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Title: Ehrgott & Forbriger, practical lithographers. s.w. cor. of 4th & Walnut sts., Cincinnati, O
Description: Advertisement calendar for 1859 containing patriotic and allegorical vignettes and pictorial details framing a calendar depicted as an architectural monument. Vignettes and details show the American eagle, shield, and flag; symbols of art and industry, including a paint palette, sculpture, telescope, and smoke stacks and chimneys; allegorical figures representing manufacturing, agriculture, and the seasons; and a central vignette containing a fruit display in front of drapery. Ehrgott & Forbriger, the premier Cincinnati firm established in 1856 by Peter E. Ehrgott and Adolphus F. Fobriger, operated under that firm name until 1860 when changed to Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co., Inscribed lower left corner: 54., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Ehrgott & Forbriger
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.37a]

Title: Ehrgott & Forbriger, practical lithographers. s.w. cor. of 4th & Walnut sts., Cincinnati, O
Description: Advertisement calendar for 1859 containing patriotic and allegorical vignettes and pictorial details framing a calendar depicted as an architectural monument. Vignettes and details show the American eagle, shield, and flag; symbols of art and industry, including a paint palette, sculpture, telescope, and smoke stacks and chimneys; allegorical figures representing manufacturing, agriculture, and the seasons; and a central vignette containing a fruit display in front of drapery. Ehrgott & Forbriger, the premier Cincinnati firm established in 1856 by Peter E. Ehrgott and Adolphus F. Fobriger, operated under that firm name until 1860 when changed to Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co., Inscribed lower left corner: 54., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Ehrgott & Forbriger
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.37a]

Title: Ehrgott & Forbriger, practical lithographers. s.w. cor. of 4th & Walnut sts., Cincinnati, O
Description: Advertisement calendar for 1859 containing patriotic and allegorical vignettes and pictorial details framing a calendar depicted as an architectural monument. Vignettes and details show the American eagle, shield, and flag; symbols of art and industry, including a paint palette, sculpture, telescope, and smoke stacks and chimneys; allegorical figures representing manufacturing, agriculture, and the seasons; and a central vignette containing a fruit display in front of drapery. Ehrgott & Forbriger, the premier Cincinnati firm established in 1856 by Peter E. Ehrgott and Adolphus F. Fobriger, operated under that firm name until 1860 when changed to Ehrgott, Fobriger & Co., Inscribed lower left corner: 54., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Ehrgott & Forbriger
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.37a]

Title: Reen & Trump, manufacturers of metal show cards for brewers, etc. 14 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a man and a woman seated at a table in a beer garden being served full beer mugs by a male waiter. The woman wears a large hat adorned with flowers and holds a decorative fan in her left hand. A boy kneels down and fills beer mugs from a cask in the right foreground. Reen & Trump, the partnership between Charles Reen and Watson Trump, operated a lithographic establishment in Philadelphia between 1872 and 1881., 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 - Reen [P.9941]

Title: [Joseph Hoover trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Joseph Hoover's pictures and frames business at 628 Arch Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a business card for Hoover tucked into a pink roses and a boy crying and watching another boy pull on the legs of a dog that is attacking another animal. Joseph Hoover, a Swiss-German chromolithographer, operated his chromolithography, engraving, and picture frame business from 628 Arch Street in Philadelphia between 1880 and ca. 1888., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9651.13] copyrighted 1888 by J. Hoover., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Joseph Hoover's products as holiday presents, including paintings, engravings, plain and colored photographs, velvet, ebony and gold photograph frames, and oleographs. Also promotes a moving sale (c1888) with reduced prices on these items., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1888]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hoover [1975.F.412 & P.9651.13]

Title: Compliments of Lehman & Bolton, lithographers, printers, publishers. 715, 171, 719 Arch Street. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement calendar for the year 1885 containing a sentimental, genre scene. Shows a long-haired child, possibly a boy, attired in a collared dress, bow at the waist, knickers, a wide-brimmed hat adorned with flowers, socks, and shoes with straps. The child holds a bouquet of flowers in one hand and holds out a sprig in the other. Advertisement also contains pictorial details depicting fruits and vinery framing the image. The firm, established in 1873 by William H. Lehman and Mahlon Bolton, Jr. from Jacob Haehnlen's former establishment at Goldsmiths' Hall, specialized in commercial lithographs such as billheads, letterheads, and advertisements., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 122, Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Creator: Lehman & Bolton
Date: [1884]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department PRINt Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars [P.2011.10.165]

Title: Burk & McFetridge, printers and lithographers, 306 and 308 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia Leroy G. Archer, Manager Advertising Dept. Authorized publishers, Novelties Exhibition of Franklin Institute
Description: Trade card with printed black text and gilt drop shadow and smaller blue text on the bottom of the card. The Franklin Institute hosted the "Novelties" Exhibition in 1885., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., In 1877, William M. Burk and John R. M'Fetridge purchased the Inquirer Printing Office at 304 Chestnut Street from William W. Harding. The Burk & McFetridge partnership operated from the second and fourth floors of the building until relocating next door to 306-308 Chestnut Street in 1884.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Burk & McFetridge [P.2006.20.3]

Title: [Panorama of Philadelphia northeast from State House]
Description: Panoramic view showing several city blocks northeast from the State House at 520 Chestnut Street. In the foreground, identifiable businesses include W.H. Selheimer, book and job printing (n.w. corner Fifth and Chestnut), and H.J. Toudy & Co., practical lithographer (503-505 Chestnut). In the background, White Hall, clothiers, the steeple of Christ Church, and various businesses' rooftops with signage advertising hardware, drugs, and clothing are visible. Toudy tenanted 503-505 Chestnut Street from around 1868 until 1871., Attributed to Robert Newell and his "American Views" series., Unmounted half of stereoview., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Views [(6)1322.F.73b]

Title: Third Street, below Chestnut
Description: View of Third Street, between Chestnut and Walnut Streets, west side, looking south. Shows the offices of several newspaper publishers (Public Ledger, Evening Telegraph, and Sunday Transcript) and printers (Haddock & Son, printers and lithographers, and Torr card & job printers); and First Bank of the United States (i.e. Girard Bank)., Title, photographer's imprint and series number from accompanying printed label., Yellow mount with square corners., Orginally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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 ca. 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - streets [(8)1322.F.19c]

Title: M. H. Traubel, lithographer, 146 So. Eighth St., Philadelphia Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap
Description: Trade card for the Philadelphia lithographer active ca. 1849-ca. 1880s. Shows cherubic figures sowing seeds and reaping sheaths of wheat. Also contains flying birds and vinery details. Textual elements include Gothic and cursive letters. Traubel operated from 146 South Eighth street beginning in 1881., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 119.1, See POSA 119, LOC proof copies of trade card., LCP copy acquired after 2010., Lib. Company. Annual report, 2016, p. 70-71.
Creator: Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897
Date: [ca. 1881]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Traubel [P.2016.24.1]

Title: Wm. H. Hoskins, 913 Arch St., Philad'a. Lithographer & engraver. Stationer & blank book manufacturer. Steam power printer
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards entitled, "Sweepe withe ye olde yeere all that's bad awaie, and a newe lyfe begynne on Newe Yeere's Day," "Ye Newe Yeere cometh, so I pray of you putte offe ye olde manne & putte on ye newe," and "If Newe Yeere bring thee aught lyke this let's hope thou may'st deserve thy blisse". Illustrations depict symbols of the New Year, including an old man sweeping inside near an ornate door with a poster reading "This house to let apply"; one man entering a room as another man leaves at the stroke of midnight; and a man kneeling down to pick a flower from the base of a tree as his female companion stands nearby., Advertising text printed on versos: Holiday goods. We have on hand the largest stock of holiday goods ever offered before. Writing desks, portfolios, traveling cases, pocket books, card cases, letter cases, cigar cases, back gammon boards, gold pens, bronze inkstands, bronze thermometers, and Russia leather goods of every description. Diaries 1876 our specialties. Wedding invitations, envelopes, made to order any size, business cards, checks, drafts, &c. Bank note style, illuminating of crests, arms, monograms, &c., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hoskins [1975.F.427 & 428; P.9111.17]

Title: Chestnut Street, above Fourth, north side
Description: View of Chestnut Street, between 4th and 5th Streets, north side, looking west depicting a variety of commercial establishments including Walker & Co.'s cigar store; Kromer's news and patent medicine depot displaying advertisements for Wright's Great Consumptive Cure and Wright's Tar Syrup; William E. Harpur, chromometers; Philip Wilson & Co., gun dealers displaying a rifle three stories high; and Traubel's lithographic establishment., Title and series number from accompanying printed label., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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 ca. 1867-1869
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - streets [(8)1332.F.19g]

Title: Chestnut above Fourth, North side
Description: View of Chestnut Street, between 4th and 5th Streets, north side, looking west depicting a variety of commercial establishments including Walker & Co.'s cigar store; Kromer's news and patent medicine depot displaying advertisements for Wright's Great Consumptive Cure and Wright's Tar Syrup; William E. Harpur, chromometers; Philip Wilson & Co., gun dealers displaying a rifle three stories high; and Traubel's lithographic establishment., Reissue of a circa 1868 view entitled "Chestnut St., above Fourth, North side" by Bartlett & French of Philadelphia., Orange mount with rounded corners., 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 ca. 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - streets [P.9573.15]

Title: [First National Bank]
Description: View of the First National Bank building located at 315 Chestnut Street, designed by Philadelphia architect John McArthur, built 1865-67. Shows Chestnut Street between 3rd and 4th, north side, looking east. Includes the printing offices of Stein & Jones lithographers at 321 Chestnut., Photographer's imprint stamped on recto., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on mount: First National Bank., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [ca. 1869]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - banks [(8)1322.F.11b]

Title: [Panorama of Philadelphia northeast from State House]
Description: Panoramic view showing several city blocks northeast from the State House at 520 Chestnut Street. In the foreground, identifiable businesses include W.H. Selheimer, book and job printing (n.w. cor. Fifth and Chestnut), and H.J. Toudy & Co., practical lithographer (503-505 Chestnut, 1868-1871). In the distant background, White Hall, clothiers, the steeple of Christ Church, and various businesses' rooftops with signage advertising hardware, drugs, and clothing are visible., Attributed to Robert Newell and his "American Views" series., Yellow mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Views [(3)1322.F.9g]

Title: [Chestnut Street, east of Fourth Street]
Description: View showing the 300 block, north side, of the commercial Philadelphia street. Businesses include: Stein & Jones (Rudolph Stein & Alfred T. Jones), printers and lithographers at 321 Chestnut; the First National Bank (completed 1867 after designs of John McArthur Jr.) at 315 Chestnut Street; the Bank of North America (established 1781, building completed 1848 after designs of John Notman) at 307-309 Chestnut and Richard Magee stationery at 316 Chestnut Street. Horse-drawn wagons line the street., Name of photographer from duplicate stereograph., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on verso: [First National Bank] [300 Block Chestnut], Unmounted half of stereoview., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [(7)1322.F.69l]

Title: [Chestnut Street, east of Fourth Street]
Description: View showing the 300 block, north side, of the commercial Philadelphia street around 1867. Businesses include: Stein & Jones (Rudolph Stein & Alfred T. Jones), printers and lithographers at 321 Chestnut; the First National Bank (completed 1867 after designs of John McArthur Jr.) at 315 Chestnut Street; the Bank of North America (established 1781, building completed 1848 after designs of John Notman) at 307-309 Chestnut; and Richard Magee stationery at 316 Chestnut Street. Horse-drawn wagons line the street., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on verso incorrectly identifying location: Chestnut St. E. of 3rd., Orange mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.9047.17]

Title: Philadelphia from State House steeple
Description: Panoramic view looking northeast from the State House at 520 Chestnut Street. Includes Quaker City Business College and Jacob Lutz, morocco, cabinet case, and pocket book manufacturer (439 Chestnut); and H.J. Toudy & Co., practical lithographer (503-505 Chestnut). Also shows the steeple of Christ Church and businesses' rooftop signage advertising drugs, clothing, umbrellas and parasols., Distributors' imprints printed on verso: For Sale By James S. Earle & Sons, 816 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Wilson, Hood, & Co., 822 Arch St., Philadelphia. James Cremer, 18 S. Eighth St., Philadelphia., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Views [P.9047.23]

Title: Girard Bank
Description: View looking northeast from Dock Street showing Girard National Bank, formerly the First Bank of the United States (built 1795-1797, Samuel Blodgett, architect), at 116-120 South Third Street. The bank, operated by Stephen Girard as Girard's Bank from 1812-1831, was chartered by the state in 1832 as the Girard National Bank. Includes adjacent building (114 South Third) tenanted by practical lithographer Theodore Leonhardt and The City Item newspaper office. Signage for Goodyear's Rubber Warehouse adorns the building. Also shows slabs of stone laying on the sidewalk beside a telegraph pole near the bank; a horse-drawn milk delivery wagon stopped across the street; and a group of men sitting on the steps of the bank., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Purple mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Banks [(8)1322.F.11d]

Title: Chestnut St. west from Fourth
Description: View showing the north side of the 400 block of Chestnut Street, including Banker's Row. Banker's Row includes three buildings after the designs of John M. Gries: Girard Building (435 Chestnut, built 1857-1859); the Farmers and Mechanics Bank (425-429 Chestnut, built 1854-1855); and the Philadelphia National Bank (419-423 Chestnut, built 1857-1859). Also shows the Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Company (413-417 Chestnut, completed 1874, James Hamilton Windrim, archt.) and the Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities (431 Chestnut, built 1871-1873, Addison Hutton, archt.). Adjacent businesses include: William E. Harpur, watchmaker (407 Chestnut); Jacob Langsdorf, cigar importer, and Thomas W. Bovell, lithographer (409 Chestnut); McCully & Co., printers (411 Chestnut); and R. Penistan, wine dealer (439 Chestnut). Horse-drawn vehicles line the street, including an ice delivery wagon., Curved orange mount with rounded corners., Title annotated on negative., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1877, ca. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9208.5]

Title: Chestnut St. west from Fourth
Description: View showing the north side of the 400 block of Chestnut Street, including Banker's Row. Businesses include: Cooper & Bro., jewelers, and Walker & Co., cigar merchant, (4th and Chestnut); Kromer's News & Patent Medicine Depot (403 Chestnut Street); William E. Harpur, watchmaker (407 Chestnut); Maurice H. Traubel, lithographer,(409 Chestnut, ca. 1861-1872); and two banks built after the designs of John M Gries, the Philadelphia National Bank (419-423 Chestnut, built 1857-1859) and the Farmer and Mechanics Bank (425-429 Chestnut, built 1854-1855). Kromer's patent medicine depot is heavily adorned with advertising text. A horse-drawn wagon rests in front of the lithographic establishment. Also includes partial view of the south side of the block., Title printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Streets [(8)1322.F.21g]

Title: Press Building, Seventh and Chesnut [sic] Sts
Description: View of the south side of the 700 block of Chestnut Street looking west toward Eighth Street, with the multi-storied office building of the the Philadelphia Press newspaper established in 1857 by John W. Forney in the foreground. Signs on the Seventh Street side of the building include "J. Restein & Sons plain & fancy paper coloring & card printing establishment," "Engraver on wood," and "Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company." A sign for Wheeler & Wilson's sewing machines at 704 Chestnut is also visible, but signage beyond this shop is illegible. One man stands at the southwest corner in front of the Press building reading a broadside, while another crosses the street at the northeast corner. Gas street lamps are spaced at intervals along the block, with the largest situated in front of the Press Building. Two horse-drawn carriages travel in the street in the distance. Newspaper merged with the Public Ledger in 1920., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging 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
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Business [P.9260.10]

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