Stock certificate containing the Pennsylvania coat of arms; an allegorical figure representing horticulture; an arrangement of flowers; and ornamental stamp and border. Issued in 1865 and 1866 to raise funds for the construction of a hall for the society on Broad Street between Spruce and Locust Streets. The hall, designed by Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan, was completed in 1867., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Samuel Welsh for ten shares purchased for a total of $500 on November 7, 1866. Signed by W. L. Schaffer, president; and Henry A. Drew, treasurer., Contains blindstamp of the illustrated seal of the Horticultural Society of Pennsylvania. Illustrated with a man plunging a shovel into the dirt., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 165, Gift of Mrs. Nicholas B. Wainwright.
Date
[1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Philadelphia Certificates - Organizations [P.9408.10]
Advertisement depicting a bird's eye view looking northwest at Robert Buist's enclosed nursery and greenhouses on Twelfth Street, south of Lombard Street. Two long rows of hotbed frames extend west from Twelfth Street and run the length of Rodman Street behind a three-story building marked "140" (a preconsolidation address). Men and women stroll along the central walk that separates the two rows of hotbed frames inside the grounds, accessed from Twelfth Street by the entrance gate adorned with the proprietor's name "R. Buist". Outside of the nursery, several men and women converse on the sidewalk. One of the men holds a driving whip, and is presumably the driver of the stalled horse-drawn carriage in front of the entrance. Another driver stands in front of a team of horses pulling a covered cart, grasps the reins, and leads them along Rodman Street toward a man attempting to rein in a rearing horse. Also shows men, women, children, and dogs on the sidewalk. A few trees dot the empty landscape behind the nursery. Buist established his business in the late 1820s, which was known as Robert Buist Company well into the twentieth century., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 790, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator
Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date
1846
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W423 [P.2261]
Depicts a garden beyond a fence in the foreground, with buildings in the background., 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 53a [P.8513.53a], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson53a.htm
View of iron gate and walkway extending into the distance between University of Pennsylvania buildings. Trees border walkway in distance., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: U. of P. Entrance to Botanical Gardens - off Woodland Ave., 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 157 [P.8513.157], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson157.htm
Depicts rows of cedar trees, a taller oak tree behind them, and part of a building's porch., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: 7 little cedar trees with an old oak forming the background. Note the inviting little entrance into the sylvan enclosure. Mayhap if one were a child, one could see fairies and sylphs disporting themselves in the moonlight within this little haven. Private estate along the upper Delaware., 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 51 [P.8513.51], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson51.htm