Genre photograph showing a young child with a violin facing a music stand and an old man seated at table, also holding a violin., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.12]
View of front facade of brick and sandstone Italianate style building. Architects Napoleon LeBrun and Gustav Runge formed a short-lived partnership to win design competition. Building constructed 1855-1857., Title from printed paper label., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbook of images relating to Philadelphia., 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. 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Theaters & halls [(8)1322.F.35g]
View of front and partial side facade of brick and sandstone Italiantate style building. Architects Napoleon LeBrun and Gustav Runge formed a short lived partnership to win the design competition. Building constructed 1855-1857., Printed label on verso contains title, series title, photographer's imprint and a list of Philadelphia views offered by the firm., Pale green mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date
ca. 1875
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Theaters & halls [P.9299.22]
View looking northwest showing the front facades of Horticultural Hall and the Academy of Music on the 200 block of South Broad Street. Also shows row houses north of Locust Street on the west side of the block in the right background. Horticultural Hall, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's headquarters on South Broad Street, was constructed after designs by Samuel Sloan in 1867. A fire destroyed this hall in early 1881, and it was rebuilt in 1882 after designs by Addison Hutton. Architects Napoleon LeBrun and Gustav Runge formed a short-lived partnership to win the design competition to build the sandstone Italaniate Academy of Music, constructed from 1855-1857., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: South Broad St., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9047.90]
View looking northwest on Broad Street from Spruce Street showing the east fronts of Beth Eden Baptist Church, built ca. 1869 after designs by Edward Tuckerman Potter; Horticultural Hall, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's headquarters on South Broad Street, built after designs by Samuel Sloan in 1867; and the Academy of Music built 1855-1857 after designs by Napoleon LeBrun and Gustave Runge., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Theaters and halls [P.9567.15]
View showing the north side of the 900 block of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: the Pennsylvania Central Railroad ticket office (901 Chestnut); Richelderfers, gentlemen's furnishings (903 Chestnut); and J.E. Gould, piano and organ dealer (923 Chestnut). Railroad ticket office heavily adorned with signage. Also includes partial view of an awning inscribed "[sil]ver plated war[es]" adorning the business on the adjacent corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets., Attributed to Robert Newell., Unmounted half of stereoview., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [(6)1322.F.94e]
