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Title: Warner Miskey & Merrill's show room, 718 Chestnut St. Phil
Description: Interior view of the gas fixture store. Gas light fixtures and chandeliers line the walls and ceilings above shelves lined with merchandise wrapped in paper. A store catalog is displayed in front of banister surrounding an opening in the floor. Also includes a stairwell in the background., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., White paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Accompanied by advertising label titled "Philadelphia Gas Fixture works. " Promotes the Philadelphia and New York branch (Warner, Peck & Co.) of the fixture manufactory and the company's line of products of "gas fixtures, lamps, girandoles, Bronzes, &c." designed by French artists. Also contains a one-line promotion for the photographic firm Langenheim, Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Published in Kenneth Finkel’s Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #109., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.F.33e]

Title: Warner Miskey & Merrill's show room, 718 Chestnut St. Phil
Description: Interior view of the gas fixture store. Gas light fixtures and chandeliers line the walls and ceilings above shelves lined with merchandise wrapped in paper. A store catalog is displayed in front of banister surrounding an opening in the floor. Also includes a stairwell in the background., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., White paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Accompanied by advertising label titled "Philadelphia Gas Fixture works. " Promotes the Philadelphia and New York branch (Warner, Peck & Co.) of the fixture manufactory and the company's line of products of "gas fixtures, lamps, girandoles, Bronzes, &c." designed by French artists. Also contains a one-line promotion for the photographic firm Langenheim, Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Published in Kenneth Finkel’s Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #109., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.F.33e]

Title: Masonic Hall Ches[t]nut Street, Penna
Description: View looking east from below Eighth Street showing the Masonic Hall at 713-721 Chestnut. The hall, built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart, was razed by fire in 1886. Shows adjacent businesses, including: Marxsen & Witte, china and glass (713 Chestnut); James E. Brown, trunk manufacturer, (708 Chestnut); Crittenden's Philadelphia Commercial College (7th and Chestnut); Charles Dumming & Co., musical instruments (633 Chestnut); Farrel & Herring, fire-proof safe manufacturers (629 Chestnut); and a cafe. Also includes a view of signs advertising Willis P. Hazard, bookseller and publisher (724 Chestnut) and L. Feigle, millinery (722 Chestnut). Several pedestrians walk on the sidewalks and horse-drawn carriages and wagons travel the streets., Title from accompanying photographer's label., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Associations [(8)1322.F.25g]

Title: Baird's monumental works - Spring Garden Hall in distance
Description: Exterior view of John Baird's marble yard and mable works on Spring Garden Street above Ridge Road [i.e. Avenue]. Yard contains a variety of ornate gravestones and monuments. The marble works, founded by John Baird in 1841 specialized in monumental art, principally of Italian marble. The firm was the first marble works of the city to use a steam powered mill., Title stamped on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a scrapbook of engravings relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Moran - Industries [(8)1322.F.17e-2]

Title: Philada. Gas Works
Description: View showing the Point Breeze Gas Works at Passyunk and Schuylkill avenues near the Schuylkill River. The gas works, the second Philadelphia gas producing facility, was built in the Gothic style between 1851 and 1854 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer, John C. Cresson. Shows several buildings with pitched roofs and quatrefoil windows as well as river frontage for the reception of coal barges., Photographer, title, and date from accompanying label, Grey mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cresson, Charles M. (Charles Massey), 1828-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cresson - Public Utilities [(8)1322.F.3d-1]

Title: Gas holder, Philada. Gas Works 90 ft. high, 160 ft. diameter, cubic contents 1,800,000 feet
Description: View showing the gas holder at the Point Breeze Gas Works at Passyunk and Schuylkill avenues. The gas works, the second Philadelphia gas producing facility, was built in the Gothic style between 1851 and 1854 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer John C. Cresson., Attributed to Philadelphia photographer C.M. Cresson., Title and date from accompanying label., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cresson, Charles M. (Charles Massey), 1828-1893, photographer
Date: 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cresson - Public Utilities [(8)1322.F.3e-1]

Title: Noble Well and ferry
Description: View showing the well and ferry on James Farrel's farm, purchased in 1859, near the banks of Oil Creek in Venango County, Pennsylvania. The well, drilled by Orange Noble and George B. Delamater in 1860, struck oil in 1863. In the foreground, three men sit and stand in a ferry boat holding the tow rope near a man seated on a boulder in the creek. In the background, oil tanks line the riverbank., Negative annotated with title., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Union View Co.
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Industry [P.9292.2]

Title: Pipe line, and rail road war. Transferring oil across rail road
Description: View showing two men and a horse-drawn tank wagon transporting oil between Millerstown and Pittsburgh stopped in front of a passing West Penn Rail Road locomotive. The tank wagon rests on a platform leading to railroad tracks near a sign inscribed, "Look out for the locomotive." Another tank wagon turns at a fork in the road in the distance. Also includes a residence in the background. Clothes drying on a clothesline in the backyard of the residence are visible. Oil tank wagons were used following the continual destruction of pipe lines by Pennsylvania Railroad Company workers., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title and publisher's imprint printed on verso., Brief history of the conflicts caused by the transport of oil from the fields to storage tanks printed on verso., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Robbins, Frank, b. 1846
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Robbins - Industry [P.9276.60]

Title: West side of Triumph Hill, near Tidioute, Pa
Description: View showing the Venango County region with the highest concentration of productive oil wells in Pennsylvania. The Triumph Hill oil belt, originally developed in 1867, contained over 150 wells. In the foreground, a woman and young girl sit on chairs near a wagon and wooden building on the main road to the oil field. In the background, several closely clustered oil derricks are visible., Title, publisher's imprint, and brief description of the site printed on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Robbins, Frank, b. 1846
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Robbins - Industry [P.9276.61]

Title: Phila. Gas Works. Roof framing through quatrefoil window
Description: View showing the intricate roof framing of a building at the Point Breeze Gas Works. The gas works, the second Philadelphia gas producing facility, was built in the Gothic style between 1851 and 1854 after the designs of engineer John C. Cresson at Schuylkill and Passyunk avenues., Photographer, title, and date from accompanying label., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Creator: Cresson, Charles M. (Charles Massey), 1828-1893, photographer
Date: October 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cresson - Public Utilities [(8)1322.F.3b-1]

Title: [Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats and furs displayed on hooks, racks, and counters; umbrellas hanging from light fixtures; mirrors, stools, and signs. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 57., Arcadia caption text: The Continental Hotel rented space on its first floor to tenants including Charles Oakford & Sons’ hat store. The richness of the hotel’s interior extended into its commercial space with Italian marble floors and 16 foot-high frescoed ceilings visible in this early 1860s photograph. Gentlemen entered through the hotel’s main lobby, while ladies used a separate entrance off Chestnut Street. Charles Oakford began manufacturing hats in Philadelphia in 1827 and by 1850 had expanded the business into the wholesale market, sending hats all over the country. Family members remained in the hat business into the 20th century., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim, photographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.F.33c]

Title: [Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats and furs displayed on hooks, racks, and counters; umbrellas hanging from light fixtures; mirrors, stools, and signs. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 57., Arcadia caption text: The Continental Hotel rented space on its first floor to tenants including Charles Oakford & Sons’ hat store. The richness of the hotel’s interior extended into its commercial space with Italian marble floors and 16 foot-high frescoed ceilings visible in this early 1860s photograph. Gentlemen entered through the hotel’s main lobby, while ladies used a separate entrance off Chestnut Street. Charles Oakford began manufacturing hats in Philadelphia in 1827 and by 1850 had expanded the business into the wholesale market, sending hats all over the country. Family members remained in the hat business into the 20th century., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim, photographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.F.33c]

Title: [Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats and furs displayed on hooks, racks, and counters; umbrellas hanging from light fixtures; mirrors, stools, and signs. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 57., Arcadia caption text: The Continental Hotel rented space on its first floor to tenants including Charles Oakford & Sons’ hat store. The richness of the hotel’s interior extended into its commercial space with Italian marble floors and 16 foot-high frescoed ceilings visible in this early 1860s photograph. Gentlemen entered through the hotel’s main lobby, while ladies used a separate entrance off Chestnut Street. Charles Oakford began manufacturing hats in Philadelphia in 1827 and by 1850 had expanded the business into the wholesale market, sending hats all over the country. Family members remained in the hat business into the 20th century., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim, photographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.F.33c]

Title: [Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats displayed on racks, and counters; mirrors, stools, and signs. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to W. & F. Langenheim., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.31e]

Title: [Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats displayed on racks, and counters; mirrors, stools, and signs. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to W. & F. Langenheim., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.31e]

Title: [Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats displayed on racks, and counters; mirrors, stools, and signs. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to W. & F. Langenheim., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.31e]

Title: Masonic Hall
Description: View looking east from below Eighth Street showing the Masonic Hall at 713-721 Chestnut Street. The hall, built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart, was razed by fire in 1886. Shows adjacent businesses, including Marxsen and Witte, china and glass (713 Chestnut); James E. Brown, trunk manufacturer (708 Chestnut); Crittenden's Philadelphia Commercial College (7th and Chestnut); Charles Dumming & Co., musical instruments (633 Chestnut); Farrel & Herring, fire-proof safe manufacturers (629 Chestnut); and a cafe. Also includes a view of signage advertising L. Feigle, millinery (722 Chestnut); several pedestrians walking on the sidewalks; and horse-drawn wagons traveling in the street. Many of the buildings are adorned with American flags., Photographer and publication information from complementary stereoview. [(8)1322.F.25n]., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Associations [7992.F.4]

Title: Ledger Building, Sixth & Chestnut Streets
Description: Exterior view from the north east showing the Public Ledger building and other commercial establishments along the south side of the 600 block of Chestnut Street. Depicts the western corner of the State House covered with theater broadsides. The Ledger building was constructed 1866-67, based on designs by Philadelphia architect John McArthur Jr., Paper label on verso listing over one hundred Philadelphia views (139-245) published by the firm., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Duplicate view entitled Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, from Sixth to Seventh, south side, published by R. Newell, 724 Arch St. (P.9260.65)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: [1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - businesses [P.9047.33]

Title: Franklin Institute Exhibition, 1874
Description: Interior view of 1874 Exhibition of American Manufactures at the Franklin Institute, showing prize-winning gas fixtures designed by Cornelius & Sons (1332 Chestnut St.) and the display of the machine tool firm of Wm. Sellers & Co., owned and operated by William Sellers who was elected president of the Franklin Institute in 1864. The Exhibition was held in the John Haviland-designed building on South Seventh Street., Title on mounts., Photographer's imprint on mounts., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Printed text on versos in paragraph form within decorative border describes history of the Franklin Institute and lists the present officers and exhibition officers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Exhibitions [P.9687.1-2]

Title: Seventh National Bank, 401 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing the bank at the northwest corner of Fourth and Market streets. Also shows adjacent businesses on North Fourth below Arch, including Musselman & Kirk, cotton goods, wood and willoware (12 N. 4th); L. Snively, ladies' boot and shoe manufacturer (18 N. 4th); T.P. and S.S. Smith, ladies' boot and shoe manufacturer (20 N. 4th); and a trimmings store. Crates line the sidewalks., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Inc. May 1864 at 216 Market St, moved shortly to 401 Market., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date: [ca.1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Banks [P.9047.22]

Title: Masonic Hall, Phila
Description: View looking northwest at the front facade of the hall built 1853-1855 after the designs of Sloan & Stewart. View also shows the printing and engraving establishment of Rowley & Chew (723 Chestnut) immediately west of the hall. Awnings obscure most of the storefronts on the ground level. Building sold circa 1873 following the completion of the new Masonic Temple on North Broad Street., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Rowley & Chew relocated from 14-16 South Seventh Street to 723 Chestnut Street in 1872., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Associations [P.9047.80]

Title: Continental Hotel, Philadelphia
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the luxury hotel at the southeast corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets. Completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur Jr., the hotel contained several businesses in its lower level, including "Charles Oakford & Son" hat shop and "Vansant's Manufactory of French Confections." The building was demolished in 1924., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Manuscript note on verso: 335. Looking down Chestnut St. from 9th St., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Hotels [P.9047.48]

Title: Stevenson farm O[il] Creek Penn[sylvania]
Description: View photographed during the Pennsylvania oil speculation boom of the 1860s showing a derrick, several oil tanks, and a shack on the farm of John Stevenson in Venango County. A man stands near a tree stump in the foreground. Stevenson farm was sold in 1865 and incorporated into the Ocean Oil Company., Yellow mount with square corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Mather, an English emigre, operated a photo gallery in Titusville from 1860 to 1915. His views of the oil region and its residents constitute the most comprehensive and reproduced record of the Pennsylvania petroleum industry in the mid nineteenth century.
Creator: Mather, John A. (John Aked), 1829-1915
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Mather -Industry [P.9212.1]

Title: Boyd, Stevenson farm Oil Creek Penn[sylvania]
Description: View photographed during the Pennsylvania oil speculation boom of the 1860s showing the James Boyd and John Stevenson farms in the Oil Creek Valley. Includes an oil derrick, a bridge over Oil Creek, several wooden structures, and the Oil Exchange Hotel. Boyd Farm served as a hub for the Oil Creek Railroad, consequently promoting the development of the speculator town, Bennenhoff City., Yellow mount with square corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Mather, an English emigre, operated a photo gallery in Titusville from 1860 to 1915. His views of the oil region and its residents constitute the most comprehensive and reproduced record of the Pennsylvania petroleum industry in the mid nineteenth century.
Creator: Mather, John A. (John Aked), 1829-1915
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Mather - Industry [P.9212.3]

Title: [Jacob and George A. Binder lumber yard after the freshet of September 4, 1861]
Description: View showing the wrecked lumberyard at the southeast corner of 6th and Oxford streets destroyed by a flood that developed from a violent thunderstorm of hail. In the foreground, lay several lopsided piles of lumber. In the background, the chemical and pharmaceutical manufactory of Crew, Rogers, and Crew at 1601 North 6th Street stands unscathed next to a destroyed building., Buff mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Philadelphia photographer John Moran., Gift of E. Perot Walker., See Daily Evening Bulletin, September 4, 1861, p.3 for description of the flood., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Business [P.8464.25]

Title: Cotton mills, Schuylkill River, Manayunk
Description: View showing the mills of Joseph Ripka erected in 1831, 1835, and 1853 between Main Street and the Schuylkill River in Manayunk. Ripka's mills, one of the largest U.S. textile manufacturers during the 1840s and 1850s, went bankrupt during the Civil War with the loss of the essential patronage of the Southern states. General Robert Patterson purchased and reopened the mills following the war. Includes the Flat Rock Turnpike Bridge, a covered bridge near the mills., Title from manuscript note on verso., Unmounted half of stereoview., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Industry [P.2282.32]

Title: Cotton mills, Schuylkill River, Manayunk
Description: View showing the mills of Joseph Ripka erected in 1831, 1835, and 1853 between Main Street and the Schuylkill River in Manayunk. Ripka's mills, one of the largest U.S. textile manufacturers during the 1840s and 1850s, went bankrupt during the Civil War with the loss of the essential patronage of the Southern states. General Robert Patterson purchased and reopened the mills following the war. Includes the Flat Rock Turnpike Bridge, a covered bridge near the mills., Title from manuscript note on verso., Unmounted half of stereoview., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Industry [P.2282.39]

Title: [Arch Street, 600 block, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking west from above Sixth Street showing showing the 600 block of Arch Street. Businesses include fur dealers, and Vito Viti & Sons, marble importers at 639 Arch Street., Buff mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on mount: Old Arch St. Phila., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.8549]

Title: [Bingham House, 11th & Market streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking east from Eleventh Street showing the hotel at 1026-1044 Market Street. The hotel, established in 1867 on the former site of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Depot, was named after freight and express agent John Bingham. Building remodeled and expanded in 1890 and demolished in 1926. Also shows adjacent businesses on the south side of the 1000-1100 blocks of Market, including: a piano manufactory, drug store, and heater and range manufactory. Barrels, crates, and handcarts line the sidewalks in front of the storefronts., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: Bingham House 11 & Market., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9234.1]

Title: Office of Mandell? & Crittenden. Petroleum Center. Behind the derrick
Description: View showing an office of oil brokers and shippers in Petroleum Center during the Western Pennsylvania oil boom of the 1860s. A group of men and women sit on the porch of the office near the derrick. A horse-drawn wagon transporting several men rests nearby. In the background, the office of the Central Petroleum Company (established in 1860) is visible., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Tile from manuscript note on verso., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., Digitization 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 stereo - unidentified - Industry [P.9168.10]

Title: Warerooms of Baird's monumental works
Description: Interior view of warehouse on Spring Garden Street above Ridge Road [i.e. Avenue] showing carved marble monuments including ornate gravestones, a fountain, and statues. The marble works, founded by John Baird in 1841 specialized in monumental art, principally of Italian marble. The firm was the first marble works of the city to use a steam powered mill., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Published in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-Century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1980), plate 117., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Businesses [P.8464.26]

Title: Chestnut St. from above 9th
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; a millinery, a shirt manufactory, and a clothier. Lampposts line the sidewalk, including one adorned with an advertisement for the Walnut Street Theater. Horse-drawn carts and carriages travel the street. Partial view of a tree with full foliage is visible in the foreground., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title and date from manuscript note on mount., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of (8)1322.31a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.27f]

Title: Chestnut St. from above 9th
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the south side of the 800-900 blocks of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: the Continental Hotel (824-838 Chestnut) completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr.; a millinery, a shirt manufactory, and a clothier. Lampposts line the sidewalk, including one adorned with an advertisement for the Walnut Street Theater. Horse-drawn carts and carriages travel the street. Partial view of a tree with full foliage is visible in the foreground., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title and date from manuscript note on mount., Gray mount with square corners., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of (8)1322.31a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographerphotographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.31a]

Title: Fishing with pole tools in a well 1,500 feet deep
Description: Shows fishing agent James Robinson of Patterson, Mitchell & Co. (Oil City) standing near an oil derrick near tools of his trade, including a bull wheel and spud. Patterson stands on several pipes in front of three other laborers at the base of the derrick. Another laborer stands on an upper plank within the derrick., Title and publisher's imprint printed on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Description of "fishing", i.e., the removal of drilling tools immobolized in the wells, printed on verso., Digitized for AMD: Global Commodities., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Robbins, Frank, b. 1846
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Robbins - Industry [P.9276.64]

Title: Schuylkill River
Description: View from the east bank of the Schuylkill River looking southwest showing the Wire Suspension Bridge in the distance. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874. Also shows Moan's boat store and stables, floating boat houses, taverns, and factories on the west bank of the river., Photographer, publisher, and title from label pasted on verso listing over sixty views published by the firm., Green mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., R. Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert Newell and his son, Henry, was active from circa 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.9299.57]

Title: [James S. Earle & Son, looking glasses, 816 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Interior view of the first floor of Earle's shop. Walls are lined with elaborately framed mirrors and works of art, and several statues. Includes staff and customers, and the stairway to the upper gallery. British-born James S. Earle (nephew of glazier and gallery owner James Earle) established his looking glass, frame making, and picture dealing business in 1832 on the 100 block of South Fifth Street. Earle relocated to the 800 block of Chestnut Street by 1840 and the business was renamed James S. Earle & Son by 1858 and James S. Earle & Sons by 1860., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - business [(8)1322.F.35b]

Title: View from Chamounix Drive
Description: View from Chamounix Drive in West Fairmount Park showing the Falls Bridge, also known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Bridge, spanning the Schuylkill River. The bridge, erected in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz, was utilized by the Reading Railroad. Also shows a telegraph pole near a small stone structure in the foreground and Falls of Schuylkill Woolen Mills at East Falls in the background., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on mount., Pink mount with rounded corners., Printed on mount: No. 4., Inscribed in negative: 10., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., R. Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert Newell and his son Henry, was active from circa 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.82]

Title: Henry Clay sarcophagus in Struthers marble yard
Description: Shows a man standing next to the inscribed Clay sarcophagus, constructed for the vault of the monument at Clay's former estate, Ashland, in the marble yard of John Struthers & Son at 1022 Market Street, Philadelphia. Also shows a section of the shipping crate lid inscribed H.T. Duncan, Esq. President of the Clay Monument Association Lexington Kentucky. Care of Mess. Clarke & Co. Pittsburg PA. Box No. 1. Includes partial views of other marble pieces in the yard., Photographer, title, and date from manuscript note on accompanying label., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877, photographer
Date: February 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Germon - Monuments & statues [(8)1322.F.33g]

Title: Interior views of Franklin Institute Exhibition, 1874
Description: Interior views of 1874 Exhibition of American Manufactures at the Franklin Institute (13-17 South Seventh Street), showing displays by Edwin Harrington & Son, manufacturer of machinist tools; F. Gossin, terra cotta; Harrison Bros., white lead; and Cornelius & Sons, gas fixtures. Images depict machinery; terra cotta vases, pedestals, statues, and urns; containers of lead; and gas fixtures and lamps. The Exhibition was held in the John Haviland-designed building on South Seventh Street., Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia., Attributed to Robert Newell., Titles written in manuscript notes on mounts., Pink mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Exhibitions [P.9299.105-108]

Title: Chestnut St. west from Fourth
Description: View showing the north side of the 400 block of Chestnut Street, including Banker's Row. Banker's Row includes three buildings after the designs of John M. Gries: Girard Building (435 Chestnut, built 1857-1859); the Farmers and Mechanics Bank (425-429 Chestnut, built 1854-1855); and the Philadelphia National Bank (419-423 Chestnut, built 1857-1859). Also shows the Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Company (413-417 Chestnut, completed 1874, James Hamilton Windrim, archt.) and the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities (431 Chestnut, built 1871-1873, Addison Hutton, archt.). Adjacent businesses include: William E. Harpur, watchmaker (407 Chestnut); Jacob Langsdorf, cigar importer, and Thomas W. Bovell, lithographer (409 Chestnut); McCully & Co., printers (411 Chestnut); and R. Penistan, wine dealer (439 Chestnut). Horse-drawn vehicles line the street, including an ice delivery wagon., Curved orange mount with rounded corners., Title annotated on negative., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1877, ca. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9208.5]

Title: [Panorama from State House steeple, north]
Description: Panoramic view showing several city blocks above Chestnut Street. Businesses include: Hildeborn & Brother, watches and jewelery (533 Market Street); Truitt, Brother, & Co. (529 Market Street); Brown, Kunkel & Co., clothing (525 Market); Chaffees, Stout, & Co., wholesale dry goods (523 Market); Coleman & Smith, cutlery and fancy goods (521 Market); Robert Pearsall Smith, publisher (517-521 Minor); and Jessup & Moore, commercial paper warehouse (27 North 6th)., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Manuscript note on verso: Looking north over Chestnut and Market St. between Fifth and Sixth., Grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Views [(8)1322.F.1c-2]

Title: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Sixth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View showing Lincoln's catafalque followed by crowds of mourners congesting the street and sidewalk at Sixth and Chestnut. Businesses line the route, including B. C. Worthington, wholesale domestic and foreign cigar dealer (102 South 6th). Also shows soldiers holding back the crowd; a recruitment poster, advertising enlistment salaries for "Maj. Gen. Hancock's Army Corps," adorning a storefront; spectators sitting in windows and on awning frames; and members of the crowd carrying a large broadside illustrated with an American flag, which was used as a barricade., Name of photographer supplied by variant. (P.9161.3)., Title supplied by cataloguer., Unmounted half of stereograph., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: [April 22, 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Processions [5792.F.48e]

Title: [Chestnut Street from the Custom House, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking east from the U.S. Custom House at 420 Chestnut Street. Shows the tobacco store of M.B. Dean (413 Chestnut) and partial views of the Philadelphia National Bank building (419 Chestnut) and the Philadelphia Bank Building (400-408 Chestnut Street, built 1836). Also shows adjacent businesses; horse-drawn carts and carriages traveling and lining the street; and flags adorning several of the buildings., Photographer, title, and publication information from duplicate. (8)1322.F.23d or b., Manuscript note on verso: Chestnut St. Philadelphia, Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [April 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [7992.F.18]

Title: First premium (silver medal) to Cornelius & Sons, for gas fixtures in the Franklin Institute Exhibition, 1874
Description: Interior view of 1874 Exhibition of American Manufactures at the Franklin Institute, showing prize-winning gas fixtures designed by Cornelius & Sons, 1332 Chestnut St. The Exhibition was held in the John Haviland-designed building on South Seventh Street., Title from inscription on mount., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 13., Arcadia caption text: Incorporated in 1824, the Franklin Institute promoted knowledge in mechanic arts among its science-minded members. The Institute provided for its members a library and reading room, lectures, classes, a monthly journal, and it periodically held displays of American made products. This view of the 1874 Exhibition of American Manufactures highlighted prize-winner Cornelius & Sons, maker of gas fixtures and lamps. The Institute, today an educational science and technology museum open to the public, was located on Seventh Street just below Market Street, in the John Haviland-designed building now occupied by the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer [P.9229.3]

Title: Ring, Grandpa, ring! Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
Description: Rooftop view looking west showing the bell tower and rooftop of the State House constructed 1732-1748 after designs by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows Congress Hall (540-558 Chestnut) built 1787-89 and the Public Ledger building (600-606 Chestnut) built 1866-67 after designs by John McArthur, Jr. Includes smokestacks and rooflines of buildings in the distance and pedestrian and vehicle traffic on Chestnut Street., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Historic buildings and sites [P.9047.140]

Title: U.S. Chemical Dep't. Main Building
Description: View showing the display cases and bottle arrangements of the Chemical Department within the Main Building, including signs for "Philadelphia Lead Works," "Robt. A. Hance, fluid extracts" "George S. Coyne," and "John Lucas & Co." Also shows chandeliers, candelabra, and American flags decorating the displays. The Main Exhibition Building was designed by Joseph M. Wilson and Henry Pettit. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Charles Isaacs., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.8975.7]

Title: The India Rubber and Gutta-Percha Department
Description: Unmounted stereograph shows goods made of rubber and pre-plastic materials displayed on a booth in the India Rubber and Gutta-Percha Department on Union Avenue. Items include dolls in the foreground and smaller figurines on shelves in the background. A banner displaying the department title hangs under patriotic bunting on the wall. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair held June 7-28, 1864 on Logan Circle was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization., Title from printed paper label below image., Labeled copy at HSP., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook on the Sanitary Commission., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 121., Arcadia caption text: During the Civil War, many benevolent and relief organizations were formed to aid soldiers and their families. One of the largest was the U.S. Sanitary Commission, which held fundraising fairs in a number of major cities in the North, including Philadelphia at Logan Square, June 7-28, 1864. Often temporary buildings, such as this one, built after the designs of H. E. Wrigley, were constructed to house the art, craft, industrial, and historical exhibits. Fair offerings included product displays; a re-creation of an 18th-century German-American kitchen; a horticultural exhibit containing a fishpond; and a miniature model house showcasing the most desirable construction methods of that time. Shown below is one of the product display booths on Union Avenue, the fair’s main thoroughfare., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Watson, A., photographer
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Watson - Fairs [5781.F.159c]

Title: Franklin Institute Exhibition 1874
Description: Interior view of 1874 Exhibition of American Manufactures at the Franklin Institute, showing prize-winning gas fixtures designed by Cornelius & Sons (1332 Chestnut St.) flanking the wide aisle. The Exhibition was held in the John Haviland-designed building on South Seventh Street., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Exhibitions [P.9013.4]

Title: Chestnut Street - east from Continental Hotel
Description: Rooftop view looking east from the Continental Hotel at the southeast corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets. Shows the 800-700 blocks of Chestnut Street, predominately storefronts on the north side, including Sharpless Brothers, wholesale wools & dry goods (801-803 Chestnut); a billiard saloon (N.E. cor. Eighth & Chestnut); the Masonic Temple (built 1855, 713-721 Chestnut); Marxsen & Witte, china and glass (713 Chestnut); and signage attached to a dry goods business advertising a "Grand Closing Sale.", Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Streets [P.8497.3]

Title: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Sixth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View showing the procession of Lincoln's catafalque among crowds of mourners congesting the street and sidewalks at Sixth and Chestnut. Businesses line the street, including B.C. Worthington, wholesale domestic and foreign cigar dealer (102 South 6th). Also shows a recruitment poster, advertising enlistment salaries for "Maj. Gen. Hancock's Army Corps," adorning a storefront; spectators sitting in windows and on awning frames; and members of the crowd carrying a large broadside illustrated with an American flag., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Manuscript note on verso: 6th & Chestnut Phila., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: April 22, 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - processions [P.9161.3]

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