Rooftop view looking at the landscaped paths of the Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, including the equestrian statue of George Washington designed by Thomas Ball ca. 1869 in the distance and the Ether Monument/Good Samaritan designed by John Quincy Adams Ward ca. 1868. Also includes a small fountain in the foreground. Park created in 1837 and designed by George Meacham., 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. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia - Massachusetts [P.9022.45]
View shows people walking around the perimeter of a large fountain in the cemetery founded in 1861. Also shows a large sepulchral monument in the foreground., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Aaron Wunsch.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Cemeteries [P.9963.2]
Interior view showing a square staircase and skylight of the building that served as Boston's third City Hall from 1865 to 1969. Built 1862-1865 after designs by Gridley J. F. Bryant and Arthur Gilman., Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from manuscript note on mount., Publisher's imprint on verso., Pink curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Government buildings [P.9299.118]
Elevated, hillside view shows a lake surrounded by trees in the cemetery founded in 1861. Large sepulchral monuments are visible in the left foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Aaron Wunsch.
Creator
Allen, E. L. (Edward L.)
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Allen - Cemeteries [P.9963.1]
View showing the tree-lined path leading to the first Univeralist church founded in America in Gloucester, Ma. in 1779. Three children stand near the open gate to the yard in the foreground. Church known as the Independent Christian Church., Title from publisher's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Massachusetts., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unid. photo - non-Philadelphia - Massachusetts [5738.F.2d]
Shows the bust sculpted by Jean Antoine Houdon exhibited at the library in 1852-1855 and 1864-1867., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of collection of portraits., 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 - Monuments & statues [(2)5750.F.62b]
View of the Eighth Regiment Infantry of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia's military camp near George's Hill in West Fairmount Park during the Centennial Exhibition. Shows an American flag flying over rows of tents in the background. Camp named after Boston mayor and Commander-in-Chief Alexander Hamilton Rice. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art from May 10 to October 10, 1876., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Phillips & Warren
Date
1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Phillips & Warren - Military [P.9234.2]
Promotional stereograph showing the U.S. Customhouse (1845 to 1935) at 420 Chestnut Street, formerly the Second Bank of the United States, and the U.S. Post Office (1863-1884) at 426-428 Chestnut Street. Customhouse building built in 1824 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. In the foreground, street work is visible near three horse-drawn carts and wagons., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Contains advertisements for six Boston businesses, including a piano showroom, perfumery, ladies hat bleachery, children's carriage manufacturer, a tea company, and William E. Chester, patent medicine dealer, printed on verso., Digitization 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 - Government Buildings [8353.F.26]
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]
