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- Title
- Public building, Phila
- Description
- Oblique view of the north side of City Hall built 1871-1901 after designs by John McArthur, Jr., including the tower surrounded by scaffolding at the top. Begun in 1884, the tower was in the final stages of construction at the time of this photograph. Also shows a horse-drawn omnibus and pedestrians traveling around Penn Square in the foreground., Title inscribed in negative., Photographer's imprint on mount., Label pasted on verso includes paragraph describing the "Public Buildings.", Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Photograph and mount are water stained., Gift of Ken Graitzer., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Campbell, Alfred S., 1840-1912
- Date
- c1896
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Campbell - Government Buildings [P.2003.31.2]
- Title
- View Chestnut St., Phila
- Description
- View looking west possibly from below Tenth Street. Shows the commercial street, including a bath house, possibly Silas H. Rowland at 1013 Chestnut Street. Lampposts adorn a building and the sidewalk in the foreground. Horse-drawn carriages and wagons travel the street and several pedestrians walk on the sidewalks., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title inscribed in negative., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Campbell, Alfred S.
- Date
- c1896
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Campbell - Streets - Chestnut [P.9117.3]
- Title
- Broa d Street, showing M.E. church, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
- Description
- View looking northeast on Broad Street showing the west elevation and spire of Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (built 1869, Addison Hutton, architect) and a partial view of the west front of Masonic Temple in the right foreground (built 1868-1873, James H. Windrim, architect). Also shows a partial view of a Chestnut Street horsecar in the left foreground, a horse-drawn coach in front of the temple, and pedestrians on the sidewalk., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff 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.
- Creator
- Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
- Date
- c1891
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Religion [P.9047.128]
- Title
- Philadelphia's pride, her public building, Pa., U.S.A
- Description
- View looking north toward City Hall (built 1871-1901, John McArthur, Jr., architect) from South Broad Street, where construction on the tower, begun in 1884, is still in progress. In the left foreground stands the Lafayette Hotel, formerly La Pierre House built 1853 after designs by Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr., at the northwest corner of Broad and Sansom Streets. The hotel was expanded and renamed in 1876. In the right background stands the Girard Trust Company building at the northeast corner of Broad and Chestnut Streets built 1888-89 after designs by Addison Hutton. Also shows pedestrians on the sidewalks and horse-drawn vehicles, including a double-decker omnibus traveling north on Broad Street and private coaches moving in both directions., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff 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.
- Creator
- Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
- Date
- c1891
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Government buildings [P.9047.116]
- Title
- Public building, Phila
- Description
- Oblique view of the north side of City Hall built 1871-1901 after designs by John McArthur, Jr., including the lower portion of the tower. Begun in 1884, the tower was in the final stages of construction at the time of this photograph. Also shows a crane and construction materials on the sidewalk in front of the City Hall and a horse-drawn coach and pedestrians traveling around Penn Square in the foreground., Title on negative., Buff mount with rounded corners., John S. Johnston, known primarily for yacht photography and landscape views, was active in New York City in the late 1880s until his death in 1899., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
- Creator
- Johnston, J. S. (John S.), photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Johnston - Government buildings [P.9047.49]
- Title
- Chestnut St., E. from 8th, Phila., Pa
- Description
- View showing the north side of the 700 block of Chestnut Street. Businesses include The Quaker City National Bank, built in 1888 after the designs of Willis Gaylord Hale (715-719 Chestnut) and the Washington Hotel (709-711 Chestnut). Street and pedestrian traffic include several men wearing bowler hats; horse-drawn carts and wagons; and an omnibus traveling the "Chestnut and Walnut Sts." route. Gas lamps line the street., Title from label on negative., Buff mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- ca. 1890
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9047.141]
- Title
- Peter Schemm & Son. Brewery, 25th & Poplar sts. Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement showing an exterior view of the brewery complex operated as Peter Schemm & Son 1887-1908 that was originally built in 1855 and expanded between 1885 and 1887. The depicted red brick buildings include the brew house, storerooms, office building, and carriage house. The roofs are adorned with a cupola, smoke stacks, an American flag, and a weather vane. One building also contains a date marker (1885). Pedestrians, including boys in baseball uniforms and a family, walk in front of the brewery. Workers convene near the entrance and handle horses at and depart with drays and wagons at driveways and cartways of the complex. A laborer pushes a handcart past several large barrels lining the sidewalk near an idle truck and a man on horseback riding in the street. A Schemm delivery wagon loaded with barrels drives past the brewery on Poplar Street across from street cars approaching and departing from the adjacent block, West College Avenue. At the opposite corner, pedestrians walk past a curved brick wall behind which a tree stands and a couple in the street wave to a male passenger at the front of the approaching street car. Neighboring buildings are visible in the background. Also contains an inset titled “City Office, 238 Race St.” showing a patron entering the building with signage advertising “Office of Schemm’s Brewery” and “C.A. Widmayer.” Barrels are piled on the sidewalk across from a man talking to another man in a militia uniform. Pictorial elements in the upper right and lower left include a full beer mug, a Schemm’s Standard Lager beer bottle, twigs of barley and hops, and a banner reading “Lager Beer” (right) and a beer cask marked “P. Schemm & Son Brewers” (left)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 171, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 31 S 323
- Creator
- Mueller, A. M. J., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1887]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Bc 31 S 323
- Title
- State fair buildings and grounds, Philadelphia. Industrial Exhibition Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, North Broad Street and Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia Manufactures, machinery, implements, apparatus, produce & live stock
- Description
- View of the fair buildings and heavily trafficked grounds enclosed by a wood fence. In the foreground, outside of the grounds, pedestrian and street traffic is visible. Horse-drawn carriages and wagons travel in the street near pedestrians, including a woman walking her dog on the sidewalk. Horse-drawn omnibuses arrive at and depart from the multiple entrances to the fair at Fifteenth Street near a Philadelphia & Reading Railroad train arriving at the "Special Station." Within the grounds, visitors stroll on the paths between and enter the several exhibition buildings, including the Main Building (center), Restaurant, House of Public Comfort, Carriage and Wagon House, and Poultry House. Agricultural implements, fountains, and shrubbery adorn the grounds. In the background, the cattle sheds, rows of horse stalls, and the Executive Offices line the outskirts of the grounds in back of which trains on the Connecting Railroad and Pennsylvania Rail Railroad tracks travel past. Also shows the entrances, train station, and buildings decorated with flags. The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society was founded in 1851 by representatives from 50 counties with the object to "foster and improve agriculture, horticulture, and the domestic and household arts.", pdcp00044, Not in Wainwright., Key to buildings (left to right) printed below the image: Cattle Sheds. Connecting Railroad. Horse Stalls. Exercise and Parade Drive. Restaurant. Main Building. House of Public Comfort. Horse Stalls. Carriage and Wagon House. Pennsylvania R.R. Executive Offices. Fifteenth St. Entrances. Philadelphia & Reading R.R. Agricultural Building. Poultry House. Special Station P. & R.R.R., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 239, Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana – Fairs, festivals, See related tradecard for Cheltenham Coach Works, Shoemakertown, PA. Moore & Ervien in FLP Americana - Tradesmen's Cards (A-D) - Folder C. Tradecard illustrated with a montage of views of the fair buidlings.
- Date
- c1884
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Oversize Philadelphiana – Fairs, festivals
- Title
- International Electrical Exhibition march
- Description
- Sheet music cover containing an exterior view, during the evening, of the temporary main building of the exhibition held under the auspices of the Franklin Institute (September 2 to October 11, 1884) at the 3200 block of Lancaster Avenue. Also shows the adjacent old Pennsylvania Railroad Station used as a display annex. A covered overpass connects the buildings. Light shines through the several windows of the main building adorned with Gothic towers. Visitors walk the grounds of both buildings and horse-drawn buggies and an omnibus travel in the street. Also includes an inset depicting a round electric light bulb. The exhibition of about 2,000 exhibits included historical and electrical displays, an extensive library, as well as the first public demonstration of a vacuum tube., Not in Wainwright., Price printed on recto: 4., Probably printed by Burk & McFetridge. See "The Exhibition. Lithograph Chart-Ordinance Display-Visitors and Commissioners," Philadelphia Inquirer, July 31, 1884., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 283, Johns Hopkins University: Levy Collection Box 165, Item 026
- Date
- c1884
- Location
- Johns Hopkins University | Special Collections at the Sheridan Libraries. JHU Levy Collection Box 165, Item 026, http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/catalog/levy:165.026
- Title
- Bought of Edward C. Jones & Co. Successors to Amos H. Yarnall & Co. Wholesale druggists, manufacturers and dealers in drugs, chemicals, pharmaceutical preparations, perfumery, spices, patent medicines, druggists' sundries, & c. Also, paints, oils, glass, varnishes, acids, dye-stuffs, &c. S.E. cor. of Market & Fifteenth Sts. Painters' materials and tools in their varieties Established 1854. Edward C. Jones. W. H. Earl
- Description
- Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing an exterior view of the four-story storefront, heavily adorned in signage, at the southeast corner of Market and Fifteenth Streets. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and a horse-drawn omnibus passes in the street. Print also contains two frame-shaped pictorial details. One surrounds a list of products, including white lead, window glass, sal soda, calcined plaster, and "pure wines & liquors for medicinal purposes" and the other, the text "E. C. Jones, Vermin Exterminator Has No Equal." Edward C. Jones & Co. was originally established as a firm by Amos Yarnell for whom Jones served as an apprentice 1860-1864. Jones became Yarnell's partner in the later 1860s and succeeded to the head of the firm in 1877. Jones retired by the early 1890s and W.H. Earl & Co. assumed the operations of the business until 1895 when taken over by A. Eugene De Reeves., Completed in manuscript to Joseph P. Remington on October 24, 1887 for varnish for $1.65., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads 1880- (E-M) -E [P.2011.46.343]
- Title
- North side of Chestnut St., extending from Sixth to Seventh St., 1851
- Description
- Street view depicting businesses along the north side of Chestnut Street between Sixth and Seventh Streets. Most of the buildings include signage. Includes, right to left, the four-story brick building with Blood’s Dispatch and Dr. J.H. Schenck & Co. "Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup" (601 Chestnut Street); the second building of the Chestnut Street Theatre (603-609 Chestnut Street, built 1820-1822 after the designs of William Strickland); the three-and one-half story hotel Bolivar House (611-613 Chestnut Street); Dr. Jayne's Philada Arcade & Dr. Davidson's Arcade Baths (615-619 Chestnut Street); Columbia House hotel operated by Ferguson & Bro. and tenanted by tailor E. G. Dorsey (625-631 Chestnut Street); and the three-story red brick building tenanted by L. Benkert's Boot Store (633 Chestnut Street), "Philadelphia Fashions" publisher Francis Mahan(635 Chestnut Street), and druggist A. Smith (637-639 Chestnut Street). Also includes heavy street and pedestrian traffic, including horse drawn carriages and carts and an omnibus, strolling couples, couples in conversations, and a newspaper boy at work., Title from item., Date inferred from commission date of other drawings in collection., Inscribed in lower left corner: 1851., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Library Company. Annual Report, 1975, p. 6-11., Watercolor commissioned by Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Dreer circa 1880 and probably based on Julio H. Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory & Panoramic Advertiser (Philadelphia: Julio H. Rae, 1851) plate 9, north side and plate 10, north side.
- Creator
- Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.44], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc044.html
- Title
- North side of Chestnut St., extending from Sixth to Seventh St., 1851
- Description
- Street view depicting businesses along the north side of Chestnut Street between Sixth and Seventh Streets. Most of the buildings include signage. Includes, right to left, the four-story brick building with Blood’s Dispatch and Dr. J.H. Schenck & Co. "Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup" (601 Chestnut Street); the second building of the Chestnut Street Theatre (603-609 Chestnut Street, built 1820-1822 after the designs of William Strickland); the three-and one-half story hotel Bolivar House (611-613 Chestnut Street); Dr. Jayne's Philada Arcade & Dr. Davidson's Arcade Baths (615-619 Chestnut Street); Columbia House hotel operated by Ferguson & Bro. and tenanted by tailor E. G. Dorsey (625-631 Chestnut Street); and the three-story red brick building tenanted by L. Benkert's Boot Store (633 Chestnut Street), "Philadelphia Fashions" publisher Francis Mahan(635 Chestnut Street), and druggist A. Smith (637-639 Chestnut Street). Also includes heavy street and pedestrian traffic, including horse drawn carriages and carts and an omnibus, strolling couples, couples in conversations, and a newspaper boy at work., Title from item., Date inferred from commission date of other drawings in collection., Inscribed in lower left corner: 1851., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Library Company. Annual Report, 1975, p. 6-11., Watercolor commissioned by Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Dreer circa 1880 and probably based on Julio H. Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory & Panoramic Advertiser (Philadelphia: Julio H. Rae, 1851) plate 9, north side and plate 10, north side.
- Creator
- Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.44], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc044.html
- Title
- Chas. A. Smith. Barbers supplies. Jefferson and Randolph [Streets] Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement showing the U-shaped factory complex for “Chas. A. Smith. Barbers Supplies” established in 1866 at the southwest corner of Jefferson and North Randolph streets. The factory buildings are adorned with several windows, smokestacks, skylights, and signage including one reading “Barber’s Furniture and Supplies.” At the corner, a horse-drawn carriage is parked in front of the office entrance of the complex. In the left, several pedestrians walk along the side of the factory and horse-drawn wagons and carriages travel in the street. Wagons also travel through the passageway into, are parked within, and transport furniture away from the fenced courtyard to the complex. Also shows a few men walking, and the hood of a utility building marked “China Decorating,” in the yard. Blocks of cityscape are visible in the background., pdcp00043, Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 28, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Factories, etc.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Factories, etc. - S
- Title
- Ph. J. Lauber importer of wines. Wholesale retail. Nos. 24 & 26 South Fifth St
- Description
- Tradecard showing the three buildings comprising the Philip J. Lauber liquor and restaurant business at 24-26 South Fifth Street. The buildings, adorned with signage, include left to right: "Ph. Lauber Beer & Ale"; "Ph. Lauber Importer of Wines"; and "Ph. Lauber Restaurant" (partial view). Image also shows heavy street and pedestrian traffic. Men congregate at the doorway of the wine shop at which a horse-drawn cart loaded with wine barrels departs. A carriage, horse-drawn dray, men on horseback, and pedestrians travel in the street. Lauber added a restaurant to his business on Fifth Street circa 1877., Not in Wainwright., Title contains pictorial details. Includes cherubs eating grapes and drinking bottles of wine on a mantelpiece surrounded by vinery and greenery., pdcc00008, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 172, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:9
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 26:9
- Title
- [Gumpert Bros., cigar manufacturers, 1341 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- Advertisement depicting the factory during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 adorned with several signs, including ones illustrated with allegorical figures and patriotic imagery. Passersby look at displays of boxes in the window near pedestrians walking on the sidewalk. In the street, a man on horseback, and a horse-drawn carriage and omnibus travel. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings. Gumpert Bros, originally W.H. Grumpert, was established in 1856. The firm name changed to Gumpert Bros in 1866 and the business removed from the site in 1879., Probably engraved by John Serz., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
- Date
- [1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.76e]
- Title
- Main Exhibition Building. Machinery Hall. International Exhibition. 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
- Description
- Panoramic view of two of the exhibition buildings - the Main Exhibition Building and Machinery Hall designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. View shows crowds of visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and on horseback in the foreground. Visitors include individuals in native costume, couples, children, and a mother pushing a pram. A tree partially obstructs the view of Machinery Hall in the right of the image. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Copyrighted by Pettit & Wilson., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 451, Gift of David Doret.
- Creator
- Camp, John Henry, 1822-1881
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.2007.36.3]
- Title
- Independence Hall in 1876, Philadelphia. = Unabhängigkeits Halle = Edificio de la Independencia en 1776 = Hotel de L'Independance
- Description
- Busy street view showing Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Also shows the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans (500 Chestnut); Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut); and the Public Ledger Building built 1866-1867 (600-606 Chestnut). Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles, including carriages and street cars, congest the sidewalks and roadway. American flags adorn most of the buildings., Published in Thompson Westcott's Centennial portfolio: a souvenir of the International Exhibition at Philadelphia; comprising lithographic views of fifty of its principal buildings (Philadelphia: T. Hunter, 1876), p. 52., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 377, Gift of David Doret.
- Creator
- Aubrun, Louis, lithographer
- Date
- [1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Centennial [P.2006.31.17]
- Title
- Centennial music
- Description
- Centennial music cover page paired with six different songs. Cover page is bound with the song Grand Centennial march by E. Mack with this copy [11479.F (Zinman)]., Cover page copyrighted by J.E. Ditson & Co., Song copyrighted by Lee & Walker., Publisher's advertisement on last page for Oliver Ditson & Company., Cover illustration is a lithograph depicting an exterior view of the Main Building of the exhibition celebrating the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Visitor traffic, on foot, and by carriage and omnibus, traverse the paths of the grounds around the building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. Landscaping includes clusters of bushes and trees., Printer: J.H. Bufford's Sons Lith., 141 Franklin St. Boston., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 94, Stamped on the cover page: Schaefer Bros. music dealers, Steubenville, O.
- Creator
- Mack, Edward, 1826-1882, cmp
- Date
- c1876, c1875
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Sheet Music Cent 11479.F (Zinman)
- Title
- Grand United States Centennial Exhibition 1876. Main Building. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia Length, 1880 feet, width, 464 ; Area: ground floor 20.02 acres, upper floors, 1.45
- Description
- View showing the Main Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. View includes flags adorning the building and heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and streetcars in the foreground. Couples stroll the landscaped grounds, enter the hall, converse, and are transported by carriage. Landscaping includes clusters of bushes. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres), in the lower corners, for the buildings. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 325
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Centennial [P.9210.12]
- Title
- Instantaneous view of Elm Avenue, Philadelphia, July 4th 1876
- Description
- Oblique view looking northeast at the Main Building on the grounds of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. In the foreground, stagecoaches, horsecars and pedestrians converge on Elm Avenue near the passenger railway concourse in front of the Centennial National Bank., Title and photographer's imprint on mount., Curved orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
- Creator
- Barker, George, 1844-1894, photographer
- Date
- July 4th, 1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Barker - Views [P.9117.2]
- Title
- Main building, International Exhibition. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, 1876
- Description
- Photograph of a lithograph showing the Main Exhibition Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson for the Centennial fair, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. View includes heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and omnibus in the foreground. Couples stroll the landscaped grounds, enter the hall, converse, and are transported by carriage. Landscaping includes clusters of bushes., Title from inscription on print., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
- Creator
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [ca. 1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Exhibitions [P.9299.30]
- Title
- Independence Hall in 1876
- Description
- Busy street view showing Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Also shows the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans (500 Chestnut) and Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut). Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles, including a woman pushing a baby carriage, wagons, carriages, and street cars, congest the sidewalks and roadway. Trees line the sidewalk and a large American flag adorns Independence Hall., Title from item., Date inferred from title., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 880, Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Government Buildings [P.2010.6.30]
- Title
- Rosengarten & Sons, Manufacturing Chemists, Philadelphia Medals awarded, Centennial, Franklin Institute, American ", Maryland ", World’s Fair, N.Y. Manufacturers of sulphate of quinine, sulphate of morphine, nitrate of silver, and other chemicals
- Description
- Advertisement showing a bird’s eye view of the factory complex of several buildings and courtyards originally built 1855 between 18th, Fitzwater, 17th, and Catherine streets. Complex includes the L-shaped building at the corner of Fitzwater and Seventeeth streets that displays the sign “Rosengarten & Sons. Established 1822” near the entrance. The building contained the office, packing rooms, and manufacturing rooms for the firm. Several individuals walk on the sidewalk and horse-drawn carts and wagons travel near the street corner. On the Fitzwater block in front of the complex, which also includes a storage shed, stable, and warehouse for the factory, other wagons and carts are parked. Next to the warehouse, a horse-drawn cart enters a passageway to the complex in which laborers and horse-drawn carts are visible at work. Several of the factory buildings contain smokestacks. Also shows a horse-drawn omnibus traveling near the intersection, surrounding blocks of buildings, and tree tops. Rosengarten & Sons, one of the oldest U.S. chemical manufacturers and a leader in plant alkaloid and bromine production, merged with Powers & Weightman to form Powers, Weightman, Rosengarten Co. in 1905., pdcp00039, Not in Wainwright., Probably printed by Longacre & Co., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Factories, etc.
- Creator
- Blanc, Albert, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1876]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Factories, etc. - R
- Title
- Independence Hall. Philadelphia 1876
- Description
- Busy street view showing Independence Hall during the year of the Centennial Exhibition, a celebration through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art for the centennial of the United States. Independence Hall was built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Also shows the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans (500 Chestnut); Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut); and the Public Ledger Building built 1866-1867 (600-606 Chestnut). Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles, including carriages, coaches, and street cars, congest the sidewalks and roadway. Couples and families promenade, a man and women travel on horseback, and a man carries a sack over his shoulder. American flags adorn most of the buildings. Also shows, in the foreground, the building at the northwest corner of Fifth and Chestnut streets (501 Chestnut) tenanted by J. E. Johnson & Co., hatter; Russell & Russell, law & collection office; Baird & Russell; and Miley's Bowling Saloon. in front of the building, a man buys a paper from one of two newsboys as another runs toward him. Another man stands in the doorway next to a display window. Building adorned with an awning advertising underwear and fine shirts. A vignette showing the Liberty Bell is printed above the image., Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 379, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 47 P 765, Thomas Hunter published several variant views, including folio-size prints commissioned in 1874 by the Centennial Board of Finance, of the Centennial Buildings after the official plans of the structures.
- Creator
- Poleni, T. (Theodore), 1834-1889?, artist
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 47 P 765
- Title
- Birds eye view of the Centennial Exhibition buildings. Philadelphia, Pa Length, 1880 feet, width, 464 ; Area: ground floor 20.02 acres, upper floors, 1.45
- Description
- Birds eye view looking south toward the city showing the Art Gallery or Memorial Hall designed by Herman Schwartzmann and the Main Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. View includes flags adorning the building and heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and streetcars in the foreground. Wooded areas enclose the buildings and cityscape is visible in the background. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres) for the buildings below the image. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 52, Library of Congress: PGA - Currier & Ives--Birds eye view of the Centennial Exhibition ... (A size) [P&P]
- Date
- c1875
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Currier & Ives--Birds eye view of the Centennial Exhibition ... (A size) [P&P]
- Title
- Centennial March
- Description
- Sheet music cover containing an exterior view of the Main Building of the exhibition celebrating the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Visitor traffic, on foot, and by carriage and omnibus, traverse the paths of the grounds around the building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. Landscaping includes clusters of bushes and trees., Not in Wainwright., Price printed on recto: 5., Copyrighted by Lee & Walker., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 871, Johns Hopkins University: Levy Collection Box 164, Item 074
- Date
- c1875
- Location
- Johns Hopkins University | Special Collections at the Sheridan Libraries. JHU Levy Collection Box 164, Item 074, http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/catalog/levy:162.115
- Title
- Black Diamond File Works illustrated price list G. & H. Barnett No. 39, 41 & 43 Richmond Street Philadelphia Pa
- Description
- Illustrated title page showing an exterior view of the factory complex for the file Works "established in 1863" in Richmond. Shows clerks and laborers moving and loading crates on to a company horse-drawn wagon parked in front of the office building. Individuals stand in the doorway of the building that is adorned with signage containing the name of the company and proprietors. In the rear of the office, the "File Factory" with several operating smokestacks, one adorned with a model of the company trademark, stands. Figures are seen in a window and door of sections of the edifice. At a two-story building, adjacent to the office, a worker carries planks of wood through the door. Also shows a "Richmond & Exchange" horse-drawn omnibus filled with passengers passing in the street., Not in Wainwright., Published as title page in Black Diamond File Works illustrated price list. ([Philadelphia, 1874])., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 57, Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [1874]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare **Am 1874 G.& H. Barnett 10069.F.title page
- Title
- Art Gallery. Main Building. Centennial International Exhibition. 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
- Description
- Bird's eye views of two of the exhibition buildings - the Art Gallery or Memorial Hall designed by Herman Schwartzmann and the Main building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. Views include heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and omnibus in the foreground. Also contains the dimensions of the buildings in the lower left corner. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance., Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 26
- Creator
- Aubrun, Louis, artist
- Date
- c1874
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.2006.28.7]
- Title
- Art Gallery, Centennial International Exhibition. 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia Compliments of the Franklin Fire Insurance Company
- Description
- Bird's eye view of the exhibition building, the Art Gallery or Memorial Hall, designed by Herman Schwartzmann. View includes heavy visitor traffic by foot and carriage in the foreground. Couples stroll the grounds, enter the hall, converse, and are transported by carriage. Also shows a fountain in the right of the image. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance., Probably by Louis Aubrun., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 25, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Aubrun, Louis, artist
- Date
- c1874
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [5225.F.4]
- Title
- Main Building International Exhibition 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia Compliments of The Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia. Incorporated 1829
- Description
- Bird's eye view of the Main Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. View includes heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and omnibus in the foreground. Couples stroll the landscaped grounds, enter the hall, converse, and are transported by carriage. Landscaping includes clusters of bushes and a partial view of a path in the right of the image. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres), in the lower corners, for the buildings. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 449, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Aubrun, Louis, artist
- Date
- c1874
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [5225.F.5]
- Title
- The new Masonic Temple, Philadelphia The Keystone's new year's greeting
- Description
- Carrier's greeting containing a view looking northeast from the intersection of Broad and Filbert streets showing the temple built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim at 1-33 North Broad Street. The new hall was erected to accommodate the local lodges increasing membership. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage, a man on horseback, and strolling couples., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 502.2
- Creator
- Wynkoop, John J.
- Date
- [ca. 1873]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Associations [P.8970.23]
- Title
- [The new Masonic Temple, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View looking northeast from the intersection of Broad and Filbert streets showing the temple built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim at 1-33 North Broad Street. The new hall was erected to accommodate the local lodges increasing membership. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage, a man on horseback, and strolling couples., Not in Wainwright., Title supplied by variant P.8970.23., Distributed by frame seller and agent Alex. M'Cune., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 502.1
- Creator
- Wynkoop, John J.
- Date
- [ca. 1873]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Associations [P.2008.34.26]
- Title
- Winter scene in Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement for Daniel Mershon's Sons heating and ventilating warehouse at 1203 Filbert Street. Shows busy street and pedestrian traffic in front of the four-story red brick warehouse heavily adorned with signage and a "Russian Heater Works" flag at the northwest corner of Twelfth and Filbert streets. Signs advertising patent airtight heaters, grates, registers, ventilators, fireplace heaters, ranges, slate mantels, and house warming and cooking ranges are visible near the doorway and in the show windows of the storefront. Stoves, ranges, and fireplaces are displayed in the windows and on the sidewalk. Laborers load heating equipment into a store delivery wagon marked "Prepare for Winter" as a patron leaves the store near a policeman standing at the corner of the building. Several pedestrians wearing heavy coats, hats, and muffs walk in the street and on the sidewalks near several horse-drawn vehicles, including sleighs and a "Twelfth Street Passenger Railway" streetcar. Also shows partial views of horse-drawn wagons and of neighboring buildings in addition to a man on horseback. The business, established as Fink, Potts & Savoy in 1838, was known for the "Mershon" Patent Shaking Grate" and was renamed Daniel Mershon's Sons following the death of the original successor, Daniel Mershon, in 1865., Not in Wainwright., Filbert St. and Twelfth St. printed below the image as key., Title from item., Date inferred from original letter of copyright issued to H.H. & Geo. Mershon held in the Print and Picture Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. Copyright letter No. 2333A. [Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories & Foundries (A-M)]., Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 846 variant, Variant copy at Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 M 574, Longacre & Co. operated at 30 & 32 S. 7th Street in 1871.
- Creator
- Blanc, Albert, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1871], 1870
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2022.62.3.38]
- Title
- Winter scene in Philadelphia Send for circulars
- Description
- Advertisement for Daniel Mershon's Sons heating and ventilating warehouse at 1203 Filbert Street. Shows busy street and pedestrian traffic in front of the four-story red brick warehouse heavily adorned with signage and a "Russian Heater Works" flag at the northwest corner of Twelfth and Filbert streets. Signs advertising patent airtight heaters, grates, registers, ventilators, fireplace heaters, ranges, slate mantels, and house warming and cooking ranges are visible near the doorway and in the show windows of the storefront. Stoves, ranges, and fireplaces are displayed in the windows and on the sidewalk. Laborers load heating equipment into a store delivery wagon marked "Prepare for Winter" as a patron leaves the store near a policeman standing at the corner of the building. Several pedestrians wearing heavy coats, hats, and muffs walk in the street and on the sidewalks near several horse-drawn vehicles, including sleighs and a "Twelfth Street Passenger Railway" streetcar. Also shows partial views of horse-drawn wagons and of neighboring buildings in addition to a man on horseback. The business, established as Fink, Potts & Savoy in 1838, was known for the "Mershon" Patent Shaking Grate" and was renamed Daniel Mershon's Sons following the death of the original successor, Daniel Mershon, in 1865., Not in Wainwright., Filbert St. and Twelfth St. printed below the image as key., Copyrighted by H.H. & Geo. Mershon. Original letter of copyright held in the Print and Picture Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. Copyright letter No. 2333A. [Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories & Foundries (A-M)]., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 846, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 M 574, Longacre & Co. operated at 30 & 32 S. 7th Street in 1871.
- Creator
- Blanc, Albert, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1871], c1870
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 38 M 574
- Title
- Leedom, Shaw & Stewart. Philadelphia Carpet Mills. Office and Warehouse 635 Market St Manufactures of extra superfines, superfines, fines, damasks, twilled & plain venetian carpetings
- Description
- Advertisement showing the four buildings of the wholesale department (organized 1866) of the business established by Thomas Leedom and Adam Shaw in 1865. Laborers load and hoist rolled carpets into company wagons and carts in the street and in a courtyard. Carpets dry on racks on the roof of a small building bordering the courtyard. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn wagons hauling crates, barrels, and wood slabs, and several pedestrians on promenade. Robert and Arthur Stewart joined the firm in 1869, which remained in business until 1885., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 433, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 35 L 484, Longacre & Co. operated at 30 & 32 S. 7th Street in 1871.
- Creator
- Blanc, Albert, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1871]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 35 L 484
- Title
- Martin Landenberger & Co Manufacturers of shawls - fancy knit goods - hosiery. Frankford Road & Wildey St. Philadelphia Pa
- Description
- Advertisement showing the two Italianate-style buildings (1101-1103 Frankford, built 1851-1856, and 1045-1055 Frankford, built 1871) in Fishtown of the hosiery manufactory established in 1843. A covered pedestrian bridge marked with the name of the company connects the buildings that are surrounded by heavy street activity. Horse-drawn wagons, drays, and carts, including vehicles for L. Berges Dyeing & Printing and F. Schoettles Paper Box company, deliver and transport goods and merchandise among a couple on horsebacks, a carriage, buggy, and a "Bridesburg Richmond 1 Exchange" streetcar. Pedestrians also fill the sidewalks and street. A boy flies a kite near a gentleman tipping his hat to a woman and child. Laborers transport sacks over their shoulder and by pushing a handcart. A postman is on route to deliver mail across from a man accompanying another using a shoulder strap to carry a basket of rags. A lady peers into one of the several large front windows of Landenberger & Co. Around the corner, two other fashionable women promenade past crates lining the side of the older building. A cupola and an American flag adorn its roof., Around the corner of the newer building inscribed with the date the business was established, a man leads a bridled horse past a wood bin. Birds fly above the building adorned with a weather vane decorated with a sheep. Also contains two vignettes of the company seal printed below the image. Seal includes a crown and two eagles. Landenberger & Co. was the only Philadelphia factory in the late 1850s to produce hosiery, opera hoods, comforters, shawls, and scarves. The factory expanded in 1870 as a result of the massive increase in sales of hosiery and blankets spurred by the Civil War. Landenberger sold the properties in 1882 but continued as tenant at 1101-1103 Frankford Avenue until 1886., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 459, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 35 L 254, Longacre & Co. operated at 30 & 32 S. 7th Street in 1871.
- Creator
- Tholey, Charles P., d. 1898
- Date
- [ca. 1871]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 35 L 254
- Title
- Bought of Russell & Landis, importers & wholesale druggists, & dealers in paints, oils, glass, varnishes, & c., also manufacturers of pure lily white lead, hunters iron paint, & ivory white lead. no. 5 North Fifth Street (3 doors above Market.) Geo. P. Russell. D. C. Landis
- Description
- Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing ornate lettering and an exterior view of the firm's storefront on Fifth Street. View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn omnibus and a man pushing a hand cart. Print also contains a pictorial detailed composed of a ribbon overlaid filigree and reading "All Claims to Be Reported Within Ten Days After Receipt of Goods." Terms of payment and shipping are also included. Russell & Landis relocated from the 400 block of Market and Fifth Street circa 1870., Completed in manuscript to F. P. Magraw on October 27, 1870 for $12.60., Stamped on recto: Paid Jul 19, 1904, E.K. Thompson & Son., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads -1879 (N-R) - R [P.2011.46.389]
- Title
- Bought of Edwin Hall, no. 28 South Second St., silks, shawls, dress goods, cloths, mourning goods, furnishing goods, gloves, hosiery, embroideries, laces, white goods &c
- Description
- Bilhead containing a vignette showing the exterior of the four-story dry goods store. Patrons enter the building past large display windows at which passers-by review the merchandise. In the foreground, a horse-drawn omnibus travels and a man on horseback greets a gentleman on the sidewalk., Completed in manuscript to Mr. C .J. Collings on May 1, 1871 for several items, including flannel, muslin, pink chintz, edging, lace, and ribbon, purchased between February 27 and March 3. Prices range from $.08 for lace to $2.75 for cuffs. Bill totals $21.34., Manuscript note on recto: 7/30 Recd Payt Edwin Hall., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.134]
- Title
- [Market Street, looking east from below Twelfth Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View showing the 1100 block of Market Street, including the Farmers' Market and several storefronts. The Farmer's Market was the largest of several market houses constructed in 1859 after market sheds and stalls were removed from Market Street. Street scene includes a variety of parked horse-drawn carts and wagons, strolling pedestrians, and horse-drawn omnibuses traveling the street., Title supplied by cataloguer., Half of mounted stereoview., Yellow mount with square corners., Misidentified on mount: 19th and Market Sts., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., See clipping in Poulson's scrapbook vol. 1, pg. 57., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- ca. 1869
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [(8)1322.F.51c]
- Title
- [Frederick Brown, storefront] 1868
- Description
- View showing the new five-story building of Frederick Brown, chemist, druggist, and patent medicine dealer at 441 Chestnut Street. Men greet each other at the doorway. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and omnibuses and wagons travel in the street., Not in Wainwright., Title supplied by cataloguer, pdcp00017, Probably printed by Helfensteiu & Lewis., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 4th-5th
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 4th-5th
- Title
- Schweitzer & Grimm’s [sic] Brewery, Columbia Ave and 11th streets, Phila
- Description
- Advertisement showing the Schweitzer and Grim brewery complex on the 1100 block of Columbia (i.e., Cecil B. Moore) Avenue. Complex includes a three and half–story red brick office building and shop with two adjacent entrances. A man enters one of the entrances, and at the other, two men shake hands while a couple approaches the walled entryway to an addition attached to the rear of the office. The addition also contains a roofed porch area. To the left, a two-horse team is visible at the opening of a passage in the wall that spreads between the brew house (left) and addition (right). A man with a child, and a couple, walk on the sidewalk near the passageway. A weather vane, smoke stacks, and slatted windows adorn the brew house. Smoke rises from the stacks and steam pours out of the window slats. In the foreground, a “Tenth & Eleventh Street" horse-drawn omnibus picks up passengers, a four-horse team truck loaded with barrels departs the brewery, and a couple in a horse-drawn carriage and a man on horseback travel., pdcp00037, Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Breweries, Waeschle operated from 142 North Third Street 1867-1868., Trimmed.
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Breweries
- Title
- Our Mother of Sorrows, Cathedral Cemetery W. Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the Roman Catholic Church (corner stone laid 1867, 4800-4814 Lancaster Avenue), and adjacent St. Johns Orphan Asylum (built circa 1852) at the east end of the Cathedral Cemetery. In the right of the image, the Gothic-style church stands next to the gated entrance with gatehouse to the cemetery. A small church outbuilding, trees and paths landscape the church grounds. On a hillside behind the church, the asylum is visible. Several children stroll and play under the presence of Sisters of St. Joseph on the tree-lined property. In the foreground, pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages and buggies travel on Lancaster Avenue. Also includes printed annotations for the "Cemetery Gate" and "48th St." Our Mother, built after the designs of Edwin Forest Durang, replaced St. Gregory's Church built on the site soon after the purchase of the land in 1849 by Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick for the development of a cemetery and other Catholic institutions in West Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Copyright secured., Date inferred from variant duplicate in the Print and Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Inscribed in block letters below title: Original Plan - 1875., Philadelphia on Stone, PAHRC: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Mother
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Our Mother
- Title
- Jacob Haehnlen's steam power lithographic & letterpress printing rooms Jacob Hahenlen's lithographic & steam power letter press printing rooms, Goldsmith's Hall, opposite Post Office, Library Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Book advertisement containing an ornate border surrounding vignette views of the exterior of "Jacob Haehnlen's Lithographic Establishment" and a trompe l'oeil display of overlapping cards with advertising text and types of prints available from the firm. View shows the six-story brownstone and print shop, "Goldmsith Hall," owned by lithographer Haehnlen at 420 Library Street. Signage advertising "J. Haehnlen's Steam Power Printing Rooms" and "J. Haehnlen's Lithographic Rooms" adorn the side of the building in addition to large display windows and an eagle above the entranceway. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage, dray, and cart traveling in the street. Printing sample vignette includes the lithographer's tradecard atop cards advertising tickets; bills of lading; wine, liquor, perfumers, physician's and druggist's labels; "Borders & Titles for Photographic Albums"; diplomas, "Certificates Stock and Deposit;" letter heads; bonds; blanks; show cards; plans; circular cards; checks, notes, and drafts. Haehnlen established his own studio at Goldsmith's Hall in 1866 and operated his business from all but the first floor. The shop included salesrooms and offices, a machine shop, a drying room, lithographic presses, and card, handbill, and pamphlet printing presses. He sold his shop to the firm Lehman & Bolton in 1870. Building destroyed by fire on December 20, 1882., Not in Wainwright., Advertising text for printing rooms printed on verso including promotion "Manufacturer & Importer of Transfer Pictures for Coach and Car Builders.", Published in Edwin Freedley's Philadelphia and its manufactures: a hand-Book of the great manufactories and representative mercantile houses of Philadelphia, in 1867(Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co., 1867), opp. p. 546., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 47
- Creator
- Haehnlen, Jacob, b. 1824
- Date
- [1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1867 Free 55213.O.546a
- Title
- De Coursey, Bryan & Co. [banknote vignette]
- Description
- Vignette illustrating a banknote for the Philadelphia National Bank. Shows the importer and manufacturer of men's furnishing goods (618) in Artisan Hall at 616-620 Chestnut Street. Patrons enter the storefronts and pedestrians walk on the sidewalk near a horse-drawn dray parked in the street to be loaded. A horse-drawn carriage travels nearby. De Coursey, Bryan & Co. was active 1867-1868., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 173, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871., One printed in brown ink and one tinted with one stone.
- Date
- [ca. 1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.126b&p]
- Title
- Jacob Riegel & Co., importers and jobbers of dry goods. No. 333 Market, & Nos. 25 & 27 North 4th Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior view of the multi-story storefront at 333 Market Street of the dry goods store originally established in 1832 as Siegers & Vogel. Patrons stand in the doorway of the building, while pedestrians converse and a white man and woman couple passes by on the sidewalk in front of the entrance. Laborers load and unload horse-drawn drays stationed nearby across from street traffic, including a Pennsylvania Central R.R. Depot street car, a racing Adams Express Co. wagon transporting crates, and an African American delivery man pushing a handcart carrying boxes. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings. Jacob Riegel operated Jacob Riegel & Co. from 1866 until his death in 1880. The establishment, considered one of the most prominent dry goods firms in the country, went into decline as Riegle, Scott, & Co. following the death of Riegle and was bought out by John Wanamaker in 1886., Title from item., Accompanied by complementary trade card [P.2008.34.22]., Reproduced in online LCP exhibition Mirror of a City., Purchase 2008., 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
- Sartain, Samuel, 1830-1906, engraver
- Date
- [ca. 1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Ph Pr - Businesses - R [P.2008.34.21], http://www.librarycompany.org/mirrorofacity/section6.htm
- Title
- City of Philadelphia, 1867 Presented by Gould & Co
- Description
- Advertisement souvenir print distributed by the Philadelphia furniture dealers containing a montage of 3 panoramas, 3 views, and 2 allegorical vignettes. Panoramas show schematic views of Philadelphia, and the views show Independence Hall, 1867 and Gould & Company's Union Depots located at N.E. cor. 9th & Market Sts. and at 37 & 39 N. Second Street. Panoramic views predominately show the Eastern, Western, and Central portions of the city from across the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers. Major landmarks are visually highlighted and identified by text below the images. Includes (lower view) the U.S. Mint, Market St. Bridge, Academy of Music, St. Mark's Church, Academy of Natural Science, Pennsylvania College, New Chestnut St. Bridge, Deaf & Dumb Asylum, Naval Asylum, Alms House, County Prison, Insane Asylum, Nth. Pennsylvania Bridge, Woodland Cemetery, U.S. Arsenal, Gray's Ferry Bridge, Navy Yard, Pennsylvania Hospital, and League Island; (center view) Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fairmount Park, Girard College, Fairmount & Water Works, Wire Bridge, Eastern Penitentiary, House of Refuge, Blind Asylum, [Central] High School, Cathedral (Sts. Peter & Paul), 7th Presbyterian Church, Gas Works, and Philadelphia Library (Library Company); (upper view) Merchant's Exchange, Girard Bank, Custom House, Smith's Island, Post Office, State House, Continental Hotel, Penn Cottage, Girard Hotel, Christ Church, Masonic Hall, Penn Treaty Monument, Petty's Island, Reading Coal Depot, and Port Richmond. Panoramas also contain maritime traffic., Vignettes show an allegorical view of "Peace" represented by a social gathering with food, drink, and music in a parlor and one of "War" represented by a marine battle. "Union Depot" vignettes show the busy storefronts. Merchandise lines the sidewalks of the businesses in which patrons enter, and in front of which heavy street and pedestrian traffic passes. Traffic includes horse and hand-drawn carts loaded with crates and furniture. Also shows the Market Street depot covered in advertising text. Independence Hall view contains heavy street traffic. Horse-drawn carts, carriages, delivery wagons, and omnibuses congest the street aside laborers pushing hand-carts, people on horseback, and pedestrians crossing the street. Pedestrians also walk in front of Independence Hall. American flags adorn the storefronts and Independence Hall. Other pictorial elements include the allegorical figure of peace, a cannon surrounded by other instruments of war, and borders comprised of vinery and filigree., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 138, Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Views
- Creator
- Rease & Kurtz
- Date
- [1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Views [P.8970.28]
- Title
- Lafourcade, Bros. & Irwin [banknote vignette]
- Description
- Vignette illustrating a banknote for the Philadelphia National Bank. Shows the fabric store in Jayne’s Hall (constructed 1856) at 631 Chestnut Street. Members of the Lafourcade family worked as Philadelphia merchants from around 1840, with the partnership between the brothers and Irwin established around 1866. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk past a horse-drawn dray parked in the street to be loaded. A horse-drawn surrey travels nearby., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 427, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
- Date
- [ca. 1866]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.126o]
- Title
- Jacob Haehnlen's steam power lithographic & letter press printing rooms Goldsmith's Hall, opposite rear of Post Office, Library St. Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement showing the exterior of the six-story brownstone and print shop owned by lithographer Haehnlen at 420 Library Street. Signage advertising the "lithographic establishment" adorns the doorway, front, and side of "Goldsmith's Hall." Building also adorned with large display windows and an eagle above the entranceway. View includes street and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk, stand in doorways, and enter the shop. In the street, horse-drawn wagons and drays, including one hauling crates marked "J.H.," pass in the street near a man pushing a hand-cart loaded with crates. Shop included salesrooms and offices, a machine shop, a drying room, lithographic presses, and card, handbill, and pamphlet printing presses. Haehnlen established his own studio at Goldsmith's Hall in 1866 and operated his business from all but the first floor. He sold his shop to the firm Lehman & Bolton in 1870. Building destroyed by fire on December 20, 1882., Not in Wainwright., Published in Philadelphia southern steamship manufacturers and mercantile register (Philadelphia: M'Laughlin Brothers, 1866) [LCP Am 1866 Phi Sou Mai, 62062.O]. Accompanying page of text references the relocation of the shop and advertises "Orders received for Furniture Labels for Druggists, on Glass; also, Show Cards of all descriptions, on Glass executed to order., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 48, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Prints - Stores & Factories - Box 57, Folder 2, Accompanying page of text
- Creator
- Haehnlen, Jacob, b. 1824
- Date
- [1866]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Prints - Stores & Factories - Box 57, Folder 2
- Title
- Bought of Stretch, Bennett & Co. (Successors to Peter T. Wright & Co.) Importers of and dealers in drugs and medicines. Also brandies & wines for medical purposes. No. 609 Market St
- Description
- Billhead of the Philadelphia firm containing ornate lettering and an exterior view of the business's six-story store front at 609 Market Street. View also shows crates in the second floor windows, a passing horse-drawn omnibus, and laborers loading crates onto drays. Joseph S. Bennett entered into the established business of Peter T. Wright & Co. in 1858, which was reestablished as Stretch, Bennett & Co. circa 1865. The firm was later succeeded by Joseph S. Bennett & Co., Completed in manuscript to Ebun Somers on January 21, 1867 for two items for $14.80., Manuscript note in pencil on recto: Pd by Cash. E. Pope., Manuscript note in ink on recto: Rec'd Payment Stretch Bennett & Co. pr Grigg., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads -1879 (N-R) - R [P.2011.46.407]
- Title
- Belmont Petroleum Refinery. Refiners of and dealers in illuminating and lubricating oil. Benzine & parafine. For exportation and home consumption. Office No. 333 Market St. Refinery at Belmont
- Description
- Billhead for the refinery established between River Road, Peters Lane, and the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad in 1865 by Newhouse, Nusbaum & Co. in West Farimount Park. Contains central vignette view showing the refinery complex, including a Treating House, Engine House, Receiving House, offices, and dwelling houses for operatives. A horse-drawn wagon leaves the complex while a horse-drawn carriage traverses the road in front of it. On the riverbank, a man drives a team of mules near a promenading couple and a boat on the Schuylkill. In the background, a train travels and dwellings are visible on a hillside. The refinery operated until 1870 when the lot was purchased by the city for inclusion into Fairmount Park., Printed above title: Our Responsibility ceases when Oils leave Bonded Ware House., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., Trimmed., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See also specimen of depicted vignette [P.9349.151o].
- Date
- [ca. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.136a]