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Title: 250th anniversary of the settlement of Germantown under the auspices of the Germantown historical society, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: "The historical text ... is by Edward W. Hocker, librarian of the Germantown historical society.", Gift of David Doret, 2019., Library copy in printed paper wrappers., Library copy has insertion of broadside titled, "The First protest against slavery, Germantown, 1688," compliments of Howard T. Landes, Pastor Germantown Mennonite Church since 1928.
Creator: Germantown Historical Society, author
Date: [1933]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Ephemera [P.2019.64.1]

Title: Girard Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia
Description: View of the Girard Avenue Bridge, completed in 1872 to 1874 after the designs of Philadelphia architects Henry A. and James P. Sims, over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. The wrought-iron Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, demolished in 1971, also served as a pedestrian bridge. Shows shrubs and trees growing on boths sides of the shoreline., Title from text printed on mount., Date inferred from content., Text on negative: No. 89. Girard Avenue Bridge., Gift of David Doret, 2011., Image is mounted on the verso of: photo - unidentified - government buildings [P.2011.45.14].
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo- unidentified - government buildings [P.2011.45.15]

Title: On foot of Blue Ridge Mountains, Pa
Description: Lithograph showing a covered wagon hitched to four hourses. In the center, a man sits on horseback and talks to a man standing and holding a whip. A woman holds a baby and stands in front of a wooden home with a paddock. In the left is an empty cart. Trees and hills fill the background., Printed lower left: 13., Title from inscription lower right., Date based on publication date of series: North American Foliage and Trees., First word in title on print in lower case: on., Gift of David Doret., See Nicholas B. Wainwright, "Augustus Kollner, Artist" in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 84 (1960) 325-351.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, 1812-1906, artist
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC-Views-United States-Pennsylvania [P.2010.35.4]

Title: Nay Aug Falls, Pa
Description: View depicting the rushing water of Nay Aug Falls in Scranton, Pa. Trees and shrubs grow on both sides of the falls that were approximately fifteen-feet high., Title from manuscript note written on mount on recto., Date inferred from content., Yellow mount with square corners., Photographer’s label on verso: No. [120] Johnson’s Photographic Views, Tenth Series, Studies from Nature [Nay Aug Falls] Photographed by T.H. Johnson, Scranton, Pa., Color two-cent internal revenue stamp with portrait of George Washington on verso., Manuscript note written on verso: [Bo’t of?] Ballantyne – 7th ed. Wash. D.C. June 6, 65. 32[?]., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Johnson, T.H. (Thomas H.), 1821-
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Photos [P.2019.64.50]

Title: Girard Ave. Bridge
Description: View looking east from Girard Avenue showing the Girard Avenue Bridge, completed in 1872-74 after the designs of Philadelphia architects Henry A. and James P. Sims, over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. The wrought-iron Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, demolished in 1971, also served as a pedestrian bridge. Also includes a partial view of the nearby New York Connecting Railway Bridge, completed in 1867. In the foreground, spectators observe the river., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1874]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.2010.6.6]

Title: A View of Reading Taken from the west side of Schuylkill and most respectfully dedicated to the citizens of Berks County Pa
Description: View depicting Reading, Pa. from the west side of the Schuylkill River. In the foreground, foot and vehicular traffic travels on the dirt roads alongside the river’s edge, including a woman carrying a pail, a barefooted white boy with a bag and a dog at his feet, and a horse-drawn carriage carrying a white man and a woman. The women’s faces are obscured by the bonnets they wear. Also near the river, three cows lie down and one stands beside a wooden fence. Boats travel down the river. In the background, the cityscape of Reading is visible including buildings, houses, churches with steeples, and roads., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Holtzwart, Frederick A., artist
Date: [ca. 1837]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.40]

Title: The Reception committee of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania requests the pleasure of the company of [Mr. Ferdinand J. Dreer] 1897 on Thursday evening, March 11th from eight until half-past eleven o’clock. 1300 Locust Street
Description: Engraved invitation with script lettering from the Reception Committee of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to Ferdinand J. Dreer. Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902) was a Philadelphia goldsmith, jeweler, and autograph collector., Title and date from item., Part of title written in manuscript: 1897., Gift of David Doret, 2019., See related invitations to Ferdinand J. Dreer [P.2019.64.7-12; P.2019.64.14-15].
Date: 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.13]

Title: The Reception committee of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania requests the pleasure of the company of [Ferdinand J. Dreer] on Thursday evening, [February 1st] from eight until half-past eleven o’clock. 1894. 1300 Locust Street
Description: Engraved invitation with script lettering from the Reception Committee of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to Ferdinand J. Dreer. Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902) was a Philadelphia goldsmith, jeweler, and autograph collector., Title and date from item., Part of title written in manuscript: 1894., Gift of David Doret, 2019., See related invitations to Ferdinand J. Dreer [P.2019.64.7-11; P.2019.64.13-15].
Date: 1894
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.12]

Title: Dr aught, Dauphin County, Frederick Lubold, 48 acres 56 perches strictmeasure
Description: Manuscript property map with printed illustration showing landowner’s names, land patents, and acreage of properties in Lykens, Pa. Properties listed include: Frederick Lubold, Frederick Harner, Jr., George Hoffman, John Gerger, George Rissinger, George Mayer, and Theodor Gratz. Also contains an illustration engraved by George Gilbert in the top center and depicting a crest with a ship, a plow, and sheaves of wheat. Above the crest is an eagle with outstretched wings and that is flanked by two horses on each side. Illustration also includes a banner reading “Virtue, Liberty, & Independence” that spans the bottom edge of the image., Title and date from item., Manuscript written on recto: Resurveyed and Divided formerly for Frederick Lubold, on the Twentythird Day of November, Anno Domini, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fortythree. The above Described tract of Land, Situate in Lykens Township, in the County of Dauphin, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Containing Fortyeight Acres and Fiftysix Perches of Land, Strictmeasures. Which being part of a larger tract of Land. John Paul, Jun’r., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Paul, John, Jr., surveyor
Date: [1843]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Manuscripts [P.2019.62.6]

Title: Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia
Description: View of the Fairmount Water Works and depicting the Engine House, Pavilion and Entrance Houses, and the Old Mill House. Also shows the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount in the right background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederic Graff, Jr., Title from text printed on mount., Date inferred from content., Text on negative: No. 90. Fairmount Water Works., Gift of David Doret, 2011., Image of Independence Hall is mounted on the verso: photo - unidentified - public utilities [P.2011.45.17]., Frederick Graff, Jr. (1817-1890) was chief engineer of Philadelphia's Water Department from 1847 to 1856 and 1866 to 1872. His father Frederick Graff (1774-1847) was superintendent of the Philadelphia Water Works in 1805 and recommended their relocation to Fairmount in 1811. He designed the Fairmount Water Works, which was constructed between 1812 and 1822.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo- unidentified - public utilities [P.2011.45.16]

Title: Part of ward 7
Description: Plate from a Philadelphia ward atlas showing a section of the seventh ward. Map includes area from Pine to South Streets and Eighteenth through Fifteenth Streets. Buildings are labeled with property owner, business, organization, and school names, including the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity, Thomas Durham Public School, Frederick Douglas Memorial Hospital & Training School, and Wesley A.M.E. Church., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Scale statement on map reads, “50 feet to one inch.”, Printed on recto: Plate 19., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.49]

Title: Part of ward 7
Description: Plate from a Philadelphia ward atlas showing a section of the seventh ward. Map includes area from Pine to South Streets and Nineteenth through Sixteenth Streets. Buildings are labeled with property owner, business, organization, and school names, including Philadelphia Polyclinic & College, St. Marks Church, and the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Scale statement on map reads, “50 feet to one inch.”, Printed on recto: Plate 18., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.48]

Title: Summer rambles. - Frankford Creek
Description: View of a tree stump covered with brush on the bank of the Frankford Creek in Philadelphia, Pa. The stump, with an overgrowth of plants on top of it, rests on the edge of the bank as the creek flows around it. Trees and shrubs are visible growing in the background., Title from item., Date from manuscript note written on verso: Nov. 14, 62, -- 25 [?], Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Distributor's name embossed on mount on recto: Paul & Curtis, New York., Manuscript note written on verso: Frankford Creek, near Phila. Penn., Gift of David Doret., See duplicate, trimmed copy: stereo - Moran - Views - Frankford [5759.F.19].
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: Nov. 14, 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Photos [P.2019.64.51]

Title: Germantown
Description: Cover title., "Published in the interests of Germantown's progress ..." -- Page 1, Gift of David Doret, 2019., Library copy in printed paper wrappers.
Date: [©1937]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Ephemera [P.2019.64.5]

Title: Special edition for sesqui-centennial visitors where to go and what to see in Philadelphia
Description: Gift of David Doret, 2019., Library copy in printed paper wrappers.
Date: [1926]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Ephemera [P.2019.64.6]

Title: Philadelphia: a guide made for the convenience of people interested in the city's notable history and present achievements
Description: Cover title: A friendly guide-book to Philadelphia., Gift of David Doret, 2019., Library copy in printed paper wrappers.
Creator: John Wanamaker (Firm), firm, Philadelphia
Date: ©1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Ephemera [P.2019.64.3]

Title: New Masonic Temple, corner Broad & Filbert Sts. Phila, Pa. To be dedicated Sept. 26, 1873
Description: View looking northeast showing the west front and north flank of the new Masonic Temple, built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim. Also shows construction materials and a dray in the street in front of City Hall in the right foreground., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1873]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Associations [P.2010.6.19]

Title: Landsdown walk
Description: View showing a group of men and women standing and sitting on a paved walkway near the Schuylkill River in the Lansdowne section of Fairmount Park., Title printed on verso in numbered list with one hundred other titles in the series (No. 1-100)., Publisher's imprint printed on series label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.11]

Title: Near Gettisburg [sic] [Pa.]
Description: Lithograph showing a stream coursing through the landscape, finally flowing under a bridge in the background. In the foreground, there is an island in the middle of the stream with three trees. In the right, a horse lowers his head to drink. A horse-drawn covered wagon travels over the bridge in the background., Title from inscription lower right., Date based on publication date of series: North American Foliage and Trees., First word in title on print in lower case: near., Gift of David Doret., See Nicholas B. Wainwright, "Augustus Kollner, Artist" in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 84 (1960) 325-351.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, 1812-1906, artist
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC-Views-United States-Pennsylvania [P.2010.35.3]

Title: Gallitzen [sic] and the great tunnel. Pennsylvania Central Rail Road
Description: View of construction on the Pennsylvania Railroad track in front of the tunnel at Gallitzin, Pa. Shows three men laborers, bent over, and laying down new wooden railroad ties on tracks leading to a tunnel through the mountainside. The figures are slightly blurred. In the right, a train car carrying a load of railroad ties rests near several large stacks of wood alongside the tracks. Adjacent to the stacks, beside the tracks, and on a hill in the background, several buildings and townscape is visible. The Gallitzin Tunnels are a set of three adjacent tunnels through the Allegheny Mountains completed in 1854, 1855, and 1902 by the Pennsylvania Railroad in Gallitzin, Pa., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Photos [P.2019.64.26]

Title: Girard College for orphans at Philadelphia, Penn
Description: Exterior view of Girard College constructed 1833 to 1847 after the designs of Thomas Ustrick Walter at 1201-1211 West College Avenue, Philadelphia. In the center, shows Founders Hall designed in the Greek-Revival style with columns and a pediment. Two outbuildings flank either side of the Hall. A number of boys walk on the school grounds. Outside the walled campus, pedestrians walk along the sidewalk. Horse-drawn carriages travel down the street. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor, white, orphaned boys. The outbuildings, originally named Building 1 through 4, were used as student dormitories and residences for the president and teacher. In 1927, the buildings were renamed, Allen Hall, Bordeaux Hall, Mariner Hall, and Merchant Hall., Title and date from duplicate copies in Library Company collection., Trimmed and lacking title and imprint., Gift of David Doret., See related copies: **Ph Pr - Education - Girard [5225.F.7; 5225.F.11].
Creator: Graham, A. W., engraver
Date: [ca. 1840 or 1847]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.39]

Title: [Bunch, the horse, pulling William W. Cutair's West Philadelphia express wagon]
Description: Shows Bunch the horse harnessed to a wagon on a dirt road. A young man, attired in a collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up, suspenders, tie, pants, and boots, is seated in the driver's seat and holds the reins. Three children sit in the vehicle and look at the viewer. Another man, attired in a collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up, suspenders, pants, and boots, stands next to the wagon with his left hand holding the side of the vehicle., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from manuscript note written on verso: Taken Sept. 1908 on 66th St. north of Haverford Av. Bunch (horse) bought Jan. 4, 1907, the day Frances was born., Photographer's imprint stamped in lower right corner., Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - DiFazio [P.2010.6.20]

Title: U.S.P.O. & C., Lancaster, PA
Description: Exterior view of the United States Post Office and Courthouse built in 1892 after the designs of architect William Alfred Freret Jr. at 120 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pa. Shows the Venetian-Renaissance style building with a tower, and an American flag flying on a pole. A woman walks through the front door. Men, women, and children pedestrians walk on the sidewalk. A woman and girl walk a dog, and a dog runs through the street towards them. A horse-drawn carriage and a man on horseback travel down the street. The building was converted into City Hall in 1931., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of the artist and publisher and content., Printed signature under the image: Will. A. Freret, Supervising Architect., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Peters, N. (Norris), lithographer
Date: [ca. 1892]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Government buildings - PA [P.2010.21.4]

Title: Horticultural Hall, Phila
Description: View looking west at the front elevation of Horticultural Hall, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's headquarters on South Broad Street. Gas lamps flank the entrance stairs and broadside posters adorn the front of the building and can be seen along the fence separating the hall from the Academy of Music. Includes a partial view of Lardner Street (i.e. Back Place). Samuel Sloan designed the hall in 1867. A fire destroyed this hall in early 1881, and it was rebuilt in 1882 after designs by Addison Hutton., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Stamped twice on verso: J.B. Sample., Yellow 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 David Doret.
Creator: De Young's Palace Dollar Store (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young's - Theatres and halls [P.2010.6.3]

Title: Girard College. Front view
Description: Partial exterior view of the front facade of Founder's Hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter at 1201-1211 West College Avenue. Also shows a group of women standing in the doorway of the building. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for "poor white orphans.", Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with rounded corners., For duplicate view see stereo - Newell - Education [P.8643.1], Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Education [P.2010.6.15]

Title: View from Belmont, Phila. Park. Schuylkill River in the distance with Penna R.R. Bridge
Description: View looking south from Belmont Mansion in West Fairmount Park showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in the distant left background. One of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, it was completed in 1834 after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad. The Reading Railroad purchased the bridge in the 1850s., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.7]

Title: Grand Centennial depot, at the main entrance to the exhibition grounds
Description: View of the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot located opposite of the Centennial Exhibition grounds in Philadelphia in 1876. Shows trains arriving on the railroad tracks in front of the depot. In the right, depicts the Globe Hotel and the Trans-Continental Hotel, which were built to accommodate visitors to the Centennial Exhibition. Large crowds of pedestrians walk, and horse-drawn carriages and omnibuses travel down the street. The Globe Hotel was operated by John A. Rice and contained 1,000 rooms to house 3,000 to 5,000 guests for $5 a day., Title from item., Date from content., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ** Phila Prints - Events - Centennial [P.2011.45.1]

Title: Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of Pennsylvania Hospital, founded in 1751 by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin, built between 1755-1805 at 801-849 Pine Street, Philadelphia. In the foreground, shows the fence surrounding the multi-winged hospital and a row of trees. The West wing of the hospital was built 1794-1796 and the center house built 1794-1805 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. Building altered between 1846-1853 after the designs of John McArthur and John McArthur, Jr., Title from item., Date from publication date of the book the illustration appears in: James Mease. Picture of Philadelphia. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert Desilver, 1831)., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Creator: Gilbert, George, active 1818-1836, engraver
Date: [ca. 1831]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Print Ph Pr 8x10 - Hospitals - Pennsylvania Hospital [P.2011.45.23]

Title: Junger Maennerchor, Philadelphia, 1868
Description: Group portrait in an outdoor setting, probably the Junger Maennerchor annual picnic and summer night's festival at Schützen Park, depicting hundreds of members (several with their faces likely based after photographs) of the German-American choral society founded in 1852. The massive crowd of white men sit, stand, drink beer, and smoke cigars and pipes. In the left foreground, a number of men hold sheets of music, with one, seated, and in the gesture of conducting across from another seated men leaning on a bound volume resting on a stack of bound volumes of likely music. Also shows a man in the right foreground pouring beer from a keg, and in the center background, two men on horseback, a man holding the society flag, and a man holding a trophy and gesturing toward another man. In the far background, pavilions, several trees, and a partially obscured building is visible. The men are attired in shirt sleeves or suits with ties. Some also wear hats or their hats rest beside them on the ground or they hold walking sticks. By the mid-1870s, German-Americans had formed 24 singing societies in Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Includes pictorial detail of an eagle with a lyre and a banner reading "Junger Maennerchor" within the title text between the words "Maennerchor" and "Philadelphia.", Title and date from item., Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 299
Creator: Ch. P. & A. J. Tholey, artist
Date: [1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2020.39.11]

Title: Philadelphia flower show, Commercial Museum, March 7th to 12th 1932
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia Flower Show depicting a floral exhibit. Shows a trail in a forest with trees, shrubs, and pink azalea bushes. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society organized the first flower show in 1829, although the official Philadelphia Flower Show began in 1925 at the Commercial Museum. The show relocated to the 23rd Armory in 1965, to the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1966, and to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in 1996. The Commercial Museum opened in 1897 at 34th and South Streets, Philadelphia., Title and date from item., Gift of David Doret, 2019.
Date: 1932
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.23]

Title: [Engineer drawings published in the Water Supply of the City of Philadelphia by a Proposed Aqueduct from the Norristown Dam and the Acquisitions of the Works of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, 1891]
Description: Collection of thirteen drawings and one blueprint showing the proposed route by the Schuylkill Navigation Company (E. F. Smith, C.E.) for an aqueduct running from the Norristown Dam to the Schuylkill River. Drawings include: "1. Map of the Drainage Area of the Schuylkill River Showing the Location of Pools and Canals of the Schuylkill Navigation" depicting mountains, creeks, drainage areas, canals, and dams between Broad Mountain and Philadelphia; "3. Profile and Details of the Proposed Aqueduct to Convey the Water of the Schuylkill River from the Norristown Dam to the Pumping Station of the City of Philadelphia" showing cross-sections of creek crossings, conduits, tunnel grades, shaft locations, and “Section through Centre of Arch River Crossing”; "4. Plan Elevation and Section of Schuylkill River Bridge Near Belmont and other Crossings on line of Proposed Aqueduct from Norristown Dam to the Pumping Stations of the City of Philadelphia" showing the bridge elevation, cross-sections of the bridge (e.g. “Buckle Plate Floor and Asphalt Pavement”), map of the area near the Schuylkill River, East Park Reservoir, Thirty-third , Diamond, and Oxford Streets, and “Culvert of Ravine at Edgley, East Park; "Plans and Elevations of Inlet and Gate Houses on the Line of a Proposed Aqueduct for the Water Supply of the City of Philadelphia" showing ground plans and gate house sections and not the elevations” by Furness, Evans & Co., Architects”; "Map of the Valley of Tumbling Run Showing the Lands of the Schuylkill Navigation Co. with the Existing and Proposed Reservoirs Therein and its Drainage Area" showing the area between the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Sharp Mountain (East Norwegian Township), Second Mountain (Manheim Township), and containing notes about right of way, existing and proposed reservoirs, distances and widths;, "I. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation from Tumbling Run to head of Lord’s Dam No. 14" showing landforms, Schuylkill River, the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad, dams and towns along the river, and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers; "II. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation, from Head of Lords Dam No. 14 to Red Hill Shoemakersville" showing Schuylkill and Berks Counties, Blue Mountains, Schuylkill River and dams along it, Stony Creek and Lands, insets of sites along the river, and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers; "III. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation from Red Hill Shoemakersville to Felix’s Dam No. 19" showing the Schuylkill River, Berks County, dams, creeks, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers; "IV. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation from Felix’s Dam No. 19 to Big Reading Dam No. 24" showing the Schuylkill River and dams along it, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Berks County, Reading, Neversink, Flying Hill, and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers; "V. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation from the Big Reading Dam No. 24 to Sixpenny Creek" showing the Schuylkill River, Berks County, Wilmington and Pennsylvania Northern Railroad, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Birdsboro, Monocacy, Girard Canal, creeks, and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers; "VI. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation from Sixpenny Creek to Fricks Locks" showing Berks, Montgomery and Chester Counties, Monocacy, the Schuylkill River, Pottstown, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, creeks, and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers;, "VII. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation from Fricks Locks to Mouth of Perkiomen" showing Montgomery and Chester Counties, the Schuylkill River and dams along it, Girard Canal, Black Rock Hills, Phoenixville, and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers; "VIII. Plan of Property and Works of the Schuylkill Navigation from Mouth of Perkiomen to Norristown" showing Chester and Montgomery Counties, Schuylkill River and dams along it, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Chester Valley Railroad, Valley Hills, Barbadoes Island, Norristown, Bridgeport, and notes about property lines, right of way, and schedule numbers; and an untitled, unattributed, and undated drawing showing dam capacities (Black Rock, Pawlings, Catfish, Norristown) water depths, and nineteen points (towns, creek mouths, inlets, furnaces, gate houses, pumping stations) between Black Rock Dam and Fairmount. The aqueduct was to facilitate an improvement to the quality of drinking water for the city. The supply was becoming increasingly polluted through the manufacturing districts surrounding the Fairmount Park pumping stations and the nearby Schuylkill Valley. The project was under the direction of E. F. Smith, engineer and superintendent of the Schuylkill Navigation Co. which was originally chartered in 1815 to make the Schuylkill River navigable., Title supplied by cataloger., Drawings dated by artist May 1891., Majority of drawings numbered in upper right corner with a Roman numeral or Arabic number: 0-1; 3-4; I-VIII., Majority of drawings signed in lower left corner: Emil L. Nuebling, Del., Plan Elevation and Section of Schuylkill River Bridge Near Belmont and other Crossings on line of Proposed Aqueduct from Norristown Dam to the Pumping Stations of the City of Philadelphia (P.2008.12) signed lower left corner: W. S. Davis, Del., Drawings include horizontal and/or vertical scales., Many of the drawings include “Schedule Numbers.”, Some of the drawings include compasses., Some of the drawings vary from their published versions including 1. Map of the Drainage Area ... which does not include a “Table” (P.2008.13.10) and Plans and Elevations of Inlet and Gate Houses ... which does not include “Elevation” views., Manuscript note on verso of P.2008.13.10: Map of the Drainage Area of the Schuylkill River. Showing locations of Pools and Canals., Stamped on verso of P.2008.13.10: Case 4; Box I-5; No. 6238., Gift of David Doret., Emil L. Nuebling, a Reading, Pa. native and civil engineer, trained in Reading and Newark, N.J. before receiving by 1891 an appointment under E. F. Smith of the Schuylkill Navigation Co. He also worked for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad before becoming engineer and superintendent of the Reading Water Works in 1895. He worked as Reading's water engineer through the early 20th century.
Creator: Nuebling, Emil L., -1926, artist
Date: May 1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department rolled maps - Schuylkill - Box 1- Box 3 [P.2008.13]

Title: [Pennsylvania Railroad Connecting Railway Bridge from Lansdowne, Philadelphia]
Description: View from the west bank of the river showing men and a woman holding a child standing and sitting near a rustic railing overlooking the New York Railroad Bridge, known as the Connecting Railway Bridge, built from 1866-1867 after the designs of Pennsylvania Railroad Chief Engineer John A. Wilson. The PRR bridge served as the railroad’s first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City., Title supplied by cataloger., Series list printed on verso. Includes one hundred titles in the series (No. 1-100)., Publisher's imprint printed on series label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.12]

Title: Joy
Description: View of the statue "Joy," designed by Raimondo Pereda, on display in the Italian section of the Art Gallery Annex. Depicts a young child grasping a small animal in its hand. 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 David Doret., 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.2010.6.4]

Title: Northumberland am Susquehannah (verein staaten v. nordamerica
Description: View of the Susquehanna River near Northumberland, Pa. Shows the Susquehanna River flowing with several bridges crossing over it. Buildings and houses of Northumberland are visible along the shoreline. Mountains rise in the background., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Text printed beneath image: Aus. d. Kunstanst, d. Bibli. Instit. in Hildbh.; Eigenthum d. Verleger., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Rottmann, A, engraver
Date: [ca. 1835.]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Views - U.S. - Pennsylvania - Northumberland [P.2010.6.31]

Title: View of Cameron Street arch. Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Bridge, Harrisburg, Pa
Description: Ground-level view of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Bridge created after the designs of Arnold Brunner, Sidney Ross, and William Gehron and completed in 1930 in Harrisburg, Pa. Shows automobiles driving under the multiple arches of the stone bridge. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalks on the street and across the span of the bridge above. The bridge memorialized those who served in the armed forces during World War One. Architects Sidney Ross and William Gehron revised the plans which Arnold Brunner began after his death in 1925., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Unidentified artist’s mark in the lower right recto.
Date: [ca. 1930]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.47]

Title: [St. David's Church and cemetery, Wayne, Pennsylvania.]
Description: View depicting the Episcopal stone church (built 1715-1717) and surrounding cemetery on Valley Forge Road in Radnor and border of Wayne, Pa. Trees adorn the property lined by headstones., Title supplied by cataloger., Date supplied from original provenance copyrighted in 1890 and published in parts between 1891? and 1894?, Published in Historic churches of America; their romance and their history (Philadelphia : H.L. Everett, [1891?-1894?]), Part IV., Signed by artist in lower right., Includes remarque depicting a vignette view of "Gen'l Wayne's Monument" in lower left., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Taylor, M.M, etcher
Date: [1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2018.63.20]

Title: A group of new fuchias From H. A. Dreer's Seed and Plant Establishment, 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Supplemental illustration to a garden calendar depicting sprigs of fuchias in tones of white, red, and purple. The sprigs also contain leaves. Each specimen is annotated with a printed number. Henry A. Dreer established a seed store in Philadelphia in 1838. It was incorporated in 1892 under his son, William F. Dreer, who assumed the business operations following his father's death in 1873., Title from item., Date from item., Includes key to flower specimens below image: No. 1. Regalia; " 2. Montrose; " 3. Enchantress; " 4. Tribune; " 5. Arabella Improved; " 6. Conspicua., Manuscript note on recto: Jane Darlington., Gift of David Doret., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1898]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2018.63.17]

Title: View in the park
Description: View of a marble sculpture, probably Dionysus, in Fairmount Park, Pa. Shows the sculpture of Dionysus, attired in a loincloth, a crown of ivy and grapes, and carrying a thysus, i.e., a staff topped with a pine cone which symbolizes fertility. Behind and near the sculpture a walkway and tree are visible. In the left, a person, attired in a brimmed hat, sits on the grass and looks at the viewer. Urns filled with plants decorate the edge of the path. In the right a collection of tree branches lies by the tree near the sculpture., Title from name on series list on verso., Date inferred from content., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Photos [P.2019.64.52]

Title: Near Harrisburg Pa
Description: Lithograph showing a view of a river with a large tree in the foreground. To the left of the tree, two men push a raft away from shore. A house is visible on the far bank of the river and above it are a few wispy clouds., Printed lower left: 9., Title from inscription lower right., Date based on publication date of series: North American Foliage and Trees., First word in title on print in lower case: near., Gift of David Doret., See Nicholas B. Wainwright, "Augustus Kollner, Artist" in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 84 (1960) 325-351.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, 1812-1906, artist
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC-Views-United States-Pennsylvania [P.2010.35.5]

Title: Below Lewistown, Pa
Description: Lithograph showing a view of a river. On the left is a rocky outcropping covered in foliage. On the right the river curves and disappears into the background while two men push a canoe away from shore., Printed lower left: 2., Title from inscription lower right., Date based on publication date of series: North American Foliage and Trees., First word in title on print in lower case: below., Gift of David Doret., See Nicholas B. Wainwright, "Augustus Kollner, Artist" in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 84 (1960) 325-351.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, 1812-1906, artist
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC-Views-United States-Pennsylvania [P.2010.35.6]

Title: The Water Babies
Description: View of the statue "The Water Babies," designed by M.S. Gould, on display in the Art Gallery Annex. Depicts two nude young children, cuddling together inside an oversized seashell. One child sits awake with its arm around a smaller child with its eyes closed. 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 David Doret., 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.2010.6.5]

Title: Alterations & additions to Messrs. Strawbridge & Clothiers store on 8th & Market Sts
Description: Architectural drawing for renovations to the Strawbridge & Clothier department store (established 1868) on the 800 block of Market Street. Shows "Elevation on Market St." (building section at corner of Eighth & Market) and details of "Elevation of Cornice on Eighth St."; "Part Elevation of Cornice"; and "Increased Projection of 3 [in.] at Pediments." Details show close-ups of the roof of the building section, including cornices, windows, and pediments. Sections of the drawing are annotated in watercolor or with printed notes indicating dividing partitions between buildings; structural elements; and their spacing. The expanded Strawbridge & Clothier building was completed circa 1897 after the designs of Philadelphia architect Addison Hutton. Builders Stacy Reeves & Sons worked on additions and alterations to the building through the early 1900s. Justus Clayton Strawbridge (1838–1911) and Isaac Hallowell Clothier (1837–1921) founded Strawbridge & CLothier in Philadelphia in 1868., Title from item., Date inferred from manuscript note: This drawing belongs to Stacy Reeves & Sons and was [used?] from them Aug. 26, 1891., Includes: Scale 1/8 [in.] = 1 foot, Includes: Scale for details 3/4 [in.] = 1 foot, Includes printed notes: Equal Space; Bracket over [?]; Dotted lines show outline of large end brackets; Party Line; Center Line; and Large Bracket terminating cornice., Includes annotations in red ink for dimensions of sections of the "Elevation on Market Street" view., Includes pencil annotations: 11-9 Floor Co. joints; B of J., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [1891]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **architectural drawings - unidentified - Strawbridge [P.2010.35.9]

Title: [Water works in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: Landscape view looking west from Reservoir Hill showing the Fairmount Water Works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Includes the engine house, mill house, and race bridge. Also shows visitors strolling the landscaped grounds of the works; scullers on the river; residences, including probably Lemon Hill, along the bucolic banks of the Schuylkill River; the Schuylkill Canal lock; and the river dam., Title from slightly variant image in the collections of the Yale University Art Gallery., Gift of David Doret., Trimmed.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [ca. 1837-ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2022.62.3.15]

Title: Views of Johnstown Flood 1889
Description: Album containing images of Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1881 and after the great flood of May 31, 1889. Across the first two leaves is "View of Johnstown after the flood of May 31st 1889" showing the devastation of the destroyed buildings and including the “Railroad Bridge, Millville,” “Johnstown,” and “Conemaugh Borough with Woodvale in the distance.” Images depicting the destruction include of the South Fork Dam, Main Street, Clinton Street, St. John’s Catholic Church, the Methodist Church, Cambria Iron Company Club House, B. &. O Depot, debris above the P.R.R. Bridge, Gautier Wire Mill and Cutlery Works, and the wreck of the Day Express train at East Conemaugh. Illustrations show people gathered around the ruins and finding bodies of the deceased including “The finding of the bodies of James Murther, wife and three children, and Maggie Ripple, corner Main and Clinton Streets.”, Title from album cover., Date inferred from content., Text printed on the first leaf: "Published & Copyrighted by S.W. Fleming, Harrisburg Pa. From Views of LeRue Lemer, Harrisburg Pa.", Text printed on the final leaf: "Manufactured by Chisholm Bros-Portland Me. Manufacturers of Chas. Frey's Original Souvenir Albums of all American & Canadian Cities & Sceneries.", Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2011.45.27]

Title: Boehm’s Reformed Church, founded Feb. 3, 1747, Boehm’s manse, the Kirkview, Edgar Vincent Loucks, minister
Description: Postcard depicting a vignette portrait of the church’s minister Edgar Vincent Loucks between views of Boehm’s Church constructed in 1818 at 571 Penllyn Blue Bell Pike and the parsonage, Kirkview, in Blue Bell, Pa. In the left, shows the front façade of the stone church with stained glass windows and a spire. A wrought iron fence surrounds the building. In the center is a forward-facing portrait of Loucks, attired in spectacles, a white collared shirt, a tie, and a jacket. In the right is the three-story parsonage with a covered porch. The Church was founded by John Philip Boehm in 1740 and a building was erected in 1747 in Blue Bell, Pa. A new building was erected on the foundation of the older building in 1818. Extensive renovations, including the addition of the eighty-foot high spire with bell were completed in 1870., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Series number printed in left corner on verso: 66296., Divided back., Gift of David Doret, 2019.
Date: [ca. 1906]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.27]

Title: Church, Broad & Arch Sts., Phila. (Methodist) New Masonic Temple in the background
Description: View looking southeast at the Methodist Episcopal church constructed 1869-70 after designs by Addison Hutton. Shows the west front of the adjacent Masonic Temple built 1868-1873 after the designs of James H. Windrim, a coach parked in the right foreground, and the liquor store operated by Charles P. Collins at the northeast corner of Broad and Arch Streets., Title from two different manuscript notes on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1873]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Religion [P.2010.6.18]

Title: [Virginia and Trudy at the Daylesford, PA train station]
Description: Two smiling women, a suitcase at their feet, stand on a wooden train platform next to a small station identified with a sign as Daylesford. In the center, two white women, attired in brimmed hats, gloves, jackets, and skirts, look at the viewer. Empty train tracks stretch out behind them. Built as part of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the station, razed in 2000, was located on Lincoln Highway and Conestoga Street, 18 miles west of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from manuscript note written on recto: 1914; Daylesford, Pa; Va and True., Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1914
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - 5x7 - unidentified - Transportation [P.2010.6.22]

Title: Philadelphia fashions
Description: Periodical illustration showing fashionable clothes on men and women. In the right, a white woman, attired in a brimmed hat, a long-sleeved dress with a white collar, and a cross pendant, holds a small purse and stands facing the viewer. In the left, a man and woman couple link arms and stand with their backs to the viewer. The man is attired in a top hat, a long jacket, pants, and shoes and carries a cane. The woman is attired in a brimmed hat, a long-sleeved dress with a white collar, and carries a shawl in her left hand. In the background, two men and a woman stand in front of a building with decorative columns and a statue on top. A dog runs by. Trees grow in the background., Title from item., Date from the text printed beneath the image: Engraved for the Souvenir published by Philip Price Jr. No. 66 Lombard St. March 1828., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Date: 1828
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Ph Pr 11x14 - Fashion [P.2011.45.12]

Title: Orphans court sale. Plan of part of the property belonging to estate of John Earl, decd
Description: Map showing multiple Philadelphia properties belonging to John Earl to be sold at auction on April 14, 1857. Shows seven properties located between Crown Street and Frankford Road and two properties located between Union and Marlborough Streets. The acreage and ground rents are noted on each property., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Text printed on recto: To be sold at public sale, in pursuance of an order of the Orphan’s Court, on Tuesday, 14th April, 1857, at 7 ½ o’clock in the evening at the Philada Exhange. M. Thomas & Sons, auctioneers. NB. Other property, same estate, to be sold same evening, including vacant lots on Frankford Turnpike and Shackamaxon St. Also two four story brick stores nos., 172 & 174, North 3rd Street; Lot & buildings in Marshall Street, 9 well secured irredeemable ground rents &c., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.44]

Title: Inde pendence Hall 1776
Description: Probably trimmed, vignette exterior view of Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Shows a crowd of spectators standing outside of Independence Hall listening to public speakers in 1776., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Gift of David Doret, 2019.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.18]

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