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Title: William Norris manufacturer of locomotive steam engines Philadelphia F.D. Sanno, chief engineer
Description: Shows the 4-2-0 steam locomotive "Lafayette" built in 1837 by the company started by William Norris and Col. Stephen H. Long in 1836. An engineer operates the locomotive. The locomotive, built for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was the first 4-2-0 to contain a leading truck and became the model for steam engines. The premier steam locomotive manufactory of the 1830s-1860, the internationally recognized company produced several innovative designs, including the first locomotive to ascend a hill on its own power, a leading truck, and the first ten-wheel locomotive., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 277, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Albert Newsam Collection, V-100, Box 3, Folder 135
Creator: Newsam, Albert, 1809-1864, artist
Date: [ca. 1837]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Albert Newsam Collection, V-100, Box 3, Folder 135

Title: Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society. [life membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing a border of vignettes and scenes related to agriculture, horticulture, and industrial arts. Floral pictorial elements, a beehive, and watering can surround the scenes and vignettes. Shows farmers loading hay on a wagon; the coat of arms of Pennsylvania; a Victorian-style farm house; cows and horses at pasture; and figures representing agriculture, a blacksmith, and a sailor. The female agricultural figure sits and holds a sickle and a bale of wheat near an arrangement of farm produce. The artisan, holds a hammer, and stands over an anvil. The sailor, holds a spy glass, and sits next to a crate, barrels, and an anchor. Land and marinescapes are visible behind the figures. The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society was founded in 1851 by representatives from 50 counties with the object to "foster and improve agriculture, horticulture, and the domestic and household arts." The first annual exhibition of the society was held the same year., Not in Wainwright., Issued to C. F. Peters, ca. 1863. Signed A. B[rower] Longaker, Secretary and Thomas B. Knox, President., Seal of the society blindstamped on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 169, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Pennsylvania State Life Membership, Inscribed on verso: Estate of Anna M. Peters Sept. 8, 1938., Knox served as president of the PSAS 1862-1864.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Pennsylvania State Life Membership

Title: Pennsylvania Colonization Society. [membership certificate]
Description: Life membership certificate containing a "View of Monrovia," the original settlement of Liberia, the African American colony established by the American Colonization Society in 1822. Depicts a landing party with well-dressed African American emigrant men arriving to a crowd of male and female well-wishers and family at the palm-tree lined shore of the colony. New colonists depart the boat and run to relatives as Liberian men raise their hands in greeting. White sailors man the small boat. In the background, another landing party with new colonists sails from the transport ship. The settlement of Liberia is visible in the distance. The Pennsylvania Colonization Society, established in 1826, was a state chapter of the controversial American Colonization Society established in 1816 that promoted black American emigration to resolve the problem of race inequality and to end slavery., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 164, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Pennsylvania Society, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Societies - Certificates, P. S. Duval & Co. operated as a firm 1851-1857.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Certificates - Pennsylvania Society

Title: Peter Schemm & Son. Brewery, 25th & Poplar sts. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing an exterior view of the brewery complex operated as Peter Schemm & Son 1887-1908 that was originally built in 1855 and expanded between 1885 and 1887. The depicted red brick buildings include the brew house, storerooms, office building, and carriage house. The roofs are adorned with a cupola, smoke stacks, an American flag, and a weather vane. One building also contains a date marker (1885). Pedestrians, including boys in baseball uniforms and a family, walk in front of the brewery. Workers convene near the entrance and handle horses at and depart with drays and wagons at driveways and cartways of the complex. A laborer pushes a handcart past several large barrels lining the sidewalk near an idle truck and a man on horseback riding in the street. A Schemm delivery wagon loaded with barrels drives past the brewery on Poplar Street across from street cars approaching and departing from the adjacent block, West College Avenue. At the opposite corner, pedestrians walk past a curved brick wall behind which a tree stands and a couple in the street wave to a male passenger at the front of the approaching street car. Neighboring buildings are visible in the background. Also contains an inset titled “City Office, 238 Race St.” showing a patron entering the building with signage advertising “Office of Schemm’s Brewery” and “C.A. Widmayer.” Barrels are piled on the sidewalk across from a man talking to another man in a militia uniform. Pictorial elements in the upper right and lower left include a full beer mug, a Schemm’s Standard Lager beer bottle, twigs of barley and hops, and a banner reading “Lager Beer” (right) and a beer cask marked “P. Schemm & Son Brewers” (left)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 171, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 31 S 323
Creator: Mueller, A. M. J., artist
Date: [ca. 1887]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Bc 31 S 323

Title: Continental Hotel, corner of Chestnut & Ninth St. Philadelphia J. B. Kingsley & Co., proprietor
Description: Advertisement showing heavy pedestrian and street activity in front of the large, prominent hotel built 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. at 824-838 Chestnut Street. A group of men gathers at the entrance of the hotel. Several pedestrians walk and peruse shop windows on the block in front of the building. Street traffic includes promenading couples, a woman walking a dog, a delivery boy, a First City Troop officer, carriages, an omnibus, and men on horseback. Also shows adjacent buildings and the brick wall across the street adorned with an arched window below a sign indicating "Chestnut St." (site of the Shippen-Burd residence, demolished circa 1862). Trees stand in front of and behind the wall., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 157, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 32 C 762
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department HSP Bc 32 C 762

Title: Mishlers Garden Gold and sodium will cure all kinds of female complaints. To purify the blood it is warranted. Dr. Benjamin Mishler, Centre Square, Lancaster, Pa
Description: Advertisement showing the medicinal garden of patent medicine dealer Benjamin Mishler. A family and couple stand near the arched entrance of "Mishlers Garden" between two red stone buildings, possibly offices. Past the arch, women enter an enclosed promenade running through the center of the garden of trees, roots and plants. A yellow fence surrounds most of the property, except a section that is bordered by Lion Brewery, possibly another user of the garden. Also contains two promotions signed by S. H. Warwick, 324 N. Eighth St., Philadelphia offering $500 to any "graduated physician" who has a better cure than Mishler's Preparation of Gold and Sodium to "purify the blood" or treat "Syphilis, Scrofula, and Leprosy.", Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 148, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 39 M 678
Date: [ca. 1874]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 39 M 678

Title: St. David's Church. Manayunk
Description: Exterior view showing the Gothic-style Episcopal church built in 1832 at St. David's and Dupont streets. Headstones are visible in the adjacent church graveyard. Also shows a solitary headstone under a tree in the right foreground. A picket fence surrounds the property. The building was enlarged in 1857 and destroyed by fire in 1879. Church was rebuilt in 1880. The congregation, established in 1831, was formed from immigrant mill workers working in the burgeoning textile industry that was developing along the Schuylkill River above Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 707, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 132 S 1363
Date: [ca. 1840]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 132 S 1363

Title: Leedom, Shaw & Stewart. Philadelphia Carpet Mills. Office and Warehouse 635 Market St Manufactures of extra superfines, superfines, fines, damasks, twilled & plain venetian carpetings
Description: Advertisement showing the four buildings of the wholesale department (organized 1866) of the business established by Thomas Leedom and Adam Shaw in 1865. Laborers load and hoist rolled carpets into company wagons and carts in the street and in a courtyard. Carpets dry on racks on the roof of a small building bordering the courtyard. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn wagons hauling crates, barrels, and wood slabs, and several pedestrians on promenade. Robert and Arthur Stewart joined the firm in 1869, which remained in business until 1885., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 433, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 35 L 484, Longacre & Co. operated at 30 & 32 S. 7th Street in 1871.
Creator: Blanc, Albert, artist
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 35 L 484

Title: H. R. Campbell's patent locomotive engine
Description: Shows the 4-4-0 design locomotive patented by Campbell, the chief engineer of the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railway in 1836. The locomotive is depicted on a section of track. The 4-4-0 design, known as the American type, has a two-axle bogie to help guide it into curves, and two driving axles coupled by a connecting rod., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 103, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 6741 C 188
Date: [ca. 1836]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 6741 C 188

Title: View from West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Description: View looking south from the rural cemetery established near the Schuylkill River valley in 1869 at 227 Belmont Avenue in Bala Cynwd. Shows a couple seated at a path. Behind them stand a small cluster of monuments in a meadow surrounded by trees that overlooks the river. The Girard Avenue and New York Connecting Railway bridges are visible in the distant background., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 783, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 631 La 373, The Kellogg firm, founded by Daniel Wright Kellogg in 1830, was reorganized as Kellogg & Bulkeley in 1871 when General William Henry Bulkeley joined the company.
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 631 La 373

Title: Fair Mount Fire Company. Instituted Febr. 22th, 1823. Incorporated April 19th, 1850
Description: View of the hand-powered Philadelphia-style fire engine of the company that operated from Ridge Avenue above Wood Street in Spring Garden. A firefighter, in uniform, and holding a hose nozzle stands next to the engine. Engine contains double decker end-stroke hand pumpers and is adorned with ornamental details shaped as swans, and a panel decorated with a female figure and the maker plate "John Agnew, Philadelpa." A trumpet hangs from one of the pump levers. Also contains a border with geometric details. Fairmount Company was organized after the dissolution of the Whale Fire Company and butchers comprised much of the early membership., Not in Wainwright., Publication date written on stone lower left corner., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 224, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 832 F 165, Removed from Stauffer Collection, vol. 22, p. 1679.
Creator: Heiss, George G.
Date: 1855
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 832 F 165

Title: Empire Hook & Ladder Company, no. 1. Instituted February 6, 1851
Description: Street view of the red, yellow, and black hook and ladder truck, probably in front of the Empire Fire House at Franklin Street above Wood Street in Kensington. A company volunteer, wearing his helmet, stands at the harness end of the truck on which two trumpets hang. Lanterns adorn the vehicle., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on recto: Presented to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by Geo. S. Bethell, architect., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 208, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 832 E 55
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1851]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 832 E 55

Title: [Humane Engine Company hand-pump fire engine]
Description: View of the engine of the hose company instituted in 1794 that operated from Callowhill Street above Second Street. Engine contains double-decker end stroke pumper handles and panels illustrated with female figures, including a woman holding a sleeping child in her lap. A company volunteer, attired in his fire hat and uniform, holds a trumpet in one hand and rests his other on one of the pumper handles. Also contains a banner with the company motto: "Judge Us By Our Actions.", Not in Wainwright., Title supplied by cataloguer., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 114, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 832 H 88
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 832 H 88

Title: William Norris & Comp: Philadelphia U.S.N. America
Description: Shows the steam locomotive "Philadelphia" built by the company started by William Norris and Col. Stephen H. Long in 1836. Locomotive contains a nameplate. Also includes a scale printed below the image. Locomotive commissioned by the Vienna & Raab Rail Road Company in Austria. The premier steam locomotive manufactory of the 1830s-1860, the internationally recognized company produced several innovative designs, including the first locomotive to ascend a hill on its own power, a leading truck, and the first ten-wheel locomotive., Not in Wainwright., Published in Locomotive steam engine of William Norris, Philadelphia. [HSP Wf*.9999 v. 2], Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 276, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 6741 N 861a, Manscript note on verso: Removed from pamphlet on William Norris Locomotive Engineer Wf* 999 no. 1.
Date: [1841?]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 6741 N 861a

Title: Locomotive steam engine of William Norris, Phila. Class B
Description: Shows the steam locomotive "Washington" built by the company started by William Norris and Col. Stephen H. Long in 1836. Locomotive contains a nameplate. Also includes a scale printed below the image. In July 1836, the "George Washington" hauled a load of 19,200 pounds at 15 miles per hour up the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad's inclined Belmont Plane. It was the first locomotive to ascend a hill on its own power. In 1837, the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railway assumed ownership of the machine. Norris & Company, the internationally recognized premier steam locomotive manufactory of the 1830s-1860, produced several innovative designs, including the "Washington," a leading truck; and the first ten-wheel locomotive., Not in Wainwright., Published in Locomotive steam engine of William Norris, Philadelphia. [HSP Wf*.9999 v. 2], Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 139, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 6741 N 861, Manscript note on verso: Removed from pamphlet on William Norris Locomotive Engineer Wf* 999 no. 1.
Date: [1841?]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 6741 N 861

Title: To the depot
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing a drayman sitting on top of bundles of goods, driving a horse-drawn dray away from the river toward a building, probably a custom house. Includes a partial view of a vessel docked at the wharf, the front facades of buildings facing the water, and a church spire in the distance. The number "56" has been drawn onto one of the bundles on the dray., Not in Wainwright., Published in City Sights for Country Eyes ([Philadelphia]: American Sunday School Union, [1856])., Accompanied by text titled "To the depot" moralizing that everyone must work together to make business for others, and that each contribution is equally important. Uses the example of farmers, mechanics, manufacturers and merchants who work together to distribute goods., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 757, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8343.4, Free Library of Philadelphia: \\RBD\\ASSU\\V\\C498S\\FACSIM.\\
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [1856]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8343.4

Title: Coming home
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing a man, woman, and their three children holding baskets and belongings as they follow an African American porter who carries a trunk for them. Visible in the background is the large steamer the family disembarked at the wharf, probably at the Delaware River., Published as illustration on page 15 in Common Sights in Town & Country Delineated & Described for Young Children (Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1855)., Accompanied by text titled "Coming home" moralizes that those who commit themselves to God will be kept from evil and "will arrive at last at a home of perfect joy and peace," since "Heaven is represented as the Christian's home"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 148, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8341.15, Free Library of Philadelphia:, Library of Congress: Marian S. Carson Collection
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8341.15

Title: The oysterman
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing an an oysterman's horse and wagon on the side of a cobblestone street. The oysterman provides a gentleman with a sample of products from the rear of the wagon, while a young African American female waits with a basket nearby. They stand in front of a fenced-in city park area., Published in Common sights in town & country. Delineated & described for young children (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, [ca. 1853])., Accompanied by text titled "The oysterman" moralizing that prosperity comes from "the proper discharge of duty" and by being prompt and an honest businessman., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 535, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8342.17, Atwater Kent Museum: 54.76.63.1
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8342.17

Title: The wood-cart
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing an African American man and three passengers traveling in a horse-drawn cart down a dirt path towards the lumber yard. A residence facing the road is visible in the background., Published in Common sights in town & country. Delineated & described for young children (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, [ca. 1853])., Accompanied by text titled "The wood-cart" moralizing, through the tale of the diligent wood-carter, that good habits in this lifetime offer peace and comfort, and prepare us "for the better life which is to come"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 865, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8342.30, Free Library of Philadelphia:, Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.1.3
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8342.30

Title: West Chester Public School. Sanford Culver, principal
Description: Winter view showing heavy street and pedestrian traffic in front of the school house. On the sidewalk, men shovel snow, boys play, a man tethers his horse, and a cluster of girls walks to school. In the street, two boys with a sled try to hitch a ride at the rear of a moving horse-drawn sleigh and a man on horseback and another in a sleigh stop to talk to a boy and man interrupted from shoveling and sweeping snow. Sheds and smaller buildings, including one with a marker dated "1848" surround the main school building., Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 273, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 46 W 522
Creator: Taylor, Charles C., artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 46 W 522

Title: The original Moravian Church of 1742. S.E. corner of Moravian Alley (now Bread St.) & Race St
Description: View of the first Moravian church building in Philadephia built 1742-1743 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church. Shows the hip-roof building with a front yard containing a path and a white picket fence in the background. Also shows a partial view of a nearby building. The church building, which was expanded and a parsonnage added, housed the congregation until 1819 and the erection of a new sanctuary., Published in Abraham Ritter’s History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell, 1857), opposite page 49. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 530, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797. HSP copy hand-colored., Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 23:6, uncolored.
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.24]

Title: The original Moravian Church of 1746 to 1820 with the parsonage, S.E. corner of Moravian Alley (now Race St.) & Race St
Description: Oblique view of the expanded Moravian church with the newly constructed parsonage built in 1746. Shows an elongated hip-roof building on a corner lot. Also shows two small frame structures on the south and east sides of the property. The church building, constructed 1742-1743 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church, housed the congregation until 1819 and the erection of a new sanctuary., Published in Abraham Ritter’s History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell, 1857), opposite page 52. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 531, LCP also holds copy with misprint in title: 1742 instead of 1746. [P.9830.23], Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797b
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.22]

Title: Inte rior of the lower audience chamber of the Moravian Church, of 1746
Description: Interior view of the lower audience chamber of the first Moravian church building in Philadephia built 1742-1743, and expanded in 1746 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church. Shows the pulpit, benches, gallery, a ten-plate stove in the middle of the room, a large chandelier suspended from the ceiling, and an organ in the center of the eastern gallery, opposite the pulpit. The church building, which was expanded and a parsonnage added in 1746, housed the congregation until 1819 and the erection of a new sanctuary., Published in Abraham Ritter’s History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell, 1857), opposite page 55. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 383, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797c
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.21]

Title: Interior of the upper chamber or hall of the Moravian Church, of 1742
Description: Interior view showing the "The Hall" in the attic of the first Moravian church building in Philadephia built 1742-1743, and expanded in 1746 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church. Shows the organ in the southeast corner, dormer windows on the east and west sides of the room, six rows of benches, the minister's table and chair, and a chandelier suspended from the ceiling in the middle of the room. This upper chamber was used primarily for evening services. The church building, which was expanded and a parsonnage added, housed the congregation until 1819 and the erection of a new sanctuary., Published in Abraham Ritter’s History of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Published by Hayes & Zell, 1857), opposite page 68. [LCP Am 1857 Rit, 75004.0], Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 384, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 138 M 797a
Date: [1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Churches & Meetinghouses [P.9830.20], Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 138 M 797a

Title: Mower U.S.A. General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Civil War hospital, built in 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr. between Stenton, Germantown, Springfield and Abington avenues opposite the Chestnut Hill track of the Reading Railroad (7900-8000 blocks Stenton Avenue). Hospital contains a central complex of administrative and utility buildings, and radiating hospital wards. A train approaches the station at which people wait opposite the hospital. Trees surround the complex. Also shows a neighboring factory building and visitors walking toward the entrance of the hospital and on the grounds., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 491, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 M 936
Creator: Andrews, W. S., artist
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 15 M 936

Title: [Pine Street Church. Built A.D. 1764. Remodeled 1857]
Description: Proof of an exterior view showing the remodeled Third Presbyterian Church also known as Old Pine Street Church, originally built 1766-1768 after the designs of Robert Smith, at 400-416 South 4th Street. Columns on pediments adorn the front of the building and an iron-wrought fence protects the church property. Church remodeled from a meeting house to a Greek-style temple in 1857 after the designs of John Fraser., Title and name of printer from published copy of print in the collections of the Free Library of Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 602, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 136 T 445c, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 23:24 [published copy]
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 136 T 445c

Title: Clermont Academy
Description: Handbill containing a view of the boy's boarding school built in 1804 for brothers John Thomas and Charles Carre at Heart Lane and Nicetown Lane, between Germantown and Frankford. School property includes landscaped lawns, a barn, and trees. A man approaches the entrance of the school where a woman waits at the door. Pupils are visible in the first floor windows. Also contains several paragraphs signed by administrator Samuel S. Griscom describing the school, including location, "Course of Instruction," "Terms for Tuition," and the school philosophy in addition to names of references. The school was acquired by Griscom in 1828., Variant of engraving "Clermont Seminary, near Philadelphia" from The Casket (April 1830)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 142, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Print Collection - small - Schools & Colleges, Box 48, Folder 4
Date: [ca. 1830]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Print Collection - small - Schools & Colleges, Box 48, Folder 4

Title: Humboldt Monument in Fairmount Park, designed by Collins & Autenrieth, for the Humboldt Festival Committee
Description: View showing a rendering of the monument, surrounded by trees and bushes, to be erected in honor of German natural scientist Alexander von Humboldt in East Fairmount Park. Monument composed of a bust of Humboldt resting on a column pedestal adorned with lion-mouthed fountains and two cherubs holding a globe marked "Cosmos" (representing Humboldt's 5-volume work about his knowledge of the earth). A stone canopy with benches protects the monument under and near which a lady and two gentlemen stand. Also shows a short level of stairs leading to the monument. The cornerstone of the monument, commissioned by German societies, was laid facing the entrance to Girard Avenue Bridge during a celebration of the centennial of the birth of Humboldt on September 13, 1869. The completed monument, including a full-length sculpture by Frederick Drake, was unveiled on July 4, 1876 during the Centennial Exhibition., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 366, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 632 H 881, Collins & Autenrieth, were German-born Philadelphia architects who worked on several projects for the German immigrant community of Philadelphia.
Date: [ca. 1869]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 632 H 881

Title: Duval, Williams & Duval late P. S. Duval & Son lithographers, 22 & 24 South 5th St., ab. Chestnut Philada All works appertaining to the various branches of lithographic drawing, engraving, and transferring, printing, plain and in colors, are executed in this establishment in the best style of the art. Turn over
Description: Advertisement containing an allegorical scene surrounded by a floral border. Scene shows a child asleep in her bed labeled "The Dream of Heaven" as angels, including one holding a book of "wisdom" and a basket of fruits hovers near her on a cluster of clouds. Also contains several lines of advertising text on the verso promoting the preparedness of the establishment to "execute" all kinds of lithographic drawings at the "shortest notice" at prices "corresponding to the style of work." Prints include portraits, show cards, architectural and machinery drawings, bonds and coupons, address cards, and maps "engraved on stone or transferred from copper plates, etc." Also contains N.B. announcing "Engineers wishing to make their own drawings on transfer paper and Merchants and others their Circulars and price currents will be supplied at the office with ink and paper suitable for the purpose. Particular attention is invited to this mode of printing which is not as yet generally known and which will enable anyone to write or draw for the lithographic Press thereby saving the expense of engraving & producing a perfect facsimile of their own work." The Duval firm operated from 22 & 24 South 5th Street 1858-1869., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 16, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 61 D 956a, Variant proof held in HSP Tradecard Collection - D.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 61 D 956a verso

Title: Camp Woodward, near Centennial grounds, July, 1876. 23d Regiment N.G. S. N. Y. Col. Rodney C. Ward
Description: View showing the campground for the New York National Guard troop participating in the Great Military Parade held July 4, 1876 during the Centennial Exhibition. Soldiers stand guard, converse, sit in small clusters, and lie on the ground in front of rows of tents in a clearing of trees at West Fairmount Park. Also shows the American flag flying over the camp, a wagon, and men seated on a bench comprised of a slab of wood across two barrels. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art from May 10 to October 10, 1876. The Great Military Parade included around 10,000 military who processed through the city for over one and half hours., Not in Wainwright., Name of printer supplied by duplicate in the collections of the Library of Congress., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 81, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 54 W 911
Creator: Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918
Date: [1876]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 54 W 911

Title: Aston Ridge Seminary for Young Ladies near Philadelphia Rev. B. S. Huntington A.M. principal
Description: Shows young ladies walking past the seminary building and seated on the grounds of the school. Willow trees and a gazebo adorn the property., Not in Wainwright., Mount contains printed border., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 29, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 46 As 47
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 46 As 47

Title: Franklin Institute, Seventh Street between Chestnut and Market, Philadelphia
Description: Book illustration, possibly from a business directory, showing the science and technology institute building built 1825-27 after the designs of John Haviland. A man stands on the steps leading to the entrance. The building served as the Franklin Institute from 1827 to 1933., Not in Wainwright., Contains advertisements for Philadelphia businesses Leibrandt & McDowell Stove Co. (123 N. 2nd), and Orr, Painter & Co. distributor of Reading Stove Works (64 & 66 N. 2nd) on verso. Orr advertisement includes a vignette depicting a stove., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 83, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 43 An 791
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 43 An 791

Title: [Ruins of Landsdowne, the estate of the late Wm. Bingham Esqr. Pennsylvania]
Description: View showing the ruins of the mansion on the estate west of the Schuylkill River (West Fairmount Park) purchased by legislator William Bingham in 1797. Debris rests on the steps of the shell of the residence. Trees surround the property. The mansion, originally built around 1773 for Pennsylvania governor John Penn, later served as the residence for Bingham's son-in-law Alexander Baring, i.e. Baron Lord Ashburton, in the early 19th century. The ruins were bought and ceded to the city in 1866 for inclusion in Fairmount Park., Not in Wainwright., Title from manuscript notes on recto: Ashburton Est. Old Landsdowne House destroyed by fire July 4, 1854 burned by fireworks., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 665, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 16 L 291, Inscribed on verso: Gift of Thomas Wynne 9/13/[19]68
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 16 L 291

Title: [Scene in the woods at Landsdowne, the estate of the late Wm. Bingham Esqr. Pennsylvania]
Description: Shows four men chopping trees and logs on the estate west of the Schuylkill River (West Fairmount Park) purchased by legislator William Bingham in 1797. Tree stumps are visible in the foreground. The estate, originally owned by Pennsylvania governor John Penn, was bought and ceded to the city in 1866 for inclusion in Fairmount Park., Not in Wainwright., Title from manuscript note on recto: Lansdowne woods & field., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 679, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 16 L 291a, Inscribed on verso: Gift of Thomas Wynne 9/13/[19]68
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 16 L 291a

Title: P. S. Duval & Son lithographers, 22 & 24 South 5th St., ab. Chestnut Philada All works appertaining to the various branches of lithographic drawing, engraving, and transferring, printing, plain and in colors, are executed in this establishment in the best style of the art
Description: Proof of advertisement containing an allegorical scene surrounded by a floral border. Scene shows a child asleep in her bed labeled "The Dream of Heaven" as angels, including one holding a book of "wisdom" and a basket of fruits hovers near her on a cluster of clouds. The Duval firm operated from 22 & 24 South 5th Street 1858-1869., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on verso: Printed at the Franklin Institute Exhibition Nov. 2 1858., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 72, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - D, HSP variant: Ba 61 D 956a.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - D

Title: Of the old firm of P.S. Duval & Son, and late of Duval & Hunter, S.C. Duval, lithographer, 401 Ranstead Place, above Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. [over.]
Description: Trade card depicting a clutch of flowers to advertise the Philadelphia lithographer, Stephen C. Duval, son of P.S. Duval who continued in the trade following dissolution of Hunter & Duval until ca. 1879. Verso contains advertising text promoting the "getting up of entirely new designs," in addition to services, cheaper prices, and estimates that will satisfy "both as to price and quality." Services include Lithographic, Chromo-Lithographic, Photo-Lithographic, Photo-Relief Engraving, and Type Printing Work, of every description." Text signed S.C. Duval, practical lithographer. Manager for A.L. Weise., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 66, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - D - SCDuval, Weise operated from 401 Ranstead circa 1876-1879.
Creator: Duval, S.C. (Stephen C.)
Date: [ca. 1877]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - D - SCDuval, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - D - SCDuval verso

Title: Of the old firm of P.S. Duval & Son, and late of Duval & Hunter, S.C. Duval, lithographer, 401 Ranstead Place, above Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. [over.]
Description: Trade card depicting a clutch of flowers to advertise the Philadelphia lithographer, Stephen C. Duval, son of P.S. Duval who continued in the trade following dissolution of Hunter & Duval until ca. 1879. Verso contains advertising text promoting the "getting up of entirely new designs," in addition to services, cheaper prices, and estimates that will satisfy "both as to price and quality." Services include Lithographic, Chromo-Lithographic, Photo-Lithographic, Photo-Relief Engraving, and Type Printing Work, of every description." Text signed S.C. Duval, practical lithographer. Manager for A.L. Weise., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 66, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - D - SCDuval, Weise operated from 401 Ranstead circa 1876-1879.
Creator: Duval, S.C. (Stephen C.)
Date: [ca. 1877]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - D - SCDuval, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - D - SCDuval verso

Title: Graf Brothers, lithographers, 125 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Tradecard depicting an Autumn genre scene with a girl and a pug dog. The girl, attired in a bonnet and dress with a large bow in the back, holds a stick over her shoulder and watches pine cones fall from a tree. Her dog watches from behind. Verso contains advertising text promoting "Graf & Brother, Practical Lithographers, Engravers and Printers, South-East Corner Fourth and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia Pa." Products include bonds, certificates, notes, checks, billheads, diplomas, maps, views, show-cards, architectural drawings, businesss cards, and chromo cards, the "Best Thing For Advertising Medium Extant.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 37, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - G
Creator: Graf & Brother
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - G

Title: [Major & Knapp Lith. Co. specimen trade cards]
Description: Two specimen trade cards containing floral designs and blanks issued by the Philadephia branch of the New York partnership that operated 1863-1888. One designs also includes a butterfly. Cards contain registration marks., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Stamped on verso: Specimens from Major & Knapp Lith. Co. 150 So. Fourth Street Phila. New Designs constantly on hand., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 63, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - M, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - M - 2
Creator: Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co.
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - M, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - M - 2

Title: [Major & Knapp Lith. Co. specimen trade cards]
Description: Two specimen trade cards containing floral designs and blanks issued by the Philadephia branch of the New York partnership that operated 1863-1888. One designs also includes a butterfly. Cards contain registration marks., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Stamped on verso: Specimens from Major & Knapp Lith. Co. 150 So. Fourth Street Phila. New Designs constantly on hand., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 63, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - M, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - M - 2
Creator: Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co.
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - M, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - M - 2

Title: St. James Catholic Church West_Philadephia in progress of erection for Rev. J. V. O'Keeffe
Description: Exterior view of the church, also known as St. James the Greater, built 1850-1852 at 3728 Chestnut Street. Includes a church tower never completed on the final structure. Demolished in 1881., Title printed on mount., Inscribed on verso: Catholic., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 708, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 131 Sa 23a
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1851]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 131 Sa 23a

Title: A Sunday morning view of the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia._ Taken in June 1829
Description: Busy street scene showing elegantly-dressed African American parishioners of all ages entering the first African Episcopal church in the United States at the corner of Fifth and Adelphi (i.e. Saint James) streets. Includes a date stone in the eave of the church that reads "The African Church MDCCXCIII." Also shows a man leading a horse near the rear of the building. The church was established in 1794 by the religious and beneficent organization, the Free African Society, as a result of the discriminatory practices of the city’s congregations. Absalom Jones, a freed slave, became rector of the church in 1796 and remained as its minister until his death in 1818., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 729, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 862 B 756 #44, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 28:26, trimmed, staining.
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: 1829
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 862 B 756 #44

Title: Blake's cabinet of music Grand march as performed by the Philadelphia Band, composed and respectfully dedicated to the Philadelphia fire-men by John M. Clemens
Description: Sheet music cover showing a woman playing a mandolin on the race bridge of the Fairmount Waterworks. Includes the engine house, mill house, and Reservoir Hill in the background. A couple strolls near the mill house and individuals ascend a foot path to a pavilion on the reservoir. The waterworks were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff., Includes the sheet music., Inscribed on recto: Oct. 18, 1959 Penrose fund., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 58, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 88 K 35
Date: c1832
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 88 K 35

Title: Thomas Sparks shot & bar lead manufacturer. Warehouse no. 121 Walnut St. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the Sparks shot tower at Carpenter Street near Second Street and the office/warehouse at 121 Walnut Street. Signage adorns the office which reads " T. Spark's Philadelphia Shot Tower. Office 121 Walnut St." Also shows neighboring wood-frame buildings, and street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carts and two men admiring the tower. Tower built by Sparks in 1807., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 752, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 38 S 736
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 38 S 736

Title: New Mill House at Fairmount. H. P. M. Birkinbine. Chief Engineer
Description: View showing the new mill house on the mound dam at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Also shows a partial view of the old mill house and a visitor at the top of the stairs leading to the interior of the new building. The new mill house, built between 1859 and 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine, housed the engines that replaced the water wheels that previously powered the waterworks. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Printed upper right corner: Pl. 1., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 503, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Print Collection - small - Water Works, Box 73, Folder 8
Date: 1861
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Print Collection - small - Water Works, Box 73, Folder 8

Title: United States Army Hospital, Philadelphia This is one of the largest army hospitals in the world it is capable of accommodating 3000 men, it has two dining rooms, each 775 feet long, the whole establishment covers twelve acres of ground, and is enclosed by a fence, 14 feet high, the surgeon in charge is Doctor Isaac J. Hays, the distinguished Arctic explorer, who was a former companion of the lamented Doctor Kane
Description: Bird’s eye view showing the Satterlee U. S. General Hospital, opened June 9th, 1862 at Forty-fourth Street and Baltimore Avenue in the farmland of West Philadelphia. A horse-drawn wagon, a man pushing a handcart of linens, and a line of pedestrians approach the entrance of the hospital complex that is guarded by a soldier. Within the complex, visitors stroll and a troop of soldiers drill in the central courtyards bordered by over twenty wards. Also shows a neighboring building, soldiers reclining near the fence of the complex, and a soldier on horseback. The hospital was closed in August 1865 and the buildings demolished., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 774, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 15 U 58 (oversize), Inscribed on verso: Gift of Arthur Sussel, Aug. 23, 1957.
Date: c1863
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 15 U 58 (oversize)

Title: [Fifth Baptist Church]
Description: Unfinished proof showing an interior view of the Baptist church during a baptism. Parishioners fill the pews and balconies. The men, women, and children look toward a small group of individuals as they stand in front of the pulpit before they proceed to the baptismal well in the center of the church. Many of the women wear ornate bonnets. Incomplete depictions include the well and parishioners. The church, organized by Dr. William Staughton, was built 1811-1812 after the designs of Robert Mills on the 800 block of Sansom Street., Title supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 248, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 13 F 527
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 13 F 527

Title: Church of the Resurrection. Rising Sun Village. Revd. Thos. J. Davis, rector
Description: View showing the small stone Protestant Episcopal church built in 1853 on North Broad and Tioga streets. Fenced pasture land surrounds the building. Congregation was organized under Rev. Thomas J. Davis in 1849., Title annotated with pencil inscription: Phila Pa., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 128, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 132 K 952
Creator: Kuchel, Charles Conrad, b. 1820, artist
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 132 K 952

Title: The old First Independent Church corner Broad and Sansom streets. Rev. John Chambers, pastor
Description: Exterior view of the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows a partial view of an adjacent building and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians include a man with a cane, a woman with a parasol, and two men greeting one another. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Inscribed on the mount: In March of 1830, the cornerstone was laid. In June of 1831, the Church was opened for religious worship. In April, 1853, the Church was enlarged by an extension Eastward of Fifteen feet and the erection of a portico in front. This picture is undoubtedly the church that commenced in March, 1830, and first opened for worship in June, 1831., Title from label taped on verso. Label annotated: North East corner., Inscribed on verso: Gift of Gladywn Hill Library 11-9-62., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 524, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 136 C 356
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 136 C 356

Title: First Presbyterian Church, Southwark, Phila
Description: Exterior view of the church built 1857-1859 after the designs of Samuel Sloan at German Street below Third Street. Church includes two small and a large spire. Also shows an obelisk behind the church in the background., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 261, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 136 S 728
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 136 S 728

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