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Title: Guess - who is it?
Description: Genre photograph showing two women, one standing and grinning at the photograher and holding the other's eyes shut, while the other woman, seated at a desk, attempts to write a letter., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., 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 Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.7]

Title: Friendship album
Description: Album with locks of hair sewn onto the pages in loops of stylized flowers with colored drawings of flowers. The hair was assembled by Margaret Williams. Family names contained in the book are: Williams, Barmore, Mary, Washburn, Lee, Holden, Pullen, Armstrong, Darlen, Underhill, McIntyre, Rasnell, Halsted, Marshall, Philips, and Smith., Exhibited in: the Library Company's exhibition, Picturing Women (2004) ; and the Living Book: New Perspectives on Form and Function (2017-2018).
Creator: Williams, Margaret
Date: 1839
Location: OBJ 846

Title: [Two young women in an embrace]
Description: Genre photograph showing two women embracing., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint on mount., 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 Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.8]

Title: Snuffbox with Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Description: Tortoiseshell snuffbox with a portrait of Benjamin Franklin on the lid. Miniature portrait is framed with a simple ovolo moulding of gold. It was commissioned by Franklin as a gift to Georgiana Shipley (1756-1806), the daughter of Jonathan Shipley, bishop of St. Asaph. Georgiana Shipley wrote to Franklin on May 1st requesting a portrait miniature, “Numberless are the prints & medals we have seen of you, but none that I quite approve, should you have a good picture painted at Paris, a miniature copied from it, would make me the happiest of beings, & next to that, a lock of your own dear grey hair would give me the greatest pleasure…” Franklin sent the snuffbox and lock of hair to which Shipley replied on Feb. 3, 1780, “How shall I sufficiently express my raptures on recieving (sic) your dear delightfull & most valuable present. The pleasure I felt was encreased if possible at the sight of the beloved little lock of Hair, I kissed both that & the picture 1000 times: the miniature is admirably painted, the Artist (whose name I wish to learn) appears inferior to none we have in England: as for the resemblance, it is my very own dear Doctor Franklin himself…”, Gift of Stuart Karu, 2009., Exhibited in: University of Pennsylvania's exhibition, The Intellectual World of Benjamin Franklin (1990); Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World (2005-2007); Patriots and Presidents: Philadelphia Portrait Miniatures, 1760-1860 (April 2009).
Creator: Dumont, François, 1751-1831
Date: 1779
Location: OBJ 879

Title: Knights of Pythias [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains bust-length portraits of Roman soldiers, allegorical female figures, and emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government.", Text printed with green ink., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 129, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 2005e (E size) Knights of Pythias
Date: c1873
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 2005e (E size) Knights of Pythias

Title: Knights of Pythias [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains bust-length portraits of Roman soldiers, allegorical female figures, and emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government.", Text printed with green ink., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 132, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 1108e (E size) Knights of Pythias
Date: c1873
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 1108e (E size) Knights of Pythias

Title: Independent Order of Odd Fellows [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate for members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows containing a decorative border of Gothic elements and emblems, vignettes, and scenes representing the degrees, tenants, and activities of the benevolent organization. Scenes show odd fellows assisting the indisposed and enfeebled, tutoring children, and assisting in a burial. Vignettes depict emblems of the five degrees that include the fache, globe, a bee hive, coats of arms, columns, Bible, Moses's rod, the dove, the brazen serpent, skull and cross bones, the moon, the sun, a cornucopia and scale. Also contains the female allegorical figures "Friendship, Love, and Truth" with a small child; the all Seeing Eye below the motto "In God We Trust"; and the seal of the Odd Fellows. Seal includes the motto "Relieve the Distressed, Bury the Dead and Educate the Orphan. We Command You to Visit the Sick." and is bordered by cherub figures., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Thomas Butler, Decatur Lodge No. 33 on June 1, 1859. Signed Wm M. Main, N[oble] G[rand] and Sam E. Crap Sect., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 116, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Independent
Date: [c1857]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Independent

Title: Knights of Pythias [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during military acts of an ambush and onthe march and acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains a vignette with and details of emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government.", Text printed with blue ink., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 131, Library of Congress: LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Knights of Pythias
Date: c1873
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Knights of Pythias

Title: Knights of Pythias [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains bust-length portraits of Roman soldiers, allegorical female figures, and emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government.", Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 133, Library of Congress: PGA - Hunter, T.--Knights of... (D size) [P&P]
Date: c1873
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Hunter, T.--Knights of... (D size) [P&P]

Title: Knights of Pythias [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains bust-length portraits of Roman soldiers, allegorical female figures, and emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government.", Text printed with blue ink., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 130, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 2006e (E size) Knights of Pythias
Date: c1873
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 2006e (E size) Knights of Pythias

Title: New drawing album
Description: Friendship album of Helen Frances Baxter containing circa 60 entries, predominantly contributed while she was a student at Hudson Female Academy during the early 1860s. Entries include original and transcribed poems, prose, and essays; miniature watercolor, pencil and ink sketches; and ruled designs in pencil to resemble mosaics of square calling cards. Most of the entries are signed or contain the initials of the contributor, some noted as completed in Texas. Several entries also include or are entirely composed of vignette paper photograph portraits, predominantly bust-length and depicting young women. Topics of the entries include remembrance, friendship, mortality, religion and allusions to the literary works Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom’s Cabin" (p. [99]) (racialized allusion) and Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" and Clement Clarke Moore's "Night Before Christmas" (p. [161-165]). Sketches depict scenes of nature (trees, a waterfall), a cottage, stone ruins, and “crossticks” and are often inserted into four slots in the corresponding page. Mosaics sometimes include names and addresses and/or portrait photographs. Also contains 10 lithographs depicting a composition of a scroll bordered by a type of flower, including lily, tulip, convolvulus, and rose. Lithographs also include printed sentimental prose describing the depicted flower. A small piece of paper with pasted down dried leaves and a final page of bon mots, including “All things lovely have an end. So has this book of yours my friend” also comprise the album., Contributors include Alba K. Fellows (p. [25-26]), Mary Phipps (later Foster) (Hudson, NY) (p. [39]), Sarah Vanderzee (Coeymans, NY) ( p. [55, 141]), William H. Morrison (Hudson, NY) (p. [59)], Eva C. Platt (p. [95]), Angie Smalley (Carmel, NY) (p. [31, 166-167], and Emma V. Claflin (later Parmalee)(Philadelphia) (p. [152]). Hudson Female Academy, established by Reverend John B. Hague in 1851 and under his administration during the 1860s, was a four-year academy for young women in Hudson, NY. The course of study included Mathematics, English Grammar, "Philosophy of Nautral History," Latin, Physiology, Vocal Music, Composition, "Guizot's Civilization," Chemistry, Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, French, German, Drawing, and Painting., Lacquered papier mâché binding with painted imagery depicting a bouquet of flowers framed by filigree, and accented with inlaid mother of pearl., Title from title page: New Drawing Album. J. C. Riker, publisher., Contains presentation page on p. [2]: Hand-colored lithograph signed Lith. Of Sarony & Major, N. Y. and depicting an open scroll of paper bordered by flowers and with text “Presented to.” Imprint: Published by J. C. Riker, 129 Fulton St., N. York., Contains inscription in pencil on p. [9]: Receive me with a smile,/As to each friend [?],/Detain me but a little while,/Then send the wanderer home., Contains presentation page on p. [13]: Hand-colored lithograph signed Lith. Of Sarony & Major, N. Y. and depicting an open scroll of paper bordered by flowers and with text “Presented to” [Miss Helen Frances Baxter, 12th May 155 by J.H.P]. Imprint: Published by Riker, Thorne &Co, 129 Fulton St., New York., Contains gilt marbled end papers., Contains some color paper pages., Gift of Michael Zinman, 2014., List of contributors and transcription of album entries available at repository., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Possibly compiled by Helen Fisher Baxter (1843- 1920) of Fishkill, later Hughsonville, N.Y. She worked as a music teacher in 1880 and died in Wappingers, N.Y. in 1920.
Creator: Baxter, Helen Frances
Date: [1855-1875, bulk 1860-1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2014.79]

Title: Engravings by William Humphrys Scrapbook
Description: Scrapbook of print specimens and proofs engraved by Philadelphia and London engraver William Humphrys. Contents include postage stamp proofs, book and periodical illustrations, tile pages, portrait prints, advertisements, and cut outs of banknote and certificate vignettes. Majority of graphics depict allegorical imagery or illustrations of genre, religious, sentimental, and literary scenes, some from the plays of Shakespeare. Illustrations include scenes of courtship; female friendship; children with animals; a ghoulish-looking woman with a torch; a European man smoking a hookah; Jesus Christ; Adam & Eve; and imagery from Edmund Spencer's "Faery Queen", John Milton's "Palemon's Story," and John Gay's "Thursday: or The Spell." Allegorical works depict the figures of Columbia, Minerva, Mercury, Neptune, Bounty, Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Hope, and Apollo, as well as scenes with the American eagle; caducei for the "Liverpool Apothecaries Company"; citizens fighting a fire; cherubs charting a globe; Native Americans; a family; sailing ships; and symbols of farming, trade, and industry. Vignettes also show a portrait of Benjamin Franklin; Pocahontas saving John Smith; and a female warrior slaying a man of royalty captioned "Sic Semper Tyranus."

Title: Arthur Power Dudden Travel Ephemera Collection
Description: Collection of ephemera documenting the travels of the Charles J. Clarke family between 1865 and 1875.

Title: Arthur Power Dudden collection of railroad, steamboat, and omnibus passes, 1865-1876
Description: The collection consists of forty-two transportation passes, one telegraph pass, two membership cards, a business card, and two calling cards (Edward Hoopes, Philadelphia; and J. Knight). The passes were all issued to members of the Charles J. Clarke family and date from 1865 to 1876. Clarke was the principal of Clarke and Company, an agency that facilitated transfer of freight between lines. He is probably most remembered for being a founding member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, owners of the dam that failed in 1889, causing the Johnstown Flood., Collected by Arthur Power Dudden, professor of history and American studies at Bryn Mawr College. Dudden was born on Oct. 26, 1921. He graduated with a B.A. from Wayne State University in 1942, then served in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he attended the University of Michigan, obtaining a Ph.D. in history in 1950. He joined the faculty of Bryn Mawr College that same year, and became a full professor in 1965. He retired from Bryn Mawr in 1992. Dudden authored 9 books, and was actively involved in several professional associations. He died on Oct. 14, 2009.
Creator: Dudden, Arthur Power, 1921- 2009, collector
Date: 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll Dudden Passes 113143.D (Dudden)

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