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Title: Capitol at Washington, 1857
Description: Faded view showing the United States Capitol building with a canal in the foreground. Also shows a docked rowboat and piles of lumber stacked on the ground nearby. Capitol building built 1793-1829 after the designs of Benjamin Henry Latrobe and Charles Bulfinch and the current dome and the House and Senate wing extensions by Thomas U. Walter and August Schoenborn in the 1850s., Publication date inferred from color and style of mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [1857 [but published ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Government Buildings [P.8643.3]

Title: The old Liberty Bell
Description: View shows the bell installed in the gallery of Independence Hall surrounded by patriotic symbols and emblems in iron work, including liberty caps and shields. State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley., Written on negative and printed on label pasted on verso: entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by Chase & Town in the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington D.C., Title printed on label pasted on verso., Publisher's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., Mint green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: c1872
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.8709.4]

Title: Decorations that were around Lincoln's corpse
Description: View showing floral funerary ornamentation including a harp, cross, star, bell, and patriotic bunting covering the walls in the background., Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from manuscript note on verso., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Decoration and ornamentation [P.9299.120]

Title: Washington statue--front of Independence Hall
Description: View showing the George Washington marble statue sculpted by Joseph A. Bailly enclosed in ironwork fencing in front of Independence Hall. Statue rests on pedestal inscribed "Erected by the Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." Also shows spectators in the background., Title printed on verso with eighty-one other numbered titles in the series (No. 356-437)., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.27]

Title: State House, Philadelphia
Description: View looking southwest showing the south side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street, including the front of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows a partial view in the left foreground of old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut), Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut), and the commercial building at the southwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets where John McArthur would consruct the Public Ledger building 1866-1867 (600 Chestnut Street) in the distant right background., Title from manuscript note on label accompanying stereograph., Publisher's imprint on label accompanying stereograph., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Robert Newell's son Henry entered the business in 1872 and the name changed to "R. Newell & Son".
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Government buildings [1322.F.8a]

Title: State House Philadelphia
Description: View looking southwest showing the south side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street, including the front of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows a partial view in the left foreground of old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut), Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut), and the commercial building at the southwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets where John McArthur would consruct the Public Ledger building 1866-1867 (600 Chestnut Street) in the distant right background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Government buildings [7992.F.7]

Title: [The Liberty Bell]
Description: View shows the bell surrounded by patriotic symbols and emblems in iron work, including liberty caps and shields. State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley., Copyrighted by Chase & Town in 1872 in Washington, D.C., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on verso., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: photographed c1872, printed c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.113]

Title: Washington Monument, front of Independence Hall, Philadelphia
Description: View of the marble statue designed by Joseph Bailly erected in front of the State House by the "Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." The base of the statue is adorned in patriotic bunting. In the background, shields depicting state seals hang from windows on the upper stories of the state house below flags and shields. Original statue removed to City Hall in 1908 and bronze cast erected in its place., Title and photographer's imprint on mount., Curved orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
Creator: Barker, George, 1844-1894, photographer
Date: [photographed ca. 1869, printed ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Barker - Monuments and statues [P.9573.17]

Title: Washington Monument and Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View of the marble statue designed by Joseph Bailly erected in front of the State House by the "Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." The base of the statue is adorned in patriotic bunting. In the background, shields depicting state seals hang from windows on the upper stories of the state house below flags and shields. Original statue removed to City Hall in 1908 and bronze cast erected in its place., Additional places of publication printed on mount. Includes Liverpool, Toronto-Canada and Ottowa-Kansas., Title, photographer's, publisher's and distributor's imprint on mount. Mount includes two small circular stamps on the left-hand side: "Grand diamond badge prize" and "Eleven first prize medals.", Title printed in six languages on verso., Curved cream mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
Creator: Barker, George, 1844-1894, photographer
Date: [photographed ca. 1869, printed ca. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Barker - Monuments and statues [P.9047.120]

Title: Chestnut Hill Depot
Description: Rooftop view showing the frame building of the Chestnut Hill Railroad Depot situated at Chestnut Hill and Spring House Turnpike and New Street (i.e., Bethlehem Pike and Newton Street). Also shows fenced-in yards and outbuildings of nearby properties. The Chestnut Hill Railroad completed a line from Germantown to Chestnut Hill in 1857, with the depot as its terminus. In 1870, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad leased the Chestnut Hill Railroad and in 1872 the depot was replaced with a stone structure., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Transportation [P.9486.3]

Title: Cohocksink M.E. Church
Description: Exterior view of the front facade of the brick church constructed in 1857 (cornerstone laid July 22, 1857) on Germantown Avenue near Columbia Avenue., Title on negative., Photographer and publisher's imprint printed on mount in decorative text., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Religion [P.9047.59]

Title: Dining car, Pennsylvania Limited
Description: View showing the interior of a dining car of a train of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Two African American waiters, wearing mustaches and attired in white suits, stand among tables adorned in table cloths and with seating for four. In the background, a beverage service, including bottles, silver ice buckets, silver bowls, and possibly a decanter are visible. View also includes hooks above the car windows and light fixtures on the ceiling. One of the waiters carries a bottle of champagne on a tray. In June 1887, the Pennsylvania Limited began running between New York and Chicago, which was replaced by the Pennsylvania Special in 1902 and by the Broadway Limited in 1912., Title from item., Copyrighted., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including St. Louis and Liverpool, Eng., Griffith & Griffith, established in Philadelphia in 1896, expanded in 1908 to included offices in St. Louis and Liverpool. The non-Philadelphia offices were relocated in 1910., Purchase 2013., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Transportation [P.2013.1]

Title: Globe Hotel. Centennial grounds
Description: View looking south on Belmont Avenue showing one of the two temporary hotels built to accommodate visitors to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. The hotel, operated by John A. Rice and situated opposite the entrance to the grounds, contained 1000 rooms to house 3,000 to 5,000 guests for $5 a day. Street lamps and billboards line the sidewalk., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., Belmont Avenue near Elm Avenue., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Hotels [P.9058.177]

Title: "Domestic" and Grover & Baker sewing machines, and "Domestic" Fashion Rooms, 1111 Chestnut St., Phila
Description: Depicts the interior of the showroom in which a row of sewing machines; mannequins dressed in womens' and girls' garments; and display cases of thread are on view. Signs advertising Domestic and Grover and Baker sewing machines adorn the back wall. Patriotic bunting lines the crown moulding of the room. Many of the mannequins contain signs incribed, "Please do not handle." Domestic Sewing Machine Company was founded by William S. Mack & Co. and N.S. Perkins in 1864 in Norwalk, Ohio. Grover & Baker was founded by William Garner and William Baker in 1851 in Boston. Francis M. Johnson operated his showroom at 1111 Chestnut between around 1878 and 1880., Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Advertising label pasted on verso: F.M. Johnson, dealer in light running "Domestic" sewing machines, Grover & Baker sewing machines, and "Domestic" paper fashions, 1111 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Needles, parts and attachments., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1879]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Businesses [P.9212.11]

Title: General view of the erecting shop, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
Description: Interior view of the two-section erecting shop (remodeled in 1890) at the Baldwin factory on Broad and Spring Garden streets. Depicts a row of locomotives in various stages of completion on one side of an open framework of steel. The Seller electric cranes capable of lifting 100 tons are visible above the engines. The company was founded by Matthias W. Baldwin in 1831., Copyrighted by Keystone View Company., Negative number printed on mount: 7090., Title printed on mount., Printed above image: 82., Contains a description of the design and operation of the erecting shop on verso., Keystone View Company, stock publisher of stereographs of the late 19th and 20th century, started issuing educational stereoviews around 1898. In 1906, the first boxed set of 600 educational views with an accompanying guide book was issued., Digitization funded by 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 stereo - Keystone View Company - Industries [P.9573.24]

Title: The foundation of the Union League House, Phil
Description: Construction site for the Union League building showing workers beginning work on the foundation. Academy of Natural Sciences visible in background. Union League established to raise funds and recruits for the Union cause. Groundbreaking for Union League building at Broad and Sansom streets took plance on March 1,1864 and the building opened on May 11, 1865., Buff mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - associations [P.8464.23]

Title: Interior of Cathedral of St. Peter & St. Paul
Description: View of church nave facing altar. Cathedral built between 1846 and 1864. Interior design by Napoleon LeBrun, exterior design executed by John Notman., Title from inscriptions on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified Religion [(5)1322.F.40c]

Title: Cathedral, Philada
Description: Exterior view of front facade of church. Cathedral built between 1846 and 1864. Interior design by Napoleon LeBrun, exterior design executed by John Notman., Title from printed label., Dark yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified Religion [P.9644.28]

Title: [James S. Earle & Son, looking glasses, 816 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Interior view of the first floor of Earle's shop. Walls are lined with elaborately framed mirrors and works of art, and several statues. Includes staff and customers, and the stairway to the upper gallery. Earle dealt in looking glasses and picture frames, and sold original works of art and prints., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - business [(7)1322.F.57e]

Title: [Smith Island ferry dock, Philadelphia]
Description: View of the ferry boat dock at the resort on Smith Island. Depicts steamboats docked at pier and sign reading: John Smith for Smith's Island. Windmill Island visible in background., Title from manuscript note on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views relating to Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [(8)1322.F.13f]

Title: Cathedral, Phila
Description: View of the front facade of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul in Philadelphia. Stairs lead up to doors dwarfed by four massive columns supporting a pediment. The Cathedral, located on the east side of Logan Square, was constructed between 1846 and 1864. Architect John Notman designed the building's exterior., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereographs-unid.-religion [P.9644.28]

Title: [Caleb O. Childs residence, 9201 Germantown Avenue, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of home of Caleb Childs, "gentleman," and his wife Sarah. Built circa 1860, served as a private residence until 1940 when it was opened to the public as an art gallery. Became the Woodmere Art Museum in 1985., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on verso: 102 C.O. Child Chestnut Hill 1866., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - residences [P.9486.4]

Title: Hotel Aubry [sic], West Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing the "dwelling house" hotel built on Walnut Street between 33rd and 34th streets for the Centennial Exhibition in 1876. The hotel, built on inexpensive land considered undesirable for a permanent hotel, was composed of rows of several houses that were to be later sold or leased as individual dwellings. Guests stand on the porch of the twenty-six house hotel. Horse-drawn carriages travel in the street., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9047.51]

Title: Belmont dining room
Description: Shows the dining room of the hotel built for the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in West Philadelphia at Forty-first and Oregon streets. The hotel, advertised as within the shade of "Silver Maple Grove," accommodated 1000 guests. The tables are covered with lace tablecloths and a large ornate chandelier hangs from the ceiling., Orange mount with rounded corners., Negative annotated with title., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1876, ca. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9047.149]

Title: [Globe Hotel, Belmont Avenue near Elm Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking south on Belmont Avenue showing one of the temporary hotels built to accommodate visitors to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. The hotel, operated by John A. Rice and situated opposite the entrance to the grounds, contained 1000 rooms to house 3,000 to 5,000 guests for $5 a day. Street lamps and a billboard advertising "Tropical Gardens opens May 15th" line the sidewalk. Also includes pedestrians strolling in front of the hotel., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: Globe Hotel., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9047.32]

Title: "The Pride of Nottingham"
Description: Stereographic trade card for lace merchant John W. Le Maistre. Depicts a young girl attired in lace cuffs and a lace collar posed between lace curtains. She leans on a table camouflaged by the curtain. Her head is tilted to the left and resting on her hand. Contains promotional information printed on the back by Philadelphia printers M'Calla & Stavely (237-9 Dock Street) advertising lace and embrodiered goods sold at the dry goods store. Merchandise includes: Nottingham lace curtains; Hamburg embroideries; ladies and gents collars; toilet boxes; linen towels; and pocketbooks., Printed on mount: Compliments of J.W. Le Maistre, 46 N. Eighth Street, Philadelphia., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Copyrighted., Gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Le Maistre, John W.
Date: ca. 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Business [P.9002.3]

Title: "The Pride of Nottingham"
Description: Stereographic trade card for lace merchant John W. Le Maistre. Depicts a young girl attired in lace cuffs and a lace collar posed between lace curtains. She leans on a table camouflaged by the curtain. Contains promotional information printed on the back by Philadelphia printers M'Calla & Stavely (237-9 Dock Street) advertising lace and embrodiered goods sold at the dry goods store. Merchandise includes: Nottingham lace curtains; Hamburg embroideries; ladies and gents collars; toilet boxes; linen towels; and pocketbooks., Printed on mount: Compliments of J.W. Le Maistre, 46 N. Eighth Street, Philadelphia., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Copyrighted., Gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Le Maistre, John W.
Date: ca. 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Business [P.9002.2]

Title: "The Pride of Nottingham"
Description: Stereographic trade card for lace merchant John W. Le Maistre. Depicts a young girl attired in lace cuffs and a lace collar posed between lace curtains. She leans on a table camouflaged by the curtain. She holds her head in her hand and looks slightly right. Contains promotional information printed on the back by Philadelphia printers M'Calla & Stavely (237-9 Dock Street) advertising lace and embrodiered goods sold at the dry goods store. Merchandise includes: Nottingham lace curtains; Hamburg embroideries; ladies and gents collars; toilet boxes; linen towels; and pocketbooks., Printed on mount: Compliments of J.W. Le Maistre, 46 N. Eighth Street, Philadelphia., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Copyrighted., Gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Le Maistre, John W.
Date: ca. 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Business [P.9573.28-2]

Title: Mutual Life Insurance, Philadelphia
Description: View from the corner of Tenth and Chestnut streets showing the Philadelphia headquarters of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (incorporated 1841). Built from 1874-1875 after the designs of New York architect Henry Fernbach, the building at 1001-1013 Chestnut Street, also known as the Victory Building, served as the insurance company's regional headquarters from 1875 to 1920. View also shows adjacent businesses on Tenth Street., Title annotated on negative., Buff mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Business [P.9047.5]

Title: Landing, South Laurel Hill
Description: View showing two men working at a boat landing on the bank of the Schuylkill River near Laurel Hill Cemetery in East Fairmount Park. Platform steps for disembarking are visible on the landing. Also shows the Old Falls Bridge also known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Bridge near the Falls of Schuylkill in the background. The six-arched bridge, completed in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz, was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Railroad., Title printed on mount., Date inscribed on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Woodward, proprietor of the Fine Art Depot in Rochester, was a major publisher of stereoviews during the 1870s., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Woodward, Charles Warren, 1836-1894
Date: May 29, 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Woodward - Rivers [P.9007.1]

Title: "Solitude," (Penn Villa.)
Description: Exterior view of Solitude, home built 1784-5 for John Penn, grandson of William Penn. Located on the grounds of the Philadelphia zoo, W. Girard Ave. and North 34th Street., Title from printed label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's and photographer's imprints, series title and copyright statement printed in red on mount., A brief advertisement for the zoo printed on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9119.19]

Title: "Solitude," from the bear pits
Description: View of the grounds of the Philadelphia zoo including "Solitude" home of John Penn, built 1784-5., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Stamped on verso: surplus duplicate from the Library of Congress, Division of Prints., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schreiber & Sons, photographer
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Sons - zoo [P.9169.6]

Title: The statue of Wm. Penn crowned by Fred'k Coombs
Description: Shows Coombs, the popular scientist, phrenologist, and photographer dressed as William Penn and embracing the Penn statue. Statue, attributed to John Cheere or John Bacon, was installed in the Pine Street Garden at the Pennsylvania Hospital (801-849 Pine Street ). Penn holds the Charter of Pennsylvania and the statue rests on a based inscribed "Presented by John Penn A.D. 1804.", Title printed on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of a collection of portraits., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coombs, F. (Frederick), 1803-1874
Date: c1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coombs - Monuments & statues [(1)5750.F.103d]

Title: American Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia. S.E. corner Fourth and Walnut Street
Description: Exterior view showing the company's central office building, known as the American Building. A large clock hangs from the corner of the building. Incorporated in 1850, the company was formed in part to further the cause of temperance by offering considerable discounts on life insurance products to signers of the total abstinence pledge. Company occupied this building from 1854 to 1888., Pale green mount with square corners., Title from advertising text printed on verso., Text on verso lists Alexander Whillden as president and John S. Wilson as secretary of the company. These men served together from 1862 to 1872., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - business - American [P.9058.165]

Title: American Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia. S.E. corner Fourth and Walnut Street
Description: View from the northwest showing the south side of the 300 block of Walnut Street including the company's central office building, known as the American Building. A large clock hangs from the corner of the building. Incorporated in 1850, the company was formed in part to further the cause of temperance by offering considerable discounts on life insurance products to signers of the total abstinence pledge. Company occupied this building from 1854 to 1888., Pale green mount with square corners., Title from advertising text printed on verso., Text on verso lists Alexander Whillden as president and John S. Wilson as secretary of the company. These men served together from 1862 to 1872., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - business - American [P.9047.55]

Title: Light house and fog horn
Description: Exterior view of a lighthouse and a nearby horn, bell, and other equipment built as part of the Centennial exhibition in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park., Printed on mount in decorative scrollwork: Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876., Title from printed series list on verso with sixty-three other titles., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9644.6]

Title: Girard Avenue Bridge
Description: View from the banks of the Schuylkill River of the Girard Avenue Bridge at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The Connecting Railroad Bridge [i.e. Juntion Railroad Bridge] is visible in the background. Measuring 100 feet wide, the iron and stone Girard Avenue Bridge, built between 1872 and 1874, was considered to be the widest bridge in the world at the time of its construction. It replaced an earlier bridge at this site. The bridge, designed by James and Henry Sims, was demolished between 1970 and 1971., Manuscript note on verso reads: 174 Girard Avenue Bridge., Publisher's imprint on paper label on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo-Cremer-bridges [P.9644.11]

Title: The picture gallery, Sanitary Fair, Phila
Description: Shows a gallery wall covered with stacked rows of framed artwork near viewing benches and several bust sculptures. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864, displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission., Title and name of photographer from accompanying label., Trimmed yellow paper mount with square corners., Manuscript note on mount: Picture Gallery Sanitary Fair John Moran Photograph., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of the Civil War Sanitary Commission., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Fairs [5781.F.170g]

Title: The picture gallery, Sanitary Fair, Phila
Description: Shows a man seated on one of several viewing benches in the gallery of art. Includes stacked rows of framed artwork covering the walls and several bust sculptures. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864, displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission., Title and name of photographer from accompanying label., Trimmed yellow paper mount with square corners., Manuscript note on mount: Picture Gallery Sanitary Fair John Moran Photograph., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of the Civil War Sanitary Commission., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Fairs [5781.F.170h]

Title: Warner Miskey & Merrill's show room, 718 Chestnut St. Phil
Description: Interior view of the gas fixture store. Gas light fixtures and chandeliers line the walls and ceilings above shelves lined with merchandise wrapped in paper. A store catalog is displayed in front of banister surrounding an opening in the floor. Also includes a stairwell in the background., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., White paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Accompanied by advertising label titled "Philadelphia Gas Fixture works. " Promotes the Philadelphia and New York branch (Warner, Peck & Co.) of the fixture manufactory and the company's line of products of "gas fixtures, lamps, girandoles, Bronzes, &c." designed by French artists. Also contains a one-line promotion for the photographic firm Langenheim, Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Published in Kenneth Finkel’s Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #109., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.F.33e]

Title: Warner Miskey & Merrill's show room, 718 Chestnut St. Phil
Description: Interior view of the gas fixture store. Gas light fixtures and chandeliers line the walls and ceilings above shelves lined with merchandise wrapped in paper. A store catalog is displayed in front of banister surrounding an opening in the floor. Also includes a stairwell in the background., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., White paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Accompanied by advertising label titled "Philadelphia Gas Fixture works. " Promotes the Philadelphia and New York branch (Warner, Peck & Co.) of the fixture manufactory and the company's line of products of "gas fixtures, lamps, girandoles, Bronzes, &c." designed by French artists. Also contains a one-line promotion for the photographic firm Langenheim, Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Published in Kenneth Finkel’s Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #109., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.F.33e]

Title: Warner Miskey & Merrill's show room, 718 Chestnut St. Phil
Description: Interior view of the gas fixture store. Gas light fixtures and chandeliers line the walls and ceilings above shelves lined with merchandise wrapped in paper. A store catalog is displayed in front of banister surrounding an opening in the floor. Also includes a stairwell in the background., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., White paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Accompanied by advertising label titled "Philadelphia Gas Fixture works. " Promotes the Philadelphia and New York branch (Warner, Peck & Co.) of the fixture manufactory and the company's line of products of "gas fixtures, lamps, girandoles, Bronzes, &c." designed by French artists. Also contains a one-line promotion for the photographic firm Langenheim, Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Published in Kenneth Finkel’s Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #109., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.F.33e]

Title: First Unitarian Church
Description: Exterior view showing front entrance way and columns. Designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, the church was built in 1828 and demolished in 1885., Title from manuscript note on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - religion [(5)1322.F.100a]

Title: [St. Andrew's Church, Rev. Gregory Townsend Bedell tomb, 250-254 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the tomb of the first rector of the church in the church cemetery. Tomb adorned with sculpted ornamentations including an eternal flame., Title supplied by cataloguer., White paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Monuments & statues [(8)1322.F.3f]

Title: [George Washington statue in front of Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the George Washington marble statue sculpted by Joseph A. Bailly enclosed in ironwork fencing in front of Independence Hall. Statue rests on pedestal inscribed "Erected by the Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." Also shows spectators in the background., Titled supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Printed text in paragraph form on verso describes history of Independence Hall and is surmounted by vignette of the seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by a decorative border., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Monuments and statues [P.9260.31]

Title: Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the Gothic-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1846-1850 after the designs of English architect G.G. Place on the 3200 block of West Clearfield Street near Laurel Hill Cemetery. The Ecclesiological Society, a British church architecture society, provided the plans for the church to be recreated in the style of a 13th-century English country parish., Title printed on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.85e]

Title: Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the Gothic-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1846-1850 after the designs of English architect G.G. Place on the 3200 block of West Clearfield Street near Laurel Hill Cemetery. The Ecclesiological Society, a British church architecture society, provided the plans for the church to be recreated in the style of a 13th-century English country parish., Title printed on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.85e]

Title: Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the Gothic-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1846-1850 after the designs of English architect G.G. Place on the 3200 block of West Clearfield Street near Laurel Hill Cemetery. The Ecclesiological Society, a British church architecture society, provided the plans for the church to be recreated in the style of a 13th-century English country parish., Title printed on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.85e]

Title: Residence of George Edwards, s.e. corner of 18th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia
Description: Shows the mansion of the Philadelphia hotel entrepreneur built 1849 after the designs of Napoleon Le Brun at 1724 Walnut Street near Rittenhouse Square. Residence later known as Weightman Mansion after owner, prominent Philadelphia businessman, William Weightman., Title, photographer, and date from manuscript note on verso., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [(8)1322.F.19i]

Title: State House and Independence Hall
Description: Rooftop view looking southwest showing the State House at 520 Chestnut Street built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. adorned with lettering reading "Mayors Office" (500 Chestnut) and a partial view of Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut). Includes minor pedestrian traffic and a partial view of a horse-drawn carriage., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint embossed on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: ca. 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Bartlett & Smith - Government Buildings [1322.F.7d]

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