Wear Celluloid collars and cuffs.
Title
Wear Celluloid collars and cuffs
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting anthropomorphic frogs, fairy-like figures, and a bee wearing large collars around their necks and wrists as they fly, dance, play the banjo, and sit near the pond. The Celluloid Manufacturing Company was established in 1872 in Newark, New Jersey., Includes advertising text printed on versos: Celluloid. (Water-proof linen.) Collars, cuffs and shirt bosoms. Elastic, linen finish, durable. When soiled, rub with soap or water (hot or cold), used freely with a stiff brush. Advice to wearers. Always slip the necktie under the roll of the turn down collar. Do not attempt to straighten the fold. The goods give better satisfaction if the separable sleeve button and collar button is used. Twist a small rubber elastic, or chamois washer around the post of sleeve button, to prevent rattling of button. To remove yellow stains which may come from long wearing, use sapolio soap, or salertus water, or celluline. Goods for sale by all dealers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Celluloid [1975.F.177; 1975.F.219; 1975.F.737]
Chambers, Bro. & Co., manufacturers of folding machines, also, machines that fold, paste and trim periodicals, 52d Street below Lancaster Avenue. Philadelphia. (Means of access, over.)
Title
Chambers, Bro. & Co., manufacturers of folding machines, also, machines that fold, paste and trim periodicals, 52d Street below Lancaster Avenue. Philadelphia. (Means of access, over.)
Description
Contains "Means of access" information printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Chambers [P.2002.67.11]
Turquie. J. Chambers, real laces, No. 810 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
Title
Turquie. J. Chambers, real laces, No. 810 Arch Street, Philadelphia
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting a woman attired in Turkish clothing, including a loose blouse, pantaloons, vest and jewelry. The Turkish flag and seal are visible above her head. Presumably part of a series depicting other countries., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Chambers [1975.F.206]
Norway.
Title
Norway
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting the flag of Norway., Advertising text printed on verso: L.A. Clinton, brush emporium. Clinton's celebrated brushes of every style and quality, 1806 Chestnut St., Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Clinton [1975.F.169]
Ehrgott & Forbriger, practical lithographers. s.w. cor. of 4th & Walnut sts., Cincinnati, O.
Title
Ehrgott & Forbriger, practical lithographers. s.w. cor. of 4th & Walnut sts., Cincinnati, O
Description
Advertisement calendar for 1859 containing patriotic and allegorical vignettes and pictorial details framing a calendar depicted as an architectural monument. Vignettes and details show the American eagle, shield, and flag; symbols of art and industry, including a paint palette, sculpture, telescope, and smoke stacks and chimneys; allegorical figures representing manufacturing, agriculture, and the seasons; and a central vignette containing a fruit display in front of drapery. Ehrgott & Forbriger, the premier Cincinnati firm established in 1856 by Peter E. Ehrgott and Adolphus F. Fobriger, operated under that firm name until 1860 when changed to Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co., Inscribed lower left corner: 54., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Ehrgott & Forbriger
Date
[ca. 1858]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.37a]
Ehrgott & Forbriger, practical lithographers. s.w. cor. of 4th & Walnut sts., Cincinnati, O.
Title
Ehrgott & Forbriger, practical lithographers. s.w. cor. of 4th & Walnut sts., Cincinnati, O
Description
Advertisement calendar for 1859 containing patriotic and allegorical vignettes and pictorial details framing a calendar depicted as an architectural monument. Vignettes and details show the American eagle, shield, and flag; symbols of art and industry, including a paint palette, sculpture, telescope, and smoke stacks and chimneys; allegorical figures representing manufacturing, agriculture, and the seasons; and a central vignette containing a fruit display in front of drapery. Ehrgott & Forbriger, the premier Cincinnati firm established in 1856 by Peter E. Ehrgott and Adolphus F. Fobriger, operated under that firm name until 1860 when changed to Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co., Inscribed lower left corner: 54., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Ehrgott & Forbriger
Date
[ca. 1858]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.37a]
Ehrgott & Forbriger, practical lithographers. s.w. cor. of 4th & Walnut sts., Cincinnati, O. [graphic].
Title
Ehrgott & Forbriger, practical lithographers. s.w. cor. of 4th & Walnut sts., Cincinnati, O
Description
Advertisement calendar for 1859 containing patriotic and allegorical vignettes and pictorial details framing a calendar depicted as an architectural monument. Vignettes and details show the American eagle, shield, and flag; symbols of art and industry, including a paint palette, sculpture, telescope, and smoke stacks and chimneys; allegorical figures representing manufacturing, agriculture, and the seasons; and a central vignette containing a fruit display in front of drapery. Ehrgott & Forbriger, the premier Cincinnati firm established in 1856 by Peter E. Ehrgott and Adolphus F. Fobriger, operated under that firm name until 1860 when changed to Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co., Inscribed lower left corner: 54., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Ehrgott & Forbriger
Date
[ca. 1858]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.37a]
Thos. Brown, practical sanitary plumber, No. 221 S. 16th Street, Philad'a.
Title
Thos. Brown, practical sanitary plumber, No. 221 S. 16th Street, Philad'a
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting the name of the plumbing business superimposed on an ornate mirror surmounted by a bust figure and a cherub holding a tassel and a laurel wreath., Advertising text printed on verso: Plumbing in all its branches. Special and personal attention is given to modernizing defective plumbing and drainage in city and country residences. Orders by mail will be promptly attended to. The best of references will be furnished if required., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Thomas Brown operated his plumbing business from 221 South Sixteenth Street in 1885.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Brown [1975.F.94]
Benedict, Miller & Co., manufacturers of umbrellas and parasols, No. 39 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia.
Title
Benedict, Miller & Co., manufacturers of umbrellas and parasols, No. 39 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting two girls, a blonde and a brunette. The blonde girl waves a fan and touches a perfume bottle, while the brunette watches with clasped hands., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Benedict [1975.F.40]
[Branson & Bro. trade cards]
Title
[Branson & Bro. trade cards]
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a bucket labeled "2240 lbs. to the ton" filled with coal and a framed image labeled "1842-1882" of an old miner carrying a basket in his left hand and a shovel over his right shoulder. Branson & Bro.'s operated by David Branson and Jos. A. Wenderoth at 1118 Washington Avenue in Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Printed on light blue paper., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Branson & Bro.'s coal, including "Old Hazleton" and "Lattimer" grades and guarantees customer satisfaction., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1882]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Branson [1975.F.82 and 1975.F.85]
Garber & Bro., Lehigh and Schuylkill coal, N.E. cor. Thirteenth & Noble Sts., Philadelphia.
Title
Garber & Bro., Lehigh and Schuylkill coal, N.E. cor. Thirteenth & Noble Sts., Philadelphia Cannel coal for grates
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting a stork, turkey, and flowering vines surrounding a scroll containing the name of the company. By 1880, Garber & Bro. included S. Jones, John M., and J. Lindley A. Garber., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Garber [1975.F.389]
Point Breeze gasometer, [Philadelphia] [graphic].
Title
Point Breeze gasometer, [Philadelphia]
Description
Glass negative showing the gasometer of the Philadelphia Gas Works surrounded by a low fence and seen from across a field. The gasometer consists of ten crenellated columns standing around a circular base and connected by a band decorated with quatrefoil shapes. Philadelphia Gas Works began operating in 1836 when gas lights were installed along Second Street. It came under city ownership in 1841., Time: 4:25 PM, Light: Fair sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
October 4, 1884
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.439]
Phila[delphia] Shipbuilding Co. new dry dock [graphic].
Title
Phila[delphia] Shipbuilding Co. new dry dock
Description
Film negative showing a large ship named, [F]earless, in the Philadelphia Shipbuilding Company drydock surrounded by building materials. A ladder stands in front of the ship's propellor extending up to the deck., Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
May 24, 1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.475]
Old saw mill. Mill Cr[eek] Road & Gulf Road (old road). Arthur Jones standing upon mill. [Haverford, Pa.] [graphic].
Title
Old saw mill. Mill Cr[eek] Road & Gulf Road (old road). Arthur Jones standing upon mill. [Haverford, Pa.]
Description
Glass negative showing a saw mill built into a hillside at Haverford. Logs pile up against the stone base of the building and Arthur Jones (Haverford College class of 1885) leans against a pillar on the main level., Time: 2:40, Light: Fair sun out., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
March 10, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.517]
Making salt, at Saltville, Virginia [graphic] / Cullen.
Title
Making salt, at Saltville, Virginia
Description
Illustration included in Chapter LXIII, "Among the Mountains -- From Bristol to Lynchburg." It shows two black men working in the salt works in Saltsville, Virginia. In the accompaying text, King wrote the following of the two subjects: "The stout negroes working over the boiling salt were both delighted and amazed when their pictures appeared in the artist's [James Wells Champney's] sketch-book; they had never seen 'no such writin' befo'.'" (p. 571), Illustration in Edward King's The Great South (Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1875), p. 571., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Work Scenes.
Date
[1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1875 King 3379.Q p 571, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2829
[Bronson's tobacco factory & office]
Title
[Bronson's tobacco factory & office]
Description
View of a commercial block in Toledo, Ohio showing storefronts of several businesses including C. Bronson, tobacco; Whitaker & French; and Whitaker, Phillips & Co., hardware. Foreground contains undeveloped lot., Discolored black and orange mount with square corners., Title from manuscript caption clipped from scrapbook., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Companion piece to stereoview entitled "Bronson's block after the fire" (5739.F.47d)., 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 - Non-Philadelphia - Ohio [5739.F.47a]
Thos. W. Mattson, 402 Market Street, one door above Fourth Street, south side. The most extensive trunk & carpet bag manufacturer in Philadelphia. [graphic] / Mumford & Haas sc.
Title
Thos. W. Mattson, 402 Market Street, one door above Fourth Street, south side. The most extensive trunk & carpet bag manufacturer in Philadelphia
Description
Illustrated advertising broadside depicting three trunks and a carpet bag. Text advertises sale of "leather bags, &c., umbrellas & hobby horses, boys' gigs, propellors, wheelbarrows, &c."
Creator
Mumford & Haas, engraver
Date
[between 1858 and 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department PhPr - 11 x 14 - advertisements [P.2002.11.2]
Willcox & Gibbs' sewing machine salesrooms, no. 720 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Title
Willcox & Gibbs' sewing machine salesrooms, no. 720 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description
Shows the interior of the showroom with several sewing machines on display. Also shows a sales counter; display cases of sewing machine accessories; two chandeliers hanging from the ceiling; and an ornate floor heating grate. The company, established in 1859 by inventor James E.A. Gibbs and Philadelphia investor James Willcox, produced domestic machines until 1947., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., 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
American Stereoscopic Company
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - misc.- American Stereoscopic Co. [(8)1322.F.33b]
[Unidentified commercial interior, possibly dealer of glass and fancy goods, Philadelphia]
Title
[Unidentified commercial interior, possibly dealer of glass and fancy goods, Philadelphia]
Description
Interior view of shop showing display cases and cabinets containing glassware, vases, sculptures, and object d'art. Also shows a staircase and landing to an upper floor., Buff mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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 - Business [(8)1322.F.31f]
Rogers' patent broadcast seeder : patented January 19th, 1864. This machine is the simplest of its kind now in use, ... These machines are kept constantly on hand and for sale by the undersigned proprietor for Ohio. County and state rights for sale. / Mos
Title
Rogers' patent broadcast seeder patented January 19th, 1864. This machine is the simplest of its kind now in use, ... These machines are kept constantly on hand and for sale by the undersigned proprietor for Ohio. County and state rights for sale
Description
Library Company copy has MS. notes on verso., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Ranney, Moses
Date
[not before 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Ranney 14590.Q
Keyser & Foxe's mahogany steam saw mill & turning shop No. 21 [later 225] Crown St. between Race & Vine Sts., Philadelphia.
Title
Keyser & Foxe's mahogany steam saw mill & turning shop No. 21 [later 225] Crown St. between Race & Vine Sts., Philadelphia
Description
Advertisement showing three men working with mahogany logs in a four-story, brick building tenanted by the saw mill of Jacob Keyser and Bryan Fox at 225 Crown Street. One of the laborers guides a log onto a block and tackle lift from the sidewalk (left), while another holds the ropes and waits for the log on the second level. Another laborer moves a log on a ramp through an open doorway on the first floor (right). In the foreground, an unhitched dray rests near a log in the cobblestone street. The basement, first, and second floor windows and doors are flanked by open, white shutters. Keyser & Foxe operated from this location between 1853 and 1861, at which time the sawmill was renamed Bryan Fox & Son., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Aug. 1847., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 420, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator
Heiss, George G., artist
Date
[ca. 1847]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W212 [P.2138]
The Farmer Mower. / J. Pine, patentee, Troy, N.Y. Patented May and October, 1864. This machine will be repaired and extras furnished to agents and others desiring them, at the Troy Machine Shop ... Do not throw aside you old machine for a new one, for I w
Title
The Farmer Mower
Description
Printed in red ink., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Parmenter, F. W.
Date
[not before 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Parment 104319.D
Negresse battant le coton au lieu de le carder [graphic].
Title
Negresse battant le coton au lieu de le carder
Description
Included in Chapter XV, "Arts et Industrie," the engraving shows an African woman beating cotton into threads. The cotton, which had already been ginned, was placed on a stiff mat and hit with a baton., Illustration in René Geoffroy de Villeneuve's L'Afrique, ou Histoire, meours, usages et coutumes des africains: Le Sénégal (Paris: Nepveu, libraire, passage des Panoramas, no. 26, 1814), vol. 4, p. 181., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date
[1814]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare U Afri R.G.V. 65954.D v 4 p 181, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2934
Negresse filant le coton [graphic].
Title
Negresse filant le coton
Description
Included in Chapter XV, "Arts et Industrie," the engraving shows an African woman spinning cotton. She holds a spool in each hand, and sits on a mat with a large basket of cotton next to her., Illustration in René Geoffroy de Villeneuve's L'Afrique, ou Histoire, moeurs, usages et coutumes des africains: Le Sénégal (Paris: Nepveu, libraire, passage des Panoramas, no. 26, 1814), vol. 4, p. 182., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date
[1814]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare U Afri R.G.V. 65954.D v 4 p 182, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2935
Factories of Brainerd & Armstrong Co.
Title
Factories of Brainerd & Armstrong Co
Description
Contains views of the dye house, spinning and twisting mill, and weaving and spooling mill of Brainerd & Armstrong Co., Number 2697 on recto., Text on verso., Sheet number: 40A02A, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]
Pepper's brewery. [graphic] : And dwelling house - the latter - on northwest corner of Fifth and Minor street with a view in perspective of the houses on the west side of Fifth Street to the corner of Market Street - also part of the house on n.w. corner
Title
Pepper's brewery And dwelling house - the latter - on northwest corner of Fifth and Minor street with a view in perspective of the houses on the west side of Fifth Street to the corner of Market Street - also part of the house on n.w. corner of Market and Fifth Street
Description
Shows Robert Smith's Brewery, formerly the Pepper Brewery, on South Fifth Street between Market and Chestnut streets. View includes two men standing near several barrels lined in front of the brewery. Also shows adjacent and neighboring businesses, including partial views of a manufacturer and a shoe store. Pepper Brewery, originally established by Joseph Potts in 1774, was assumed by Henry Pepper & Son circa 1780. Smith, who joined in partnership with Pepper's sons and Frederick Seckel in 1837, gained sole proprietorship of the brewery in the mid 1850s. Brewery was incorporated in 1887 and relocated to 38th Street and Girard Avenue in 1888., Title from manuscript note by Poulson on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 55. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date
February 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - [(3)2526.F.55 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f55.jpg
Wells on Clarion River
Title
Wells on Clarion River
Description
View showing derricks on the bank of the Clarion County river. Also shows a man on a dirt path lined by brush and trees near the derricks., Buff mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on mount: Mrs. S.M. Fox., List of over one-hundred views published by photographer 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.9276.58]
Freight locomotive engine for Pennsylvania Rail Road manufactured by Richard Norris & Son Philadelphia.
Title
Freight locomotive engine for Pennsylvania Rail Road manufactured by Richard Norris & Son Philadelphia
Description
Advertisement showing the freight engine designed with three large wheels behind a smaller one that is situated at the front end of the engine. Engine shown on a stretch of tracks. Richard Norris assumed operations of the Norris Locomotive Works from his father, William, circa 1841. During the 1850s, Norris Locomotive Works was the largest producer of locomotives in America., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 84, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Transportation [P.8970.22]
[J. Struthers & Son marble yard, including a crane, 22nd and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia.] [graphic]
Title
[J. Struthers & Son marble yard, including a crane, 22nd and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia.]
Description
Shows the crane in the stone yard of the firm founded in 1816, which provided the marble for nearly all the prominent public buildings of the city. Marble blocks cover the yard. Also shows a dray in the foreground and surrounding buildings in the background., Title and date from manuscript note on verso: Chestnut & 22nd St.; Aug. 1858., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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. 58., Arcadia caption text: In 1816 John Struthers established one of Philadelphia’s first marble yards. When this photograph was taken in the summer of 1858, John’s son William ran the marble yard located at Chestnut and Twenty-second streets. By the late 1850s Philadelphia supported about 60 marble cutting establishments. Marble from the Struthers’ business was used to construct many significant Philadelphia buildings including City Hall, the Public Ledger building, the Continental Hotel, and the Second Bank of the United States., 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 #135., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date
August 1858
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [8339.F.20]
U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
Title
U.S. Mint, Philadelphia
Description
View looking east from Thirteenth Street showing the second mint building at 1331-1337 Chestnut Street (northwest corner of Juniper and Thirteenth streets) completed in 1833 after the designs of William Strickland and possibly John Haviland. The mint operated at the site until 1902 when the mint relocated and the building was razed. Includes partial view of the adjacent cigar manufactory adorned with an awning inscribed with the name of the business, Gumpert Bros., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Yellow 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
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Cremer - Government Buildings [P.9260.34]
[Public Ledger Building, south west corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia]
Title
[Public Ledger Building, south west corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia]
Description
Exterior view from the north east depicting the newly constructed, six story office building of the Philadelphia newspaper, the Public Ledger. Constructed 1866-67 by the builder R.J. Dobbins from designs by John McArthur, Jr. Image includes statue of Benjamin Franklin by Bailly which adorns the corner of the building, and several men and boys in the street., Yellow mount with square corners., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., 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
Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
Date
[1867]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Gutekunst - businesses [P.9260.54]
Oliver Brooks, wholesale and retail, hat, cap & fancy fur warehouse
Title
Oliver Brooks, wholesale and retail, hat, cap & fancy fur warehouse London & Paris. Fall & spring fashions, regularly imported. Superior otter & seal caps. Leather hat cases & silk & cotton umbrellas
Description
Advertisement depicting an ornate table with scroll legs covered with a jumbled variety of men's and women's hats in addition to an umbella (handle visible). Brooks patented an improvement in cassinmere hats in 1842., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: August 1846., Probably printed by John Frampton Watson., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 158
Date
[August 1846]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements [P.8929.23]
Geo. J. Henkels' city cabinet warerooms, 173 Chestnut St. opposite the State House, Philadelphia
Title
Geo. J. Henkels' city cabinet warerooms, 173 Chestnut St. opposite the State House, Philadelphia
Description
Packing label depicting a variety of furniture sold by Henkels including a table, vanity, desk, sofa, and chairs. Henkels was located at 173 Chestnut from 1850 to 1857., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 39, Pheonixblock, located at the southwest corner of Second and Dock Streets, housed the lithographic firm of H. Camp for whom Kollner worked as principal artist.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements [7806.F], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements [(2)1525.F.26b]
Charles Oakford & Sons, No. 834 & 836 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 1866. Wholesale and retail dealers and manufacturers of hats, caps & furs.
Title
Charles Oakford & Sons, No. 834 & 836 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 1866. Wholesale and retail dealers and manufacturers of hats, caps & furs Our stock of hats is complete in every department including a large assortment of wool hats at all prices. We invite attention to style no. 1, a sundown for ladies and children, made of mackinaw straw celebrated for its durability. This popular sun hat supercedes the old style shaker hood and bids fair to be fashionable for seasons to come thereby avoiding an accumulation of old stock. The prices per dozen for trimmed and untrimmed range from $6 to $60. We are ready to receive and fill orders for all kinds of hats which we guarantee to sell at lower prices for cash than any other house in the country. We are constantly receiving the newest styles and our manufactory facilities are such as enable us to compete with any other establishment. March 1866. Please put this up in a conspicuous place
Description
Advertisement with ornamental lettering depicting a display of 12 numbered men's and women's hats. The women's hats (1-4, 7, 10) are adorned with feathers, ribbons, and other embellishments, except for the "sundown." Hats are displayed on a hat rack and three stands at its base. Oakford established his business in 1827 and located to 104 Chestnut in 1843 where he began his wholesale trade in 1850. He operated from the address until 1852 when he relocated to 624 Chestnut Street. In 1860 he moved his business to the Continental Hotel., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 25
Date
March 1866
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Advertisements [P.9465]
A. Russell & Co. 104 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia. Fashionable hat and cap manufacturers.
Title
A. Russell & Co. 104 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia. Fashionable hat and cap maunfacturers First in fashion. Ladies fur muffs, tippets, pelerines, boas &c.&c. Gente;men's furs caps, collars, gloves &c.&c
Description
Advertisement depicting a jumbled assortment of men's and boy's hats on top of an anvil-shaped pedestal. Hats lie on their side, top, and rim., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 3, Originally part of John McAllister's scrapbook "Costumes, English & American, 1800-1869."
Date
[ca. 1832]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements [5743.F.95]
Hamilton Watch Company
Title
Hamilton Watch Company complex, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Description
Aerial view of the Hamilton Watch Company complex at Columbia and North West End Avenues in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Surrounding homes and buildings are visible, along with croplands in the distance., Negative number: 1670., Record created 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.8990.1670]
[Boat at Philadelphia Ship Repair Co. dry dock] [graphic].
Title
[Boat at Philadelphia Ship Repair Co. dry dock]
Description
Film negative showing two men standing on scaffolding working on a large ship at the Philadelphia Ship Repair Company dry dock. Another man walks down the dock to the right., Title supplied by cataloger., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
June 1909
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.72]
Gambrinus Unterstutzungus Gesellschaft [membership certificate].
Title
Gambrinus Unterstutzungus Gesellschaft [membership certificate]
Description
Membership certificate probably for a German brewing society. Includes a decorative border containing a portrait of King Gambrinus, the parton saint of beer and a universal symbol of beer and brewing; female allegorical figures representing hops and barley; a fermenter flanked by lions; and urns of flowers. Gambrinus portrait shows the king seated in front of a row of kegs and holding a goblet of beer. Allegorical figures shown as peasant girls holding a bale of barley and a stalk of hops., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 88, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: *NB 1 75 - 356
Creator
Theo. Leonhardt & Son
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP *NB 1 75 - 356
Spinning room - Winding bobbins with woolen yarn for weaving, Philadelphia, Pa.
Title
Spinning room - Winding bobbins with woolen yarn for weaving, Philadelphia, Pa
Description
Depicts the back of a young female worker, wearing an apron, at work inside a large textile factory. She attends one of several rows of mechanized small and large bobbins., Copyrighted by Keystone View Company., Negative number printed on mount: 22128., Title printed on mount., Printed above image: 81., Grey curved mount., Contains a description of the weaving process and an instructional exercise on verso., Keystone View Company, stock publisher of stereographs of the late 19th and 20th century, started issuing educational stereoviews around 1898. In 1906, the first boxed set of 600 educational views with an accompanying guide book was issued., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1910]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Industry [P.9573.23]
Eugene Roussel's celebrated mineral waters in glass botttles for hotels, families & shipping
Title
Eugene Roussel's celebrated mineral waters in glass botttles for hotels, families & shipping
Description
Advertisement showing the storefront with large display windows of "Edward Roussel, Foreign Perfumery & Fancy Articles, French Perfumery, Mineral Water" at 114, i.e., 318 Chestnut Street. Within the store, a clerk serves mineral water to a couple at the counter. The woman sits, her parasol by her side as the man stands. Tall glass-door cabinets rise behind the clerk. Materials displayed in the windows include a stuffed bear, bottles, mason jars, canisters, and framed certificates. A drain pipe adorns the building. Also contains vignettes above and below the title showing the business's mineral water delivery wagon, and silver medals awarded to the perfumer by the "Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, 1824" and "Reward of Skill and Ingenuity, 1842." Roussel operated from the site 1843-1849. Bear's oil was a popular product offered by Philadelphia perfumers, the major American suppliers, between the 1830s and 1850s. The oil was often used as a hair product., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 212, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 Q 32, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Stores & Shops, Trimmed.
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date
[ca. 1843]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 Q 32
S. Griffiths, manufacturer of wrought iron tubes and fittings for gas, steam and water. Works in Vine st: betw: Schuylkill 2d and 3d Streets. A constant supply at warerooms no. 15 Nth. Del. 7th St, Philadelphia.
Title
S. Griffiths, manufacturer of wrought iron tubes and fittings for gas, steam and water. Works in Vine st: betw: Schuylkill 2d and 3d Streets. A constant supply at warerooms no. 15 Nth. Del. 7th St, Philadelphia
Description
Advertisement showing the "Spring Garden Tube Works" on Vine Street above Twentieth Street. Signage reading "S. Griffith's Manufacturer of Wrought Iron, Welded Tubes, For Gas, Steam, Water" adorns a doorway that is flanked by spiral tubings. Employees work in the windows of the two-story factory, exit the doorways with tubes, and load horse-drawn carts parked in front of the building. Also shows a side-alley on which a horse-drawn cart loaded with coal is guided to the furnace at the rear of the works. Griffiths was listed at a Vine Street address from 1845 to 1854 and circa 1860-circa 1868., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 669, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 35 G 855
Creator
Reynolds, Robert F., artist
Date
[ca. 1845]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 35 G 855
Charles Oakford United States steam leuring model hat manufactory.
Title
Charles Oakford United States steam leuring model hat manufactory Hats, caps, & furs wholesale and retail. 104, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description
Advertisement showing the interior of the wholesale and finishing department (est. 1850) of the manufactory for the hat business established in 1827. Oakford stands with a business client in the center of the room across from his steam powered leuring lathe and several male employees at work. The laborers stand and form hats at their stations, which line two-thirds of the room. The stations include a drawer as well as a cubby for pieces under construction. Toward the back of the room, another employee stacks hats on a table across from shelves lined with them. In the foreground, a boy packs the merchandise into a box marked "From C. Oakford 104 Chestnut St. Phila." View also includes a wall clock and a shovel lying near the oven of the steam lathe. Leuring lathes turn hats to impart a sheen to the fur fibers and create a polished look., Philadelphia on Stone, Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.5.2
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 46.57.5.2
Eastwick & Harrison's improved locomotive engine
Title
Eastwick & Harrison's improved locomotive engine
Description
Shows the 4-4-0 steam locomotive, Gowan & Marx, built 1839 by the firm after the designs of Joseph Harrison, Jr. The locomotive, for its weight, was the most efficent for freight purposes at the time. The firm established as Garrett, Eastwick & Co. was renamed Eastwick & Harrison in 1839 after the retirement of Garrett, when Harrison, a junior partner became a full partner., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on recto and mount: This locomotive engine "Gowan & Marx" hauled the freight train over the Philadelphia & Reading R. Road from Pottsville to Philada. D. J. Kennedy., Attached to sheet containing two photographic reproductions of Philadelphia and Reading Railroad broadsides dated 1839 and 1840., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 63, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: K VII 46
Creator
Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date
[ca. 1839]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP K VII 46
Shoe & Leather Building. International Exhibition, 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia.
Title
Shoe & Leather Building. International Exhibition, 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia
Description
View of the exhibition building built after the designs of Alexander B. Barry that displayed all the mechanical processes of making shoes and boots. Includes several fair visitors on the grounds in front of the building. Individuals walk, converse, admire a fountain, enter the hall, and sit on a bench in a small landscaped area. The grounds are lined by a tree and bushes. Also shows part of Machinery Hall in the right of the image. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by William H. Huntington., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 695, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Misc. - Shoe & Leather
Date
c1876
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Misc. - Shoe & Leather
Harrison's Handkerchief Extracts
Title
Harrison's Handkerchief Extracts Apollos W. Harrison No. 10 South 7th Street Philadelphia
Description
Beautiful, elaborate advertisement for the Philadelphia perfumer and ink manufacturer showing a ballroom scene set within a monument designed as a stage surrounded by floral ornaments. Shows couples attired in evening wear introducing themselves, conversing, and dancing in the ballroom. Two women hold fans. Chandelier lampposts and red drapery frame the scene. Two archways showing vistas to outdoor sceneries of trees and urns of greenery flank the monument. Loose, bundled, and cornucopias of flowers, encase the monument. Also contains two poles entwined with banners on the outer sides. Banners are inscribed with the names of scented flowers, including camellia, lilac, magnolia, tea rose, sweet clover, patchouli, and musk. Harrison began operating his perfumery circa 1853 and by the late 1850s employed over 80 employees, including 25 traveling agents., Copyrighted by A. W. Harrison., Not in Wainwright., Printed above title: Upper Ten., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 107, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 641 H 245
Creator
Bigot, Alphonse, ca. 1828-1872 or 3, artist
Date
c1854
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 641 H 245
Roussel's premium perfumery
Title
Roussel's premium perfumery Manufactured by X. Bazin, successor to E. Roussel. Philadelphia
Description
Advertisement containing advertising text surrounded by an ornate flowery border. Border includes garlands of flowers in which classical female figures, an eagle, and wingless cherubs are intertwined. The female figures are partially clad in Roman garb and one represents a messenger through the embellishments of wings and a trumpet. The cherubs hold tubes of cream and ribbons adorned with the medallions of the "seven silver and two gold medals awarded by the institutes of Philadelphia New York and Boston." The eagle holds a medallion in his beak. Also contains four images of medals in the corners. Bazin served as the lab director for perfumer Eugene Roussel from circa 1840 to circa 1849 when he assumed proprietorship of the business. Bazin continued to use Roussel's name until circa 1853. The Bazin family owned the business until 1884., Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 197, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 61 D 956, Trimmed.
Creator
Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879, artist
Date
[ca. 1850]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 61 D 956
S. D. Sollers & Co. manufacturers of children's fine shoes, Philadelphia
Title
S. D. Sollers & Co. manufacturers of children's fine shoes, Philadelphia Buy the celebrated shoes stamped Sollers & Co., Phila
Description
Advertisement showing a garishly well-attired boy and girl creating a pyramid display of large model shoes in a parlor with a mosaic rug. The shoes rest atop a gargantuan "Sollers" shoe box on a platform draped in a rug. In the right, a garishly, well-attired boy and girl admire the display from near the open door to the room adorned with framed pictures. In the left, a kneeling boy places a shoe on the foot of a seated girl, who are both less dramatically attired and whose visages resemble photographic portraits. A box of shoes with a cover marked "S.D. Sollers. J.C. Austin. J.S. Outcalt." lies in front of them., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 198, Library of Congress: PGA - Duval--S.D. Sollers & Co. (B size) [P&P]
Date
1874
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Duval--S.D. Sollers & Co. (B size) [P&P]
Harrison's Columbian perfumery
Title
Harrison's Columbian perfumery Apollos W. Harrison No. 10 South 7th Street Philadelphia
Description
Advertisement for the Philadelphia perfumer and ink manufacturer containing a wreath of multiple types of flowers encased by a border of geometric shapes listing dozens of Harrison's products. Products include flavoring extracts, scented soaps, toiletries, skin creams, oils, and perfumes. Also contains miniature jewel-like ornamental details and an outer frame-like border. Harrison began operating his perfumery circa 1853 and by the late 1850s employed over 80 employees, including 25 traveling agents., Copyrighted by A. W. Harrison., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 106, Library of Congress: PGA - Bigot, Alphonse--Harrison's Columbian perfumery (D size) [P&P]
Creator
Bigot, Alphonse, ca. 1828-1872 or 3, artist
Date
c1854
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Bigot, Alphonse--Harrison's Columbian perfumery (D size) [P&P]
Lehman & Bolton steam power lithograph & letter press printing rooms. Nos. 418, 420 & 422 Library Street, Philadelphia. Opposite Post Office.
Title
Lehman & Bolton steam power lithograph & letter press printing rooms. Nos. 418, 420 & 422 Library Street, Philadelphia. Opposite Post Office Bonds, checks, bill heads, chromos, showcards, maps, labels, &c
Description
Trade card containing an ornate border design comprised of scrolls, banners, and an angel surrounding the advertising text. The lithographic firm operated 1873-1920., Not in Wainwright., Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 2 - Lehman & Bolton - Advertisement, Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 54
Creator
Lehman & Bolton
Date
[ca. 1873]
Location
Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 2 - Lehman & Bolton - Advertisement
Lehman & Bolton steam power lithographic & letter press printing rooms. Library Street, Goldsmith's Hall. Opp. Post Office, Philadelphia.
Title
Lehman & Bolton steam power lithographic & letter press printing rooms. Library Street, Goldsmith's Hall. Opp. Post Office, Philadelphia
Description
Advertisement containing a view of the exterior of the six-story brownstone and print shop at 420 Library Street tenanted by lithographic partnership who purchased the business of Jacob Haehnlen in 1873. Signage advertising the "Jacob Hahenlen Lithographic Establishment" adorns the doorway, front, and side of "Goldsmith’s Hall." Building also adorned with large display windows and an American flag. View includes street and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians walk and stand on the sidewalk. Horse-drawn wagons and drays pass in the street. Floral details and a beehive border the view. Building destroyed by fire on December 20, 1882., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 56, Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 2 - Lehman & Bolton - Building
Creator
Lehman & Bolton
Date
[ca. 1873]
Location
Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center - Warshaw Collection – Lithography – Vertical Box 2 - Lehman & Bolton - Building

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