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Title: Chamounix Lake postcards
Description: Contains views of people recreating on Lake Chamounix, including various groups rowing boats on the lake and people relaxing near the water's edge., Sheet numbers: 86A08 and 86B04., 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: 1905-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: [Pond, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: Landscape view showing a tree-lined pond in the distance. Includes two horses near the edge of the pond and a man in a rowboat in the distant right background., Title supplied by cataloger., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.87]

Title: Fish pond
Description: View of a man fishing in a pond from a small mound shaded by a large tree., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Agriculture and Horticulture [P.2002.21.11]

Title: Sweet Brier Lake
Description: Landscape view showing a rustic bridge in the background spanning a small stream flowing into a pond in the foreground. A man stands on the edge of the pond near the bridge., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.8923.1]

Title: Centennial Lake postcards
Description: Depicts the Centennial Lake and Island in Fairmount Park including miniature boats and pedestrians sitting in the foreground. The area, located near Belmont Avenue and Concourse Drive in West Fairmount Park, was a wetland before the lake was created for the Centennial Exposition in 1876., Contains 12 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., 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: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Centennial Lake - 65]

Title: View in Lincoln Park
Description: View showing men, women and children sitting and standing around a pond in Lincoln Park, Chicago. Also shows geese in the water, a small gazebo, and trees., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's stamp on verso: From Pierce & Snyder, 122 Dearborn St., Chicago., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Melander, L. M.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Melander - Parks [P.9022.53]

Title: Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia
Description: View looking southeast from the reservoir near Belmont Avenue at the fair grounds, showing several state buildings along State Avenue, Centennial Lake bordered by trees and smaller exhibition buildings, and partial views of the colossal Main Exhibition Building and Machinery Hall designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title from unnumbered, untitled series list on verso with sixty-seven other titles., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: C. J. Raymond & Co.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Raymond [P.9107.5]

Title: Boating party
Description: Shows two women and four men sitting in a covered boat resting at the edge of a lake in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Rocks, weeds and fallen leaves form the shore line., Buff mount with rounded corners., Note on verso: No. 17 Papa 1876., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Gift of Raymond Holstein.
Creator: Hemple, A. H., (Alfred) photographer, fl. 1860-1879
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Fairmount Park [P.2011.47.856]

Title: Pond lilies and rustic bridge, artificial lake, Fairmount Park postcards
Description: Depicts a rustic, wooden bridge spanning an artificial lake filled with water lilies in Fairmount Park. Includes two women crossing the bridge and a man strolling along the water's edge. Possibly depicts Centennial Lake since water lilies covered eighty percent of the water's surface in the summer., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A01 and 86B01., 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. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: The People's Opera Company 10 & 20 cts
Description: Illustrated stock trade card depicting a well-dressed couple recreating at a lake, including a man in a rowboat and a partial view of a boathouse. Two swans swim in the water nearby., Advertising text printed on verso: Opera house, commencing Monday evening, March 30th, 1885, the People's Opera Company! From the Arch Street Opera House, Philadelphia, will produce a popular repertoire of operas, magnificent scenery, costumes, chorus and orchestra. Popular prices. 10 and 20 cents admission. 10 cents extra for reserved seats., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - People's [P.9785]

Title: Centennial grounds looking east
Description: View showing the landscaped Centennial grounds looking east, including the lake and the Main Exhibition Building and Machinery Hall designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. In the foreground, a tower surmounted by a flag is attached to a cart. A man stands on a platform at the top. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.177]

Title: Central Park, N.Y., the oak bridge
Description: Landscape view of the pedestrian bridge built ca. 1860 after designs by Calvert Vaux spanning a tree-lined Bank Rock Bay in New York City's Central Park. Bridge replaced in 1935., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 37., Mint green 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.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.47]

Title: Miniature yachts, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View of model sailboats on Gustine Lake in East Fairmount Park north of the Queen Lane Pumping Station near the confluence of the Wissahickon Creek and the Schuylkill River. A crowd stands around the perimeter of the lake., Title printed on mount below image., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 - Parks [P.9573.29]

Title: Victoria regia, Phila., Pa
Description: View of water lilies and lily pads in the lily pond near Horticultural Hall in West Fairmount Park. Building, pond and gardens constructed for the Centennial celebration in 1876., Title printed on mount below image., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., The Standard Series, mostly pirated stereographs, were created in New York in the 1890s.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9047.145]

Title: Walter W. Bragg, printer. Fine gift & bevel edged card a speciality [sic]
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a comic scene with two men and a dog on a wooden pier fishing in a lake. Another man swims in the water unseen by the fishermen and pulls their fishing lines toward the shore., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See trade card - Loudenslager [1975.F.507] for similar illustration., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Bragg [P.9111.22]

Title: Bird's eye view from observatory, George's Hill, F't P'k
Description: Series of bird's eye views depict the Centennial Exhibition's landscaped grounds in West Fairmount Park from George's Hill Observatory. Shows the Main Exhibition Building, Machinery Hall, U.S. Government Building, Women's Pavilion, Horticultural Hall, Memorial Hall, Agricultural Hall, the reservoir, various state buildings, the lake, and the Catholic Total Abstinence Fountain. Many of the buildings were designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Date supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed in red ink on mounts., Photographer's manuscript note in ink on verso of P.9169.4 is illegible. Manuscript notes in pencil on some versos, probably made by former owner, list buildings depicted., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., P.9047.103-107 gift of Robert M. Vogel; P.9299.34 gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Exhibitions [P.8551.1; P.9047.103-107; P.9119.1; P.9169.13; P.9169.14; P.9299.34]

Title: Central Park, N. Y. The lake, from terrace
Description: Landscape view of the lake from Bethesda Terrace in New York City's Central Park. Shows row boats on the water and a small boat landing in the distance., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 34., White 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.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.48]

Title: G.M. Loudenslager, dealek [sic] in cigars and tobacco, 480 North Third St., Philad'a
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a comic scene with two men and a dog on a wooden pier fishing in a lake. Another man swims in the water unseen by the fishermen and pulls their fishing lines toward the shore., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See trade card - Bragg [P.9111.22] for similar illustration., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Loudenslager [1975.F.507]

Title: Pennsylvania Day
Description: Bird's eye view looking northwest from the Main Exhibition Building showing visitors traveling the wide walkways radiating from Bartholdi's Fountain of Water and Light and extending into Belmont Avenue. View includes the lake, Bartholdi's Electric Light (i.e., Freedom Enlightening the World), the World's Ticket Office designed by H.J. Schwarzmann, the Washington statue by M. Dickerson Eyre, the Centennial Photographic Co. building, the Pennsylvania Railroad Office designed by J.M. Wilson, the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, and the music pavilion on Belmont Avenue. Image taken on Pennsylvania Day on September 28, 1876. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.174]

Title: Pennsylvania Day
Description: Bird's eye view looking northwest from the Main Exhibition Building showing visitors traveling the wide walkways radiating from Bartholdi's Fountain of Water and Light and extending into Belmont Avenue. View includes the lake, Bartholdi's Electric Light (i.e., Freedom Enlightening the World), the World's Ticket Office designed by H.J. Schwarzmann, the Washington statue by M. Dickerson Eyre, the Centennial Photographic Co. building, the Pennsylvania Railroad Office designed by J.M. Wilson, the Judges' Hall designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann and Hugo Kafka, the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, and the music pavilion on Belmont Avenue. Image taken on Pennsylvania Day on September 28, 1876. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.180]

Title: Birdseye view from M.B
Description: Bird's eye view looking northwest from the Main Exhibition Building showing the wide, empty walkways radiating from Bartholdi's Fountain of Water and Light and extending into Belmont Avenue. View includes the lake, the World's Ticket Office designed by H.J. Schwarzmann, the Washington statue by M. Dickerson Eyre, the Centennial Photographic Co. building, the Pennsylvania Railroad Office designed by J.M. Wilson, the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, and the music pavilion on Belmont Avenue. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Series number illegible on negative. Taken from duplicate in the collections of the New York Public Library., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9573.28-1]

Title: Fountain, arch and stand-pipe at Fairmount Park, Philada
Description: View showing the decorative distribution arch on Reservoir Hill at the Fairmount Water Works. The arch, built in 1860, functioned as a standpipe and observatory tower. Also shows men, women and children standing around a pond with a fountain in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's printed label pasted on verso., Cream mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hurn, J. W. (John White), d. 1887, photographer
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hurn - Public Utilities [P.9466.22]

Title: Lake, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass
Description: Elevated, hillside view shows a lake surrounded by trees in the cemetery founded in 1861. Large sepulchral monuments are visible in the left foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Aaron Wunsch.
Creator: Allen, E. L. (Edward L.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Allen - Cemeteries [P.9963.1]

Title: [William Y. McAllister trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for optician William Y. McAllister's shop at 728 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict idyllic landscape views of a forest, a stream, a cottage and ruins by a lake and anthropomorphic frogs, a stork, and an owl looking through telescopes and binoculars, reading and fishing., Title supplied by cataloger., Calendar for 1881 printed on verso of one print [1975.F.614]., 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 - McAllister [1975.F.610-614]

Title: [John Mustin trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a woman picking flowers; a man hanging a cloth with the title inscribed on it; a man holding an umbrella for a lady in the rain; a crane standing near flowers on the edge of a lake; ornate Japanese paddle fans; and a butterfly perched on flower stems., One print [1975.F.591] copyrighted 1881 by Thomas W. Price., Advertising text printed on versos: Established 1815. Mustin's original trimming store, the largest [Philadelphia,] wholesale hosiery, glove, trimming, zephyr worsted, knitting yarn, and thread & needle establishment, No. 515 Arch Street, and No. 510 Cherry Street, where storekeepers only, are supplied. Retail store, 1226 Chestnut Street., 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 - Mustin [1975.F.591; 1975.F.609; 1975.F.618; 1975.F.635; 1975.F.644-646]

Title: Colossal hand and torch "Liberty"
Description: View of Bartholdi's Electric Light or Liberty Enlightening the World hand and torch statue on display near the lake. A group of men, including an African American man in the foreground, stand near the kiosk and two white men stand on the balcony of the torch. The Women's Pavilion designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann and Horticultural Hall designed by James H. Windrim are partially visible in the background. Money raised at the fair, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art, helped to pay for the completion of the statue and pedestal., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Purchase 1989., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9260.45]

Title: Colossal hand and torch "Liberty"
Description: View of Bartholdi's Electric Light or Liberty Enlightening the World hand and torch statue on display near the lake. A group of men, including an African American man in the foreground, stand near the kiosk and two white men stand on the balcony of the torch. The Women's Pavilion designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann and Horticultural Hall designed by James H. Windrim are partially visible in the background. Money raised at the fair, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art, helped to pay for the completion of the statue and pedestal., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Purchase 1989., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9260.45]

Title: Lake from Mach. Hall
Description: Rooftop view from Machinery Hall looking northwest showing the lake and buildings surrounding it, including the World's Ticket Office designed by Hermann J. Schwartzmann, the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, the Trois Frères Provençaux French Restaurant and the music pavilion in the middle of Belmont and Fountain Avenues. The Avenue of the Republic is visible in the foreground with railroad tracks running parallel to the road on the north side. Also shows a fountain in the middle of the lake and a canoe docked on the opposite shore. State buildings are visible in the left background. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.181]

Title: Rustic boat landing. Central Park, N. Y
Description: Landscape view of two boys recreating near a small rustic boat landing on a lake or pond in New York City's Central Park. One boy fishes in the foreground and the other sits on a rock looking down at the water., Title printed on mount below image., 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 Mr. Saul Koltnow.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.43]

Title: Views at De Silverwood. Near Holmesburg, Pa
Description: Series of views of the estate in Northeast Philadelphia. Shows "The Piazza; "The Mansion"; "The Pond"; and "The Park." Images include posed individuals, including two seated women near a lounging bearded man in a turban and a horse-handler with a horse; potted plants and trees adorning the piazza; posed horse-drawn carriages; and a foot-bridge near the pond., Cream paper mounts with square corners., Four of images contain photographer's imprint and are accompanied by labels., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [(8)1322.F.41c; 5759.f.1a-d]

Title: [William B. Dixey trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards, including the titles, "Caught!" "Peacemaker," "Eggspectation," "The glorious fourth," "Sleighing," and "A fowl blow," for William B. Dixey's plumbing, gas and steam fitting business at 3826 Market Street in West Philadelphia. Illustrations include Christmas and Independence Day imagery and depict children performing a variety of activities, including picking apples, playing and pulling a Christmas tree in the snow, smelling flowers, acting, and diving. Also includes a man being blown up by a gas explosion, a group of men thrown onto the ice from their horse-drawn sleigh, frogs, ducks, chicks, eggs, flowers, balloons, dogs and cats., Printers and engravers include E. Ketterlinus & Co., Eleven prints contain the following advertisement: Agents for Hellyer's Water Closets., Four prints die cut and shaped into decorative fans., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Dixey [1975.F.93; 1975.F.222a; 1975.F.224; 1975.F.228; 1975.F.232; 1975.F.233 & 234; 1975.F.236-239; 1975.F.241-243; 1975.F.263 & 264; 1975.F.278-281; 1975.F.285; 1975.F.287]

Title: Waterbury Drug Store, established 1797. Leavenworth & Dikeman, Exchange Place, Waterbury, Conn
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards containing "Fishing" showing a white man and woman couple fishing in a rowboat with a pet dog that has its head in their picnic basket; "Caught on the fly" depicting a white man attached to the hook of his own fishing rod as he stands next to a stream; "We met by chance, or waiting for the swell" showing a white man floating on a wave in the ocean and colliding with a white woman as she stands in the ocean near other white women and children; "What are the wild waves saying sister?" depicting a boy, attired in overalls and a wide-brimmed hat, standing next to his sister, attired in a bonnet and long-sleeved dress, looking out at the ocean with their backs to the viewer; "Oh, come and see us" showing a group of white children standing in a pond jeering at an older, white man who stands on dry land in the foreground; and "Scoot, brother scoot!" depicting an African American boy and girl holding hands and scurrying from the approaching waves of the ocean. Leavenworth & Dikeman, the partnership between Elisha Leavenworth and Nathan Dikeman, operated in Waterbury, Connecticut between 1850-1890., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of advertised business., Four prints [P.9828.7033-7036] printed by Phoenix Card Co., N.Y., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - W [P.9828.7031-7036]

Title: [Hunter's handsome drug stores, cor. Pacific & New Jersey Aves., cor. Atlantic & Indiana Aves., Atlantic City, N.J. and cor. Fifteenth and Wharton Sts., Philadelphia]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards promoting Hunter's Drug Stores, and depicting white boys bowling, a large fish in a pond surrounded by flowers, and men and women laboring outside, including a white man and woman couple fetching water from a well, a white woman standing in a field carrying a staff, and a white woman watering flowers with smiling, human faces in a garden as a cupid figure with wings watches her from the other side of a fence. Two African American men, portrayed in racist caricature, haul large bundles of wheat past a milestone labeled "M. 10." In the left, the barefooted man is attired in a tunic, and in the right, the man is attired in a hat, a tunic, and shoes., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9828.6173] contains advertising text printed on verso promoting the purity, quality and accuracy of Hunter's drugs and lists items available for sale at his drugstores., Date from copyright statement on six prints [P.9828.6175-6180]: Copyright 1882 by Ed. Wolf., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Helfand., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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: [ca. 1882]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - H [P.9828.6173-6180]

Title: Views of Ocean Grove, New Jersey
Description: Series of titled views depict Ocean Grove, New Jersey. One image depicts a crowd of men, women and children standing and sitting with parasols on the beach. Swimmers are visible in the ocean in the background. Another view shows Wesley Lake from the southwest at Whitefield Avenue. Includes boats docked and on the lake, nearby buildings, and pedestrians strolling on the narrow boardwalk in the foreground. Another image depicts the town of Ocean Grove from the tower of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association Building. The Arlington Hotel (i.e., Arlington House), Day's Ice Cream Garden, and Pilgrim Pathway are visible in the foreground. A flag flies from the top of Sheldon House in the distance background., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on verso of item P.9022.19: Muschamp, 33., Manuscript note on verso of item P.9022.20: Wesley Lake, Ocean Grove., Orange mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gustavus Pach operated a photographic studio at 841 Broadway in New York City from 1877 to 1881. His brothers Gotthelf & Oscar joined the firm in 1881 and the style changed to G.W. Pach & Brothers.
Creator: Pach, Gustavus, 1848-1904
Date: [ca. 1877]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Pach - Views [P.9022.19-21]

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