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Title: East River Drive postcards
Description: Depicts various views of East River Drive in Fairmount Park including the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park, built 1866-1867 by engineers John A. Wilson and Alexander C. Shand. Construction of bridge was one of many factors that enabled the implementation of a direct route from West Philadelphia to New York City. Includes trains travelling east and west over the bridge. Also depicts pedestrian and vehicular traffic on East River Drive near the bridge., Contains 59 postcards printed in color and 26 printed in black and white., Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge also known as the Mantua Junction Viaduct., 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 - East River Drive - 66-68]

Title: St. John's Orphan Asylum postcards
Description: Depicts boys playing on the lawn in front of the entrance to the orphanage and boys sitting on the lawn in front of Our Lady's Shrine., Photographs by Sliker., Sheet number: 138B18., Real photos. 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 [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Old Court House & Market postcards
Description: Depicts the Old Court House and Market at the corner of Second and Market Streets looking west, showing the market sheds extending to Fourth Street. Also known as the Great Towne House, built in 1707 by Samuel Powell. Demolished in 1837., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.9049.5 and P.9049.16., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1905-1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Government buildings - [various]

Title: Hotel Vendig postcards
Description: Contains images of the Hotel Vendig built circa 1911. Includes an exterior view looking northwest and interior views of the ladies' dining room, the ladies' writing and reception room and the entrance to the lobby., Sheet number: 118A01., Divided backs. Text on verso., 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. 1935
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Vendig through Walnut - 118]

Title: Glen near Horticultural Hall postcards
Description: Contains views of a wooded valley near Horticultural Hall, including a stream, a wooden pedestrian bridge and a stone arch bridge., Sheet numbers: 86A13 and 86A14., 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 - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: Tel-Aviv Inc. Hotel and Convalescent Home for the Elderly and Retired, 145 West School House Lane, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Collage of views depicting the hotel and convalescent home at 145 West School House Lane, built as the Louis Adler residence in 1915 after designs by Magaziner & Potter. Depicts an exterior view of the front facade, the garden and lawn, a semi-private room, a sitting room and a patient receiving oxygen., Numbered 3753 on verso., Also identified as the Cedars of Tel Aviv nursing home, started by Rabbi Hiatt. One of the first institutions in the city to offer kosher food to residents., Sheet number: 138A07., Divided back. Description of home on verso., 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. 1948
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: The Dell in Fairmount Park postcards
Description: Depicts a wooded valley in Fairmount Park, just outside East Park, showing a rustic wooden bridge spanning a stream., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A09, 86A10 and 86B05., 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 - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: Old "Jolly Post" Hotel, Frankford, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of building constructed in 1680. Demolished circa 1912., Also identified as the Old Jolly Post Inn and the Jolly Post Boy Tavern. Located on Frankford Road, which formed part of the main passage that connected New York and Philadelphia. John Worrell purchased the property in 1698. His son Isaiah may have been the first to operate the inn from this location., Sheet number: 115A02., 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 [Hotels and Restaurants - Huylers through Keystone - 115]

Title: Jaques Marie Roset House, Germantown, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of front facade and flank of the Roset House at the corner of West Manheim Street and Portico Street (Spring Alley), showing advertisements for a cigar store on the first floor. Originally home of Jacques Marie Roset who came to America in 1792 and moved to Germantown in 1821. One of his granddaughters married Anthony J. Drexel., Sheet number: 102B13., 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 [Germantown - Mansions - 102]

Title: Fairmount Park entrances postcards
Description: Depicts several entrances to Fairmount Park including the Lemon Hill (Callowhill Street) entrance showing a woman admiring William Rush's seven and one-half feet tall Water Nymph and Bittern fountain sculpture (1809) and the marble Frederick Graff Memorial (commissioned in 1844); the Dauphin Street entrance to the park showing another fountain sculpture located near Strawberry Mansion at Thirty-third and Dauphin Streets; the winding entrance path to the Spring Garden Street entrance; Emmanuel Fremiet's Joan of Arc statue marking the entrance to the Fairmount Park at 25th Street and Kelly Drive and the entrance near the Sunken Gardens and Horticultural Hall, showing vehicular traffic and pedestrians. Includes one unidentified entrance to the park., 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: 1910-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Entrances - 69]

Title: Belmont Canal postcards
Description: Contains various views of a canal boat on Belmont Canal., Sheet number: 86B03., 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: Frankford Arsenal postcards
Description: Depicts a row of cannons lined up on a field near unidentified arsenal buildings. The first buildings of the Frankford Arsenal were built in 1816 as storage facilities around an open square, but the base expanded incrementally to include 281 buildings as its function included the manufacture of small arms munitions and the development of precision instruments and production line manufacturing techniques., 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: 1910-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Frankford Arsenal - 98]

Title: Cafe L'Aiglon, corner of main dining room, Chestnut and Fifteenth Streets, Philadelphia
Description: Depicts an interior view of the main dining room., 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 - Business - [P.9587.6]

Title: Mermaid Hotel, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of front of hotel, believed to have been constructed in 1734. Demolished in 1913 to make way for Winston Road., Sheet number: 117B01B., 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 [Hotels and Restaurants - Lauber's through Stenton - 117]

Title: Market Street Subway postcards
Description: Depicts the underground tracks and steel skeleton of the Market Street subway. Includes a view of an approaching train., 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 numbers: 158A01 and 158A11., 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: 1907-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Transit - 158]

Title: Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb postcards
Description: Contains images depicting the campus of the Pennsylvania Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, built circa 1890 by Cope & Stewardson and Wilson Brothers & Company. Includes exterior views of Wissinoming Hall and Cresheim Hall, only 2 of 9 buildings on the 35 acre campus around the turn of the century., Institution started by David Sexias in his home, but demand for classes required the school to move to the former Mansion House Hotel building at 11th and Market Streets in 1820. Moved again to Broad and Pine Streets before inhabiting the Mount Airy campus in 1892., Sheet number: 138B15., 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 [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Drive near Sweet Briar Mansion postcards
Description: Depicts an identified bridge spanning the drive near Sweet Briar Mansion in Fairmount Park., Numbered 2290 on recto., Sheet number: 86A10., 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: 1910-1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: At the Tacony Ballpark after windstorm, March 27, 1911
Description: Depicts damage after windstorm in Tacony Ballpark showing poles toppled over and tilting, debris scattered and remains of an unidentified structure near a streetcar. Also includes people assessing damage., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Disasters - [P.9933.15]

Title: Mary J. Drexel Home postcards
Description: Exterior views of the front facade and entrance to the Mary J. Drexel Home at South College and Corinthian Avenues. Built in 1888 on the campus of Lankenau Hospital to house the deaconesses' home, children's hospital, home for the elderly and school for girls., About half (7 out of 15) postcards issued by The Rotograph Co., New York., Sheet numbers: 138A02, 138A03, 138B03, 138B04 and 138B05., 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 [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Blanks', dining room, 1024-26 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Depicts the dining room of Lewis Blank & Son., Former site of M. Shoemaker & Co. Children's Clothing Emporium (ca. 1880) and Bain's Cafeteria., Undivided back., 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.9512.13]

Title: Ladies' and Gentlemens' Restaurant, Green's Hotel, Chestnut and 8th Streets, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Interior view of restaurant in Green's Hotel., Numbered R-70949 on verso., Thomas H. Green opened a restaurant on the site of the former Edwards residence at 731 Chestnut Street in 1866. The former site of the Edward Shippen house, Philemon Dickenson house and the Union Building (735 Chestnut Street) were incorporated into Green's Hotel in 1883. The property was sold in 1923 and demolished soon after., Divided back. Text 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 - Hotels - [P.9490.11]

Title: Tom Moore's Cottage postcards
Description: Exterior views of the cottage located on the west side of the Schuylkill River above the Reading Railway Bridge. The farm house was on the estate of Jacob S. Waln when the Irish poet Tom Moore puportedly stayed here during his visit to Philadelphia in 1804., Also known as Boelson Cottage, Belmont Cottage and Pig's Eye Cottage., 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: 1910-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Moore's - 82]

Title: Lincoln Drive postcards
Description: Depicts the s-curve of Lincoln Drive near an unidentified pedestrian bridge spanning Paper Mill (Monoshone) Run. View looking north toward Harvey Street., Contains 11 postcards printed in color and 4 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: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Lincoln Drive - 76]

Title: University of Pennsylvania Library postcards
Description: Contains images of the Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library built 1888-1891 after designs by Frank Furness. Includes exterior views of the front facade looking east and an interior view of the reading room., Contains 7 printed in color and 7 printed in black and white., 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., 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 [University of Pennsylvania - Library - 165]

Title: University of Pennsylvania Museum postcards
Description: Contains images of the University Museum built 1893-1899 after designs by Cope & Stewardson, Wilson Eyre, Jr., and Frank Miles Day & Bro. Depicts exterior views of the front facade of the library before and after the construction of the rotunda in 1914. Also includes an interior view of the Oriental Art section of the museum., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white. Also includes 2 linen postcards., Also known as the Archaeology and Anthropology Museum., 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: 1910-1935
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [University of Pennsylvania - Museum - 167]

Title: The first court house of Cumberland, Co. First court held July 24, 1750. Shippensburg, Pa
Description: Exterior view., Numbered 125 on recto., 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 - Government buildings - [P.8674.1]

Title: Seamen's Church Institute, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of Seamen's Church Institute building, constructed in 1925. Under the auspices of the Episcopal Church and the outcome of the Churchmen's Missionary Association. Provided residence and entertainment for seamen passing through Philadelphia., Numbered 105111 on recto., Sheet number: 138A07., Divided back. Text on verso., 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. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Kugler's Restaurant postcards
Description: Contains interior views of Kugler's Restaurant at several locations. Most depict the main dining area in the restaurant's Widener Building location. Others depict the Red Banquet Room at 1412-1414 Chestnut Street and the ballroom at 34 South 15th Street., Contains 14 postcards printed in color and 2 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: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Kuglers - 116]

Title: On the midway. New Phila. County Fair, Byberry, Pa
Description: Depicts county fair buildings and activities including the Women's Building, Crane's Ice Cream stand, Crackerjack the Mexican or Sealskin Horse and a station for automobile maintenance., Philadelphia County Fair started at Byberry circa 1912 and continued until the late 1920s. Located on the south side of Byberry Road, west of the Boulevard and the Short Line Railroad behind the old Somerton Fire house. See Harry Silcox, Historical Northeast Philadelphia: Stories and Memories., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Events - [P.9933.10]

Title: Frankford Ave., looking North from Dr. Guernsey's
Description: Depicts the 4300 block of Frankford Avenue, showing the Real Estate Trust Building, the 2nd National Bank and the Pennsylvania Railroad Station in the distance., Numbered 21 & 852 on verso., Sheet number: 156A05., 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 [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]

Title: Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind postcards
Description: Contains images of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, built in 1897 after designs by Cope & Stewardson in West Philadelphia. Depicts exterior views of the front facade, main entrance and detail of entrance archway., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 138A06 and 138B14., 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 [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Quadrangle Dormitories of the University of Pennsylvania postcards
Description: Contains images of the dormitories built 1894-1911 after designs by Cope & Stewardson. Includes exterior views of the entrance and views from inside and outside the quadrangle., Contains 13 postcards printed in color and 9 printed in black and white., 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., 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 [University of Pennsylvania - Dormitories - 163]

Title: Dock Street Market postcards
Description: Depicts stalls and carriages near the market on Dock Street below Walnut Street., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 156A03 and 156B02., 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 [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]

Title: Chestnut Hill Academy postcards
Description: Contains images of Chestnut Hill Academy, originally built as the Wissahickon Inn in 1883-1884 after designs by G. W. & W. D. Hewitt. Includes a landscape view of the school and an interior view of the swimming pool., Opened as a summer resort by Henry H. Houston. Chestnut Hill Academy occupied the building in 1898., Sheet number: 153B01., 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 [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: [Boy Scout Headquarters, 22nd and Winter Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Exterior view of front facade of the Boy Scout Headquarters in Philadelphia, built in 1929 after designs by Charles Zeller Klauder., Sheet number: 138B01B., Real photo. 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. 1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Hotel Pennsylvania postcards
Description: Contains images of the Hotel Pennsylvania, built in 1922 after designs by Clarence Edmond Wunder. Depicts exterior views of the hotel looking southwest at the 39th Street front. Also includes interior views of the lobby, lounge, men's club and the gentlemen's smoking room., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white. Also includes 2 linen postcards., Also identified as the Chestnut Hall Apartments, the Penn Sherwood and Hotel Philadelphian., Sheet numbers: 117A04, 117B01C and 117B01D., 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: 1922-1950
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Lauber's through Stenton - 117]

Title: "The Kenwood," Chestnut Hill, Pa
Description: Depicts a car parked in front of The Kenwood, a mental sanatorium in Chestnut Hill. The building in the foreground was constructed in 1884 after designs by George Simpson. This newer building sits adjacent to the original house on the property (left), built circa 1860 as a private residence, then altered to The Eldon Hotel, one of three resort hotels in Chestnut Hill. The hotel occupied the property until 1910, when it was converted to the Kenwood mental sanatorium., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked 1912., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hospitals, asylums and homes - [P.9933.11]

Title: Hotel Traymore, Philadelphia's theatrical headquarters, 11th & Arch Sts
Description: Montage of images depicting the hotel's dining room surrounded by advertising rates, amenities and attractions. Includes an inset portrait of the hotel's manager, Howard I. Robinson., Undivided back. Post marked 1907., 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 - Hotels - [P.9622]

Title: Home for Veteran and Wife G.A.R., 63rd and Callowhill Sts. [sic], Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of the home for veterans and wives of the Grand Army of the Republic built in 1903 by Charles Webber Bolton., Numbered 5500 and 20074 on verso., Sheet number: 138A05., 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 [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Indian Rock Hotel postcards
Description: Exterior views of the Indian Rock Hotel, named after the statue of Tedyuscung that stands on Indian Rock overlooking Wissahickon Creek. Located at Monastery Avenue and Wissahickon Drive, near Wissahickon Creek. Depicts the second hotel, built in the early 1870s following the purchase of the original building by the Fairmount Park Commission, procured by Charles Weingartner in 1894. The building was razed prior to 1916., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A15 and 86B05., 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 - Miscellaneous - 86]

Title: Green's Hotel postcards
Description: Contains images of Green's Hotel at the northeast corner of 8th and Chestnut Streets. Depicts an exterior view looking northeast and interior views of the writing and smoking room, dining room, tea room, the lobby and writing room. Also includes an advertisement for the hotel, with an inset of the exterior of the hotel building. Places of interest in Philadelphia printed on verso of advertisement., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Thomas H. Green opened a restaurant on the site of the former Edwards residence at 731 Chestnut Street in 1866. The former site of the Edward Shippen house, Philemon Dickenson house and the Union Building (735 Chestnut Street) were incorporated into Green's Hotel in 1883. The property was sold in 1923 and demolished soon after., Sheet numbers: 112A05, 112A06 and 112B05., 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 - Bingham through Green's - 112]

Title: Moore Institute of Art, Science and Industry
Description: Exterior view of front facade of Moore Institute of Art, Science and Industry, originally known as Philadelphia School of Design for Women, founded in 1848 and located in the Edwin Forrest Mansion since 1881. Moore Institute and the School of Design merged in 1932. Educational facility constructed as a dwelling in 1853-1854 by Stephen Decatur Button., Sheet number: 153B03., Divided back. Text on verso., 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 [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: Young Friends Association Building, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade and flank of association building., Sheet number: 138B22., Undivided back. Post marked 1960., 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. 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: [South side of Gordon Street west of 30th Street.]
Description: Depicts a partial view of the Glenwood School at the northwest corner of 30th and Gordon Streets. Includes views of row homes west of the school on Gordon Street and a partial view of a corner store at the southwest corner., Sheet number: 156B10., Real photo. Undivided back. Post marked 1912., 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. 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]

Title: Residence of William P. M. Braun, Pelham, Germantown
Description: Depicts the front facade of William P. M. Braun's residence in Pelham, an area where many members of Philadelphia's mercantile class erected mansions., Numbered 509 on verso., Sheet number: 100B01A., 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 - Buildings - 100]

Title: Jewish Hospital, York & Tabor Roads, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of the Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites constructed in 1888 by Furness, Evans & Co. on the campus of the Jewish Hospital., Sheet number: 108A04., 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 [Hospitals - 108]

Title: Dooner's Hotel, Phila
Description: Exterior view of front and flank of hotel at the southeast corner of South 10th and Ludlow Streets., Hotel building renovated after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang in 1894., Sheet number: 112B03., Undivided back. Post marked 1908., 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. 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112]

Title: Old Red Hill Tavern. Built before the Revolution. Full of Indian relics. Can be seen by calling on James Emery
Description: Exterior view of tavern with trolley stopped in the foreground., Sheet number: 117B02A., Undivided back. Post marked 1906., 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
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Lauber's through Stenton - 117]

Title: Jewish Synagogue, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of Keneseth Israel Temple built circa 1891 after designs by Oscar Frotscher and Louis Caron Hickman on North Broad Street north of Cecil B. Moore Avenue., Numbered 061 on recto., Sheet number: 50B06., Undivided back. Post marked 1905., 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 [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: The Wanamaker Store postcards
Description: Exterior views looking southwest at the front facade of the department store built 1902-1910 after designs by Daniel H. Burnham & Company., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Two out of three postcards issued for the 21st annual reunion of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.) held in Philadelphia in 1907. Includes a portrait of a woman and an elk superimposed onto a clock on verso., 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 - Business - [various]

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