In Summary of the transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, vol. 3 (1850), plate opposite p. 93., “Ruth Tucker, a large and healthy negro woman, aged twenty-four, was admitted into the Pennsylvania Hospital in January last, on account of tumours developed in the lobe of each ear. She stated that between five and six years before, she had her ears pierced, and that soon afterwards brass rings were inserted into them…. Some swelling had already shown itself around the punctures before they were taken out … and gave origin to the tumours, which had continued since slowly to enlarge.”—P. 93., Waist-length portrait of Ruth Tucker, a patient whom Dr. George W. Norris treated for tumors on her ears.
See LCP AR [Annual Report] 1991 p. 26-31., 891 a: Thimble with monogram JES. Bottom decorated with leaves. 891 b. Cameo of George Washington. Italian. 891 c. Back of locket or watch, monogram LSV, 14k gold. 891 d. Small metal plate with monogram C.S.C. 891 e. Token from the South Carolina Society’s Centennial celebration in 1857. Obverse reads: 130 Rich W. Cogdell was admitted a member of the So. Ca. Society, May 2nd 1826. Reverse depicts a hands holding three leaves, reads: Centenl. Celebrn. of So. Ca. Society Mar. 28, 1857. Posteritate. 891 f. Mourning pendant with leather case. Back of pendant reads: John Stevens died June 1, 1772 Aged 52. Mary Stevens died August 1st, 1782, Aged 56. Front has monument with two urns, reads “Rest in Peace” surrounded by trees. Surrounded by a blue border with gold flowers. 891 g. Cameo with neoclassical scene of two men and a women reaching to grab a horse, while a child with a dog sits at the bottom right corner. Italian. 891 h. Button with circular pattern, inscribed W to J. 891 i Clear-cut glass, 3-sided wax seal attached to an ornate (brass?) handle. Depicts: dove with olive branch, man with beard and helmet (Roman?), third side blank. 891 j. Small glass mosaic of beetle. Borders from outside to interior are dark blue, turquoise blue, red. Beetle is composed of gold, red, and green with a white background., Gift of Cordelia Hinkson Brown, Beverly Brown-Ruggia, and family in honor of Phil Lapsansky, 2012., Middle-class African American family active in the Philadelphia African American political, social, educational, and cultural community from the 1850s to the 20th century. The family was involved in several prominent local African American institutions, including the St. Thomas P.E. Church, Church of the Crucifixion, Central Presbyterian Church, the Colored Institute of Youth, and the Citizens Republican Club.
Attributed to E.W. Clay., Title and publication information supplied by Wainwright., Clay, born in Philadelphia, was the most prolific caricaturist of the Jacksonian era. He became well known for his popular racist series, "Life in Philadelphia," published from 1828 until around 1830, which mocked upwardly mobile African American Philadelphians as ineptly attempting to imitate the white middle class., Nancy Reynolds Davison's E.W. Clay: American Political Caricaturist of the Jacksonian Era. (PhD. diss., The University of Michigan, 1980), p. 76, 358. (LCP Print Room, Uz A423.O), LCP holds duplicate untrimmed print: *Wainwright 315., Racist caricature simultaneously mocking and condoning the pretentiousness and bigotry of early 19th century Philadelphia Quakers toward their "social inferiors." On a Philadelphia road in front of a small home with an open picket fence and a visitor arriving on horseback, a raggedly dressed dark skinned traveler with buck teeth, possibly an Irishman or African American, asks a rotund Quaker man and his attractive prim and proper daughter, "I say, this isn't the road to Philadelphy, honey, is it?" The father responds indignantly to the "Friend," that he is not only asking a question, but also telling a lie, and of course it is the road.
Date
[1830 or 1831]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W315.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W315 [P.2179]
Attributed to E.W. Clay., Title and publication information supplied by Wainwright., Clay, born in Philadelphia, was the most prolific caricaturist of the Jacksonian era. He became well known for his racist popular series, "Life in Philadelphia," published from 1828 until 1832, which mocked upwardly mobile African American Philadelphians as ineptly attempting to imitate the white middle class., Nancy Reynolds Davison's E.W. Clay: American Political Caricaturist of the Jacksonian Era (PhD. diss., The University of Michigan, 1980), p. 76, 358. (LCP Print Room Uz, A423.O)., LCP holds duplicate trimmed print: W315., Gift of William Helfand., Racist caricature simultaneously mocking and condoning the pretentiousness and bigotry of early 19th century Philadelphia Quakers toward their "social inferiors." On a Philadelphia road in front of a small home with an open picket fence and a visitor arriving on horseback, a raggedly dressed dark skinned traveler with buck teeth, possibly an Irishman or African American, asks a rotund Quaker man and his attractive prim and proper daughter, "I say, this isn't the road to Philadelphy, honey, is it?" The father responds indignantly to the "Friend," that he is not only asking a question, but also telling a lie, and of course it is the road.
Date
[1830 or 1831]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W315.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W315 [P.9576]
Album of snapshots showing the Logan family residence Loudoun erected for Thomas Armat (photographer's great grandfather) in 1800 at 4650 Germantown Avenue and Stenton, the Logan family country seat at 4601 North Eighteenth Street in Germantown.
Panoramic view looking from Camden, New Jersey showing the Delaware riverfront and harbor. Includes cityscape; docked ships; boathouses; Spark's Shot Tower; Smith and Windmill Island; and several sailing vessels and a steamboat traversing the river. Also shows two men near grazing horses on the riverbank in the foreground., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 667, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Rivers - Delaware [(7)1322.F.19]
J.H. De Witt's Zouave's light infantry tactics was published in 1861., Printed in red and blue., The illustration shows a Union soldier in Zouave uniform, sabre drawn, attacking a confederate soldier., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
King & Baird
Date
[1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1861 King (5)5777.F.59a (McAllister)
The Ringgold Regiment, 104th Infantry, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col. W.W.H. Davis commanding, was recruited primarily in Bucks County; the first company was mustered into service Sept. 6, 1861; the regiment was mustered out Sept. 30, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 733., Printed in red and black., The illustration, signed H.L.S. L. Johnson & Co. Copyright secured, shows an eagle on a shield, with the banner: Fair Oaks, Chickahominy, and Harrison's Point! [all battles of the Peninsular Campaign, March-July 1862]., 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, 104th (1861-1865)
Date
[1862?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1862 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.9 (McAllister)
One poster printed on three 82 x 117 cm. sheets; second sheet begins: All gallant veterans who have fought for our glorious Union; third sheet begins: and with united voices proclaim, that in spite of slaveholding nabobs and European despots., The names of 23 other speakers follow Andrew G. Curtin., Printed in red and blue., The illustration, on the first sheet, is a U.S. flag, flanked by the typeset words: No North, no South, one country. The stars and stripes for all the land. Maine, Vermont, Mobile, Atlanta, Shenandoah., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
National Union City Executive Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1864 Nat Union (5)5777.F.41 (McAllister)
Aug. 25 fell on a Monday in 1862., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; MS. note: 100 Aug. 21., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 To the rescue (6)5777.F.59b (McAllister)
Depicts eight people standing and posing in a corner, dressed in costumes for a Halloween party held by the Doerings in their N. Bouvier Street home circa 1897. Catharine Rupp Doering (left) is dressed as a man. The three boys have painted their faces black, but one is wearing a bonnet, the other a conical dunce cap. Two of the boys may be dressed as maids. A woman in the center wears a cloth covered with stars on her head., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1897
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.156]
Depicts the front porches of three neighboring residences owned by the Webster family at 4830-4834 Penn Street. John H. Webster, Jr., photographer and surveyor, owns the first house to the left (4830). His brother, also a surveyor, owns the neighboring twin house (4832). Their father, John H. Webster, Sr., owns the single dwelling immediately northeast of the twin properties owned by his sons (4834)., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date
ca. 1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.123]
Rear view of three neighboring residences owned by the Webster family at 4830-4834 Penn Street. The photographer's brother, Clement B. Webster stands with his wife, Bertha T. Webster, in the backyard looking toward the camera. The photographer's mother, Lydia S. Webster, stands at a rear window of 4834 and the photographer's wife, Jane L. Webster, is sitting on the second floor of their home (4830), looking out of the window. John H. Webster, Jr., photographer and surveyor, owns the first house to the right (4830). His brother, also a surveyor, owns the neighboring twin house (4832). Their father, John H. Webster, Sr., owns the single dwelling immediately northeast of the twin properties owned by his sons (4834)., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date
ca. 1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.124]
Oct. 8 fell on a Thursday in 1863., The illustration, signed H.L.S. L.Johnson & Co. Copyright secured, shows an eagle on a shield, with the banner: No party but our country., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Union League of Philadelphia
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1863 Union (5)5777.F.17 (McAllister)
The illustration, signed Maas & Co., is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1864 Tenth (5)5777.F.33 (McAllister)
The Philadelphia Fire Zouaves, the 72nd Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, began recruiting in Aug. 1861, and was mustered out in Aug. 1864. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 2, p. 829, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 91., Printed in 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, 72nd (1861-1864)
Date
[1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.5e (McAllister)
Durell's Independent Battery D was recruited in Berks and Bucks counties, and organized at Doylestown Sept. 24, 1861; it was mustered out of service June 13, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 875., Printed on rose-colored paper., The illustration is an eagle with the banner: Union and liberty!, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Independent Battery, D (1861-1865)
Date
[1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.8c (McAllister)
Roberts' Artillery, the 152nd Regiment, 3rd Artillery of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was authorized in Aug. 1862 and mustered out of service in July and Nov. 1865; Col. Joseph Roberts was mustered in March 19, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p. 698, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 152., Printed in red and blue; printed on two 57 x 81 cm. sheets pasted together., The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., is an eagle on a shield with a blank banner., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; the Library Company also has the top half alone: 2# Am 1863 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.49b (McAllister)., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Artillery Regiment, 3rd (1862-1865), Battery B.
Date
[between 1863 and 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1863 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.50a (McAllister)
The 29th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was authorized in May 1861 and mustered out of service in July 1865; it was under command of Col. Murphy until April 23, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 1, p. 484, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 61., The illustration, signed Bonfield and Howell, shows a Union soldier with rifle in hand, bayonet fixed, charging past a fallen Confederate soldier in battle., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; MS. note: 100 Aug 18., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 29th (1861-1865)
Date
[between 1861 and 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.36d (McAllister)
Recruiting began for the 58th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers in the fall of 1861, and the regiment was formed Feb. 13, 1862; it was mustered out of service in Jan. 24, 1866; Col. Jones was killed at Bachelor's Creek Station, N.C. May 23, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 2, p. 285, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 77., The illustration, signed Bonfield and Howell, shows a Union soldier with rifle in hand, bayonet fixed, charging past a fallen Confederate soldier in battle., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; MS. note: 50 copies Aug. 22., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 58th (1862-1866)
Date
[1862 or 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.36l (McAllister)
The Philadelphia Fire Zouaves, the 72nd Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, began recruiting in Aug. 1861, and was mustered out in Aug. 1864. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 2, p. 829, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 91., The illustration shows a Union soldier in Zouave uniform, sabre drawn, attacking a Confederate soldier., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; MS. note, possibly from the printer, noting date and number printed: Feb 25 100., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 72nd (1861-1864)
Date
[1862?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.35c (Mcallister)
