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Title: Notice to shareholders of the Mercantile Library Company, U.S. Sanitary Commission, Department of Colleges, Libraries, and Literary Institutions Dear sir: According to a resolution of the stockholders you are entitled to an extra share of the stock in the Mercantile Library Co., without charge, if taken before the 1st of January, 1865. ... T. Morris Perot, chairman of the Committee of Colleges, Libraries and Literary Institutions, 621 Market St
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Mercantile Library of Philadelphia
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Merc Lib (1)5781.F.97a (McAllister)

Title: Public library, Vernon Park
Description: Exterior view of front facade of library built in 1906 after designs by Frank Miles Day & Brother. A man stands on the entrance stairs with his back facing the camera., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., The Germantown branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was housed in Vernon or the old Wister Mansion (also known as the James Matthews residence) from 1892 until 1906 when Andrew Carnegie's donation enabled the city to construct a new library on the property.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.43]

Title: [Ridgway Building, Philadelphia]
Description: View from Broad Street of west front of Greek-Revival building constructed 1873-1878 by Addison Hutton near Christian Street for the Library Company of Philadelphia. Shows a man standing on a landscaped lawn enclosed by an iron fence in the foreground. Library built on the million dollar bequest of Dr. James Rush on the condition that he would choose the site of the library. Named in honor of Dr. Rush's wife, Phoebe Ann Ridgway Rush., Title supplied by cataloger. Incorrect title inscribed in negative: Girard College, Phila., Photographer's imprint on mount., Label pasted on verso includes paragraph describing history of Girard College., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Campbell, Alfred S., 1840-1912
Date: c1896
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Campbell - Libraries [P.8451.6]

Title: Phila[delphia] Library [Company], Locust & Juniper Sts
Description: Oblique, exterior view of the Frank Furness-designed Library Company building at the northwest corner of Juniper and Locust streets. A two pronged staircase leads to the entryway and a statue of Benjamin Franklin sits in a niche above the entrance. Opened on February 24, 1880, this building operated as the in-town branch which stocked more modern books for circulation. The Ridgway Building in South Philadelphia served as the Library Company's main branch beginning in 1878. The building was demolished in 1940., Time: 12:45, Light: Good, strong sun., 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. 10., Arcadia caption text: This crisp 1884 image of the Library Company’s Juniper and Locust Street branch reveals that architect Frank Furness was inspired by the original Fifth Street building’s designs. Furness, known for his eccentric sensibilities, recalled William Thornton’s curved double steps, pediment, and arched niche. Its location near Broad Street addressed the westward development of Philadelphia; a committee had earlier determined that 86% of the Library Company’s city-residing members lived west of Tenth Street. To further accommodate this group, the new building featured “well-warmed and ventilated” reading rooms, a ladies’ sitting room, evening hours, and telephone communications to other libraries. The building was demolished in 1940., Edited., Digitization and cataloging edits have 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 5, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.512]

Title: Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Branch
Description: Aerial views of the Central Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, located at 1901 Vine Street. Built 1917-1925 after the designs of Horace Trumbauer., Negative numbers: 8305, 8306., Negatives dated April 5, 1928., 8305 and 8306 not digitized; negatives are damaged and cannot be scanned.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1928
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.8305; P.8990.8306]

Title: School house, Library & Gymnasium, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a two-story building with a pediment over the doorway. A lawn crossed by a path and dotted with winter trees extends in front of the building. Other buildings are visible in the background., Time: 11:15, Light: Good 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: November 7, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.445]

Title: Library, Union League, Philad[elphi]a
Description: View of room with floor to ceiling bookcases. Man seated in chair at round table. Library was located on second floor on east end of building. Union League was established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause. Building constructed 1864-1865 based on designs by Philadelphia architect John Fraser., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from pencil inscription on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of 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 - Associations [(8)1322.F.11]

Title: Interior of Phila; Library, Fifth and Library Streets, 1878
Description: Depicts the reading room in the Library and Surgeon's Hall on Fifth Street south of Chestnut Street, the first building constructed by William Thornton from 1789 to 1790 to house the Library Company of Philadelphia. The building was demolished in 1887 and the American Philosophical Society erected a building on the same site. Includes a view of the main check-out desk (right) and visitors browsing the book shelves on the balcony and the main floor., Location: Fifth and Library Streets., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., LCP AR (Annual Report) 1975, p. 6-11.
Creator: Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
Date: 1878
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.151], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc151.html

Title: Plan of the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia. 10th Street above Chestnut
Description: Plan for the library building originally built circa 1859 after the designs of John McArthur as a market house. Shows the ground and second floor plans including dimensions, "Front Elevation on 10th Street," and "Interior elevation of Rear Wall." Floor plans include reading rooms for ladies and gentlemen, library room containing "desks for changing books" and book cases, toilet, ladies parlor, desk for umbrellas, writing and business room, lecture room, gentleman's conversation room, work room, committee room, board room, librarian's and janitor's residences, chess room, and newspaper room. Interior elevation contains a sky light and stained glass window. The library, organized in 1821 for the benefit of merchants and merchant clerks, purchased the building in 1867 and relocated in 1869., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 608, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date: [ca. 1869]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Libraries - Mercantile [P.8922]

Title: Philadelphia Library
Description: View looking northeast at the first permanent red-brick building of the subscription library, organized by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731, built 1789-1790 after the designs of Dr. William Thornton. View includes the Benjamin Franklin statue sculpted by Francesco Lazzarini and installed in the niche above the building entrance in 1792. Also shows a man digging up the street near a pile of stones and dirt, a partial view of a horse traveling north on Fifth Street, and men standing near the building on the corner. The library sold the building 1880 and it was demolished in 1887., 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.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Libraries [P.9058.170]

Title: Friends Free Library from McNichols' harness store, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Friends Free Library at 5418 Germantown Avenue, a stone building covered in ivy. There is a low brick wall and a short staircase leading to the entryway of the library. A lamppost and hitching post stand on the sidewalk next to the cobblestone road. The Friends Free Library was originally housed in the Germantown Friends School, starting in 1845. In 1874, a separate library building was built, endowed by Alfred Cope. The Friends Free Library was an independent organization until 1977 when it was taken over by the school., Time: 9:05, 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 9, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1134]

Title: Friends Free Library [from McNichols' harness store] [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Friends Free Library at 5418 Germantown Avenue, a stone building covered in ivy. There is a low brick wall and a short staircase leading to the entryway of the library. A lamppost and hitching post stand on the sidewalk next to the cobblestone road. Three children sit, stand, and lean against the wall. The Friends Free Library was originally housed in the Germantown Friends School, starting in 1845. In 1874, a separate library building was built, endowed by Alfred Cope. The Friends Free Library was an independent organization until 1977 when it was taken over by the school., From same position as last., Time: 9:10, 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 9, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1135]

Title: The [Friends Free] Library from St. Luke's gate. [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Friends Free Library at 5418 Germantown Avenue, a stone building covered in ivy. A low brick wall and metal fence surround the library and a sidewalk lined with trees separates it from the cobblestone road. The Friends Free Library was originally housed in the Germantown Friends School, starting in 1845. In 1874, a separate library building was built, endowed by Alfred Cope. The Friends Free Library was an independent organization until 1977 when it was taken over by the school., Time: 9:15, 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 9, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1136]

Title: [Friends Free] Library [from St. Luke's Gate], [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Friends Free Library at 5418 Germantown Avenue, a stone building covered in ivy. A low brick wall and metal fence surround the library and a sidewalk lined with trees separates it from the cobblestone road. The Friends Free Library was originally housed in the Germantown Friends School, starting in 1845. In 1874, a separate library building was built, endowed by Alfred Cope. The Friends Free Library was an independent organization until 1977 when it was taken over by the school., Same position as last view., Time: 9:20, 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 9, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1137]

Title: Friend's Library from girls door of school house, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing Friends' Library at 5418 Germantown Avenue, a one-story stone building with rounded doorways and window arches. A low stone wall stands next to the building and the lawn is surrounded by a metal fence. The Friends Free Library was originally housed in the Germantown Friends School, starting in 1845. In 1874, a separate library building was built, endowed by Alfred Cope. The Friends Free Library was an independent organization until 1977 when it was taken over by the school., Photographer remarks: Very good view, Time: 4:10PM, Light: Faint 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: August 30, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.173]

Title: [Friend's] Library & graveyard [5418 Germantown Avenue] from roof of [James S.] Jones' store [5401-5 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the Friends' Library, a large stone building at 5418 Germantown Avenue. A fenced in field in front of the library contains trees and a few small gravestones. A cobblestone road runs to the right of the library and two men stand on the sidewalk next to the fenced field. The Friends Free Library was originally housed in the Germantown Friends School, starting in 1845. In 1874, a separate library building was built, endowed by Alfred Cope. The Friends Free Library was an independent organization until 1977 when it was taken over by the school., Time: 12, Light: No sun, fair light., 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: April 19, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1266]

Title: Friend's Library, graveyard, gymnasium & Primary school house. From roof of Ja[me]s] S. Jones' [drygoods] store, [4739 & 4745 Main Street, Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a the Friends' Library behind a cemetery surrounded by a low metal fence and a stone wall as seen from the roof of 4739-4745 Main Street, later Germantown Avenue. The Library stands on the right side of the cemetery and the gymnasium and primary school of the Germantown Friends School are visible in the backgorund. The Friends Free Library was originally housed in the Germantown Friends School, starting in 1845. In 1874, a separate library building was built, endowed by Alfred Cope. The Friends Free Library was an independent organization until 1977 when it was taken over by the school. The Germantown Friends School under the administration of Charles Jones began as a boy’s school in 1845. After closing briefly in 1849, the school reopened with a new building in 1858 and began enrolling girls. In 1869, a new larger school house was built to accommodate more students. This building went through many renovations and enlargements through the 20th century., Time: 9:10, Light: Good 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: April 23, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1513]

Title: Friend's Library from Old Graveyard near girl's door of the school, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Friend's Library at 5418 Germantown Avenue, a stone building with rounded windows and an elaborate cornice. A stone wall extends from the rear of the library with a metal gate near the entrance. A grassy lawn with a pine tree is located to the right of the building. The Friends Free Library was originally housed in the Germantown Friends School, starting in 1845. In 1874, a separate library building was built, endowed by Alfred Cope. The Friends Free Library was an independent organization until 1977 when it was taken over by the school., Time: 12:35, Light: Good 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: May 2, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1536]

Title: [Library Company of Philadelphia, southeast corner Fifth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the first permanent building of the subscription library, organized by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731, built 1789-1790 after the designs of Dr. William Thornton. View includes the Benjamin Franklin statue sculpted by Francesco Lazzarini and installed in the niche above the building entrance in 1792., Half-stereographic prints including one on white paper mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Libraries [(6)1322.F.20b; P.2282.41]

Title: [Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania, 34th and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Depicts Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library of the University of Pennsylvania--an ivy-covered circular building and tower--near 34th and Walnut. Building was designed by architect Frank Furness of the firm Furness, Evans & Co. and built from 1888 to 1891. It is also known by the names University Library and Museum, Furness Building, and Furness Library., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 228 [P.8513.228], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson228.htm

Title: Philadelphia Library. On the northeast corner of Fifth and Library street
Description: View showing the Library Company of Philadelphia (organized by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731) built 1789-1790 after the designs of Dr. William Thornton on the 100 block of Fifth Street. A group of young men and boys stand near the entrance of the building. Also shows a horse-drawn carriage and lamppost in the foreground., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount of (3)2526.F.105 (Poulson)/8339.F.5., Date inscribed on photograph (3)2526.F.105 (Poulson)/8339.F.5., Compass directions given in manuscript on mount., One of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., One of the images 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 105. 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., (3)2526.F.105 reaccessioned as 8339.F.5.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: February 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Libraries - L [(6)1322.F.10e; (3)2526.F.105], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/8339f5.jpg

Title: Mercantile Library, on the southeast corner of Fifth and Library Street
Description: View showing the building of the library, organized in 1821 for the benefit of merchants and merchant clerks, built 1844-45 after the designs of William Johnston at 125 South Fifth Street. Includes a horse-drawn carriage parked in front of the library and a partial view of Independence Square. Building demolished circa 1925., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Mount inscribed with directions: N. E. S. W., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image., 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 111. 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., 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. 11., Arcadia caption text: William L. Johnston designed this Greek Revival edifice, constructed 1844-1845, at the southeast corner of Fifth and Library streets for the Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia, which formed in 1821 as a member-supported institution for merchants and clerks. Initially serving the specific interests of bankers, traders, and accountants, by the late 19th century the library became a place for the general public to utilize its collection of newspapers, magazines, and novels. Pictured here in 1858, the library relocated in 1869. The building was demolished c. 1925.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: December 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Libraries - M [(3)2526.F.111 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/2526f111.jpg

Title: Apprentices' Library
Description: Shows the expanded building of the library, formerly the Free Quaker Meetinghouse, built 1783 after the designs of Timothy Matlack and Samuel Price Wetherill at 500 Arch Street. Also shows partial views of the adjacent buildings, including a liquor store and a business adorned with an iron-wrought balcony. The library, the oldest free circulating library in the United States, was established in 1820 to aid in the knowledge of apprentices. Building housed the library 1841-1897 and was expanded in 1868 after the designs of Stephen Decatur Button., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., Lavender paper mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., 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. 11., Arcadia caption text: The Apprentices’ Library was founded in 1820 to provide young people free access to books. No idle reading of sensational fiction was done here. The board of managers reviewed every book before placing it on the shelf, with the goal of promoting “orderly and virtuous habits,” the diffusion of knowledge, and betterment of scientific skill. The library rented this building (designed in 1783 by Timothy Matlack and Samuel Price Wetherill) at 500 Arch Street from the Society of Free Quakers from 1841 until 1897, and provided separate reading rooms for girls and boys. This view dates to c. 1870.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Libraries [(8)1322.F.5e-2]

Title: Mercantile Library
Description: Views showing the library built 1844-45 after the designs of William Johnston at 125 South Fifth Street. Demolished circa 1925. Image includes the Library Company of Philadelphia, a partial view of Philadelphia Dispensary, four horse-drawn carriages, and the block of Fifth Street between Market and Chestnut streets in the background., Yellow mounts, including two with rounded and one with square corners., Title from labels on versos of P.9260.9 and P.9573.14., One of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Libraries [(8)1322.F.5f; P.9260.9; P.9573.14]

Title: [Friends Free] Library. 4700 Block Germantown Avenue
Description: Photograph showing the Friends Free Library at 5418 Germantown Avenue, a stone building covered in ivy. A low brick wall and metal fence surround the library and a sidewalk lined with trees separates it from the cobblestone road. The Friends Free Library was originally housed in the Germantown Friends School, starting in 1845. In 1874, a separate library building was built, endowed by Alfred Cope. The Friends Free Library was an independent organization until 1977 when it was taken over by the school., Photograph from negative number 1137., 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 9, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2097]

Title: Friends Free Library from McNichol's harness store, 4700 Block Germantown Avenue
Description: Photograph showing the Friends Free Library at 5418 Germantown Avenue, a one-story stone building covered in ivy. A low brick wall and metal fence surround the library and a sidewalk lined with trees separates it from the cobblestone road. A lamppost and hitching post stand on the sidewalk in front of the library. The Friends Free Library was originally housed in the Germantown Friends School, starting in 1845. In 1874, a separate library building was built, endowed by Alfred Cope. The Friends Free Library was an independent organization until 1977 when it was taken over by the school., Photograph from negative number 1134., 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 9, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2098]

Title: Old Phila[delphia] Library, 5th & Library Sts from Independence Sq[uare] being torn down for Drexel's new building
Description: Glass negative showing exterior view looking east from State House Square at the red-brick building constructed on South Fifth Street for the Library Company of Philadelphia in 1789 after designs by Dr. William Thornton. After the construction of two new buildings - the Ridgway Building in South Philadelphia and the Furness building at Juniper and Locust Streets - the Fifth Street library was sold in 1880. A signboard for The Central News Company is visible across the front facade of the building, which in this image, is being demolished to make way for the Drexel Building. Men wearing suits and bowler hats sit in the grass nearby. The Forrest Building (119-127 South Fourth Street) is visible in the distance. Central News Company operated from the building from 1883 until 1886., Title from entry in photographer's diary., Inscribed in negative: No. 13., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Time: 2:10, Light: Faint sun., 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. 10., Arcadia caption text: In 1887, the old Library Company building was demolished to make way for the Drexel Building. Ironically, this office building was demolished in the late 1950s when the American Philosophical Society (founded 1743) built its state-of-the-art library on the site, featuring a reproduction of the Library Company’s original façade as designed by William Thornton., Digitization and cataloging edits have 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: April 22, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1105]

Title: Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Aerial view of the Franklin Institute looking south-west towards 30th Street Station. Located at 20th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the science museum was built 1929-1931 after the designs of John T. Windrim. Logan Circle, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the Schuylkill River are visible., Negative number: 16541n., Negative dated July 31, 1934.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1934
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.16541n]

Title: William Wirt Library and Literary Institute of Philadelphia [certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing an image depicting a bust of author, statesman, and ninth attorney general of the United States, William Wirt, on a pedestal inscribed with the text "William Wirt Library and Literary Institute, founded March 18th, 1834." Books with "United States," "Rome," and "Greece," written on the spines rest in front of an allegorical female figure that sits next to the monument. On the left, an eagle perched on an olive branch grasps a banner with a Greek phrase written on it. A charter, laurel wreath, and several books written by Wirt, including "Old Bachelor," "Life of P. Henry," "Spy" and "Speeches," lie on the ground in front of the eagle. In the background stands a decrepit pediment from an old Grecian building. The William Wirt Library and Literary Institute, a social and intellectual club, formed one month after Wirt's death in 1843., Not in Wainwright., Issued to J.J. Richards, signed by D. Perry Leidy, Secretary, W.W. Richards, President, and Clayton Haines, Vice President., Stamped wax seal with ribbon on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 278, Gift of David Doret., LCP AR [Annual Report] 2000 p. 66., Matthias S. Weaver, artist and lithographer for Thomas Sinclair, was an active member of the William Wirt Library and Literary Institute in the mid-1840s and wrote in his diary about his work on the Wirt Institute certificate beginning on April 6, 1842. One hundred copies of the lithograph were printed by Sinclair's shop in February of 1843.
Creator: Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847, artist
Date: [ca. 1843]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelphia certificates - Libraries [P.9772]

Title: First plate of four subjects for Birch's Philadelphia
Description: Montage of four titled vignette views showing the Philadelphia landmarks: "Franklin Library in 1800" (Library Hall) at Fifth and Library streets; "Pennsylvania Hospital in 1800" on Pine Street between Eighth and Ninth streets; "Swedes Church Southwark" (Gloria Dei); and "High St. Market House in 1800" above Second Street. Depicts the exterior of the library, hospital, and church, and the interior of the busy market shed., Proof copy., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1828]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 41a/P.2276.76]

Title: Free Quakers meeting house. On the southwest corner of Fifth Street. Benjm. Tucker's schools, for many years, were kept in upper portion of this building
Description: Shows the former meeting house built 1783 after the designs of Free Quakers Timothy Matlack and Samuel Price Wetherill at 500 Arch Street. Building tenanted by the Apprentice's Library 1841-1897. View includes a vendor's stand in front of the library and slabs of stone laying in the street. Building served as the Free Quakers' meetinghouse until circa 1838. Second floor added 1788. Free Quakers were excommunicated from the Society of Friends because of their violent resistance during the American Revolution., Date inscribed on photograph., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount of 3599.Q.110., One of images originally part of a Philadelphia scrapbook directory for 1768 compiled by John McAllister, Jr., Charles Massey, Jr. and Charles Poulson., One of images originally part of a series of eight scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson entitled " A collection of Miscellaneous Scraps: Illuminating the history of the city of Philadelphia in the 'olden time,'" volume 4, page 36a., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: March 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Churches and meetinghouses [3599.Q.110 (Poulson); (4)3602.F.36a (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/3599q110.jpg

Title: [The 108th Field Artillery, Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia]
Description: Depicts uniformed Pennsylvania National Guardsmen from the 108th Field Artillery of Philadelphia riding in artillery tractors along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Logan Circle. Tractors from Batteries A through F, all commanded by William A. March, are visible and pulling 155 mm howitzers. The Free Library of Philadelphia sits in the background., Gift of Emily Riese., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Davis, Eugene H., photographer
Date: ca. 1935
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Davis [P.9332.11]

Title: [Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth Street Philadelphia]
Description: View on Fifth Street above Walnut Street including the halls of the Library Company of Philadelphia (built 1790) and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (built 1792). Depicts patrons entering and leaving the Palladian style red brick library building; men and a boy playing dice on the sidewalk; a blacksmith working in his shop; and a man leading a horse-drawn cart down the street. The Library Company, established by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731, remained at the hall designed by Dr. William Thornton until 1880; the building razed in 1887. Surgeons or Anatomical Hall served as a lecture room and chemistry laboratory for the University's medical students until 1807., Title from duplicate print., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 19.
Creator: W. Birch & Son
Date: 1799
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 19a/P.2276.42]

Title: Library Company of Philadelphia share collection, 1803-1929
Description: The collection consists of John McAllister Sr.'s original share (1803), forms transferring ownership of the share to Thomas Beveridge (1830), to John McAllister Jr. (1835), and from Anna Mitchel McAllister to John McAllister of Media, Pa. (1924). Also included are 23 receipts for annual dues dating from 1824 to 1929, and a bank envelope annotated: "This share is to always be kept in the family it having been kept in same since 1803.", John McAllister Sr. (1753-1830), emigrated from Scotland in 1775 and became a successful whip and cane manufacturer in Philadelphia. In 1796 he bought a stock of spectacles; this sideline evolved into the family's principal business. John McAllister Jr. (1786-1877) joined the business in 1807. Successive members of the family maintained the business through 1890. Anna Mitchel McAllister, daughter of John McAllister Jr., was a practising physician, having graduated from Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1873. John McAllister Sr. purchased his Library Company share, no. 397, in May, 1803. Upon his death, his son, having previously purchased his own share (no. 743), sold share no. 397 to Rev. Thomas Beveridge. In 1835, Beveridge sold the share back to John McAllister Jr. After his death in 1877, John McAllister Jr.'s granddaughter, Jessie Grant, purchased the share. She died in 1881 and the share was purchased by her aunt, Dr. Anna Mitchel McAllister. In 1924, share no. 397 was sold to John McAllister of Media, Pa. The share was forfeited in 1937.
Creator: McAllister family
Date: 1803
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll McAllister Shares 12036.F

Title: Views of Philadelphia
Description: Collection of prints from the various editions and restrikes of Birch's "Views of Philadelphia," originally published in 1800 as The City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania North America; as it appeared in the year 1800. Four editions of the views, purchased through subscription and totaling 44 unique plates including a map of the city and title page with vignette, were published by William Birch in Philadelphia from 1800 until 1828. First and largest edition contained 29 plates, the pictorial views drawn by Thomas Birch and engraved by Samuel Seymour between 1798 and 1800; with the map and title page executed by script engraver William Barker. Bookseller Robert Campbell is listed as a seller on many of these plates, but appears to have been disassociated with the project before publication of the bound volume. Second edition of 22 plates was published in 1804. Third edition of 14 plates was published in 1809. Fourth edition of 12 plates was published between 1827 and 1828. The first and second edition were printed by Philadelphia printer, Richard Folwell. The later editions, predominately completed by William Birch alone, contained reissues of selected plates from the first edition as well as new engravings of prominent city structures erected after 1800. In the 1840s restrikes of five plates were produced by bookseller Robert Desilver, and in the 1860s, twelve by the antiquarian John McAllister, Jr; many of the restrikes originally published in the fourth edition. Collection also contains the second edition copper plate of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and the fourth edition copper plate of The Late Theatre in Chestnut Street., Series of late 18th and early 19th-century views of principal sections of the city of Philadelphia including primary streets, government buildings, local landmarks, and financial, religious, educational, and benevolent institutions. The series, the first of its kind in the United States, was created to attract new citizens and to illustrate to an international audience the vitality of the nation's premiere city. The views focus on structures, but also contain lively depictions of daily street life in Philadelphia. Plates depict Philadelphia's Delaware River port with the Penn Treaty Tree; several street views including Arch Street, High (Market) Street, and Third Street; city markets; city banks, such as the Bank of the U.S.; the State House (Independence Hall); Congress Hall; prominent churches, such as Christ Church; Pennsylvania Hospital; Library and Surgeon's Hall; Chestnut Street Theatre; the Alms House; Walnut Street Jail; the Water-Works; and the Schuylkill Bridge., See S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's views of Philadelphia. (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000)., Snyder, "William Birch: His Philadelphia views," The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography 73 (July, 1949), p. 271-315., Snyder, "Birch's Philadelphia views: New discoveries," The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography 88 (April, 1964), p. 164-173., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., William Birch, trained in England, was a Philadelphia engraver, miniaturist, and enamel painter. He also engraved and published in 1804 "The Country Seats of the United States of North America."
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: 1800-1860, bulk 1800
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 1 - Sn 43]

Title: Panoramic views from the steeple of Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Series of views looking north, northeast, northwest, east, west, southeast, and southwest from Independence Hall showing the several blocks surrounding the historic building. Images predominately depict the 400 and 500 blocks of Library, Minor, Chestnut, and Market Streets. Includes Howell Evans, card and fancy printer (402 Library); Military Hall, public hall and former arsenal building (412 Library); Goldsmith's Hall, office building (420 Library); Library Company of Philadelphia (s.e. cor. 5th and Library); Philadelphia National Bank (419-423 Chestnut); U.S. Customhouse (420 Chestnut); Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank (425-429 Chestnut); Henry J. Pepper & Son, jeweler (441 Chestnut); Wright, Smith & Co., chinaware (5 N. 5th); P. Hirst & Co., hat manufacturer (501 Chestnut); George J. Henkels City Cabinet Wareroom (509 Chestnut); Barnes, Osterhout & Co., hats and furs (503 Market); Smith, Williams & Co., dry goods (513 Market); Coleman & Smith, cutlery and fancy goods (521 Market); Chaffees, Stout, & Co., wholesale dry goods (523 Market). Also shows the steeple of Christ Church; rooftop business signage including White Hall clothiers' sign (400 Market); the 500 block of Minor Street; the 600 block of Market Street; J.M. Maris & Co., drugs and chemical manufacturer (711 Market); the Delaware riverfront; and partial views of Independence Square., Attributed to James E. McClees., White or pale yellow paper mounts with square corners, including two with printed titles and two inscribed with the date., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Views [1322.F.4i; 1322.F.5d-e; 1322.F.6b; (5)1322.F.4b; (6)1322.F.20a; (8)1322.F.9i]

Title: The Game of Philadelphia Buildings Flashcards
Description: Card game containing fifty-three cards depicting landmarks and historic and well-known sites in the city.

Title: The game of Philadelphia buildings
Description: Card game containing fifty-three cards depicting landmarks and historic and well-known sites in the city. Cards depict (1) State House; (2) Carpenter's Hall; (3) Christ Church; (4) Old Swedes' Church; (5) Bartram's House; (6) Franklin's Grave; (7) University of Pennsylvania; (8) Pennsylvania Hospital; (9) Academy of Natural Science; (10) Franklin Institute; (11) Historical Society of Pennsylvania; (12) Academy of Music; (13) Academy of Fine Arts; (14) Mint (Chestnut and Juniper); (15) Girard College; (16) Custom House; (17) Old Stock Exchange; (18) Cramps' Ship Yard; (19) William Penn's Cottage; (20) Masonic Temple; (21) Odd Fellows' Hall; (22) Reading Terminal; (23) Pennsylvania R.R. station; (24) Union League; (25) Art Club; (26) Mercantile Club; (27) Memorial Hall; (28) Horticultural Hall; (29) Betsy Ross House; (30) Entrance to Zoological Garden; (31) Post Office; (32) Fairmount Water Works; (33) Philadelphia Library; (34) Ridgway Library; (35) New Horticultural Hall; (36) Chestnut Street Theater; (37) Chestnut Street Opera House; (38) Century Club; (39) Twelfth Street Meeting House; (40) Synagogue Rodef Shalom; (41) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul; (42) High School for Girls; (43) Normal School for Girls; (44) High School for Boys; (45) Bourse; (46) Baldwin Locomotive Works; (47) Drexel Institute; (48) Mary J. Drexel Home; (49) Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art; (50) St. George's Hall; (51) St. Peter's Church; (52) City Hall; and (53) [National Export Exposition Building]., Images include statuary; grave stones; site visitors; partial views of adjacent buildings; lampposts; street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages and street cars; signage, broadsides, and posters; window awnings; electrical lines; and trees. Majority of images are reproductions of photographs, except images of Cramp's Ship Yard, High School for Boys, Baldwin Locomotive Works, and the National Export Exposition Building, which are after prints., Publication date based on statement on box cover "Title copyright by Miss Mary S. Holmes 1899.", Box cover contains halftone photomechanical print showing Independence Hall on the 500 block of Chestnut Street. Also shows neighboring buildings, including Congress Hall and the roof of the Public Ledger Building. Vignette of the seal of Philadelphia is visible in the lower left corner., Accompanied by photostat of the rules to play the game and "Key to the Pictures" (1-52), including addresses and years of completion for the sites, signed "Copyrighted by Mary S. Holmes. December, 1898. The Billstein Co., Philadelphia.", Prints numbered in lower left corner, as well as labeled with a letter and sequential number in lower right corner. Letter and sequential number are absent on Card No. 53., Mary S. Holmes was most likely the Philadelphia educator with memberships in the Philadelphia Geographical Society and Teachers' Photographic Association. In the 1890s, she taught at Girls High School and Commerical High School for Girls. She later served as the principal for the Germantown High School for Girls., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box.
Date: [1899]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Game [8188.F]

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