Cephas G. Childs and Henry Inman were partners 1831-33., 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.
Creator
Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist. Childs & Inman, lithographers., creator
Date
ca. 1831.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W015-2.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W15 [P.2010]
Location: Abington & Springfield Aves., Frontispiece to Rules and Special Orders of the Mower United States Army General Hospital at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865)., Copyrighted by W. Kipling., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1865 Mower 15730.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc15 M936a.
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 artist., creator
Date
c1865.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W239.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W239 [Am1865 Mower 15730.D]
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., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc54 P544., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places and Events., 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.
Creator
Magee, John L., artist., creator
Date
1862.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W429.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W429 [5779.F]
Location: Race and Crown Streets., Copyrighted by Charles Baum., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc85 B347.
Date
1863.
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W435.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. ***W435 [P.2262]
