Circular for inking rollers., 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.
Metamorphic trade card containing six bust-length portraits of three men and three woman with changeable upper and lower facial features. Female portraits depict a young, middle age, and older woman. The younger women wear hats and coats with collars. The older woman scowls and wears a bonnet and collared shirtwaist. Male portraits depict an older man, young gentleman, and gypsy figure. The older man is depicted bald-headed with a beard, in an undershirt, and frowning; the gentleman wears a top hat, cravat, and suit; and the gypsy figure is portrayed with a smirk, earring, and a Phrygian shaped red cap. Also contains several lines of advertising text, including "All my clothes are Lily white, Water Lily Soap maded them bright"; Water Lily Soap moves dirt & smell"; and "Alas I'm troubled, blue and sad, All other Soap but Water Lily's bad.", Title supplied by cataloger., Name of distributor printed on recto and verso: Joseph I. Keefe, General Agent. 35 South 2nd Street. Philadelphia, Pa., 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. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.34x]
Engraving accompanies the section, "Of the Tobacco House and its Variety," which begins Part II, "On the Manner of Housing, Curing, and Vending Tobacco in Virginia." A key to the illustration is printed at the front of the book. A denotes "the common Tobacco House." B shows tobacco hanging on a scaffold. C illustrates "the operation of prizing." D offers an "inside view of a Tobacco House, shewing [sic] the tobacco hanging to cure." E is an outside view of the public warehouse; F is an inside view of the public warehouse, "shewing the process of inspection.", Plate in William Tatham's An Historical and Practical Essay on the Culture and Commerce of Tobacco (London: Printed for Vernor and Hood, by T. Bensley, 1800), p. 27., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Work Scenes.
Creator
Newman, W., engraver
Date
[1800]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1800 Tat 2783.O p 27, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2705
Illustration of the processing of indigo with captions describing the work. Captions read: The Negroes cutting ye indigo; the Negroes throwing ye indigo into ye water; a Negro stirring ye indigo in water; Negroes carrying indigo into chests or cafes to dry it; Overseer of ye Negroes; and Anil or indigo., Plate 35 in Pierre Pomet's A compleat history of druggs, written in French by Monsieur Pomet... illustrated with above four hundred copper cutts (London: printed for R. Bonwicke, William Freeman, Timothy Goodwin, John Walthoe, Matthew Wotton [and 5 others in London], 1712), page 90, book 5 and in later editions of the same work issued in 1725, 1737 and 1748., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project.
Date
[1737]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Il Pome 2177.Q plate 35., https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2843
Shows four slaves at work in a tobacco house. In the lower left-hand corner, a female slave sits on the ground and strips (?) the tobacco leaves (1). Behind her, another slave twists tobacco (2), while a third slave (3) puts it on a roll. Drying tobacco leaves hang upside down from the rafters (4). In the background, a mother and child work hanging leaves. A version of this engraving (a closely related mirror image) appears in Jean Baptiste Laban's Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique (A Paris: rue S. Jacques, chez Pierre-François Giffart, près la rue Mathurins, à l'image Sainte Therese, M.DCC.XXII [1722]), vol. 4, p. 496., Plate 21 in Il gazzettiere americano (In Livorno: Per Marco Coltellini all' inglese della verita, [1763]), vol 3, p. 202., Key at the top reads: 1. Nero che leva le Costole al Tabacco; 2. Nero che torce il Tabacco; 3. Nero che arrotola il Tabacco ; 4. Tabacco sospese per aseiugarsi., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Work Scenes.
Creator
Gregori, Ant, engraver
Date
[1763]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1763 Ameri Gaz Log 2080.F v 3 p 202., https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2677
Price list for sealing wax, wafers, and writing inks., 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.
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.
Price list for manufacturers' supplies and leather belting., 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.
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.
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.
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.
Folded circular with manuscript notations and price list., 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.
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.
Folded price list with manuscript., 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.
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.
Recommendation regarding taxes on printed bill-heads, cards, and circulars., 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
Executive Committee of the Employing Printers of the City of New York., creator
Folded brochure with manuscript., 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.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of large, numbered oil tanks that are sectioned off from a dirt path where the photographer stands by a small fence.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Depicts one of the many industries near the Scottsdale station on the South-West Pennsylvania Branch, leased by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1873. Probably one of the coke works in the area.
Jacob B. Shannon, locksmith and hardware manufacturer, is listed in Philadelphia directories at this address beginning in 1860., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Shannon, Jacob B.
Date
[between 1861 and 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1861 Shannon 5786.F.110b (McAllister)
Interior view of Agricultural Hall, specifically looking North from the nave. Depicts various exhibits featuring delicacies such as chocolates, preserved fruits, and alcoholic beverages. Also shows a sign reading, "Geo. Neighbour & Sons, BEE HIVES," a London-based company located in the Great Britain and Ireland section of the Hall.
Circular for inks and mucilage., 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.
Price list with business card attached., 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.
Folded price list for inks and mucilage., 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.
Two copies of price list for inks and mucilage, one with manuscript notations., 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.
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.
Price list for inks, mucilage, flavoring extracts, liquid blue, &c., 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.
Two copies of circular., 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.
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.
A wrapper., Charles Magarge & Co., paper warehouse, was in business from 1853 to 1878., Printed in blue., The illustration shows a scene of a Civil War battle., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Halleck Mills
Date
[between 1861 and 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Halleck (6)5777.F.87a (McAllister)
Printed area, including double-rule border, measures 10.3 x 8.4 cm.; printed label is pasted to a larger broadside cut in the shape of the mitten pattern 27 x 26 cm., and accompanied by an additional cut piece in the shape of the thumb., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company
Date
[between 1861 and 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Willcox (2)5786.F.171d (McAllister)
Myers, Graham & McFarland were at this address from 1864 to 1868., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 21.2 x 12.8 cm., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Geyer, Henry F. (Henry Francis), 1839-1932
Date
[between 1864 and 1868?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Geyer 15145.Q (Roughwood)
The illustration shows a patriot holding the U.S. flag, and resting his hand on an eagle., Printed in red and blue; printed area, including ruled border, measures 21.0 x 12.7 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the 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.122c (McAllister)
Glass negative showing a large wooden dry dock at Ireland Island with two curved sides, an opening in the middle and a staircase leading up to the top. The structure is located on a dock jutting out into the water. To the left is a low stone wall and the mast of a sailing ship visible behind it., Time: 12, Light: Very faint 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
March 29, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.915]
Photographic advertising card promoting Brown & Magee, trunk manufacturers, as successors to James E. Brown. Brown & Magee succeeded Brown circa 1866. Depicts a labeled display of men's and women's bags, valises, and trunks. Includes a soufflet bag; a French sac; an officers bag; a tourist bag; and an Army trunk., Inscribed in ink on image: Brown and Magee., Advertisement printed on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Date
ca. 1866
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - 5x7 unidentified - Business [(5)5786.F.114a]
View from across barren yard of industrial area, including smokestacks and large gas containers. Smoke billows from the smokestacks., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: The chimnies [sic] in the foreground are those of a brick kiln. View from 27"and Wharton. Two huge gas tanks are seen in the distance. The smoke is coming from the Refinery. (Get data as to great fires of the past in this plant, number of men employed, output per day. Fill in clouds.), 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 190 [P.8513.190], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson190.htm
View looking south from above Cherry Street showing the manufactory at 78 North Fifth Street. Employees stand at several of the windows of the building. Business adorned with a sign embellished with silver lettering and ornaments. Also shows partial views of merchandise in the display windows and a horse-drawn wagon., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title supplied by cataloguer., Inscribed in negative: 12., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date
1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - W [(7)1322.F.37d
Depicts a man sitting in an Ellwood Allen lumber & mill work wagon in front of brick row houses on an unidentified cobblestone street. A white horse is harnessed to the wagon, which sits near a pile of bricks on the side of the street., Gift of Emily Riese., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Davis, Eugene H., photographer
Date
ca. 1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Davis [P.9332.13]
"Thomas H. Dodge, proprietor, 42 Exchange Street, Worcester, Mass."--p. [3]., This machine was awarded a prize at the New England Agricultural Society fair held in Sept. 1864., Illustrations engraved by J.W. Orr and W.C. Whittemore., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Dodge, Thomas Hutchins, 1823-1910
Date
[not before 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Dodge 14574.Q (Beit- ler)
Joseph T. Webber began his drug business on State St., Springfield, Mass. in 1863, and moved to the corner of State and Main in 1865., "Family knitting machines. The Lamb Knitting Machine Company."--p. 2. The Lamb Knitting Machine Company was organized in Springfield, Mass. in 1865., A leaf detached from an unidentified work, with running title: Advertisements., One illustration signed: T. Chubbuck sc. Springfield., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
J.T. Webber & Co.
Date
[ca. 1865?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 J T Web 112072.D (Helfand)
Interior view of Agricultural Hall, specifically looking North from the nave. Depicts exhibits--primarily from Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and France--featuring delicacies such as chocolates, wines, and various other alcoholic beverages. The over-sized bottles on display are part of the Reignard exhibit, a Parisian wine firm. Also shown in the background is the model of a windmill.
Interior view of Machinery Hall featuring the Verviers of Belgium Section. Depicts the exhibit as indicated by multiple signs reading, "Verviers Belgique". Also shows numerous looms on display, as Verviers of Belgium were makers of fine broad cloths and overcoats.
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.
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)
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.
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)
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]
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]
