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Title: [Steamship Tern London at dock]
Description: View showing the steamship docked at a wharf. A wheelbarrow and barrels rest on the pier in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloger., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Transportation [P.8709.11]

Title: Schooner at Chestnut Street, wharf, Phila
Description: View of a schooner, or sailboat, docked at Chestnut Street Wharf on the Delaware River. Three men stand on the ship as one man crouches higher up on the main boom. Barrels line the dock in the foreground and firewood is stacked on the pier in the distance., Title from photographer's printed label on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Sallie M. Haas., Yellow mount with rounded 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. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Transportation [P.9107.10]

Title: [Crowd at wharf, Hamilton to see Orinoco off, Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a crowd of people gathered at the edge of a stone wharf at Bermuda. Stairs lead down to the water and a pavilion covers the dock. Horse-drawn carriages wait in the background., The emulsion is fragile and has begun to flake off., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 1, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.934]

Title: S[outh] toward Snyder Av. from Mifflin St. wharf
Description: Film negative showing a dockyard with empty wharves on the left and boats on the right. A small building stands on a dock extending over the water on the right., Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 24, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.476]

Title: Looking north, [Pier 80]
Description: Film negative showing a dockyard filled with debris at Pier 80 off Snyder Avenue. A small wooden building stands on the right and a man walks across the yard on the left., From same spot., Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 24, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.479]

Title: [The dead fleet, Pier 76, between Mifflin and Snyder streets, South Philadelphia]
Description: Depicts three bare-masted, wooden schooners: the Francis J. McDonald, the Marie F. Cummins, and the Albert D. Cummins, known as the Dead Fleet, docked at Pier 76, between Mifflin and Snyder Streets in South Philadelphia., Gift of Emily Riese., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Davis, Eugene H., photographer
Date: ca. 1945
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Davis [P.9332.10]

Title: [Chestnut Street Bridge, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the iron arch bridge built over the Schuylkill River between 1861-1866 after the designs of Strickland Kneass. In the foreground, two boys stand on a rock and overlook the Schuylkill River, while a laborer maneuvers an empty wheelbarrow behind them. The Market Street Permanent Bridge, built from 1798-1806 after the designs of Timothy Palmer and expanded around 1850 to accommodate a connection between the city railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad, is also visible in the background. The Chestnut Street Bridge, partially funded and utilized by the Chestnut and Walnut Streets Passenger Railway Company, was demolished in 1958., Title supplied by cataloger., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Bridges [P.9058.166]

Title: View on the Schuylkill
Description: View looking north showing a steamboat near the steamboat landing on the Schuylkill River immediately north of the Fairmount Water Works. Also shows two steamboats on the river near the landing and George Popps' floating Park Boat House in the background near Boathouse Row., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., 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: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.75]

Title: Vessels at oil wharves Schuylkill River, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of sailing ships docked in rows on the Schuylkill River. The dock extends along the right of the frame., Time: 4:10, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: October 4, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.438]

Title: Dock & crowd from hurricane deck of Orinoco, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a crowd gathered under a covered wharf at Bermuda. The photograph was taken from the deck of a ship in the bay flying a flag from its prow. In the foreground, people on the lower deck of the boat wave to the crowd., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 3:15, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 1, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.937]

Title: Front St. & wharves from Eastern shed showing Paget Ferry steps, [Hamilton, Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing two sailboats and a rowboat next to the stone wall of a harbor at Hamilton. Another large sailing ship is visible in the background. Buildings and trees line the harbor walkway., Photographer remarks: Too small stop., Time: A.M., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 26, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.883]

Title: Breakers at Applegate's Pier, [Atlantic City, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Applegate's Pier at Atlantic City, a long two-story wooden pier extending into the ocean as waves break near the shore. Two figures stand on the upper level of the pier., Photographer remarks: Instantaneous. Very weak., Time: 10:50, Light: Bright, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 28, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.254]

Title: [Breakers at Applegate's Pier], [Atlantic City, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Applegate's Pier at Atlantic City, a long two-story wooden pier extending into the ocean as waves break near the shore. People walk on the pier., Nearly same as last., Photographer remarks: Very weak, Time: 11, Light: Strong., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 28, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.255]

Title: Wharf & shed, St. Georges from water, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a sailboat docked at a wharf on Saint George Island seen from across the water. The wharf is full of people and cargo., Photographer remarks: Blurred neg., Time: P.M., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 12, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.849]

Title: Phila[delphia] Shipbuilding Co's wharf
Description: Film negative showing three men walking along the Philadelphia Shipbuilding Company's wharf. A steamship with three visible floors and the words "Lord Baltimore Philadelphia" painted on the side sits in the dock to the right. The men walk toward the steamship with their backs to the camera., Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 24, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.474]

Title: Leaving wharf, Hamilton, from hurricane deck of the Trinidad. [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of people gathered on the upper deck of the ship Trinidad. Hamilton and a covered stone dock crowded with people are visible behind them as the ship sails away., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 10:30, Light: Dull-no sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 4, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1497]

Title: Front St. & the Trinidad at dock from W. Hamiltons, Bermuda
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Front Street running next to a harbor in Hamilton, Bermuda. Docks, various buildings, and telegraph wires stand on the right side of the road while a large sailing ship is morred to shore by long ropes. A man stands in the foreground on the left side of the street while another man leans against a wooden fence on the right side., Photographer remarks: wind, Time: 10:30, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 6, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1394]

Title: View on the Delaware, Philadelphia harbor
Description: Shows ships docked at piers with warehouse sheds holding lumber. Also shows men in rowboats in the distance., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., 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., 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. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.13a]

Title: View on the Delaware, Philadelphia harbor
Description: Shows ships docked at piers with warehouse sheds holding lumber. Also shows men in rowboats in the distance., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., 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., 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. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.13a]

Title: View on the Delaware, Philadelphia harbor
Description: Shows ships docked at piers with warehouse sheds holding lumber. Also shows men in rowboats in the distance., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., 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., 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. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.13a]

Title: View of Philadelphia harbor, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Harbor scene showing a steamboat departing from a pier on the Delaware River. Includes a partial view of a docked steamboat., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.11g]

Title: View of Philadelphia harbor, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Harbor scene showing a steamboat departing from a pier on the Delaware River. Includes a partial view of a docked steamboat., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.11g]

Title: View of Philadelphia harbor, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Harbor scene showing a steamboat departing from a pier on the Delaware River. Includes a partial view of a docked steamboat., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.11g]

Title: [Iron-truss bridge spanning the Schuylkill Canal, Philadelphia.]
Description: A group of people are fishing near an old iron-truss bridge along the Schuylkill Canal. A small landing, which functioned as a dock for the canal tow boats, is visible along the banks of the canal in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.22]

Title: [Peace Jubilee, Naval Day, large battleship on the Delaware River.]
Description: Depicts a large battleship with two engine stacks and American flags on the Delaware River on Naval Day. One of several ships in the naval parade that opened the Peace Jubilee celebration of end of the Spanish American War of 1898. Docks visible in the background, along with City Hall tower., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: October 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.282]

Title: City wharf scene
Description: Etching showing two men and a woman gathered on a wharf with food and drink. One man rests in a wheelbarrel, as the other sits upright next to the woman who leans against a wooden fence with her hands clasped. Also shows boats and the riverscape in the background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: 1894
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.20]

Title: [East River Pier 20, New York, N.Y.]
Description: View showing laborers working on a wooden pier jutting into the East River in New York City. Also shows a horse-drawn cart on the pier and piles of lumber visible next to the pier in the right foreground. Also shows the cityscape on the opposite bank of the river in the background., Title supplied by cataloger, but derived from manuscript note on verso: Pier 20 E.R., White mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow.
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Transportation [P.9022.41]

Title: [Fishing near the Pavilion Sun Parlor]
Description: View of men fishing from a rocky shore line, probably in New Jersey, showing the Pavilion Sun Parlor on a pier jutting out into the ocean., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.61]

Title: View from Fairmount Park, Phila
Description: Cityscape views looking south across the Schuylkill River from below the Lemon Hill estate showing the Fairmount Waterworks, pavilion on the mound dam, and steamboat landing on the east bank of the river. Also shows the west bank in West Philadelphia and the Wire Bridge at Fairmount in the distant background, built 1842 after designs by Charles Ellet, Jr. The Fairmount Water Works, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded by Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Title printed on mounts., Photographer's imprint printed on versos., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Kilburn Brothers
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Parks [P.9168.9], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Bridges [P.2011.47.78]

Title: Fairmount Dam
Description: View looking north from the canal locks on the west bank of the river showing the Fairmount dam adjacent to the Fairmount Water Works and landmarks on the east bank of the river, including the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam (built 1835), a paddle steamboat docked at the boat landing, and a floating boathouse., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange 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 Sandra Markham.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Public Utilities [P.2007.20.4]

Title: The wharf
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing a drayman resting against an empty horse-drawn dray as he waits for vessels carrying goods to dock. Includes the healthy, handsome horse at the center of the scene, rows of commercial buildings and sail lofts facing the river (right), a man sitting and waiting on barrels lining the pier (left), and the bare masts of ships already docked (center)., Not in Wainwright., Date supplied by cataloger., Published as illustration on page 33 in City Sights for Country Eyes ([Philadelphia]: American Sunday School Union, [1856])., Accompanied by text titled "The wharf" describing the activities on piers and wharves when ships come in with goods. Also moralizes that the wharf "is no place for idlers" and warns of the dangers and bad habits learned there., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 834, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8343.33, Free Library of Philadelphia: \\RBD\\ASSU\\V\\C498S\\FACSIM.\\
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [1856]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8343.33

Title: [Steamboat Thomas A. Morgan, Delaware River, near Philadelphia]
Description: View shows the passenger steamer built 1854 by Harlan & Hollingsworth on the Delaware River. Also shows people sitting on the floating dock at the pier in the foreground. Buildings facing the river on the opposite side are also visible., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., White mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: T. H. Nichols & Co.
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Nichols [P.8992.22]

Title: Walter W. Bragg, printer. Fine gift & bevel edged card a speciality [sic]
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a comic scene with two men and a dog on a wooden pier fishing in a lake. Another man swims in the water unseen by the fishermen and pulls their fishing lines toward the shore., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See trade card - Loudenslager [1975.F.507] for similar illustration., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Bragg [P.9111.22]

Title: Landing steps foot of Queen St. Hamilton, W. from shed, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a harbor at Hamilton with various sailing ships in the water. One of the boats raises an American flag up to the top of its mast. A stone wall surrounds the harbor and various buildings line the walkway., Photographer remarks: 6th day [written above date]. Good sun. too small a stop., Time: A.M., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 26, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.881]

Title: Ordinance Island & shed. St. Georges, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing Ordinance Island in Saint George harbor. Various sailboats are docked in the water. There is a cart with large wheels on the left and a group of buildings with a flagpole on the right., Time: 12:30, Light: Bright sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 30, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.924]

Title: Steamer Sea Bird & dock at Oceanic from hotel grounds, [Monmouth Beach, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a large steamboat with the words "Sea Bird" written on the hull on the Shrewsbury River. There is a wooden dock with people gathered at the end extending into the water behind the boat. Tree branches occupy the foreground of the frame., Photographer remarks: Too slow., Time: 11:30, Light: good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 7, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1202]

Title: Dispatch with our party on board at Somerset Wharf, (Mangrove Bay) [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a boat flying an American flag from its mast in Mangrove Bay. A group of people gather on board and a smaller group sit and stand on the stone wharf., Time: PM, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 17, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.861]

Title: Trinidad leaving dock, landing stage being taken down, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a steam ship docked and full of passengers. A group of men work to take down the wooden plank used to board the ship. Other people stand on the dock at the far right edge of the photograph., Photographer remarks: Intens. 5/26, Time: 10:30 A.M., Light: Good sunlight., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 9, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.842]

Title: Dry Dock & Flag ship Northampton from S. of camber, taken from "Dispatch," [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a large sailing ship docked in a port at Bermuda. To the left is a building with various smokestacks. The port is seen from a distance across the water., Photographer remarks: Too small a stop., Time: PM, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 17, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.865]

Title: Building the bridge to the Trinidad. No. 1 [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of eight men building a gangplank between the steamship Trinidad and the dock. The ship contains a mast and a smokestack. A large group of people gather on the dock. Six men straddle the gangplank while two men work on the ship. A dog stands in the foregound on the dock., Photographer remarks: same subject as last., Time: 8:10, Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 18, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1425]

Title: [Building the bridge to the Trinidad. Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of nine men building a gangplank between the steamship Trinidad and the dock. The men straddle the gangplank, some tying ropes around it. The ship contains a mast and a smokestack. A large group of people gather on the dock., Photographer remarks: same subject as last., Time: 8:12, Light: Fair sun., Same subject as last., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 18, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1426]

Title: [Building the bridge to the Trinidad. Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of three men building a gangplank between the steamship Trinidad and the dock. Two of the men hold a long plank of wood over the half-constructed gangplank while the third man walks away. The ship contains a mast and a smokestack. A large group of people gather on the dock., Photographer remarks: same subject as last., Time: 8:20, Light: Fair sun., Same subject as last., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 18, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1427]

Title: Trinidad at dock from the point, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a large steamship with two masts and the word "Trinidad" painted on the side. Other smaller boats float behind the steamship at the dock., Time: 12:35, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 6, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1397]

Title: Trinidad leaving for New York, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a large steamship with two masts and the word "Trinidad" painted on the side puffing out smoke as it sails away from shore. Other smaller boats float behind the steamship at the dock., Time: 1, Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 7, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1398]

Title: [Patent improved lead pipe sheet lead and composition gas tubes, manufactured by Tatham & Brothers, office 15 Minor Street, Philadelphia, and No. 249 Water Street, New York.]
Description: Advertisement showing the factory complex at 608 Delaware Avenue (occupied 1844) for the lead pipe manufactory established in 1841 by George N., Henry B., and William P. Tatham. Factory employees work in front of and at the wharf of the industrial building that is covered with signage. Men lift a barrel with a hoist; guide horse-drawn drays into a courtyard, down an alley, and to be unloaded; move planks of wood; and spray a hose into the river. Also shows partial views of surrounding buildings. Tatham & Brothers, a firm established in New York in 1838, operated the Philadelphia branch from the address until circa 1867. The firm patented a hydraulic pressure method to produce pipe in 1841., Title from duplicate in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Aug. 1847. Delaware Avenue., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 547, LCP copy trimmed and lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba34 T218., HSP copy contains advertising text about the "better quality" patent leaden pipe process and price lists printed in letterpress. Price lists documents "Water Pipes for Hydrant, Pumps &c."; "Fountain or Aqueduct Pipe"; and "Sheet Lead."
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [August 1847]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W364 [P.2200]

Title: Philadelphia Citizen's Line of steam boats to New York & Baltimore
Description: Book illustration advertisement showing the busy "Philadelphia Citizens" steamboat wharf at Arch Street and the Delaware River. Also shows the "Citizen's Line" office building (right foreground) adjacent to Jacob Ridgway's Ferry House and Hotel. Swarms of people line the wharf and several walk on the sidewalks. Horse-drawn drays and a carriage line the street in front of the office and hotel. Partial views of surrounding buildings are also visible. Vessels for New York, Baltimore, and Wilmington left the wharf daily., Name of printer supplied by Wainwright., Published in James Mease and Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia from 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 17 and in Thomas Porter's Picture of Philadelphia 1811 to 1831: Giving an account of the improvement of the city, during that period (Philadelphia: Published by Robert DeSilver, No. 110 Walnut Street, 1831), vol. II, opposite page 21., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 577, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.2 a&b and in Am 1831 Mease 68582.D and in Am 1831 Mease Log 4072.D and in Am 1831 Mease 20876., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Loose prints gift of Jay Snider.
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: [1831]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W283 [P.9830.2 a&b]

Title: Shipping scene
Description: View depicting a congested scene of several closely docked sloops and shipping boats., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Gift of Saul Koltnow., 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 - unid. - non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.22]

Title: Chestnut St. Bridge, Philada
Description: Views showing the iron arch bridge built over the Schuylkill River between 1861-1866 after the designs of Strickland Kneass. Also shows a sailing ship with her masts down, a pier loaded with lumber, a reinforced ditch filled with water, and cityscape in the background. The bridge, partially funded and utilized by the Chestnut and Walnut Streets Passenger Railway Company, was demolished in 1958., Stereograph on yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on on mount., One of images 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. 1867
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Bridges [(8)1322.F.11e; P.2004.22]

Title: Philadelphia, from Camden, - 1850
Description: Panoramic view looking west from Camden showing the city to West Philadelphia. In the foreground, several bustling piers line the Camden riverfront. Sail ships and steamboats are docked, horse-drawn wagons are loaded and transport goods, and individuals mill on the piers and near the Market Street ferry house. Several vessels, including sail ships, tug boats, and steam boats sail in the river near both riverfronts and around Smith and Windmill islands. In the background, the cityscape of Philadelphia is visible. Includes the Navy Yard, Spark's Shot Tower, the steeples of Christ Church and Independence Hall, and Girard College. Also shows rows of buildings, smokestacks, undeveloped land, and the Schuylkill River in the distant background., Copyright by Francis Smith in Pennsylvania., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 583, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., The Smith brothers, Benjamin, Francis, David and George, were premier and prolific artists and publishers of panoramic city views during the pre-Civil War era., Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Views
Creator: Smith, Benjamin F., Jr., 1830-1927, artist
Date: c1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***BW - Views [P.8970.31]

Title: Ice scene on the Delaware, Philadelphia
Description: Harbor scene during the winter showing ships docked at piers on the frozen river. Also shows people ice skating in the background., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 67., Arcadia caption text: Mother Nature suspended commercial and passenger activity on the Delaware River in this c. 1860 winter image. Bare-masted schooners and small boats are docked along the snow-covered piers of Philadelphia harbor in the foreground as people ice skate on the frozen river in the background. Ice skating was a common activity on the impenetrable river before the use of steam-powered icebreakers. Organizations such as the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society provided skating instruction and rescued people who broke through the ice., 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, photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.13d]

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