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- Title
- M'Clees & Germon, daguerreotype rooms, S.E. corner of Chestnut and 8th Sts., Philadelphia Messrs. McClees & Germon, having fitted up the most splendid apartments in the above location, hope for a continuance of that patronage which they have heretofore received, ... The great success with which they have met at their former establishment, in a retired location, (No. 80 Walnut street,) with many disadvantages to contend against
- Description
- McClees & Germon is listed in Philadelphia directories at 80 1/2 Walnut Street in 1847, and at the S.E. corner of 8th and Chestnut Streets from 1848 to 1850., Imprint from p. [2]., Printed on p. [1]-[2] only.
- Creator
- McClees & Germon
- Date
- [1848?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1848 McClees 105443.D (Doret)
- Title
- [Unidentified photographer in field with view camera]
- Description
- Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
- Creator
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1923
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 103 [P.8513.103], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson103.htm
- Title
- Photographs! Photographs! Photographs! With all the latest improvements The subscriber would respectfully inform the citizens and soldiers of Chestnut Hill and vicinity, that he has located the excelsior sky and side-light photograph and ambrotype car cor. Willow Grove Avenue and Main St., Chestnut Hill, opposite the hospital, were he takes photographs and ambrotypes of the latest improved styles. He would invite all those wishing photographs or ambrotypes to send away in letters, to call and examine his stock of pictures before going elsewhere. Satisfaction guarantied. Large size photographs, one dollar Carte de visites, five for one dollar Particular attention will be paid to taking pictures of children. Pictures copied. Invalids waited on at their residences. Likenesses of deceased persons taken. Also, ladies' and gentlemen's pictures taken on horseback, or in their carriages. Pictures taken equally as well in cloudy as clear weather. Call and examine for yourselves. Cor. Willow Grove Ave. & Main St., Chestnut Hill on the road leading to the hospital
- Description
- The Mower Hospital opened on Willow Grove Avenue in Chestnut Hill in Jan. 1863., The illustrations shows an eagle on a field of stars, with the banner: E pluribus unum., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Paul, Harry A.
- Date
- [between 1863 and 1865?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 Paul (6)5777.F.7b (McAllister)
- Title
- [William Harvey Doering taking a photograph from the Strawberry Mansion Bridge, Philadelphia.]
- Description
- Profile view of photographer William Harvey Doering leaning and steadying his camera on top of the iron side of the Strawberry Mansion Bridge in Fairmount Park., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1898
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.290]
- Title
- [Unidentified African American man in militia uniform]
- Description
- Full-length portrait photograph by African American photographer Gallo W. Cheston depicting an African American man in a light-colored militia uniform. The man stands, turned slightly toward the right. He holds a long rifle in front of himself with his gloved hands. His left foot is slightly in front of his right. His uniform includes a Shako cap; jacket with epaulettes, buttons, and service stripes; shoulder strap marked "4"; belt; and pants with a dark vertical stripe down the leg. The tip of a rifle and holster is seen below his back. Portrait also includes, to the man's left, a pulled-back drape propped up on a pedestal. Following the Civil War and during Reconstruction (1865-1877), several African American militia units formed, particularly in the South., Title supplied by cataloger., Name of photographer from photographer's label pasted on verso: Cheston's 227 Lombard St., between 2d and 3d, Philadelphia. All the various styles of pictures known to the art, made in a manner as near perfection as possible; and all Improvements or additions introduced as soon as made and perfected. Your patronage is solicited. N. B. Old pictures copied to any size, in an artistic manner., Date inferred from tenancy of the photographer at the address listed on his label pasted on verso., Photograph mounted on board, rounded at the corners, and with a printed oval-shaped, frame-like border surrounding the image. Border adorned with ornaments and filigree., Photograph altered with ink and watercolor details highlighting parts of the sitter's uniform, including his cap, epaulettes, service stripes, shoulder strap, belt, and buttons, as well as his eyes, eyebrows, and sideburns. The pull of a drape included in the studio setting is also hand colored., Purchased in part with the Davida T. Deutsch African American History Fund., Description reviewed 2022., Access points revised 2022., Gallo W. Cheston (ca. 1846-1882) served as a private of the Pennsylvania National Guard 1871-1873.
- Creator
- Cheston, Gallo W., approximately 1846-1882, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - photographer - Cheston [P.2018.3]
- Title
- Views of Louden & Stenton Album
- Description
- Album of snapshots showing the Logan family residence Loudoun erected for Thomas Armat (photographer's great grandfather) in 1800 at 4650 Germantown Avenue and Stenton, the Logan family country seat at 4601 North Eighteenth Street in Germantown.
- Title
- [American Legion parade, Broad Street, Philadelphia, August 30, 1949]
- Description
- Scene from the parade showing a float of the battleship "Post 654, Waterman ILL" passing a large crowd in front of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, opposite the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, near Walnut Street. Men, women, and children spectators, including African Americans, sit and stand along the street and look on from windows and balconies. A photographer on a ladder records the event in the street. American flag bunting and a sign that reads, "Welcome Delegates" decorate the awning of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The American Legion, chartered in 1919, is a patriotic veterans mutual aid society., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from manuscript note written on verso: 1371 American Legion Parade Aug. 30 49 passing Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
- Date
- August 30, 1949
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8807.3]
- Title
- [Gutekunst and Haldt family cased photograph collection]
- Description
- Collection of cased photographs of sitters related to cabinet maker Frederick Gutekunst, his son and photographer Frederick Gutekunst, and his son-in-law and photographer Jacob Haldt. Majority of the sitters (men, women, and children) are unidentified. Identified sitters include Frederick L. Gutekunst, and Katherine (Katie) Gutekunst, son and daughter of photographer Gutekunst, photographer Jacob Haldt, and Tomas Hernandes, “the friend who was with Mr. Peale since he came to Pto [ Puerto] Rico until the last moment.” Includes bust, half, three-quarter, and full-length portraits with sitters mostly posed seated. Many of the women sitters wear long-sleeved dresses with collars. Some images also include a scenic backdrop (P.2020.12.13) or depict props, including side tables and a book on which an unidentified girl leans as she sits on a table (P.2020.12.11). Also includes a daguerreotype depicting a woman holding a baby inscribed “Isaac, Mary Jane & Charles Burr” on verso of the plate., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and age and attire of sitters., Photographers include Frederick Gutekunst, Gutekunst & Bro., and Lemuel H. Purnell., Various-shaped mats, including oval, elliptical, double elliptical, square, and quarterfoil., Various colored pads, including red, purple, black, green, and maroon velvet, some with embossing. Embossings include photographer’s imprints and/or imagery. Imagery includes floral and ornament designs and scroll work., Leather and thermoplastic cases. Case designs vary, and include floral, ornament, emblem, geometric, and scroll designs. Designs also include a double-sided bookcase format as well as Seated woman holding child and pets, plate 30 and Berry motif, plate 99 in American miniature case art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)., P.2020.12.2-3 and P.2020.12.6-9 contains daguerrean's imprint on pad., Several of the images contain weeping glass deterioration, tarnished plates, or other damage., Basic inventory of collection available at repository.
- Date
- [ca. 1850-ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cased photos - Gutekunst and Haldt Family [P.2020.12.1-22]