Depicts a large fireplace, a water pump and trough in the shed of the dwelling built by Richard Wall in 1682 on Church Road, immediately west of Old York Road., Inscribed in negative: 3345., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date
ca. 1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.105]
View showing the interior of the pump room under the engine-house terrace at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows several pumps under and near staircases. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872, Title inscribed in negative., Photographer's and publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Joy was a Philadelphia stationer.
Creator
New Jersey Stereoscopic View Co.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - misc. photo. - New Jersey Stereoscopic Co. [P.9292.1]
View of the front facade of the Walnut Street Prison, built in 1776 at Sixth and Walnut streets, possibly after the designs of Philadelphia architect Robert Smith. Depicts a group of individuals passing a water pump on the sidewalk in front of the jail. The prison was closed and razed in 1835, the prisoners removed to Moyamensing prison., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date
[(1804]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 35/P.2276.70]
Interior view of Machinery Hall. Depicts the section referred to as the Pump Annex. Shows a large, pooled area of water with raised pumps shooting water in a fountain-like display. Also portrays crowds of people sitting on benches watching the display.
Watercolor of a street scene in Philadelphia, probably with the United States Custom House in the background. Shows pedestrians walking on the sidewalks down the street. In the right, shows the front entrance to the three-story, brick building. In the left, a black car is parked near two, red gas pumps at a gas station. Behind the station is a large, near block-long, four-story building. View also shows a large skyscraper, probably the United States Custom House constructed from 1932 to 1934 after the designs of Ritter and Shay at 200 Chestnut Street, towering in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Signed by artist in lower right corner., Verso contains a rough sketch of a landscape of hills., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., John J. Dull (1859-1949), an architect and artist, was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts., An instructor at Drexel University and the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Arts, he was also a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club, the Philadelphia Watercolor Club, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and the T-Square Club.
Creator
Dull, John J., 1859-1949, artist
Date
[ca. 1935]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.1]
