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Title: Dades' Monument at West Point, [NY]
Description: Glass negative showing the Dade Monument, comprised of a carved column mounted on a pedestal with a stone eagle perched on top. The monument sits on a grassy hill surrounded by trees. The United States Military Academy, also known as West Point, was originally a fort first occupied by American forces in 1778. The school was established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1802. The Dade Monument, erected at West Point in 1845, honors Major Francis L. Dade and the 110 soldiers defeated by Seminole warriors in 1835. Originally overlooking the Hudson River, the monument moved further inland three times: once before 1898, in front of the Old Cadet Library in 1917, and near the entrance to the West Point Cemetery in 1948., Time: 10:20, Light: VVery good light, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 5, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.399]

Title: Washington monument from Charles St. Baltimore, [MD]
Description: Glass negative showing the Washington Monument at the end of the wide thoroughfare Charles Street. The tall monument, comprised of a column with a statue at the pinnacle, rises in the background. Church spires are visible to the right of the monument. In the center of the view, a horse-drawn carriage stands in the brick road. Pedestrians walk up and down the sidewalk. The Washington Monument was designed by Robert Mills (1781-1855) in 1815 and completed in 1829., Photographer remarks: Needs intensifying, Time: P.M., Light: Good sunlight., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February 22, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.837]

Title: Monument & Square from our front steps, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Civil War monument in the center of Market Square from the steps of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The monument is comprised of a carved pedestal and a statue of a man. A horse-drawn carriage travels down the cobblestone street adjacent to the Square while a dog runs the opposite way. First called The Green, Market Square was established from land originally owned by James De la Plaine as early as 1703. As a center of community activity, Market Square contained not only market stalls but also the prison and stocks. Samuel B. Morris planted many of the Square’s original trees. Prominent buildings situated around the Square include the Deshler-Morris House, the German Reformed Church, and the Fromberger-Harkness House. The Market Square monument, built in 1883, commemorates the contributions of soldiers to the Civil War. Designed as a Union soldier, it rests on a pedestal made from granite taken from Devil’s Den, Gettysburg. The fence surrounding the monument was constructed from old musket barrels and bayonets. Cannons used during the war stand beside the monument., Photographer remarks: Weak neg., Time: 9:30, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 24, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1085]

Title: [Girard Avenue Bridge monument]
Description: View showing the railroad bridge monument near East River Drive. The sculpted monument, composed of an ornate archway, basin, and plaque commemorates key figures in the construction of the bridge. Names inscribed on the plaque include: Clarke, Reeves, & Co. of the Phoenixville Bridge Works; Samuel L. Smedley, chief engineer and surveyor; and H.A. and J.P. Sims, architects. The bridge, built from 1872-1874, was demolished in 1971., Title supplied by cataloguer., Copyrighted by A.W. Fatsinger., Label pasted on verso inscribed Alfred Rigling., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer
Date: cApril 1,1873
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Hemple - Monuments and statues [P.9058.175]

Title: Crawford's statue of Washington, Capitol Square, Richmond, Va
Description: Views showing the equestrian statue sculpted by Thomas Crawford erected in the western portion of the square in 1858. Shows the sculpture on an elaborate stone pedestal and base designed by architect Robert Mills and adorned by bronze figures of prominent Virginians. Views also show neighboring buildings and posed pedestrians, including elegantly attired ladies with parasols and a gentleman with a cane., Titles from accompanying labels., Pale yellow paper mounts with square corners., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Virginia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Monuments & statues [5737.F.17b & d]

Title: [George Washington statue in front of Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the George Washington marble statue sculpted by Joseph A. Bailly enclosed in ironwork fencing in front of Independence Hall. Statue rests on pedestal inscribed "Erected by the Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." Also shows spectators in the background., Titled supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Printed text in paragraph form on verso describes history of Independence Hall and is surmounted by vignette of the seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by a decorative border., Yellow curved 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.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Monuments and statues [P.9260.31]

Title: [Anthony Wayne monument, Valley Forge, PA]
Description: Film negative showing a statue of Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) on horseback mounted on a stone pedestal at Valley Forge. Wayne wears a tricorn hat and cape. The pedestal is situated on a grassy hill surrounded by a path. From December 1777 to June 1778, the Continental Army camped at Valley Forge. The area became Pennsylvania’s first state park in 1893. Wayne was a general for the Continental army and fought at the battle of Germantown. The statue is a duplicate of the Stony Brook monument designed by sculptor Henry Kirke Bush-Brown. It was dedicated in 1908., Title supplied by cataloger., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.86]

Title: [Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, PA]
Description: Film negative showing a distant view of the Pennsylvania State Capitol building at the end of a pathway in a park in Harrisburg. In the left, a building with two towers stands adjacent to a building with a spire. In the center stands the Dauphin County Veteran's Memorial, a tall obelisk. The Capitol is adorned with pillars and a dome. The State Capitol building was designed in 1902 by Joseph Miller Huston. Known as Huston Capitol, it was the third state capitol building to be built in Harrisburg. The first, Hills Capitol, was razed by fire in 1897 and the second, Cobb Capitol, was discontinued in 1899 due to lack of funds. The Dauphin County Veteran's Memorial was designed by Edward Hudson Worrall to honor local soldiers who died during the Civil War. Construction began in 1867, and was completed in 1876 after financial setbacks. The monument was moved in 1959-1960 to Third and Division Streets, away from the Capitol building., Title supplied by cataloger., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 23, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.65]

Title: Washington monument and fountain, entrance to Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Souvenir card showing the Washington Monument with fountain designed by Rudolf Siemering in 1897 at Fairmount Park, Pa. Depicts the equestrian bronze statue of George Washington attired in a tri-corn hat and uniform atop a pedestal from which water flows. The pedestal is decorated with allegorical figures representing America and also the Delaware, Hudson, Potomac, and Mississippi Rivers. Around the base comprised of multiple steps and near life-size figures of American animals, including a buffalo and a bear. A row of trees is visible in the background. The monument was moved in 1928 following the completion of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway to the front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Series number in right corner on recto: 18769., Gift of David Doret, 2019.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.24]

Title: [Washington Monument, Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Description: View of the equestrian statue of George Washington on a pedestal above allegorical figures, along with "typical" American people. Photographer William Doering (left), Albert Lindsay (center) and an unidentified man stand in front of the monument with their bicycles. Other men admire the monument in the background. Designed by Rudolf Siemering in 1897 and unveiled at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. Moved to the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1928. Depicts the monument at Green Street entrance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Monument commissioned by the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, whose members were descendants of Washington's soldiers., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.34]

Title: Old willow, Vernon Park & a monument to commemorate Battle of Germantown
Description: Depicts an old willow tree in Vernon Park, on the west side of Germantown Avenue north of Chelten Avenue. Includes the monument commemorating the Battle of Germantown in the background and a sign for the Museum of the Site and Relic Society of Germantown (i.e. Germantown Historical Society)., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: April 8, 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.38]

Title: American National Monument of Memorials, for all our people throughout all the land, to honor the fathers of our country forever. To be on Independence Square, in Philadelphia, in the buildings and halls where their work was done "Its character to stand entirely national and its purpose universal as such this print is dedicated to all our people throughout our union and all who love our country throughout the world
Description: Promotional print showing Independence Hall remodeled to accommodate an unrealized national monument conceived during the Centennial movement by patriot and roofer Joseph Leeds to honor the Founding Fathers of the United States. Shows Independence, Congress, and old City Hall connected by corridors resting on arches to be interiorly decorated with exhibits representing the history of the country from 1607-1876. Also contains an ornamental border including the American eagle and the forty-eight state seals; several paragraphs explicating the necessity, design, and administration of the monument; and patriotic slogans., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 19, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., LCP holds original edition of accompanying pamphlet. See "Honor to the fathers of our country: the duty and privilege of every patriot..." (Philadelphia: Joseph Leeds, 1879). [Am 1879 Lee 23645.D.9]., See also Joseph Leeds's One hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and Independence Square, and the three main buildings thereon, in Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania: as a monument of memorials sacred and forever to honor the fathers of our beloved country and their principles (Philadelphia, 1872) in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [UPA/Pam F 158.65.I3 L44 1872].
Creator: Carbutt, John, 1832-1905, photolithographer
Date: c1878
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***BW - Government buildings [(3)1322.F.18a]

Title: Pennsylvania Day
Description: Bird's eye view looking northwest from the Main Exhibition Building showing visitors traveling the wide walkways radiating from Bartholdi's Fountain of Water and Light and extending into Belmont Avenue. View includes the lake, Bartholdi's Electric Light (i.e., Freedom Enlightening the World), the World's Ticket Office designed by H.J. Schwarzmann, the Washington statue by M. Dickerson Eyre, the Centennial Photographic Co. building, the Pennsylvania Railroad Office designed by J.M. Wilson, the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, and the music pavilion on Belmont Avenue. Image taken on Pennsylvania Day on September 28, 1876. 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., 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.9047.174]

Title: Pennsylvania Day
Description: Bird's eye view looking northwest from the Main Exhibition Building showing visitors traveling the wide walkways radiating from Bartholdi's Fountain of Water and Light and extending into Belmont Avenue. View includes the lake, Bartholdi's Electric Light (i.e., Freedom Enlightening the World), the World's Ticket Office designed by H.J. Schwarzmann, the Washington statue by M. Dickerson Eyre, the Centennial Photographic Co. building, the Pennsylvania Railroad Office designed by J.M. Wilson, the Judges' Hall designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann and Hugo Kafka, the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, and the music pavilion on Belmont Avenue. Image taken on Pennsylvania Day on September 28, 1876. 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., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., 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.9047.180]

Title: Birdseye view from M.B
Description: Bird's eye view looking northwest from the Main Exhibition Building showing the wide, empty walkways radiating from Bartholdi's Fountain of Water and Light and extending into Belmont Avenue. View includes the lake, the World's Ticket Office designed by H.J. Schwarzmann, the Washington statue by M. Dickerson Eyre, the Centennial Photographic Co. building, the Pennsylvania Railroad Office designed by J.M. Wilson, the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, and the music pavilion on Belmont Avenue. 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., Series number illegible on negative. Taken from duplicate in the collections of the New York Public Library., White curved mount with rounded corners., 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.9573.28-1]

Title: [Pennsylvania State Capitol building, exterior detail of front entrance and center dome at night, Harrisburg, Pa.]
Description: Exterior view of the front entrance and center dome of the Capitol building taken in the evening, including at the top of the 272-feet high dome, the outline of the sculpted statue of Commonwealth, created by Roland Hinton Perry in 1904 and installed in May, 1905. Joseph M. Huston was commissioned to design the new Capitol, constructed between 1902 and 1906, to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Forms part of the photograph album in the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Date: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.103.3]

Title: Old Mortality
Description: View showing the Laurel Hill Cemetery sculpture completed by sculptor James Thom circa 1836. The sculpture, inspired by Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality," depicts Scott conversing with the main character of his novel, an elderly itinerant Scotsman who re-carved names on gravestones, seated on a tombstone near his horse. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 67 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia: with numerous illustrations (Philadelphia: For sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 526, Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PRM (MTD) 15 - 73.
Creator: Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.67a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.67a]

Title: Plan for the permanent improvement of Independence Square Designed by George F. Gordon
Description: Circular illustration showing an oblique elevation looking southwest at Independence Square, situated between Fifth and Sixth Streets, and Chestnut and Walnut Streets, modified with George F. Gordon's proposed changes. Includes old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut); Independence Hall, built 1732-1748 after designs by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley (520 Chestnut Street); and Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut). Eight equidistant walkways, "to be thirty feet wide, to be laid with variegated tile," radiate from the center to the corners of the square and are connected by a circular walk. Also shows the unexecuted Independence Monument (center), slated to be erected by the Thirteen Original States. Two fountains near Walnut Street demonstrate the creator's desire to beautify the square with "fountains, vases, statuary, and flower beds of all varieties"; and bronze statues on pedestals of the fifty-six signers of "The Declaration of Independence" lining the periphery of the square, which on three sides is completely open and accessible to pedestrians via granite steps. Statues of George Washington, William Penn, a group of Native Americans, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay would face Chestnut Street near Independence Hall., Contains passages of explicative text printed on verso. Text describes how to achieve this plan for the square. The old brick wall surrounding the square would be removed, along with the court house on Sixth Street, and the building occuppied by the Philosophical Society on Fifth Street. Gordon submitted his plan and description in January of 1875 "in the hope, that now, at last, in the Centennial hour of our nation, something may be done, worthy of the sacred place in our midst.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 605
Creator: Billings, H.B, artist
Date: 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Parks & Squares [21095.O.7]

Title: Washington's statue--Philadelphia
Description: View showing the George Washington marble statue sculpted by Joseph A. Bailly enclosed in ironwork fencing in front of Independence Hall. Statue rests on pedestal inscribed "Erected by the Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." Also shows a crowd of spectators in the foreground and patriotic bunting, most likely for the Centennial celebrations, covering the State House in the background., Title printed on mount below image., Series titles in ornate columns with graphic vignettes., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Monuments and statues [P.8731.11]

Title: Independence Hall
Description: View looking southeast showing the front elevation of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Includes the clock tower and statue of George Washington in the left background., Title on negative., Explicative paragraph of text on verso surmounted by the title "Independence Hall, or "State House," Philadelphia" with a vignette of the seal of Pennsylvania., Yellow trimmed mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William L. Schaeffer.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Government Buildings [P.9113.3]

Title: Market Square & houses on E. side of it, from bank pavement, School L[ane]. [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing Market Square. The cobblestone streets are lined with brick sidewalks and there are hitching posts on either side. On the far corner there is a line of large buildings surrounded by a low metal fence, including the Market Square Presbyterian Church. The Civil War monument stands in the center of the square to the right. First called The Green, Market Square was established from land originally owned by James De la Plaine as early as 1703. As a center of community activity, Market Square contained not only market stalls but also the prison and stocks. Samuel B. Morris planted many of the Square’s original trees. Prominent buildings situated around the Square include the Deshler-Morris House, the German Reformed Church, and the Fromberger-Harkness House. The Market Square monument, built in 1883, commemorates the contributions of soldiers to the Civil War. Designed as a Union soldier, it rests on a pedestal made from granite taken from Devil’s Den, Gettysburg. The fence surrounding the monument was constructed from old musket barrels and bayonets. Cannons used during the war stand beside the monument. Originally built as a Dutch Reformed Church circa 1710, the Market Square Presbyterian Church became a German Reformed Church by 1732. The building was razed and rebuilt in 1838-1839, and then enlarged in 1857. The congregation, led by pastor Jacob Helffenstein, withdrew from the Reformed Church in 1855, become Presbyterian in 1858. In 1888, the church was rebuilt after the designs of architect George T. Pearson. By the early 21st-century, it housed the Impacting Your World Christian Center., Time: 4:20, Light: Fainter sun than last., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 18, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.549]

Title: Monument in Market Square, church & Harkness House. [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Market Square Presbyterian Church and Fromberger-Harkness House from across Market Square. A brick road with trolley tracks runs down the center. A sidewalk and the square bordered by a metal fence separate the buildings from the road. The Civil Ware monument, consisting of a statue of a man standing on a carved pedestal, stands in the square to the left. First called The Green, Market Square was established from land originally owned by James De la Plaine as early as 1703. As a center of community activity, Market Square contained not only market stalls but also the prison and stocks. Samuel B. Morris planted many of the Square’s original trees. Prominent buildings situated around the Square include the Deshler-Morris House and the German Reformed Church. The Market Square monument, built in 1883, commemorates the contributions of soldiers to the Civil War. Designed as a Union soldier, it rests on a pedestal made from granite taken from Devil’s Den, Gettysburg. The fence surrounding the monument was constructed from old musket barrels and bayonets. Cannons used during the war stand beside the monument. Named for John Fromberger and Mary Warden Harkness, the Fromberger-Harkness House was built as late as 1795. It was occupied variously by St. Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church (1813-1837), the Young Women’s Christian Association of Germantown (1873-1915), Mary Warden Harkness Boarding Home for Girls (1917-1941), the Germantown Fire Insurance Company (1954-1964), and the Germantown Insurance Co. (1964). Originally built as a Dutch Reformed Church circa 1710, the Market Square Presbyterian Church became a German Reformed Church by 1732. The building was razed and rebuilt in 1838-1839, and then enlarged in 1857. The congregation, led by pastor Jacob Helffenstein, withdrew from the Reformed Church in 1855 and became Presbyterian in 1858. In 1888, the church was rebuilt after the designs of architect George T. Pearson., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.64.3]

Title: Monument in Market Square, & Old church across from 5442 [Germantown Avenue], taken from 2nd floor window
Description: Glass negative showing Market Square taken from the second-story window at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The Civil War monument, consisting of a statue of a man standing on a carved pedestal, stands in the square to the left. A sidewalk and a metal fence border the square. The Market Square Presbyterian Church stands behind the square. A brick road with trolley tracks runs down the center. First called The Green, Market Square was established from land originally owned by James De la Plaine as early as 1703. As a center of community activity, Market Square contained not only market stalls but also the prison and stocks. Samuel B. Morris planted many of the Square’s original trees. Prominent buildings situated around the Square include the Deshler-Morris House, the German Reformed Church, and the Fromberger-Harkness House. The Market Square monument, built in 1883, commemorates the contributions of soldiers to the Civil War. Designed as a Union soldier, it rests on a pedestal made from granite taken from Devil’s Den, Gettysburg. The fence surrounding the monument was constructed from old musket barrels and bayonets. Cannons used during the war stand beside the monument. Originally built as a Dutch Reformed Church circa 1710, the Market Square Presbyterian Church became a German Reformed Church by 1732. The building was razed and rebuilt in 1838-1839, and then enlarged in 1857. The congregation, led by pastor Jacob Helffenstein, withdrew from the Reformed Church in 1855 and became Presbyterian in 1858. In 1888, the church was rebuilt after the designs of architect George T. Pearson. By the early 21st-century, it housed the Impacting Your World Christian Center., Photographer remarks: (2 plates), Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 24, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.64.5]

Title: Almost there. -- Lizzie Bourn's [sic] monument
Description: View of a monument adjacent to the Mount Washington Cog Railway. The monument, constructed of rocks and a marker, memorializes Lizzie Bourne, a 23 year-old hiker, who died September 14, 1853 while attempting to ascend Mount Washington. The railway organized and directed by Sylvester Marsh was completed in 1869. Shows a man sitting on the tracks directly opposite the monument., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Negative number printed on mount: No. 112., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kilburn Brothers, was a partnership between brothers Benjamin West Kilburn and Edward Kilburn from 1865 to 1877.
Creator: Kilburn Brothers
Date: [ca. 1874]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn Bros. - Views [5739.F.63a]

Title: Lincoln Monument, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia Annual greeting of the carriers of The Press to their patrons 1872
Description: View showing several park visitors surrounding the monument sculpted by Randolph Rogers that was erected in 1871 at East River (i.e, Kelly) and Lemon Hill drives. Visitors view the monument, converse, greet one another, read newspapers, sit on benches, and ride in carriages. Monument shows Abraham Lincoln, seated, with a quill in his hand after just signing the Emancipation Proclamation. The statue rests upon a pedestal adorned with sculpted garland, bronze eagles, and the City of Philadelphia’s Coat of Arms. The granite base is adorned with four panels inscribed with a dedication to and quotes from Lincoln of which two are visible. The monument was commissioned by the Lincoln Monument Association, one of the first such associations formed in the country, to raise funds for a city monument in memory of Lincoln. Also shows, in the background, boat houses along the Schuylkill River, river traffic, the West Philadelphia standpipe, and City Park Hotel., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 438, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Breuker & Kessler Co.
Date: [1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Monuments [P.9303.8]

Title: Entrance to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
Description: Shows the gatehouse composed of a Roman arch and colonnade built 1836 after the designs of cemetery architect John Notman at 3820-3822 Ridge Avenue. View includes three children standing in the gatehouse and the "Old Mortality" monument in the background., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50e]

Title: Entrance to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
Description: Shows the gatehouse composed of a Roman arch and colonnade built 1836 after the designs of cemetery architect John Notman at 3820-3822 Ridge Avenue. View includes three children standing in the gatehouse and the "Old Mortality" monument in the background., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50e]

Title: Entrance to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
Description: Shows the gatehouse composed of a Roman arch and colonnade built 1836 after the designs of cemetery architect John Notman at 3820-3822 Ridge Avenue. View includes three children standing in the gatehouse and the "Old Mortality" monument in the background., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50e]

Title: "Old Mortality." Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
Description: View looking from a pathway showing the shelter of the sculpture completed by sculptor James Thom circa 1836 in the central courtyard of the cemetery at 3822 Ridge Avenue. The partially visible sculpture, inspired by Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality," depicts Scott conversing with the main character of his novel, an elderly itinerant Scotsman who re-carved names on gravestones, seated on a tombstone near his horse. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title printed on mount., Trimmed buff paper mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50b]

Title: "Old Mortality." Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
Description: View looking from a pathway showing the shelter of the sculpture completed by sculptor James Thom circa 1836 in the central courtyard of the cemetery at 3822 Ridge Avenue. The partially visible sculpture, inspired by Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality," depicts Scott conversing with the main character of his novel, an elderly itinerant Scotsman who re-carved names on gravestones, seated on a tombstone near his horse. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title printed on mount., Trimmed buff paper mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50b]

Title: "Old Mortality." Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
Description: View looking from a pathway showing the shelter of the sculpture completed by sculptor James Thom circa 1836 in the central courtyard of the cemetery at 3822 Ridge Avenue. The partially visible sculpture, inspired by Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality," depicts Scott conversing with the main character of his novel, an elderly itinerant Scotsman who re-carved names on gravestones, seated on a tombstone near his horse. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title printed on mount., Trimmed buff paper mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50b]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the sheltered sculpture, "Old Mortality," completed by sculptor James Thom circa 1836 in the central courtyard of the cemetery at 3822 Ridge Avenue. The sculpture, inspired by Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality," depicts Scott conversing with the main character of his novel, an elderly itinerant Scotsman who re-carved names on gravestones, seated on a tombstone near his horse. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow paper mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [P.9260.76]

Title: Main Building - north entrance.
Description: View of the Main Building with two statues, railway cars, and horse cart in the foreground.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial album [P.8965.2e]

Title: The Dying Lioness.
Description: View of Dead Lioness Monument, owned by the Fairmount Park Commision, at southeast corner of Memorial Hall.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial album [P.8965.3f]

Title: Winged Horses.
Description: Winged Horses monument, owned by the Fairmount Park Commission, with people around base, in front of Memorial Hall.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial album [P.8965.3e]

Title: The Lake - Centennial grounds.
Description: Machinery Hall from the north side reflected in a lake, with a canoe and raft in front. The Howe Monument is seen to the right. A carriage and people are in front of the building.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - photos [P.9047.184]

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: [Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa.]
Description: Exterior view of the front of the Capitol building, including the bronze equestrian statue of former Pennsylvania Governor, General John Frederick Hartranft, sculpted by Frederick W. Ruckstuhl and installed in 1899. Joseph M. Huston was commissioned to design the new Capitol, constructed between 1902 and 1906, to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Forms part of the photograph album in the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Date: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.103.1]

Title: [Pennsylvania State Capitol building, exterior detail of front entrance and center dome, Harrisburg, Pa.]
Description: Exterior detail of the front entrance and center dome of the Capitol building, including at the top of the 272-feet high dome, the sculpted statue of Commonwealth, created by Roland Hinton Perry in 1904 and installed in May, 1905. Also visible in the lower lefthand corner, is the bronze equestrian statue of former Pennsylvania Governor, General John Frederick Hartranft, sculpted by Frederick W. Ruckstuhl and installed in 1899. Joseph M. Huston was commissioned to design the new Capitol, constructed between 1902 and 1906, to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Forms part of the photograph album in the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Date: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.103.2]

Title: 1776. Centennial Fountain, 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Erected under the auspices of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Description: View showing the fountain designed in honor of prominent Irish or Catholic Revolutionary heroes that was erected 1875-1877 by the national temperance society at Fountain Avenue and Avenue of the Republic on the Centennial grounds. The monument designed in the shape of a maltese cross by Herman Kirn contains statues of Father Theobold Matthew (Irish temperance reformer), Charles Carroll (only Catholic signer of the Declaration), Commodore Barry (Irish-born naval commander known as the Father of the American Navy), and Archbishop Caroll (first Catholic Bishop of the U.S.) mounted on fountain pedestals. The statues surround the central sculpted figure of Moses who holds the Ten Commandments. The Moses sculpture rests upon a rock-mound within a marble basin. Water flows over the rocks into a pool. Also shows visitors, including a woman with a parasol, strolling around the memorial. Another drinks from a cup at the "Matthew" fountain. The names of the revolutionary heros are printed below the image respective to their corresponding statue., Presented to James J. Brannen of Pittsburgh, a subscriber., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 2
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.2002.28]

Title: William Wirt Library and Literary Institute of Philadelphia [certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing an image depicting a bust of author, statesman, and ninth attorney general of the United States, William Wirt, on a pedestal inscribed with the text "William Wirt Library and Literary Institute, founded March 18th, 1834." Books with "United States," "Rome," and "Greece," written on the spines rest in front of an allegorical female figure that sits next to the monument. On the left, an eagle perched on an olive branch grasps a banner with a Greek phrase written on it. A charter, laurel wreath, and several books written by Wirt, including "Old Bachelor," "Life of P. Henry," "Spy" and "Speeches," lie on the ground in front of the eagle. In the background stands a decrepit pediment from an old Grecian building. The William Wirt Library and Literary Institute, a social and intellectual club, formed one month after Wirt's death in 1843., Not in Wainwright., Issued to J.J. Richards, signed by D. Perry Leidy, Secretary, W.W. Richards, President, and Clayton Haines, Vice President., Stamped wax seal with ribbon on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 278, Gift of David Doret., LCP AR [Annual Report] 2000 p. 66., Matthias S. Weaver, artist and lithographer for Thomas Sinclair, was an active member of the William Wirt Library and Literary Institute in the mid-1840s and wrote in his diary about his work on the Wirt Institute certificate beginning on April 6, 1842. One hundred copies of the lithograph were printed by Sinclair's shop in February of 1843.
Creator: Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847, artist
Date: [ca. 1843]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelphia certificates - Libraries [P.9772]

Title: Catholic T[otal] A[bstinence] Fountain. West [Fairmount] Park
Description: Glass negative showing the fountain designed in honor of prominent Irish or Catholic Revolutionary heroes that was erected 1875-1877 by the national temperance society at Fountain Avenue and Avenue of the Republic on the Centennial grounds. The monument designed in the shape of a maltese cross by Herman Kirn contains statues of Father Theobold Matthew (Irish temperance reformer), Charles Carroll (only Catholic signer of the Declaration), Commodore Barry (Irish-born naval commander known as the Father of the American Navy), and Archbishop Caroll (first Catholic Bishop of the U.S.) mounted on fountain pedestals. The statues surround the central sculpted figure of Moses who holds the Ten Commandments. The Moses sculpture rests upon a rock-mound within a marble basin. Water flows over the rocks into a pool. The Fountain, commissioned by the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, was created as an attraction for the 1876 Centennial Exposition., Photographer remarks: Dull day. Detail not sharp. Developed at G.V.s. [George Vaux's]. Poor picture. V[arnished]., Time: 5PM, Light: Not very strong., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 31, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.60]

Title: Monument in Market Square, & Old church across from 5442 [Germantown Avenue] taken from 2nd floor window
Description: Glass negative showing Market Square taken from the second-story window at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The Civil War monument, consisting of a statue of a man standing on a carved pedestal, stands in the square to the left. A sidewalk and a metal fence border the square. The Market Square Presbyterian Church stands behind the square. A brick road with trolley tracks runs down the center. First called The Green, Market Square was established from land originally owned by James De la Plaine as early as 1703. As a center of community activity, Market Square contained not only market stalls but also the prison and stocks. Samuel B. Morris planted many of the Square’s original trees. Prominent buildings situated around the Square include the Deshler-Morris House, the German Reformed Church, and the Fromberger-Harkness House. The Market Square monument, built in 1883, commemorates the contributions of soldiers to the Civil War. Designed as a Union soldier, it rests on a pedestal made from granite taken from Devil’s Den, Gettysburg. The fence surrounding the monument was constructed from old musket barrels and bayonets. Cannons used during the war stand beside the monument.Originally built as a Dutch Reformed Church circa 1710, the Market Square Presbyterian Church became a German Reformed Church by 1732. The building was razed and rebuilt in 1838-1839, and then enlarged in 1857. The congregation, led by pastor Jacob Helffenstein, withdrew from the Reformed Church in 1855 and became Presbyterian in 1858. In 1888, the church was rebuilt after the designs of architect George T. Pearson. By the early 21st-century, it housed the Impacting Your World Christian Center., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 24, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.64.6]

Title: Centennial Fountain grand march
Description: Printer: Thomas Hunter, Philadelphia., Cover illustration is a lithograph of the Centennial Fountain designed in honor of prominent Irish or Catholic Revolutionary heroes that was erected 1875-1877 by the national temperance society at Fountain Avenue and Avenue of the Republic on the Centennial grounds. The monument designed in the shape of a maltese cross by Herman Kirn contains statues of Father Theobold Matthew (Irish temperance reformer), Charles Carroll (only Catholic signer of the Declaration), Commodore Barry (Irish-born naval commander known as the Father of the American Navy), and Archbishop Caroll (first Catholic Bishop of the U.S.) mounted on fountain pedestals. The statues surround the central sculpted figure of Moses who holds the Ten Commandments. The Moses sculpture rests upon a rock-mound within a marble basin. Water flows over the rocks into a pool., Patriotic march for piano., Dedication: Respectfully dedicated to the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America., Seal of the C.T.U.of A. at bottom of tp; In very poor condition, torn, taped; List of New and Old Popular Standard Ballads by H. P. Danks and W.C. Baker is printed on page 6., Pencilled signature: C. O'Hara., Not in Wainwright, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with edits., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 92
Creator: Mack, Edward, 1826-1882, composer
Date: c1877
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Sheet Music Cen 9154.F (Brenner)

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: Freedman's National Monument
Description: Interior view showing the plaster model for the proposed design of the Freedman's Memorial to Lincoln by expatriate sculptor Harriet Hosmer when on display in the Boston Athenaeum, likely statuary gallery, in 1866. Shows, from an oblique angle, the model on top of a draped table and in front of two archways. The model of the Memorial design was composed of mutiple tiers on the top of which lied a figure of Lincoln in a sarcophagus within an open temple. An edited version of the words of the Emancipation Proclamation adorned the temple which stood on a base with a frieze designed with thirty-six female allegories representing the states of the Union during Lincoln's presidency. On the base below the temple was a sculptural cycle of African American history to that period. Four standing Black male figures on pedestals surrounded the base at each corner. The figures portrayed included a seminude, enslaved man, with his head down, and his wrists manacled; a soldier in uniform with a forward gaze and a bayonetted rifle in his hands that was pointed to the ground; an enslaved man who rests on a hoe with his head bowed down; and a soldier, looking ahead, and holding a gun. On the four outside corners were "Mourning Victories" with their trumpets reversed. The angle of the image shows a view of the model that includes the Lincoln figure, three of the African American men figures, and three of the "Mourning Victories.", Hosmer designed the Memorial in response to a monument project sponsored by the Western Sanitary Commission of St. Louis after formerly enslaved Charlotte Scott of Marietta, OH pledged $5 for a monument to Abraham Lincoln following his assassination in 1865. Donations from formerly enslaved persons grew to $20,000 within months of Scott's original donation. Hosmer later altered the design and an engraving of her new proposal appeared in the Art Journal (London), January 1, 1868. Hosmer's model, purported to cost over $100,000 to be executed, was never sculpted. After years of competing projects, designs, and sponsoring agencies, on April 14, 1876, a sculpture by Thomas Ball, "Emancipation," designed without the input of the formerly enslaved donors was erected in Lincoln Square, Washington, D.C. on an eastern edge of Capitol Hill., Title printed on mount., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by Harriet G. Hosmer, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts., Harriet Hosmer (1830-1908) was a lesbian, expatriate neoclassical sculptor, who was one of the most famous artists of her time. Hosmer had her own studio and her work often focused on idealized mythological female figures associated with strength and courage. Hosmer was also a women's rights activist and an inventor., Purchased with the Louise Marshall Kelly fund., See Kirk Savage, Standing soldiers, kneeling slaves: Race, war, and monument in nineteenth-century America (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997), p.89-128., John B. Heywood (d. 1870) operated a photographic studio in Boston circa 1858-circa 1870, when he then appears to have relocated to Chicago per 1870 census records. He may also be the J.B. Heywood who advertised a photographic studio in New Bern, N.C. in 1866. Between 1869 and 1870, he is listed in Boston at 25 Winter, the address of photographer and publisher Frank Rowell, who established a branch of his photographic studio in Chicago in 1867.
Creator: Heywood, John B., -1870, photographer
Date: 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - Heywood - Monuments & statues [P.2022.28.1]

Title: [Early model for Freedmen's Memorial by Thomas Ball]
Description: Front and oblique views with a dark background, likely photographed in Thomas Ball's studio, showing his model for a design later proposed and adapted for the Freedman's Memorial to Lincoln (erected 1876, Washington, D.C.) that was first discussed as a Lincoln monument in the later 1860s. Shows the model composed of a figure of Abraham Lincoln (left) and a kneeling, emancipated, enslaved Black man figure (right). The Black man figure, is portrayed in left profile, looking out toward the vista, and with his left knee to the ground and his right knee bent. His left foot is arched up from the ground. He holds his left hand with his knuckles to the ground and his right hand across his waist and resting on the inner elbow of his left arm. The figure has curly hair and wears a Liberty cap and a loin cloth. Broken shackles adorn his wrists. The Lincoln figure, attired in a suit with a long coat, stands, looks down on the Black man figure, and holds out his left hand above the kneeling man, while his right hand holds the Emancipation Proclamation (semi-rolled) on a plinth decorated with patriotic symbols. Symbols include a profile portrait of George Washington, the fasces of the U.S. Republic, and a shield adorned with the stars and stripes. The base of the plinth is inscribed "T. Ball 1865." The figures rest on a base marked "And upon this act-I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favour of Almighty God.", A national monument project sponsored by the Western Sanitary Commission of St. Louis was initiated after formerly enslaved Charlotte Scott of Marietta, OH pledged $5 for a monument to Abraham Lincoln following his assassination in 1865. Donations from formerly enslaved persons grew to $20,000 within months of Scott's original donation. After years of competing projects, designs, and sponsoring agencies, on April 14, 1876, Ball's sculpture adapted from the model depicted, the "Emancipation Memorial," and designed without the input of the formerly enslaved donors was erected in Lincoln Square, Washington, D.C. on an eastern edge of Capitol Hill., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Manuscript note on verso of verso of P.2023.32.1: Florence March 15th 1872. Emancipation Proclamation. T. Ball of Boston., Manuscript note on verso of verso of P.2023.32.1: Florence March 15th 1872. Emancipation Proclamation. T. Ball of Boston. Sculptor in Florence., Date from manuscript note on verso., Thomas Ball (1819-1911), sculptor, focused his career on the portrayal of statesmen and historical figures. He located to Florence to study sculpture in 1854. Between 1857 and 1865, he worked in Boston before returning to Florence until 1897. Ball was part of an expatriate community of artists and sculptors, including Hiram Powers, father of Longsworth Powers., See Kirk Savage, Standing soldiers, kneeling slaves: Race, war, and monument in nineteenth-century America (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997), p.77-83 and 114-123., RVCDC, Longsworth Powers (1835-1904), son of sculptor Hiram Powers, lived in Florence with his family in the 1830s and returned in 1860 and began a career as a sculptor and photographer. Powers photographed prominent men and women in the city.
Creator: Powers, Longsworth, 1835-1904, photographer
Date: [1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Powers [P.2023.32.1-2]

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