Saturday Club. Mr. Henry M. Phillips requests the pleasure of [Mr. Dreer’s] company on Saturday evening, January 10th 1880 at eight o’clock. 1325 Walnut Street. An early answer is requested. [graphic].
Title
Saturday Club. Mr. Henry M. Phillips requests the pleasure of [Mr. Dreer’s] company on Saturday evening, January 10th 1880 at eight o’clock. 1325 Walnut Street. An early answer is requested
Description
Engraved invitation with script lettering from Henry M. Phillips to Ferdinand J. Dreer. Henry Myer Phillips (1811-1884) was a Congressman for Pennsylvania and a lawyer. Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902) was a Philadelphia goldsmith, jeweler, and autograph collector. The Saturday Club was founded in 1867 and met at member’s houses for entertainment and conversation., Title and date from item., Part of title written in manuscript: 1880., Gift of David Doret, 2019., See related invitations to Ferdinand J. Dreer [P.2019.64.7-14].
Date
1880
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.15]
Mr. Edwin H. Fitler requests the pleasure of your company Thursday, January first, 1891, at the Union League, from twelve until two o’clock. [graphic].
Title
Mr. Edwin H. Fitler requests the pleasure of your company Thursday, January first, 1891, at the Union League, from twelve until two o’clock
Description
Engraved invitation with script lettering from Edwin H. Fitler to Ferdinand J. Dreer. Edwin Henry Fitler (1825-1896) founded Edwin H. Fitler & Company, a cordage manufactory, and served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1887 to 1891. Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902) was a Philadelphia goldsmith, jeweler, and autograph collector., Title and date from item., Gift of David Doret, 2019., See related invitations to Ferdinand J. Dreer [P.2019.64.7-9; P.2019.64.11-15].
Date
1891
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.10]
Independence Hall in 1776 [graphic].
Title
Independence Hall in 1776
Description
View looking east showing the State House at 520 Chestnut Street built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Includes the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut) and Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut). View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a conestoga wagon, as well as the adjacent street corner., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 876, Gift of David Doret.
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Government Buildings - S [P.2011.51.8]
Zephaniah Hopper [graphic] / Portraits by Albert Rosenthal. Exhibited in the galleries of Craig & Evans, Inc., 1604 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Jan. 12-24, '03.
Title
Zephaniah Hopper
Description
Half-length portrait of the Central High School professor and the "Grand Old Man of Philadelphia Schools." Shows the older, grey-haired Hopper, wearing a beard, wire-rimmed glasses, a bow tie, white shirt, vest, and jacket, looking forward. Hopper served as Professor of Mathematics at Central High School 1854-1913. He also taught at the Artisans' Night School 1869-1897., Title and artist from label on verso listing the 24 portraits exhibited. Includes: 1. Mr. David H. Lane; 2. William H. Staake, Esq.; 3. Mr. Clarence S. Bement; 4. Col. Wm H. Patterson; 5. Mr. Samuel R. Shipley; 6. Abraham L. English, Esq.; 7. Charles Henry Hart, Esq.; 8. Joseph M. Fox, Esq.; 9. Dr. Robert Ellis Thompson; 10. Rev. Dr. M. Jastrow; Mr. D. McN. Stauffer; 12. Mr. Max Rosenthal; 13. Dr. John Yorks; 14. George G. Perie, Esq.; 15. Prof. Zephaniah Hopper; 16. Mr. Garfield M. Rosenthal; 17. Mr. A. R. Kellar; 18. Mr. A. Bryan Wall; 19. Mr. Frederick T. Richards; 20. Mrs. W.; 21. Mrs. R.; 22. Miss S.; 23 Alberta; 24. Mrs. A. R., Manuscript note on verso: Dr. Zephaniah Hopper born Phila. Sept 9, 1824, graduate of 1st class of Central High School. He was a professor of mathematics at CHS for over 50 yrs., Gift of David Doret., Forms part of the David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection., See "Architects' Display at the Art Club." Philadelphia Inquirer, January 11, 1903, 11. Copy at repository.
Creator
Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939, artist
Date
[1903]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - A-Z - Hopper [P.2017.15.8]
West End Social Club of Reading, Pa. Articles of Incorporation. [graphic] / William Harris, scriptor, Hamburg, Pa.
Title
West End Social Club of Reading, Pa. Articles of Incorporation
Description
Calligraphic document explicating the five articles of incorporation for the association with the object to "encourage and foster among its members a spirit of self improvement, moral and literary, the cultivation of sociability and of the manners and graces of polite society ..." Contains ornamented letters and a border adorned with S-shaped and hinge-like ornaments that contain jagged edge and leaf details., Title and date from item., Per Curiam November 5, 1888., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Creator
Harris, William, calligrapher
Date
[1888]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - Calligraphic Works [P.2017.15.20]
Independence Hall.
Title
Independence Hall
Description
View looking southwest showing the south side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street, including the front of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows a partial view in the left foreground of old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut), Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut), and the commercial building at the southwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets where John McArthur would consruct the Public Ledger building 1866-1867 (600 Chestnut Street) in the distant right background., One of 107 titles printed in series list on verso (No. 139-245)., Publisher's imprint on verso., 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
R. Newell & Son
Date
[photographed ca. 1865, printed ca. 1872]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Government buildings [P.2010.6.13]
Plan of Auburn Farm belonging to the estate of Sarah Emlen Cresson, decd. Twenty Fifth Ward Philadelphia. [cartographic material] / Isaac Shallcross, Sur. and reg. 10th dist.
Title
Plan of Auburn Farm belonging to the estate of Sarah Emlen Cresson, decd. Twenty Fifth Ward Philadelphia
Description
Map showing the estate of Sarah Emlen Cresson including Erie, Venango, Tioga, Ontario, Westmoreland, F, G, H, I, and J Streets. Shows the property divided into plots numbered 1 through 7 and labeled with the acreage. Depicts the mansion located in plot 5 and the tenant house and two barns located in plot 7., Title and date from item., Scale statement on map reads, “scale-80 feet to an inch.", Text on recto: Note-All areas extend to middle of streets. Blue figures represents confirmed curb elevation. Red [figures represents] present surface [elevation]., Table in the lower right depcited as a scroll and listing the seven plots with monetary valuations on the acreage., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2020.
Creator
Webster, George S., surveyor
Date
Nov. 1883
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.21]
Plan of Auburn Farm belonging to the Cresson estate, Twenty-fifth ward. Philadelphia. [cartographic material].
Title
Plan of Auburn Farm belonging to the Cresson estate, Twenty-fifth ward. Philadelphia
Description
Map showing the Cresson estate (likely Sarah Emlen Cresson) including Erie, Venango, Tioga, Ontario, G, H, and I Streets. Shows the property bordered and shaded in red. Several rectangles, probably symbolizing buildings, are depicted between G and H Streets and Venango Street. Shows the total acreage and railroad acreage., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Text on recto: Note-copy of a survey and plan made by Isaac E. Shallcross with location and area of rail road added., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2020.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.22]
Deutsche Ev: Luth: Zions Kirche. (gegrundt 1766.) = The German Lutheran Zion Church. (founded 1766.)
Title
Deutsche Ev: Luth: Zions Kirche. (gegrundt 1766.) = The German Lutheran Zion Church. (founded 1766.)
Description
View of the Zion Lutheran Church, also known as the New Lutheran Church, rebuilt 1794-1796 at Cherry and North Fourth streets following a fire in 1794. Church originally built 1766-1769 after the designs of Robert Smith. Also shows a partial view of neighboring buildings and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians include a boy, and women carrying parasols and baskets., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 181, Gift of David Doret.
Creator
Breton, William L., lithographer
Date
[1829]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Churches & meetinghouses [P.2005.20]
V109 - The last will and testament of Dr. James Rush, of the city of Philadelphia..
Title
The last will and testament of Dr. James Rush, of the city of Philadelphia
Description
Dr. James Rush's last will and testament, proven in 1869, with amendments to the Charter of the Library Company of Philadelphia., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator
Rush, James, 1786-1869
Date
1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia. | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v109
Residence for J. Monroe Shellenberger esq., Doylestown, Penna. [graphic] / F. Burns, del., April 8, 1886; Chas. M. Burns, Jr., architect, 717 Walnut St., Philada.
Title
Residence for J. Monroe Shellenberger esq., Doylestown, Penna
Description
Architectural print showing the Queen Anne-Eastlake-style residence built for the notorious Doylestown attorney in 1887 after the designs of Charles Marquedent Burns on East Court Street. Residence, later known as Windemere, contains towers, Gothic windows, a gable roof, and covered porch. Print also shows landscaped lawns. In 1890, the former district-attorney and member of several boards was convicted of forgery and sentenced to Eastern State Penitentiary. The following year, his residence was sold to Dr. George C. Wheeler of Philadelphia., Title from item., Publication date from copyright statement: Copyright, 1886 W. T. Comstock., Possibly published in 1886 edition of Architecture and building (New York: W. T. Comstock, 1882-1899)., Gift of David Doret., Frank Burns, brother of architect Charles M. Burn, worked as a City of Philadelphia Bureau of Surveys draftsman from 1892 until 1912.
Creator
Burns, Frank, 1844-1913, artist
Date
1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Residences [P.2010.21.3]
Sharples homestead [graphic] / drawn on stone by Martha Sharples about 1876 as suggested by S. Emlen Sharples.
Title
Sharples homestead
Description
Historical view showing the over 200-acre West Chester homestead, including a residence, barn, and outbuilding at 22 Dean Street. In the foreground, cows graze near a boy whittling while seated on a log. Lombardy poplars surround the residence in the background. The original log residence built before 1750 was removed and replaced about 1802, and the depicted barn was destroyed by lightning before the Civil War., Title from manuscript written on recto., Date inferred from content., Possibly printed by West Chester printer and younger brother to Martha Sharples Robert P. Sharples., Gift of David Doret., Library Company of Philadelphia Annual Report 2010, p. 73-74., Martha Sharples (b. 1852), daughter of coal and lumber dealer S. Emlen Sharples, worked as a teacher in 1870 and studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women 1877-1878. She also was a member of the Chester County Historical Society.
Creator
Sharples, Martha, b. 1852, artist
Date
[1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Residences - Sharples [P.2010.21.1]
The election a medley, humbly inscribed, to Squire Lilliput Professor of Scurrillity. [graphic]
Title
The election a medley, humbly inscribed, to Squire Lilliput Professor of Scurrillity
Description
A pro-Franklin cartoon depicting a crowd gathered to vote at the Philadelphia courthouse during the Pennsylvania Assembly election of October 1764. The print advocates Franklin's appointment as provincial agent to Britain despite his election loss which was a result of his double-sided politics in dealing with the "Paxton Boys," white frontiersmen who murdered peaceful Native Americans. Contains thirty-three verses attributed to Rev. Isaac Hunt to be sung to various tunes. Created as an attack on satirist James Dove, referred to in this title as "Squire Lilliput Professor of Scurrillity," in response to his anti-Franklin print, "The Paxton Expedition." The courthouse crowd includes caricatures of James Dove and five African Americans, including a woman stating in the vernacular, "Mase Lidiput you puchuss a me," a reference to a character pursued sexually by Dove in an earlier anti-Dove cartoon, "A Conference between the Devil and Mr. Dove" (1764)., Place and date of publication provided by Snyder and Murrell., Possibly after the work of Henry Dawkins., Manuscript note: Published for the Election of the 1st of 8th 1764 of Philadelphia., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Pierre Eugène Du Simitière (1736-1784) is probable former owner based on handwriting of inscription. See The Election Humbly Inscribed ... politcal cartoons - [1765] Ele [959.F.88].
Date
[1764]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - [1764] Ele [959.F.74]
The election a medley, humbly inscribed, to Squire Lilliput Professor of Scurrillity. [graphic].
Title
The election a medley, humbly inscribed, to Squire Lilliput Professor of Scurrillity
Description
A pro-Franklin cartoon depicting a crowd gathered to vote at the Philadelphia courthouse during the Pennsylvania Assembly Election of October 1764. The print advocates Franklin's appointment as provincial agent to Britain despite his election loss which was a result of his double-sided politics in dealing with the "Paxton Boys," white frontiersmen who murdered peaceful Native Americans. Contains thirty-three verses attributed to Rev. Isaac Hunt to be sung to various tunes. Created as an attack on satirist James Dove, referred to in this title as "Squire Lilliput Professor of Scurrillity," in response to his anti-Franklin print, "The Paxton Expedition." The courthouse crowd includes caricatures of James Dove and five African Americans, including a woman stating in the vernacular, "Mase Lidiput you puchuss a me," a reference to a character pursued sexually by Dove in an earlier anti-Dove cartoon, "A Conference between the Devil and Mr. Dove" (1764)., Place and date of publication provided by Snyder and Murrell., Possibly after the work of Henry Dawkins., Manuscript note on recto in Watson's hand: Wrote by the Revd. Isaac Hunt at or before 1764 - when Franklin was made agent to London for this "Medley" says "Franklin will be agent." [and] Property of John F. Watson., Manuscript note on verso: Purchased from John F. Watson, Esq. June 14 1860. C.P. [Charles Poulson]., LCP copy lacking fragments along center vertical fold. Backed with laid paper., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
[1764]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Political Cartoons - [1764] Ele [1885.F.32]
[Street decorations for Liberty Loan during the World War, Phila., Pa.] [graphic].
Title
[Street decorations for Liberty Loan during the World War, Phila., Pa.]
Description
Photograph depicting buildings decorated and the Statue of Victory in front of City Hall, Philadelphia to promote the Victory Liberty loan. In front of City Hall is the Statue of Victory, which was unveiled on April 21, 1919 at the start of the Victory Loan drive. Drapes of fabric decorate City Hall. American flags and several flags from allies, including Great Britain and Japan, decorate the buildings on Broad Street, including the Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank built in 1905 to 1907 after the designs of Furness, Evans & Co. with detailing by McKim, Mead and White. Pedestrians crowd the sidewalks and street. A bicylist stands in the left. Automobiles and a horse-drawn wagon travel down the street. Several artillery guns are along the the street. The United States Treasury in conjunction with the Federal Reserve issued Liberty Loans, also known as Liberty Bonds, to finance the cost of America’s participation in the war. Four Liberty Loans were issued on April 24, 1917, October 1, 1917, April 5, 1918, and September 28, 1918 raising a total of 17 billion dollars. A fifth bond called the Victory Liberty Loan was issued on April 21, 1919., Title from manuscript note written on verso., Date inferred from content., See related: photos - unidentified - events - World War I - [P.7066.Q.29]
Date
[ca. 1919]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - events - World War I [7066.Q.28]
[General John Joseph Pershing greeting women representing Allied Nations at Independence Hall] [graphic].
Title
[General John Joseph Pershing greeting women representing Allied Nations at Independence Hall]
Description
Photograph depicting General John J. Pershing greeting women dressed as Allied nations at Independence Hall during the General's visit to Philadelphia on September 12, 1919. Shows Pershing, attired in uniform, smiling with his left hand out as he greets the women representing the Allied nations standing in the left. The women each hold large national flags on flagpoles. A woman, dressed as Britannia in a helmet and Union Jack dress, smiles at the General. In the left, partially obscured by a flag, is a woman attired in a floral print kimono representing Japan, who holds a Japanese flag. Mayor Thomas Smith walks behind the General holding his top hat in his right hand. Police officers stand in front of a crowd of spectators. General John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948) served as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War One from 1917 to 1920. His visit to Philadelphia on September 12, 1919, included a parade, receiving a medal, planting a memorial tree, presenting colors to cadets at Wanamaker's store, visiting Independence Hall, and a speech at the Union League. Thomas B. Smith was the Mayor of Philadelphia from 1916 until 1920., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from manuscript note written on verso., See related: photo - unidentified - events - World War I [7066.Q.52-61].
Date
September 12, 1919
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - events - World War I [7066.Q.53]
B.T. Creighton, chemist & pharmacist, N.E. cor. 3rd & Washington Ave., Phila. [graphic] : Prescriptions compounded at all hours of day or night, from pure drugs, at reasonable prices and only by graduates in pharmacy.
Title
B.T. Creighton, chemist & pharmacist, N.E. cor. 3rd & Washington Ave., Phila Prescriptions compounded at all hours of day or night, from pure drugs, at reasonable prices and only by graduates in pharmacy
Description
Trade card promoting druggist B.T. Creighton and depicting a rectangular paddle fan. In the left, shows the hand-held fan decorated in red, blue, white, and gold with a butterfly. Stems of leaves behind the fan., Title from item., Date inferred from active date of advertised business., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - C [P.9828.5698]
Ercildowne, Wissinoming. Philadelphia. [graphic]
Title
Ercildowne, Wissinoming. Philadelphia
Description
View showing the estate of the Philadelphia industrialist, Matthias W. Baldwin, located at Comly and State roads in the Wissinoming section of Philadelphia. Trees surround a three story Italianate-style residence with an open verandah extending along the entire front facade. The estate was originally built as a country residence for Baldwinin the 1850s. After his death, the building served as a mental hospital and later as a residential institution for elderly women. The building was destroyed in a 1954 fire., Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 874
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Residences [P.2010.6.24]
[Library Company of Philadelphia, southeast corner Fifth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia]
Title
[Library Company of Philadelphia, southeast corner Fifth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia]
Description
Shows the first permanent building of the subscription library, organized by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731, built 1789-1790 after the designs of Dr. William Thornton at Fifth and Library streets. View includes the Benjamin Franklin statue sculpted by Francesco Lazzarini and installed in 1792 in the niche above the entrance of the Palladian building., Half-stereographic prints including one on white paper mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Libraries [(6)1322.F.20b; P.2282.41]
Hope Hose Company. Instituted 1805.
Title
Hope Hose Company. Instituted 1805
Description
View of the ornately decorated hose carriage of the company, also known as the Hope Hose and Steam Fire Engine Company, founded on August 17, 1805 by male residents living near Second and Pine streets. Ornamentations include silver plated bells; swan figurines; and a painted scene showing heavenly figures. Image surrounded by oval frame decorated with floral elements., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 112
Creator
Heiss, George G.
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Fires and Firefighting [P.9942]
Hope Hose & Steam Fire Engine Co. no. 2
Title
Hope Hose & Steam Fire Engine Co. no. 2
Description
View of the fire engine built by Reaney, Neafie & Co. in 1858 for the hose and engine company founded on August 17, 1805 by male residents living near Second and Pine streets. Plates reading "Adopted Jan. 2nd, 1858, completed June 24th, 1858," and "Reaney, Neaey [sic] & Co.," and "Hope" adorn the unhitched engine., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 113, Gift of David Doret.
Creator
Heiss, George G., artist
Date
[ca. 1858]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Fires and firefighting [P.2008.35.5]
Philadelphia Library.
Title
Philadelphia Library
Description
View looking northeast at the first permanent red-brick building of the subscription library, organized by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731, built 1789-1790 after the designs of Dr. William Thornton. View includes the Benjamin Franklin statue sculpted by Francesco Lazzarini and installed in the niche above the building entrance in 1792. Also shows a man digging up the street near a pile of stones and dirt, a partial view of a horse traveling north on Fifth Street, and men standing near the building on the corner. The library sold the building 1880 and it was demolished in 1887., 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., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Libraries [P.9058.170]
[Portrait of an unidentified man.]
Title
[Portrait of an unidentified man]
Description
Portrait probably photographed by African American photographer Glenalvin J. Goodridge and placed in a Langenheim case. Shows a seated man resting his arm on a book on a table covered in a Firebird tablecloth. In his other hand he holds what appears to be a closed daguerreotype case. He wears a jacket, vest, high-collared shirt and large necktie., Cheeks are hand painted pink., Pad: Dark red velvet. Embossed: W. & F. Langenheim Philada., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Mixed bouquet of flowers within nonpareil border. Geometric design on verso., Probably photographed by Glenalvin J. Goodridge. Attributed to photographer based on use of Firebird tablecloth in image and pose of sitter. See Glenalvin J. Goodridge research file., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Date
[ca. 1853]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - photo - Goodridge [P.2010.38.15]
John Griffeth. Furniture warerooms, 119 N. Second St., Philad'a, PA. [graphic] : A full assortment of chamber and parlor suits, mattresses and bedding, &c.
Title
John Griffeth. Furniture warerooms, 119 N. Second St., Philad'a, PA A full assortment of chamber and parlor suits, mattresses and bedding, &c
Description
Trade card promoting John Griffeth's furniture store and depicting Asian decorative motifs and objects, including fans, a parasol, cranes, and mountains. Shows vignettes of: a parasol and two fans in a blue and white porcelain container; two standing cranes, one eating a frog; and two mountain peaks. John Griffeth established his furniture business in 1880., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of business advertised., Purchased 2015.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Berman Trade Card Collection - Griffeth [P.2015.56.316]
[Eighty-fourth] Regiment of the militia, of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the [second] brigade, Of the first division, compound of the militia of the city and county of Philadelphia:... [graphic].
Title
[Eighty-fourth] Regiment of the militia, of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the [second] brigade, Of the first division, compound of the militia of the city and county of Philadelphia
Description
Membership certificate appointing Dr. Alexander C. Hart as a surgeon in the 84th regiment of the Pennsylvania militia in 1842. Alexander Chambers Hart (1811-1884) was a physician and surgeon. He helped found the Charity Hospital of Philadelphia and served during the Civil War., Title and date from item., Text printed on recto: To have and to hold this commission, exercising all the powers and discharging all the duties thereunto lawfully belonging and attached, until the third day of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, if you shall so long behave your sold well, and perform the duties required by law [unless sooner removed by the commanding officer of said regiment] In testimony whereof, I have set my hand, and caused the less seal of the state to be affixed to these presents, at Harrisburg, dated agreeably to law, the [third] day of [August] in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty [two] and of the commonwealth, the sixty [seventh] By the Governor: [Chas. McClure] Secretary of the Commonwealth., Gift of David Doret, 2017.
Date
[ca. 1842]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Phila Certificates - Military - Hart Collection [P.2010.21.5.3]
The Walnut Street Theatre, 119th and 120th season [graphic].
Title
The Walnut Street Theatre, 119th and 120th season
Description
Program for performance of The Mikado or, The town of Titipu, the opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan at the Walnut Street Theater, Philadelphia in January, 1928. Includes a list of the cast of the two act opera; history of the Mikado; article on the upcoming performance of the musical Chicago; and an article on Winthrop Ames. Cover image shows a decorative stone structure with sphinx, satyr, women, and urns against a red background. Advertisements include: Chinese restaurants, King Joy, Mandarin Cafe, Cathay Tea Garden; Mirador restaurant; Frigidaire; Bonschur & Holmes, opticians; Locust Laundry; Joseph Rieder, money lender; and Stetson Hats., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of the stage production., Cast of performers include: John Barclay, William Williams, Fred Wright, William C. Gordon, J. Humbird Duffey, Lois Bennett, S. Russell Sterling, Bettina Hall, Vera Ross, George C. Lehrian, Paula Langlen. Settings & costumes: Raymond Sovey. Dances: Michio Ito. Stage Manager: John Clements. Winthrop Ames: Managerial sponsor of the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company., Advertisements for Philadelphia Chinese restaurants include: King Joy “Leading Chinese-American Restaurant, S.E. Corner 12th and Chestnut Streets. Art Coogan and His Orchestra, Broadcasting Nightly Thru W.I.P. The city’s most delightful Restaurant to dine and dance” and depicting a Chinese woman, attired in a tunic and pants, holding a parasol; Mandarin Café “1016-18 Chestnut St. Smartest Café in Town, Announcing Ruth Bott and Her Studio Girl Orchestra, First Girl’s Most Unique Orchestra in Philadelphia, Dancing”; and Cathay Tea Garden “Chinese-American Restaurant, 1223 Chestnut Street, Billy Hays, Popular Song Writer and His Cathay Tea Garden Dance Orchestra, Dancing” and depicting a Chinese woman, wearing her hair up and attired in a tunic, pants, and slip on shoes, holding a fan in each hand.
Date
1928
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *ephemera -- Misc. - Walnut [P.2024.37]
[Ralston family cased photograph collection] [graphic].
Title
[Ralston family cased photograph collection]
Description
Collection of daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits, several by Norristown daguerreotypist William Stroud, portraying clergyman and founder of Oakland Female Institute James Grier Ralston, his wife Mary Anderson Larimore Ralston, their daughters, and his and his wife’s female siblings, and women teachers at the Institute. Contains bust-, half-, three-quarter, and full-length portraits of individual and pairs of sitters. Sitters are often seated, but a number of the portrait depicts sitters in a standing pose. The women’s and girl’s attire includes bonnets; off-the-shoulder bateau neckline dresses; high-neck, long-sleeved dresses with lace collars and cuffs; brooch and belt chatelaines; and earrings. Dresses worn by the female sitters are often a solid dark color, but occasionally are of a pattern design or light color. James Grier Ralston’s attire included broad bow ties, vests, jackets, and suits. Many of the images also contain props, including covered side tables, chairs, flowers, possibly an ambrotype, and a crumpled piece of cloth., Sitters in addition to James Grier Ralston and Mary Anderson Larimore Ralston include their daughters Anna Larimore Ralston, Ella Grier Ralston, Lilly Grier Ralston (who died at 11 months old), and Cora (Cara) Ralston; Institute music teacher Mrs. John Hunsicker, i.e., Fannie Henry Hunsicker (married by James G. Ralston); Mary’s sister and Institute graduate, Hetty Clark Larimore; and Institute teacher and sister of James, Agnes Caldwell Ralston; Institute graduate Martha (Mattie) Divine (Mrs. Fleming); and an unidentified woman., Posed portrait pairs include images of Mary Anderson Larimore Ralston and daughter Anna Larimore Ralston (P.2012.5.6) in which Anna sits in Mary’s lap with her mother’s hand on her head; and Anna Larimore Ralston and Ella Grier Ralston (P.2012.5.8) which Anna stands next to Ella who sits on a chair, while she rests her arm on a covered side table adorned with a basket of flowers; Anna Larimore Ralston and Fanny Hunsicker (P.2012.5.16) in which Fanny, seated, has her one hand at her hip and her other hand and arm around the waist of Anna who stands; and Hetty Clark Larimore and Mary Larimore Ralston (p.2012.5.17) in which the women are seated, side by side, and Hetty holds a bound object, possibly an ambrotype and Mary holds a crumpled white cloth., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and age and attire of sitters., Photographers include William Stroud (Norristown, Pa.) and Theodore L. Chase (Philadelphia, Pa.)., Various-shaped mats, including oval, elliptical, double elliptical, and non pareil., Various colored pads, including blue, red, and maroon velvet or silk, several with embossing. Embossings include photographer’s imprints and/or imagery. Imagery includes floral and geometric designs, scroll work, and eagles., Primarily leather cases, and one thermoplastic case. Case designs vary, but are predominantly rose and mixed flower designs, in addition to geometric, scroll, and quatrefoil designs. Designs also include Pressed Flower, plate 154; The Delicate Roses, variant, plate 123; A Spray of Roses, plate 131; Mixed Garden Flowers, plate 133; Two Lilies, variant, see plate 112 and 113 in American miniature case art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)., Majority of sitters identified by accompanying slips of paper with manuscript notes., Several of the images contain pink tinting on the cheeks of the sitters., P.2012.5.4, P.2012.5.8, P.2012.5.11-15, P.2012.5.21 contains daguerrean's imprint on pad or inside rim of case. Various imprints include: William Stroud, Norristown; William Stroud's Skylight Gallery, Norristown, Pa.; Stroud’s Ambrotypes Norristown, Pa., P.2012.5.6 contains dagurrean's imprint on pad: Theodore L. Chase, N.E. cor. Chestnut & Fifth Sts., Fannie Henry Hunsicker was a woman of Chinese descent. Official records are conflicting as to whether she was born in China, at sea, or in Connecticut., Several of the images contain weeping glass deterioration, tarnished plates, or other damage., Inventory of collection available at repository., See Sarah Weatherwax, "Revealing the Ralston Family," The Daguerreian Society Quarterly (July-September 2021), p. 3-6., Clergyman James Grier Ralston (1815-1880) founded Oakland Female Institute in 1845 in Norristown, Pa. Ralston studied at the Theological Seminary at Princeton and headed the Female Seminary at Oxford, Chester Country, PA before establishing Oakland. He married Mary A. Larimore (1822-1891) in 1842 and they had four children Anna L. (1848-1902), Ella M.(1847-1924), Lillie G. (1852-1853) and Cara G. (1856-1928), with Lillie dying in infancy. Ralston’s children were educated and/or taught at Oakland, as did his sister Agnes C. Ralston. The Institute operated until 1880 and the death of Ralston
Date
[ca. 1845-ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cased photos - Ralston Family [P.2012.5.1-22]
Philadelphia public schools photograph collection
Title
Philadelphia public schools photograph collection
Description
Contains photographs and a newspaper clipping showing interior and exterior views of identified and unidentified Philadelphia public schools and school administration buildings, many from construction funded by the Public Works Administration. Includes photographs depicting sculpted architectural ornaments and pencil sketches of proposed sculptures to be installed at the schools. Interior views show an auto shop; classrooms, gymnasiums, cafeterias, and auditoriums. Also contains five architectural drawings drawn by Philadelphia architect Emil C. Schmidt. Majority of collection lacks photographer's imprint except three views photographed by Philadelphia photographers Samuel H. Oxman and Philip B. Wallace., Views show John Bartram Public High School, 67th Street and Elmwood Avenue; Edward Bok Vocation High School, 8th and Mifflin Streets; Joseph H. Brown Public School, Frankford and Stanwood avenues; Joseph W. Catherine Public School, 66th Street and Chester Avenue; Central High School, Ogontz and Olney Avenues; Dobbins High School, 22nd Street and Lehigh Avenue; Robert Fulton Public School, Haines and Germantown Avenues; Girls' High School, Broad and Olney Streets; Delaplaine McDaniel Public School, 22nd and Moore Streets; Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School, 22nd and Brown Streets; Gen. George C. Meade School, 18th and Oxford Streets; Thomas Mifflin School, Conrad and Mifflin Avenue; North East High School, 8th Street and Lehigh Avenue; Philadelphia Board of Education Administration Building, Benjamin Franklin Parkway and 21st Street; William Rowen Public School, 19th and Haines Streets; Southwark Public School, 9th and Mifflin Streets; Stetson Jr. High School, Broad Street and Allegheny Avenue; and Roberts Vaux Public School, 24th and Master Streets. Views of the Willis and Elizabeth Martin Orthopedic School show physically handicapped children, including African Americans, in a music and woodwork class, at recess, and entering a school bus. Dobbins High School views depict decorative works utilized in the school building. Majority of interior views depict interiors at unidentified public schools, including a view of an auto shop class with an African American student. Images of sculpted works include several allegorical figures symbolizing education and industry. Collection also includes a photograph of an architectural drawing of an unexecuted design for the Henry Platt School., Title supplied by cataloger., Thirty-two of images contain negative numbers inscribed in the negative., Twenty-four of images contain dates inscribed in the negative., Majority of images accompanied by manuscript note providing name of school., Schmidt worked for the Philadelphia Board of Public Education and was the chief designer of the Central High School building., Gift of Mrs. Arthur Kushlan, 1980., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
[ca. 1930-1938]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Education [P.8565-P.8603; P.8886]
Ghost River : the fall and rise of the Conestoga / story, Lee Francis 4 ; art, Weshoyot Alvitre ; editor, Will Fenton.
Title
Ghost River the fall and rise of the Conestoga
Description
"Told from the Indian perspective, this graphic novel depicts the massacre of 20 unarmed Conestoga Indians in colonial Pennsylvania in December 1763 by a vigilante group of Scots-Irish frontiersmen known as the "Paxton Boys", first six Conestoga People at a settlement near what is now Millersville, and then fourteen remaining Indians -- six adults and eight children that were under protective custody -- days later in Lancaster. The graphic novel is half of the book. The other half contains interpretive materials and reproductions of historical documents. It also provides instructional guidelines supplied by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History."--, "Ghost River: The Fall and Rise of the Conestoga is part of Redrawing History: Indigenous Perspectives on Colonial America, a project of the Library Company of Philadelphia supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage"-- Book's official website., Contents: Introduction / Will Fenton -- Artist statements / Lee Francis 4 & Weshoyot Alvitre -- Ghost River: graphic novel -- Indigenous representation in comics and graphic novels / Michael Sheyahshe -- Print and place in the Paxton crisis / Scott Paul Gordon -- Passion, politics, and portrayal in the Paxton debates / Judith Ridner -- Primary sources / Will Fenton -- Script and annotations -- Murder on the frontier: the Paxton massacre / Ron Nash & John McNamara.
Creator
Francis, Lee, IV, author
Date
2019
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Stack Uy1 A6270.O
[Plate 9 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets] [graphic].
Title
[Plate 9 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Description
Plate depicts section of the 600 block of Chestnut Street (136-209 pre-consolidation). South side includes E. Durand & Sons, Druggists (136); Sleeper & Jeanneret, Jewelry (1388-140); Howell & Brothers, Paper Hangings (142); Langdon’s Daguerreotypes and W. S. Martien, Publisher and Bookseller(144); American Sunday School Union (146); and Jones’ Hotel, Bridges & West proprietors (152). North side includes Dr. Jayne’s Philadelphia Arcade, Dr. Davison’s Arcade Baths, and D. Robinson, Bookseller and Stationer (205-209); N.Y. Journal of Fine Arts Agency (203 1/2); Bolivar House (201-203); Chestnut St. Theater (199); and Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup and Blood’s Despatch (197). Also shows a few of the buildings adorned with flag or statuary. Sleeper & Jeanneret signage (138-140) included on plate as pasted-on details., Advertisements promote twelve of the businesses depicted with signage, as well as John M. Coleman, Importer of Sheffield and German Cutlery, Guns, Pistols, &c (209) and William White, Chemist, S.E. cor. Twelfth and Pine Sts. White's full-page advertisement contains testimonials and several lines of text describing the benefits of “White’s Hair Regenerator, or Amber Gloss” and “White’s Essence of Jamaica Ginger.” Most of the small advertisements include several lines of promotional text and ornamented type. Langdon & Co. quotes price of $1 to $5 for daguerreotypes and the Journal of the Fine Arts notes the merging of "The Messsage Bird," "Literary American," and "Musical Gazette" to form the periodical of "music, literature and art.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 10., LCP also holds trimmed duplicates depicting South side [P.2008.34.16.5 and P.2006.1.21].
Creator
Rae, Julio H.
Date
[1851]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Rae - Folder 10 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]
[Plate 9 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Title
[Plate 9 and advertisements from Rae's Philadelphia pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Chestnut Street, from Second to Tenth Streets]
Description
Plate depicts section of the 600 block of Chestnut Street (136-209 pre-consolidation). South side includes E. Durand & Sons, Druggists (136); Sleeper & Jeanneret, Jewelry (1388-140); Howell & Brothers, Paper Hangings (142); Langdon’s Daguerreotypes and W. S. Martien, Publisher and Bookseller(144); American Sunday School Union (146); and Jones’ Hotel, Bridges & West proprietors (152). North side includes Dr. Jayne’s Philadelphia Arcade, Dr. Davison’s Arcade Baths, and D. Robinson, Bookseller and Stationer (205-209); N.Y. Journal of Fine Arts Agency (203 1/2); Bolivar House (201-203); Chestnut St. Theater (199); and Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup and Blood’s Despatch (197). Also shows a few of the buildings adorned with flag or statuary. Sleeper & Jeanneret signage (138-140) included on plate as pasted-on details., Advertisements promote twelve of the businesses depicted with signage, as well as John M. Coleman, Importer of Sheffield and German Cutlery, Guns, Pistols, &c (209) and William White, Chemist, S.E. cor. Twelfth and Pine Sts. White's full-page advertisement contains testimonials and several lines of text describing the benefits of “White’s Hair Regenerator, or Amber Gloss” and “White’s Essence of Jamaica Ginger.” Most of the small advertisements include several lines of promotional text and ornamented type. Langdon & Co. quotes price of $1 to $5 for daguerreotypes and the Journal of the Fine Arts notes the merging of "The Messsage Bird," "Literary American," and "Musical Gazette" to form the periodical of "music, literature and art.", Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Folder 10., LCP also holds trimmed duplicates depicting South side [P.2008.34.16.5 and P.2006.1.21].
Creator
Rae, Julio H.
Date
[1851]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Rae - Folder 10 [*Am 1851 Rae, 2975.Q]
[Collection of prescription forms.]
Title
[Collection of prescription forms.]
Description
Collection title devised by cataloger., Contents: [1] Davis & Rice, druggists, Morristown, Tenn., dated in MS. 9/5/91 for Miss Lockewood, Wilkinson M.D. -- [2a] Bartram & Millington, registered pharmacists, Paw Paw, Michigan, completed in MS. for Js Smith, Meyan M.D. -- [2b] Bartram & Millington, registered pharmacists, Paw Paw, Michigan, completed in MS. for Mr. Smith, Meyan M.D. -- [3] W.D. Kuhlman. A.M. Riggs. The Star Pharmacy, Morristown, Tennessee -- [4] Johnson & Mauk, druggists and apothecaries, Claysburg, Blair Co., Penn., [187-] -- [5] R.M. & W.J. Snodgrass, apothecaries & druggists, Allegheny, Pa.; on verso: Thomas Mabon, M.D. 184 Lacock Street, Allegheny -- [6] Paige & Crooks, druggists & apothecaries, Rutland, Vt. -- [7] Hermann Krebs, druggist & apothecary, Deutsche Apotheke, Cleveland, Ohio, printed on blue paper -- [8] Hermann Krebs, druggist & apothecary, [187-] -- [9] J.D. Keegan & Co., druggists, Cleveland, O. -- [10] Carriger Roberts & Co. druggists, Morristown, Tenn. -- [11] Irving H. Hills & Co. druggists, mixed paints & oil. Wyoming and Hartwell [Cincinnati, Ohio] -- [12] W.H. Brill & Co., druggists & apothecaries, Allegheny City, Pa. (Pittsburgh : C.A. Miller, lithographer) -- [13] Marion Roberts, druggist, Morristown, Tenn. -- [14] Hermann Krebs, druggist and pharmacist, Cleveland, O. -- [15] R.M. Perkins, Ottawa, Ont. -- [16] W.W. Brookinton, Beaufort, S.C., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[1870-1910]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll. Helfand Popular Medicine Prescriptions 112630.D (Helfand)
Panorama of Philadelphia from the State House Steeple. West.
Title
Panorama of Philadelphia from the State House Steeple. West
Description
Panoramic view looking west toward West Philadelphia past the Schuykill River predominately showing the area between Arch Street and Gray's Ferry Avenue. Includes U.S. Naval Asylum, 2420 Gray's Ferry Avenue (1); [Blockley] Alms House, S. 34th and Pine streets (2); Peale's Museum, 100 block S. 9th Street (3); Walnut Street Theatre, 827-833 Walnut Street (4); Cook's Circus, i.e., Thomas Cooke's equestrian circus, 800 block of Chestnut Street (5); St. John's Church, i.e., St. John the Evangelist Church, 23-25 S. 13th Street (6); St. Stephen's Church, 19 S. 10th Street (7); University of Pennsylvania, Ninth Street below Market Street (8); [Beck's] Shot Tower, 21st and Cherry streets (9); Inst. for the Blind, 200 block Race Street (10); Water Works, Fairmount (11); [Thomas T.] Waterman's Church, i.e., Arch Street Presbyterian Church, 1006 Arch Street (12); East. Penitentiary, 2100-2199 Fairmount Avenue (13); Arcade, 615-619 Chestnut Street (14); and Chestnut St. Theatre, 603-609 Chestnut Street (15). Also shows part of Independence Square, Congress Hall, Marshall House hotel (625-631), residences on the 100 block of S. 6th Street, and the rooftops of several city blocks., Plate 3 of four panoramas originally issued as Panorama of Philadelphia. Views taken from the State House steeple (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, 1838). These panoramas also accompanied bound editions of Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). Views of Philadelphia was a series of twenty lithographs originally published as five numbers of four prints each. The four panoramas essentially constituted a sixth number in the series, and were published in bound editions with the twenty views under the title Panorama and Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity, published by J.B. Chevalier in 1838 and reissued by J.T. Bowen the same year., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen. LCP copies lacking copyright statement., Second state., Partial key to 8 of 15 landmarks (1-4, 8-12) printed below the image. Copy trimmed., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 542.d.2, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: *8236.F.4 and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush), Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 862 W 6441 front, Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver.
Creator
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date
c1838
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W267.2 [8236.F.4]
Bird's-eye view of grounds, from Main Building.
Title
Bird's-eye view of grounds, from Main Building.
Description
Overview of exhibition grounds, with railroad and buildings visible. Flags top most buildings. Image is identical to P-8611.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
*Centennial - photos [P.8700.5]
Bird's eye view of grounds, from Main Building.
Title
Bird's eye view of grounds, from Main Building.
Description
Overview of exhibition grounds, with railroad and buildings visible. Flags top most buildings. Image is identical to P.8700.5
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date
1876
Location
*Centennial - photos [P.8611]
Jones, Robert Strettell, 1745-1792
Title
Jones, Robert Strettell, 1745-1792
Creator
Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date
April 9, 1764
Bower, George Rosengarten, 1866-1919
Title
Bower, George Rosengarten, 1866-1919
Creator
Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date
May 5, 1887
Pepper, William, 1810-1864
Title
Pepper, William, 1810-1864
Creator
Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date
February 5, 1858
Rawle, William Brooke, 1843-1915
Title
Rawle, William Brooke, 1843-1915
Creator
Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date
June 6, 1889
Bond, Thomas, 1712-1784
Title
Bond, Thomas, 1712-1784
Creator
Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date
May 12, 1777
Norris, George William, 1875-1965
Title
Norris, George William, 1875-1965
Creator
Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date
January 2, 1902
Otto, John Conrad, 1774-1844
Title
Otto, John Conrad, 1774-1844
Creator
Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date
April 14, 1807
Pennypacker, Samuel Whitaker, 1843-1916
Title
Pennypacker, Samuel Whitaker, 1843-1916
Creator
Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date
November 1, 1872
Grand celebration of the organization of the National Union Club of Philadelphia! : The executive committee of the National Union Club having directed the Committee on Meetings to make arrangements for celebrating the anniversary of the organization of th
Title
Grand celebration of the organization of the National Union Club of Philadelphia! The executive committee of the National Union Club having directed the Committee on Meetings to make arrangements for celebrating the anniversary of the organization of the club, the undersigned give notice to their fellow-citizens that the celebration will take place at the Academy of Music! On Friday evening, March 11th. The following distinguished gentlemen have consented to be present and address the meeting: Hon. Hannibal Hamlin vice president of the United States. His Excellency Governor Curtin! Senator Lane, of Indiana. Hon. Henry T. Blow, of Missouri. Hon. Green Clay Smith, of Kentucky. Hon. Amos Myers, of Pennsylvania. With other distinguished local speakers. The doors of the Academy will be open at 7 o'clock, and the proceedings will commence promptly at half-past 7 o'clock. Tickets may be obtained at the club house, 1105 Chestnut Street. Reserved seats for ladies. Will be obtained only from the undersigned members of the Committee on Meetings: Geo. T. Thorn, ch'n
Description
March 11 fell on a Friday in 1864., Printed in red and blue; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 108.8 x 73.5 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
National Union Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1864 Nat Union (5)5777.F.8 (McAllister)
Men of the 15th Ward avoid the draft! : The 5th of September is coming! Company "C" 6th Union League Regiment! Colonel H.G. Sickel, commanding, for one year. ... Total for one year's service, $742 $483 cash down. Headquarters, Eighteenth and Green Streets
Title
Men of the 15th Ward avoid the draft! The 5th of September is coming! Company "C" 6th Union League Regiment! Colonel H.G. Sickel, commanding, for one year. ... Total for one year's service, $742 $483 cash down. Headquarters, Eighteenth and Green Streets. See sign board
Description
The Sixth Union League Regiment, the 198th Pennsylvania Infantry, under the command of Horatio G. Sickel, was organized in Sept. 1864 and mustered out June 3, 1865; George W. Mulfrey died at Lewis Farm, Va. March 9, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 464, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 271., The ward bounty is listed as $50., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 198th (1864-1865), Company C.
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1864 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.50b (McAllister)
Men of the 15th Ward avoid the draft! : The 5th of September is coming! Company "C" 6th Union League Regiment! Colonel H.G. Sickel, commanding, for one year. ... Total for one year's service, $717 $458 cash down. Headquarters, Eighteenth and Green Streets
Title
Men of the 15th Ward avoid the draft! The 5th of September is coming! Company "C" 6th Union League Regiment! Colonel H.G. Sickel, commanding, for one year. ... Total for one year's service, $717 $458 cash down. Headquarters, Eighteenth and Green Streets
Description
The Sixth Union League Regiment, the 198th Pennsylvania Infantry, under the command of Horatio G. Sickel, was organized in Sept. 1864 and mustered out June 3, 1865; George W. Mulfrey had served in the 88th Regiment, and died at Lew Farm, Va. March 29, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 464, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 271., The ward bounty is listed as $25., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 198th (1864-1865), Company C.
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1864 Uni Sta (3)5777.F.47 (McAllister)
24th Ward avoid the draft! : The 5th of September is coming. The last chance---the largest bounties. Saunders Guards! Company "C" Sixth Union League Col. H.G. Sickel, comd'g. ... Total for one year's service, 692 $433 paid cash in hand as soon as the recr
Title
24th Ward avoid the draft! The 5th of September is coming. The last chance---the largest bounties. Saunders Guards! Company "C" Sixth Union League Col. H.G. Sickel, comd'g. ... Total for one year's service, 692 $433 paid cash in hand as soon as the recruit passes the surgeon and is mustered in.---No deception. $25 will be paid to any one who brings an acceptable recruit as soon as he is mustered in. Headquarters, Commissioners' Hall, 37th and Market Streets, West Philadelphia
Description
The Sixth Union League Regiment, the 198th Pennsylvania Infantry, under the command of Horatio G. Sickel, was organized in Sept. 1864 and mustered out June 3, 1865; George W. Mulfrey died at Lewis Farm, Va. March 29, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 464, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 271., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 198th (1864-1865), Company C.
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1864 Uni Sta (3)5777.F.46 (McAllister)
$525 bounty Attention citizens of the 14th Ward. : It is no time to talk of your patriotism and loyalty, prove them by joining Company "G" of the Sixth Union League Regiment, now forming in the 14th Ward, commanded by one of the best officers in the servi
Title
$525 bounty Attention citizens of the 14th Ward It is no time to talk of your patriotism and loyalty, prove them by joining Company "G" of the Sixth Union League Regiment, now forming in the 14th Ward, commanded by one of the best officers in the service, Colonel H.G. Sickles [sic] (late Colonel of the 3d Pa. Reserves.) All the government bounties, together with city and ward bounty, will be paid to each recruit as soon as mustered in. This regiment is now forming under the auspices of the Union League of Philadelphia, and is one of the two regiments authorized to be raised in Philadelphia for twelve months' service. Company headquarters, Spring Garden Hall, N.W. cor. 13th & Sp. Garden Sts
Description
The Sixth Union League Regiment, the 198th Pennsylvania Infantry, under the command of Horatio G. Sickel, was organized in Sept. 1864 and mustered out June 3, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 464, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 271., Printed in red and blue., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 198th (1864-1865), Company G.
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1864 Uni Sta (3)5777.F.48 (McAllister)
[John Wanamaker's Grand Depot trade cards]
Title
[John Wanamaker's Grand Depot trade cards]
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards for John Wanamaker's Grand Depot at Thirteenth and Market Streets in Philadelphia, opened in 1876 to cater to Centennial Exhibition crowds. Illustrations depict a butterfly; two children walking outside with their parents; a harp with the figure of a mermaid forming the column; a round pediment inscribed "Constitution" resting on three caryatids; yellow flag with two horizontal red stripes; exterior views of the Grand Depot with pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the foreground; a girl feeding birds; a girl eating a piece of fruit; head portraits of girls wearing bonnets; cranes standing in water; sprays of flowers; children and a dog gathered around a piano, one of them playing a flute; a Japanese man tripping two boys with spools of "Stafford braid"; and two men dueling with swords., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.945 & 947] part of Wemple & Kronheim's Series No. 43., Two prints [1975.F.908 & 999] copyrighted 1877 by L. Prang & Co., Two prints [1975.F.945 & 947] copyrighted 1879 by Wemple & Kronheim, N.Y., Two prints [1975.F.985 & 986] copyrighted 1878 by L. Prang & Co., Boston., Printers and engravers include L. Prang & Co. (Boston), Wemple & Kronheim (New York), Donaldson Brothers (New York), S.C. Duval (Philadelphia), Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann (New York), and Marcus Ward & Co. (Belfast)., Eight prints contain advertising text printed on versos., Two prints contain calendars printed on verso, one [1975.F.922] for 1881 and the other [P.9577.12] for 1900., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1877-1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - John Wanamaker [1975.F.316; 1975.F.908; 1975.F.918; 1975.F.920-922; 1975.F.943; 1975.F.945; 1975.F.947; 1975.F.954; 1975.F.956; 1975.F.985 & 986; 1975.F.989; 1975.F.999; 1975.F.1005; 1975.F.1008; P.9577.12]
[Charles F. Haseltine trade cards]
Title
[Charles F. Haseltine trade cards]
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards and announcements for Charles F. Haseltine's art receptions and gallery at 1516 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations show a rowboat and sailboat on a body of water depicted from the interior of a building. Plants sit on a ledge and on the ground near a rectangular window in the foreground. Also depicts bust portraits of Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo Da Vinci; robed figures holding art symbols, including a protractor, art palette, paint brushes, and canvases; and a winged figure manipulating a four-horse chariot pulling the mythological figure Mars, also known as the Roman god of war., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.423] printed on light blue paper., Invitations to view Charles F. Haseltine's art collections for the 1879-1880 season printed on verso. One print [1975.F.423] lists artists of artwork in his collections by nationality (i.e., French, Italian, German, Flemish, American) in columns on verso., Printers and engravers include John A. Lowell & Co. (Boston) and Jeremiah Rea (Philadelphia)., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
1879
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Haseltine [1975.F.408a & 1975.F.423]

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