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Title: Said Jackson at New Orleans, "Boys we'll each one turn explorer, and make a raid on the enemy's stores with the Enterprise Bung Borer."
Description: Trade card issued during the Columbian Exposition of 1893 advertising Enterprise Mf'g Co. of Pa. "Enterprise Bung-Hole Borer or Hollow Auger." Contains an anachronistic scene including a caricaturized depiction of Andrew Jackson and his militia during the War of 1812. Depicts the Major General triumphantly drilling a hole into a cask of rum with an Enterprise auger. Casks surround him and his troop cheers in the background near an American flag. Also contains a view of Machinery Hall designed by Peabody & Stearns. The exposition held in Chicago May 1-October 30, 1898 celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Pa. was established in 1866., Advertising text printed on verso: Enterprise Bung-Hole Borer or Hollow Auger. The Most Complete Bung-Hole Borer in the Market. This Auger is made of cast steel, and is ground by patented machinery in such a manner as to leave the cutting edge the most prominent. It is nicely hardened, finely tempered, and very durable. Being furnished with a round lip bit, smooth boring is ensured. It bores a complete Round Hole, Regular Taper, and holds it own chips, preventing them from entering the cask. To sharpen the Stock or Reamer, file the inside of slot only. Prices: No. 1, Bores from 3/8 to 1 1/2 inches, $1.50. " 2, " " 1 1/8 to 2 " 2.00. " 3, " " 1 1/2 to 3 " 3.00., Printed on verso: For Sale by the Hardware Trade. Send for Catalogue. The Enterprise M'f'g Co. of Pa., Third & Dauphin Sts., Philadelphia, U.S.A., Vignette illustration on verso. Depicts an auger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: c1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.61]

Title: In seventy six, that old Continental; that Fourth-of-July-m'an; hatchet-can't-lie-man gave orders for dinner, "and said "use Enterprise beef shaver, for beef so sliced, will meet with much favor."
Description: Trade card issued during the Columbian Exposition of 1893 advertising Enterprise Mf'g Co. of Pa. "Enterprise Smoked Beef Shaver." Contains an anachronistic, historical scene including a caricaturized depiction of General George Washington. Shows the camp cook at his Enterprise shaver on a tree stump and saluting Washington and his officer. Also contains a view of visitors approaching the Administration Building designed by Richard M. Hunt. The exposition held in Chicago May 1-October 30, 1898 celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Pa. was established in 1866., Advertising text printed on verso: Enterprise Smoked Beef Shaver, Also for Slicing Potatoes, Fruits and Vegetables. All grocers are aware of the hard labor and lost time spent in slicing smoked beef with the old hand knife. Our Champion Smoked Beef Shaver saves this lost time, and the hard labor is reduced to a pleasure. The knife is suspended pendulum-like, and each stroke cuts a slice clean, clear and quickly, taking but a few moments to shave down a pound of beef. Green or soft beef can be shaved equally well. the automatic feed can be regulated to cut from shavings as thin as tissue to slices one-eighth of an inch thick, and a set screw will be found near the top of the machine to tighten the blade holder, when necessary. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Prices: No. 23, Japanned, . $7.50. No. 24, tinned..$9.00., Printed on verso: For Sale by the Hardware Trade. Send for Catalogue. The Enterprise M'f'g Co. of Pa., Third & Dauphin Sts., Philadelphia, U.S.A., Text on verso varies between prints., Vignette illustration on verso. Depicts a shaver and a stack of shaved meat., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: c1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.55 & 79]

Title: Horace Greely, to his farmer friends, one day, said "How needlessly man often labors, use the Enterprise Sprinkler, that is the proper way, and give up the watering pot, neighbors."
Description: Trade card issued during the Columbian Exposition of 1893 advertising Enterprise Mf'g Co. of Pa. "Enterprise Lawn Sprinklers." Contains a scene including a caricaturized depiction of newspaper editor and agrarian reformer Horace Greeley. Shows Greeley demonstrating an Enterprise sprinkler to two farmers on the front lawn of an estate. Also contains a view of the Horticultural Building designed by W.L.B. Jenney. The exposition held in Chicago May 1-October 30, 1898 celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Pa. was established in 1866., Advertising text printed on verso: Enterprise Lawn Sprinklers. Two sizes. no. 1,-- $3.50. No. 2,--$2.75. Our No. 1 Sprinkler has the following advantages: 1st. Each machine is furnished with a cord or rope, so that the Sprinkler may be easily moved, when running, without going near it. 2nd. The water passes through a strainer before it enters the small perforations, which, therefore are prevented from filling up. 3rd. It is so constructed that the weight of its revolving parts is removed by the pressure of the water, thus overcoming unnecessary wear. 4th. All parts of the machine are made sufficiently strong for ordinarily rough usage and are interchangeable. 5th. The machine is Tinned and Nickel Plated, and is of very handsome appearance. 7th. [sic] The Sprinklers are finished and boxed complete in our factory and require no skill to put them together. Our No. 2 Sprinkler, being a cheaper machine, has no strainer or ball, but is similar to the No. 1 in other respects., Printed on verso: For Sale by the Hardware Trade. Send for Catalogue. The Enterprise M'f'g Co. of Pa., Third & Dauphin Sts., Philadelphia, U.S.A., Typeface on verso varies between prints., Vignette illustrations on verso. Depicts an Enterprise lawn sprinkler spraying water., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: c1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.58 & 80]

Title: "I found when a grocer's boy," Honest Abe said "Prosperity's line, if you'd cross it, give always good measure, save labor and use the self measuring, Enterprise faucet."
Description: Trade card issued during the Columbian Exposition of 1893 advertising Enterprise Mf'g Co. of Pa. "Enterprise Improved Patent Suction and Force Measuring Faucet." Contains a scene including a caricaturized depiction of Abraham Lincoln in a storeroom with large casks of molasses. Depicts Lincoln holding a sheet of paper in one hand and operating the Enterprise faucet on one of the casks to fill a large jug. Also contains a view of the Forestry building designed by Charles B. Atwood. The exposition held in Chicago May 1-October 30, 1898 celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Pa. was established in 1866., Contains several lines of advertising text printed on verso. Text promotes the correctness of the faucet to accurately draw one gallon in any season; it's efficiency and cleanliness; it's "warranted to measure according to United States Standard" advertised as "Eight (8) pounds, five and one-third (5 1/8) ounces of water"; and price of $3.00., Printed on verso: For Sale by the Hardware Trade. Send for Catalogue. The Enterprise M'f'g Co. of Pa., Third & Dauphin Sts., Philadelphia, U.S.A., Typeface on verso varies between prints., Vignette illustration on verso. Depicts a hand applying pressure to the handle of a faucet attached to a "Molasses" cask., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman., See also trade cards - Enterprise.
Date: c1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.63 & 69]

Title: In 1773 in Boston town was spilled the tea. These are not Indians that you see, but patriots fighting tyranny; they spilled the tea, then drank their fill of coffee ground in Enterprise mill
Description: Trade card issued during the Columbian Exposition of 1893 advertising Enterprise Mf'g Co. of Pa. "Enterprise Coffee, Spice and Drug Mills." Contains an anachronistic, historical scene including a caricaturized depiction of Boston Tea Party demonstrators. Shows the men in feather head pieces using a huge Enterprise coffee mill and drinking cups and saucers of coffee. A banner reading "No Taxation Without Representation"waves above their heads." Also contains a view of the Fisheries Building. The exposition held in Chicago May 1-October 30, 1898 celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Pa. was established in 1866., Advertising text printed on verso: Enterprise Coffee, Spice and Drug Mills. 24 Sizes-$1.25 to $100.00. The excellence of our coffee Mills has been recognized for years. This does not deter us, however, from constantly trying to make them still better, and it will be our earnest endeavor to maintain their high order of superiority. For full information concerning sizes adapted to the store, household, etc., and prices, send for Catalogue., Printed on verso of P.2008.36.56: For Sale by the Hardware Trade. Send for Catalogue. The Enterprise M'f'g Co. of Pa., Third & Dauphin Sts., Philadelphia, U.S.A., Typeface on verso varies between prints., Vignette illustration on verso. Depicts a hand-operated coffee mill., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: c1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.56 & 68]

Title: William J. Mullen, agent for the inspectors of the Phila. Coy. Prison & for the Phila. Society for alleviating the miseries of public prisons. Office Phila. County Prison. Residence 1502 South 4th St
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a seated angel of Death as an old man with an hourglass and scythe, a female angel standing behind a gavel and block, and a man draped in robes holding a scroll above a small vignette of a prison within a clock dial. Also shows an eagle and a scene of salvation represented by a prisoner in the likeness of Jesus being saved by a fatherly figure in front of a holy building surmounted by a large cross., Includes printed text on top, bottom and in two side panels signed by Wm. Bigler; Wm. M. Heister, Secy. of Commonwealth; Wm. F. Packer, Gov. of Pennsylvania; Eli Slifer, Secy' of the Commonwealth; A.G. Curtin, Gov. of Penn'a; and John M. Sullivan, Dep. Sec. of the Commonwealth., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Mullen [(6)1322.F.24b]

Title: If dat ar fish knowd dis wor Merrick's thread, he wouldnt ha bit Merrick Thread Co. Best six cord 8
Description: Racist trade card for the Merrick Thread Company at 248 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia and depicting Black men, attired only in loincloths, pulling a captured whale onto a beach. The five men, portrayed in racist caricature, stand on the beach and hold onto the thread coming from an oversized spool labeled, "Merrick Thread Co. Best Six Cord 8," in the right. The whale with an open mouth of sharp teeth is pulled from the ocean onto the beach. In the background, two men run, and palm trees are visible in the right. Merrick Thread Co. was founded in 1865 by Timothy Merrick, Austin Merrick, and Origen Hall in Mansfield, Connecticut. After its founding, the company established mills in Holyoke, Massachusetts. In 1898, the company merged with thirteen other independent thread and yarn manufacturers to form the American Thread Company., Title from item., Date inferred from date of operation of advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Merrick Thread Co.'s best six cord soft finish spool cotton for machine & hand sewing and offers patrons "two lithoed water-color engravings" and "Sunshine for Little Children" on receipt of twenty-five cents., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Merrick [P.2002.30]

Title: F. Pulaski & Co., 1026 Chestnut St Opening days, November 1st and 2d, 1881
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards promoting F. Pulaski & Co., a fancy goods store at 1026 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a white woman pulling on her red stockings as her pet cat rubs his head against her foot and the same woman attired in a brown coat, a pink hat, blue stockings and white shoes, leaving her home with her cat trailing her. Also includes two related scenes showing a white woman standing with her head lowered before her surprised white husband with black soot on her face and clothing. In the subsequent scene, the husband is fighting with a Black man. In the right, the white man's brown cap flies off his head and white flour is dispersed through the air. In the left, the Black man's brown, brimmed hat falls to the ground as he grabs his hands around the white man's head with his right leg lifted up. F. Pulaski & Co., initially a partnership between Frank Pulaski and M.L. Kline when these trade cards were created, later specialized in pictures and picture frames., Title from item., Text in French printed on recto [1975.F.714]: "En voyant sa femme changée de couleur, Pétrin qui a mauvais caractère, devine tout de suite que Charabia lui a fait une niche. Il a son plan.", Text in French printed on recto [1975.F.718]: "Comme ils se sont promis de faire suer: Charabia, de la farine à chon ami Pétrin, et Pétrin du charbon a Charabia, ils se tiennent parole.", Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1881
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Pulaski [1975.F.714; 1975.F.718; 1975.F.764 & 1975.F.871]

Title: [Frederick A. Rex & Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards promoting coffee manufacturer Frederick A. Rex & Co. and depicting a fox leaping to grab grapes in its mouth from a vine running along the top of a tall stone wall. Racist trade card titled "An absorbing subject" and depicting a caricature an African American man lying on top of a barrel and drinking from it with a straw. Shows the barefooted man, portrayed with exaggerated features, and attired in a straw hat, a striped shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, and patched and torn pants. He lies straddling on top of a wooden barrel and rests his head in his hands. He closes his eyes as he drinks from a straw through a hole in the barrel. The barrel has a label pasted on it and is marked “XXX.” In the foreground, a painter’s palette leans against the front of the barrel. Frederick A. Rex (1850-1916) founded the Frederick A. Rex Company in the 1880s which manufactured coffee and tea. The firm had an office in Philadelphia and a mill in Camden, N.J., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9651.20] copyrighted 1881 by Geo. M. Hayes., One print [P.9651.20] contains advertising text printed on verso promoting "Peerless Coffee," the finest coffee sold, roasted and packed by Fred'k A. Rex & Co., 39 North Front St., Philadelphia, with mills in Camden, New Jersey., Purchase 1999, 2001., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1881]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Rex [P.9651.20 & P.9984.2]

Title: H. Jahke, wholesale & retail dealer in all descriptions of fresh & salt pork, hams, lard, tongues, &c. 130, 131, 132 & 133 Nineteenth St. market, residence, cor. Baring & Sloan Sts., West Phila
Description: Racist, trade card promoting butcher John Henry Jahke and depicting a caricature of an African American man on mule-drawn plow. Shows the African American man, attired in a hat and a blue, plaid jacket and pants, sitting on top of a plow. He holds the lever to the plow in his right hand and the reins to the mule pulling the plow in his left hand. The mule is kicking its back legs into the air because three pigs are running around it. Trees are visible in the background. John Henry Jahke (1835-1919) was a prominent butcher who owned a slaughtering and packing plant in West Philadelphia on Baring and Sloan Streets., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., Digitized., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Jahke [P.9766]

Title: [The Singer Manufacturing Company trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting comic views entitled "This coat was sewed on a Singer machine," "What I have sewed together and no one rip asunder," "Making ends meet," and "As ye sew so shall ye rip," showing a man caught and hanging from a windowsill by his coat looking in the face of a frightened cat with its back arched; a couple attired in their wedding clothes, which Cupid stitches together behind them; a boy sewing the ends of two cat's tails together with a Singer sewing machine. Two other boys hold the horrified looking cats, while a dog sits near the machine; a boy sitting on the edge of a sewing machine with his back to the viewer as another boy sews; musicians playing french horn, flute, and baritone; and two men lounging in a hay field, one of them asleep and mischeviously being prodded by the other with a twig, with a post and rail fence in background. The Singer Manufacturing Company relocated to 1106 Chestnut Street from 1609 Ridge Avenue ca. 1876 and moved to 1202 Chestnut Street in 1882., Title supplied by cataloger., Four prints contain the following advertising text printed on versos: Advertising text printed on verso: Principal Office of The Singer Manufacturing Company Removed to 1202 Chestnut Street. Genuine Singer Sewing Machines. At Low Prices For Cash., Two prints contain the following advertising text printed on versos: The world's award. First premium to the singer. 232, 444 (Two hundred and thirty-two thousand four hundred and forty-four,) machines sold in one year, 113, 254 more machines than were sold by the next highest company. Machines sold on easy monthly installments, No. 1106 Chestnut St., Phila., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Two prints [P.9387.1 & 2] gift of Alan Smith., For duplicate of "Making ends meet" see Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.59], Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1876-1882]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Singer [1975.F.786; 1975.F.864-866; P.9387.1 & 2]

Title: "Tippecanoe and Tyler too," was the cry they raised in forty two, when barrels were set up all over the land by the Enterprise Barrel Jack, Truck and Stand
Description: Trade card issued during the Columbian Exposition of 1893 advertising Enterprise Mf'g Co. of Pa. "Barrel Jack, Truck and Stand." Contains a scene showing the interior of a tavern in which the bar keep and customers raise pints of cider as a man delivers a barrel of it on an Enterprise barrel jack, truck and stand (i.e., dollie). A "Tippecanoe & Tyler Too" banner is displayed and bottles of liquor line the wall behind the bar. Another patron kneels in front of the bar and funnels cider from a barrel tipped on its side on a second dollie. Also contains a view of the Transportation Building designed by Adler & Sullivan. The exposition held in Chicago May 1-October 30, 1898 celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Pa. was established in 1866., Advertising text printed on verso: Enterprise Barrel Jack, Truck and Stan. Price, $6.00. All Grocers, Druggists and Dealers in Oils or any kind of Liquids, where heavy barrels are placed on draught, are aware of the hard labor and time spent in handling and blocking them up. Our Barrel Jack, Truck and Stand saves time, and the labor is much lessened. Its simplicity of construction and rapidity of execution can be appreciated at a glance. One man can operate it easily and do in a few seconds what usually occupies two men from twenty to thirty minutes., Printed on verso: For Sale by the Hardware Trade. Send for Catalogue. The Enterprise M'f'g Co. of Pa., Third & Dauphin Sts., Philadelphia, U.S.A., Typeface on verso varies between prints., Vignette illustration on verso. Depicts a barrel loaded onto a barrel jack, truck and stand. Hands are visible on the handles and a foot on the release., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: c1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.54 & 73]

Title: Prison life in the tobacco warehouse at Richmond
Description: A publisher's advertisement., Engraved illustration at head, signed "Lauderbach sc.", has caption: Our last day in the Richmond Tobacco Warehouse Prison., Printed area measures 29.8 x 14.7 cm., Library Company has both issues, in printed paper wrapper for 50 cents, and in publisher's cloth for 75 cents., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Childs, George William, 1829-1894
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Childs 9982.F.99 (McAllister)

Title: The Quaker gun now on exhibition, was brought from the Rebel works at Manassas, and wishing the public to witness the artillery used by the aforesaid Rebels, it will be exhibited for a few days only, a the old "Press" office, 417 Chestnut Street, between 4th and 5th Sts. Admission, 1 dime. Hours, from 9 A.M. to 8 P.M
Description: A "Quaker gun" is a wooden log, sometimes painted black to resemble the barrel of a cannon, placed to give the appearance of heavy artillery., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Image of the American Civil War.
Date: [1861?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1861 Quaker 5786.F.159c (McAllister)

Title: Swedenborgen Theological Seminary
Description: Aerial view of the campus of the Academy of the New Church in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. Depicts Benade Hall and other original buildings constructed in the early 20th century. The institution, founded in 1876, is comprised of a Theological School, secondary schools, and Bryn Athyn College, all associated with the New Church or General Church of the New Jerusalem (commonly known as the Swedenborgian church)., Negative number: 1323.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1323]

Title: Important announcement! Lossing's pictorial history of the great Rebellion. ... Persons possessing pamphlets, or other materials relating to the Rebellion, will confer a favor by sending them to the author, Benson J. Lossing, Esq., Poughkeepsie, N.Y
Description: Includes letters of recommendation dated March 1862. The pictorial history of the Civil War in the United States of America was published in parts by G.W. Childs between 1866 and 1868., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; ink stamp: From John Penington & Son. Philada., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Childs, George William, 1829-1894
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Childs (2)5786.F.45b (McAllister)

Title: The official war map--now ready. Hazard's railroad and military map of the Southern States Compiled from the most authentic sources, and the United States coast surveys, by the Committee on Inland Transportation of the Board of Trade of Philadelphia, and superbly engraved in the finest style of map making. ... In sheets, carefully colored, $1.00
Description: The map was copyrighted in 1862 by Thomas Kimber Jr., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Hazard, Willis P. (Willis Pope), 1825-1913
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Hazard (2)5786.F.45a (McAllister)

Title: [Mary S. Webster, with Anna D. Webster and children, on porch of 3084 Emerald Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the photographer's older sister, Mary S. Webster, sitting on the porch of a semi-detached brick home with her sister-in-law, Anna Dutton Webster, and her neice and nephew, Mabel C. and Horace D. Webster. Probably Albert and Anna Dutton Webster's residence at 3084 Emerald Street., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.57]

Title: Attention! The best military book ever published. Now ready, Baxter's Volunteer's manual containing full instructions for the recruit, in the schools of the soldier and squad, given in the most simple style, ... Illustrated with over 100 engravings, ... By Lt. Col. De Witt C. Baxter, of the National Guard, now in the service of the United States. This book is officially approved of. ... The same work is also published in the German language, at the same price
Description: De Witt Clinton Baxter's The volunteers manual, and Baxter's Handbuch des Freiwilligen were each issued by King & Baird in 1861., The illustration shows three soldiers standing at attention., 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 sm # Am 1861 King (2)5786.F.53a (McAllister)

Title: [Bryn Athyn Cathedral, 1001 Cathedral Road, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania.]
Description: Aerial views of the Bryn Athyn Cathedral, or the General Church of the New Jerusalem, built 1914-1919 by Raymond Pitcairn and Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson. Commonly known as the Swedenborgian church., Negative numbers: 4804, 5032, 5189a.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.4804; P.8990.5032; P.8990.5189a]

Title: Sanitary Fair Catalogue of cabinet furniture, looking-glasses, marble mantels, fonts, sewing machines, carpets, &c. to be sold at the fair building, (Logan Square.) On Friday, July 1, 1864, at 1 o'clock, p.m
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission, (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Great (1)5781.F.62a (McAllister)

Title: Sanitary Fair Catalogue of articles to be sold at the Restaurant Department, at the Great Central Fair buildings, on Saturday morning, July 2d, 1864, at 10 o'clock
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission, (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Great (1)5781.F.69a (McAllister)

Title: Grover's Theatre Pennsylvania Avenue, near Willard's Hotel Leonard Grover, director also, of Grover's Chestnut St. Theatre, Philadelphia. Wednesday evening, April 20, 1864, Boucicault's great American drama The octoroon! The entire press speak of this great drama of Louisiana life in the most generous terms. ... Koppitz and the grand orchestra will render the beautiful music of the drama. To-morrow, Thursday, April 21, most positively the last time of Colleen Bawn Prices of admission: Dress circle or parquet 50 cents Family circle 25 cents Orchestra seats 75 cents
Description: Members of the cast: George H. Andrews, Mrs. M.A. Chapman, W.A. Chapman, W.A. Donaldson, L.H. Everett, J.B. Evers, H. Forrest, Jane Andrews Germon, Sophy Gimber, Walter Lennox, J. Matthews, Miss Miller, G.W. Mitchell, Frank Mordaunt, Mrs. Mordaunt, Harry Pearson, Miss Porter, Miss S. Schenck, Annie Ward, James T. Ward, Joseph Whiting, and Mr. Wilson., The printed area, including double-rule border, measures 54.9 x 19.7 cm., Illustration signed: Adrian-Probasco Phila., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Grover's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB Wash Grover 1864 (26)5761.F.19a (McAllister)

Title: Grover's Theatre Pennsylvania Avenue, near Willard's Hotel Leonard Grover, director also, of Grover's Chestnut St. Theatre, Philadelphia. This Friday evening, April 22, 1864 last time, most positively, of Grover's great Philadelphia company This great company will appear again this evening in Boucicault's great American drama The octoroon The entire press speak of this great drama of Louisiana life in the most generous terms. ... Koppitz and the grand orchestra will render the beautiful music of the drama. Saturday, April 23d, grand festival in commemoration of Shakspere 300dth anniversary of his birth. 3d anniversary of the opening of Grover's Theatre. Third annual benefit of Leonard Grover! ... Seats may be secured immediately, no extra charge. Monday, April 25th, the great tragic alliance--Davenport, Wallack & Mrs. Farren Othello. Prices of admission: Dress circle or parquet 50 cents Family circle 25 cents Orchestra seats 75 cents
Description: Members of the cast: George H. Andrews, Mrs. M.A. Chapman, W.A. Chapman, W.A. Donaldson, L.H. Everett, J.B. Evers, H. Forrest, Jane Andrews Germon, Sophy Gimber, Walter Lennox, J. Matthews, Miss Miller, G.W. Mitchell, Frank Mordaunt, Mrs. Mordaunt, Harry Pearson, Miss Porter, Miss S. Schenck, Annie Ward, James T. Ward, Joseph Whiting, and Mr. Wilson., The printed area, including double-rule border, measures 55.1 x 19.8 cm., Illustration signed: Adrian-Probasco Phila., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Grover's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB Wash Grover 1864 (26)5761.F.21a (McAllister)

Title: Independence Hall in 1876, Philadelphia. = Unabhängigkeits Halle = Edificio de la Independencia en 1776 = Hotel de L'Independance
Description: Busy street view showing Independence Hall built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Also shows the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans (500 Chestnut); Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut); and the Public Ledger Building built 1866-1867 (600-606 Chestnut). Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles, including carriages and street cars, congest the sidewalks and roadway. American flags adorn most of the buildings., Published in Thompson Westcott's Centennial portfolio: a souvenir of the International Exhibition at Philadelphia; comprising lithographic views of fifty of its principal buildings (Philadelphia: T. Hunter, 1876), p. 52., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 377, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, lithographer
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Centennial [P.2006.31.17]

Title: Head quarters of La Fayette at the Battle of Brandywine
Description: Exterior view of the Delaware County residence used as a headquarters by the French general Marquis De La Fayette before the American Revolutionary battle in September 1777. Several trees line the property. The residence owned by Quaker farmer Gideon Gilpin was plundered by the British following the American's loss of the battle., Manuscript note on recto: Dwelling of Gideon Gilpin., Published in George Smith's History of Delaware County (Philadelphia : Printed by Henry B. Ashmead, 1862) opp. p. 381., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 109, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Tholey, Charles P., d. 1898, artist
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Residences - G [P.2006.31.2]

Title: [Bertha T. and Clement B. Webster near the smokehouse, Mount Equity, Pennsdale, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the photographer's brother, Clement B. Webster, with his wife, Bertha T. Webster, near the smokehouse on the property of Mount Equity in Pennsdale, Pa. Bertha is attired in a striped dress, standing against the shed with a tennis racket in hand. Clement sits at her feet, resting his elbow on a pumpkin. The photographer's aunt, Hannah Mary S. Taylor, rented Mount Equity from her son-in-law's family during the summer months of 1889 and 1890., A small stone section of Mount Equity, known as "The Cottage," was constructed near the Wolf Run House in Pennsdale, Pa. ca. 1810 by Mercy Ellis after the death of her husband, William Ellis. After her death in 1848, her children used the cottage primarily during the summer months. Her son Charles Ellis built a stone addition to the house in 1861 and a rear kitchen wing was added by the family in 1882. It was around this time that the enlarged house shed its name as "The Cottage," and was known as Mount Equity. The property is now home to a Buddhist Monastery, Mt. Equity Zendo Jihoji., Modern reference print #30 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.69]

Title: [Armand Dalsemer trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Armand Dalsemer's "fine shoes" and "common sense shoes" at 136 North Eighth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a grinning African American man, portrayed in racist caricature, standing in an open window holding a newspaper labeled "The American Citizen"; a cherub sitting on a lily pad in a lily pond; and a portrait of a little girl wearing a bonnet., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Sunshine Publishing Company (Philadelphia) and Leon Meyers, 29 S. Liberty St., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Dalsemer [1975.F.15; 1975.F.19; 1975.F.286]

Title: Fashions for spring and summer 1853 by S.A. & A.F. Ward, No. 62 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 15 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and a fair setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Eight of the nine men are attired in jackets, vests, cravats, top hats and canes. Some wear plaid and striped pants. One man, seated with sheet music in his lap and a stringed instrument by his side, is attired in an elaborate silk robe. The remaining men, most standing, converse in groups and study framed images hanging on the wall. The left image is a landscape, and the right depicts a portrait of an older man. Lower panel shows the New York Crystal Palace, an exhibition building designed by Georg Carstensen and German architect Charles Gildemeister and constructed for the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City in 1853. View includes foot, carriage, and omnibus traffic. Couples, children and dogs stroll the grounds. In the foreground, flanking the view of the exhibition building, are six figures, including a gentleman standing with his back shown, looking at a woman on a horse and a boy holding a watering can. The man is attired in a jacket, top hat and cane, and the boy wears a ruffled cape-like jacket, knickers and a cap. The woman, sitting sidesaddle, wears a dress, jacket, gloves and a plumed hat. On the right side, two men stand with a boy. All of them wear jackets, vests, cravats, patterned pants, boots and hats. One man holds a rifle in his left hand. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. New York's 1853 exhibition was held on the site now home to Bryant Park. A fire destroyed the exhibition building in 1858., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 76, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3068]
Date: 1853
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3068]

Title: Independence Hall, where Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View looking northeast from Independence Square at the rear elevation of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Shows the statue of Commodore John Barry sculpted by Samuel Murray in 1906 and presented to the City of Philadelphia by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in 1907. Also includes a temporary frame structure adorned with American shields set up behind the statue near the rear entrance and partial views of Old City Hall built 1790-1791 after designs by David Evans, Jr. and the Lafayette Building constructed in 1907 after designs by John T. Windrim (northwest cor. Fifth and Chestnut)., Title printed on mount., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including New York, NY; Portland, Oregon; London, Eng.; and Sydney, Aus., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed above image on mount: H69., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Independence Hall printed on verso. Includes table of numbers indicating "series" and "position"., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1907]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Historic buildings and sites [P.9047.153]

Title: [E. Burthey trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Etienne Burthey's Philadelphia confectionery at 324 South Third Street. Eight prints illustrate the French folksong, "Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre". Views show the Duke of Marlborough leaving for war; Marlborough with another man carrying his sabre; Marlborough's wife looking through a telescope from a stone tower; two men with the deceased Marlborough's helmet; his wife's worried page carrying a letter; and his wife seated, with the page crying into a handkerchief nearby, after receiving news of Marlborough's death; and two men carrying his coffin. Additional illustrations depict men and women playing lawn tennis and archery; a group of children performing a variety of activities, including playing with a train, performing magic tricks, and training a dog; naked cherubs in the snow and on a swing; flowers; birds; bees; and butterflies. Burthey's confectionery business occupied 324 South Third Street from 1877 to 1881., Printers and engravers include A. Ponsot (Paris, France), Stafford (Frankford, Pa.), and Thomas S. Dando & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.), Includes series of five prints by Thomas S. Dando & Co. with advertising text printed on versos: F. Burthey, manufacturer of all sorts of chocolates, bonbons, Parisian style, 324 South Third St., Philadelphia. Prints also contain titles on rectos, including "Royal lawn tennis," "Le petit mencanicien," "Le petit magicien," "Le chien d'education," and "Tir a l'arc.", Includes series of eight prints printed by Ponsot, Paris with imprint, "E. Burthey, maison Francaise de chocolat et confiserie, 324 South Third St., Philadelphia" and various titles in French on rectos including, "Marlborough s'en va-t-en guerre," "L'un portrait son grand sabre," "Madame monte à sa tour," "L'autre portrait son casque," "Elle voit venir son page," "Monsieur Marlborough est mort," "Chacun s'en fut chez soi," and "J' l'ai vu porter en terre.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Burthey [1975.F.37; 1975.F.39; 1975.F.41-44; 1975.F.46; 1975.F.48; 1975.F.64-65; 1975.F.70; 1975.F.74; 1975.F.77; 1975.F.84; 1975.F.96; 1975.F.98-99; 1975.F.101-104; 1975.F.108; 1975.F.115]

Title: Memorial of the International Exhibition at Philadelphia. 1876
Description: 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., 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]

Title: Centennial souvenir Philadelphia. 1876
Description: Souvenir viewbook containing an accordion folded leaf of 15 prints depicting buildings, landmarks, and views of the Centennial Exhibition. Titles include Main Exhibition Building; Memorial Hall; Horticultural Hall; Machinery Hall; Agricultural Hall; Ladies Pavillion [sic]; Judges Pavillion [sic]; U.S. Government Building; New Jersey State Building; Shoe & Leather Building; Total Ab[stinence] Fountain; English Building; Japanese Building; Birds Eye View [of the Centennial Grounds]; and Sawyer Observatory. Views also show pedestrian traffic. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Copyright secured and Patent applied for by Ostheimer Bros., Philadelphia., Includes "Contents" and "The Centennial Grounds and Exhibition Buildings" map., Titles of views in French, German, and English., P.2010.21.10 gift of David Doret., P.2008.36.49 gift of Michael Zinman., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Ostheimer Brothers, a Philadelphia export and import firm, established in 1835, entered the export business following their successful administration of a large number of the foreign exhibits at the Centennial Exhibition.
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret Collection Centennial Ephemera [P.2010.21.10], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection [P.2008.36.49]

Title: R. & J. Beck, opticians, No. 1016 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia W.H. Walmsley, manager. Spectacles, eye glasses, opera glasses, microscopes, thermometers, telescopes
Description: Illustrated trade cards for R. & J. Beck opticians depicting children attired in long coats with an umbrella walking in the rain toward an anthropomorphic thermometer and children with binoculars and a telescope looking toward an anthropomorphic owl and moon. The owl gazes back through a telescope at the children and their dog. Founded in London in 1843, the company's name changed to R. & J. Beck in 1865., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Beck [1975.F.71-72]

Title: Colonnade Hotel, Philadelphia. Congress Hall, Cape May
Description: Die cut trade card shaped and illustrated as the front of one daisy and the back of another. Advertises the luxury hotels The Colonnade Hotel and Congress Hall. The Colonnade Hotel was a luxury hotel completed in 1868 at 1500-1506 Fifteenth Street (southwest corner of Fifteenth and Chestnut streets). The hotel was named after the "Colonnade Row" of early nineteenth-century pillared, porched townhouses previously on the site. The hotel was demolished in 1925 for the erection of the Franklin Trust Company Building. Congress Hall, one of the oldest seaside hotels, was built in 1816 by Thomas Hughes, at Beach Drive and Congress Street. The hotel, originally called the "Big House," was renamed Congress Hall in 1828 when Hughes was elected to Congress. The grand lodging, able to accommodate 1000 guests, was destroyed by the great fire of 1878 and rebuilt in brick the following year., Advertising text printed on verso for the Colonnade Hotel and Congress Hall operated by H.J. and G.R. Crump of Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Colonnade Hotel [1975.F.125]

Title: Atmore's mince meat and genuine English plum pudding
Description: Trade card promoting Atmore & Son’s mince meat and depicting a racist scene of an African American boy street peddler. He stands on a sidewalk and holds a disc-shaped pie in his hands in front of the door to a brick building. The rosy-cheeked boy smiles and looks at the viewer. He is barefoot and attired in a white, collared shirt with orange stripes; yellow suspenders; and blue pants with black stripes that are rolled up to below his knees. In the left, on the ground and behind the peddler, is a handled basket full of pies that is partially wrapped in a white cloth. In the right is a tree with green leaves. Atmore & Son, established in 1842, was located at 141 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. They continued producing mince meat as late as 1948., Various printers printed series of trade cards in the 1870s for Atmore & Son before Ketterlinus, including Clay, Cosask & Co. of Buffalo (1870), Clay & Cosock (1876), and Thos. Hunter (1877)., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Atmore's [1975.F.14]

Title: Views of Loudoun and Stenton, residences of Maria Dickinson Logan and her brother, Albanus C. Logan, Germantown, Philadelphia
Description: 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. Contains interior views of Loudoun depicting the parlor and a bedroom. Also includes views of the Stenton grounds showing a wood pile, a hay stack, and rafts of lumber floating down a creek, possibly Wingohocking and portraiture, including an image of the photographer at her camera outside of the Stenton residence. Furniture and interior decoration includes arm chairs, settes, tables, framed paintings, chandeliers, fireplaces, sculpted busts, desks, mantlepieces, lamps, framed photographs, and plates. Also contains a portrait of her brother Albanus Charles; a group portrait, including the photographer, Albanus, and a woman identified as C. Dallett in front of George Logan's barn at Stenton; and an exterior view of a large stone residence captioned "Sammy [Gilles?]," possibly a tenant house on the Stenton property., Title supplied by cataloger., Leather binding, front cover stamped: Photographs., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso of tipped in photographs., Some tipped in photographs contain manuscript notes on verso. One photograph contains manuscript note on recto and verso. Recto: Room in L[oudoun] Return. Verso: The table 100 years old here is by this bed & a antique desk by fireplace., Insert: Folded fabric bookmark., Label for "Ward's Dark Leaf Albums" pasted on back cover advertising the size, style, and price for their "two styles of binding": Art Cloth and Seal Grain. Prices range from 25 cents to $2.50 for 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 to 10 x 12 inches., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See also loose prints of Loudoun and Stenton by Logan (photo - 5x7 - [P.9276.82-93])., Maria Dickinson Logan, daughter of Anna Armat (1820-1895) and great great granddaughter of James Logan Gustavus Logan (1674-1751), resided, photographed, and worked to preserve the Logan family Germantown estates Loudoun and Stenton. At her death in 1939, Logan, a Colonial Dame, bequeathed several pieces of family furniture to Stenton (under the stewardship of the National Society of Colonial Dames since the early 20th century) as well as her residence, Loudoun, to the city of Philadelphia for use as a historic house.
Creator: Logan, Maria Dickinson, 1857-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9276.81]

Title: Centennial circular. Norwalk Lock Company. South Norwalk, Conn
Description: Illustrated fold-out circular issued for the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Contains views and vignettes showing the Norfolk Lock Company, Centennial Exhibition buildings, and the Norwalk Lock Company display at the exhibition. Lock company view shows two trains traveling past the manufactory on opposite sides of intersecting tracks. Also shows a horse-drawn cart in the foreground and masts of ships in the background. Exhibition building vignettes depict Main Building, Machinery Hall, Horticultural Hall, and Memorial Hall. Exhibition display image shows several fair visitors around an ornate glass case with mounts lined with "Norwalk Lock Co." locks. Also contains advertising text in French, German, and English., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Scrapbook [8608.F.16c]

Title: Interior of the Library, Haverford [College] from folding doors. E[lias] H[enley] White & W[illiam] S[amuel] Hilles in foregr[oun]d. Wilfred White near gate
Description: Glass negative showing the interior of Magill library at Haverford College (founded 1833). The walls are lined with shelves and covered in books. Many of the shelves have bust statues resting on top. Elias Henley White (Haverford College class of 1885) and William Samuel Hilles (class of 1885) sit in the foreground reading. Wilfred White (class of 1886) sits in the background. Magill Library was built in 1864 as a library and assembly hall., Photographer remarks: Expos. about right but stop too large for sharpness., Time: 11:45, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February 7, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.496]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham]
Description: Film negative showing a smiling Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy standing in a garden next to a large shrub at their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. Morris wears a coat with a wide-brimmed hat and smiles at the camera., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.68]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. 6706 Cresheim Road. Pelham]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy wearing a coat and hat standing next to the back porch of their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. A stone archway stands behind Morris, who wears a coat, wide-brimmed hat, and ribbon around his neck., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.69]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy wearing a coat and hat standing nex to a large shrub in the garden at their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. He wears a coat and wide-brimmed hat and closes his eyes to block the bright sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.70]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy wearing a coat and hat standing on a path in front of a brick porch at their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. He wears a coat with a wide-brimmed hat, holds a basket in his hand, and squints his eyes in the sunlight., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.71]

Title: Portrait of Bessie, sitting under elm in centre of yard, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris wearing a long dress and a dark hat sitting in a wooden chair at the base of a large elm tree in the garden of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A lawn extends behind the tree and the garden is enclosed by a wooden fence lined with plants. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Time: 12:15, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 19, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1124]

Title: [Old Morris House, Cedar Grove] from E. standing in entrance road. Cos Lydia & "Rowdy" at gate
Description: Glass negative showing the old Morris family home Cedar Grove, a three-story stone home with shuttered windows and two chimneys. There is a covered porch on the left side of the house and a wooden fence separating the house from the road. Marriott C. Morris' second cousin once removed Lydia Thompson Morris leans on a fencepost near the gate. Built by Elizabeth Coates Paschall in 1748-1750, Cedar Grove was a summer retreat and home for the Paschall-Morris family into the nineteenth century. The last family owner, Lydia Thompson Morris, lived in the house from 1869 to 1888. In 1926 she donated the house to the Fairmount Park Commission, when it was dismantled and moved from its original Frankford location to Fairmount Park., Same., Photographer remarks: Better timed than last, but still underexp., Time: 4:40, Light: Sun bright., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: October 20, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.774]

Title: [Elizabeth Canby Morris] in garden behind residence, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris standing under a tree in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A path runs along the right side of the garden with flower beds growing on either side. The lawn is bordered by small buildings, leafy shrubs, and trees. Morris wears a long dark skirt and patterned blouse. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.7.1]

Title: Elm tree in middle of our garden. Mother sitting under it. [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a lawn with a large tree growing in the center at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris sits on a bench underneath the tree. Two paths extend on either side of the tree lined with flowers and shrubs. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Time: 5PM, Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 5, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1539]

Title: 4774 Main St. + Bockius house (4772) from pavement of Post Office, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the Bockius House at 5430 Germantown Avenue and Bruner and George Livery at 5434 Germantown Avenue. A telephone pole, tree, and hitching post all stand in the sidewalk in front of the houses. Trolley tracks run down the center of the brick road. The Livery has a sign that reads "Bruner and George Livery 4774, Branch of Stables [4934?] Office Door Back." The Bockius House was built for Albert Ashmead as a wedding gift. It was later occupied by Charles R. Bockius, and eventually Elliston Perot Morris, who remodeled it in 1903. 4774 Main Street, later 5434 Germantown Avenue, was owned by William Ashmead, a wagon manufacturer, after the American Revolution. Elliston Perot Morris bought the building in 1907. Bruner and George were a livery and boarding stables in Germantown, Philadelphia owned by Henry B. Bruner and Riter W. George. The business existed from circa 1858 to circa 1918., Time: 8:30, Light: good sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 14, 1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1619]

Title: Photo of the old Buttonwood tree [planted by Samuel B. Morris] at Market Square, Germantown, Phila
Description: Glass negative showing a large buttonwood tree planted by Marriott C. Morris' grandfather Samuel B. Morris and growing in Market Square. Two buildings, including the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, stand across the brick road from the square A man stands beneath the tree looking to the left toward two other people standing near the road. First called The Green, Market Square was established from land originally owned by James De la Plaine as early as 1703. As a center of community activity, Market Square contained not only market stalls but also the prison and stocks. Samuel B. Morris planted many of the Square’s original trees. Prominent buildings situated around the Square include the German Reformed Church and the Fromberger-Harkness House. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 13, 1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.7.3]

Title: John Bartram's house from E. corner. The two Minnies [Minnie Tyson Shoemaker and Minnie Kimber] in foreground. [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing John Bartram's house, a two-story home with a covered porch and window boxes. A woman sits on the porch steps while Minnie Tyson Shoemaker and Minnie Kimber sit on the lawn under a tree. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891. Bartram’s stone house was originally built 1728-1731., Photographer remarks: Intensified 3 mo. 1891, Time: 11:20, Light: Fine sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 28, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1276]

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