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Title: American Classical and Military Academy at Mount Airy, Germantown, 8 miles from Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view. Right wing is the former country seat of Pennsylvania Chief Justice William Allen known as "Mount Airy." Founded as Mount Airy Seminary (later Mount Airy College or Collegiate Institute) in 1807, the school served as a military academy 1826-1835 under the superintendence of Augustus L. Roumfort. Demolished in 1848 or 1849., Contains overprinted letterpress title., Cephas G. Childs and Henry Inman were partners 1831-33., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 15.1
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: ca. 1831
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W15 [P.2011]

Title: American Classical and Military Academy at Mount Airy, Germantown, 8 miles from Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view. Right wing is the former country seat of Pennsylvania Chief Justice William Allen known as "Mount Airy." Founded as Mount Airy Seminary (later Mount Airy College or Collegiate Institute) in 1807, the school served as a military academy 1826-1835 under the superintendence of Augustus L. Roumfort. Demolished in 1848 or 1849., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 15.1, Cephas G. Childs and Henry Inman were partners 1831-33., LCP copy right corner torn., Gift of Manuel Kean.
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: [ca. 1831]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W15 [8333.F]

Title: Mount Airy Seminary American Classical and Military Academy, at Mount Airy, Germantown, 8 miles from Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view. Right wing is the former country seat of Pennsylvania Chief Justice William Allen known as "Mount Airy." Founded as Mount Airy Seminary (later Mount Airy College or Collegiate Institute) in 1807, the school served as a military academy 1826-1835 under the superintendence of Augustus L. Roumfort. Demolished in 1848 or 1849., Cephas G. Childs and Henry Inman were partners 1831-33., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 15.2
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: [ca. 1831]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W15.2 [P.2010]

Title: Col. Hyatt's military polka
Description: Sheet music cover containing a view of cadets drilling in front of the Pennsylvania Military Academy, relocated from Wilmington, Delaware in 1862. One troop stands at attention as another group mans a row of cannons. A large flag pole rises from behind the multi-storied academy building that is adorned with a cupola and portico. Also shows a white picket fence surrounding the grounds. The academy, founded as the Bullock School for Boys in 1821, relocated from Wilmington, De. to Chester, Pa. in 1868 and operated as the Pennsylvania Military College 1892-1966. The institution was reincorporated as Widener University in 1979., Dedication: Respectfully dedicated to the cadets of the Penna. Military Academy West Chester, Pa., Not in Wainwright., Price printed on recto: 5., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 281, Johns Hopkins University: Levy Collection Box 044, Item 037
Date: c1864
Location: Johns Hopkins University | Special Collections at the Sheridan Libraries. JHU Levy Collection Box 044, Item 037, http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/catalog/levy:044.037

Title: Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital, West Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view showing the hospital opened June 9th, 1862 at Forty-fourth Street and Baltimore Avenue. The hospital complex is surrounded by tents to accommodate the high number of patients as a result of the battles of Wilderness and Spotsylvania. Soldiers and visitors mill the grounds and horse-drawn ominbuses enter the compound. Outside the hospital, a horse-drawn wagon travels and soldiers drill in formation. Also contains several lines of descriptive text and the names of the principal officers printed below the image. Text describes the size and dimensions of the hospital, visiting hours, and patient services including Sisters of Charity on call, a sutler store, barber shop, printing office, and a band., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 676, One of the images gift of William Helfand.
Creator: Magnus, Charles, lithographer
Date: c1864
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Hospitals [P.8690; P.9650.1]

Title: Ground plan; U.S. Army General Hospital at West Philadelphia, Pa. 1862
Description: Ground plan of the H-shaped Satterlee U. S. General Hospital in West Philadelphia, showing 32 wards lettered A-Z; XX; OK; and numbered 1-6. The following spaces are also identified: dining halls, guard house and barracks, knapsack room, kitchens, extra diet kitchen, laundry rooms, reading and lecture room, library, smoking rooms, officers' quarters, boiler room, carpenter shop, medical store room, clerks and druggists mess room, stewards office and quarters, chief ward master's office, chapel, donation room, reception room, executive office, surgery, laboratory, printing office, barber shop, engineers gang, green room, post mortem room, stables, sheds, and gates. The Civil War hospital, one of the largest in the country, opened June 9th, 1862 at Forty-fourth Street and Baltimore Avenue in the farmland of West Philadelphia. The hospital was closed in August 1865 and the buildings demolished., Not in Wainwright., Includes "scale of feet.", Includes three notes in the upper left corner. Note 1 is a table of the "Ward capacity" including minimum and maximum occupancy and lengths of wards in feet. Notes 2 and 3 discuss the dimensions, including heights, of specific departments., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 333, Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Hospitals [P.2009.17.4]

Title: Mower U. S. A. General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view showing the Civil War hospital, which contains a central complex of administrative and utility buildings, and radiating hospital wards, all within a circumference of one mile. These buildings are numbered 1 through 40 in the image, with the key on the bottom of the print near the title. Buildings 1 through 21 are listed on the left side of the title and 22 through 40 are listed on the right. Outside of the hospital complex people wait at the station for an incoming train. Horses pull drays to and from the blacksmith shop, stables and freight shop, which are all adjacent to the train station. Trees surround the complex., Copyrighted by W. Kipling., Frontispiece to Rules and special orders of the Mower United States Army General Hospital at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865). [Am 1865 Phi Mow, 15730.D], Philadelphia on Stone, POS 490, Removed from pamphlet and housed in Print Department., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc15 M936a., Atwater Kent Museum: 54.76.94/2, Library of Congress: PGA-Duval--Mower (B size), Mower General Hospital, built in 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr. between Stenton, Germantown, Springfield and Abington avenues opposite the Chestnut Hill track of the Reading Railroad (7900-8000 blocks Stenton Avenue) received injured soldiers transported directly from the battlefield between January 1863 and May 1865. The hospital, designed as a pavilion to control the spread of infection, consisted of several hospital wards radiating from a central enclosed complex of administrative and utility buildings. Complex included the administration building, a chapel, post office, band-stand, food preparation shops and storage houses, a barber shop, dining room, and guard house. Hospital utilized fresh water from the Chestnut Hill water works, gas lighting, and indoor plumbing. Building was razed following the war.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: c1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W239 [15730.D.frontispiece]

Title: Mower U.S.A. General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Civil War hospital, built in 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr. between Stenton, Germantown, Springfield and Abington avenues opposite the Chestnut Hill track of the Reading Railroad (7900-8000 blocks Stenton Avenue). Hospital contains a central complex of administrative and utility buildings, and radiating hospital wards. A train approaches the station at which people wait opposite the hospital. Trees surround the complex. Also shows a neighboring factory building and visitors walking toward the entrance of the hospital and on the grounds., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 491, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 M 936
Creator: Andrews, W. S., artist
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 15 M 936

Title: Camp Woodward, near Centennial grounds, July, 1876. 23d Regiment N.G. S. N. Y. Col. Rodney C. Ward
Description: View showing the campground for the New York National Guard troop participating in the Great Military Parade held July 4, 1876 during the Centennial Exhibition. Soldiers stand guard, converse, sit in small clusters, and lie on the ground in front of rows of tents in a clearing of trees at West Fairmount Park. Also shows the American flag flying over the camp, a wagon, and men seated on a bench comprised of a slab of wood across two barrels. 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. The Great Military Parade included around 10,000 military who processed through the city for over one and half hours., Not in Wainwright., Name of printer supplied by duplicate in the collections of the Library of Congress., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 81, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 54 W 911
Creator: Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918
Date: [1876]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 54 W 911

Title: Camp Dupont Advance Light Brigade, under Brigadier General Cadwalader
Description: View showing the War of 1812 camp for Pennsylvania volunteers above the Brandywine River, near Wilmington, De. In front of rows of tents, troops drill on foot, perform mock battles on horseback, and exercise their mounts. In the foreground, on the dirt road lining the fenced enclosure of the encampment, a man and supply wagon are stopped by sentries on guard as a carriage travels in the opposite direction. Camp Dupont was organized on Oak Hill in the spring of 1814 in response to the threat of British attack on the Dupont powder mills. The militia was largely comprised of volunteers from Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., After aquatint originally published in The Martial Music of Camp Dupont (Philadelphia: George E. Blake, ca. 1816), Philadelphia on Stone, POS 78, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 54 D 928
Date: [ca. 1830]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 54 D 928

Title: Satterlee Polka for the piano. Composed and respectfully dedicated to Surgeon I.I. Hayes U.S.V. Comg. Satterlee U.S.A. Genl. Hospital W. Phila
Description: Sheet music cover containing a view looking down at the Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital grounds from a hill in West Philadelphia. In the foreground, soldiers, women, and children, on foot and horseback, descend a path on the elevation en route to the Civil War Union hospital. Recuperating soldiers and visitors recline on a large rock on the hillside and in the adjoining valley. A foot bridge lined by trees leads from the valley to Satterlee. Several figures are visible walking, and arriving by foot and omnibus at the hospital grounds that are also lined by tents. In the left, a horse-drawn omnibus crosses a bridge, overshadowed by trees, spanning Mill Creek., Manuscript note on recto: NW fr. Balto Ave. N of 43rd St., Price printed on recto: 4., pdcc00023, Philadelphia on Stone, Library Company copy acquired after POS 2010: P.2011.63.5., Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 9:71, Hayes served as the ship's surgeon during Elisha Kent Kane's Artic explorations (1853-1855) and organized his own Arctic exploration in 1860 before serving at Satterlee General Hospital.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 9:71

Title: United States Army Hospital, Philadelphia This is one of the largest army hospitals in the world it is capable of accommodating 3000 men, it has two dining rooms, each 775 feet long, the whole establishment covers twelve acres of ground, and is enclosed by a fence, 14 feet high, the surgeon in charge is Doctor Isaac J. Hays, the distinguished Arctic explorer, who was a former companion of the lamented Doctor Kane
Description: Bird’s eye view showing the Satterlee U. S. General Hospital, opened June 9th, 1862 at Forty-fourth Street and Baltimore Avenue in the farmland of West Philadelphia. A horse-drawn wagon, a man pushing a handcart of linens, and a line of pedestrians approach the entrance of the hospital complex that is guarded by a soldier. Within the complex, visitors stroll and a troop of soldiers drill in the central courtyards bordered by over twenty wards. Also shows a neighboring building, soldiers reclining near the fence of the complex, and a soldier on horseback. The hospital was closed in August 1865 and the buildings demolished., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 774, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 15 U 58 (oversize), Inscribed on verso: Gift of Arthur Sussel, Aug. 23, 1957.
Date: c1863
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 15 U 58 (oversize)

Title: Wm. H. Horstmann & Sons No. 51, North Third Street Philadelphia, manufacturers and importers of military goods, coach laces, & fringes, epaulettes, swords, sashes, buttons, laces, chapeaux, pistols, holsters, saddle-cloths, banners, flags, embroideries, &c. &c Volunteer companies and officers of the Army & Navy supplied with every article in the military line, ladies fancy trimmings, cords, tassels, fringes, buttons, gimps, bindings, braids, &c. Military cloths & cassimeres
Description: Advertisement showing the ornately decorated storefront of William H. Horstmann & Sons clothing and military supply store. Patriotic bunting consisting of the names of artists J.H. Otten, carver and J. Gibson, pinxt, and a shield sumounted by an eagle, flags, swords and spears surround a sign that reads, "E Pluribus Unum, Horstmann," above the first level. Drums, military helmets, flags, and swords flank this central display. Laurel wreaths hang above the fasces that form columns on each side of the shop's two doorways and two bay windows. Tassels are visible in the left bay window, while various types of military hemlets are displayed in rows in the right window. Shields and crossed arrows adorn the transom lights above the windows and doors. Wm. H. Horstmann & Sons produced and sold their wares at this location between 1830 and 1857, after which time they moved their factory operations to 5th and Cherry Streets, and their storefront to a separate property at 223 Chestnut Street., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: August 1846., On recto: J.H. Otten, carver; J. Gibson, pinxt., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 857, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: French, John Taylor, 1822-1852, artist
Date: [August 1846]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W466 [P.2269]

Title: View of Camp Gallegher [sic] 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 2d Battalion. near Falls of Schuylkill
Description: View showing the Civil War camp under the command of Col. James A. Galligher. Soldiers drill on foot and on horseback in front of drill sergeants, officers-in-charge, and camp visitors, including men, women, and children. Also shows rows of tents; flagpoles; and a horse-drawn streetcar from the Girard College and Manayunk line passing the campgrounds. Also includes the names and ranks of the commanding officers and their respective companies below the image., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 785, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Upper right corner repaired., Illegible inscription upper left corner.
Creator: Boell, William
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Military [5779.F.62]

Title: Camp Meigs
Description: View showing the Civil War camp under the command of Col. R.H. Rush at Old Second Street and Nicetown Lane on the estate of James Logan. In the foreground, soldiers drill on horseback in front of drill sergeants, officers-in-charge, and camp visitors, including men, women, and children. Also shows rows of tents for companies A-K, Conestoga wagons, hitched horses, a flagpole, and a locomotive traveling past the camp in the right background. Also includes the names and ranks of the field and staff officers, and a key to the camps depicted, including the names of the ranking officers, below the image. Officers include Lieut. Col. J.H. McArthur; 1st Major C. Ross Smith; Chaplain Rev. Erben, Surgeon Willliam Moss, and Quartermaster Sergeant Richard M. Sheppard. Company captains include George E. Clymer (G), Joseph Wright (D), and Howard Ellis (K)., Copyrighted by Charles Baum., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 79, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 54 M 512
Date: c1861
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 54 M 512

Title: Camp Washington, near Centennial grounds, July, 1876. 7th Regiment N.G. Col. E. Clark, Com
Description: View showing the campground for the New York National Guard troop participating in the Great Military Parade held July 4, 1876 during the Centennial Exhibition. Most of the regiment stands in formation under the command of an officer on horseback in front of rows of tents in a clearing of trees at West Fairmount Park. Also shows the American flag flying over the camp, cannons, and a few soldiers on guard near a tent in the foreground. 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. The Great Military Parade included around 10,000 military who processed through the city for over one and half hours., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 80
Creator: Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Military [P.9684]

Title: View of the encampment of the Corn Exchange Regiment 118th. Penn. Vols. near Falls of Schuylkill
Description: Shows a line of civilians near a large flagpole watching the regiment drill in front of their tents at the camp near East Falls, Philadelphia. Civilians include men and women on horseback, women in a carriage, a family with their pet dog, and a child playing with a hoop. Also shows a military band leading the troops, officers on horseback, and other civilians walking the tree-lined circumference of the camp called Camp Union. Also contains the names of the "Committee of the Corn Exchange Regiment" printed below the image. The Exchange raised an infantry of 1000 men during the summer of 1862 through the enticement of a liberal bounty., Printed below the title: To the President and members of the Corn Exchange and the officers and men of the Regiment this Plate is respectfully dedicated by the Artists., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 795, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc54 P544., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places and Events.
Creator: Magee, John L., artist
Date: 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W429 [5779.F]

Title: Citizens Volunteer Hospital, corner of Broad St. & Washington Avenue
Description: Print containing a montage of 11 exterior and interior views of the volunteer hospital opened September 5, 1862 opposite the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad depot. Central view shows a bustling street scene outside of the hospital. Horse-drawn carriages, possibly including an ambulance, arrive and depart; injured soldiers are carried by stretcher and assisted by fellow soldiers to the building; male and female pedestrians converse and traverse the streets; two boys attempt to help a man with his valise; and Zouaves patronize a female vendor's stand. Other views show the "Interior of Hospital" where women volunteers and doctors attend to bed-ridden soldiers; the "Kitchen" equipped with an ice box, cooking stove, and heating stove where two women prepare food on a counter; the "Dining Room" in which several soldiers eat at three long rows of tables near a heating stove; the "Laundry" room where women sort, fold, and wash cloths in a sink, near a large vat of boiling water; the "Ladies Kitchen" containing cupboards of dishware, a small cooking stove, and a rack of cooking utensils in which three women work; the "Wash Room" in which four men wash up at a trough of sinks; the "Drug Room" in which a pharmacist distills drugs for a soldier and women volunteer in front of a wall of medicinal bottles; a female volunteer at the counter of the "Store Room" attended by a man surrounded by several shelves packed with supplies; the "Bath Room" lined with tubs in which a soldier begins to undress; and female volunteers setting tables in the "Officers Dining Room.", Also includes two American flags draped over the borders of one of the views. The hospital provided care to the most seriously injured before their reassignment to other hospitals. Closed on August 11, 1865., Philadelphia on Stone, Library of Congress: PGA - Queen--Citizens ... (D size) [P&P], Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 C 581 b copy 1, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 C 581 b copy 2, HSP copy 2 missing blue tint stone.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Queen--Citizens ... (D size) [P&P]

Title: Blake’s collection of popular marches composed and arranged for the piano forte
Description: Sheet music cover containing a scene showing the volunteer militia company of Light Artillery Corps Washington Gray's marching down the 400 block of Chestnut Street. The four lines of men follow their officer who follows the military band. The men pass the Philadelphia Bank building (400-408, built 1836), the United States Bank (420, built 1819-1824 as Second Bank of the U.S.), and neighboring buildings, including the business with partially visible signage for Henry Por.... Also shows a street lamp, a man walking on the sidewalk in front of the United States Banks, and two figures on the top of the stairs to that financial institution. The Washington Grays established an armory at 8th and Chestnut 1837-1838., Inside cover title: The Washington Gray's new grand march & quick step : arranged for the piano forte by Charles Jarvis, Includes sheet music., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 59, Free Library of Philadelphia: Sheet Music 11707
Date: c1839
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Music Collection. FLP Sheet Music 11707

Title: Philadelphia fashions fall & winter 1847 by Samuel A. Ward & Asahel F. Ward, no. 62 Walnut St
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 19 elegantly attired men and women in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene with 8 men and two women socializing. Most of the men wear suits with striped or plaid pants, long coats tapered at the waist, and bow ties. Some hold top hats and canes. The women wear a bonnet, shirtwaist, and full skirt or a riding habit. Furnishings include a marble pedestal, and mosaic carpeting and wallpaper. Lower panel shows General Zachary Taylor and two military officers, in uniforms and mounted on horses, flanked by 6 male civilians in front of a military training ground. All the plain-clothed men wear top hats, striped or checkered pants, and overcoats or capes. Background includes calvary troops on drill and a cannon. Most of the depicted men are clean-shaven or have mustaches. Key numbered 1-10 and 11-19 printed below the figures., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S. A. & A. F. Ward., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 174, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: French, John Taylor, 1822-1852, artist
Date: c1847
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.2007.28.29]

Title: Philadelphia, Paris & New-York, fashions for fall & winter 1858-9. Published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 720 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Fashion print containing twenty-two full-length models in two rows primarily displaying a variety of men's suits and coats. Top row features figures posed against a domestic interior showing patterned carpeting and drapes as well as a mirror and a tall case clock. Includes two female figures in the center of the row. Bottom row features male figures dressed in outdoor clothing including Liet. Washington L. Mahan in military uniform and Maj. T.E. Tiden posed against a bleak winter landscape., LCP copy uncolored., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 183
Creator: P.S. Duval & Son, lithographer
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [7753.F]

Title: Philadelphia, Paris & New-York fashions, for spring & summer of 1864. Published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 911, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Fashion print containing two rows of full-length models displaying men's and women's indoor and outdoor clothing. Top row features figures posed against a domestic interior featuring a large window overlooking a country landscape and patterned carpeting and drapes. Two female figures in the center of the row display dresses with large hoops. Bottom row features figures dressed in outdoor clothing including two Union generals, Brig. Gen. Henry Morris Naglee and Maj. Gen. Nathanial Prentiss Banks, in military uniforms and two sportsmen carrying hunting rifles posed in front of a military camp., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 185, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1991, pgs. 48-49.
Creator: Haugg, Louis, 1827-1903, artist
Date: c1864
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.9366.1]

Title: Philadelphia, Paris & New York fashions, for spring & summer of 1865, published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 911, Chestnut Street Philadelphia
Description: Fashion print featuring twenty full-length models in two rows displaying men's and women's indoor and outdoor clothing. Primarily depicts men's fashions but includes three female figures and two children. Top row features figures posed against a domestic interior featuring a large window overlooking a country landscape and patterned carpeting and drapes. Bottom row features figures dressed in outdoor clothing including two Union generals, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas and Maj. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan, in military uniforms and a sportsman carrying a hunting rifles posed in front of a military camp., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 184, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1991, pgs. 48-49.
Creator: Haugg, Louis, 1827-1903, artist
Date: c1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.9366.2]

Title: Headquarter Infantry Corps National Guards [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing views and vignettes related to the Pennsylvania Militia. Central view shows troops on display in front of their tents at a militia campground. Men and women spectators watch the troops from near the tent of the commander in the foreground. The commander's tent, flanked by guards on foot and horseback, and four other tents, faces away from the troops who stand in formation. Also includes vignettes above, to the sides, and below the certificate text. Top vignette shows an exterior of the National Guards Hall built 1856-1857 at 518-520 Race Street. Troops form lines in front of the building. Vignette is in an oval frame that is partially covered in laurel, and bordered by cannons, swords, a drum, a spy glass, bayonets draped in cloth and adorned with wreaths, and medals. Side vignettes depict National Guard soldiers on stone pedestals. The militia man on the left wears a winter uniform and backpack, holds a rifle, and stands in front of the American flag. The soldier on the right wears a standard uniform, holds a rifle, and stands in front of the flag of the National Guard. Bottom vignette shows an American eagle on a "N.G." shield between female and male classical figures of war, heads down, leaning on shields and flags bordered by cannons and cannon balls. The Pennsylvania Militia, originally organized in 1747, was legally renamed the National Guard of Pennsylvania in 1870., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 346, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 529 R 235
Creator: Rease, W.H, artist
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 529 R 235

Title: The Artillery Corps of Philadelphia Greys, (Company D), Comd. by Capt. Geo. Cadwalader, First Regiment of Artillery, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, P. M
Description: Scene showing Captain George Cadwalader commanding a drill of the mounted artillery troop of the Pennsylvania Militia on a large field near Powelton in West Philadelphia. Shows, in the foreground, Cadwalader, seated on his stead, and signaling a change of formation with his raised saber. Two officers, one blowing a bugle, trot behind him between two lines of men mounted on horses, seated in horse-drawn carriages, or pulling canons by horse-team. Other men on mounts, in carriages, and pulling cannons have broken from the old formation and fan out alongside the lines. The militia men wear blue uniforms comprised of trousers, jackets with epaulets, and tall shakos with plumes. In the background, clusters of trees and a residence with fenced property are visible. Samuel Powel (1818-1885) for whose family the neighborhood depicted was named, was a member of the Philadelphia Greys., Artist's signature lower left corner of stone., Date from untrimmed duplicate., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 27, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb529 H711., Gift of Martin Snyder., Trimmed., Hoffy was the predominate artist of the plates used to illustrate the military fashion periodical, "U.S. Military Magazine," published 1839-1842 by Duval and Huddy.
Creator: Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date: [c1845]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W367 [P.9504.6]

Title: Lithography, engraving and printing establishment. Augs. Kollner designer, engraver & lithographer. Henry Camp copperplate & lithographic printer. Phoenix Block corner of Second & Dock streets Philadelphia The Public is respectfully informed this establishment offers inducements for the execution of the finest down to the coarsest work in the different branches of this business, which no other similar establishment can offer. Any order will be thankfully received and promptly executed with neatness, dispatch, and at as moderate a price as will give entire satisfaction._ Original designs, as well as copies of any description, in any manner on paper, steel, copper & stone (lithographed), also printing and transferring from steel, copper, etc. executed in a superior style
Description: Advertisement containing an ornamental border, vignette examples of Kollner's work, and several lines of advertising text for the collaboration between Camp and Kollner at the Phonenix Block circa 1849-1851. Vignettes, marked with variant Kollner imprints, include General Washington, accompanied by two of his officers, and dismounted from a horse that is managed by a black handler (Servant William Lee?); a line drawing of the Phoenix Block building; the back of an old man, possibly Franklin, dressed in colonial attire, and seated at his secretary; and a view showing a grand building, probably a Capitol, along a river on which vessels sail. Border also includes vignettes. Vignettes depict a military scene with an officer on horseback accompanied by another soldier on the shore of an ocean on which a ship sails; and a trade scene between a gentleman and a Native American reviewing a stack of goods of commerce at a pier. Advertisement also contains depictions of female allegorical figures representing probably Spring and Fall flanking two ornamented poles entwined with banners. The banners are marked with the subject matter and types of prints issued by the partners, including "Portraits, Landscapes, Animals, taken from life. Vignettes from books, drafts, music titles etc." and "Showbills, labels, architectures, machine d. maps, plans, business & visiting cards.", Not in Wainwright., pdck00001, Printed on recto: To Publishers, Manufactures, etc. A.K. has taken from nature and is in possession of upwards of 500 views of picturesque scenery from the states of Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware & Ohio., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 59, Free Library of Philadelphia: Augustus Kollner Collection - Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs Box - Lithographs-Tradesmen's Cards
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Augustus Kollner Collection - Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs Box - Lithographs-Tradesmen's Cards

Title: P. S. Duval's lithographic establishment & office of the U. S. Mility. Magazine by Huddy & Duval, No. 7, Bank Alley, Philadelphia
Description: Illustration printed on upper half of stationery paper pasted onto front flyleaf of magazine volume. Includes hand-written form letter under the illustration signed by William M. Huddy and P. S. Duval outlining prices of "coloured" versus "plain" plates. Illustration depicts the four-story corner lithographic establishment of P. S. Duval and the headquarters for the United States Military Magazine at the northwest corner of Bank Alley and Dock Street (i.e., 227 Dock Street). A signboard for a house painter adorns the adjacent property facing Dock Street and "Birch's Auctions" occupies the property at the west end of Bank Alley facing Third Street. A row of cavalry soldiers faces east on Dock Street, as pedestrians, soldiers on foot, and a dog congestl the sidewalks in the foreground. The portico and columns of a stately building, probably part of the Merchant's Exchange, are visible across from Duval's establishment. Dock Street building was demolished in 1924., Published in the Military magazine and record of the volunteers of the city and county (Philadelphia, Pa.: [Published by William M. Huddy], 1839)., Duval & Huddy published the military fashion periodical, "U.S. Military Magazine," between 1839 and 1842. P.S. Duval occupied 7 Bank Alley between 1835 and 1848., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 78, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: *Per M 102.3 5531.Q, vol. 1.
Date: 1839
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare W262 [*Per M 102.3 5531.Q v. 1], http://www.lcpimages.org/wainwright/W262.htm

Title: View of the reception of the 29th Regiment, P. V., at Philadelphia
Description: An innovatively designed view of the December 23, 1863 procession of the Pennsylvania Volunteer regiment in honor of their heroic service with the Army of the Potomac. Depicts the procession as a serpentine with the order of procession arranged from top to bottom, with a large eagle, holding an American shield, and patriotic flags by the "Ladies for the 29th" flanked by banners reading "Welcome Home" above the entire view. Soldiers on horseback lead the procession, followed by infantrymen transported in horse-drawn wagons, with one also pulling a cannon, which are followed by a small brass military band. After the musicians, the 29th Regiment marches on foot, some carrying flags, amongst which additional military bands and officers on horse-back also process. Horse-drawn volunteer fire company ambulances carrying soldiers follow the troops, including the vehicles of Northern Liberty Fire Co. no. 1, Vigilant Fire Co., Assistance Fire Co., Weccacoe, Southwark Hose Co., and Hope Hose Company. Along the route men, women, and children watch and join the procession, shake soldier's hands, and cheer. Also shows two boys in a scuffle among the spectators., Buildings line the route, most in shadowy, partial views except the Cooper Shop Soldiers Home at Race and Crown (opened December 1863) and the adjacent buildings near the top of the view. Women crowd the windows of the home and a large American flag marked "Cooper Shop Soldiers Home" stands in front of the building. Also contains the names by Field and Staff Officers, Non-Commissioned Staff, and by Company, of the "Veterans of the 29th," including the African American Company K in addition to the names of the "Board of Managers of the Cooper Shop Soldiers' Home." The procession commenced at about one o'clock from Market Street Bridge down Market Street to Twenty-First Street eventually arriving at the Cooper Shop Soldiers Home where the members of the 29th regiment had dinner before proceeding to the National Guards Hall (518-520 Race Street) to be welcomed by Colonel John Price Wetherill. The order of the procession was as follows the First City Troop; 27th New York Battery; Liberty Coronet Band; Henry Guards; four companies of invalids corps; Provost Guard; discharged members of the regiment; Birgfield's Band; former (Murphy) and present (Rickards) commander of the regiment; Lieut. Col. Zulick of the regiment; the regiment; female family members; First Regiment, Jefferson Coronet Band, Pennsylvania Military Institute cadets, City Council members, and other guards and regiments; and lastly the ambulances of the firemen. The veterans of the 29th Regiment home on furlough re-inlisted for additional service, which was announced at the procession., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 807, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc85 B347., Reception described in the Philadelphia Inquirer (December 24, 1863).
Date: c1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***W435 [P.2262 and (12) 1540.F]

Title: Target firing State Fencibles, Capt. J. Page, the seat of Dr. William Wetherill, Fatland (near Valley Forge) Montgomery Co. Pa. June 14th 1859
Description: Scene showing the State Fencibles militia marching past the Wetherill mansion on the Fatland estate. The men march in seven lines, led by the Fencibles marching band, followed by officers, and then four lines of enlisted men fronted by a single Fencible. All the men wear uniforms and the officers wear Hardee hats, while the enlisted men wear tall, bearskin hats. In the left foreground, a group of well-dressed men, women, and children watch the militia. In the background, other guests line the portico and verandas of the mansion. near clusters of Fencibles and spectators lining the grounds in front of the mansion. The scene also includes the trees and bushes that surround the grounds and mansion. During the 1850s, Dr. Wetherill, partner in the Wetherill & Brother White Lead Works, annually invited the Fencibles to his estate for spring target firing. The June 1859 excursion included seventy-four muskets and five officers, a lunch, dinner, and dance. The State Fencibles was a military organization raised in Philadelphia in 1813 as part of the Pennsylvania militia. In 1871, the military company, recruited under James Page, became attached to the Eighth Regiment National Guard of Pennsylvania. The Fatland seat was owned by gentleman William Bakewell beginning in 1803 before being sold to the Wetherill Family about 1821 and his death. Fatland, named for the estate's great soil fertility, remained in the Wetherill family through the early 20th century., Title from item., Date inferred from date of event depicted., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 292, Gift of David Doret., Trimmed., Title clipped and pasted on sheet with manuscript note mounted below image: To Capt. J. W. Ryan Compliments of [Chas Marshall D. Co's N.G.?] Pa., Trimmed., See Thomas S. Lanard, One hundred years with the State Fencibles : a history of the First Company State Fencibles ... (Philadelphia: Nields Co., 1913), 115-116.
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - A-Z - State [P.2017.15.17]

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