Henry Tolman, dealier in railway, machinists', engineers' and general supplies, also machinery and tools, No. [228] Arch Street, Philadelphia.
Title
Henry Tolman, dealier in railway, machinists', engineers' and general supplies, also machinery and tools, No. [228] Arch Street, Philadelphia
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting metal hardware flanking the title., Title annotated to No. 228 Arch Street from No. 116 Arch Street., Manuscript note on verso: Office hours 12 to 26c., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Tolman [P.2006.20.63]
Robert Barker & Co. Manufacturers and wholesale druggists. Selling agents for Barker's H&C Powder & N&B Liniment. 135 Arch Street.
Title
Robert Barker & Co. Manufacturers and wholesale druggists. Selling agents for Barker's H&C Powder & N&B Liniment. 135 Arch Street Robert Barker. S. B. Ousey
Description
Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing block lettering and pictorial details, including a frame-like ornament, filigree, and flourishes. Ornament overprinted with text reading "Barker's Sarsaparilla. Barker's Pills. Moore's Syrup Tar. Mein's Syrup Blackberry. Ffirst National White Lead and Colors. Barker's Flavoring Extracts., Completed in manuscript to J. F. Wagernhuss (i.e., Wagonhurst) on December 31, 1895 for several items, including fenugreek and salt petre, for $22.27., Stamped on recto: 30 days, Less 1 per cent. Discount in 10 days., Inscribed on recto: Paid 1/31/96., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads 1880- (N-R) - R [P.2011.46.400]
Bought of William A. Whittem, apothecary, dealer in segars, stationery &c. Opposite rail road depot.
Title
Bought of William A. Whittem, apothecary, dealer in segars, stationery &c. Opposite rail road depot Established 1875
Description
Billhead of the Philadelphia druggist containing block lettering and pictorial details including ribbons, filigree, and flourishes., Completed in manuscript to A. W. Kelsey on October 1, 1893 for several items, including "Apollinaire's Pt," eye shade, Pears soap, camphor, rubber bands, tooth brushes, and dental floss, for $24.07., Stamped on recto: Paid Oct 3 1893 Wm. A. Whittem, per F.R., Printed above image: No toilet is complete without a bottle of Whittem's Rosemary and Catharidine Hair Tonic. It is Refreshing, Cleaning, and Invigorating., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - Billheads 1880- (S-Z) - W [P.2011.46.426]
J.T. Moore, wholesale dealer & manufacturer's agent, wooden-ware, baskets, brooms, brushes, twine, cordage, &c. No. 235 South Front Street, Philadelphia.
Title
J.T. Moore, wholesale dealer & manufacturer's agent, wooden-ware, baskets, brooms, brushes, twine, cordage, &c. No. 235 South Front Street, Philadelphia
Description
Manuscript numbers on verso, including No. 356, No. 1., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Moore [P.2004.36.5]
Geo. Rehfuss & Sons, mech. eng's, manufacturers of light machinery of every description. Dental and surgical instruments. Inventors of special machinery, Tiernan Street, below Wharton, Philadelphia, Pa. Residence, 1316 S. Broad St.
Title
Geo. Rehfuss & Sons, mech. eng's, manufacturers of light machinery of every description. Dental and surgical instruments. Inventors of special machinery, Tiernan Street, below Wharton, Philadelphia, Pa. Residence, 1316 S. Broad St
Description
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Rehfuss [P.2006.20.41]
Robert Reid, machinist, 42, 44 & 46 E. Canal Street, below Front, Philadelphia, Pa.
Title
Robert Reid, machinist, 42, 44 & 46 E. Canal Street, below Front, Philadelphia, Pa Maker of steam engines, shafting, pulleys, hangers, boxes, punching presses, dies, punches, shears & cutters. Gear cutting up to six feet diameter. Also, maker of F. & R. Reid's celebrated patent corn crusher. Jobbing promptly attended to
Description
Robert Reid relocated his machinist shop to 71 East Laurel Street in 1886., Manuscript note written diagonally across recto: Removed to 71 East Laurel St., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Craig, Finley & Co., the partnership between William Craig, James G. Finley and James Ferguson, Jr., relocated to 1018/1020 Arch Street in 1875.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Reid [P.2006.20.36]
Philadelphia Machinery Company, 1819 to 1827 Montgomery Ave., Philadelphia, Penna.
Title
Philadelphia Machinery Company, 1819 to 1827 Montgomery Ave., Philadelphia, Penna Exclusively manufacture of patented specialties. Dan'l Mills, president. Jas. M. Dalton, sec'y & treas
Description
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Philadelphia [P.2006.20.39]
Zindgraf & Hohenadel, 215 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Title
Zindgraf & Hohenadel, 215 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa Machinists, millwrights, steam engine builders and mill stone manufacturers, contractors for the building of paper, flour, malt and saw mills, breweries, paint, drug and chemical works, portable mills & hoisting machines, also patent paint mills, smut machines, mill bushes, conveyors, elevators and belting. Machinery of every description on hand and made to order. Also agents for the celebrated Niagara steam pump. All orders for jobbing, forging, &c., will be promptly attended to at reasonable rates. George P. Zindgraf, John Hohenadel, Jr
Description
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Zindgraf [P.9798.6]
To A. M. Knowlson, dr. Pharmaceutist, natural flowers of every description, for parties, weddings, funerals, &c., furnished at short notice. No. 350 Broadway, Troy, N.Y.
Title
To A. M. Knowlson, dr. Pharmaceutist, natural flowers of every description, for parties, weddings, funerals, &c., furnished at short notice. No. 350 Broadway, Troy, N.Y
Description
Billheads containing ornamented type. Knowlson entered the drug store trade in the late 1850s and succeeded his employer W.E. Hagan in 1864. He relocated to the larger storefront on Broadway in 1871., Printed upper right: All Accounts Settled Monthly., P.2011.46.181 missing lower half. Completed in manuscript to Rev. Frank Norton on January 1, 1878 for several outstanding billed items from July-November 1878, including cut flowers, Benzine, soap, bug poison, and carthartic pills priced between $.35 and $2.00., P.2011.46.182 completed in manuscript to Rev. Frank Norton on June 17, 1879 for several outstanding billed items from January 1879, including a pencil, cut flowers, turpentine, plaster, Chlorate Potash, alcohol, soap, Chloride Lime, glass tube, and Nichol's Carbolic Acid for $45.57. Inscribed on recto: Amount carried over. Inscribed on verso: Amount carried over page 3., P.2011.46.183 completed in manuscript to Rev. F.L. Norton on May 19, 1880 for several outstanding billed items from April-May 1880, including Walkers emulsion, quinine pills, N.E. rum, plaster, nipples, Saffron, and Gum Camphor for $9.42., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - K [P.2011.46.181-183]
Bought of E. & S. Frey, druggists, no. 314 Baltimore Street.
Title
Bought of E. & S. Frey, druggists, no. 314 Baltimore Street Samuel W. Frey, James H. Frey
Description
Billheads containing ornate type lettering. E. & S. Frey operated circa 1830s-circa 1920s., P.2011.46.144a completed in manuscript to E. R. Scaggs & Co. on October 31, 1866 for several items, including castor oil, turpentine, pepper, putty, Frey's pills, and water proof caps for $49.55. Inscribed on verso: E. & S. Frey $49.55. Oct 31/66. E.R. Skaggs & Co., P.2011.46.145a completed in manuscript to E. R. Scaggs & Co. on September 26, 1867 for several items, including castor oil, paregoric, rosin, Wright's pills, Parlour matches, and indigo for $42.27. Inscribed on verso: E. & S. Frey $42.27., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - E [P.2011.46.144a & 145a]
Vankirk & Co. Philadelphia.
Title
Vankirk & Co. Philadelphia
Description
Series of trade catalog illustrations showing different styles of chandelier lamps produced by the chandelier works in Frankford. Includes views of three-, four-, and six-light chandliers with globe-, bell-, and fluted-shaped glass shades, Style numbers include no. 362, no. 363, no. 404, no. 457 and no. 661 (including "for Coal Oil"). Prints also includes the spread (from 19 to 36 in.) of the light fixtures., Three of the four prints contain plate numbers in upper right corner: Plate 59, 62, and 63., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Boell relocated his establishment to 312 & 314 Walnut Street in 1868.
Creator
Boell, William
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.229-230]
Vankirk & Co. Philadelphia. [graphic] / Boell, eng.
Title
Vankirk & Co. Philadelphia
Description
Series of trade catalog illustrations showing different styles of chandelier lamps produced by the chandelier works in Frankford. Includes views of three-, four-, and six-light chandliers with globe-, bell-, and fluted-shaped glass shades, Style numbers include no. 362, no. 363, no. 404, no. 457 and no. 661 (including "for Coal Oil"). Prints also includes the spread (from 19 to 36 in.) of the light fixtures., Three of the four prints contain plate numbers in upper right corner: Plate 59, 62, and 63., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Boell relocated his establishment to 312 & 314 Walnut Street in 1868.
Creator
Boell, William
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.229-230]
Eagle Iron Works. Hoff & Fontaine, founders, and manufacturers of steam engines, patent steam stocking presses, pumps, patent hoisting machines, pulleys, hangers, couplings, shafting and mill gearing, general machinists, boiler makers & millwrights, No. 1
Title
Eagle Iron Works. Hoff & Fontaine, founders, and manufacturers of steam engines, patent steam stocking presses, pumps, patent hoisting machines, pulleys, hangers, couplings, shafting and mill gearing, general machinists, boiler makers & millwrights, No. 1162 North Third Street, Philadelphia
Description
Manuscript note on verso: Benjamin F. Skeen, no. 3651 Market St., fireman, Baldwin's boiler., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Eagle [P.2006.20.8]
The coming power. "Swiftsure soap." Compliments of Ecker & Co., Otis & Holman Sts., Phila., Pa.
Title
The coming power. "Swiftsure soap." Compliments of Ecker & Co., Otis & Holman Sts., Phila., Pa
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting a boy wearing a straw hat. Ecker & Co. consisted of Henry J., Joseph A., Frederick and George F. Ecker., Contains advertising text promoting "swiftsure soap" printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Ecker [P.9782]
Charles Diedrichs, manufacturer of braiding, cord, & whip machinery, & machinery in general, No. 31 Vine St., Philadelphia.
Title
Charles Diedrichs, manufacturer of braiding, cord, & whip machinery, & machinery in general, No. 31 Vine St., Philadelphia
Description
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Diedrichs [P.2006.20.12]
Matthew H. Fifield, machinist, light "special" machinery and models. Also tools for jewelers, silversmiths, dentists and sheet metal workers, No. 3015 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Title
Matthew H. Fifield, machinist, light "special" machinery and models. Also tools for jewelers, silversmiths, dentists and sheet metal workers, No. 3015 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Fifield [P.2006.20.14]
To Read & Sutters, dr. Chair manufacturers, S.W. cor. Front & Green Streets, No. 536 North Front St., ware room second story.
Title
To Read & Sutters, dr. Chair manufacturers, S.W. cor. Front & Green Streets, No. 536 North Front St., ware room second story
Description
Billhead containing a vignette showing a menagerie of furniture, including chairs, a sofa, and ottoman surrounded by an ornamental border and captioned "Old Chairs Re-Caned and Varnished.", Title annotated: Read [crossed out]; No. 536 North Front St. [crossed out]., Year altered in pencil from 186_ to 187_., Completed in manuscript to Mr. Smith & Borden on November 8, 1870 for "1 doz 1/2 of bell 17.00 a doz, 8.50, 25.50: $15.00 on a count., Manuscript note on recto: Received Payment. Recvd payment 10.00. Mr. Sutter., Contains punched hole in center., 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. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.144]
Schaum & Uhlinger, successors to W.P. Uhlinger, Glenwood Ave. and Second St., Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Title
Schaum & Uhlinger, successors to W.P. Uhlinger, Glenwood Ave. and Second St., Philadelphia, U.S.A Jacquard Machines, for every variety of fancy weaving. World's fair, Machinery Hall, Column O 49
Description
Illustrated trade cards depicting vignettes of three kinds of Jacquard looms built and sold by Schaum & Uhlinger, including the "Rotary cylinder 624th rise and fall Jacquard," "Rotary cylinder 624th single lift Jacquard," and the "Rotary cylinder 1248h double lift Jacquard". Schaum & Uhlinger was the partnership between Otto W. Schaum and William W. Uhlinger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1893]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Schaum [P.9948]
Shafer's pure fruit syrups.
Title
Shafer's pure fruit syrups
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting a male cherub's head and wing framed by torn paper and cracks after poking his head through., Advertising text printed on verso includes testimonials, prices of Shafer's pure fruit syrups, and lists available flavors., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Shafer [1975.F.793]
Bought of A. W. Wright & Co., importers and dealers in drugs, medicines, paints, oils, refined coal and lubricating oils, druggists' sundries, &c. Paint department, 124 Market Street. N.E. cor. Market and Front Streets.
Title
Bought of A. W. Wright & Co., importers and dealers in drugs, medicines, paints, oils, refined coal and lubricating oils, druggists' sundries, &c. Paint department, 124 Market Street. N.E. cor. Market and Front Streets Sole proprietors Kaighn's Syrup of Tar, Wild Cherry and Hoarhound. Proprietors of the Haddonfield Paint and Oil Works, Haddonfield, N.J. Manufacturers of Dr. Hutchinson's Vegetable Worm Destroyer
Description
Billheads containing ornamented type lettering., P.2011.46.6 completed in manuscript to L. Somers on August 10, 1887 for several items, including "1 Quart Castor Oil" for $8.12. Signed October 12, 1887 By Cash $4.12; December 14, 1887 Recd. Payment A. Wright & Co., P.2011.46.6a completed in manuscript to L. Somers on March 28, 1888 for Chester Oil for $4.58. Signed Recd Payment A.W. Wright & Co. 4/25/88. Manuscript note on recto: 1/4 cents off H.L. Oil if paid in 30 days., P.2011.46.7 completed in manuscript to L. Somers on April 25, 1888 for several items, including "1/2 doz Paint Brushes, #5" for $13.73. Signed June 16, 1888 By Cash $5.73; September 12, 1887 Recd. Payment A. Wright & Co., "Book" and "Page" numbers inscribed in upper left corner., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - A [P.2011.46.6-7]
Directions for making the army woolen mitten. : First sew the welt on the thumbpiece; then close up the thumb on the back, and fit it in its place, where it must be firmly stitched; then close up the side and finger. It is best to leave the edges of the s
Title
Directions for making the army woolen mitten First sew the welt on the thumbpiece; then close up the thumb on the back, and fit it in its place, where it must be firmly stitched; then close up the side and finger. It is best to leave the edges of the seams outside, as they serve to protect the sewing. For the left hand mitten reverse the pattern
Description
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)
Geyer's vegetable hair restorative and hair dressing. : Gray hair changed to it original color without dyeing. Since the introduction of this truly valuable preparation to the public notice, it has proved to be the only article that will absolutely, witho
Title
Geyer's vegetable hair restorative and hair dressing Gray hair changed to it original color without dyeing. Since the introduction of this truly valuable preparation to the public notice, it has proved to be the only article that will absolutely, without deception, restore gray hair to its original color, beauty, health, and softness. ... It is not a dye! It does not stain the skin a particle, nor soil hat, bonnet, or the finest cambric. Compounded in strict accordance with modern vegetable chemistry, and being entirely different from all other hair preparations, it is warranted to do all that is claimed for it. ... Call for Geyer's vegetable hair restorative, and for your own health and comfort, do not be put off with something else, said to be "just as good." Price one dollar per bottle
Description
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)
Kingford's Oswego starch, the best starch in the world! : Kingsford's Oswego corn starch for puddings, custards, blanc mange, &c. Kingsford's silver gloss starch, gives a beautiful finish to the linen. Read this! Less than half a cent will pay the differe
Title
Kingford's Oswego starch, the best starch in the world! Kingsford's Oswego corn starch for puddings, custards, blanc mange, &c. Kingsford's silver gloss starch, gives a beautiful finish to the linen. Read this! Less than half a cent will pay the difference, in an ordinary family washing, between the cost of Kingsford's celebrated starch and any of the common starches, and the difference will be more than saved by its extra strength
Description
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)
William & Coons, importers of fancy goods. Manufacturers of pocket books, no. 19 North Fourth St. Philadelphia.
Title
William & Coons, importers of fancy goods. Manufacturers of pocket books, no. 19 North Fourth St. Philadelphia Saml. W. Williams. Joseph Coons
Description
Trade card containing a central vignette showing a pocket book., P. 9349.146f contains gilt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.141l&146f]
William & Coons, importers of fancy goods. Manufacturers of pocket books, no. 19 North Fourth St. Philadelphia. [graphic] : Saml. W. Williams. Joseph Coons.
Title
William & Coons, importers of fancy goods. Manufacturers of pocket books, no. 19 North Fourth St. Philadelphia Saml. W. Williams. Joseph Coons
Description
Trade card containing a central vignette showing a pocket book., P. 9349.146f contains gilt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.141l&146f]
William & Coons, importers of fancy goods. Manufacturers of pocket books, no. 19 North Fourth St. Philadelphia. [graphic] : Saml. W. Williams. Joseph Coons.
Title
William & Coons, importers of fancy goods. Manufacturers of pocket books, no. 19 North Fourth St. Philadelphia Saml. W. Williams. Joseph Coons
Description
Trade card containing a central vignette showing a pocket book., P. 9349.146f contains gilt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.141l&146f]
[Philadelphia Brewery]
Title
[Philadelphia Brewery]
Description
Advertisment showing the brewery marked as established "1861" and adjacent residences. Horse-drawn wagons loaded with barrels from the brewery depart the fence-lined, landscaped property from under an archway reading "Philadelphia Brewery" and travel in the street in the foreground. Also shows a couple walking on the sidewalk in front of one of the residences., Not in Wainwright., Title supplied by cataloger., Philadelphia on Stone, Trimmed, Library of Congress: DLC PP 2001: 068 [Philadelphia Brewery]
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC PP 2001: 068 [Philadelphia Brewery]
U.S. Army ambulance.
Title
U.S. Army ambulance
Description
View of an unhitched Finney wagon next to piles of lumber in a lumber yard. A sign on the side of the coach reads, "U.S. Army Hospl. Dept. No. 9"., Title from manuscript note on paper label below image., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non-Phila - Washington, D.C. [5779.F.17c]
A.G. Brooks, machinery exchange, 261 N. Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.
Title
A.G. Brooks, machinery exchange, 261 N. Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A N.B.--Machinery taken in trade. Over
Description
Manuscript note on recto: Ball engine., Trade card with printed text on verso advertising: portable and stationary engines & boilers, saw mills, steam pumps, all sizes. Aland injector blowers & exhausters, Forster's crushers, Judson's governors, bucket plunger steam pumps, hot-polished shafting, adjustable pipe tongs. Holland sight feed lubricators, scotch glass tubes, Jordan's steam traps, Clark's damper regulators, lathes, planers, drills, &c. A large stock of machinery taken in trade, for sale at the lowest prices. Appraisements of machinery made. Machinery sold on commission., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., John D. Avil founded and managed the Avil Printing Company (also known as John D. Avil & Co.) in West Philadelphia from the early 1860s until his death in 1918. In 1868 he purchased land to construct a small building at 3941-3945 Market Street.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Brooks [P.2006.20.23]
Frank P. Brown, plumber, steam and gas fitter, No. 53 North Sixth Street, below Arch, Philadelphia.
Title
Frank P. Brown, plumber, steam and gas fitter, No. 53 North Sixth Street, below Arch, Philadelphia Residence, 1414 North Eighteenth Street
Description
Print printed in black ink on green paper., Manuscript note on verso: Mr. Ingram, 3rd abe. Arch, west side., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Frank P. Brown's plumbing business relocated from 145 North Sixth Street to 53 North Sixth Street in 1885.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Brooks [P.2006.20.22]
Great Dry Dock at Ireland I[sland] [Bermuda] [graphic].
Title
Great Dry Dock at Ireland I[sland] [Bermuda]
Description
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]
[Briggs & Bro., flour and feed store, East Orthodox Street, Frankford, Philadelphia]
Title
[Briggs & Bro., flour and feed store, East Orthodox Street, Frankford, Philadelphia]
Description
Exterior view of the two story brick store. Depicts fenced lot adjoining the store and barrels lined up along the side of the building and under the front awning. Briggs & Bro. was located at several locations on Orthodox Street around the time this photograph was taken. Established at 164 Orthodox in 1879; moved to 242 Orthodox around 1880, and then to 248 Orthodox around 1885., Grey mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: H.M.B.S., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Schofield, John, 1835-1910, photographer
Date
between 1879 and 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schofield - business [P.9774.5]
A part of the 4,000,000 bale yearly cotton crop of Texas.
Title
A part of the 4,000,000 bale yearly cotton crop of Texas
Description
Depicts hundreds of bales of cotton on a cleared field. A man steers a horse-drawn wagon down a path between the bales., Grey mount with rounded corners., Contains Sun Sculpture trademark on mount., Title printed on mount., Printed on mount: S 180., Contains a detailed explanation of the cost of and profit from cotton production on verso., Title printed in six languages on verso., Copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Underwood & Underwood, established in 1882, began publishing boxed educational sets of stereoviews for school use in the early twentieth century.
Creator
Underwood & Underwood
Date
[ca. 1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Underwood & Underwood - Work [P.2002.4.1]
Brown & Magee, manufacturers, 708 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia [graphic].
Title
Brown & Magee, manufacturers, 708 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description
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]
Nearing the Atlantic Refining Co's plant at Point Breeze [graphic].
Title
Nearing the Atlantic Refining Co's plant at Point Breeze
Description
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
[Wm. Wilson & Son, manufacturers of silverware, northwest corner Fifth and Cherry streets] [graphic].
Title
[Wm. Wilson & Son, manufacturers of silverware, northwest corner Fifth and Cherry streets]
Description
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
[Delivery wagon for Ellwood Allen, lumber & mill work, York & Richmond Sts., Philadelphia]
Title
[Delivery wagon for Ellwood Allen, lumber & mill work, York & Richmond Sts., Philadelphia]
Description
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]
Peter Parker, No. 249 North Second St. [Philadelphia] :
Title
Peter Parker, No. 249 North Second St. [Philadelphia] A la mode
Description
Advertisement for hats depicting a jumbled assortment of men's hats displayed on top of an anvil shaped pedestal adorned with an image of a beaver. Parker is listed at this address from 1829 to 1841., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 170, Originally part of John McAllister's scrapbook "Costumes, English & American, 1800-1869."
Creator
Erwin, J., artist
Date
[ca. 1836]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements [5743.F.94]
The Union mower.
Title
The Union mower
Description
"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)
[Dyottville Glass Works]
Title
[Dyottville Glass Works]
Description
View showing the Dyottville Glass Works, in Kensington along the bank of the Delaware River, purchased in the late 1810s by English-born boot black maker and patent medicine dealer Thomas Dyott. Shows several of the 50 buildings of the premier glass works, including the factory adorned with the sign "Dyottville Glass Works", farmhouses, and barns. Workers enter the factory and walk on the grounds. Also shows several skiffs docked in front of the complex. The works also had a butcher shop, bakery, and chapel. Originally established as the Kensington Glass Works in 1771 by Towars and Leacock, the Dyottville Glass Works manufactured vials, bottles, flask, demijohns, and "indispensable articles." The factory ceased operations following Dyott's conviction for fraud in 1837 but resumed glass manufacturing in 1842 under the new ownership of Henry Seybert and was active until the end of the century., Philadelphia on Stone, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Stauffer, vol. I, folder 56, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 14:84, Trimmed.
Date
[ca. 1858]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Stauffer, vol. I, folder 56
William W. Cansler's Paper-Hanging Warehouse N.E. corner of Arch & Seventh Sts. Philadelphia.
Title
William W. Cansler's Paper-Hanging Warehouse N.E. corner of Arch & Seventh Sts. Philadelphia Country merchants supplied at the lowest prices. Rooms papered at short notice by careful workmen. Frescoes &c
Description
Advertisement showing a northeast view of the two and one-half story storefront, covered in signage at 242 (i.e., 600 block) of Arch Street). Signage advertises "William Cansler. An extensive assortment of French and American Paper Hangings for Parlors Entries, Dining Rooms, Halls &c of Modern Style Fire Screens" and "Paper Hanging Warehouse." A couple enters the entry to the storefront between showcase windows displaying large wall paper samples. At the side of the building, a man walks past an advertising pole reading "Paper Hangings. Velvet Border" as a woman strolls ahead of him. Cansler tenanted the site 1842-1848., Philadelphia on Stone, Library of Congress: DLC PP 2001: 068 William W. Cansler recto, Library of Congress: DLC PP 2001: 068 William W. Cansler verso
Creator
Rease, W. H., artist
Date
[ca. 1845]
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC PP 2001: 068 William W. Cansler recto, Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC PP 2001: 068 William W. Cansler verso
John Mundell & Co.'s Solar Tip Shoes. Made only by John Mundell & Co. Phila.
Title
John Mundell & Co.'s Solar Tip Shoes. Made only by John Mundell & Co. Phila None genuine without our trademark. Look out for the trademark. At wholesale by A.P. Doe & Co., Davenport, Iowa
Description
Advertisement containing a scene showing a personified figure of the sun standing on a stage surrounded by children. A few sit on the floor trying on shoes or crying., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 124, Library of Congress: PAGA 7 - no. 166 (B size) Mundell
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7 - no. 166 (B size) Mundell
Philadelphia taste displayed. Or, bon-ton below stairs.
Title
Philadelphia taste displayed. Or, bon-ton below stairs
Description
Satiric scene showing high society, i.e., "bon-ton" in a Philadelphia oyster cellar. A "gentleman" descends the stairwell to the swankly decorated cellar where a motley gathering of men drink, smoke, gossip, and suck oysters. An African American bartender serves drinks from decanters in the left of the image. The bar is adorned with a notice reading "City Privilege still without license." Another African American attends the oyster bar. Plates, crackers, salt, and vinegars line the edge. In the right of the image, a sick-faced patron wobbles and spills his drink next to a tall clock with a decorated face and the inscription "Music has charms." Possibly, the cellar at 806 Market Street operated by African American proprietor James Prosser from about 1830., Inscribed on verso: Said Wm Van [?] of the Walnut/ Chestnut? St. Theatre., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 598, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 O 97, LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #40., Jackson, Joseph, Encyclopedia of Philadelphia, p. 386-387
Creator
Akin, James, ca. 1773-1846, artist
Date
[ca. 1830]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 O 97
The great fertilizer. Whann's raw bone super phosphate. Walton, Whann & Co.'s Works, Wilmington, Del.
Title
The great fertilizer. Whann's raw bone super phosphate. Walton, Whann & Co.'s Works, Wilmington, Del The unexampled results of this great fertilizer on cotton, corn, wheat, tobacco, and all other crops prove it to be the best and cheapest manure in the market. Made if pure raw bone, dissolved in sulphuric acid, guano, and salts of potash and soda, it contains every element needed by growing plants. No fertilizer has been more uniformly successful in all sections of the country
Description
Advertisement containing a view of the busy fertilizer factory complex on the riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware. Complex includes three smock stacks. Several workers move, inspect, and use handcarts near rows of crates piled on the dock and in front of the manufactory. Horse-drawn wagons arrive and depart from the site. Ships and barges deliver and receive supplies from the Christina River. Also contains notice about "Descriptive Pamphlets mailed free on application" and the three locations of the manufacturers, including 203 West Front Street, Wilmington, Del.; 57 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md.; 28 South Wharves, Philadelphia. Manufactory established in 1861., Printed above title: [Trade Mark Patented, November 22d, 1870]., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 100, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 W 173, Manuscript note on verso: Library Fund Oct. 28, 1960.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 W 173
Kimball & Gorton Philadelphia R. R. Car Manufactory, 21st. & Hamilton streets Philadelphia.
Title
Kimball & Gorton Philadelphia R. R. Car Manufactory, 21st. & Hamilton streets Philadelphia Manufactory of every description of rail road passenger and freight cars of any design or dimension required
Description
Advertisement showing a City Passenger R.R. car and passenger railroad car built by the firm. The street car is depicted with a galloping horse team, driver, several passengers, and conductor and travels past the "P.S. Duval & Son lithographers." studio at the corner of Fifth and Minor streets. Richard Kimball and Lorenzo D. Gorton partnered 1851-1861., Philadelphia on Stone, Atwater Kent Museum: 44.87.173/2, LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Kimball & Gorton. Copy hand-colored.
Date
[ca. 1857]
Location
Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 44.87.173/2, Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Kimball & Gorton
Kimball & Gorton Philadelphia R. R. Car Manufactory, 21st. & Hamilton streets Philadelphia.
Title
Kimball & Gorton Philadelphia R. R. Car Manufactory, 21st. & Hamilton streets Philadelphia Manufactory of every description of rail road passenger and freight cars of any design or dimension required
Description
Advertisement showing a City Passenger R.R. car and Pacific Railroad car built by the firm. The ornately painted street car is depicted with a galloping horse team, driver, passengers, and conductor. The No. 85 coach produced for the Pacific Railroad of Missouri was introduced circa 1852. Richard Kimball and Lorenzo D. Gorton partnered 1851-1861., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 423, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 6742 K 49, Boell operated his studio from 311 Walnut Street 1860-1866.
Creator
Boell, William
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 6742 K 49
Jules Hauel's eau lustral hair restorative
Title
Jules Hauel's eau lustral hair restorative For the restoration, growth, beauty and preservation of the hair
Description
Advertisement for the Philadelphia perfumer at 120, i.e., 324 Chestnut Street. Shows two well-dressed women in a boudoir that is decorated with carpet, drapes, and a candlelabra. One woman combs her long, lush, flowing hair with her back to a nightstand with a mirror as she looks at the second woman with short wispy hair. Perfume bottles rest on the night stand. Also contains an ornamental border including columns and advertising text. Text promotes the stopping of "decay in the middle of decline, to preserve what is beautiful" through use of Haul's "Hair Restorative" that "stops the falling off of Hair, promotes the growth of it, vivifies the roots and the skin and gives a new vigor to hair." Hauel began his perfumery business in Philadelphia in 1839 by selling vegetable hair dyes and fancy soaps., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 127, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 392 W 363, Trimmed.
Creator
Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847, artist
Date
[ca. 1842]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 392 W 363
John C. Baker & Co. wholesale dealers & importers of drugs, medicines, chemicals, paints & dye stuffs, No. 100, North Third St. Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by W. H. Rease No. 17 So. 5th St.
Title
John C. Baker & Co. wholesale dealers & importers of drugs, medicines, chemicals, paints & dye stuffs, No. 100, North Third St. Philadelphia. [graphic] / On stone by W. H. Rease No. 17 So. 5th St.
Description
Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator
Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
Date
ca. 1849.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W201.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W201 [P.2140]
Potter & Carmichael, oil cloth manufacturers warehouse, No. 135, North Third Street, Philadelphia. [graphic] / Drawn on stone by H.W. Rease, No. 17, So. 5th St.
Title
Potter & Carmichael, oil cloth manufacturers warehouse, No. 135, North Third Street, Philadelphia. [graphic] / Drawn on stone by H.W. Rease, No. 17, So. 5th St.
Description
Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator
Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
Date
ca. 1849.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W298.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W298 [P.2174]
[Lewis Fatman & Co., steam paste blacking, steam friction matches, 41 N. Front Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Title
[Lewis Fatman & Co., steam paste blacking, steam friction matches, 41 N. Front Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Description
Location: 41 North Front Street (pre-consolidation)., LCP copy lacking title and imprint., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Date
[Dec. 1847]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W217.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W217 [P.2110]

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