Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
Creator
Draucker, Carson R., 1895-1971
Date
[1913-1918]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2007.35a&b]
Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
Creator
Draucker, Carson R., 1895-1971
Date
[1913-1918]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2007.35a&b]
Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
Creator
Draucker, Carson R., 1895-1971
Date
[1913-1918]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2007.35a&b]
Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
Creator
Draucker, Carson R., 1895-1971
Date
[1913-1918]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2007.35a&b]
Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
Creator
Draucker, Carson R., 1895-1971
Date
[1913-1918]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2007.35a&b]
Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
Creator
Draucker, Carson R., 1895-1971
Date
[1913-1918]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2007.35a&b]
Album compiled by Draucker between 1913 and 1918 containing snapshots, photocollages, and photomechanical prints of family and friends in Philadelphia, getaways and vacations, and his experiences as a World War I draftee in Fort Sill, Ok. and Rochester and Long Island N.Y. Philadelphia views depict University of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park, including the waterworks, Boat House Row and the Schuylkill River; Logan’s Square; Delaware River; Broad and Market streets near and including City Hall; Draucker’s residence at 235 South 15th Street; and Rittenhouse Square, including the annual Flower Show in 1916. Vacation images show Draucker and friends and/or family at recreational sites in Atlantic City, N.J., Lock Haven, Pa., Hecla Park, Center County, Pa., and Riverview, Pa. The vacation views often show picnicking, canoeing, and swimming. World War I imagery predominantly includes portrait snapshots of Draucker and his fellow soldiers, as well as interior views of his barracks at 202nd Aero Squadron and the U.S. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, N.Y. Album also contains portrait studies of persons and pets, including Rau "celebrity dog 'Bob'," as well as photocollages composed of sketched bodies and photographic heads; views of the dam at Lafayette, Pa. and Cascadella Gorge, Ithaca, N.Y.; images of the “Ad-Men’s Convention 1916” in Philadelphia; works by Draucker awarded prizes at exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Y.M.C.A. (p. 19, 25, 27, 30); and a series of images of a crashed car being removed from a Philadelphia storefront (p. 31)., Portraiture depicts Draucker’s family, including his sister Annetta and father Edward; friends and professional colleagues, including Al Swope, Charles R. Darwin, D. Sargent Bell, and William Rau; and group portraits of “M[otion P[icture] Operators Lyric Theatre, Lock Haven, Pa. 1912” and young men “Fredericks. Swope. Myers. Messerly. Kissenger” in driving attire and riding motorcycles., Stamped on front cover: National Simplex., Inscribed on inside cover: Draucker., Illustrated National "Simplex" Note Book advertisement printed on inside front cover., Many of the pages contain titles., Majority of images annotated with a caption., Accompanied by "Studio Light: a Magazine of Information for the Profession. Published by the Eastman Kodak Company. Rochester, N.Y. 1930." Vol. 22, No. 7. (September 1930). Promotional periodical illustrated with Draucker’s photographs and including biography of Draucker. [P.2007.35b]., Carson R. Draucker (1895-1971), son of Stathia and Edward Draucker, a hotel manager in Clinton, Pennsylvania was a professional photographer who specialized in portraiture in Syracuse, N.Y. by 1921. During his early years, he worked as a motion picture operator in his hometown of Clinton, Pa. and later, most likely in the Philadelphia photographic studio of William H. Rau. His early work was displayed and awarded at amateur exhibitions at John Wanamaker’s and the Philadelphia Y.M.C.A. Camera club. He attended Army Schools of Photography at Rochester and Cornell University and served in the Photographic Section of the Air Service during World War I. Draucker was also featured in "Studio Light: A Magazine of Information for the Profession" (1930) and copyrighted a photoflash calculator in 1937. He was married to Lucretia Draucker and passed away in San Diego, Ca. in January 1971.
Creator
Draucker, Carson R., 1895-1971
Date
[1913-1918]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2007.35a&b]
Proof print containing a montage of 14 vignettes (12 captioned) separated by borders of branches and garlands. Vignettes depict the "Custom House," West Philadelphia stand pipe (Twenty-Fourth Ward Water Works), "Independence Hall," Spark's shot tower, Merchants' "Exchange," "Insane Asylum," "Naval Asylum," "Pennsylvania "Hospital," "Philadelphia" near the Naval yard on the Delaware River, "Alms House," "Fair Mount" at the water works, "Girard College," and Eastern State "Penitentiary." Vignettes also include street, maritime, and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, wagons, and omnibuses; sail boats, skiffs, and steam boats; and laborers with hand carts and individuals on horseback. Also contains pictorial details showing an American eagle and shield, William Penn, and a Native American., Title and publication information from published duplicate., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 569, Library of Congress: DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia, See published copy DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia
Print containing a montage of 14 vignettes (12 captioned) separated by borders of branches and garlands. Vignettes depict the "Custom House," West Philadelphia stand pipe (Twenty-Fourth Ward Water Works), "Independence Hall," Spark's shot tower, Merchants' "Exchange," "Insane Asylum," "Naval Asylum," "Pennsylvania "Hospital," "Philadelphia" near the Naval yard on the Delaware River, "Alms House," "Fair Mount" at the water works, "Girard College," and Eastern State "Penitentiary." Vignettes also include street, maritime, and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, wagons, and omnibuses; sail boats, skiffs, and steam boats; and laborers with hand carts and individuals on horseback. Also contains pictorial details showing an American eagle and shield, William Penn, and a Native American., Distributor's imprint printed on recto: For Sale by Drovin & Co., 38 S. 3rd Phila., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 569.1, Drovin & Co. was a Philadelphia stationery business., Library of Congress: DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia, See proof DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia
Souvenir viewbook containing 48 views depicting principle buildings at the Centennial Exhibition that celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Includes Memorial Hall or Art Gallery; Main Building; Horticultural Hall; Machinery Hall; Agricultural Hall; United States Government Building; Women's Pavilion; Judges' Hall; Shoe and Leather Building; Carriage Exhibition Building; Photograph Exhibition Building; Pomological Building; Brewers Building; Butter and Cheese Factory; Department of Public Comfort; Pennsylvania Educational Building; English, French, and German Commission buildings; Brazilian Commissioners' Building; Spanish Building; Japanese Dwelling; Swedish School House; Canada Log House; New Hampshire Building; Massachusetts Building; Connecticut Cottage; New York Building; New Jersey Building; Pennsylvania Building; Delaware Building; Maryland Building; West Virginia Building; Arkansas Building; Mississippi Building; Ohio Building; Indiana Building; Illinois Building; Michigan Building; Wisconsin Building; Kansas and Colorado Building; Cook's World's Ticket Office; Glass Exhibition Building; Singer Sewing Machine Co.; New England Kitchen & Log House; Campbell Printing Press Building; Photographic Association Studio; and Japanese Bazaar. Views also show pedestrian traffic. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson., Includes "Contents"; "Map of Centennial Grounds"; and "Dimension and Costs of the Principal Buildings.", Titles of views in English, German, Spanish, and French., P.2010.21.6-8 gift of David Doret., P.2008.36.45 & 46 gift of Michael Zinman., Zinman copy digitized., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Inger, Christian, artist
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret Collection Centennial Ephemera [P.2010.21.6-8], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection [P.2008.36.45 & 46]
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.
