Exterior view looking north at the entrance and main gates to the Main Exhibition Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title from series list printed on verso, including twenty-five other views in the series and thirty-eight views from series "Philadelphia City and Park" and "Miscellaneous"., Manuscript note on verso: Clara & Egbert #8., Orange 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. 1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9047.133]
Shows a side view of the marble gateway and entrance to the cemetery built 1849 by marble mason William Struthers after the designs of William Johnston at 4901 Germantown Ave. View includes a street lamp, possibly a fire hydrant, and adjacent buildings. Gateway commissioned by Germantown resident William Hood in exchange for a vault in the cemetery (organized 1690). Cemetery rechartered as the Hood Cemetery Company in 1866., White paper mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's stamp embossed 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.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [(6)1322.F.205a]
Shows the marble gateway and entrance to the cemetery built 1849 by marble mason William Struthers after the designs of William Johnston at 4901 Germantown Ave. Gateway commissioned by Germantown resident William Hood in exchange for a vault in the cemetery (organized 1690). Cemetery rechartered as the Hood Cemetery Company in 1866., Title from label pasted on mount., Attributed to John Moran., White paper mount with square corners., 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
Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.47d]
View of the cemetery gateway built 1856-1858 after the designs of John Notman at 3301 West Lehigh Avenue., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed 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 Robert M. Vogel.
Creator
Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer
Date
[ca. 1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - Cemeteries [P.9047.64]
View of the cemetery gateway built 1856-1858 after the designs of John Notman at 3301 West Lehigh Avenue. A man stands on the dirt path in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Distibutor's printed pink label pasted on verso., Mint green mount with square 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 - Cemeteries [P.9107.4]
View of the cemetery gateway built 1856-1858 after the designs of John Notman at 3301 West Lehigh Avenue. A man stands on the dirt path in the foreground., Title on negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners., 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. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [P.9164.2]
View looking north at the main entrance gates and stone wall in front of Founder's Hall. The hall was constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for "poor white orphans.", Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Distributor's stamp on verso: William A. McAllister, Phila., 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 - Education [P.8484.26]
Shows the east of Chestnut Hill mansion and gateway to the estate of Tradesmen's Bank president Charles H. Rogers at Old York Road and the corner of Thorp's Lane (near Olney Road)., Attributed to John Moran., Cream paper mounts with square corners., Title from labels pasted on mounts., 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
Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [(8)1322.F.41g; (8)1322.F.41i; (8)1322.F.43d]
Shows the cemetery gateway built 1856-1858 after the designs of John Notman at 3301 West Lehigh Avenue., Title from label pasted on mount., Attributed to John Moran., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Contains one stereographic print mounted on yellow paper mount with square corners and two half stereographic prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.47a; 8335.F.4; P.2005.2.5]
Promotional stereograph depicting the Roman Doric two-story stone building gateway near Ridge Road designed by Philadelphia architect John Notman., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff mount with rounded corners., Contains label pasted on verso advertising Young's Favorite Blue Grass Pure Rye and Wheat Whiskies distributed by New York wine shop Acker, Merrall & Condit and distilled by Philadelphia distiller Alexander Young & Co., Digitization 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 - Cemeteries [P.9774.1]
