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Title: Germantown Town Hall postcards
Description: Depicts steeple of original Germantown Town Hall built in 1855 by Napoleon LeBrun. View of building obscured by trees., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 100A07 and 100B10., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Germantown Academy postcards
Description: Exterior views of Germantown Academy, built in 1760 by Jacob Knor on land purchased from John and George Bringhurst. Known as the Union School House when it opened in 1761. Instruction was in both English and German. The building was used as a hospital after the Battle of Germantown in 1777 and again in 1798 during the Yellow Fever epidemic., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 106A02, 106B03 and 106B04., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Schools - 106]

Title: Bingham Hotel postcards
Description: Contains images of the Bingham House Hotel, originally built as the Mansion House Hotel for Thomas Leiper in 1812. Includes exterior views of the front facade looking northwest. Also depicts interior views of the Green and Blue Restaurant, the roof garden, and the lobby. Renovations for the Bingham Hotel were undertaken in 1890 after designs by Willis Gaylord Hale., Sheet numbers: 112A01 and 112A02., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112]

Title: Trolley Strike postcards
Description: Contains images of the trolley strike that began in Chester in 1908. The Chester Traction Company decreased pay rates dramatically in response to falling revenue. The Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees reacted by shutting down public trolleys from Philadelphia to Wilmington. Images depict striker's on parade, a mob attacking strike-breakers on a car, striker's soliciting funds and mounted police in action., Sheet number: 158B01., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: c1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Trolley Strike - 159]

Title: Friends' Meeting House, 4th and Arch Streets postcards
Description: Exterior views of the friends' meeting house built 1803-1805 after designs by Owen Biddle. Additions and renovations were added incrementally until 1906. Also includes views of congregation members outside of the meeting house., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 50A03, 50B03 and 50B04., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Friends' Arch Street Centre, 304 Arch Street, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Friends' Arch Street Centre erected in 1915 next to the meeting house at 4th and Arch Streets., Sheet number: 50B03., Divided back. Post marked 1932., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1932
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Geburts- und Taufschein Den beiden Ehegatten, als: [blank] [blank] und seiner ehelichen Hausfrau [blank] eine geborne [blank] ist ein [blank] zur Welt geboren, den [blank] 18[blank] im Jahre Herrn [blank] Diese [blank] wurde geboren in [blank] County, im Statte [blank] in Nordamerika, und wurde getauft und erhielt den Namen [blank] am [blank] im Jahre unsers Herrn 18[blank] von Herrn [blank] Die Taufzeugen waren: [blank]
Description: Copyright 1849 by Augs. Kollner., Printed area, including hand-colored ornamental border, measures 33.3 x 22.4 cm., Library Company copy 9644.F completed in MS. for Albert Moriz Althaus [later Morris A. Althouse], born May 15, 1858 in Centre Township, Berks County, Pa., son of Solomon H. and Esther Althaus Althaus, baptized Aug. 15, 1858, by Rev. Isaac Miesse, sponsored by Jacob and Catharina Nafzinger; imperfect: torn, affecting some text., Library Company copy 11396.F is blank., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1849]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1849 Gebur 9644.F (Roughwood), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1849 Gebur 11396.F (Doret)

Title: D. W. Bard, daily messenger from Reading to Philadelphia, attends to shopping and business of all kinds. Reading offices, 312 & 618 Penn St., Philadelphia office, 716 filbert St
Description: Trade card containing a scene of spectators, including a well-dressed couple, watching skullers on a river., Title stamped on recto., Manuscript note on verso: I could not find the [nun's veiling?] anywhere. I looked in all the principle stores. D.W. Bard., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.7]

Title: Geburt- und Tauf-zeugniss Den beiden christlichen Ehegatten: [blank] und seiner ehelichen Hausfrau [blank] geborne [blank] ist ein [blank] zur Welt geboren, den [blank] Tag im [blank] im Jahre unseres Herrn ein tausend acht hundert und [blank] (18[blank]). Dieses Kind ist geboren in [blank], in [blank] County, im Staate [blank] Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika, und erhielt durch die heilige Taufe den Namen [blank] am [blank] Tag im [blank] im Jahre 18[blank] von [blank] Namen der Tauf-Zeugen: [blank]
Description: Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 33.3 x 23.2 cm, Library Company copy completed in MS. for Maria Wetzel, born Feb. 17, 1860 in Mahatongo Township, Schuylkill County, Pa., the daughter of Joseph and Regina Schneider Wetzel, baptized March 18, 1860 by Rev. Isaac Stiely., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [not after 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1860 Gebur 11397.F (Doret)

Title: Geburts- und Taufschein Den beiden Ehegatten, als: [blank] und seiner ehelichen Hausfrau [blank] eine geborne [blank] is ein [blank] zur Welt geboren, den [blank] 18[blank] im Jahre unsers Herrn 18[blank] Diese [blank] wurde geboren in [blank] [blank] County, im Staat [blank] in Nordamerika, und wurde getauft und erhielt den Namen [blank] am [blank] im Jahre unsers Herrn 18[blank] von Herrn [blank] Die Taufzeugen waren: [blank]
Description: Carl L. Rademacher is listed at this address in Philadelphia directories from 1846 to 1848., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 36.4 x 27.8 cm, Library Company copy hand colored; completed in MS. for Maria Bolich (later Koch), born Oct. 11, 1848 in East Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, Pa., daughter of William and Maria Sechler Bolich; she was baptized Dec. 19, 1848 by Rev. Jäger; godparents Jesse and Katharina Sechler., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [not after 1848]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1848 Gebur 11399.F (Doret)

Title: The Pennsylvania cyclone
Description: Verse in four unnumbered stanzas; first line: The shadows of death are upon us, and a calamity has occurred,., On Jan. 9, 1889, a tornado swept over Reading, Pa., destroying the Grimshaw Silk Mill and the Reading Railroad paint shop, killing 17 and injuring more than 100 people., Printed area, including mourning border, measures 25.3 x 19.8 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bessel, Fred
Date: [1889?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1889 Bessel 112042.O (Roughwood)

Title: Sunday school hymns. To be sung by the children at the grand gathering, June 13th, 1868
Description: Caption title., Without music., Hymns printed in two columns divided by a single rule; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 31.0 x 14.2 cm., Contents: The happy land -- The Sunday school army -- Beautiful river -- Dismission., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1868 Sunday 17239.Q (Roughwood)

Title: Mint Arcade
Description: Depicts the Mint Arcade built in 1903 by Savery & Scheetz. Building commissioned by the Crane Ice Cream Company after the demolition of the United States Mint in 1902. The Widener Building was built in 1914 on the site of the Mint Arcade., Undivided back., Sheet number: 27B05B, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]

Title: Founders Week parade postcards
Description: Contains photographic postcards of Founders Week, celebrating the 225th anniversary of the founding of Philadelphia. Depicts scenes from parades held throughout the week including the Military Parade on October 5, 1908 showing U.S. Troops; the Industrial Parade on October 7, 1908 displaying products and advertisements from local companies on floats and Historical Day on October 9, 1908 showing people in costume recreating Philadelphia history., Divided backs. Azo stamp boxes with upward pointing triangles in corners., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Founders Week - Parade Real Photos - 96]

Title: Pond lilies and rustic bridge, artificial lake, Fairmount Park postcards
Description: Depicts a rustic, wooden bridge spanning an artificial lake filled with water lilies in Fairmount Park. Includes two women crossing the bridge and a man strolling along the water's edge. Possibly depicts Centennial Lake since water lilies covered eighty percent of the water's surface in the summer., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A01 and 86B01., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: Independence Hall postcards
Description: Contains views of Independence Hall including exterior views of the front facade on Chestnut Street; oblique views of the state building from Fifth and Sixth Streets and the rear elevation facing Independence Square showing the Commodore Barry Monument designed by Samuel Murray in 1908. Interior views portray the room where the Declaration of Independence was signed, also called the Assembly Room, Philadelphia Room, Declaration Chamber and Independence Chamber. Others include the banquet room, Supreme Court room, main stairway and the ballroom., Contains 12 postcards printed in color and 13 printed in black and white., Built 1732-1748 by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Extensive renovations and additions completed incrementally between 1750 and 1973. Meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1783 and the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776., Also identified as the Pennsylvania State House., About one third (11 out of 23) of the postcards were issued by the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence., Accession numbers: P.8712.5e, P.8712.5k, P.9048.260, P.9048.281, P.9049.27, P.9049.35, P.9049.41, P.9050.66, P.9076.6, P.9076.17, P.9105.20 - 22. P.9441.3, P.9441.5 - 11, P.9441.13 - 16., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1905-1935
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Historic buildings and sites - [various]

Title: [Hennigar's Photo Studio and Ye Old Dummy Depot, 4700 Frankford Avenue.]
Description: Exterior view of Hennigar's Photo Studio, the former site of Pickard's Photo Studio on Frankford Avenue. Includes Ye Old Dummy Depot, which served as the Frankford terminal for steam dummies that replaced horse cars on the Frankford & Southwark Railway in 1860., Real photo. Divided back. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Business - [P.9933.13]

Title: 34th Street [sic], entrance to University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Depicts the Memorial Tower connecting the dormitories, constructed 1894-1911 after designs by Cope & Stewardson., Founded as a charity school in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin. Original school buildings located at 4th and Arch Streets, then moved into the Presidential Mansion at 9th and Chestnut Streets in 1802. The mansion was cleared away in 1829 and two larger university buildings were constructed. Expanded to a much larger West Philadelphia campus in 1875., Divided back., Accession numbers: P.9076.23 and P.9105.17., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Education - [various]

Title: Market Street postcards
Description: Contains images of store fronts and automobile and pedestrian traffic looking east and west on Market Street. Views depict Market Street looking: at the Market Street loop; west from 10th Street, showing Woolworth & Co. 5 and 10 store; west of 11th Street showing the Denckla, Inquirer and Reading Terminal buildings and east from City Hall showing the Wanamaker Department store. Also includes a bird's eye view of Market Street looking west towards West Philadelphia., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.2002.67.30, P.9048.37, P.9048.41, P.9049.16, P.9049.53 and P.9512.6 - 7., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Streets - [various]

Title: Train entrance of the Philadelphia subway, Front & Arch Sts. [sic], Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Depicts the train entrance for the Market Street subway near Front and Market Streets looking west, showing a train emerging from underground about to loop around a steep incline to continue along Delaware Avenue. Also depicts commercial store fronts on the south side of Market Street., Numbered 302 on verso., The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT) built the Market Street subway - elevated from 15th Street to 69th Street in 1907. Construction expanding the line eastward to Delaware Avenue finished in 1908, but the elevated section connecting Frankford to the Center City line was not completed until 1922., Sheet number: 158A01., Divided back. Post marked 1914., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1914
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Transit - 158]

Title: [Deutscher Club Beer Garden, 532 North 4th Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Depicts an outdoor, screened eating area, with small square tables set with cloths., Haupt-quartier, Deutscher Club, 532 Nord Vierte Strasse. Jubilaum des 25jahrigen Bestehens...des...Detsch-Amerikanischen Techniker-Verbandes, 27. bis 31. August 1909 in Philadelphia., Real photo. Undivided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Associations - [P.9591]

Title: Elks Convention 1907 postcards
Description: Contains commemorative postcards and advertisements for the Elks Convention, the 21st annual reunion of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.) held in Philadelphia in 1907. Depicts elk on every postcard; City Hall tower; William Penn; clocks striking eleven o'clock in the evening; the Court of Honor showing City Hall in the distance; the Quien Sabe Club of El Paso, Texas marching in the procession and an unidentified street view showing buildings and street posts ornamented with pennants. Also includes views of specific buildings like Carpenter's Hall; Horticultural Hall; Independence Hall; City Hall; the Liberty Bell; Wanamaker's store; Strawbridge and Clothier; Lit Brothers store; the North American building and the Ladies' Reception headquarters., Contains 22 postcards printed in color and 15 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Elks Convention 1907 - 59]

Title: Fairmount Park boats, dam & waterworks postcards
Description: Depicts views of the Schuylkill River including Fairmount Waterworks, Fairmount dam and canal and Boat House Row along East River Drive. The waterworks were built after designs by engineer Frederick Graff 1812-1815. Also includes views of boats on the river and an evening view of the river from Boat House Row., Contains 27 postcards printed in color and 1 in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Boats, Dam & Waterworks - 60]

Title: Independence Hall postcards
Description: Contains architectural images and copies of paintings depicting Independence Hall and the leading politicians associated with the Declaration of Independence. Architectural images include exterior views of the front facade on Chestnut Street; oblique views of the state building from Fifth and Sixth Streets and the rear elevation facing Independence Square showing the Commodore Barry Monument designed by Samuel Murray in 1908. The overwhelming majority of interior views portray the room where the Declaration of Independence was signed, also called the Assembly Room, Philadelphia Room, Declaration Chamber and Independence Chamber. Others include the banquet room, Supreme Court room, main stairway and the ballroom. Paintings include portraits of Robert Morris, Richard Henry Lee, Samuel Huntingdon, Thomas McKean and Benjamin Franklin and the signing of the Declaration by these iconic figures. Also depicted is a popular series called the Cradle of Liberty, a collage of exterior and interior images of Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell and George Washington., Contains 188 postcards printed in color and 97 printed in black and white. Also contains 25 linen postcards., Built 1732-1748 by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Extensive renovations and additions completed incrementally between 1750 and 1973. Meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1783 and the site where the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776., Also identified as the Pennsylvania State House., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1950
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Independence Hall - 122 - 127]

Title: Hotel Walton postcards
Description: Contains images of the Hotel Walton originally built as the Hotel Metropole circa 1892 after designs by Angus S. Wade. Depicts exterior views of the hotel looking northeast and southeast. Also includes interior views of the palm room, dining room and foyer., Contains 9 postcards printed in color and 10 printed in black and white., The Hotel Metropole was incorporated into the Hotel Walton in 1895. Additions and renovations occurred in 1914 and in 1925 to accommodate a roof garden and shops on the first floor facing Broad Street., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Walton - 119]

Title: Teachers' local institute
Description: Signed: J. O. Knauss, County Superintendent and Chairman Ex. Committee., Printed area measures: 15.8 x 11.1 cm., Held at Seiberlingsville Church, Weissenberg Township, Lehigh County, on Saturday December 22nd, 1877., "Members will be at liberty to express their views in either the English or the German language.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1877.]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1877 Teachers' 106024.D (Roughwod)

Title: Offices, paint factory and warehouse of Samuel H. French & Co
Description: Exterior view of Company's facilities at the corner of 4th & Callowhill Streets, Philadelphia., Sheet number: 40A06B, Holiday greeting in manuscript on verso., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]

Title: Arch Street postcards
Description: Contains images of Arch Street, including views looking east from Fifteenth Street and west from Broad Street, showing the Young Men's Christian association building (1417-23 Arch Street) and the United Gas Improvement Building (1401 Arch Street). Also includes an image of the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (55-65 North Broad Street), Masonic Temple (1-33 North Broad Street), and City Hall tower near Broad and Arch Streets., Sheet number: 156A01., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1910-1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]

Title: Carey, Bro. & Grevemeyer, 423 Market St., Philadelphia, booksellers, stationers and blank book manufacturers, paper curtains, oil shades and shading, floor and table oil cloth. Also, jobbers and manufacturers of wall paper
Description: Wall calendar with tear sheets. Mount contains a vignette showing the Carey Bro. & Grevemeyer wallpaper "Factory, 2228 to 2234 North 10th Street." View also shows street traffic, including horse-drawn carts and a locomotive. R. Davis and Theodore Carey and W.H. Grevemeyer partnered circa 1883 with a retail store on Market Street and a wall paper manufactory at North Tenth Street. The firm succeeded Hollowbrush & Carey, booksellers, stationers, and blank book manufacturers., Advertising text printed in borders: Orders by Mail promptly attended to. Blank books of all kinds Made to Order. Estimates furnished for Printing of all kinds., Bottom edge of each calendar page contains printed name of different types of products offered by the firm. Includes: Pocket Books and Satchels; Pocket Cutlery; Looking Glasses; Wrapping Paper, Paper Bags & Flour Sacks; Brushes of All Kinds; Paper and Oil Curtains; Table and Floor Oil Cloth; Store Shades made & Lettered to order; Photograph Frames & Albums; Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Books; Holiday Goods; and Almanacs and Diaries., Text on mount printed in blue and red., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [1883]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars [P.2011.10.163]

Title: Wm. H. Hortsmann & Sons, manufactory & sales rooms, cor. Fifth & Cherry Streets. Philadelphia
Description: Letterhead containing an exterior view of the manufactory and adjoining showroom specializing in military clothing, trimmings, and paraphernalia at 51 North Third Street. Shows street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn cart, streetcars, and patrons entering the establishment. Business established in 1815., Completed in manuscript on January 16, 1862 to Providence Tool Company, Providence, R.I. by "W.H. Hortsmann & Sons" about the price of "U.S. Cavalry Blades to pass Government Inspection" and whether then can "commence delivery at once.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler., See related print. [Ph Pr - 8x10 - Industries - H, (7)1322.F.61d]
Creator: Sartain, Samuel, 1830-1906, engraver
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.149]

Title: [Fulton House, No. 121 South Second Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Busy view showing the early 1780s former residence of miniature painter and steamboat engineer Robert Fulton when tenanted by a lager beer saloon. Depicts two saloon workers moving barrels across from two men conversing near the entryway of the two-story, wooden building with display window and awning. One worker emerges with a barrel from the cellar in front of the window while the other rolls one of four barrels in his direction and away from a tilted telegraph pole. The pole extends up through the awning and leans into the roof of the adjoining building in the left. “Restaurant” is written on the display window and "Lager Beer Saloon" is written on the awning. A fire insurance marker and signage reading “121 Fulton House” and “ale” also adorn the building. Also shows partial views of adjacent brick buildings, and in the left, a woman attired in a hat, dress, and apron walking on the sidewalk and carrying a ceramic carafe. Building in right, likely a grocery store, is adorned with an awning frame on which a small round sign reading “L” hangs. Building is also adorned with signage that is partially visible and reads "Groc" and "Joh." Fulton lived and worked on South Second Street in the early 1780s. While in Philadelphia, he worked as an apprentice and miniature painter as well as began his experiments with the mechanics of steam power. In 1786 he relocated to Front Street. About 1787 he moved to London and studied painting with American-born artist Benjamin West., Artist and title from manuscript note on oil painting depicting similar scene and given in 1863 to Ferdinand Dreer by James L. Claghorn. Sold on liveauctioneers in 2019. Manuscript note: Ferdinand J. Dreer Esq. with Jas. l. Claghorn’s compliments, House No. 121 South Second Street Philadelphia PA in which Robert Fulton served his apprenticeship to an optician by John M. Falconer for NY Artists Fund Society, October 1863., Title supplied by cataloger., Drawing may be the watercolor listed as entry 291 and for sale by the artist in the United States Centennial Commission International Exhibition 1876 official catalogue, Art gallery and annexes. Department IV. Art. Tenth and Revised Edition (Philadelphia: John R. Nagle & Co., 1876), 14., Artist's initials written in lower right corner., Manuscript notes in modern hand on verso: Fasten title on backs, 132. From the collection of Samuel Castner, Jr. of Philadelphia., John Mackie Falconer (1820-1903), a Scottish-born New York artist, began his career as a painter and watercolorist before also specializing in etching starting in the mid 1860s. Known for works depicting older buildings and ruins, he was a treasurer of the Artist’s Fund Society, a member of the New York Etching Club, and an honorary member of the National Academy of Design.
Creator: Falconer, John Mackie, 1820-1903, artist
Date: [1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *drawings & watercolors - Falconer [P.2021.1]

Title: Mrs. Lena Mason's Chautauqua meetings, Aug. 1st - Sept. Phila, Pa
Description: Postcard showing an African American Chautauqua meeting. Depicts African American men, women, and children gathered near several tents. In the foreground, an African American woman and man, possibly Mrs. and Mr. Mason, stand and look at the viewer next to a wooden chair with a hat on top of it. Chautauqua meetings, developed from the Lyceum Movement, were traveling tent shows providing education and entertainment to early 20th-century audiences., Title and date from item., Photographic paper company's imprint on verso: Mermont Photo Paper Co., New York., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Events [P.9933.9]

Title: [The George Nugent Home for Aged Ministers and their Wives.]
Description: Exterior view of front facade of The Nugent Home. Baptist Home built circa 1895 after designs by J.F. Stuckert & Son., Sheet number: 138B11., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1916
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Bought of C. Cumming & Co. Manufacturers & dealers in twine, glues, curled hair, hide whips, sand paper, lace leather, horns, bones, neats' foot oil, plastering hair & c. Factory -St. John STreet, above Beaver, Philad'a. Stores---nos. 3, 5 & 7 South Third St., Phila Superior hair mattresses made to order at short notice. Highest cash price paid for glue pieces, cattle tails, damaged hides and caroons. Printers' glue. A superior Article for Rollers
Description: Billhead containing an exterior view of the L-shaped glue factory, and courtyard. Smoke billows from the stacks on the roof and a weather vane adorns a tower at the cross-section of the building. One section includes vented windows and a chute into the yard, which contains crates and a lamp post. In the street, a horse-drawn cart travels toward one stopped near a gentleman. Charles Cumming operated a factory as a sole proprietor until circa 1855 when his firm C. Cumming & Co. was established., Name of proprietors (Charles Cumming and James R. White) and "Terms" printed below image. Terms detail "Current Accounts, Cash Jan'y 1st and July 1st. For Bills of $100 and over, 4 months negotiable notes. Bills less than $100 positively Cash less five per cent. Ground Bones, Neats' Foot Oil and Springs, Nett., Completed in manuscript to G.W. [Rernadon]? & Bros. on August 3, 1860 for" 2 boxes 'Coul whips" - 10 % of each. 20 gross at $600: $120., Inscribed in greasy pencil and in ink on recto: Ella Reed., Inscribed on recto: R H & Co. within a drawing of a diamond., Manuscript note on verso: C. Cumming. [Riera?] Herman & Co. $120. Augt 3 1860. Paid Sept 21., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Creator: Lowe, Samuel W., engraver
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.127]

Title: Callowhill Street Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa A series of 25 bridges packing in Honest Long Cut
Description: Cigarette card promoting the Honest Long Cut brand of the American Tobacco Company. Depicts a view of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, also known as Spring Garden Street Bridge, built over the Schuylkill River from 1874-1875 by the Keystone Bridge Company after the designs of engineer Jacob H. Linville. Demolished in 1964. Bridge adorned with ornate ironwork, including lampposts and fencing., Title printed on recto and verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.34]

Title: Christ Church postcards
Description: Exterior views of Christ Church built 1727-1744 after designs by John Kearsley. Steeple built 1751-1754 after designs by John Harrison II and Robert Smith. Also includes interior views of the nave, wine glass pulpit, sanctuary, pews, stained glass windows and the church's silver., Contains 19 postcards printed in color and 11 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.8712.5n, P.9048.145, P.9048.259, P.9048.265, P.9049.86, P.9050.21 - 22, P.9050.24, P.9050.27 - 28, P.9050.33, P.9050.35, P.9050.43, P.9050.52, P.9050.60 - 61, P.9050.65, P.9050.67, P.9050.74, P.9050.76 - 78, P.9050.86, P.9050.88 - 89, P.9050.96, P.9067.8, P.9105.12, P.9526.2 and P.2005.3.37., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1900-1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]

Title: Carpenters' Hall postcards
Description: Contains exterior views of Carpenters' Hall built 1770-1774 after designs by Robert Smith., Contains 7 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.8712.5p, P.9049.45 - 52 and P.9105.7., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Historic buildings and sites - [various]

Title: Roberts' Old Mill, Germantown, Philadelphia
Description: View of old grist mill showing wheelhouse, built by Richard Townsend in 1683 on Mill Street (Church Lane) and Wingohocking Street. Considered the oldest mill in Pennsylvania. Later it was known as Lukens Mill and then Roberts Mill after its 19th century owner, Hugh Roberts. Demolished circa 1873., Photographed circa 1870 by Robert Newell., Undivided back. Dated 3/15/1910 in manuscript note on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Industry - [P.9049.33]

Title: Hotel Adelphia, Chestnut at 13th Street, nearest to everything in Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of hotel built in 1912 after designs by Horace Trumbauer. Consisted of 21 stories and 400 guest rooms., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9048.255]

Title: Roberts' old mill postcards
Description: View of old grist mill showing wheelhouse and waterfall, built by Richard Townsend in 1683 on Mill Street (Church Lane) and Wingohocking Street. Considered the oldest mill in Pennsylvania. Later it was known as Lukens Mill and then Roberts Mill after its 19th century owner, Hugh Roberts. Demolished circa 1873., Sheet number: 100B10., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Nugent Home postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of baptist home for ministers constructed circa 1895 after designs by J.F. Stuckert & Son., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 100A05 and 100B09., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Young Mens Christian Association, Germantown, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade of young men's christian association building (Y.M.C.A.) constructed in 1891 after designs by Benjamin Franklin Betts. The building included a pool, gymnasium, running track, two bowling alleys and a dormitory. Y.M.C.A. of Germantown moved to a new building on Greene Street, constructed after designs by Thomas, Martin & Kirkpatrick in 1928., Numbered 923 on verso., Sheet number: 100A07., Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Hood Cemetery postcards
Description: Depicts the marble arch entrance gate and balustrade of Hood Cemetery, designed in 1849 by William L. Johnston and William Struthers. Marble wall, balustrade and gateway commissioned by William Hood., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 104A02 and 104B02., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Miscellaneous - 104]

Title: Gentlemen's Club House, Manheim Grounds postcards
Description: Exterior views of the Gentlemen's Club House built 1890-1891 after designs by McKim, Mead & White., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Also known as the Germantown Cricket Club. Established in 1854. General George Meade opened the playing grounds in Nicetown where the Germantown Club played cricket against their rival team, the Young America Club. In the late 1880s the two clubs were consolidated into one, and in 1889 the combined organization moved to the Manheim grounds on land formerly owned by the Littell and Price families. McKim, Mead & White designed the main clubhouse in 1891. A player's wing, pool house, squash courts and a swimming pool were added to the grounds in 1903, along with a bowling alley in 1907., Sheet numbers: 100A04 and 100B08., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Hotel Adelphia postcards
Description: Exterior views of hotel built in 1912 after designs by Horace Trumbauer. Consisted of 21 stories and 400 guest rooms., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1910-1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Adelphia - 109]

Title: United States Mint postcards
Description: Exterior views looking northwest of the second location of the United States Mint at the northwest corner of Juniper and Chestnut Streets. Built 1829-1833 after designs by William Strickland. Demolished in 1902., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 160A09 and 160B03., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [U.S. Mint - 160]

Title: United States Mint postcards
Description: Contains images of the United States Mint on Spring Garden Street, built 1898-1901 after designs by James Knox Taylor. Includes exterior views of the front facade and views of activity within the mint showing rooms where money is made and tested, the main corridor on the second floor, machines cutting disks from strips, workers weighing silver dollars and the coin stamp., Contains 49 postcards printed in color and 11 printed in black and white., The Community College of Philadelphia acquired the property in 1971., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [U.S. Mint - 160]

Title: P.R.R. Bridge over Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Depicts a locomotive crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River near Girard Avenue. 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., Numbered 23609 on recto. Publisher's monogram on verso., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Bridges - [P.9048.358]

Title: Acker Quality Shop postcards
Description: Primarily includes interior views of Acker Quality Shop showing various departments and restaurants. Depicts the confectionary department, Caillers Swiss Chalet, the Men's Dutch Kitchen and the refreshment fountain. Also includes views of the central staircase and the front and east facades., Philadelphia souvenir post card monogram of Independence Hall on verso., Accession numbers: P.9490.3 - 7 and P.9587.5., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Business - [various]

Title: Diamond Street Baptist Church, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of church built in 1901 after designs by Charles Webber Bolton. Located at corner of 21st and Diamond Street., Rev. Chas. Warwick was pastor when postcard was issued., Sheet number: 50B02A., Undivided back. Post marked 1907., Also known as Eleventh Baptist Church., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

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