View includes a piece of machinery labeled in manuscript "Saml. Harrison, patent.", Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Photograph annotated with ink., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1865
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Industry [8353.F.22]
Depicts the back of a young female worker, wearing an apron, at work inside a large textile factory. She attends one of several rows of mechanized small and large bobbins., Copyrighted by Keystone View Company., Negative number printed on mount: 22128., Title printed on mount., Printed above image: 81., Grey curved mount., Contains a description of the weaving process and an instructional exercise on verso., Keystone View Company, stock publisher of stereographs of the late 19th and 20th century, started issuing educational stereoviews around 1898. In 1906, the first boxed set of 600 educational views with an accompanying guide book was issued., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1910]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Industry [P.9573.23]
Unmounted stereograph shows a horse shoeing machine on display on the main thoroughfare, Union Avenue. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair held June 7-28, 1864 on Logan Circle was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization., Title from manuscript note on paper label below image., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Watson, A., photographer
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Watson - Fairs [5781.F.170d]
Interior view of the two-section erecting shop (remodeled in 1890) at the Baldwin factory on Broad and Spring Garden streets. Depicts a row of locomotives in various stages of completion on one side of an open framework of steel. The Seller electric cranes capable of lifting 100 tons are visible above the engines. The company was founded by Matthias W. Baldwin in 1831., Copyrighted by Keystone View Company., Negative number printed on mount: 7090., Title printed on mount., Printed above image: 82., Contains a description of the design and operation of the erecting shop on verso., Keystone View Company, stock publisher of stereographs of the late 19th and 20th century, started issuing educational stereoviews around 1898. In 1906, the first boxed set of 600 educational views with an accompanying guide book was issued., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1910]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Industries [P.9573.24]
Interior view of 1874 Exhibition of American Manufactures at the Franklin Institute, showing prize-winning gas fixtures designed by Cornelius & Sons (1332 Chestnut St.) and the display of the machine tool firm of Wm. Sellers & Co., owned and operated by William Sellers who was elected president of the Franklin Institute in 1864. The Exhibition was held in the John Haviland-designed building on South Seventh Street., Title on mounts., Photographer's imprint on mounts., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Printed text on versos in paragraph form within decorative border describes history of the Franklin Institute and lists the present officers and exhibition officers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
1874
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Exhibitions [P.9687.1-2]
View showing engines and machines flanking South Avenue in Machinery Hall, including those created by Chas. P. Gladwin, Lovegrove & Co. and Hickford Knitters. 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., Variant of Holstein stereo - P.2011.47.288., 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.9047.171]
Interior views of 1874 Exhibition of American Manufactures at the Franklin Institute (13-17 South Seventh Street), showing displays by Edwin Harrington & Son, manufacturer of machinist tools; F. Gossin, terra cotta; Harrison Bros., white lead; and Cornelius & Sons, gas fixtures. Images depict machinery; terra cotta vases, pedestals, statues, and urns; containers of lead; and gas fixtures and lamps. The Exhibition was held in the John Haviland-designed building on South Seventh Street., Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia., Attributed to Robert Newell., Titles written in manuscript notes on mounts., Pink mounts 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 - Exhibitions [P.9299.105-108]
