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Title: Colossal hand and torch "Liberty"
Description: View of Bartholdi's Electric Light or Liberty Enlightening the World hand and torch statue on display near the lake. A group of men, including an African American man in the foreground, stand near the kiosk and two white men stand on the balcony of the torch. The Women's Pavilion designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann and Horticultural Hall designed by James H. Windrim are partially visible in the background. Money raised at the fair, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art, helped to pay for the completion of the statue and pedestal., 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., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Purchase 1989., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9260.45]

Title: Colossal hand and torch "Liberty"
Description: View of Bartholdi's Electric Light or Liberty Enlightening the World hand and torch statue on display near the lake. A group of men, including an African American man in the foreground, stand near the kiosk and two white men stand on the balcony of the torch. The Women's Pavilion designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann and Horticultural Hall designed by James H. Windrim are partially visible in the background. Money raised at the fair, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art, helped to pay for the completion of the statue and pedestal., 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., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Purchase 1989., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9260.45]

Title: [All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: Detail of the back of the memorial, sculpted by J. Otto Schweizer, erected in 1934 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in memory of all African American military men who have served in war time. Depicts three of the four female allegorical bronze figures representing War, Liberty, Peace, and Plenty. They flank a commemorative plate embellished with Pennsylvania's seal and listing the monument's commissioners. Erected after much controversy on Lansdowne Avenue in West Fairmount Park, the memorial was moved in 1994 to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway opposite the Franklin Institute., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Schweizer was a European-trained Philadelphia sculptor who specialized in monumental works including several commissions for sites in Pennsylvania., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Photo Illustrators (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1934]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8810.6]

Title: [All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View of the back of the memorial, sculpted by J. Otto Schweizer, erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1934 in memory of all African American military men who have served in wartime. The top of the monument is a sculpted eternal flame, the "Torch of Life," surrounded by four American eagles. Below the flame, four female allegorical figures representing War, Liberty, Peace, and Plenty, flank a commemorative plaque. Trees are visible in the background. Erected after much controversy on Lansdowne Avenue, the memorial was moved in 1994 to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway opposite the Franklin Institute., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Phila. West Fairmount Park. Memorial to colored soldiers erected by the Commonwealth of Penna. June 30, 1934. No. 786., Schweizer was a European-trained Philadelphia sculptor who specialized in monumental works including several commissions for sites in Pennsylvania., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Photo Illustrators (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1934]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8810.7]

Title: [All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View depicting the front of the memorial, sculpted by J. Otto Schweizer, erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1934 in memory of all African American military men who have served in wartime. The top of the monument is a sculpted eternal flame, the "Torch of Life," surrounded by four American eagles. Below the torch, a female allegorical figure of justice stands holding wreaths symbolic of honor and reward. She is flanked by five figures of African American military personnel from each branch of the armed service. A dedication is inscribed into the memorial's granite pedestal which is adorned with a wreath. Erected after much controversy on Lansdowne Avenue, the memorial was moved in 1994 to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway opposite the Franklin Institute., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Phila. West Fairmount Park. Memorial to colored soldiers erected by the Commonwealth of Penna., Inscribed in negative: 786A., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Schweizer was a European-trained Philadelphia sculptor who specialized in monumental works including several commissions for sites in Pennsylvania., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Photo Illustrators (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1934]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8810.8]

Title: Colonnade Hotel, SW corner 15th & Chestnut, Phila., 1896, showing monument on the ground of Epiphany Ch[urch]
Description: View of the prominent hotel erected in 1868 at 1500-1506 Chestnut Street. White men and women pedestrians stroll the sidewalk, and an African American man passes by on his horse-drawn cart. Businesses line Chestnut Street, including: George E. Dearborn, piano dealer; a paper hangings store; and a custom shirt proprietor. The hotel, named after the previously existing "Colonnade Row" of early nineteenth-century pillared, porched townhouses, was demolished in 1925 for the erection of the Franklin Trust Company building. Also includes the fenced obelisk monument to James Henry Fowles, former rector of the church previously located at the northwest corner of Fifteenth and Chestnut streets, the Church of the Epiphany., Title from manuscript note on verso., Purchase 1984., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [1896]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - hotels [P.9005.19]

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