Advertisement containing a full-length portrait of a Native American standing in a clearing in the woods. He holds a bow in one hand and points to the sky with the other. A bundle of arrows is partially visible from above his shoulder and he wears a feathered headband. An ornamental border surrounds the image., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00027, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 9, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Advertisements
Creator
Dacre, Henry, b. ca. 1820, artist
Date
[ca. 1848]
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Philadelphiana - Advertisements
Print, probably a book illustration, after the Benjamin West painting (1771) showing the treaty made at the village of Shackamaxon (i.e. Penn Treaty Park, Kensington) on the Delaware River. Penn, surrounded by his delegates, negotiates with the Delaware Indian chief near a giant elm tree. Crates of goods are sat upon and displayed by the English delegation. Also shows residences standing in the background., Date and name of artist from manuscript note on recto: by Edw. Mumford 1828., Not in Wainwright., pdcj00005, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 29
Creator
Mumford, Edward William, 1812-1858, artist
Date
[1828]
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Jackson Collection of Early Lithographs - J 29
Billhead for R. Garsed & Brother containing a view of the firm's textile mills built 1853 on the northwest corner of Ashland Street along Frankford Creek in Frankford. The mills include a small office building adjacent to a long single-story building with three portico entrances, a smokestack, and cupola adorned with a weather vane. The main building housed the spinning, carding, warping, and spreading rooms. Women stand in two of the portico entries, individuals walk on the grounds, and a “Wingohocking” horse-drawn wagon travels past the mill. In the foreground, by the creek, a horse and colt stand near a canoe marked "Wingohocking Mills" moored at the bank. Across from the animals, a Native American stands with his canoe moored behind him. Richard Garsed was a pioneer in the improvement of cotton mill machinery, including the increased efficiency of power looms, during the 1840s and 1850s., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00009, Title supplied by cataloguer., Printed on recto: Frankford, Pa. Invoice of Goods consigned to ______ for Sale on account of R. Garsed & Brother. Marks & Nos. Pieces. Description Yards. Total Yards. Price pr. Yard $____ Cts., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:12a, See Castner 26: 17 for watercolor study for print titled “At Frankford, Phila, Pa.” Signed A. Kollner drawn 1855. Drawing also dated "30 Nov. 1853." View includes, in the foreground, a “Frankford” paddleboat on the creek and horses at the creek bank. Also shows horses frolicking in front of the mills in the background.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Castner 26:12a
