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Title: [Lincoln Monument, Kelly and Lemon Hill Drives, entrance to East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the Lincoln Monument at the entrance (Kelly and Lemon Hill Drives) of Fairmount Park surrounded by male and female spectators. Sculpted by Randolph Rogers, Abraham Lincoln is depicted seated with a quill in his hand after just signing the Emancipation Proclamation. The statue rests upon a pedestal adorned with sculpted garland, bronze eagles, and the City of Philadelphia's Coat of Arms. The granite base is adorned with four panels inscribed with a dedication to and quotes from Lincoln of which two are visible. Unveiled in September 1871, the monument was commissioned by the Lincoln Monument Association, one of the first such associations formed in the country to raise funds for a city monument in memory of Lincoln. A horse-drawn coach is visible under the shade of trees in the right background., Title supplied by cataloger., Yellow printed label pasted on verso contains explicative paragraph of text describing the history of Fairmount Park and the Lincoln Monument., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Monument described in Fairmount Park Association's Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze and Stone (New York: Walker Publishing Company, 1974) p. 46-52. (LCP Print Room Uy 8, 3208.F)., Monument described in Penny Balkin Bach's Public Art in Philadelphia. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992) p. 49-50, 198. (LCP Print Room Is 4, 9379.Q).
Creator: J. W. and J. S. Moulton
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moulton - Monuments & statues [P.9260.58]

Title: Decorations that were around Lincoln's corpse
Description: View showing floral funerary ornamentation including a harp, cross, star, bell, and patriotic bunting covering the walls in the background., Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from manuscript note on verso., Pink 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: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Decoration and ornamentation [P.9299.120]

Title: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Views showing the procession past the State House of Lincoln's catafalque among crowds of mourners congesting the tree-lined street and sidewalks on the 500 block of Chestnut Street. Also shows a partial view of the awning of the Orleans Hotel and adjacent awning frame., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff mount with rounded corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., One of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of material related to Abraham Lincoln., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: April 22, 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Processions [5792.F.49a; P.9161.4]

Title: [Row of buildings with funeral decorations for President Lincoln, Philadelphia, April 1865]
Description: View showing mourners on the sidewalk in front of buildings, including a hardware store and the business of "H.R. Miller," decorated in black bunting in memory of the assassinated president., 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: April 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Funerals [(6)1322.F.25d]

Title: [Row of buildings with funeral decorations for President Lincoln, Philadelphia, April 1865]
Description: View showing mourners on the sidewalk in front of buildings, including a hardware store and the business of "H.R. Miller," decorated in black bunting in memory of the assassinated president., 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: April 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Funerals [(6)1322.F.25d]

Title: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, 1000 block of South Broad Street, Philadelphia, April 22, 1865]
Description: View showing throngs of mourners at the 1000 block of South Broad Street during Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. Mourners crowd the sidewalks as well as the rooftops and balconies of buildings and businesses, including the Union House and Dining Saloon., Attributed to Schreiber & Glover., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: April 22, 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Lincoln [P.9161.2]

Title: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, 1000 block of South Broad Street, Philadelphia, April 22, 1865]
Description: View showing throngs of mourners at Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. Mourners crowd the sidewalks as well as the rooftops and balconies of buildings and businesses, including the Union House and Dining Saloon partially visible in the image., Attributed to Schreiber & Glover., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Two of the images originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of Civil War Views, Places and Events and volunteer saloons and hospital views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: April 22, 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Lincoln [5778.F.27d; 5779.F.17i; P.8687.8; P.9161.1]

Title: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Sixth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View showing Lincoln's catafalque followed by crowds of mourners congesting the street and sidewalk at Sixth and Chestnut. Businesses line the route, including B. C. Worthington, wholesale domestic and foreign cigar dealer (102 South 6th). Also shows soldiers holding back the crowd; a recruitment poster, advertising enlistment salaries for "Maj. Gen. Hancock's Army Corps," adorning a storefront; spectators sitting in windows and on awning frames; and members of the crowd carrying a large broadside illustrated with an American flag, which was used as a barricade., Name of photographer supplied by variant. (P.9161.3)., Title supplied by cataloguer., Unmounted half of stereograph., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: [April 22, 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Processions [5792.F.48e]

Title: St. Clement's church, Easter 1865
Description: View showing the altar of the church adorned with black bunting in mourning of Abraham Lincoln who died Easter Sunday 1865. Protestant Episcopal church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman at 2000-2030 Cherry Street., Title from manuscript note on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of materials related to Abraham Lincoln., Duplicate of (4)1322.F.81(v)c., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Religion - St. Clement's [(1)5792.F.5]

Title: [Hearse and coffin in Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the procession of Lincoln's catafalque. Military guards escort the hearse passed mourners crowding the sidewalks and the rooftops and balconies of buildings and businesses lining the 1000 block of South Broad Street. Businesses include commission merchant, M.S. Myer, and the Union House and Dining Saloon., Attributed to Schreiber & Glover., Title supplied from duplicate in private collection., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on verso:The funeral of Mr. Lincoln, Broad St., Phila., April 22, 1865., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1980), plate 174., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: April 22, 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - Lincoln [8248.F.7]

Title: [Funeral procession for President Lincoln, Sixth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View showing the procession of Lincoln's catafalque among crowds of mourners congesting the street and sidewalks at Sixth and Chestnut. Businesses line the street, including B.C. Worthington, wholesale domestic and foreign cigar dealer (102 South 6th). Also shows a recruitment poster, advertising enlistment salaries for "Maj. Gen. Hancock's Army Corps," adorning a storefront; spectators sitting in windows and on awning frames; and members of the crowd carrying a large broadside illustrated with an American flag., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Manuscript note on verso: 6th & Chestnut Phila., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Glover, photographer
Date: April 22, 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Glover - processions [P.9161.3]

Title: Lincoln Monument, Phila. Park
Description: View showing the Lincoln Monument at the entrance (Kelly and Lemon Hill Drives) of Fairmount Park surrounded by men who stand and look at the viewer, including white men spectators and three men guards, one possibly African American, attired in caps with insignia pinned to their lapels, and holding swords. In the right, two white men sit within a horse-drawn carriage. Sculpted by Randolph Rogers, Abraham Lincoln is depicted seated with a quill in his hand after just signing the Emancipation Proclamation. The statue rests upon a pedestal adorned with sculpted garland, bronze eagles, and the City of Philadelphia's Coat of Arms. The granite base is adorned with four panels inscribed with a dedication to and quotes from Lincoln of which two are visible. Unveiled in September 1871, the monument was commissioned by the Lincoln Monument Association, one of the first such associations formed in the country to raise funds for a city monument in memory of Lincoln. City Park Hotel is seen in the background., Manuscript note written on verso: K. Duefor? Oct. 21, 1871., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Distributor's label on verso: E. Borhek & Son, Opticians, No. 628 Chestnut St., Monument described in Fairmount Park Association's Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's treasures in bronze and stone (New York: Walker Publishing Company, 1974) p. 46-52. (LCP Print Room Uy 8, 3208.F)., Monument described in Penny Balkin Bach's Public art in Philadelphia. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992) p. 49-50, 198. (LCP Print Room Is 4, 9379.Q)., Purchase 1989., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Co., photographer
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9260.68]

Title: Lincoln Monument, foot of Lemon Hill
Description: View showing the Lincoln Monument at the entrance (Kelly and Lemon Hill Drives) of Fairmount Park surrounded by men who stand and look at the viewer, including white men spectators and three men guards, one possibly African American, attired in caps with insignia pinned to their lapels, and holding swords. In the right, two white men sit within a horse-drawn carriage. Sculpted by Randolph Rogers, Abraham Lincoln is depicted seated with a quill in his hand after just signing the Emancipation Proclamation. The statue rests upon a pedestal adorned with sculpted garland, bronze eagles, and the City of Philadelphia’s Coat of Arms. The granite base is adorned with four panels inscribed with a dedication to and quotes from Lincoln of which two are visible. Unveiled in September 1871, the monument was commissioned by the Lincoln Monument Association, one of the first such associations formed in the country to raise funds for a city monument in memory of Lincoln. City Park Hotel is seen in the background., Artist from duplicate print., Title from manuscript note on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Phila., 1876., P.9299.100 on pink mount with rounded corners., P.2011.47.932 on orange mount with rounded corners., Monument described in Fairmount Park Association's Sculpture of a city: Philadelphia's treasures in bronze and stone (New York: Walker Publishing Company, 1974) p. 46-52. (LCP Print Room Uy 8, 3208.F)., Monument described in Penny Balkin Bach's Public art in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992) p. 49-50, 198. (LCP Print Room Is 4, 9379.Q)., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Jane Carson James, 1990 [P.9299.100]; gift of Raymond Holstein [P.2011.47.932].
Creator: R. Newell & Co., photographer
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | PRINT. stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.100], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Fairmount Park - L [P.2011.47.932]

Title: Residence of Lt. General Grant as it appeared April 15, 1865
Description: Shows the New York residence of the Union general adorned with black bunting and American flags. Also shows a passing horse-drawn carriage, construction materials in the street, and scaffolding attached to a nearby residence., Title from manuscript note on label accompanying 5779.F.19., Yellow mounts with square corners., Created postfreeze., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of materials related to Abraham Lincoln and views of the Civil War., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non - Phila. - New York [5792.F.4c; 5779.F.19g]

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