Views of flourishing plants flanking a wooden plank walkway under a sloping glass roof in a greenhouse., Titles from manuscript notes on versos., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on rectos., Yellow mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date
[ca. 1867]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Agriculture and Horticulture [P.2002.21.12-14]
Depicts construction site's stone foundation surrounded by wooden fence in foreground, with rear of row houses and a greenhouse in background. A man wearing a hat passes by the construction site., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Small residences such as we have been seeing once stood here. They have been torn down to make way for another tall - 'shove it-up-in-a-week' building. Tell story of Englishman and United State-sian argument apropos quick building (Woolworth Bldg N.Y.). This picture indicates the new form of loft-building , what may be termed the renessance [sic] in home structure in Phila, and the destruction of the small old colonial type. Note greenhouse on second floor at left of print. Explain the incident of clambering over fence to get this view., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 145 [P.8513.145], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson145.htm
View showing the Philadelphia nursery of David Landreth founded in 1784 at Twenty-second and Federal streets. The nursery includes rows and a cluster of greenhouses, foot paths, trees, shrubbery, and a lawn lined with potted plants. A water pump stands at the center of the property at which men and women stroll the paths. View also includes the Landreth residence shrouded by trees in the left of the image. The nursery, one of the earliest seed houses established in America, relocated to Bristol, Pa. in 1847. The business introduced a variety of flowers, fruits and vegetables, including zinnias, white potatoes, and tomatoes, to the country., pdcc00005, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 14:87
Creator
Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790
Date
1847
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 14:87
Album of 12 photographic views showing the West Philadelphia estate of Philadelphia banker and collector Clarence Howard Clark at 4200 Locust Street. Images depict the front gate to the residence, the residence, green house and garden, and pond with fountain. Also depicts members of Clark's family posed at the residence, on the grounds, in a goat carriage, and in a boat on the pond. Views also include an African American servant posed near an entrance, gardeners at the greenhouse, wooded areas, paths, and lawn chairs.
Views of the garden and greenhouses on the forty acre estate of Stuart, a Philadelphia philanthropist. Shows a gravel path in the garden near the rear of a building; the interior of a greenhouse filled with potted plants; and the exterior of a greenhouse. Exterior views include a man possibly, Stuart; African American gardeners, including one with a wheelbarrow; and potted plants lining the edge of a lawn. Stuart bought the estate from Caleb Cope, a collector of botany, in 1857 and sold the property in 1866., Attributed to John Moran., Title supplied by cataloger., Pale yellow or cream paper mounts with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., For a description of the estate, see clipping in Poulson's scrapbook, vol 1, p. 73., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [(8)1322.F.39a, f, & h]
Album of photographs documenting the Philadelphia, Middle, and Pittsburgh divisions of the Pennsylvania Railroad, incorporated in 1846. The consolidated company sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh through the Allegheny mountains in order to compete with the Erie Canal for freight traffic. In 1854, rail passage through the Alleghenies via the "Horse Shoe Curve" was achieved and spurred the establishment and growth of the several towns depicted along the route.
