Aerial view showing the grounds of the Philadelphia Zoo. Includes the Schuylkill River on its eastern boundary and surrounding railroad tracks., Negative number:1619.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1922
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1619]
Watercolor advertising the Philadelphia Zoo and depicting a hippo. In the left, the hippo stands with its eyes closed and its mouth open wide showing its tongue and teeth. The text reads, Visit the Philadelphia Zoo, and the words are colored in blue, green, and brown., Title and date from item., Signed by the artist on verso: William A. Civitello, Advertising, April 15 & 16, 1970., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022., William Anthony Civitello (1950-2018) graduated from Technical College High School in 1969 and studied commercial art at the Hussian College School of Art in Philadelphia. He was employed at Chilton Publishing Company where he worked on schematic drawings.
Creator
Civitello, William A., 1950-2018, artist
Date
April 15-16, 1970
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.9]
Exterior view of house built 1784-1785 for John Penn, grandson of William Penn. It became part of Fairmount Park in 1867. Currently part of the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens., Numbered 24 on recto., Also known as Solitude., Sheet number: 81A01., 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
c1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Mansions and Houses - Miscellaneous - 81]
Album of photographs predominantly showing the grounds of the Philadelphia Zoo in Fairmount Park, in West Philadelphia. Contains views of the Victorian-style gatehouse after the designs of Frank Furness; "The Dying Lioness" statue after the design of Wilhelm Wolff casted in 1875 at the entrance courtyard; lions, tigers, a jaguar and a zebra walking, standing, and grazing in their caged areas; an elephant, camel, lama, mountain goat, and caribou in fenced yards; buffalo grazing on a pasture; and Solitude, the country retreat of John Penn built in 1785 on the grounds of the zoo (miscaptioned as "Wm Penn's House, Fairmount Park"). Images include zoo keepers, visitors, gates, fencing, "Admission Today" signage, and partial views of other buildings on the zoo grounds. Also contains portrait photographs of a man and woman, probably Josie and Emil, and sculler "Andrew C. Craig, Undine Boat Club" on the Schuylkill River. Craig view also includes cityscape and trees along the riverbank in the background. The Philadelphia Zoo, the first in the nation, opened in 1874.
View showing the estate and mansion originally owned by John Penn, grandson of William Penn. The mansion, built around 1785, remained in the Penn family until 1869 when the estate was acquired by the city for inclusion in the Zoological Gardens in Fairmount Park., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date
[1809]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 9a [P.9057.55.9a]
