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- Title
- Moyer & Hazard, successors of Alexander Fullerton, 174 Market Street, fifth door above Fifth Street, Philadelphia [and] Elijah Bowen, wholesale & retail hat & cap store, No. 176 Market Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement showing the adjacent businesses of wholesale druggists Charles Moyer and A. Fullerton Hazard (successors of Alexander Fullerton, 174 Market Street), and wholesale and retail hatter, Elijah Bowen (176 Market Street). Both four-story, three-bay buildings are covered in signage. Signs advertise "Alexander Fullerton drugs medicine & paints" in two locations on the facade of 174 Market Street, indicating a recent shift in ownership of the drug store. A man stands in each of the two doors to each store. In Moyer & Hazard's shop, a man stands in the left doorway and points and directs a laborer who moves goods on a dolly. Another man emerges from the bulkhead, while a gentleman wearing a top hat enters the business through the door on the right. Decanters and other glassware fill the shop windows. Boxes and barrels labeled "Madder," "Indigo," "Sp. Turpentine," "G. Copal," "Oil Vit." line the edge of the sidewalk in the foreground. A man moves a box in the left door of Elijah Bowen's shop. A similar box rests on a dolly nearby. Another laborer hammers the lid onto a wooden crate next to a pile of crates near the street. Top hats line the first floor windowsills and are piled on the upper floors, as seen through open windows. A flag advertising the hat store flies from the dormer window in the attic. Charles Moyer, A. Fullerton Hazard, and Elijah Bowen operated these adjacent businesses from 1846 to 1854., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Dec. 1846., Additional advertising text for Moyer & Hazard included on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 493, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1846]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W242 [P.2133]
- Title
- John C. Baker & Co. wholesale dealers & importers of drugs, medicines, chemicals, paints & dye stuffs, No. 100, North Third St. Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement showing the five-story storefront, adorned with signage and an ornamental iron work balcony, of the druggist on the 100 block of North Third Street. A patron enters one of the entrances to the establishment as in front of him a crate is hoisted. To the left, the window and second entry of the building are open and casks, jugs, bottles, and boxes line a wall of shelves and the floor. Additional inventory are visible near the upper floor windows. In front of the store, a clerk, with a receipt in his hand, watches two draymen load their vehicle in the street. One drayman controls the horse as the other loads a crate onto the dray. A line of crates and barrels, some marked with barely legible print, line the sidewalk near the laborer. Also shows partial views of neighboring buildings in front of which a couple and gentleman stroll. Partial signage is visible on the buildings reading "..Mann....ufacturer" (98) and "Tobac.. & Segar...John" (102). Piles of crates rest near the open doorway of the tobacco store. John C. Baker & Co. tenanted the site from 1849. The firm was one of the founding members of the Philadelphia Drug Exchange in 1861., Date from Poulson inscription on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 408, Wainwright retrospective conversion project.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H., artist
- Date
- [August 1849]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W201 [P.2140]
- Title
- [Joseph Feinour & Son stove store and Joseph Feinour's tin, copper brass & iron ware house 213-215 South Front Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Advertisement for the twin storefronts for the "Joseph Feinour & Son Tin, Copper Brass & Iron Ware Manufactory Stove Store" and "Tin, Copper Brass & Iron Ware-House" at 213-215, i.e., 345-347 South Front Street. A patron and clerk enter through the back entrance of the stove store that is crowded with stoves visible through the three open entryways. Potts and kettles lay on the displayed appliances as well as line rows of shelves adorning the wall opposite a stairwell. In front of the store, various types and patterns of stoves, including a "Bath Heater" and one on which a laborer brushes polish, crowd an extended platform and the sidewalk and continue over into in front of the adjoining warehouse. At the warehouse entrance, a clerk assists a woman patron who inspects cauldrons displayed on the end of the platform. Through the open entrance, a clerk is visible helping another woman patron at the counter. Metal cookware including pots, pans, and kettles line the shelves behind them and the display windows of the building. Several of the displayed stoves have their feed doors open. The Feinours operated from the location circa 1828 - circa 1860., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: August 1846 So. Front St., Wainwright suggests date of circa 1845., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 416, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Trimmed and lacking title., Reproduced in Jennifer Ambrose's "Nineteenth-century Philadelphia advertising prints," Magazine Antiques (August 2006).
- Creator
- Rease, W. H., artist
- Date
- [August 1846]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W209 [P.2112]
- Title
- Singer Sewing Machine Company's Building
- Description
- Interior view of the Singer Sewing Machine Company's Building. Depicts a formal display featuring two mannequins wearing elegant gowns. Behind the mannequin display, the background shows embroidered, floral draperies hanging before the windows.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Centennial - album [P.8965.22b]
- Title
- Union Umbrella Store 777 South 2d St. below German, lower side, Philadelphia. Having opened a new store, and taken the advantage of the hard times, by making my purchases exclusively for cash, I know I can sell my goods twenty per cent. cheaper than those who have had a stock on hand before the crisis. Being connected with one of the largest manufactories in the city, I am enabled to make a good selection for quality, and price. Before making your purchases give me a call, and judge for yourselves
- Description
- Gideon W. Sweeten, umbrellamaker, is listed in Philadelphia directories from 1856 to 1860, though not at this address., The illustration is a U.S. flag with a blank banner., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
- Creator
- Sweeten, Gideon William
- Date
- [1861?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1861 Sweeten 5786.F.181h (McAllister)
- Title
- View of the glass works of T. W. Dyott at Kensington on the Delaware nr Philada. [graphic] / W. L. Breton, delt.
- Description
- Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110. Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 24 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of the improvements of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 24., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.3 a&b and in Am 1831 Mea 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mea Log 4072.D and Am1831 Por 20876., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Breton, William L. artist., creator
- Date
- [1831]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W431.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W431 [P.9830.3 a&b]
- Title
- Wetherill & Brothers' white lead manufactory & chemical works. Corner of 12th & Cherry Streets Philadelphia. [graphic] / [W. L. Breton].
- Description
- Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831) vol. II, opposite page 122 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 8131: Giving an account of the improvements of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831) vol. II, opposite page 122., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.4 and in Am 1831 Mea 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mea Log 4072.D and Am1831 Por 20876., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
- Creator
- Breton, William L., creator
- Date
- [1831]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W451.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W451 [P.9830.4]
- Title
- Dr. George Stuart's botanical syrup and vegetable pills, the greatest family medicine in the world. [graphic].
- Description
- Location: 254 Race Street., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Date
- ca. 1849.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W098.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W98 [P.2147]
- Title
- John Bancroft, Jr. soap and candle manufactory. No. 19, Wood St. betw. 2nd & 3rd Sts. & Vine and Callowhill Sts. Philadelphia. [graphic] / Drawn on stone by G. Heiss.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Heiss, George G., lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1850.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W200.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W200 [P.2117]
- Title
- Wakefield Manufacturing Company. Hosiery. Germantown, Philada. County. [graphic] / Designed & lith. B.F. Smith, Jr.
- Description
- Location: Eighteenth Street and Fishers Lane., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 35 W149.
- Creator
- Smith, B. F., Jr. lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1850.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W441-2.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W441 [P.2265]
- Title
- Wakefield Manufacturing Company. Hosiery. Germantown, Philada. County. [graphic] / Designed & lith. B.F. Smith, Jr.
- Description
- Location: Eighteenth Street and Fishers Lane., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 35 W149.
- Creator
- Smith, B. F., Jr. lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1850.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W441-1.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W441 [P.2266]
- Title
- [Tatham & Brothers, sheet lead rolling mill and lead pipe factory, 608 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia] [graphic] / On Stone by W. H. Rease.
- Description
- Location: 608 South Delaware Avenue (pre-consolidation)., LCP copy lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba34 T218., HSP copy contains advertising text and price list printed in letterpress.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H., creator
- Date
- [Aug. 1847]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W364.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W364 [P.2200]
- Title
- Wetherill's white lead, red lead, chemical glass, drug & dye stuff store. Sons of and successors to Samuel Wetherill who established the first white lead manufactory in the United States. Old stand 65 North Front Street east side, three doors south of Arch St. [graphic] / Drawn by W. H. Rease, No. 17 S. 5th St.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H., creator
- Date
- ca. 1845.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W450.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W450 [P.2239]
- Title
- [Ritter Cotterell & Ritter wholesale drug & chemical warehouse. Paints, oils, glass & dye stuffs. 132 North Third Street, corner of Branch Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / M. S. Weaver, del.
- Description
- Location: 132 North Third Street, corner of Branch Street., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847 artist., creator
- Date
- 1845.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W314.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W314 [P.2178]
- Title
- [F. Fisher. Upholstery, No 31. Cheap bedding and feather warehouse.] [graphic].
- Description
- Location: Eighth and Zane Streets, northeast corner., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Date
- ca. 1845.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W118.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W118 [P.2044]
- Title
- Knight's patent paper machinery. [graphic].
- Description
- Location: Schuylkill Eighth [i.e. Sixteenth] Street , opposite Columbia Railroad., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Date
- ca. 1845.
- Location
- http://www.librarycompany.org/wainwright/W214.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W214 [P.2137]
- Title
- Net cash price list of Charlton's specialties.
- Description
- Sewn price list of French, English, and American stationery., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
- Creator
- Charlton, John P., creator
- Date
- 1869.
- Location
- Doret Ephemera
- Title
- Dr. Hoofland's celebrated German bitters and balsamic cordial. Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, 418 Arch St., Philadelphia. [graphic].
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Jackson occupied this building in 1858 and 1859.
- Date
- ca. 1858.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W099.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W99 [P.2144]
- Title
- Wm. B. Eltonhead, dealer in all kinds of watches, and manufacturer of all kinds of jewelry and silver ware, 184 South Second Street, (between Pine & Union Streets, west side,) Philadelphia. [graphic] / J. Magee, Del.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Magee, John L. artist., creator
- Date
- ca. 1855.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W461.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W461 [P.2245]
- Title
- Cornelius, Baker & Co. manufacturers of lamps, chandeliers, gas fixtures etc. Manufactories: 181 Cherry Street and Columbia Avenue & 5th Street, Philadelphia. Store, No. 176 Chestnut Street. [graphic] / Lith. by W. H. Rease, 97 Chestnut St.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- [1856]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W086.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W86 [P.2028]
- Title
- Cornelius & Baker, manufacturers of lamps, chandeliers, gas fixtures, etc. Manufactories: No. 181 Cherry St & Columbia Avenue & 5th St, Philadelphia. Store, 176 Chestnut Street. [graphic] / Lith. by W. H. Rease, 97 Chestnut St.
- Description
- Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America... Commercial edition with business cards of prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856) (HSP O 458), Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 C814a.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- [1856]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W087.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W87 [P.2036]
- Title
- Cornelius & Baker, 181 Cherry Street, Philadelphia. Manufacturers of lamps, gas fixtures etc. [graphic].
- Description
- Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America... Commercial edition with business cards of prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856) (HSP O 458), Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 C 814b.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- [1856]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W088.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W88 [P.2038]
- Title
- Joseph Ripka's mills. Manayunk 21st Ward Philadelphia. Manufacturer of all description of plain and fancy cottonades for men & boy's clothing warehouse 32 So Front St. [graphic] / Lith. of W. H. Rease N.E. cor. 4th & Chesnut.
- Description
- Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America... Commercial edition with business cards of prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 77. (HSP O 458)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc35 R588.
- Creator
- Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
- Date
- [1856]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W211.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W211 [P.2139]
- Title
- Keystone Marble Works. S. F. Jacoby & Co., Market St. betw. 20th & 21st Philadelphia. [graphic].
- Description
- Location: 2025 Market Street., Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America... Commercial edition with business cards of prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 53 1/2. (HSP O 458)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc38 K44.
- Date
- [1856]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W213.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W213 [P.8691]
- Title
- John C. Farr & Co. importers of watches, watchmakers tools. Silver & plated ware, musical boxes, etc. No. 112, Chestnut St. between 3rd & 4th St. Philada. [graphic].
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Date
- ca. 1850.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W202.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W202 [P.2122]
- Title
- [James S. Mason & Co. ,108 North Front Street, challenge blacking, ink &c. manufactory] [graphic] / J. Queen, del.
- Description
- Location: 108 North Front Street, later 138-140 North Front St., Title from accompanying manuscript note., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 artist., creator
- Date
- ca. 1852.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W198.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W198 [P.2075]
- Title
- Keyser & Foxe's mahogany steam saw mill & turning shop No. 21 [later 225] Crown St. between Race & Vine Sts., Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by G. Heiss.
- Description
- Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
- Creator
- Heiss, George G., lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1854.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W212.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W212 [P.2138]
- Title
- To the army and the traveling public generally! The subscriber takes this method respectfully to ask the attention of his friends, and all who may be interested, to his original patent camp or traveling bed-trunk, with table attached. which will be found, especially by officers of the army, by pioneers in their exploring expeditions, by persons who attend religious camp meetings, or are constructing railroads, or putting up telegraph wires through sparse settlements, one of the most convenient and useful articles of modern invention. ... The subscriber also manufactures and keeps constantly on hand and for sale all the different styles of ladies and gents' trunks, valises, and bags, from the lower priced articles to those now most approved and of the richest finish, ... Call and see Andrews' original patent camp or traveling bed-trunk, and examine his fine stock of trunks, valises, and traveling bags generally
- Description
- William A. Andrews is listed in Philadelphia directories from 1859 to 1871; most of the "References" are soldiers in the Civil War era volunteer regiments from Philadelphia., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Andrews, William A.
- Date
- [between 1861 and 1865?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1861 Andrews 9982.F.16 (McAllister)
- Title
- Krider's gun store, N.E. cor. 2nd & Walnut Sts
- Description
- Depicts Krider's gun store at the northeast corner of 2nd and Walnut Streets, looking east at the south front and west flank. Includes a partial view of the sign for St. Alban's Hotel in the foreground, along with a sign advertising Shore Dinners at Bookbinder's Restaurant (125 Walnut Street). A cigar shop and Bookbinder's are visible in the background. A plaque is posted near the Second Street doorway of the gun shop, marking the site as the birthplace of John Drinker, the first white child born in Philadelphia. The brick building was constructed by John Drinker as a residence in 1751 and altered to a gun shop in 1826. John Krider purchased the shop in 1856. Building demolished in 1955., Inscribed in negative: 2193., Title from negative sleeve., Modern reference print available.
- Creator
- Hand, Alfred, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.10]
- Title
- Pencoyd Iron Works, opposite mouth of Wissahickon
- Description
- Depicts the smokestacks and factory buildings of the Pencoyd Iron Works from the Schuylkill River. Includes boats on the river in the foreground. In 1852, Percival and Algernon Roberts started the business manufacturing bridge and structural steel supplies. Merged with the American Bridge Company in 1900., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
- Creator
- Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
- Date
- 1914
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.135]
- Title
- [Sheds of Edward Peirce, plumber, 8202 Millman Street.]
- Description
- Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting two large frame sheds, occupied by Edward Peirce, plumber, near the intersection of Millman Street and Hartwell Lane. Includes a one story stucco building. Snow covers the ground and the buildings in the image., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Label on verso: #10-N. fr[om] Hartwell La[ne]-Looking north from Hartwell Ave [sic] showing Branch office & 2 frame sheds., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
- Date
- ca. 1940
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.6]
- Title
- Oxford Carpet Mills, Wm. Hogg, Jr. Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement depicting the manufactory complex at 140 Oxford Street built between 1858 and 1868 in Kensington. Also shows light street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn omnibus. The business was established by William Hogg, Sr. in 1832. William Hogg, Jr. assumed sole operation in 1850., Probably engraved by John Serz., 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
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.78c]
- Title
- [X. Bazin, steam fancy soap works and perfumery, 917 Cherry Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Advertisement depicting the manufactory and laboratory complex. Also shows crates lining the sidewalks and street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn wagon hauling crates and departing the complex. Bazin served as the lab director for perfumer Eugene Roussel from circa 1840 to circa 1849 when he assumed proprietorship of the business. Bazin continued to use Roussel’s name until circa 1853. The Bazin family owned the business until 1884., 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
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.76a]
- Title
- Allen's Furniture Warehouse, Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement depicting the multi-story storefront for cabinetmakers Allen & Bro. (Joseph and James C.) erected in 1860 at 1209 Chestnut Street. Also shows pedestrians looking at furniture visible in the large display windows. The building contained salesrooms on the lower floors and upholstery and finishing rooms on the upper ones. Allen & Bro. was originally established by William Allen in 1836. The business specialized in custom orders and exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876., Probably engraved by John Serz., 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., Variant wood engraving published in I. L. Vansant, ed., The royal road to wealth (Philadelphia: Samuel Loag, (1869?)], opp. p. 43.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.76c]
- Title
- [Advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
- Description
- Advertisements for sponsoring businesses depicted and not located on Chestnut Street, including Dr. D. Jayne’s Family Medicines, 84 Chestnut Street; The Public Ledger Offices, Third & Chestnut; Dr. William Young’s The Pocket Aesculapius; Or, Every One His Own Physician, No. 152 Spruce Street, Philadelphia; and E. Ketterlinus’ Fancy Printing & Lithographic Establishment, No. 40 North Fourth Street, below Arch. Advertisements contain several lines of advertising text. Jayne’s advertisement contains promotions about his medical background, wide distribution, and scientific preparations of his medicines; endorsements; and descriptions of his vermifuge, alterative, balsam, pills, hair tonic and dye, and ague pills. Public Ledger advertisement includes subscription and advertising prices for the Public Ledger; subscription prices for The Dollar Newspaper; and promotion of the variety of printed works executed by the Job & Fancy Steam Printing Establishment. Young advocates his text as comprised of prescriptions to prevent "Victims of Quakery" and Ketterlinus advertises his "Fancy Embossed and Gilt Perfumery Labels, Book & Box Covers; Cornucopia, wine, Liquor & Syrup Labels, always on Hand and Printed to Order. Manufacturer’s orders for every description of Fancy & Plain Labels, Tickets, &c., &c., will meet with prompt attention. Embossed Cards, Show Cards and Fancy Glazed Papers of Every Variety. Letter Press & Lithographic Drawing & Printing in Plain & Fancy Colors." Public Ledger Office advertisement printed by Brown, Printer, Ledger Building, Phila., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 19.
- Creator
- Rae, Julio H.
- Date
- [1851]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Rae - Folder 19 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]
- Title
- [Advertisement from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
- Description
- Advertisement for sponsoring business George Hummel’s Premium Essence of Coffee Manufactured by Daniel Bohler & Co., 218 Callowhill Street. Contains several lines of promotional text, including testimonials to the essence’s health benefits and superior flavor to java coffee, as well as "Song of the Tea and Coffee Drinkers" sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle. Also includes a note of a $3000 Reward to any who can prove Krupp’s Imitation Essence of Coffee won an award, while Hummel did not. Reward will also be given to any who can prove that a Hummel certificate is "not genuine.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 20.
- Creator
- Rae, Julio H.
- Date
- [1851]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Rae - Folder 20 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]
- Title
- Adam Scheidt Brewing Company, Norristown, Pennsylvania
- Description
- Aerial views of the Adam Scheidt Brewing Company (now the Stony Creek Office Center) on the banks of Stony Creek in Norristown, Pennsylvania. The brewery operated from 1870-1975. The view from a vantage point south of the brewery shows the area of Norristown east of the brewery buildings at Elm and Markley Streets (U.S. Route 202)., Negative numbers: 7957, 7960, 8428.
- Creator
- Aero Service Corporation, photographer
- Date
- 1927-1928
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.7957; P.8990.7960; P.8990.8428]
- Title
- Kingford's Oswego corn starch for puddings, custards, blanc mange, &c., is the original,--established in 1849, and preserves its reputation as purer, stronger and mor delicate than any other article of the kind offered, either of the same name or with other titles. Mr. Kingsford has perfected it! Receipt for a plain Oswego pudding
- Description
- The illustration shows an eagle on a shield., Printed in red and blue; printed area, including ruled border, measures 18.3 x 10.7 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- T. Kingsford & Son
- Date
- [between 1861 and 1865?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1861 T King (2)5786.F.122a (McAllister)
- Title
- Former site of Baldwin Locomotive Works, Spring Garden and Broad Streets, Philadelphia
- Description
- Aerial view of the former site of Baldwin Locomotive Works, Broad and Spring Garden Streets, Philadelphia. Includes view of the Elverson Building. Baldwin Locomotive Works buildings at this location were demolished in 1937 after the company moved south of Philadelphia to Eddystone, Pa. in 1928., Negative number: 18954n.
- Creator
- Aero Service Corporation, photographer
- Date
- April, 1938
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.18954n]
- Title
- Baugh & Sons, manufacturers of raw bone super phosphate of lime. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Description
- Advertisement depicting the manufactory at 20 South Delaware Avenue. Freight ramps are visible, and vessels sail on the Delaware River in the foreground. Edward P. and son Daniel Baugh formed Baugh & Sons in 1855 in Chester County. The plant relocated to Philadelphia in 1860. Daniel assumed operations of the business with branches in Baltimore and Norfolk, Va. in 1888., Probably engraved by John Serz., 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
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.79a]
- Title
- Commercial lithography. Theo. Leonhardt & Son, s.e. cor. 5th & Library sts. opposite Drexel Building, Philadelphia Bonds. Certificates of stock. Checks. Diplomas. Cards. Letterheads & Labels
- Description
- Copperplate of an advertisement for the firm used in the 1894-1897 editions of Gopsill's Philadelphia City Directory. Contains a view looking southeast of the multi-storied lithographic establishment and vignettes of the front and back of the "Silver Medal" awarded to the business by the Maryland Institute for "Lithographic Work" in 1878. View includes street traffic. Leonhardt & Son was a partnership established circa 1874 between Theodore Leonhardt and his son Arno. The firm operated from 123-125 South Fifth Street, i.e., s.e. cor. 5th and Library streets, beginning in 1890., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 11, See Gopsill's Philadelphia city directory for 1894 (Philadelphia: James Gopsills Sons, 1894), p. 1162.
- Creator
- Theo. Leonhardt & Son
- Date
- [ca. 1884]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department printing plates - Inventory #700
- Title
- Point Breeze gasometer, [Philadelphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the gasometer of the Philadelphia Gas Works surrounded by a low fence and seen from across a field. The gasometer consists of ten crenellated columns standing around a circular base and connected by a band decorated with quatrefoil shapes. Philadelphia Gas Works began operating in 1836 when gas lights were installed along Second Street. It came under city ownership in 1841., Time: 4:25 PM, Light: Fair sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- October 4, 1884
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.439]
- Title
- Phila[delphia] Shipbuilding Co. new dry dock
- Description
- Film negative showing a large ship named, [F]earless, in the Philadelphia Shipbuilding Company drydock surrounded by building materials. A ladder stands in front of the ship's propellor extending up to the deck., Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- May 24, 1912
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.475]
- Title
- Old saw mill. Mill Cr[eek] Road & Gulf Road (old road). Arthur Jones standing upon mill. [Haverford, Pa.]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a saw mill built into a hillside at Haverford. Logs pile up against the stone base of the building and Arthur Jones (Haverford College class of 1885) leans against a pillar on the main level., Time: 2:40, Light: Fair sun out., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- March 10, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.517]
- Title
- Making salt, at Saltville, Virginia
- Description
- Illustration included in Chapter LXIII, "Among the Mountains -- From Bristol to Lynchburg." It shows two black men working in the salt works in Saltsville, Virginia. In the accompaying text, King wrote the following of the two subjects: "The stout negroes working over the boiling salt were both delighted and amazed when their pictures appeared in the artist's [James Wells Champney's] sketch-book; they had never seen 'no such writin' befo'.'" (p. 571), Illustration in Edward King's The Great South (Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1875), p. 571., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Work Scenes.
- Date
- [1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1875 King 3379.Q p 571, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2829
- Title
- Thos. W. Mattson, 402 Market Street, one door above Fourth Street, south side. The most extensive trunk & carpet bag manufacturer in Philadelphia
- Description
- Illustrated advertising broadside depicting three trunks and a carpet bag. Text advertises sale of "leather bags, &c., umbrellas & hobby horses, boys' gigs, propellors, wheelbarrows, &c."
- Creator
- Mumford & Haas, engraver
- Date
- [between 1858 and 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department PhPr - 11 x 14 - advertisements [P.2002.11.2]
- Title
- Rogers' patent broadcast seeder patented January 19th, 1864. This machine is the simplest of its kind now in use, ... These machines are kept constantly on hand and for sale by the undersigned proprietor for Ohio. County and state rights for sale
- Description
- Library Company copy has MS. notes on verso., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Ranney, Moses
- Date
- [not before 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Ranney 14590.Q
- Title
- Keyser & Foxe's mahogany steam saw mill & turning shop No. 21 [later 225] Crown St. between Race & Vine Sts., Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement showing three men working with mahogany logs in a four-story, brick building tenanted by the saw mill of Jacob Keyser and Bryan Fox at 225 Crown Street. One of the laborers guides a log onto a block and tackle lift from the sidewalk (left), while another holds the ropes and waits for the log on the second level. Another laborer moves a log on a ramp through an open doorway on the first floor (right). In the foreground, an unhitched dray rests near a log in the cobblestone street. The basement, first, and second floor windows and doors are flanked by open, white shutters. Keyser & Foxe operated from this location between 1853 and 1861, at which time the sawmill was renamed Bryan Fox & Son., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Aug. 1847., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 420, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
- Creator
- Heiss, George G., artist
- Date
- [ca. 1847]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W212 [P.2138]
- Title
- The Farmer Mower
- Description
- Printed in red ink., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Parmenter, F. W.
- Date
- [not before 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Parment 104319.D
- Title
- Negresse battant le coton au lieu de le carder
- Description
- Included in Chapter XV, "Arts et Industrie," the engraving shows an African woman beating cotton into threads. The cotton, which had already been ginned, was placed on a stiff mat and hit with a baton., Illustration in René Geoffroy de Villeneuve's L'Afrique, ou Histoire, meours, usages et coutumes des africains: Le Sénégal (Paris: Nepveu, libraire, passage des Panoramas, no. 26, 1814), vol. 4, p. 181., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
- Date
- [1814]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare U Afri R.G.V. 65954.D v 4 p 181, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2934