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Title: Fifth above Arch Street, westside, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the westside of the 100 block of North Fifth Street. Businesses include Garrigues & Magee, manufactuers of photographic and daguerrian chemicals (108 N. 5th); Tripple's Shoe Store (110 N. 5th), and William Seefeldt, musical instrument store (114 N. 5th). Several musical instruments are displayed in the window of the musical instrument store. Magee, a photographer, operated his chemical business circa 1857 to the early 1890s., Date and photographer's monogram inscribed in negative., Inscribed in negative: 20., Title from manuscript note on recto: 5th above Arch., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: August 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - F [(6)1322.F.81c]

Title: E.W. Carryl & Co. No. 715 Chestnut Street, Masonic Hall, Philadelphia. Silver plated wares and house furnishing goods Army and navy goods, and camp utensils of every description, fire arms, swords, etc. United States government depot for furnishing soldiers' cups, plates, knives, army stoves, &c
Description: Edward W. Carryl & Co. were listed in Philadelphia directories from 1860 to 1863., Printer's name from colophon., Printed in red and blue., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: E.W. Carryl & Co.
Date: [between 1861 and 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1861 E W Carryl 9982.F.18 (McAllister)

Title: Paints and drugs, for cash 162 Broadway, just below Courtlandt St. "The cash drug house," P.D. Orvis. Notice. Your are respectfully requested to put this circular in your memorandum book and call at my establishment, conveniently located in Broadway, just below Courtlandt Street and Maiden Lane, where courteous salesmen will be in readiness to show you a full line of paints, ... drugs, patent medicines and fancy goods
Description: The illustration shows a U.S. flag with the motto: Stand by the flag., Printed in red ink; printed area measures 15.7 x 10.7 cm., Library Company copy has contemporary MS. note: P D Orvis circular drugs &c 1861., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Orvis, Philander Denslow, 1828-1903
Date: [1861?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1861 Orvis 113005.D (Helfand)

Title: Alan Wood Iron and Steel Company, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial views of the Alan Wood Iron and Steel Company in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Views from higher and lower altitudes show the factory complex from several angles as it sits on the bank of the Schuylkill River and straddles Conshohocken Road. The mainfacility was designed by the architecture firm of Savory, Scheetz, & Savory and built in 1910. Railroad tracks and bridges over the river are visible as are portions of the city of Conshohocken in the distance., Negative numbers: 1573, 1575, 2860, 2861., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1573; P.8990.1575; P.8990.2860; P.8990.2861]

Title: Important to the ladies 22.000 pieces white goods ... for sale at half-price. Turn over
Description: On verso: Price, Ferris & Co. (of Market Street) importers & makers of white goods, linens, laces, embroideries, mitts, handkerchiefs, lace mantles, &c., &c., in consequence of the interruption of the wholesale trade caused by the war, we have taken the store, 807 Chestnut Street, and will offer to the ladies of Philadelphia, and vicinity, our entire stock, (most of which is freshly imported,) at retail, for cash, at prices ranging from 25 to 50 per cent less ..., Price, Ferris & Co. are listed in Philadelphia directories from 1857 to 1861 at various Market Street addresses., Printed on card stock in red, blue, and black., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Price, Ferris & Co.
Date: [1861?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1861 Price (2)5786.F.198d (McAllister)

Title: [Penn Hardware Company foundry and environs, Reading, Pennsylvania.]
Description: Aerial view of the Penn Hardware Company plant at the foot of Spruce Street between the canal and the Schuylkill River in Reading, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1877 by two brothers, C. Raymond and Albert A. Heizmann. This view shows the factory from the south with the river, bridges and other areas of Reading visible in the distance. Probably taken September 12-16, 1922., Negative numbers: 2758., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.2758]

Title: Knickerbocker Lime Company factory plant, Mill Lane, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial view of the Knickerbocker Lime and Mortar Company factory plant in Mill Lane, Pennsylvania, near Malvern. Depicts strip mining facilities, including processing plants, silos, smokestacks, railroad tracks and freight cars, and quarrying activity. The surrounding area is mostly open land, with some residences and farms visible. The company, part of the Van Sciver Corporation, operated here from 1899 to 1929 and also maintained two offices and depots in Philadelphia. Views are southeast to northwest [2864, 2867], east to west [2865] and south to north [2868]., Negative numbers: 2864, 2865, 2867, 2868., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.2864-2865; P.8990.2867-2868]

Title: Hubbel & Co.'s Celebrated Golden Bitters. The best tonic in the world By tonics are understood those substances the operation of which is to give vigor and strength to the system. ... This tonic is no humbug, but is in fact the best in the world
Description: On verso: Geo. C. Hubbel & co., proprietors of the Celebrated Golden Bitters., At head of title, each side: See index to advertisers page 51., At foot, each side: See over., "These Bitters, although only recently brought into the market, have acquired a marked degree of public favor, which must soon create for them a very general demand all over the country."--advertising article in the New York Times, April 25, 1864., Illustration of an eagle on an American shield signed: Pease sc., Printed on yellow paper., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Geo. C. Hubbel & Co.
Date: [ca. 1865?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Geo C 111846.O (Helfand)

Title: [View of the north side of Chestnut Street, east of Second Street, to the river Delaware]
Description: Shows businesses and storefronts on the north side of the 100 block of Chestnut Street including a hotel, a carpenter, refrigerator dealer, oyster house, and John Gibson, distiller (31 Chestnut). Also shows a horse drawn-wagon in the street and a partial view of a gas lamp in the foreground., Title from duplicate removed from Poulson's scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia, vol. II, page 37.[(2)2526.F.37]., Reproduction of daguerreotype by William G. Mason photographed June 5, 1843., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Duplicate of [(2)2526.F.37]; (7)1322.F.59c; and (6)1322.F.121b., Variant published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs, 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1976), entry #114., Image faded.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: [June 5, 1843, ca. 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards [(6)1322.F.69c]

Title: Stereoscopic view of Market Street, Philadelphia, including a view of the Market House from 8th to Front St
Description: View showing the vacant market sheds on the 700 block of Market street. The sheds erected in the late 17th century at Front and Market streets, extended to Eighth Street in 1816, and were removed between 1859 and 1860. A man and two boys stand at the opening of the shed. Businesses lining the block include J.M. Maris & Co., drug manufacturer; Edwin Hardt's dining saloon; and H. M'Grath, bookseller and publisher., Photographer, title, and publication information from duplicate stereograph in the collections of the George Eastman House., Buff mount with square corners., Gift of Penelope Batcheler., 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. 111., Arcadia caption text: The ramshackle condition of the market sheds for which they were much criticized can be seen in this view taken c.1859 on the 700 block of Market Street. Extended to Eighth Street in 1816, the Market Street sheds were condemned as an impediment to trade and travel and were razed soon after this photograph was taken. Neighboring businesses, such as prominent Philadelphia drug manufacturer J.M. Maris & Co., visible in this view, previously promoted the sheds because the adjacent storefronts reaped the financial benefits of customers attracted by the market., HSP holds copy with text pasted on verso titled "Farewell Address of the Market Houses." Text also promotes the Rehn Photographic Gallery. See LCP research file Odiorne, Henry for photostat of verso., 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: [c1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Markets [P.9460.1]

Title: [View of the north side of Chestnut Street, east of Second Street, to the river Delaware]
Description: Shows businesses and storefronts on the north side of the 100 block of Chestnut Street including a hotel, a carpenter, refrigerator dealer, oyster house, and John Gibson, distiller (31 Chestnut). Also shows a horse drawn-wagon in the street and a partial view of a gas lamp in the foreground., Title from duplicate removed from Poulson's scrapbook illustrations of Philadelphia, vol. II, page 37.[(2)2526.F.37]., Reproduction of daguerreotype photographed June 5, 1843 by William G. Mason., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Variant published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs, 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1976), entry #114., Duplicate of (2)2526.F.37 and (6)1322.F.59c.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: [photographed June 5, 1843, ca. 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards [(6)1322.F.121b]

Title: View of the north side of Chestnut Street, east of Second Street, to the river Delaware
Description: Shows businesses and storefronts on the north side of the 100 block of Chestnut Street including a hotel, a carpenter, refrigerator dealer, oyster house, and John Gibson, distiller (31 Chestnut). Also shows a horse drawn-wagon in the street and a partial view of a gas lamp in the foreground., Reproduction of daguerreotype photographed June 5, 1843 by William G. Mason., Title and name of photographers from manuscript note by collector on mount., Mount inscribed with directions: N. E. S. W., Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of Illustrations of Philadelphia, volume II, page 37., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Variant published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs, 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1976), entry #114., Duplicate of (6)1322.F.121b and (7)1322.F.59c.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: [photographed June 5, 1843, ca. 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Streets [(2)2526.F.37]

Title: [S.E. corner of South and Second streets]
Description: View looking southeast from the Second Street Market showing several businesses lining the intersection of South and Second streets. Includes John A. Evers, leather store (142 South); C.P. Elfreth's Southern Drug Store(148 South); David Donaldson, photographer (601 S. 2nd); and C. Brown's lace and ribbon store (603 S. 2nd). Includes a market shed in the foreground. Many of the businesses covered in signage, including Donaldson's building, which advertises "ambrotypes, melanotypes, and photographs.", Title supplied by cataloguer., Date and photographer's monogram inscribed in negative., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #231.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: May 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - S [(7)1322.F.69a]

Title: Office of the daily terror. The Davis Sewing Machine Co
Description: Racist circular promoting Davis Sewing Machine Co. and depicting a caricature of an African American boy “spying” into an office after having played a practical joke. In the satiric scene, the boy stands on the front steps of a building that has a sign that reads, "Office of the Daily Terror." He leans towards the door and looks through the keyhole with his right eye and his mouth open in a mischievous smile. In his right hand he carries a box labelled "tacks." In his left hand he holds the leather strap of a container marked "C.H.E." and with the handle of a brush sticking out of it. He is attired in a cap; a collared, long-sleeved shirt; and plaid pants with suspenders. The image inside the circular shows the interior of the newspaper office. A balding white man, attired in dress shoes; pants; a waistcoat; and a collared shirt with a bowtie, jolts into the air out of a wooden chair. A tack sticks into his behind. He clutches a newspaper labeled, "Enterprise," in his hand, while a quill and a pair of scissors labeled, "Warranted Can't Steal" fly into the air. In the left is a wastebasket with crumbled papers, one of which reads, "Poets." In the background is a desk. Rows of sheets of paper and a "Daily Terror" sign are pinned to the wall above it. Brothers John and Joseph Sheldon founded the Davis Sewing Machine Company in Watertown, N.Y. in 1868. The firm manufactured the sewing machines invented by Job Davis. In circa 1892, the company began to manufacture bicycles, and soon thereafter phased out the production of sewing machines. The company ceased in 1924., Title from item., Publication information from copyright statement: Copyrighted 1882., Advertising text printed on verso: Office & Manufactory Watertown, N.Y. Principal Branches. Chicago...46, 48 & 50 Jackson St. Cleveland...82 & 84 Bank St, and 93 St. Clair St. Boston... 194 Tremont St. Philadelphia...1223 Chestnut St. San Francisco, Cal...130 Post St. C. Carranza & Co. Agents for South America...60 Wall St., New York. Zurich, Switzerland...Gessner Allee 15. St Petersburgh, Russia...Krasney Bridge. Sydney, New South Wales... 42 Pitt St. Melbourne,Victoria...79 Bourke St. East. Adelaide... 90 Hinkley St. Brisbane...Queen St. Christs Church N. Zealand...Columbo St. London, E.C...Queen Victoria St., Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Davis [P.2017.95.41]

Title: Buy the light running Domestic sewing machine
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American boy running on a beach. Visible behind and beneath the boy are five footsteps imprinted in the sand which bear the trade card's advertising text. Driftwood, is depicted near the edge of the shoreline. In the far background, sail boats, trees, and a lighthouse are visible. In the right of the image are a tree and grass. The boy is attired in striped pants with one suspender strap and carries a chicken by its legs in his left hand. Oren A. Peck opened his furniture store in 1869 in Fair Haven, Vermont., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of business., Text printed on recto: Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and departing leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time., Advertising text on verso: Oren A. Peck, mammoth dealer in furniture, carpets, upholstery, sewing machines, &c. Also general undertaker. Large line of fine and medium caskets, robes, etc. Two fine hearses. Main Street, Fair Haven, Vt., Printed in light red ink., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Oren [P.2017.95.143]

Title: Arbuckle's ariosa coffee. Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Company, New York
Description: One of a series of "fifty" trade cards, "each one of which shows a correct map (properly bounded) of one State, or Territory" to promote Arbuckle's Ariosa Coffee. Depicts a map of Alabama (left) and a scene with African American men and women picking cotton in a cotton field (right). Scene shows a man in the foreground placing cotton in a basket piled high with it. In the center, right background, a woman stands and holds a large basket piled high with cotton on her head. In the distant background, two men and three women bend over and pick cotton from the plants. A piece of harvesting equipment is visible in the far left background. The men and women wear long sleeve shirts and hats or bonnets. Arbuckle's Coffee was founded by brothers John and Charles Arbuckle following the Civil War. The company was one of the first to sell roasted coffee and to place it in one pound packages. Arbuckle often included trade cards in the packages., Title from item., Image captions: Cotton Picking; Population 1,262,[ ]5; Area in Sq. Miles 52,250., Date inferred from content, dates of activity of lithographer, and reference to Washington which gained statehood in 1889 as a territory., Series number printed on verso: No. 67., Several lines of advertising text printed on verso explicating why Arbuckle's Ariosa Coffee "costs more and is worth more than other brands of coffee," including higher grade green coffee and the "glazing" process. Also includes a "Read This." section describing the series of cards as "interesting, instructive, and artistic," and their purpose as and "object lesson or both young and old." Section ends with the alphabetical list of 50 states and territories depicted. Washington, New Mexico, and Wyoming are listed as territories., RVCDC, Description reviewed 2022., Access points revised 2022., Some degradation to image.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Arbuckle's [P.2017.44]

Title: Sollers & Co, minstrels
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting six well-dressed children sitting in chairs arranged on a stage in a semi-circle. Four of the children are white and two of them are African American. At the center of the image is a white boy who attired in a green suit jacket and cropped pants with a pink bowtie pointing and asking the children to his right,"Why do we all wear Sollers & Co's shoes?" The African American boy in the left of the image responds, "Cause dey save de soles ob de children!" The African American boy in the right of the image is depicted saying, "Gib it up!" The two African American boys are attired in blonde wigs, blue coats, yellow pants, and boots. The three white girls are attired in ruffled dresses and hold fans. The white boy is attired in a green jacket, white collared shirt, pink bowtie, green pants, and boots. Two medals earned by Sollers & Co. at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition and the 1878 Exposition Universelle (or World's Fair) in Paris are printed on the trade card's verso. S.D. Sollers & Co. was a Philadelphia manufacturer of women and children's clothing and shoes that operated during the 19th century., Title from item., Text printed on recto: Why do we all wear Soller's & Co's shoes? Cause dey save de soles ob de chil'ren! Gib it up!, Advertising text printed on verso: Sollers & Co's celebrated shoes & slippers for ladies, misses and children. Hand-made and Machine Sewed. Retailed only at our store, 636 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Buy our Protection Toe and Box Toe Tip Shoes for your Children. They are the Best to wear., Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1877
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Sollers [P.2017.95.162]

Title: Magnolia ham, winter cured. Don't talk bout henhouses to me
Description: Racist trade card depicting a genre scene of an African American man and boy "stealing" hams through a field at night. In the right, in front of the boy, the man carries a packaged ham under each arm and one on his hand. He is barefoot and attired in a loose-fitting shirt and calf-length, worn, blue pants. The boy stands behind him and struggles to hold one ham to his chest in his arms. He is barefoot and attired in a wide-brimmed hat, a white shirt, and calf-length, red pants. Both figures are portrayed with exaggerated features. Countryside and a crescent moon in the sky are visible in the background. McFerran, Shallcross & Co. began curing hams in 1863 as McFerran & Menefee. The firm was composed of John B. McFerran, S.H. Shallcross, R.J. Menefee, and W.P. Clancy. Largely based in Louisville, Kentucky with large packing facilities, the company also had agencies across the United States., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation cited in history of firm published in 1886 volume, "The City of Louisville and A Glimpse of Kentucky," p. 129., Printed in lower right corner: Over., Advertising text on verso: Below you will find figures showing the increase of the Annual Cure of the Magnolia Ham. The history of Ham Curing furnishes no such example. From 7,500 they have already attained a Cure of 375,000 Pieces, and the end is not yet. 1863 - 7,500; 1864 - 15,000; 1866 - 42,000; 1867 - 75,000; 1868 - 92,000; 1869 - 110,000; 1870 - 118,000; 1871 - 125,000; 1872 - 175,000; 1873 - 200,000; 1874 - 225,000; 1875 - 250,000; 1876 - 300,000; 1877 - 341,000; 1878 - 375,000. "The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating." All Winter Cured and guaranteed unsurpassed in cut, cure, flavor and style. Cured By McFerran, Shallcross & Co. Louisville, KY. Try Them., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Magnolia [P.2017.95.113]

Title: Canada lumber exhibit.
Description: Exterior view of the house and walkways in front.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial album [P.8965.6a]

Title: Race Street between 6th & 7th, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Description: Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Strret, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 118 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of the improvements of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Stret, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 118., Franklin marble mantel manufactory, marble mantels, tombs &c. neatly executed by Peter Fritz., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.5 a&b and in Am 1831 Mea 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mea Log 4072.D and in Am1831 Por 20876., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Breton, William L., creator
Date: [1831]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W303.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W303 [P.9830.5 a&b]

Title: Fairmount Park Tunnel, West Approach
Description: View of the west approach to the Fairmount Park Tunnel, showing businesses at the street level, including John Daly, dealer in fine brandies (left), and Fleisher ? Works (right). The dome of an unidentified church is also visible.
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.125]

Title: Condy, Benjamin, 1735-1798
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date: April 6, 1769

Title: Thomas Hargrave ornamental carver and sculptor s.w. corner of Ridge Road & 13th St. [graphic] / On stone by R. F. Reynolds, 20 Gaskill St.
Description: Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator: Reynolds, Robert F., lithographer., creator
Date: ca. 1848.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W402.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W402 [P.2217]

Title: [J. Mayland, Jr. & Co. tobacco & snuff manufactory. Segars, foreign & domestic. Wholesale grocers, N.W. corner of Third and Race Streets, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Description: Location: Third and Race Sts., northwest corner., LCP copy lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Date: ca. 1842.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W193.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W193 [P.2053]

Title: Duncannon Iron Co.'s Rolling Mills
Description: Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View showing the rolling mills situated beside the Susquehanna River near the junction of the Juniata River at Duncannon, Pa. The iron works, specializing in nails, was established in 1828 by Stephen Duncan and John D. Mahon and purchased by Duncannon Iron Company in 1861. The rolling mill ceased operations in 1908.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer., creator
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: stereo - Gutekunst - Views [P.9276.36]

Title: Penn Steam Engine & Boiler Works. Foot of Palmer Street, Kensington, Philadelphia. Reaney Neafie & Co. engineers, machinists, boiler makers, black smiths & founders. [graphic] / Lith. by W. H. Rease 4th & Chesnut St.
Description: Published in The Hibernia Fire Engine Company No.1 (Philadelphia: Printed by J. B. Chandler, 306 & 308 Chestnut St, 1859), page 109., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in *Am 1859 Hibernia 11750.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
Date: 1859.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W271.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W271 [*Am 1859 Hibernia 11750.Q]

Title: Penn Steam Engine & Boiler Works. Foot of Palmer Street, Kensington, Philadelphia. Reaney, Neafie & Co. engineers, machinists, boiler makers, black smiths & founders. [graphic] / On stone by W. H. Rease, No. 17, So. 5th. St. (FHS on stone).
Description: Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc38 R288 (in color)
Creator: Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
Date: ca. 1854.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W272.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W272 [P.2127]

Title: Bridesburg Machine Works. Alfred Jenks & Son, manufacturers of cotton and wool carding spinning and weaving machinery, shafting and millgearing, Bridesburg post office Philadelphia. [graphic] / From nature & on stone by E. Beaulieu, 99 Walnut St.
Description: Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America... Commercial edition with business cards of prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 79. (HSP O 458)., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc35 B851.
Creator: Beaulieu, Emile F. lithographer., creator
Date: [1856]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W033-1.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W33.1 [P.2020]

Title: Dale, Ross & Withers, importers & jobbers of silks & fancy goods, 219 Market St & 42 Commerce St, Philadelphia. [graphic] / S.D. Button, archt.
Description: Location: 521 Market Street., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator: Button, Stephen Decatur, 1813-1897, architect., creator
Date: ca. 1857.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W091.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W91 [P.2146]

Title: Alfred Jenks & Son's machine works, Bridesburg. [graphic].
Description: Illustration in Edwin T. Freedley's Philadelphia and its Manufactures (Philadelphia: Edward Young, 333 Walnut Street, 1858), opposite page 301., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1858 Fre 67170.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Date: 1857.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W033-2.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W33.2 [Am 1858 Fre 67170.D]

Title: H. S. Tarr's marble yard, no. 274 Green St. above Seventh Philadelphia Pa. [graphic] / Lith. by W. H. Rease N. E. cor. 4th & Chesnut.
Description: LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #83., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator: Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W166-1.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W166.1 [P.2073]

Title: Philadelphia Gas Works. From the south west. [graphic] / John C. Cresson, engineer.
Description: Location: Market St., northside. East side of the Schuylkill River., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc885 B786.
Date: ca. 1852.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W288.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W288 [P.2134]

Title: 309-11 Green St
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the four story brick building occupied by the Keystone Tire Co. Next to the four story building is the narrow thoroughfare, Galloway Street. Two young boys stand in front of the building on the sidewalk by a parked automobile., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.23]

Title: Parr's patent American camp chest Patented June 25th, 1861
Description: Signed on p. [3]: "American Camp Chest Co.," 202 Broadway, N.Y., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: American Camp Chest Co.
Date: [1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1861 American 9982.F.17 (McAllister)

Title: [Warnick, Chadwick & Bro. stove factory and iron founders, northeast corner of 2nd & Race streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows several stoves and furnaces on display in front of the large stove manufactory. Building covered in signage advertising registers, ranges, stoves, and furnaces. Also shows a company horse-drawn wagon parked in front of the building., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to F. De B. Richards., Date on photograph.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: March 1859 or 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Industries - W [P.9808.1]

Title: [Northeast corner of Chestnut and Second streets]
Description: View looking east on Chestnut Street showing the north side of the block including Caspar Souder, bootmaker (43 Chestnut Street), and a leather store., Title supplied by cataloguer., Probably a reproduction of an 1843 daguerreotype by William G. Mason. See P.2282.16., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Streets - Chestnut [(3)1322.F.73d]

Title: Cigar Indian chief. S.E. cor. 4th & Race [sic]. Note the feather headdress. Most of the cigar indians were squaws
Description: Depicts a Cigar Indian chief standing outside of the Central Hat Cleaning Company at 1032 West Girard Avenue. Written on the base of the carved figure are the words "Pocket Billiards". Bottled beverages sit nearby in crates outside of the shop. "Central Hal Cleaning Company, Gents Hats Remodeled and Blocked In Any Style," is visible across the front window, along with various hats on display., Inscribed in negative: 3714., Title from negative sleeve., Incorrectly identified as the Cigar Indian chief near the southeast corner of Fourth and Race Streets., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.145]

Title: [1130 Olive Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a two story brick warehouse along Olive Street. A truck from New York is unloading its goods into this warehouse. The adjacent building in the background is occupied by an auto shop. Several cars are parked along the street in the foreground., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.10]

Title: Asher M. Childs clothes renovating establishment, No. 145 N. 9th St Old clothes made to look equal to new, by cleaning or dyeing without taking a part. Also repairing, and altering done to the latest fashions. All work done in a superior manner
Description: Advertisement containing an exterior view of the storefront flanked by patriotic vignettes. Vignettes show the figure of liberty and a sailor, with a woman at his feet, holding an American flag. Also includes interior scenes of employees dying and brushing clothes., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Ph Pr - 8 x 10 - Advertisements - C [(2)5786.F.162a]

Title: [Plate 3 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Description: Plate depicts section of the 200 block of Chestnut Street (75-94 pre-consolidation). South side includes Geo. P. Mclean, Looking Glass & Picture Frame Manufacturer (78); Dr. Jayne & Son, Druggists (84-86); tailors C. C. Watson & Son (92); and U.S. Life Insurance, Annuity & Trust Co. (94). North side includes Daily News (91); Kinsley & Co., Package Express (89); Jas. Bailie’s Wine Store (85); and Congress Hall, P. Thurston proprietor., Advertisements promote the depicted businesses: U.S. Life Insurance, Annuity & Trust Co.; Chas. C. Watson & Son; David Jayne & Son, Geo. P. McLean; Daily News; Congress Hall; and Kinsley & Co. Majority of advertisements include several lines of promotional text and ornamented types., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 4.
Creator: Rae, Julio H.
Date: [1851]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Rae - Folder 4 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]

Title: Souvenir calendar and memorandum book. Compliments of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Chicago, Ill
Description: Advertisement souvenir containing illustrated calendar pages and "Memorandum" sheets printed with paragraphs of promotional text about McCormick and his machinery. Illustrations depict seasonal, genre and landscape scenes, including a man fishing (July), a couple canoeing (August), ducks on promenade down a dirt path (September), a waterfall and winter scene near a homestead (October and November), and deers in a snow-covered forest (December). Promotional text describes the superiority of the McCormick mowers based on "Durability. Convenience and Light Draft"; the machines' prevalence, profitability, history, patents, and awards; the ingenuity of McCormick, the plant, and his employees; and the "best farmers" paying higher prices for McCormick mowers because " Others may cut the prices but the McCormick cuts the grain." Also contains a "Map of the Business Portion of Chicago" and views of a horse-drawn McCormick reaper ("The Winner of the Grand Prizes All Around the World") and draft mower no. 4 ("The Most Durable and Lightest Draft Mower on Earth") on the inside front and back covers., Front and back cover illustrated. Front cover depicts a view of a field lined with bundles of harvested wheat. Image overlaid with an inset of a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick. Pictorial details of a flower and vinery complete the image. Back cover depicts "Birdsye View of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.'s Works. In Capacity the Largest in the World." Also shows several trains stopped on tracks in front of the complex., Date inferred from text: Fifteen thousands tops of McCormick Binding Twine will be used in the harvest fields of 1893., 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., McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., previously Cyrus H. McCormick and Brothers, was established in Chicago in 1847 by first-successful mechanical reaper inventor Cyrus W. McCormick (1809-1884) and his brother Leander J. McCormick. Brother William Sanderson McCormick joined the firm in 1849. In 1902, the firm was incorporated into the International Harvester Company.
Date: [1893]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars [P.2011.10.166]

Title: Wm. Simpson & Sons, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement for the calico printers showing a sepulchral monument composed of three mourning female figures attired in Roman garb beside a casket. The business, established in 1836 in the Falls of Schuylkill by William Simpson, was renamed William Simpson & Sons from "The Washington Print Works" in 1869. In 1877, the firm was incorporated as Eddystone Manufacturing Company., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1869 by W. Simpson & Sons in the Clerk's Office of the District of the East. District of Penna., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
Date: 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.9e]

Title: [Gumpert Bros., cigar manufacturers, 1341 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Advertisement depicting the factory during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 adorned with several signs, including ones illustrated with allegorical figures and patriotic imagery. Passersby look at displays of boxes in the window near pedestrians walking on the sidewalk. In the street, a man on horseback, and a horse-drawn carriage and omnibus travel. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings. Gumpert Bros, originally W.H. Grumpert, was established in 1856. The firm name changed to Gumpert Bros in 1866 and the business removed from the site in 1879., Probably engraved by John Serz., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.76e]

Title: Jayne's [patent medicine label]
Description: Label for the Philadelphia patent medicine manufacturer David Jayne. Contains a dramatic scene in the wilderness surrounded by an ornate border. Scene depicts a man aiming his gun at a wild cat, in between which a horrified woman kneels over another who lays motionless. Border includes filigree, griffins, and urns., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.49b]

Title: Souvenir de L'Exposition Universelle 1878
Description: Souvenir album containing captioned photographs of sites at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1878 held May 1-November 10, 1878 to celebrate the recovery of France following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Includes Palais du Trocadéro designed by Gabriel Davioud and Jules Bourdais; Vue Générale du Palais du Champ de Mars; Palais du Champ de Mars; Galerie d'Iéna; Galerie des Machines; Pavillion de la Ville de Paris; Façade des Galeries des Beaux-Arts; Rue des Nations (facades to the international exhibitors inside the Palace of Industry); Façade de la Section Belge; Façade de la Section Chinoise; Le Palais Algérien; and Pavillon des Eaux et Forêts. Views include landscaping, a pond, a bridge, exhibit cases, and steam-operated machinery, including printing presses., Red morocco binding stamped with illustration designed by bookbinders Lofficiau & Munzinger. Illustration depicts the main building and grounds in the Champs de Mars (Palais du Champ de Mars). In the foreground, the allegorical female figure Ceres sits among tools, equipment, and symbols representing art, industry, and technology. Includes a camera, paint palette, locomotive, wheels, a distillery, compass, books, an anvil, and a caduceus., Inscribed on front free endpaper: Bertha C. Moras. A tiny memento of the visit to the Paris Exhibition of 1878., Gift of Michael Zinman., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Souvenirs [P.2008.36.44]

Title: [Agasote Millboard Company, West Trenton, New Jersey.]
Description: Aerial views of the the Agasote Millboard Company in West Trenton, New Jersey, located on the main line of the Reading Railroad. The company was founded in 1909 by Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge who brought what was then a secred process of creating fiberboard out of newspapers from England to the U.S.. The company's products included: agasote, used in the manufacture of passenger railroad car roofs; vehisote, used in the making of truck panels; and homasote, still used as a versatile building material today. The company changed its name to Homasote Company in the late 1930s., Negative numbers: P65., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Agasote Millboard, Trenton, N.J.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1930-1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.P65]

Title: Armstrong Cork Company factory plant, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial views of the Armstrong Cork Company (later Armstrong World Industries) plant on the outskirts of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The company produced its first linoleum products at this plant beginning in 1908. Views include high-altitude vertical views showing the factory and environs as well as close-up views of the facility from a lower altitude. Surrounding farmlands are visible in the distance. Probably taken 1922 [1806, 1891] and 1925 [4785-4792]., Negative numbers: 1806, 1891, 4785, 4785a, 4786, 4786a, 4787, 4787a, 4788, 4789, 4790, 4792., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1922-1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1806; P.8990.1891; P.8990.4785; P.8990.4785a; P.8990.4786; P.8990.4786a; P.8990.4787; P.8990.4787a; P.8990.4788; P.8990.4789; P.8990.4791; P.8990.4792]

Title: Alirene Mills textile plant at Frankford Creek, 1200-1300 Adams Avenue, Frankford, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of Alirene Mills (formerly Bromley Mills) textile plant at Frankford Creek and Adams Avenue. The mill was owned by James Bromley and was built in 1903, designed by the architecture firm Stearns and Castor. Row homes can be seen adjacent to the factory complex., Negative numbers: 13002n, P98, P99, P103, P104., Manuscript note on negative sleeve of 13002n: Buckman and Buckman, Fkd. Creek, N. Phila, Pa, August 27, 1930.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1930-1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.13002n; P.8990.P98; P.8990.P99; P.8990.P103; P.8990.P104]

Title: American Can Company plant, Bridgeton, New Jersey
Description: Aerial views of the American Can Company factory in Bridgeton, New Jersey. The Sanitary Can Company opened the facility in 1906. American Can purchased the factory in 1908. The plant remained in operation until 1931 when the equipment became outmoded. View shows the factory and watertower labeled "American Can Company" with adjacent residential areas and farmlands., Negative numbers: 1378., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Bridgeton, N.J., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1378]

Title: Crown Can Company plant, vicinity of I Street and Erie Avenue, Juniata Park, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the Crown Can Company plant in the Juniata Park section of Philadelphia. Other industrial facilities can be seen, including those of Richardson's Mints and Cuneo Press. The Crown facility spans several city blocks and sits adjacent to the Bellvue Cemetery, a stadium, railroad tracks and areas of row homes. A trolley car is visible on the trolley tracks., Negative numbers: 19842s, 19848s, 19849s., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Crown Can Co., Phila, Pa., June 26, 1939.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1939
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.19842s; P.8990.19848s; P.8990.19849s]

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