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Title: Views of Chatham Island, South Pacific during United States Transit of Venus expedition
Description: Series of expedition views from photographer William H. Rau's Transit of Venus expedition to Chatham Island in December 1874 depict crude wooden structures in a rural landscape., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint on mounts., Orange mounts with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso of item P.9517.1: "Rear view of one observatory", Manuscript note on verso of item P.9517.2: "Cabin built by the wrecked crew of the American whaler "Alabama" 1868"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Philadelphia photographer William H. Rau was included in one of eight observation parties sponsored by the United States government to gather information about the December 8, 1874 Transit of Venus. His party travelled to the Chatham Islands, an archipelago off the coast of New Zealand, to view the astronomical phenomenon, but inclement weather there prevented Rau from collecting decent images of the event.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Views [P.9517.1-2]

Title: Vegetable dealer Bermuda
Description: Postcard depicting an older Black man with a beard, seated in a mule-drawn cart. Bunches of root vegetables, a basket, and a barrel lay behind him in the cart. A partial view of a building with three windows is visible in the background., Title from item., Date inferred from design of verso of postcard: Undivided back and "Post Card" in thin serif letters, Manuscript note written on recto: How would you like to ride [in that?] [ illegible]., Name and address of recipient in manuscript on verso: Miss Mabel McClure, 328 Preston St., W. Phila, Pa. U.S.A., RVCDC, Description reviewed 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date: [ca. 1905]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Genre [P.2019.80.10]

Title: Beautiful isle of the sea
Description: Song in two stanzas; first lines: Beautiful isle of the sea! Smile on the brow of the waters!, Words by George Cooper; sheet music copyright 1865. See the Library of Congress American memory online archive, Historic American sheet music, 1850-1920., Place of publication based on provenance., Printed area measures 15.9 x 10.0 cm., Part of the McAllister Collection., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Cooper, George, 1840-1927
Date: [1865?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Cooper 9982.F.71 (McAllister)

Title: [Hotel on Smith Island, Philadelphia]
Description: View of a large wooden building, probably a hotel, built as part of a summer resort on Smith Island on the Delaware River. Two men stand in the foreground., Manuscript note on mount: On Smith's Island Philada., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on mount: 56., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [(8)1322.F.13g]

Title: Hoffman, Benjamin R.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date: March 6, 1919

Title: Peters Island, Fairmount Park, Philada
Description: Lithograph showing a man and woman horseback riding, a gentleman walking with his cane, and a man walking with two horses on a towpath in the foreground and Peter's Island, a canal boat, row boat and larger steam vessel on the Schuylkill River in the background. Peter's Island was immediately north of the Columbia Railroad Bridge in Fairmount Park., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.9]

Title: [Delaware River looking north from Dock Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Aerial views of the Delaware River and Benjamin Franklin Bridge (formerly the Delaware River Bridge) from a vantage point just south and west of Dock Street. Taken on a clear day, the view extends well past North Philadelphia and includes Petty Island, New Jersey and a portion of Camden, New Jersey., Negative numbers: 21990s, Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Philadelphia, Penna., Delaware River, Dock St. & N.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1941
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.21990s]

Title: Inland views of Absecon Island, New Jersey
Description: Aerial views of Atlantic City, Ventnor City, Margate City and Longwood on Absecon Island, New Jersey. Western and southern vantage points provide views of residential areas, undeveloped land, inland waterways and marshlands on the west (inland) side of the island. The coastline and Atlantic Ocean can be seen in the distance., Negative numbers: 5948, 5949, 5950, 5952, 5953, 5955, 5956, 5957, 5963.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5948; P.8990.5949; P.8990.5950; P.8990.5952; P.8990.5953; P.8990.5955; P.8990.5956; P.8990.5957; P.8990.5963]

Title: Beach Haven, New Jersey
Description: Aerial views of the seaside community of Beach Haven on Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Includes views of the city and coastline, the Atlantic Ocean and Little Egg Harbor. Boats are docked and sailing in the harbor. Harbor islands are also visible., Negative numbers: P242, P243, P245, P250, P251.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.P242; P.8990.P243; P.8990.P245; P.8990.P250; P.8990.P251]

Title: [Swimming pool on Smith Island, Philadelphia]
Description: View of the swimming pool at the summer resort on Smith Island on the Delaware River. Naked boys swim and slide down the incline into the pool enclosed by tall wooden fence. A few clothed male onlookers sit along side of pool., Manuscript note on mount: 54., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [(8)1322.F.13h]

Title: [Smith Island ferry dock, Philadelphia]
Description: View of the ferry boat dock at the resort on Smith Island. Depicts steamboats docked at pier and sign reading: John Smith for Smith's Island. Windmill Island visible in background., Title from manuscript note on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [(8)1322.F.13f]

Title: Delaware River and South Philadelphia
Description: Aerial view of the Delaware River and South Philadelphia taken from a bi-plane (parts of which are visible) from ca. 2000-foot altitude above the vicinity of 6th and Tasker streets. View is southwest to northeast. Petty Island and Cooper's Point, New Jersey are visible., Negative number: 1618, 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.8990.1618]

Title: Ocean City, New Jersey
Description: Aerial views of Ocean City, New Jersey looking northeast towards Great Egg Harbor Inlet and Longport. The entire northeast portion of the island is visible, as are portions of Great Egg Harbor Bay and the Atlantic Ocean., Negative numbers: 5945, 5946.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5945; P.8990.5946]

Title: Rapids and Third Sister Island
Description: View of Third Sister Island, an island in the Canadian channel of the Niagara River. Shows choppy waves and rapids near the rock platforms at the tip of the island, a man standing on the island amidst trees, and an overcast sky. Third Sister Island is the outermost island of the Three Sisters Islands., Title and photographer's imprint on mount., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, No. 24., Distributor's label pasted on verso: James Cremer, publisher of stereoscopic views, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Stereoscopes and views, wholesale and retail., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
Creator: Barker, George, 1844-1894, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Barker - Views [P.9022.34]

Title: Humphreys, Richard
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date: April 6, 1769-December 15, 1791

Title: Darien Expedition. Comd'r Selfridge, comd'g
Description: Series of titled views from T.O. Selfridge's Darien Expedition include, "Sea, curving Cupica Bay," "U.S.S. Nipsic, Columbia Bay," "Limon River, at the falls," "Santa Maria del Real," "Cliffs, Limon Bay," "Natural Arch, Cupica Bay," "Islands, Cupica Bay," "Family scene, Cartagena," "Mango tree, near Pinogana," "A group of natives, Chipigana," "Scene Chipigana, Gulf of Darien," and "Cocoa Grove, near Turbo." Images depict rock formations, small islands, and waterfalls in various bodies of water, including Cupica Bay, Limon River and Limon Bay; a mango tree near Pinogana and a cocoa grove near Turbo; the steam gunboat U.S.S. Nipsic in the Colombia Bay; the village of Santa Maria del Real from the water; and two group portraits of locals, including a group standing outside of two huts in Chipigana, and a view of a family in their home in Cartagena. Views from T.O. Selfridge's 1870-1871 naval expedition of the Isthmus of Darien. Authorized by the U.S. Government, Selfridge explored and surveyed the area as a possible route for a ship canal in Panama. He was accompanied by photographer T.H. O'Sullivan in 1870 and Philadelphia photographer John Moran in 1871., Titles on mounts., Publication information supplied by William C. Darrah., Contains seven stereographs mounted on yellow stereograph mounts and five on buff stereograph mounts, all curved with rounded corners. All contain manuscript notes on versos: Bessie E. Smith., J.F. Jarvis was the largest manufacturer of stereoviews in Washington D.C. during the late 19th century. He published his own trade list and numerous views of government surveys., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [1870 or 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Darien Expedition [66653.D.1-12]

Title: [Friedenstahl in St. Croix]
Description: As the caption suggests, the image is set on the island of St. Croix in early May 1769, and it shows a group of black baptismal candidates being led into the "Negro church," for baptism. Dressed in long white robes, trousers, and turban-like head-dresses, the men file into the church first. They are followed by the women, who are dressed in long white dresses and white caps. In front of the long, simple hall that serves as the church, some black women sit in a courtyard bordered by trees and shubbery. According to the caption, the ceremony takes place around noon. Missionaries, soldiers, and black citizens (all men) meet and converse in the open space in front of the church. Others watch the procession of baptismal candidates;some appear to pray, holding their palms upward. The missionaries' quarters appear in the background of the image, while the Negroes' quarters are seen to the right., Folded plate at the back of Christian Georg Andreas Oldendorp's Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Brüder auf den caraibischen Inseln S. Thomas, S. Croix, und S. Jan (Barby: Bey Christian Friedrich Laux, und in Leipzig in Commission bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1777), n.p., Caption underneath the image reads: "Friedenstahl in St. Croix an einem Bettage, da die Täuflinge zur Taufe in Kirche geführt werden, 1768 zu Anfang May und zu Mittage, da die Sonne übern Scheitel steht, aller Schatten senckrecht faellt, überhaupt weing Schatten ist. Hinten das Wohnhaus, zur linken die Neger Kirche, zur rechten Negerhaeufer." The text can be translated as follows, "Friedenstahl in St. Croix on a day of prayer, on which the baptismal candidates are led into church for baptism, Wednesday, the beginning of May, 1769, because the sun is at its apex, all shadows fall perpendicular to the ground, there is little shade. In the background, the missionaries' quarters; to the left, the Negro church; to the right, Negro quarters.", Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
Creator: Nusbiegel, Georg Paul, 1713-1776, engraver
Date: [1777]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1777 Olde 69802.O n.p., https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2678

Title: A view of Point Airy opposite South Street, Phila. [graphic]: Persons visiting this delightful resort during the summer season will find the bar supplied with a variety of suitable refreshments for the season. Every facility is afforded at this place for enjoyment & recreation. Visitors have also an opportunity of enjoying as delightful a bath as can be had at any point on the Delaware. The boat leaves the first wharf above South Street every few minutes. D. Warren, Proprietor L. Haugg del.
Description: Date supplied by Wainwright., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Advertisement showing dock and hotel of resort located on the southern end of Windmill Island, a summer resort area popular in the 19th century before the removal of the island in 1897. View shows a wide variety of river traffic including ferries, sailboats, rowboats, and sailing ships. View of New Jersey waterfront visible in background.
Creator: Haugg, Louis, artist., creator
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W007.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W7 [P.2003]

Title: City of Philadelphia, 1867 Presented by Gould & Co
Description: Advertisement souvenir print distributed by the Philadelphia furniture dealers containing a montage of 3 panoramas, 3 views, and 2 allegorical vignettes. Panoramas show schematic views of Philadelphia, and the views show Independence Hall, 1867 and Gould & Company's Union Depots located at N.E. cor. 9th & Market Sts. and at 37 & 39 N. Second Street. Panoramic views predominately show the Eastern, Western, and Central portions of the city from across the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers. Major landmarks are visually highlighted and identified by text below the images. Includes (lower view) the U.S. Mint, Market St. Bridge, Academy of Music, St. Mark's Church, Academy of Natural Science, Pennsylvania College, New Chestnut St. Bridge, Deaf & Dumb Asylum, Naval Asylum, Alms House, County Prison, Insane Asylum, Nth. Pennsylvania Bridge, Woodland Cemetery, U.S. Arsenal, Gray's Ferry Bridge, Navy Yard, Pennsylvania Hospital, and League Island; (center view) Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fairmount Park, Girard College, Fairmount & Water Works, Wire Bridge, Eastern Penitentiary, House of Refuge, Blind Asylum, [Central] High School, Cathedral (Sts. Peter & Paul), 7th Presbyterian Church, Gas Works, and Philadelphia Library (Library Company); (upper view) Merchant's Exchange, Girard Bank, Custom House, Smith's Island, Post Office, State House, Continental Hotel, Penn Cottage, Girard Hotel, Christ Church, Masonic Hall, Penn Treaty Monument, Petty's Island, Reading Coal Depot, and Port Richmond. Panoramas also contain maritime traffic., Vignettes show an allegorical view of "Peace" represented by a social gathering with food, drink, and music in a parlor and one of "War" represented by a marine battle. "Union Depot" vignettes show the busy storefronts. Merchandise lines the sidewalks of the businesses in which patrons enter, and in front of which heavy street and pedestrian traffic passes. Traffic includes horse and hand-drawn carts loaded with crates and furniture. Also shows the Market Street depot covered in advertising text. Independence Hall view contains heavy street traffic. Horse-drawn carts, carriages, delivery wagons, and omnibuses congest the street aside laborers pushing hand-carts, people on horseback, and pedestrians crossing the street. Pedestrians also walk in front of Independence Hall. American flags adorn the storefronts and Independence Hall. Other pictorial elements include the allegorical figure of peace, a cannon surrounded by other instruments of war, and borders comprised of vinery and filigree., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 138, Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Views
Creator: Rease & Kurtz
Date: [1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Views [P.8970.28]

Title: A view of Point Airy opposite South Street, Phila Persons visiting this delightful resort during the summer season will find the bar supplied with a variety of suitable refreshments for the season. Every facility is afforded at this place for enjoyment & recreation. Visitors have also an opportunity of enjoying as delightful a bath as can be had at any point on the Delaware. The boat leaves the first wharf above South Street every few minutes. D. Warren, Proprietor
Description: Advertisement showing the "Point Airy Hotel" and dock operated by David Warren at the resort located on the southern end of Windmill Island, a summer resort area popular in the 19th century before the removal of the island in 1897. Trees surround the resort. In the foreground, a wide variety of river traffic including ferries, sailboats, and rowboats traverse the river. A man attired in a suit and top hat helps row one of the vessels. In the background, sailing ships and a ferry are visible in front of the New Jersey waterfront., Date supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 789, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Haugg worked in Philadelphia 1856-1894.
Creator: Haugg, Louis, 1827-1903, artist
Date: [ca. 1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W7 [P.2003]

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