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Title: [Unidentified residence]
Description: Unmounted stereograph view showing an unidentified dwelling surrounded by a decrepit fence and bare trees., Title supplied by cataloger., 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 [P.8687.10]

Title: Retsilla
Description: Exterior view of the McAllister Family residence., Title stamped on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Buff mount with square corners., Manuscript note on verso reads: Retsilla, to my sister Fan, W.Y. McAllister, Sep. 29, 1860., Manuscript note in a scrapbook compiled in 1894 for J. Cook McAllister by his father William Young McAllister reads: Retsilla - our Delaware Co. home from 1859 to about 1877 - about 7 acres near Wallingford on the West Chester R.R. - The property was sold to L.H. Little and he has built a new house., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - residences [P.9389.12]

Title: Retsilla - 1860
Description: Exterior view of the McAllister Family residence., Title stamped on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Buff mount with square corners., Manuscript note in a scrapbook compiled in 1894 for J. Cook McAllister by his father William Young McAllister reads: Retsilla - our Delaware Co. home from 1859 to about 1877 - about 7 acres near Wallingford on the West Chester R.R. - The property was sold to L.H. Little and he has built a new house., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - residences [P.9389.11]

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: 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: 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: St. Aulyn's mansion, Chelten Hills, Pa
Description: Exterior views of the front facade of a stone mansion with a large, wraparound porch., Yellow mounts with square corners., Photographer's imprint blind stamped on mount of P.2002.21.1. Manuscript note on verso of 7992.F.3: Aulin's mansion, near Philadelphia, Pa. Manuscript note on verso of P.2001.21.1: St. Auylin's, Chelten Hills., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Residences [7992.F.3 and P.2002.21.1]

Title: Privat [sic] residence near Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of residence partially obscured by trees. Includes a family (father, mother, and daughter) posed on the front lawn., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Residences [7992.F.21]

Title: Freaks of the Frost King
Description: Winter view showing the front lawn of a residence covered in snow. Includes a snow-covered rustic bench surrounding a tree in the foreground., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's stamp on verso: From Pierce & Snyder, 122 Dearborn St., Chicago., Creme mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Melander, L. M.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Melander - Views [P.9022.54]

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: View from international gallery at Honesdale, Pa
Description: Elevated view showing frame houses and yards from R.B. Whittaker's "International Photograph Gallery" in rural Honesdale in upstate Pennsylvania., Title from manuscript note in ink on mount., Photographer's name from manuscript note in red ink on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Whittaker, R. B.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Whittaker [P.9212.6]

Title: Pine Cottage
Description: View of a Victorian residence and adjacent hexagonal building adorned with battlements sitting on the slope of a tree-covered hill in the distance. Livestock, probably sheep, graze in the pasture in the foreground., Title and photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Cream mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift from the heirs of Paul D.I. and Anna S. Maier: James H. Maier, Anthony M. Maier, Marianna M. Thomas, and Cynthia C. Maier., A.M. Allen, born in Deerfield, Mass., relocated to Pottsville, Pa. ca. 1852 and set up his studio at the southwest corner of West Market and North Centre Streets. He retired from the business in 1894.
Creator: Allen, A. M. (Amos Morrel), 1823-1900, photographer
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Allen - Views [P.9844.22]

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: Residence of Joseph H. Shinn, Camden, N.J
Description: View of two semi-detatched, two-story homes in Camden, New Jersey. A fence surrounds the houses. Includes two women standing on the porch and two men, a boy, and a baby in a carriage posing on the sidewalk in the foreground. Also shows row houses with mansard roofs in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: S.C. Muschamp., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia - New Jersey [P.9022.49]

Title: [Interior of unidentified house]
Description: Interior view looking toward bay window of unidentified dwelling, showing plants, garland, and a light fixture furnishing the room., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on verso., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., English photographer John A. Mather captured the boom of the oil industry in Titusville and nearby Pennsylvania regions from 1860 until his death in 1915.
Creator: Mather, John A. (John Aked), 1829-1915
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Residences [P.9058.143]

Title: Philadelphia, from Lapierre House (Girard College.)
Description: Cityscape view looking northwest from the hotel LaPierre House (southwest corner Broad and Sansom) showing Girard College (1201-1211 West College Avenue) in the distant background. Also shows the rear of residences in the foreground, partial view of South Penn Square, and surrounding buildings., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Views [(8)1322.F.1e-2]

Title: Philadelphia, from Lapierre House (Girard College.)
Description: Cityscape view looking northwest from the hotel LaPierre House (southwest corner Broad and Sansom) showing Girard College (1201-1211 West College Avenue) in the distant background. Also shows the rear of residences in the foreground, partial view of South Penn Square, and surrounding buildings., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Views [(8)1322.F.1e-2]

Title: Tom Moore's Cottage postcards
Description: Exterior views of the 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., Also known as Boelson Cottage, Belmont Cottage and Pig's Eye Cottage., 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: 1910-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Moore's - 82]

Title: Moore Institute of Art, Science and Industry
Description: Exterior view of front facade of Moore Institute of Art, Science and Industry, originally known as Philadelphia School of Design for Women, founded in 1848 and located in the Edwin Forrest Mansion since 1881. Moore Institute and the School of Design merged in 1932. Educational facility constructed as a dwelling in 1853-1854 by Stephen Decatur Button., Sheet number: 153B03., Divided back. Text on verso., 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. 1932
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: Office and residence of Geo. L. Maitland, piano tuner, 4806 Fairmount Ave., Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement for the piano tuning and repairing business of George L. Maitland, showing the exterior of his office and residence at 4806 Fairmount Avenue in West Philadelphia., Publisher's monogram 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.2002.67.20]

Title: Jaques Marie Roset House, Germantown, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of front facade and flank of the Roset House at the corner of West Manheim Street and Portico Street (Spring Alley), showing advertisements for a cigar store on the first floor. Originally home of Jacques Marie Roset who came to America in 1792 and moved to Germantown in 1821. One of his granddaughters married Anthony J. Drexel., Sheet number: 102B13., 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: View at Germantown
Description: View of two men near a small stream in the foreground and a large house in the distant background. One man stands near one bank of the stream as the other reclines in the grass on the other., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Views [P.9212.12]

Title: Broad St. east side bel. Oxford St. Phila
Description: View looking southeast at the fronts of residences on the 1500 block of North Broad Street below Oxford Street. Trees planted at evenly-spaced intervals partially obscure the houses., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [P.9191.3]

Title: North side of Green St. east of 22nd, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the front elevations of two brick row houses on the north side of the 2100 block of Green Street. Shows round arch doorways and shutters obscuring all the windows. Ornate iron railings separate the front lawns from the sidewalk., Title from manuscript note on verso., Initials and date from manuscript note on verso: J.B. 9/10/61., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: September 10, 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9751.2]

Title: Souderton
Description: Cityscape view showing a barn in the foreground and a long row of dwellings in Souderton, Pennsylvania. Souderton was incorporated in 1887., Title on negative., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1887]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Views [P.9047.61]

Title: Pine St. from 17th to 18th
Description: View of four-story, Italianate row houses on the 1700 block of Pine Street., Title inscribed on mount., Numbered 249 on mount., 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. 30., Arcadia caption text: One of the earliest speculative rows constructed west of Broad Street, this block of four-story, Italianate rowhouses on Pine Street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets was built for an upper middle-class market. ..., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - Residences [P.9047.57]

Title: Windmill at Torresdale, Philadelphia
Description: View showing a man standing in front of a windmill with a small building and porch at its base. A dwelling is visible in the background., Title printed on mount., Publisher's printed label pasted on verso., Stamped on verso: G. Pfund, 4731 N. Front St., Phila., Pa., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim Brothers copyrighted a series of stereographs with labels inscribed: "American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philadelphia" in 1858. They continued to produce stereographs until 1865, when they withdrew from the American Stereoscopic Co.
Creator: American Stereoscopic Company
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Agriculture and horticulture [P.9082.1]

Title: Twin houses, Green St. Philadelphia
Description: View of two identical brick Italianate twin houses with central towers capped by a flat roof with overhanging eaves. Towers extend above the main rooflines. View includes balustrades on the second level and trees in adjacent yards and on sidewalk., Title from manuscript note on mount., Numbers and mathematical equations written on verso of mount in ink., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.8931.5]

Title: Old log cabin
Description: View showing an old log cabin at Richmond and Vienna Streets (i.e., Berks Street) in Fishtown. A woman leans against the side of the house and shields her eyes from the sun. Cabin was a typical example of those built in the neighborhood around the time of the Revolutionary War., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note in pencil on verso: No. 15 papa 1876, Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Schaeffer.
Creator: Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - Historic buildings and sites [P.9191.x]

Title: Dwelling house, corner Avenue A & 85th Street, New York 38 x 38 feet
Description: Architectural view showing the Victorian-style residence with mansard roof and a porch. Land and townscape is visble in the background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.93c]

Title: Dwelling house, corner Avenue A & 85th Street, New York 38 x 38 feet
Description: Architectural view showing the Victorian-style residence with mansard roof and a porch. Land and townscape is visble in the background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.93c]

Title: [Dwelling on west bank of Schuylkill River from Laurel Hill Cemetery]
Description: Landscape view from the hillside of Laurel Hill Cemetery on the east bank of the Schuylkill River showing a dwelling on the west bank. In the foreground, a man sits in a guard house at the base of the rocky hill. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad tracks, not visible in this photograph, were situated behind the dwelling., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: Mount Prospect from east park., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., 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 - Parks [P.8923.6]

Title: River Road at Fairmount Park
Description: View of River Road running parallel to the Schuylkill River. Shows a gazebo in the distance, along with a dwelling on the opposite bank., Title from photographer's 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., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.8484.3]

Title: Lemon Hill postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of house and entrance stairway commissioned by Henry Pratt in 1799 on land called "The Hills" by the previous owner, Robert Morris. Pratt purchased the land at a sheriff's sale after Morris claimed bankruptcy. Morris's villa had been destroyed by fire, leaving only the greenhouse, which Pratt retained when he built Lemon Hill. In 1844, several years after Pratt's death, Lemon Hill became the first mansion aqcuired by the city of Philadelphia to create a public park., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Also known as the Headquarters of Colonial Dames of America, Chapter II (1957) and the Henry Pratt 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: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Lemon Hill - 79]

Title: Chamounix Mansion postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of country retreat built circa 1802 for George Plumsted. The property was acquired by the city of Philadelphia in 1871 and was used as a restaurant and boarding house., Numbered 2305 on recto., Also known as Montpelier., Sheet number: 81A01., Divided 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: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: David Rittenhouse House postcards
Description: Exterior views of RittenhouseTown, the birthplace of David Rittenhouse, built circa 1690 by William Rittenhouse as the first paper making business in the colonies. Complex of RittenhouseTown consists of the only eighteenth century German buildings that survive in Philadelphia., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 81A02 and 81B01., 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 [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: Old Monastery, Wissahickon, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of house built near Wissahickon Creek between 1746 and 1752 for Joseph Gorgas, a lumber merchant and third generation resident of Germantown. Constructed on the site of "the Kloster," the log cabin built in 1737 as a community house for the German Dunkards., Also known as the Joseph Gorgas House and the Children's Museum of Philadelphia (1973)., Sheet number: 81B01., 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 [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: Christopher Yeakel's old log cabin postcards
Description: Exterior views of home proportedly built in 1743 for Christopher Yeakel, a cooper, at the corner of Mermaid Lane and Germantown Avenue and demolished circa 1905., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Post cards issued by The Rotograph Co., New York City and The World Post Card Co., Philadelphia., Sheet numbers: 27B04, 100A03 and 100B06., 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 - Buildings - 100]

Title: Penn Mansion postcards
Description: Exterior views of Penn House built 1713-1715 for Thomas Chalkley on land owned by William Penn's daughter, Letitia, although it was believed that William Penn built the home and lived there. Served as a tavern for many years, until the house was moved to Fairmount Park in 1883 in order to save it from destruction during a period of rapid commercial growth in the city., Contains 45 postcards printed in color and 26 printed in black and white. Also includes 6 linen postcards., Also known as the Letitia Street 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: 1900-1935
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Penn Mansion - 83]

Title: Billmyer House postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of house built in 1727 for the Deshler family. In 1788 German printer, Michael Billmyer, bought the property and continued his printing trade from the house., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 102A01 and 102B01., 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: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]

Title: Sparrow Jack House postcards
Description: Exterior views of house built circa 1770., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., John Bardsley lived here in the 1870s. Bardsley brought the English sparrow to Germantown to fight the caterpillars which were infesting local trees., Also identified as the Bardsley House., Sheet numbers: 102A11 and 102B14., 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: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]

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