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Title: Privat [sic] residence near Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of residence partially obscured by trees. Includes a family (father, mother, and daughter) posed on the front lawn., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Residences [7992.F.21]

Title: Onoko Falls, Pa
Description: Landscape view showing two men sitting on a rustic bench overlooking a large waterfall in the forest near Jim Thorpe, Pa., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount and on verso., Buff 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.
Creator: Roberts & Fellows
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Roberts & Fellows [P.9047.123]

Title: Views of Catawissa Creek
Description: Views of men steadying or rowing canoes on the tree-lined creek near Stranger Hollow and Catawissa Island. Catawissa Creek is a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River in east central Pennsylvania., Yellow cardboard mounts, three with square corners, two with rounded corners. Photographer's printed labels pasted on versos. Includes one hand-colored stereograph (P.8484.6)., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Views [P.8484.6; P.8484.8; P.9058.151-153]

Title: Silver Brook
Description: View of a stone arch tunnel under which the shallow Silver Brook passes. A man stands in profile in front of a stone wall on the other side of the tunnel., Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists thirty-four other views in the series (No. 181-294)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Views [P.2002.21.9]

Title: Catawissa Creek at Stranger Hollow
Description: View of a man with his pants and shirt sleeves rolled up steadying a canoe in the calm, shallow waters of the tree-lined creek. Catawissa Creek is a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River in east central Pennsylvania., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Distributor's stamp on verso: William Y. McAllister Phila., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Views [P.2002.21.10]

Title: Horseshoe Curve
Description: View of a train going around the Horseshoe Curve on a double set of railroad tracks. A steep embankment drops down from either side of the tracks and a forested mountain rises up in the background. The Horseshoe Curve opened to train traffic on February 15, 1854 and allowed trains to travel over Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains., Image is made from the same negative as P.9644.22., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., William T. Purviance became an official photographer for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1867.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.), photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo-Purviance-transportation [P.9644.20]

Title: View on the line of the Pennsylvania Rail Road, Spruce Creek Tunnel
Description: View of a double set of tracks running along the Spruce Creek in Huntingdon County in Central Pennsylvania. The tracks run through a tunnel cut into a mountain in the background., Publisher's imprint on verso: Published by S.M. Morse, bookseller and stationer, dealer in pictures and picture frames, stereoscopes and views, 75 Main Street, Nashau, N.H., Label on verso printed by Miller & Best, 67 High St., Boston., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Transportation [P.9644.23]

Title: The Connoquenessing near Harmony
Description: Landscape view showing men fishing on the Connoquenessing Creek near Harmony, Pa. Also shows several people standing on a trestle bridge in the background., Pink mount with rounded corners., Title from label on negative., Gift of Francis J. Dallett., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9171]

Title: Views of the Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania
Description: Series of titled landscape views include, "View on Broadhead's Creek," "Little Bushkill Creek, above the Falls," "Buttermilk Falls," "Buttermilk Falls, vicinity of Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania," "Caldeno Falls," "Delaware River, from Prospect Rock," "The Gap, Blockhead Mountain," "The Gap, from the bed of the river," "Gap, from Table Rock, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania," "Marshall's Falls, Marshall's Creek," and "Mossy dell". Images depict tree-lined creeks, waterfalls, rocks, dams, a mossy dell and a snake in the Delaware Water Gap. Many of the views contain posed male figures, possibly John Moran and John Storey., Titles printed on labels pasted on versos., Photographer's labels pasted on versos., Imprint of distributor, Johnson & D'Utassy, photographers, printed on verso of two items in series: 952, 954, 956 Broadway, New York, corner Madison Square, opposite Fifth Avenue Hotel, and Kittatinny House, Delaware Water Gap, Pa. All branches of the photographic art executed in the most skillful manner and with despatch. Photographs colored in oil or water colors or india ink. N.B. A large and choice collection of stereoscopic views, taken from nature, on hand. John H. Johnson. Fred. George D'Utassy., Imprint of distributor, J.W. Queen & Co., 924 Chestnut Street, stamped on verso of one items in series., Buff and yellow mounts with square and rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Moran and Storey was a short-lived partnership between Philadelphia photographers John Moran and John Storey in the early 1860s.
Creator: Moran & Storey
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran & Storey - Views [8248.F.2-4; 8248.F.12; 8353.F.29; P. 2002.4.2; P.8771; P.8899; P.8982; P.9009.3; P.9079.7; P.9168.5; P.9462.21; P.9466.11-13]

Title: [Cohocking Creek, near Germantown, Philadelphia]
Description: View depicting a posed male figure near birch trees at Cohocking Creek near Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's gilt label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Moran, a Philadelphia photographer, specialized in landscape photography and often took artistic excursions with his painter brothers, Thomas and Edward.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8543]

Title: Marshall's Falls, near Delaware Water Gap, Pa
Description: Views depict a waterfall flowing from large rock formations into a stream in the Delaware Water Gap., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on labels pasted on versos., Manuscript note on publisher's label of one item [P.8709.2]: Marshall's Falls, near Del. Water Gap, Pa., Imprint of distributor, Johnson & D'Utassy, photographers, pasted over publisher's label on verso of two items in series [8248.F.6 and P.9462.11]: (formerly Johnson, Williams & Co.), 952, 954, 956 Broadway, New York, corner Madison Square, opposite Fifth Avenue Hotel, and Kittatinny House, Delaware Water Gap, Pa., Yellow mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Views [8248.F.6; P.8709.2; and P.9462.11]

Title: Mill dam on Mill Creek
Description: Landscape view showing a tree-lined creek from a dam. Includes a pile of stones in the foreground and a building on the bank of the creek in the right background., Title from manuscript notes on mount and verso., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging 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. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9079.8]

Title: Mountain Springs
Description: View of a man drinking from a canteen as he sits under an overhanging boulder in a forest. Another man is visible through the trees in the distance. Catawissa Creek is a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River in east central Pennsylvania, Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists thirty-eight views in the series (No. 324-361)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Views [P.2002.21.7]

Title: Unidentified residences, Pennsylvania
Description: Exterior views of unidentified residences in or near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shows residents sitting on their front porches and lawns and standing in their side yards, gardens, and driveways., Image P.9299.115 possibly depicts Wyck in Germantown. The earliest section of the house was built circa 1690 by Hans Milan. Center section and alterations were designed and completed by William Strickland in 1824. For nine generations the house belonged to the Wistar-Haines family. Image P.9299.111 possibly shows the Francis Cope House in East Germantown., Title supplied by cataloger., Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Pink curved mounts 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: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Residences [P.9299.111; P.9299.114-115; P.9299.122-123; P.9299.125]

Title: Retsilla
Description: Exterior view of the McAllister Family residence., Title stamped on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Buff mount with square corners., Manuscript note on verso reads: Retsilla, to my sister Fan, W.Y. McAllister, Sep. 29, 1860., Manuscript note in a scrapbook compiled in 1894 for J. Cook McAllister by his father William Young McAllister reads: Retsilla - our Delaware Co. home from 1859 to about 1877 - about 7 acres near Wallingford on the West Chester R.R. - The property was sold to L.H. Little and he has built a new house., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., 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: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - residences [P.9389.12]

Title: A homestead gate, Fisher's Lane, near Philada
Description: Winter view showing the entrance gate and snow-covered drive to an estate on Fisher's Lane in the Feltonville neighborhood of Philadelphia. Also shows a man and boy standing next to the open gate in the foreground and a man walking on the drive in the background. Drive flanked by bare trees. Dwelling visible in the distant background., Duplicate photograph, #37 entitled "Avenue leading to Mr. Dixon's Mansion," in Moran album, "Old Philadelphia Views, 1861." See albums - Moran [P.9265]., Title from label pasted on verso., Photographer's blind stamp on mount., Creme mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [P.8992.23]

Title: Moss Cataract
Description: View of a downhill stream running over a smooth rock bed covered in green moss in the Delaware Water Gap. Both sides of the stream are flanked by trees and bushes., Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists eighteen other titles in the series (No. 192-209). Also includes series titled A Trip on the Catawissa (No. 210-235)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Views [P.2002.21.8]

Title: Coke burning - Alleghenies
Description: Depicts coal miners covered in coal dust leading a mule-drawn coal car on makeshift tracks in the western Pennsylvania mountains. Other coal-workers, including a boy, work near a mound of dirt and ride a horse. Wood shacks stand in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Industry [P.8992.20]

Title: Horseshoe Curve
Description: View of a train going around the Horseshoe Curve on a double set of railroad tracts. A steep embankment drops down from either side of the tracks and a forested mountain rises up in the background. The Horseshoe Curve opened to train traffic on February 15, 1854 and allowed trains to travel over Pennsylvnia's Allegheny Mountains., View is made from the same negative as P.9644.20., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - transportation [P.9644.22]

Title: View at Kitanning Point
Description: View of a double set of railroad tracks curving alongside a mountain slope. A small wooden shack sits at the inside curved of the tracks. Kittaning Point was slightly west of Altoona, Pennsylvania on the Pennsylvania Railroad line., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., William T. Purviance became an official photographer for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1867.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.), photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo-Purviance-transportation [P.9644.21]

Title: Retsilla - 1860
Description: Exterior view of the McAllister Family residence., Title stamped on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Buff mount with square corners., Manuscript note in a scrapbook compiled in 1894 for J. Cook McAllister by his father William Young McAllister reads: Retsilla - our Delaware Co. home from 1859 to about 1877 - about 7 acres near Wallingford on the West Chester R.R. - The property was sold to L.H. Little and he has built a new house., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., 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: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - residences [P.9389.11]

Title: Cave near Lewistown
Description: View showing a man standing at the mouth of a large cave below a massive rock formation near Lewistown, Pennsylvania., Title on negative., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., 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 - Views [P.9568.1]

Title: Rising mist after rain. Juniata River
Description: Landscape view showing a man standing on railroad tracks running parallel to the Juniata River. Also shows mountains in the distance., Attributed to John Moran., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging 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 - Views [P.8992.21]

Title: The shaded nook
Description: View of two women attired in capes and hats sitting on rocks in a shaded nook., Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists thirty-six other titles in series (No. 362-397)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Views [P.9168.3]

Title: Penn R.R
Description: View of a bridge, possibly a railroad bridge, crossing over a creek. Cows and people stand on the bridge. Forested hills rise up in the background., Title on negative., Manuscript note on verso reads: R.E. Gilray., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo- unidentified - Bridges [P.9644.24]

Title: Scenery of the Allegheny Mountains and Pennsylvania Central R[ail] R[oad]
Description: Incomplete collection of the series, published by John Moran circa 1863, showing scenic views of the Allegheny Mountains and Conemaugh and Susquehanna rivers along the Pittsburgh division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The railroad (incorporated in 1846) traveled from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh through the mountain passage known as the "Horse Shoe Curve," completed in 1854. Three views attrtibuted to Moran titled, "Head Waters of the Susquehanna, Cambria Co., PA.," "Kittaning Point, Allegheny Mountains," and "The pass through Jack's Mountain, Huntingdon, Co." included as part of the series., Views depict: the forest at the summit of the Alleghanies; an overlook and rocky valley at Kittaning Point in the Alleghenies; old bed of the Conemaugh River; sand ridge at Mapleton at the foot of Jack's Mountain; views of the head waters of the Susquehanna River in Cambria County, and a canal lock in "Jack's Narrows" on the Juniata River. Three of the views include posed male figures., Cream mounts with square corners., Photographer's label pasted on verso of six views in the series., Six of the series are numbered: No. 237, 244, 254, 259, 260, and 294., Title stamped on mounts., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Moran, a Philadelphia photographer, specialized in landscape photography and often took artistic excursions with his painter brothers, Thomas and Edward. He resided at 806 Coates Street between 1862 and 1864.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8979.10; P.8992.14-19; P. 9462.20; P.9466.15]

Title: [Views of Milestown, Philadelphia along Old York Road, north of Branchtown, and above Oak Lane.]
Description: Series of views of the Philadelphia neighborhood. Shows a rundown cottage near a row of trees; a mill; and a creek. Views also include boys posed near the sites, including boys with a rowboat and holding fishing nets., Attributed to John Moran., Cream mounts with square corners., Three of images accompanied by labels., Series numbers include: 22., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of American views and Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., 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 - Views - Milestown [5739.F.1e; 5739.F.55b; 5759.F.1h; 5759.F.3c & i]

Title: The Dell in Fairmount Park postcards
Description: Depicts a wooded valley in Fairmount Park, just outside East Park, showing a rustic wooden bridge spanning a stream., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A09, 86A10 and 86B05., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: Glen near Horticultural Hall postcards
Description: Contains views of a wooded valley near Horticultural Hall, including a stream, a wooden pedestrian bridge and a stone arch bridge., Sheet numbers: 86A13 and 86A14., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: Old Court House & Market postcards
Description: Depicts the Old Court House and Market at the corner of Second and Market Streets looking west, showing the market sheds extending to Fourth Street. Also known as the Great Towne House, built in 1707 by Samuel Powell. Demolished in 1837., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.9049.5 and P.9049.16., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1905-1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Government buildings - [various]

Title: East River Drive postcards
Description: Depicts various views of East River Drive in Fairmount Park including the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park, built 1866-1867 by engineers John A. Wilson and Alexander C. Shand. Construction of bridge was one of many factors that enabled the implementation of a direct route from West Philadelphia to New York City. Includes trains travelling east and west over the bridge. Also depicts pedestrian and vehicular traffic on East River Drive near the bridge., Contains 59 postcards printed in color and 26 printed in black and white., Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge also known as the Mantua Junction Viaduct., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - East River Drive - 66-68]

Title: St. John's Orphan Asylum postcards
Description: Depicts boys playing on the lawn in front of the entrance to the orphanage and boys sitting on the lawn in front of Our Lady's Shrine., Photographs by Sliker., Sheet number: 138B18., Real photos. Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Tel-Aviv Inc. Hotel and Convalescent Home for the Elderly and Retired, 145 West School House Lane, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Collage of views depicting the hotel and convalescent home at 145 West School House Lane, built as the Louis Adler residence in 1915 after designs by Magaziner & Potter. Depicts an exterior view of the front facade, the garden and lawn, a semi-private room, a sitting room and a patient receiving oxygen., Numbered 3753 on verso., Also identified as the Cedars of Tel Aviv nursing home, started by Rabbi Hiatt. One of the first institutions in the city to offer kosher food to residents., Sheet number: 138A07., Divided back. Description of home on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1948
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Hotel Vendig postcards
Description: Contains images of the Hotel Vendig built circa 1911. Includes an exterior view looking northwest and interior views of the ladies' dining room, the ladies' writing and reception room and the entrance to the lobby., Sheet number: 118A01., Divided backs. Text on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1935
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Vendig through Walnut - 118]

Title: Near east park, Phila
Description: Etching looking southeast showing two men walking between two large mounds of land, one with a goat standing near the edge, the other surmounted by a frame shack surrounded by a fence. Also includes dwellings, a tower and a train traveling south on tracks running along Pennsylvania Avenue in the right background., Manuscript note on album page: S.E. corner 27th & Aspen., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.16]

Title: In ravine near Sweet Briar Fairmount Park, Phila
Description: Lithograph showing a stream flowing downhill and split around large rocks in a wooded area on Sweet Briar estate in West Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Includes a rabbit near the water's edge in the right foreground., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.5]

Title: View in Fairmount Park, Phila
Description: View of fenced-in garden adorned by decorative urns used as planters in Fairmount Park., Title and photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of J.F. Dallet.
Creator: Morse, S. R.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Morse - Parks [P.9500.2]

Title: Approach to Lemon Hill mansion
Description: View showing marble stairs ascending from tree-lined paths in Fairmount Park east of the Lemon Hill estate. Men and boys stand around a stone fountain at the base of the stairs., Title from manuscript note on mount., 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 Ms. Jane Carson James.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9299.55]

Title: Comlyville power loom factory. No. [blank] 50 1/2 yards. Warranted fast colours. J. Steel
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting an exterior view of the loom factory founded by Samuel Comly. Later known as the Frankford Woolen Mills., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1835]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Comlyville [1975.F.128]

Title: [Chestnut Street Bridge, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the iron arch bridge built over the Schuylkill River between 1861-1866 after the designs of Strickland Kneass. In the foreground, two boys stand on a rock and overlook the Schuylkill River, while a laborer maneuvers an empty wheelbarrow behind them. The Market Street Permanent Bridge, built from 1798-1806 after the designs of Timothy Palmer and expanded around 1850 to accommodate a connection between the city railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad, is also visible in the background. The Chestnut Street Bridge, partially funded and utilized by the Chestnut and Walnut Streets Passenger Railway Company, was demolished in 1958., Title supplied by cataloger., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Bridges [P.9058.166]

Title: [Winter rooftop view]
Description: Rooftop view from rear of dwelling looking over adjacent, snow-covered roofs and yards in the city., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint from embossed stamp on recto., Yellow mount with square corners., Possibly a view from one of George O. Bartlett's studios. He tenanted 602 Poplar Street with John E. Smith in 1867 and 1202 Chestnut Street the following year., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Views [P.2002.21.4]

Title: Boating party
Description: Shows two women and four men sitting in a covered boat resting at the edge of a lake in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Rocks, weeds and fallen leaves form the shore line., Buff mount with rounded corners., Note on verso: No. 17 Papa 1876., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Gift of Raymond Holstein.
Creator: Hemple, A. H., (Alfred) photographer, fl. 1860-1879
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Fairmount Park [P.2011.47.856]

Title: Mineral spring fountain
Description: View showing the canopy or gazebo housing the iron fountain on the Lemon Hill estate in East Fairmount Park. Also shows men and women standing near the fountain, which was installed in 1871., Written on negative: 116, Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint partially obscured by print on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink 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: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.86]

Title: View on the Schuylkill
Description: View looking north showing a steamboat near the steamboat landing on the Schuylkill River immediately north of the Fairmount Water Works. Also shows two steamboats on the river near the landing and George Popps' floating Park Boat House in the background near Boathouse Row., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink 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: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.75]

Title: No. [blank] Philadelphia County, ss. [blank] has paid to me for the use of the commonwealth, twenty dollars which entitles [blank] to wholesale or retail foreign merchandize, and liquors as a wholesale dealer or a retailer of foreign merchandize and liquors of the fifth class, within the city of Philadelphia, for one year, from the first day of may, one thousand eight hundred and thirty one. [blank] Treasurer of the city of Philadelphia
Description: A merchant's license., Printed area measures 7.7 x 12.3 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. for B.H. Yarnall, license no. 18, with the date altered to May 1, 1835; signed by Cornelius Stevenson, city treasurer. Benjamin H. Yarnall is listed in Philadelphia directories as an ironmonger and hardware merchant., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Philadelphia County (Pa.)
Date: [1831]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1831 Phila Cou 3321.F.53

Title: View in the park
Description: Landscape view showing the feather-like plumage of a large white pampas grass plant in the center foreground. Includes landscaped garden with shrubs and trees in the background., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint obscured by photograph pasted on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink 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 Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.90]

Title: Fish pool and fountain
Description: View showing a stone fountain at the base of a marble entrance stairway in Fairmount Park east of the Lemon Hill estate at the Brown Street entrance. Men, women, and children sit on benches and stand on tree-lined paths near the fountain., Title printed on verso in numbered list with fifty-seven other titles in the series (No. 1-57)., Publisher's imprint printed on series label pasted on verso., 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: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.59]

Title: On the Wissahickon
Description: View of the trellised Kitchen's Lane Bridge spanning Wissahickon Creek. Shows a man fishing from the rocky bank of the creek in the foreground and an old stone mill building in the background. Bridge removed ca. 1925., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator: Bartlett & French
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.9058.148]

Title: The joys of winter on the Wissahickon Drive, Philadelphia
Description: Winter view showing a man in the foreground observing traffic on Wissahickon Drive on the opposite side of Wissahickon Creek. Traffic includes horse-drawn sleighs, horses, and pedestrians walking in the snow that blankets the drive and trees in the park., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: c1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Parks [P.9450.1]

Title: U.S. Custom House postcards
Description: Depicts the U.S. Custom House built 1819-1824 after designs by William Strickland as the Second Bank of the United States. From 1844 to 1932 the building housed the Philadelphia Custom House., Contains 7 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - U.S. Custom House - 34]

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