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Title: Keystone Normal School Class tribute to Ellen S. Christ
Description: Class tribute signed Class of 1875; dated November, 1874. First line: But few months have elapsed since it fell to our lot., With: Philomathean Literary Society tribute. First line: Gone to the grave has our sister., Printed area, including foliated border, measures: 20.6 cm x 9 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Kutztown State Teachers College, Class of 1875
Date: [1874.]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1874 Kutztown 8758.F

Title: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Views showing the procession past the State House of Lincoln's catafalque among crowds of mourners congesting the tree-lined street and sidewalks on the 500 block of Chestnut Street. Also shows a partial view of the awning of the Orleans Hotel and adjacent awning frame., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff mount with rounded corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., One of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of material related to Abraham Lincoln., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: April 22, 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Processions [5792.F.49a; P.9161.4]

Title: [Row of buildings with funeral decorations for President Lincoln, Philadelphia, April 1865]
Description: View showing mourners on the sidewalk in front of buildings, including a hardware store and the business of "H.R. Miller," decorated in black bunting in memory of the assassinated president., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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.
Date: April 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Funerals [(6)1322.F.25d]

Title: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, 1000 block of South Broad Street, Philadelphia, April 22, 1865]
Description: View showing throngs of mourners at the 1000 block of South Broad Street during Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. Mourners crowd the sidewalks as well as the rooftops and balconies of buildings and businesses, including the Union House and Dining Saloon., Attributed to Schreiber & Glover., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: April 22, 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Lincoln [P.9161.2]

Title: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, 1000 block of South Broad Street, Philadelphia, April 22, 1865]
Description: View showing throngs of mourners at Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. Mourners crowd the sidewalks as well as the rooftops and balconies of buildings and businesses, including the Union House and Dining Saloon partially visible in the image., Attributed to Schreiber & Glover., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Two of the images originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of Civil War Views, Places and Events and volunteer saloons and hospital views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: April 22, 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Lincoln [5778.F.27d; 5779.F.17i; P.8687.8; P.9161.1]

Title: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Sixth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View showing Lincoln's catafalque followed by crowds of mourners congesting the street and sidewalk at Sixth and Chestnut. Businesses line the route, including B. C. Worthington, wholesale domestic and foreign cigar dealer (102 South 6th). Also shows soldiers holding back the crowd; a recruitment poster, advertising enlistment salaries for "Maj. Gen. Hancock's Army Corps," adorning a storefront; spectators sitting in windows and on awning frames; and members of the crowd carrying a large broadside illustrated with an American flag, which was used as a barricade., Name of photographer supplied by variant. (P.9161.3)., Title supplied by cataloguer., Unmounted half of stereograph., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: [April 22, 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Processions [5792.F.48e]

Title: [Hearse and coffin in Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the procession of Lincoln's catafalque. Military guards escort the hearse passed mourners crowding the sidewalks and the rooftops and balconies of buildings and businesses lining the 1000 block of South Broad Street. Businesses include commission merchant, M.S. Myer, and the Union House and Dining Saloon., Attributed to Schreiber & Glover., Title supplied from duplicate in private collection., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on verso:The funeral of Mr. Lincoln, Broad St., Phila., April 22, 1865., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1980), plate 174., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: April 22, 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Lincoln [8248.F.7]

Title: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Sixth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View showing the procession of Lincoln's catafalque among crowds of mourners congesting the street and sidewalks at Sixth and Chestnut. Businesses line the street, including B.C. Worthington, wholesale domestic and foreign cigar dealer (102 South 6th). Also shows a recruitment poster, advertising enlistment salaries for "Maj. Gen. Hancock's Army Corps," adorning a storefront; spectators sitting in windows and on awning frames; and members of the crowd carrying a large broadside illustrated with an American flag., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Manuscript note on verso: 6th & Chestnut Phila., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: April 22, 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - processions [P.9161.3]

Title: Views of Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Views predominately showing exteriors of the front and rear of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. adorned with lettering reading "Mayors Office" (500 Chestnut); views of Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut), including the building adorned with broadsides; partial views of the construction site for and the completed Public Ledger Building (built 1866-1867, 600-606 Chestnut), the rear gate entrance to Independence Square and the square; pedestrian traffic; horse-drawn wagons; and a guard. Also includes a view of a queue of people in mourning clothes at the rear of the hall, probably during the funeral of President Lincoln and an interior view showing the Assembly Room when utilized as an exhibit gallery. Interior view includes William Rush's wood statue of George Washington (carved 1815); the Liberty Bell; a stuffed bald eagle; framed artwork, predominately from the Charles Wilson Peale portrait collection, and the "Rising Sun" chair (used by George Washington as he presided over the Constitutional Convention) displayed on top of a desk., Contains eight stereographic prints mounted on yellow, cream, or orange mounts, including six with square corners and two with rounded corners. Four of images contain manuscript titles. One of images published as series number 352. Independence Hall. New Excelsior Series. Fine American Views. Philadelphia, Penn'a., Six of the images were 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.
Date: ca. 1865-ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Government buildings [1322.F.7f; (3)1322.F.9h; (8)1322.F.8e; (8)1322.F.9bx; (8)1322.F.9dx; (8)1322.F.9f; P.9013.5; P.9299.26]

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