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Title: View from State House
Description: Panoramic view showing the north side of the the 600 block of Chestnut Street, including the office buildings constructed for patent medicine manufacturer Dr. David Jayne. Includes Rockhill & Wilson, clothiers (603-605 Chestnut); the Bulletin Building (607 Chestnut, built 1866); the Jayne Office Building known as the Commonwealth Building (611-613 Chestnut); Jayne's Marble Building (615-619 Chestnut, built 1860); and Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut, built 1856). Visible on the 700 block is a sign for "Greene's" and the front facade of the old Masonic Hall (713-721 Chestnut, built 1852-1853)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount below image., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Views [P.9644.27]

Title: Panoramic view of Philadelphia west from State House
Description: Panoramic view showing the north side of the the 600 block of Chestnut Street, including the office buildings constructed for patent medicine manufacturer Dr. David Jayne. Includes a hat manufactory (Sixth and Chestnut); Rockhill & Wilson, clothiers (603-605 Chestnut); the Bulletin Building covered with scaffolding (607 Chestnut, built 1866); Perry & Co., clothiers (609 Chestnut); the Jayne Office Building known as the Commonwealth Building (611-613 Chestnut); Jayne's Marble Building (615-619 Chestnut, built 1860); and Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut, built 1856)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Views [P.9462.23]

Title: Up Chestnut Street from Ledger Building, Phila
Description: View showing the north side of the 600 block of Chestnut Street, including the office buildings constructed for patent medicine manufacturer Dr. David Jayne. Depicts Jayne Office Building (611-613 Chestnut); Jayne's Marble Building (615-619 Chestnut, built 1860); and Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut, built 1865). Jayne's Marble Building tenanted by Lawrence & Co. Also depicts adjacent buildings, including the North American Building (701 Chestnut). Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and horse-drawn omnibuses travel down the street., Title annotated on negative., Buff mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9047.81]

Title: Jayne's Hall, Chestnut St., below 7th
Description: View looking east showing the north side of the 600 block of Chestnut Street depicting two office buildings constructed for patent medicine manufacturer Dr. David Jayne. Image includes Jayne's Marble Building (615-619 Chestnut), constructed in 1860 and tenanted by Atwood, Ralston & Co.; Yard, Gilmore & Co., silk goods; Furness, Brinley & Co.; and M.L. Hallowell & Co.; and a partial view of Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut), constructed 1856. Also includes adjoining businesses to the east and street railroad tracks., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from label on verso., Printed label on verso containing a list of 39 views of Philadelphia offered for sale by George O. Bartlett., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Businesses [P.9107.9]

Title: The Jayne Building, 7th & Chestnut Sts. Philada
Description: View looking west showing the north side of the 600 block of Chestnut Street depicting two office buildings constructed for patent medicine manufacturer Dr. David Jayne. Image includes Jayne's Marble Building (615-619 Chestnut Street), constructed 1860 and tenanted by Atwood, Ralston & Co.; Yard, Gilmore & Co., silk goods; Furness, Brinley & Co.; and M.L. Hallowell & Co.; and Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut), constructed 1856., Title from manuscript note on mount of stereograph., Stereograph on yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., 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: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Businesses [(8)1322.F.25a; P.2005.2.3]

Title: [Chestnut Street between Sixth and Seventh streets; construction]
Description: View showing the north side of the 600 block of Chestnut Street, including Jayne's Marble Building during the final stages of construction (615-619 Chestnut). The office building, completed in 1860, was commissioned by patent medicine manufacturer Dr. David Jayne. In the foreground, women with parasols stand on the sidewalk between a horse-drawn workmen's wagon and a pulley attached to the building. Construction materials line the sidewalk. Also shows adjacent businesses, including J.S. Eshelman, cloths, cassimeres, and trimmings store, tenanting Jaynes other office building, Jayne's Hall, built 1856 (625 Chestnut). Lampposts are visible in the lower right corners of the image., Attributed to Henry B. Odiorne., Title supplied by cataloguer., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Odiorne - Streets [(8)1322.F.23f]

Title: [German Peace Jubilee procession at the 600 block of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., May 15, 1871]
Description: View showing the German Peace Jubilee procession in celebration of the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War. Procession includes several horse-drawn carriages carrying parade dignitaries. Spectators crowd the sidewalks and the balcony of the office building Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut). Bunting, as well as signage advertising a dry goods store and W.G. Spencer & Co., notions, is visible on the building. Also shows a partial view of Joseph Monier's bookbinding establishment at Seventh and Chestnut., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Schreiber & Sons because of blindstamps on mounts of other stereographs in series [P.9840.1 and P.9840.2], Incorrect manuscript note on verso: 5th below Market., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Son - Processions [P.9047.44]

Title: [German Peace Jubilee procession at the 600 block of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., May 15, 1871]
Description: View showing the German Peace Jubilee procession in celebration of the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War. Procession includes several horse-drawn carriages carrying parade dignitaries and a float labeled "Peace" transporting a band. Spectators crowd the sidewalks and the balcony of the office building Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut). Bunting, as well as signage advertising a dry goods store and W.G. Spencer & Co., notions, is visible on the building. Also shows a partial view of Joseph Monier's bookbinding establishment at Seventh and Chestnut., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Son - Processions [P.9840.1]

Title: [German Peace Jubilee procession passing the 600 and 700 blocks of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., May 15, 1871]
Description: View showing the German Peace Jubilee procession in celebration of the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War. Procession includes a horse-drawn float and several marching parade participants. Spectators crowd the sidewalks and the balcony of the office building, Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut), which is adorned in bunting and displaying signage advertising a dry goods store. Also shows a partial view of the 700 block of Chestnut Street, including Joseph Monier's bookbinding establishment at Seventh and Chestnut., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Son - Processions [P.9840.2]

Title: Jaynes' Hall, Chestnut Street below Seventh
Description: View showing Jayne's Hall, an office building built in 1856 for patent medicine manufacturer Dr. David Jayne, at 625-631 Chestnut Street. Also shows Jayne's other office building, Jayne's Marble Building (615-619 Chestnut, built 1860) and adjacent businesses, including Rockhill & Wilson, clothiers (603-605 Chestnut) and the Bulletin Building (607 Chestnut, built 1866). Jayne buildings tenanted by: Atwood, Ralston & Co., carpet manufacturers and merchants; Farrel, Herring & Co., safes; Furness, Brinley & Co., auctioneers and merchants; Keystone Collar Company; Lafourcades Bros. & Irwin, importers of cloths, cassimeres, and vestings; Lynch & Fisher, dry goods; Merchant's Express Company; M.L. Hallowell & Co., merchants; Van Deusen, Boehmer & Co., men's furnishing goods; Yard, Gilmore & Co., silk goods. Street railroad tracks run down the street., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title from label on negative., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Union View Co.
Date: [ca. 1868, printed ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo -Union View Company - Streets [P.9189.5]

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