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Title: Tacony and Mac. Hunting Park Course Phila. June 2nd 1853 Purse $1500 mile heats best 3 in 5 under the saddle. Wm. Woodruffs Ro G Tacony…….1.1.1 Jas. Ward…..B. G. Mac……2.2dr. Time 2.25 1/2_2:25 1/2
Description: Racing print showing the jockeyed horses on the race track at Nicetown Lane and Old York Road in North Philadelphia. The eight-year old strawberry roan Tacony takes the lead over Mac. The jockeys wear a red cap and vest (Tacony) and a green cap and jacket (Mac). A barn, exercise yard, and residential building are visible in the background. The Hunting Park Association which sponsored races for the encouragement of the breeding of fine horses was established in 1828., Names of the horses printed below the image., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 741, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 07 H 817b
Creator: Maurer, Louis, 1832-1932, artist
Date: c1853
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 07 H 817b

Title: Lady Suffolk and Lady Moscow. Hunting Park Course Phila. June 13th 1850 Purse $250 mile heats best 3 in 5 to skeleton wagons. Lady Suffolk, 2.1.1.1 Lady Moscow 1..2.2.2. Time 2:31_2:33_2:39_2:33
Description: Racing print showing the grey mare Lady Suffolk leading Lady Moscow in the harness race on the track at Nicetown Lane and Old York Road in North Philadelphia. Suffolk draws a red sulky and Moscow draws a blue sulky. Hillside and trees are visible in the background. The Hunting Park Association which sponsored races for the encouragement of the breeding of fine horses was established in 1828. Hunting Park was established in 1808 and the land sold in 1854 for use as a public park., Names of the horses printed below the image., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 426, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 07 H 817a, LCP exhibit catalog: Made in America, entry #67Made in America
Date: c1850
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 07 H 817a

Title: Fashions for fall and winter 1853-4 by S. A. & A. F. Ward, no. 62 Walnut St. Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 19 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene with 7 men, 1 women, a boy and a girl socializing. To the left, two men attired in suits with striped pants, stand near a piano and cushioned chair. One holds a top hat and cane. In the center, a man wearing a patterned vest, and with a woman and a young girl in riding habits, stands near a cushioned arm chair. To the right, two men in suits with garishly printed pants, accessorized by top hats and canes stand. One talks to a man in an evening jacket with tails and a white tie. The man in evening attire leans again a table with his hand on the shoulder of a young boy attired in a long coat and pants who holds a ball in his hand. Lower panel shows 9 men and a woman in front of a riverbank and temple-style building in the background. Most of the men wear plaid and patterned pants, overcoats, cloaks, caps or top hats. One man holds an umbrella and a cigar. Also includes two men in hunting attire accompanied by a dog. The men carry gun powder pouches and one wears knee-high boots and the other holds a dead bird. The woman, in the center of the image, wears a riding habit and is seated side-saddle on a horse. Many of the depicted men have mustache, sideburns, or a beard. Key numbered 1-9 and 10-19 printed below the figures., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 75, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 642 W 263a
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 642 W 263a

Title: Philadelphia fashions, spring & summer 1843, by S. A. & A. F. Ward, no. 62 Walnut St
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 15 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Two men, one showing his back, attired in suits, top hats in hand, greet each other in front of a sofa. A man and woman in lavish bed coats in front of a vanity dresser look over their two boys attired in jackets and pantaloons as they read a book on an ottoman. A man in a checkered vest sits with a flute in his hand as a man in striped pants, standing near a writing table, and showing his back, addresses him. Also includes framed paintings, mosaic carpeting, and wallpaper trim. Lower panel shows the outdoor scene. A lad wearing a cap, suit, and holding a cane greets a fashionable couple on a hillside that is lined with a picket fence, bushes, and trees. The man wears a suit and top hat and holds a cane, and the lady wears a bonnet and capelet, and holds a handkerchief. In the center, a militiaman in the Uniform of the Richmond Light Blues "copied by permission of Huddy & Duval" stands on a path in front of a mansion house. To the left, a hunting party with a dog convenes near a hitching post scratched with initials. The men wear hats of various styles, long coats, and checkered and dark pants. Each has a handkerchief in an upper or lower coat pocket and one carries a rifle and hunting bag. Most of the depicted men have some facial hair. Key numbered 1-8 and 9-15 printed above and below the image., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 177, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 642 W 263c 1843
Creator: Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847, artist
Date: [ca. 1842]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 642 W 263c 1843

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