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Title: First Christ Church, Philada
Description: View showing the wood-plank building that served as the first sanctuary for the church founded and built in 1695 by the Church of England at 22-34 North Second Street. A wood fence protects the single-story, cabin-style building and the church bell hangs from the trunk of a tree fashioned as a bell tower. Wood buildings, including a dwelling, flank the church in front of which pedestrians walk. A woman stands in the doorway of the residence and a woman enters the gateway to Christ Church., Published in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia...(Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1830), opp. p. 315., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 258, Trimmed. Originally part of a plate of two images. Second image shows "Shippen's House, So. Second Street.", Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of "Illustrations of Philadelphia."
Creator: Breton, William L., artist
Date: [1830]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Religion [(2)1525.F.51]

Title: St. Mark's Church Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Gothic-style Episcopal church built 1848-1851 after the designs of John Notman at 1607-1627 Locust Street., Church seal with motto "Sigillum Ecclesiae S. Marci Philada. 1848" printed below image., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 711, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Upper left corner missing.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W347 [(5)1322.F.3a]

Title: Christ Church Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Also shows pedestrian traffic., Originally published as plate 17 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 120.3, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Library Company of Philadelphia: (4)1322.F.62b in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Reassigned McAllister accession number., Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: 1848, c1840
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W64.3 [(4)1322.F.62e]

Title: The Emmanuel Episcopal Church. [Marlboro' Str. Kensington, Phila.]
Description: Interior view of the Episcopal church, consecrated in 1838, on Marlborough Street above Girard Avenue in Kensington. Shows Rev. J. Gordon Maxwell, at the pulpit, giving a sermon to a full congregation. Includes congregants turned to each other and a female congregant turned toward two men conversing a few pews over. Simple chandeliers hang from the ceiling near Gothic-style windows., Manuscript note on recto: J. Gordon Maxwell in the pulpit., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 206, Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 132 E 549., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reaccessioned as P.2207.
Creator: Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.), lithographer
Date: [ca. 1840]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W374 [P.2207]

Title: The Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Marlboro' Str. Kensington, Phila
Description: Interior view of the Episcopal church, consecrated in 1838, on Marlborough Street above Girard Avenue in Kensington. Shows Rev. J. Gordon Maxwell, at the pulpit, giving a sermon to a full congregation. Includes congregants turned to each other and a female congregant turned toward two men conversing a few pews over. Simple chandeliers hang from the ceiling near Gothic-style windows., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 206, Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 132 E 549., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reaccessioned as P.2208.
Creator: Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.), lithographer
Date: [ca. 1840]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W374 [P.2208]

Title: Emmanuel Episcopal Mission Church. Marlboro Street Kn. Published to assist in liquidating the debt upon the church, by the wardens
Description: Exterior view of the Episcopal church, consecrated in 1838, on Marlborough Street above Girard Avenue in Kensington. Shows pedestrian traffic on the sidewalk and a woman and child entering the side entrance of the church., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 207, See 374 for interior view., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Accession number amended by cataloger., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc132 E54., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.), lithographer
Date: [ca. 1840]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W110 [Log 1322.F.a]

Title: Emmanuel Episcopal Mission Church. Marlboro Street Kn. Published to assist in liquidating the debt upon the church, by the wardens
Description: Exterior view of the Episcopal church, consecrated in 1838, on Marlborough Street above Girard Avenue in Kensington. Shows pedestrian traffic on the sidewalk and a woman and child entering the side entrance of the church., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 207, See 374 for interior view., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Accession number amended by cataloger., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc132 E54., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.), lithographer
Date: [ca. 1840]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W110 [Log 1322.F.a]

Title: Christ Church
Description: Exterior view looking northwest at the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744, including the steeple completed 1754 after the designs of John Harrison and Robert Smith, at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Scene includes pedestrian traffic walking along both Second and Church Streets, a flock of birds near the weathervane and steeple, and trolley tracks running the length of Second Street in the foreground., Frontispiece to Edward W. Clark's A Record of the Inscriptions of the Tablets and Grave-Stones in the Burial-Grounds of Christ Church, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Collins, printer, 705 Jayne Street, 1864)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 117, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Uy8 96795.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Tholey, Charles P., d. 1898, artist
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W61 [Uy8 96795.D.frontispiece]

Title: Christ Church Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Also shows pedestrian traffic., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier., Issued as plate 17 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 102.1, One of the images [(4)1322.F. 61c] originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Library Company of Philadelphia: (4)1322.F.61c; 3008.Q; in Print Room * Am 1838 Wild 6626.F and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson), Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb862 W6441 Pl.17., Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-75.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W64.1 [(4)1322.F.61c; 3008.Q]

Title: [Church of the Nativity]
Description: Exterior view of the Gothic-style Episcopal church completed in 1846 after the designs of Napoleon LeBrun at the northwest corner of 11th and Mount Vernon streets., Title and publication information supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 127, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 22:93. With title and printer's imprint., Duplicate in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania [Ba 132 N278] contains printed caption on recto: This Church is to be built of stone, is 50 by 80 feet exclusive of the tower. It will cost $9,000 and seat without side galleries 600 persons. Subscriptions for its erection will be gratefully acknowledged by the wardens and vestry. Brethren will ye not aid as God has prospered you in extending the Gospel in the Church?
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, lithographic artist
Date: [ca. 1844]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W66 [(3)1322.F.150a]

Title: Advent Protestant Episcopal Church, Old York Road, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Gothic-style church, known as the Church of the Advent, built 1844-1845 after the designs of John E. Carver at York Avenue and Buttonwood Street. Also shows pedestrian traffic, including a woman with a parasol, strolling with a child, and partial views of surrounding buildings., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 11, Accession number amended by cataloger., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Date: c1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Churches and Meetinghouses [Log 1322.F.b]

Title: St. Luke's Church, Germantown, Pa
Description: Exterior view of the Episcopal church built 1875-1876 at 5411-5421 Germantown Avenue for the congregation founded in 1811. Includes three visitors on the pathway to the church., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 670, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Religion - S [(4)1322.F.89]

Title: Plan. Church of the Epiphany
Description: Floor plan of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1833-1834 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter at 1501-1515 Chestnut Street. Shows the chancel and 170 pews. Pews printed with a row number, "value," "seats," and "sittings." Values range from $150 to $500. Several pews are also printed with the names of pew owners. Pew owners include McAllister, Norris, Ashhurst, Van Pelt, Stokes, Biddle, and Wetherill., Printed below title: Note. The above are prices per sitting to Pew Owners. To renters will be added the interest on the value of the Pew at 6% per annum. Pews without names are held by the church unsold., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 604, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Chuches and Meeting Houses - Church of the Epiphany [(4)1322.F.70]

Title: Gloria Dei Or old Swede's Church, Swanson below Christian, Philadelphia. The oldest church organization in the city. Founded 1667, five years prior to the landing of William Penn. Present edifice erected 1700, and has been worshipped in continuously from that time
Description: Exterior view of the Episcopalian, former Lutheran, church known as Gloria Dei Church, built 1700-1703 by master builder John Harrison I at 929 South Water Street in Southwark. Shows a couple walking past the gravestones in the church cemetery and up the path to the entrance of Gloria Dei. Also includes neighboring buildings, trees on the cemetery grounds, and masts of ships in the background., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 317, Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Religion - G [P.2007.28.16]

Title: Exterior view; Interior view of the temporary Hedding M. E. Church. Situated on the S.E. corner of Coates and Sixteenth Sts. Philadelphia In this locality it was deemed important by the church, that our borders should be enlarged, and in order to accomplish this object, a large respectable church must be erected, Rev. Andrew Manship was on the 9th of August 1853 by the proper authorities of the M.E. Church appointed pastor, he and his people thinking it inexpedient to wait until the regular church could be ready for occupancy, resolved to erect this building, which is 100 ft. by near 40, and accommodates about twelve hundred persons. the building committee [A. Manship, M. Morris, John Miller, and A.F. Old] aided by the people, energetically proceeded with the work, and in ten days, the house was ready and on the 16th of October was dedicated to the worship of Almighty God. Since which time meetings have been held without much intermission and to the present date Feb. 10 1854, at least 300 persons have professed the religion of our Lord Jesus Christ. Clearly showing that God does not "Despise the day of small things". [sic]
Description: Exterior view showing a throng of men, women, and child parishioners arriving at the wood-plank temporary church building on the 1500 block of Coates, i.e., Fairmount Avenue. A tall picket fence with gate surrounds the church. The well-dressed church members file past the fence and through the open gate. Two stove pipes project out from the side of the building and a few trees provide landscape. The building served as the church for a year during the erection of the permanent building completed in the fall of 1854., Interior view showing the church packed with parishioners who fill the pews surrounding the minister's pulpit and stand in the aisle and rear of the building. Four stoves and overhanging lit gas pipes furnish the space. Men's hats hang on hooks on one of the walls. The minister stands and six church elders sit on the stage of the pulpit. Also shows one man sitting in the rear of the church., Engraved variant of "Exterior View" published in Rev. Andrew Manship's Thirteen year's experience in the itinerancy. Second edition. (Philadelphia, 1856). Copyrighted by Manship in 1855. [LCP Am 1857 Man 51198.D (Dick)], Philadelphia on Stone, POS 217, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1980 pg. 52.
Date: [1854]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W116 [P.8538]

Title: St. Luke's Church, 1840
Description: Floor plan of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1839-1840 after the designs of Thomas S. Stewart at 330 S. 13th Street. Shows the 184 pews; chancel, including pulpit, reading desk, and communion table; vestry room; fire proof room; aisles; south, north, and organ galleries; Sunday School benches; vestibule; portico; terrace, and gates. Pews printed with a row number, value, and "sittings." Values range from $50 to $850. Several pews are also inscribed with the names of pew owners. Pew owners include Sam. Breck, Jas. Dundas, S. Whitman, Benj, Stiles, T. S, Stewart (archt.); and W. Strickland., Printed on recto: The Choice of Pews will be disposed of by Auction in October next. The price is marked in each pew. The terms of sale will be one third Cash and the balance may be paid in notes at one and two years adding interest. September 1840., Scale: 8 Ft to the inch., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 710, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date: 1840
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Churches and meetinghouses - S [P.9178.25]

Title: Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
Description: Floor plan of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1856-1859 after the designs of John Notman at 200 South 19th Street. Includes the chancel; vestibules; towers; the center, South, and North galleries of pews; and a porch. Pews are printed with a row number, "value," "seats," and "rent." Values range from $1200 to $200 and pews 146 and 147 are annotated in ink: "3 for rent" and "1 for rent." In March 1859, an auction administered by M. Thomas & Sons was arranged by the vestry to raise funds to complete the construction of the church, particularly a steeple. The steeple was never completed., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 126, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., For a description of the auction and church, see Poulson's scrapbooks, vol. 1, pp. 46, 48 1/2, and 50.
Creator: Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Churches and Meeting Houses - Church of the Holy Trinity [(4)1322.F.74a]

Title: North-east view of St. Peter's Church (Episcopal) Philada
Description: Exterior view of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1758-1761 after the designs of Robert Smith at 300-340 Pine Street. The cupola replaced in 1842 by a tower and steeple adorns the building that is surrounded by a brick wall and ironwork fencing that exposes the church cemetery. Pedestrians, prominently women, and possibly parishioners, walk on the sidewalk. A woman street vendor with her table of wares sits near the wall at the corner. Also shows several trees on the grounds of the church and a lady attired in a broad-rimmed hat with veil standing on the opposite street corner in the right of the image., Manuscript note on recto: From the East., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 511, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edit., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Breton, William L., artist
Date: 1829
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W253 [P.2148]

Title: Shippen's House, So. Second Street.; First Christ Church, Philada
Description: View showing the residence, near Dock Creek, purchased in 1693 by the second mayor of Philadelphia Edward Shippen. Dwelling includes a fenced side yard. Pedestrians, including a woman and child, walk on the sidewalk. Also shows a grove of trees and surrounding buildings., View showing the wood-plank building that served as the first sanctuary for the church founded and built in 1695 by the Church of England at 22-34 North Second Street. A wood fence protects the single-story, cabin-style building and the church bell hangs from the trunk of a tree fashioned as a bell tower. Wood buildings, including a dwelling, flank the church in front of which pedestrians walk. A woman stands in the doorway of the residence and a woman enters the gateway to Christ Church., Published in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia...(Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1830), opp. p. 315., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 694a&b, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of James Rush.
Creator: Breton, William L., artist
Date: 1830
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Residences [9245.Q.28a&b]

Title: Henry Adolph, manufacturer of furniture wholesale and retail, warerooms no. 36 North Second St., one door above the Christ Church Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the exterior of the furniture warerooms near Christ Church (22-34 N. 2nd St.). Clusters of people admire the furniture displayed in the windows of the storefront as patrons enter the building. The store is heavily adorned with signage and an American flag. Men, women, and children, including a man pushing a handcart, walk on the bustling sidewalk. A woman with a girl, and a delivery boy, cross the street near the "No. 21 Exchange & Richmond" streetcar, a "H. Adolph" delivery wagon, and another laborer pushing a handcart. Many of the women carry parasols. Also shows the gated, tree-lined promenade between the church and warerooms., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 347, Atwater Kent Museum: 47.33.7/3. With manuscripts notes giving date as June 1861 and indicating that the print formerly belonged to John A. McAllister., Rease, a prominent mid-19th century Philadelphia trade card lithographer known to highlight details of human interest in his advertisements, partnered with Francis H. Schell in the 1850s and eventually operated his own press until 1872.
Creator: Rease, W. H.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W171 [P.2006.15]

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