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Title: Compliments of Lehman & Bolton, lithographers, printers, publishers. 715, 171, 719 Arch Street. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement calendar for the year 1885 containing a sentimental, genre scene. Shows a long-haired child, possibly a boy, attired in a collared dress, bow at the waist, knickers, a wide-brimmed hat adorned with flowers, socks, and shoes with straps. The child holds a bouquet of flowers in one hand and holds out a sprig in the other. Advertisement also contains pictorial details depicting fruits and vinery framing the image. The firm, established in 1873 by William H. Lehman and Mahlon Bolton, Jr. from Jacob Haehnlen's former establishment at Goldsmiths' Hall, specialized in commercial lithographs such as billheads, letterheads, and advertisements., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 122, 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: Lehman & Bolton
Date: [1884]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department PRINt Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars [P.2011.10.165]

Title: To J. Mullin, dr. Coupes and carriages to hire. Stable, 1522 Rundle Street Office, 217 South Sixteenth Street
Description: Billhead for the Philadelphia livery operated by James Mullin containing a vignette showing a manned horse-drawn coach in motion., Completed in manuscript to Mr. [ ]herine on May 1, 1891 for "[illegible] 2 to coupe @ [illegible]": 2.00, Manuscript note on recto: Recd Payment J. Mullin., 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. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.141]

Title: Bought of Edwin Hall, no. 28 South Second St., silks, shawls, dress goods, cloths, mourning goods, furnishing goods, gloves, hosiery, embroideries, laces, white goods &c
Description: Bilhead containing a vignette showing the exterior of the four-story dry goods store. Patrons enter the building past large display windows at which passers-by review the merchandise. In the foreground, a horse-drawn omnibus travels and a man on horseback greets a gentleman on the sidewalk., Completed in manuscript to Mr. C .J. Collings on May 1, 1871 for several items, including flannel, muslin, pink chintz, edging, lace, and ribbon, purchased between February 27 and March 3. Prices range from $.08 for lace to $2.75 for cuffs. Bill totals $21.34., Manuscript note on recto: 7/30 Recd Payt Edwin Hall., 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. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.134]

Title: Rodin Museum postcards
Description: Depicts the Rodin Museum built 1926-1928 by Paul Philippe Cret. Includes a detail of the statue "The Thinker" by Rodin., Contains 2 postcards printed in black and white and 1 linen postcard., Sheet numbers: 27B09 and 27L02., 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: Bartram's house and garden postcards
Description: Contains views of the Bartram house and garden, built 1730-1731 by botanist John Bartram. Primarily contains exterior views of the house showing the west side and the east front. Views of the garden include cypress tree, "Lady Petre Pear-tree," and watering trough. Also includes view of the sitting room and a reproduction of a painting of John Bartram., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 16 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: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Bartram House and Garden - 21]

Title: Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Building postcards
Description: Series of views of the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Building constructed circa 1928 after designs by Simon & Simon. Images document the exterior of the building looking north and east; the bronze doors; the sculptural detail on the bronze doors and over the board room windows; the historical window and marble clock; the marble lunette "Protection" in the elevator lobby and the medallion "Lafayette Medal" on the facade., Contains 12 postcards 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: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust - 23]

Title: Land Title Building postcards
Description: Exterior views looking northwest at the twenty-two story addition of the Land Title Building constructed in 1902 after designs by Daniel H. Burnham & Company. Built next to the original tower, the first skyscraper with an all-steel structural frame built in 1897 after designs by Daniel H. Burnham & Company. Includes partial views of the Union League in the foreground., Contains 8 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Also known as the Land Title Bank & Trust Company., 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: 1906-1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Land Title - 24]

Title: Armory of First City Troops postcards
Description: Contains exterior views of armory built circa 1900 after designs by Newman, Woodman & Harris., Sheet number: 27A01A, 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 [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]

Title: Willow Grove Park postcards
Description: Contains views of Willow Grove Park, a trolley amusement park located in the Philadelphia suburb of Willow Grove in Montgomery County. Images document buildings, grounds and attractions at the park including night and day time views of the lighted or "electric rainbow" fountain; the music pavilion, a open air theater which served as performance space for summer concert series featuring John Philip Sousa and others; the artificial lakes which were used for boating; popular rides including the Mountain Scenic Railway, the Airships (also known as the Captive Flying Machine), the Coal Mine (a roller coaster), and Venice (a gondola ride); the midway; the lake side pavilion which also served as a soda fountain; the casino; and boat landing. Also contains bird's eye views; views of the grounds and picnic areas; the entranceway; the cafe; a natural spring; and the Women's Building. Two postcards contain group portraits of Sousa's band and Victor Herbert's Orchestra., Postcards issued by a variety of different publishers with the greatest number (over thirty cards each) issued by J.M. Canfield and W.N. Jennings, a Philadelphia photographer. Includes part of two series Philadelphia Post Card Company, no. 1001-1012 and Illustrated Post Card Company, no. P-22 to P-30., Contains 134 postcards printed in color and 22 in black and white. Also includes 4 linen postcards., 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: bulk 1902-1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Willow Grove - 168]

Title: Curtis Publishing postcards
Description: Contains views of the Curtis Publishing Company built 1910-1921 after designs by Edgar Viguers Seeler. Includes several exterior views from Sixth Street, Walnut Street, Independence Park and Washington Square. Also includes interior views of the first floor lobby; the director's room; offices and press rooms for Ladies Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post; the circulation department and circulation manager's office; the women's recreation, lunch and rest rooms; the paper stock room; a section of the engraving department; the composition division; the boiler room; and the power division., Contains 37 postcards printed in color., 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: 1910-1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Curtis Publishing - 37]

Title: Springfield Water Supply Co. of Philadelphia advertisement postcards
Description: Advertisements depicting horse drawn Springfield Water Supply Company wagons. Springfield Water Supply Company established in 1897., Contains 2 postcards printed in color., Number 2524 printed on recto of one card., Sheet number: 40A09B, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Divided backs., Postcards issued by the Springfield Water Supply Company, Philadelphia.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]

Title: Brown Auto Top Company - we are growing - there's a reason, Broad and Hamilton Streets, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Depicts two images of Brown Auto Top Company showing the physical expansion of the company from a typical commercial front (1906) into an entire city block (1907)., Numbered 11702 on recto., Sheet number: 40B01A, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Divided back.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]

Title: Franklin Bank Building and Betz Building. Broad and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of Girard Trust Company building constructed 1888-1889 after designs by Addison Hutton and the Betz Building constructed 1889-1890 after designs by William H. Decker., See earlier postcard view printed in black and white dated before 1908 when the building served as the Girard Trust Company. Sheet number: 27B04., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Divided back. Post marked 1914., Sheet number: 27A05B
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1914
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]

Title: Washington Monument postcards
Description: Depicts equestrian statue of George Washington on a pedestal surrounded by four fountains and allegorical figures that represent four rivers: the Delaware, the Hudson, the Potomac and the Mississippi Rivers. Statues on the lowest tier portray "typical" American human figures and animals. Designed by Rudolf Siemering in 1897 and unveiled at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. Moved to Eakins Oval at the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1928. Contains views of the monument at both locations., Contains 33 postcards printed in color and 17 in black and white., Commissioned by the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, whose members were descendants of Washington's soldiers., 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 - Monuments & Memorials - Washington Monument - 90]

Title: Washington Monument, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Depicts equestrian statue of George Washington on a pedestal above allegorical figures, along with "typical" American people. Designed by Rudolf Siemering in 1897 and unveiled at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. Moved to the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1928. Depicts monument at Green Street entrance., Monument commissioned by the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, whose members were descendants of Washington's soldiers., Sheet number: 88A10., 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 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]

Title: Arnold mansion postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of Mount Pleasant Mansion (i.e. Arnold Mansion) built 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson after the designs of Thomas Nevil in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. Macpherson, a privateer during the Seven Years’ War, purchased the estate with profits from these operations. Free white and Black laborers, indentured servants, and at least four enslaved people of African descent, whose names are unknown, worked on the plantation. In 1779, General Benedict Arnold purchased Mount Pleasant for his wife Peggy Shippen, but they never occupied the house. In 1792, General Jonathan Williams purchased the mansion. The City of Philadelphia purchased the property from the Williams family in 1869. On behalf of the city, the Philadelphia Museum of Art restored the house in 1926., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Gift of George M. Brightbill, 1999., 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.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: [ca. 1905]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Arnold - 77]

Title: Lemon Hill postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of house and entrance stairway commissioned by Henry Pratt in 1799 on land called "The Hills" by the previous owner, Robert Morris. Pratt purchased the land at a sheriff's sale after Morris claimed bankruptcy. Morris's villa had been destroyed by fire, leaving only the greenhouse, which Pratt retained when he built Lemon Hill. In 1844, several years after Pratt's death, Lemon Hill became the first mansion aqcuired by the city of Philadelphia to create a public park., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Also known as the Headquarters of Colonial Dames of America, Chapter II (1957) and the Henry Pratt 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: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Lemon Hill - 79]

Title: Chamounix Mansion postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of country retreat built circa 1802 for George Plumsted. The property was acquired by the city of Philadelphia in 1871 and was used as a restaurant and boarding house., Numbered 2305 on recto., Also known as Montpelier., Sheet number: 81A01., 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 [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: David Rittenhouse House postcards
Description: Exterior views of RittenhouseTown, the birthplace of David Rittenhouse, built circa 1690 by William Rittenhouse as the first paper making business in the colonies. Complex of RittenhouseTown consists of the only eighteenth century German buildings that survive in Philadelphia., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 81A02 and 81B01., 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 [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: Old Monastery, Wissahickon, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of house built near Wissahickon Creek between 1746 and 1752 for Joseph Gorgas, a lumber merchant and third generation resident of Germantown. Constructed on the site of "the Kloster," the log cabin built in 1737 as a community house for the German Dunkards., Also known as the Joseph Gorgas House and the Children's Museum of Philadelphia (1973)., Sheet number: 81B01., 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. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]

Title: Christopher Yeakel's old log cabin postcards
Description: Exterior views of home proportedly built in 1743 for Christopher Yeakel, a cooper, at the corner of Mermaid Lane and Germantown Avenue and demolished circa 1905., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Post cards issued by The Rotograph Co., New York City and The World Post Card Co., Philadelphia., Sheet numbers: 27B04, 100A03 and 100B06., 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] and [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Penn Mansion postcards
Description: Exterior views of Penn House built 1713-1715 for Thomas Chalkley on land owned by William Penn's daughter, Letitia, although it was believed that William Penn built the home and lived there. Served as a tavern for many years, until the house was moved to Fairmount Park in 1883 in order to save it from destruction during a period of rapid commercial growth in the city., Contains 45 postcards printed in color and 26 printed in black and white. Also includes 6 linen postcards., Also known as the Letitia Street 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: 1900-1935
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Penn Mansion - 83]

Title: Overbrook High School, 57th and Lancaster Ave. [sic], Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade of school built in 1926 after designs by Irwin Thornton Catharine., Numbered 129861 on verso., Sheet number: 153A02., 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. 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: The Philadelphia Lawn Mower Co
Description: A woman in a white dress and hat pushes a Genuine "Philadelphia" Lawn Mower through a green yard. Includes a stake in the ground that advertises the name of the product, "Genuine "Philadelphia" Lawn Mower"., Numbered 3115 on verso., Advertisement on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Business - [P.2005.5]

Title: Mayfair House in Fairmount Park, Germantown, Pa
Description: Exterior view of apartment house built 1925-26 after designs by Sugarman & Berger., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Residences - A - M - [P.9048.254]

Title: St. James, 21st and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of church and bell tower. Demolished circa 1947., Numbered 25427 on verso., Divided back. Post marked 1910., 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 - Religion - [P.9050.45]

Title: Church of "Saint John Chrysostom", Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of the front facade of the Protestant Episcopal Saint John Chrysostom Church built in 1899 after designs by Baily & Truscott at 2159 North Twenty-eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Shows the Church, made of Holmesburg granite with a forty-five foot dome topped with an eight foot gilded cross, situated at the southeast corner of North Twenty-Eighth Street and West Susquehanna Avenue. It became the Gibson Temple Baptist Church in the circa 1950s., Title from item., Numbered 1015 on recto., 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 - Religion - [P.9050.47]

Title: St. John's R.C. Church, Manayunk, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of the nave and sanctuary. Church built in 1894 after designs by Charles Patrick Keely at the corner of Rector and Cresson Streets in Manayunk., Also known as St. John the Baptist Church., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [P.9050.38]

Title: Concord School House postcards
Description: Exterior views of school house built in 1775 by Jacob Knor. Created in response to a demand for a English speaking school for upper Germantown families who thought that the Union School (Germantown Academy) was too far away., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.9048.107, P.9048.365, P.9048.373, P.9490.18 and P.9512.12., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Education - [various]

Title: St. Clement's Church postcards
Description: Contains images of church built 1855-1859 by John Notman. Includes an exterior view and an interior view of the sanctuary. Horace Wells Sellers built the crypt chapel beneath the apse in 1898 and enlarged the sanctuary in 1908., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Divided backs., Accession numbers: P.9048.264 and P.9049.92., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]

Title: Immaculate Conception, R.C. Church, Germantown, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of Immaculate Conception Church built 1875-1879 after designs by Ephraim Francis Baldwin., Numbered 1030 on recto. Publisher's monogram on verso., Divided back. Post marked 1908., 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 - Religion - [P.9050.18]

Title: St. James Church of Kingsessing postcards
Description: Exterior views of ivy-covered facade of church built in 1762 as a Swedish Lutheran church after designs by architect Thomas Webb Richards. It became an Episcopal church in 1810., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Divided backs., Accession numbers: P.9048.91 and P.9049.90., 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 - Religion - [various]

Title: St. James Episcopal Church postcards
Description: Contains views of the church at the northeast corner of 52nd and Kershaw Streets including an exterior view of the church looking northeast and an interior view of the sanctuary., Accession numbers: P.9050.29 and P.9050.39., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]

Title: Billmyer House postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of house built in 1727 for the Deshler family. In 1788 German printer, Michael Billmyer, bought the property and continued his printing trade from the house., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 102A01 and 102B01., 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 - Mansions - 102]

Title: Old Dunkard Church postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade and side of stone church, showing roundel window, a large palladian window and entrance door flanked by a shallow portico. Also includes a view of the cemetery in the background., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 8 printed in black and white., Also known as Church of the Brethren, founded by Alexander Mack in 1708 near Crefeldt in North Prussia. Persecution drove the congregation to Philadelphia in 1719 and in 1723 the first Dunkard or German Baptist Brethren Church was organized in Germantown. The congregation originally worshipped in a building erected by Christopher Sauer (4653 Main Street) and then in a house secured by Peter Pettikoffer, who begged for the money to erect the building. Called Beggar's Town or Bettel Hausen. Building depicted in postcards erected in 1770., Sheet numbers: 101A01, 101B01 and 101B01A., Postcards issued by a variety of different publishers with the majority issued by The Rotograph Co., New York City., 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 - Churches - 101]

Title: Immaculate Conception Church chapel and St. Vincent's College, Germantown, Pa
Description: Oblique views of Immaculate Conception Church chapel built 1875-1879 after designs by Ephraim Francis Baldwin., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 101A02 and 101B02B., 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 - Churches - 101]

Title: Germantown Hospital postcards
Description: Exterior views., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 100A02 and 100B04., 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: The Cresheim Arms postcards
Description: Depicts the Cresheim Arms Hotel in Mount Airy showing the front facade from Allen's Lane and the entrance drive, and interior views of the Dunedin entrance, the Whitehall entrance and the sun parlor., Sheet numbers: 100B01B and 100B02., 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 [Germantown - Buildings - 100]

Title: Germantown National Bank postcards
Description: Contains views of bank building constructed in 1868 by J.G. Sidney. Depicts several oblique views of the front facade and side of the bank, along with interior views of the safe deposit department, the offices and the ladies' room., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Bank founded in 1814 by a group of businessmen in the house of Dr. George Bensell. Moved into J.G. Sidney's building from its location in the Clarkson-Watson house at 5275-5277 Germantown Avenue., Postcards issued by a few different publishers including Staton Bros. Publishing, Philadelphia and the Detroit Publishing Co., 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 - National Bank - 105]

Title: Concord School House postcards
Description: Exterior views of school house built in 1775 by Jacob Knor. There was a demand for a closer, English speaking school by upper Germantown families who thought that the Union School (Germantown Academy) was too far away., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 106A01 and 106B02., 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 - Schools - 106]

Title: Germantown High School, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade of high school built circa 1914 after designs by Henry DeCourcey Richards on land where the Morris-Littell House formerly stood., Numbered 255 on verso., Sheet number: 106A03., 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. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Schools - 106]

Title: German Hospital postcards
Description: Exterior views of German Hospital building adjoining the Mary J. Drexel Home at Girard and Corinthian Avenues. Founded in 1860 to provide medical care to the German population in the area. Building in images constructed circa 1874. In 1917 name changed to Lankenau Hospital in honor of John Lankenau, one of the hospital's early presidents. The Mary J. Drexel Home, which can be seen in the background of some of the postcards, was built in 1888 and later housed the hospital's deaconesses' home, children's hospital, home for the elderly and a school for girls., Contains 8 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 108A02, 108A03, 108A04, and 108B02., 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: 1900-1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]

Title: Mennonite Church postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade of Mennonite church built in 1770 to replace the original log church constructed in 1708 on Germantown Avenue above Herman Street by early Germantown settlers., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 101A04, 101A05 and 101B04., 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 - Churches - 101]

Title: Second Baptist Church postcards
Description: Exterior views., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 101A08 and 101B06., 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 - Churches - 101]

Title: First Baptist Church, Germantown (Built 1852)
Description: Oblique view showing front portico and side of church built 1852-1853 after designs by Samuel Sloan., Also known as the Polite Temple Baptist Church (1955)., Sheet number: 101B02B., 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 - Churches - 101]

Title: First Congregational Church and parsonage, Germantown, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of apse protruding from the stone church. Located at West Seymour Street at the corner of Merion in the Germantown section of Philadelphia., Sheet number: 101B03., 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 - Churches - 101]

Title: First M.E. Church, Gtn., Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of front facade and tower of church built 1896-1898 after designs by Rankin & Kellogg., Sheet number: 101B03., 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 - Churches - 101]

Title: The First United Presbyterian Church of Germantown, Wayne Avenue above Manheim Street
Description: Exterior view., Sheet number: 101B03., Divided back. Post marked 1910., 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 - Churches - 101]

Title: Sparrow Jack House postcards
Description: Exterior views of house built circa 1770., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., John Bardsley lived here in the 1870s. Bardsley brought the English sparrow to Germantown to fight the caterpillars which were infesting local trees., Also identified as the Bardsley House., Sheet numbers: 102A11 and 102B14., 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 - Mansions - 102]

Title: Stenton postcards
Description: Exterior views of front facade and south door of house built 1728-1734 by James Logan. The house remained in the Logan family until the early 20th century when the city acquired the property in 1910., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 6 printed in black and white., Also identified as the Logan Home., Postcards issued by a variety of publishers, with about half issued by The Rotograph Co., New York City., Sheet numbers: 102A12, 102A14, 102A15 and 102B1., 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 - Mansions - 102]

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