Title: [Residence of John McAllister Jr., 14 N. Merrick Street, West Penn Square, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Shows a man, probably McAllister, standing at the doorway of the residence. Also shows a pile of sticks at the base of a tree in front of an iron gate in the foreground. Building sold circa 1879 to the Pennsylvania Railroad to be razed for the erection of the Broad Street Station., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note below cyanotype copy photograph in scrapbook compiled by McAllister's grandson William Y. McAllister in February 1894 reads: No. 14 N. Merrick built by J. McAllister about 1835 or 1836 and where he lived till his death in 1877.... [P.2003.28. 52]., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., See reference to photograph in John McAllister letter to C.A Poulson, March 27, 1860 in the C.A. Poulson Autograph Collection, LCP Manuscript Collections.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: March 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Residences - McAllister [(6)1322.F.88b]

Title: [Unidentified residences in Manayunk, Philadelphia]
Description: Depicts young boy standing at edge of dirt road looking at camera with rear of group of dwellings visible in background. Bicycles sit propped against wooden fences. In background, men and another boy stand beyond dwellings' porches., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 22 [P.8513.22], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson22.htm

Title: [DeLancey Street, north side, between 19th & 20th Streets, Philadelphia.]
Description: View showing the residence of Richard Cadwalter, built around 1918, at 2019 Delancey Street, near Rittenhouse Square., Title from descriptive manuscript note by photographer on verso., Manuscript note on verso: N. side DeLancey bet. 19[th] & 20[th]. Later Renessance [sic] Louis 14 time., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.169], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson169.htm

Title: Rittenhouse Mansion. Northwest corner of Arch and Seventh Street. Sometimes called "fort Rittenhouse"
Description: Shows the former residence of astronomer David Rittenhouse built 1786-1787 by master builder Joseph Ogilby at 701 Arch Street. Also shows nearby 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 11, page 75. 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., Select link below for a digital image.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: March 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Residences - R [(11)2526.F.75 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f75.jpg

Title: Satterlee Heights. Satterlee Hospital Grounds, 27th Ward. West Philadelphia
Description: Aerial view showing the area between 46th, 42nd, Walnut streets and Baltimore Avenue. Includes lots for purchase at Satterlee Heights, residences, Mill Creek Culvert (built 1855), ponds, groves of trees and landscaped blocks. Key to 52 property holders printed above and below the image. Properties include Twadell Estate (1), Woodland Presbyterian Church (18), G. C. Fell's Buildings (20), Morton McMichael (25); Clarence H. Clark (i.e., Chestnutwold, later Clark's Park) (29), John McArthur, Jr. (33), William Blasius (38), and Mrs. Josephine Simpson (52). Also shows minimal street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages. The residential development of Satterlee Heights proceeded on land previously occupied by the Civil War hospital Satterlee U.S. General Hospital that operated 1862-1865., Contains pencil annotations of lot numbers on recto., Includes compass pointed to right., Printed on recto: These Lots for Sale by, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 674, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Lower left edge mended.
Creator: Herline & Co.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Hospitals [6537.F]

Title: [Schuylkill River and houses atop hill in Manyaunk, Philadelphia]
Description: View from opposite bank of Schuylkill River of hill in Manayunk. Houses appear on top of hill and at bottom of hill, near river. Ground and river are snow- and ice-covered., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Schuylkill River and cliff dwellings - Manyunk - Phila., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 124 [P.8513.124], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson124.htm

Title: [Colonial-era Philadelphia residences]
Description: Depicts two attached residences. One is a two-story dwelling (No. 110); the other is a single story dwelling (No. 108). Both buildings contain pane-glass and dormer windows, and the smaller one is adorned with a flag., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Where the small building is attached to the main building it is a sign of verry [sic] old colonial during the time of Washington., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.133], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson133.htm

Title: [Philadelphia residence -- unidentified location]
Description: View of house facade. Next door, three children play on the stoop of building with store on first floor and fire escapes extending from top floor., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: A quaint old house - downtown Phila. Tell about youngster knocking camera over. Find out location of this house and its history., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 219 [P.8513.219], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson219.htm

Title: [Row houses, Philadelphia]
Description: View of row houses with cellar doors on street. A woman stands on front step looking at camera. Tree and telephone wires rise out of sidewalk., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Possibly the only row of houses desplaying [sic] the quaint old cellar doors in Phila at the present time. (1923). These cellar ways lead into a sort of combined basement, kitchen, and dining room., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 140 [P.8513.140], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson140.htm

Title: [View of rooftop chicken coop at 10th and Ellsworth Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Neighborhood 10" and Ellsworth Sts. How to duck the health inspectors prying eye. Keep the chickens on the roof. (Print left side stronger)., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 171 [P.8513.171], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson171.htm

Title: A pair of London residences - as seen at 21[st] and Locust sts. Phila
Description: Shows the gable-roofed residence with bay windows built in 1889 for Anna Maria Wharton Hollingsworth Neill after the designs of Wilson Eyre, Jr. at 2101-2103 Locust Street. Also shows adjoining buildings. Neill was the wife of prominent Philadelphia physician John Neill., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.207], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson207.htm

Title: The Willing Mansion. Corner s.w. Willings Alley and Third Street
Description: Shows the residence of merchant and Philadelphia mayor Charles Willing built in the mid 18th century at 226-228 South Third Street. Also shows adjacent buildings., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on accompanying label., Date inscribed on photograph., Manuscript note by Poulson on accompanying label: See page 53. (From the Northeast.) LCP holds photograph of the view from the northeast, see McClees [(5)2526.F.15a (Poulson)]., 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 64. 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: May 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Residences - W [(5)2526.F.7b (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f7b.jpg

Title: The Willing Mansion house, as it appeared Aug. 30, 1856 The three buildings in the view on the south, occupy the site of a part of the garden of the Mansion. They were built in the year
Description: Shows the residence of merchant and Philadelphia mayor Charles Willing built in the mid 18th century at 226-228 South Third Street. View includes adjacent buildings, including one adorned with ironwork railings. Also shows the over 100 year old tree dead in the foreground., Title from Poulson inscription on accompanying label., Manuscript note by Poulson on accompanying label: The tree was planted in 1749; This building was removed in Sept. 56; See p. 64., 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 53. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees 1856-11., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Residences - W [(5)2526.F.15a]

Title: Michael Billmeyer's house and printing office - his bookstore was in portion of the house nearest the eye - it was the next "place" above Chews place Mr. Watson writes "It is a good one [to be photographed]." At its south end Genl. Washington stopped on horseback during the battle of Germantown. The house is on Main Street
Description: View showing the former residence of Michael Billmeyer, German printer for the Pennsylvania Assembly, built circa 1730 at 6505-6507 Germantown Avenue. Billmeyer resided at house 1789-1831., Title 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 85. 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., Also included in an annotated album containing twenty photographs by Richards entitled "Pictorial Views of Houses & Places in Germantown yr 1859." (LCP 66037.D.19)., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: April 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Germantown - B [(3)2526.F.85 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f85.jpg

Title: John George Knorr's house This house (the central in the picture) was built by the grandfather of my maternal grandfather - he occupied it many years - then by his son J.G.K., the 2nd, then by my grandfather John Knorr - then by Michael Keyser, who married my great aunt, up to the time of their death, when it was sold by the heirs and since been variously occupied. The original founder of the this house emigrated to this country July 30, 1706. It is nearly opposite Dr. Witt's old house - now "Congress hall boarding house" and as Mr. Watson informs me, "The first of three stories" (in height) in Germantown
Description: Shows the residence of John George Knorr at 6100-6106 Germantown Avenue. Property owned by the family 1728-1849. House razed in 1868. Also shows adjacent residences., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Manuscript note by Poulson on mount: [See page 77]., 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 79. 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., Also included in an annotated album containing twenty photographs by Richards entitled "Pictorial Views of Houses & Places in Germantown yr 1859." (LCP 66037.D.11)., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: May 5, 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Germantown - K [(3)2526.F.79 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f79.jpg

Title: Looking down Pelham Road from Cresheim Road
Description: Photograph showing a view of winding Pelham Road lined by slender trees. A neighborhood of large houses is clustered around the road in the distance. The print is mounted on a cream colored board with a generous border., Photograph from negative number *13-18., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 5, 1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.28.1]

Title: Old house, 4820 [sic] Germantown Ave
Description: View of the residence of Christian Lehman (1714-1774), a surveyor and cartographer, who also was a proprietor of a nursery, at 4818 Germantown Avenue. Shows the stone house, set back from the cobblestone street, and with a yard, fence, and gate. Two additions are attached to the rear of the dwelling. Trees and shrubs line the property., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 525, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 84 R 511, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 39:25, Inscribed on verso: Presented by Mrs. John C. Browne, Oct. 10, 1918., Hart originally issued a series of prints of Germantown between 1863 and 1888, several of which were published as John Richards' Quaint old Germantown in Pennsylvania. A series of sixty former landmarks of Germantown and vicinity... Collated, arranged and annotated by Julius Friedrich Sachse (Philadelphia, 1913).
Creator: Richards, John, d. 1889, artist
Date: [ca. 1863-ca. 1888]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 84 R 511

Title: [David McNeely Stauffer collection of prints and original drawings for his extra-illustrated Westcott’s History of Philadelphia]
Description: Collection of titled drawings and prints after drawings drawn by David McNeely Stauffer for his extra-illustrated "Westcott’s History of Philadelphia." Graphics depict portraits of prominent persons and images of dwellings, graves and tombs, financial ephemera, and seals associated with Philadelphia or the history of Philadelphia., Titles of drawings include: Arabic Characters … from the Original in Watson's Manuscript Annals in the Pennsylvania Historical Soc.; Arch Street Prison; Archibald McCall from a Miniature; Arms of Queen Anna; Caesar A. Rodney; Clock presented to Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn from Chamber's Cyclopedia; "Essex House" where Penn landed 168[X]; Friend's Meeting Salem N.J: built 1772; Grave of the Wife of Andrew Robeson; Grenadier, 1776; "Hardwicke" on the Conestoga, Lancaster Pa.; Hendrick Hudson; Jas. Smith; The John Fanning House near Walpole, Conn.; Joshua Fisher; Lady Ann Keith; Official Seal of Wm. Dummer, Colonial Gov. of Massachusetts; The "Old Cannon-Ball" or "Balcony" House; Old House NW corner Front and Race Sts.; On East Wall of St. Peter's; The Phillip's Mansion on Arch between 13th and Broad Sts.; Provincial Currency, 1723; Receipt of Free Society of Traders; Residence of Jeremiah Langhorne; The Residence of John Bleakley; Residence of Louis Phillippe; Rittenhouse Academy; [Seal of] Sir William Keith, Governor of Pennsylvania; Sketches in Old Swedes Church Yard; Thomas Penn, Esq; Toland's House. Germantown; Tomb of Lady Ann Keith, Christ Church; [Unidentified Building]; Whitby Hall; and Ye Seals of ye Original Counties; Canopy over Door/Cornice and Brick; Gott Segne Dies Haus Und Ales Was; Maurer im Lebanon/Henrich Rewalt, 1778; Old “Knox Homestead” near Norristown, Montgomery Co., Pa.; Tapeworm Man-Lancaster Market., Title of prints include: Bits about the Corner of Fisher's Lane and Germantown Avenue; Carnival, Philadelphia, 1778; Centre Square Philada.; Dr. John L. Atlee; Farmer & Mechanic Bank, Philadelphia, Chestnut St.; The Fraticide at Wyoming; Philadelphia Soc. of Fine Arts; Hon J. I. Clark Hare; Indian Queen Hotel; Interior of the Chestnut Street Theatre, 1793; John Armstrong; Masonic Hall, Philadelphia; Mauch Chunk; Monument, Market Street Bridge, Philadelphia; The Moravian Church and Parsonage; Odd Fellow's Hall, Broad Street and Central High School, Broad Street; Old Courthouse, Lancaster, PA; Old Court House Second and Market; Old German School on Cherry Street; Philadelphia [Harbor Scene]; Postlewaite's Tavern, First Courts of Lanc Co. held here; Rear View of Houses at Eighth and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia; The Residence of John Bleakley; Rev. Robert R. Roberts, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church; "Shippen Mansion" Res of Dr. B. Rush; South East Corner of Third and Market ; St. Michael's; The House in which Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence; The Swedes' Church and House of Sven Sener (From Watson's "Annals of Philadelphia"); Washington's Headquarters at Morristown; and Ye Conyngham House., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from imprints and manuscript notes on items., Various artists and engravers including James Charles Armytage, Gill Eng. Co., James B. Longacre, R. A. Muller, John Neagle, Howard Pyle, Charles A. Poulson, David McNeely Stauffer, and Henry Warren., Several drawings signed by artist lower right corner: DMS, Several drawings and prints numbered in pencil and/or contain pencil annotations. Numbers probably refer to corresponding page number of extra illustration., Some drawings and prints contain attributions to provenance or original artist, including Chambers Cyclopedia, John Fanning Watson, and William Darlington., P.2018.64.25 contains pencil sketch of row house on verso. P.2021.43.16 contains a pencil sketch of Pepper estate on verso. P.2021.43.19 contains a partial map of Boneet Carre Point, Louisiana on the verso., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., David McNeely Stauffer (1845-1913) was a civil engineer, author, antiquarian, and artist most known for his biographical dictionary "American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel: Biographical sketches and Check Lists of Engravings" first published in 1907. From 1893 to 1913 he devoted much of his time to the extra-illustration of "Westcott's History of Philadelphia, 1609-1829" as printed in the Sunday Dispatch (1854-1884).
Creator: Stauffer, David McNeely, 1845-1913
Date: [ca. 1831-ca. 1900; bulk ca. 1850-ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Stauffer Collection [P.2018.64; P.2018.65; P.2019.62.5; P.2021.43.16-20]

Title: Rosenheim, Main Street on the road above Fisher's Lane
Description: Drawing depicting the house originally built by John Wister as a farm house in 1743 on Main Street (ie. Germantown Avenue) and Fisher's Lane, Germantown, Pa. Shows the front facade of the two-story house with dormers. A wooden fence surrounds the property. Trees grow along the sidewalk, which extends in front of the house. An adjacent house is visible in the right. Charles J. Wister, the grandson of John Wister, called the house the "Castle of Rosenheim.", Title and date from item., Signed by the artist in lower left., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Creator: Graeff, Henry F., artist
Date: 1936
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.66.9]

Title: South East corner of Fisher's Lane built by John Dedier in 1773
Description: Drawing depicting an exterior view of the house originally built by John Dedier in 1773 on Fisher's Lane, Germantown, Pa. Shows an oblique view of the entrance with two steps leading to the front door. The hip-roofed house has two dormers, a chimney, and shuttered windows. In the left is a wooden fence. Several trees are visible in the background., Title from item., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Creator: Graeff, Henry F., artist
Date: [ca. 1935]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.66.11]

Title: 5300 Germantown Ave., N.W. cor. Queen Lane
Description: View of the south flank and east front of the Sower House, built in three stages: the rear ell circa 1723, the front section circa 1755 and the union of these two sections circa 1795. Owned by the Sower (Sauer) family, who purportedly created the first type cast in America in the basement of this house in 1772-73. Owned by the Trinity Lutheran Church since 1836 and used as a church house since 1950., Inscribed in negative: 3355., 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.9259.111]

Title: 5300 Main St. at present parsonage of Trinity Luth. Church. Formerly Sauer's property. In cellar first type case in America 1772
Description: View of the south flank and east front of the Sower House, built in three stages: the rear ell circa 1723, the front section circa 1755 and the union of these two sections circa 1795. Owned by the Sower (Sauer) family, who purportedly created the first type cast in America in the basement of this house in 1772-73. Owned by the Trinity Lutheran Church since 1836 and used as a church house since 1950., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.25]

Title: Morris House postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of the Deshler-Morris House, built in 1772 for Quaker merchant David Deshler. Colonel Isaac Franks' owned the house when George Washington sought refuge here from the Yellow Fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793. Nicknamed the "Germantown White House" during his occupation. The Morris family occupied the house for more than 100 years until they donated it to the National Park Service in 1948., Contains 8 postcards printed in color and 6 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 102A09, 102A10, 102B10 and 102B11., 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: 1900-1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]

Title: Residence of John Penn, Colonial Governor, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of house built 1784-1785 for John Penn, grandson of William Penn. It became part of Fairmount Park in 1867. Currently part of the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens., Numbered 24 on recto., Also known as Solitude., Sheet number: 81A01., 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: c1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: Cobbs and Darby Creeks postcards
Description: Depicts images of Cobbs and Darby Creeks including Independence Falls, an old log cabin and homes of early settlers along Darby Creek., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 4 in black and white., 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 [Cobbs and Darby Creeks - 57]

Title: Peale's Museum, Germantown, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of front facade and side of Charles Willson Peale's house, also known as Belfield. House built circa 1750. Peale's museum and zoo was established on this site overlooking Wister Station., Numbered 579 on recto., Sheet number: 100B09., 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: Germantown Bank, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Depicts an oblique view of the Bank of Germantown in a converted colonial home, the Clarkson-Watson House, built 1745-1775 on Germantown Avenue. The bank occupied this building from 1825 to 1868, until it moved to a new lot built by J.G. Sidney at 5500-5506 Germantown Avenue., Dwelling built circa 1745 for Matthew Clarkson, mayor of Philadelphia from 1792 to 1796. Thomas Jefferson and Edmund Randolph stayed here during the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The Bank of Germantown occupied the property from 1825 to 1869, around the same time John Fanning Watson, author of Annals of Philadelphia, lived here., Sheet number: 100A01., Divided back. Post marked 1909., 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. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Belfield postcards
Description: Exterior view of front facade and side of Charles Willson Peale's house, also known as Belfield. Peale's museum and zoo was established on this site overlooking Wister Station., Sheet number: 102B01., 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 - Mansions - 102]

Title: Strawberry Mansion postcards
Description: Contains views of Strawberry Mansion in Fairmount Park including the entrance stairway with a group of women and children; the drive and a partial view of the Strawberry Mansion trolley bridge; the fountain statue; the spring; the top of Strawberry Hill showing people picnicking and reclining on the green and several views of the mansion house. Judge William Lewis commissioned the mansion house, also known as Summerville, in 1789. In the 1820s Joseph Hemphill bought the property and added two wings to the house. His son Coleman grew strawberries from roots imported from Chile, giving the property its popular name, Strawberry Mansion. The house became a picnicking spot and restaurant in 1835. The Fairmount Park Commission bought the property in 1868., Contains 30 postcards printed in color and 2 in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., Also known as the William Lewis House., 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: 1900-1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Strawberry Mansion - 91]

Title: Wyck postcards
Description: Exterior views of the front facade of house. Earliest section built circa 1690 by Hans Milan. The center section and alterations were designed and completed by William Strickland in 1824. For nine generations belonged to the Wistar-Haines family., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 102A14, 102A15 and 102B1., 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 [Germantown - Mansions - 102]

Title: Chew Mansion postcards
Description: Exterior views of front and side facades of Cliveden, house built 1763-1767 after designs by Jacob Knor for Benjamin Chew. Also depicts the entrance drive to the Chew grounds., Contains 17 postcards printed in color and 9 printed in black and white., Chew family residence until 1972 when acquired by National Trust for Historic Preservation. Site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown 1777., Also known as Cliveden., Sheet numbers: 102A02, 102A03, 102A04, 102A05, 102A06, 102B02,102B03 and 102B04., 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 [Germantown - Mansions - 102]

Title: Jacob Duché's Mansion (3rd & Pine Streets)
Description: The painting is not signed or dated., The figure in the foreground supposedly is Benjamin Franklin flying a kite during an electrical storm., Exhibited in Haverford College's exhibition, The Pennsylvania Landscape: Colonial to Contemporary (2007).
Date: Ca. 1760
Location: OBJ 303

Title: Strawberry Mansion postcards
Description: Contains views of Strawberry Mansion in Fairmount Park including the entrance stairway with a group of women and children; the drive and a partial view of the Strawberry Mansion trolley bridge; the fountain statue; the spring; the top of Strawberry Hill showing people picnicking and reclining on the green and several views of the mansion house. Judge William Lewis commissioned the mansion house, also known as Summerville, in 1789. In the 1820s Joseph Hemphill bought the property and added two wings to the house. His son Coleman grew strawberries from roots imported from Chile, giving the property its popular name, Strawberry Mansion. The house became a picnicking spot and restaurant in 1835. The Fairmount Park Commission bought the property in 1868., Contains 30 postcards printed in color and 2 in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., Also known as the William Lewis House., 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: 1900-1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Strawberry Mansion - 91]

Title: Residence of John Penn, Colonial Governor, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of house built 1784-1785 for John Penn, grandson of William Penn. It became part of Fairmount Park in 1867. Currently part of the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens., Numbered 24 on recto., Also known as Solitude., Sheet number: 81A01., 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: c1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

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