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Title: [Group portrait of the Rupp and Doering families, Sellersville, Pennsylvania.]
Description: View of the Rupp and Doering families gathered in the front yard of a large home capped by a mansard roof. Catharine Rupp Doering, the photographer's wife, stands in the center of the picture wearing a black hat. George Doering stands to her right. The children sit on the grass in the front row. Laundry hangs from lines in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.63]

Title: [Group portrait in front of a stone mill building, Fairmount Park.]
Description: View of men and women posed in front of a stone mill building in Valley Green, including Catharine Rupp Doering (center), wife of the photographer, Mrs. Lindsay (far right) and Albert Lindsay (leaning in doorway). A woman seated in the front row holds a black dog. Panels are missing from the window frame in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.56]

Title: [Bicycling trip, group with Catharine Rupp Doering stopped on dirt road.]
Description: Depicts four women and two men with their bicycles, stopped along the side of a dirt road, posing for the camera. Includes Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer) holding dogwood branches, Mrs. Schwarts (photographer's sister) and Mrs. Lindsay., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.198]

Title: [Catharine Rupp Doering with the Lindsays on a pathway.]
Description: Depicts Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer) standing and facing Al Lindsay on his bicycle. Standing next to him is his wife, Mrs. Lindsay, who holds a bunch of flowers in her hand. They stand underneath a large tree and in front of an illegible wooden sign., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.200]

Title: [Peace Jubilee, Naval Day, U.S.S. New Orleans on the Delaware River.]
Description: Depicts the cruiser with two engine stacks, two double gun posts and American flags on the Delaware River on Naval Day. One of several ships in the naval parade that opened the Peace Jubilee celebration of end of the Spanish American War of 1898. The U.S.S. New Orleans was purchased by the United States Navy on March 16, 1898, joined the "Flying Squadron," but was in Key West during the Battle of Santiago., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: October 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.281]

Title: [Peace Jubilee, Naval Day, large battleship on the Delaware River.]
Description: Depicts a large battleship with two engine stacks on the Delaware River on Naval Day. One of several ships in the naval parade that opened the Peace Jubilee celebration of end of the Spanish American War of 1898. Several rowboats float near the ship as the crew disembark., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: October 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.283]

Title: [Peace Jubilee parade, crew of the Merrimac in a horse-drawn carriage, North Broad Street near Columbia Avenue, Philadelphia.]
Description: Depicts the crew of the Merrimac, a collier deliberately sunk by Richmond Pearson Hobson to barricade the Spanish fleet in Santiago Harbor during the Spanish American War of 1898. The nine crew men sit in a horse-drawn carriage as it makes its way up North Broad Street near Columbia Avenue. Includes a large crowd standing on the sidewalk and watching the procession in front of a landscaped garden along the 1700 block of North Broad Street. Military and naval parades were held during the Peace Jubilee to celebrate the end of the Spanish American War of 1898., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: October 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.268]

Title: [Peace Jubilee, Naval Day, ice boat on the Delaware River.]
Description: Flags and banners decorate an ice boat on the Delaware River on Naval Day, one of many festivities held during the Peace Jubilee to celebrate the end of the Spanish American War of 1898. Wharves and factory buildings are visible in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: October 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.269]

Title: [Peace Jubilee, Naval Day, U.S.S. Columbia on the Delaware River, looking toward Philadelphia.]
Description: Depicts the large battleship with four engine stacks, a double and a triple gun post on the Delaware River on Naval Day, leading a fleet of ships in the naval parade that opened the Peace Jubilee celebration of end of the Spanish American War of 1898. U.S.S. Columbia was the longest vessel in the United States Navy when it was commissioned in 1894. Patroled the coast of New England under the "Flying Squadron," commanded by Commodore Winfield Scott Schley. Later helped in the landing of troops in Guanica, Puerto Rico in July of 1898., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: October 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.272]

Title: [Grant's Cabin, East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
Description: View of the cabin used by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on the east side of Carriage Drive in Fairmount Park. Photographer William Doering is seated on a bench in front of the cabin and Al Lindsay stands in the doorway, reading a posted sign. A camera is set up in the foreground. Served as Grant's headquarters and the supply center for the Union armies during the seige of Richmond. Moved to Philadelphia circa 1870 from City Point, Virginia as a gift to citizens of Philadelphia for their support during the Civil War. Transfered back to Virginia and rebuilt there in 1983., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.37]

Title: [Peace Jubilee, Triumphal Arch and Court of Honor, looking north from Walnut Street.]
Description: Depicts the Triumphal Arch (i.e. Athenean Arch) and temporary columns of the Court of Honor along South Broad Street, showing pedestrians and horse drawn carts in the street, looking north from Walnut Street. Erected after designs by Joseph M. Huston for the Peace Jubilee, a celebration of the end of the Spanish American War in 1898. Included a military parade that passed through the Court of Honor, along with other festivities that lasted several days in October. Includes the Union League, built 1864-1865 after the designs of John Fraser (140 S. Broad); Lafayette Hotel, erected in 1853 as the LaPierre House, expanded and renamed in 1876, and razed circa 1900 (southwest corner Broad and Sansom); Land Title Building, built 1897-1898 after the designs of Daniel H. Burnham & Co. (100-118 S. Broad) and the south facade of City Hall building and tower decorated with patriotic bunting., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: October 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.241]

Title: [Peace Jubilee, Triumphal Arch and Court of Honor, looking northwest from Walnut Street.]
Description: Depicts the Triumphal Arch (i.e. Athenean Arch) and temporary columns of the Court of Honor along South Broad Street, showing pedestrians and horse drawn carriages in the street, looking northwest from Walnut Street. Erected after designs by Joseph M. Huston for the Peace Jubilee, a celebration of the end of the Spanish American War in 1898. Included a military parade that passed through the Court of Honor, along with other festivities that lasted several days in October. Includes the Bellevue Hotel at the northwest corner of Broad and Walnut Streets, opened in 1882 and later merged with the Stratford Hotel; Union League, built 1864-1865 after the designs of John Fraser (140 S. Broad); Lafayette Hotel, erected in 1853 as the LaPierre House, expanded and renamed in 1876, and razed circa 1900 (southwest corner Broad and Sansom); Land Title Building, built 1897-1898 after the designs of Daniel H. Burnham & Co. (100-118 S. Broad) and a partial view of City Hall tower., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: October 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.239]

Title: [Group sitting on steps of Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge, Pa.]
Description: Depicts three women, including Mrs. Lindsay and Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer), sitting on the front entrance stairs of the Potts residence, built 1758-1777 by Isaac Potts. Later served as George Washington's headquarters. Al Lindsay stands on the top step behind them against the front door., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.172]

Title: [Group sitting on steps of Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge, Pa.]
Description: Depicts three women, including Mrs. Lindsay and Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer), and three men sitting on the front entrance stairs of the Potts residence, built 1758-1777 by Isaac Potts. Later served as George Washington's headquarters., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.173]

Title: [Group sitting on steps of log outbuilding, Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge, Pa.]
Description: Depicts three women, including Mrs. Lindsay and Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer), and four men sitting near the entrance of the log outbuilding near the Potts residence, built 1758-1777 by Isaac Potts. Later served as George Washington's headquarters., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.174]

Title: [Iron-truss bridge spanning the Schuylkill Canal, Philadelphia.]
Description: A group of people are fishing near an old iron-truss bridge along the Schuylkill Canal. A small landing, which functioned as a dock for the canal tow boats, is visible along the banks of the canal in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.22]

Title: [Connecting Railway Bridge over the Schuylkill River near Girard Avenue, showing the installation of the Pratt truss, October 1897.]
Description: Depicts a locomotive crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River near Girard Avenue. Wooden scaffolding supporting a new Pratt truss flanks both sides of the bridge over the main channel of the river. The Pratt truss, which could hold heavier train loads, replaced the old Whipple truss in October of 1897., Title supplied by cataloguer., The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, completed in 1867 after the designs of P.R.R. Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, served as the first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.27]

Title: [Doering family canoeing on Perkiomen Creek, Pa.]
Description: Views of the Doering family canoeing along the calm waters of Perkiomen Creek. Includes Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer); Annie Doering (photographer's sister-in-law); Jules Doering (photographer's brother); Jules' three sons; George Doering (photographer's brother) and the photographer's sons, Albert and Karl., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.96 & 97]

Title: [Halloween party, Doering family and friends in costume at the Doering residence, 1837 N. Bouvier Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Depicts eight people standing and posing in a corner, dressed in costumes for a Halloween party held by the Doerings in their N. Bouvier Street home circa 1897. Catharine Rupp Doering (left) is dressed as a man. The three boys have painted their faces black, but one is wearing a bonnet, the other a conical dunce cap. Two of the boys may be dressed as maids. A woman in the center wears a cloth covered with stars on her head., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.156]

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