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- Title
- Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1822-1885
- Description
- Commander Union army, U.S. president., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.2a]
- Title
- Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1822-1885
- Description
- Commander Union army, U.S. president., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.5a]
- Title
- [Times Printing House trade cards]
- Description
- Series of trade cards for the Times Printing House, located at 610 Chestnut Street and later 725-727 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. One illustrated trade card depicts portraits of George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant, an eagle, and patriotic bunting., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1876-1890]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Times [P.9111.13; P.9111.16; P.2006.20.67]
- Title
- General Grant and the Chinese viceroy, Li Hung Chang
- Description
- Full-length, forward-facing portrait of Ulysses S. Grant and Li Hongzhang, also known as Li Hung Chang, in Tianjin, China in 1879. In the left, Grant, wearing a beard and attired in a white collared shirt, a white bowtie, a black waistcoat with a pocket watch chain, a black jacket, and pants, sits on a chair with his hands curled on his lap and his feet on a footrest. In the right, Li Hongzhang, wearing a beard and attired in a conical hat, a traditional Chinese robe with buttons down the front, and cloth slip-on shoes, sits with his left hand on his lap, his right arm resting on a side table, and his feet on a footrest. On the table between the two men is a vase filled with flowers and two teacups. Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia embarked on a diplomatic tour of 19 countries from May 1877 to September 1879. Grant visited China in April to May, 1879 and met with Governor General Li Hongzhang. They discussed China's dispute with Japan over the Ryukyu Islands., Title from item., Date from manuscript note written above the image: 2-10-90., Text printed beneath image: From the original photograph taken in Pekin (1879) and loaned to the Exhibition by Mr. Geo. W. Childs., The original photograph was taken by photographer Liang Shitai also known as See Tay., Part of a collection of disbound scrapbook pages re-housed in folders in three boxes., Brothers Louis Edward Levy (1846-1919) and Max Levy (1857-1926) founded a photoengraving business in Baltimore in 1875. In 1877, they moved to Philadelphia and reorganized the firm as the Levytype Company. In 1900, the firm was renamed the Graphic Arts Company.
- Date
- [ [ca. 1890]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | PRINT portrait prints - Civil War scrapbook of portraits [(1)5775.F.32]
- Title
- [J.W. LeMaistre trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards depicting birds; flowers; putti carrying a pine tree or Christmas tree; children holding up a large sign for J.W. LeMaistre; a lady attired in Renaissance or Medieval clothing; a woman standing on a tree branch over a body of water releasing fish she caught in her lace shawl; General Ulysses S. Grant smoking while standing on a globe labeled "United"; and children symbolizing various countries by wearing traditional clothing and carrying the countries' flags, including England, Italy, and Spain., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and lithographers include L. Prang & Co. (Boston), McCalla & Staveley (Philadelphia) and Craig, Finley & Co. (Philadelphia)., Eight prints contain advertising text printed on versos promoting products imported and sold by J.W. LeMaistre, including embroideries, laces, curtains, handkerchiefs, collars, cushions, silk ties and bows, and bibs sold at his 46-48 North Eighth Street establishment in Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - LeMaistre [1975.F.492; 1975.F.498; 1975.F.501; 1975.F.508-512; 1975.F.514; P.9811.1 & 2; P.9838]
- Title
- [Checks, bank notes, billheads, and receipts specimens]
- Description
- Series of checks, bank notes, billheads, and receipts, containing allegorical and patriotic vignettes and ornate pictorial details. Vignettes depict allegorical female figures, including Liberty, Hope, Justice, and Bounty; animals, including the American eagle, a dog protecting a safe, and bucks; and patriotic figures, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Ulysses Grant. Other vignettes depict a view of a traveling locomotive; the seal of Pennsylvania; and views of harvested produce and grains. Businesses represented include A. Exton & Co., cracker manufacturers; Heywood, Kilburn & Co., chair and cottage furniture dealers; West Branch National Bank; Perry County Bank; Reed & Schell, bankers; First National Bank of Sunbury; and Jefferson Savings Institute., Title supplied by cataloger., Several of series printed in color ink, including blue, green, tan, and violet., Print P.9399.390 inscribed to John Mayer for $23.00 three months after date [illegible]. 24 Feb. H five. Feb 23rd., Various printers, including Ehrgott & Fobriger; Lehman & Bolton; Theodore Leonhardt; Wm. F. Murphy's Sons (& Sons); and Paul & Lindsay., Originally part of Specimen Album [P.9349]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1860-ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Specimens Album Loose Prints Collection - Checks, etc. [P.9349.341, 369, 371-372, 375, 379-381, 383, 385-390, 392- 394, 396, 398, 400, 410, 415, 423, 426]
- Title
- General Grant's farewell address to the Union Army in the field 1865. [graphic].
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook or envelopes and portraits., Commemorative print containing vignettes surrounding a transcription of Grant's June 2, 1865 address. Vignettes depict Grant as a "Cadet at West Point" and a "General Commanding"; "General Grant Cottage, Mt. McGregor, N.Y."; and "The Grant Monument, Riverside Park, N.Y." Also contains a portrait of Grant; an eagle holding a banner inscribed "E. Pluribus"; a scene showing Grant overseeing his advancing troops; and symbols of military life.
- Date
- c1893.
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Grant [5785.F.66a]
- Title
- Theo. Leonhardt & Son. Commercial lithography. 324 Chestnut St. Philadelphia
- Description
- Souvenir flier in commemoration of the Centennial Exhibition and the 25th anniversary of the lithographic firm started by Theodore Leonhardt in 1851. Contains a montage of vignettes representing the work of the studio, including views of exhibition buildings and city landmarks. Views depict Memorial Hall, Masonic Temple, Academy of Fine Arts, Horticultural Hall, Independence Hall, Pennsylvania University, Girard College, and City Public Buildings (i.e., City Hall). Also includes "Birds-Eye View Centennial International Exhibition" (center), bust-length vignette portraits of George Washington and President Grant, the seal of the city, and a banner reading Theo. Leonhardt & Son. 324 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 1851.1876. Most of the views also show street and pedestrian traffic. Vignettes separated by borders comprised of ornate details, graphics representing modes of the arts, and cameo portraits of a Native American, soldier, sailor, and farmer. The Leonhardt lithographic studio was renamed following the partnership between Leonhardt and his son Arno circa 1874 and the firm remained in operation until the early 20th century. The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park., Not in Wainwright., Cover contains pictorial design., Promotional text printed on cover: We take the liberty in presenting you this souvenir as a memento of the Nations One hundredth Birthday and our Twenty-fifth Anniversary, calling your attention to our varied Specimens in the line of Commercial Lithography. Our experience in this quarter of a century enabled us to Study the Wants of the Commercial World at large, and as we have always been striving to produce the Best Work, we leave it to your own judgement [sic] to convince yourself by personal inspection. We remain Respectfully Yours, Theo. Leonhardt & Son. Philadelphia, May 1st 1876., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 98, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - L - May 1, 1876
- Creator
- Theo. Leonhardt & Son
- Date
- May 1, 1876
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - L - May 1, 1876, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - L - May 1, 1876 - verso
- Title
- Theo. Leonhardt & Son. Commercial lithography. 324 Chestnut St. Philadelphia
- Description
- Souvenir flier in commemoration of the Centennial Exhibition and the 25th anniversary of the lithographic firm started by Theodore Leonhardt in 1851. Contains a montage of vignettes representing the work of the studio, including views of exhibition buildings and city landmarks. Views depict Memorial Hall, Masonic Temple, Academy of Fine Arts, Horticultural Hall, Independence Hall, Pennsylvania University, Girard College, and City Public Buildings (i.e., City Hall). Also includes "Birds-Eye View Centennial International Exhibition" (center), bust-length vignette portraits of George Washington and President Grant, the seal of the city, and a banner reading Theo. Leonhardt & Son. 324 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 1851.1876. Most of the views also show street and pedestrian traffic. Vignettes separated by borders comprised of ornate details, graphics representing modes of the arts, and cameo portraits of a Native American, soldier, sailor, and farmer. The Leonhardt lithographic studio was renamed following the partnership between Leonhardt and his son Arno circa 1874 and the firm remained in operation until the early 20th century. The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park., Not in Wainwright., Cover contains pictorial design., Promotional text printed on cover: We take the liberty in presenting you this souvenir as a memento of the Nations One hundredth Birthday and our Twenty-fifth Anniversary, calling your attention to our varied Specimens in the line of Commercial Lithography. Our experience in this quarter of a century enabled us to Study the Wants of the Commercial World at large, and as we have always been striving to produce the Best Work, we leave it to your own judgement [sic] to convince yourself by personal inspection. We remain Respectfully Yours, Theo. Leonhardt & Son. Philadelphia, May 1st 1876., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 98, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - L - May 1, 1876
- Creator
- Theo. Leonhardt & Son
- Date
- May 1, 1876
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - L - May 1, 1876, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - L - May 1, 1876 - verso
- Title
- The United States Centennial International Exhibition
- Description
- Share certificate issued by the Centennial Board of Finance containing a series of historical and allegorical vignettes, scenes, and figures. Vignettes depict a view on a coastline showing a white man, attired in colonial dress, reaping with a sickle beside a white man driving a plow in front of a steer-drawn conestoga wagon, a moving train, and sailing ships; the signing of the Declaration of Independence; and a scene depicting a Native American man, attired in pants and moccasins with a feather in his hair and a quiver of arrows on his back, covering his face from the sight of a dilapidated windmill near rows of industrial buildings spewing smoke. Along the sides figures include: tradesmen; laborers; soldiers; frontiersmen; inventors, including Benjamin Franklin; Native Americans; and an African American man reading. In the top center, allegorical figures of Liberty, Art, and Peace, portrayed as white women, accept offerings from representations of people from across the world, including African women; a woman attired in a turban, a person with a parrot on their shoulder, and an Asian man with a queue. Also contains: busts of George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant; an eagle holding an American flag; views of the State House and Capitol; and the printed seal of the Centennial Board of Finance. The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title from item., P.2002.67.77 issued to Margaret R. Bringhurst for one share on October 20, 1875. Signed by Fred. Fraley, Treasurer; and John Welsh, President., 5788.F.10 issued to Mary Norris Logan for one share on November 10, 1876. Signed by Fred. Fraley, Treasurer; and John Welsh, President., Printed on recto: Shares $10. Each. Capital $10,000,000., P.2002.67.66 poor condition., Gift of Helen Beitler, 2002 [P.2002.67.66]., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Centennial and Columbian Exposition views [5758.F.10. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- United States, Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Date
- [ca. 1872]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelphia certificates - Centennial [P.2002.67.77], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Philadelphia certificates - Centennial [5758.F.10]
- Title
- The last offer of reconciliation In rememberance of Prest. A. Lincolns. "The door is open for all."
- Description
- Allegorical print with decorative border commemorating the reconciliation of the North and South at the end of the Civil War. Depicts Lincoln extending a hand to Confederate President Jefferson Davis and to Liberty, depicted as a white woman, who sits behind the presidents in a temple adorned with the names of the Union states. Secretary of State William H. Seward, Secretary of War Gideon Welles, two Union Officers, General Sherman, and General Grant on horseback accompany Lincoln in the prosperous North. Grant holds a ribbon containing the names of the Confederate states, and Sherman attaches it to the Temple of Liberty. In the burning, war-torn South where ghostlike figures roam, Davis is accompanied by General Lee, a man resembling Henry Wilkes Boothe, an enslaved African American man who holds his shackled arms above his head, and a solemn young man holding his stove pipe hat. The decorative border contains healthy vines and branches on the northern side, dead vines on the side of the "South," and vignettes of an enslaved African American man being whipped by a white man enslaver, hand-to-hand combat, white men working the field, and a white man fishing., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year of 1865 by Henry & Wm. Voight in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New York., Text below title: Dedicated to the Memory of our most lamented late President Abraham Lincoln., One of three companionate allegorical lithographs about the Civil War produced by Kimmel & Forster., Originally from a McAllister scrapbook of Lincoln materials. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Thomas, Henry, lithographer
- Date
- 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political cartoons-1865-6R [5792.F]
- Title
- The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th 1870
- Description
- Commemorative print celebrating the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment depicting a large central scene of the May 19, 1870 Baltimore parade surrounded by several portraits and vignettes. A float of young African American girls leads the parade in view of the city's Washington Monument. The parade consists of African American Zouave drummers, men in top hats on horseback, and ranks of troops. The portraits of African American civil rights supporters framing this scene include President Grant; Martin Robison Delany, the first African American Major; Frederick Douglass; Mississippi Senator Hiram Revels; Vice-President Schuyler Colfax; Abraham Lincoln; and abolitionist John Brown. The numerous vignettes, all captioned, include scenes of an African American classroom, an African American congregation, an African American wedding, an African American officer, an African American man reading to his family, African American masons, and an African American man voting., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year of 1870 by Thomas Kelly in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington., LCP exhibition catalogue: Negro history, p. 78., Purchase 1968., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Beard was a respected illustrator most well known for his nature illustrations.
- Creator
- Beard, James C., designer
- Date
- 1870
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *political cartoons - 1870-4 [7765.F]
- Title
- Heroes of the colored race
- Description
- Print commemorating men prominent in and representative of the advancement of African American civil rights. Depicts a central vignette of bust-length portraits of ex-Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce of Mississippi, abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and ex-Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi surrounded by four scenes of pre- and post-Civil War African American life. Includes two titled scenes, "Receiving the News of the Emancipation" depicting an older African American man, two women, and children celebrating, and "Studying the Lesson" depicting an African American man teacher instructing a classroom of children. Adorning the borders of the central vignette are a portrait of John Brown flanked by a horn of plenty and school books, and an eagle holding American flags embellished with portraits of Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and Ulysses S. Grant. Other scenes depict enslaved African American men and women picking cotton and African American Civil War soldiers fighting a battle. Includes corner portraits of African American legislators John R. Lynch of Mississippi, Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina, Robert Smalls of South Carolina, and Charles E. Nash of Louisiana., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1975, p. 60-61., Gift of Gordon Colket, 1975., Reaccessioned as P.9615., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- 1881
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - African American Heroes [8140.F]