Exterior view of front of station built 1896-1901 after designs by Theophilus Parsons Chandler, Jr., Numbered 105334A on verso., Also identified as the Germantown Junction Station., Sheet number: 145A02., Divided back. Stamped Dec. 9, 1921 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. 1921
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Miscellaneous - 145]
Exterior view of front. Resembles Graham, Anderson, Probst & White's unexecuted passenger station at 16th and Pennsylvania Boulevard., Numbered 130424 on verso., Sheet number: 145A02., 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. 1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Miscellaneous - 145]
Contains images of Reading Terminal, the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad's terminal building, constructed 1891-1893 after designs by Francis Hatch Kimball and Wilson Brothers & Company. Includes exterior views looking northeast from 12th and Market Streets and one image of the station and train shed from a distance., Contains 26 postcards printed in color and 12 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
1900-1930
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Reading Terminal - 146]
Contains exterior views of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station and train shed at the northwest corner of Broad and Market Streets. Station built 1879-1882 after designs by Wilson Brothers & Company and expanded by Furness, Evans & Co. from 1892 to 1894. Train shed constructed by Wilson Brothers & Company in 1894 and destroyed in 1923. Station demolished 1952-53., Contains 42 postcards printed in color and 18 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
1900-1930
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Broad Street Station - 143]
Exterior view of the Bustleton station of the Pennsylvania Railroad, used as a barn, an arsenal and a powder storage magazine during the Revolutionary War before the property was taken over by the railroad in 1870., Undivided 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 - Transportation - [P.9933.1]
Interior view of makeshift church of religious revivalists Dwight Moody & Ira Sankey, formerly the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at 13th and Market Streets. Altered circa 1876 for Wanamaker's Grand Depot., Title printed on verso., Photographer's imprint on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
McMullin, Samuel, b. 1819
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McMullin [P.8551.2]
Depicts the number 33 trolley sitting in front of the West Park Trolley Station., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A19 and 86B11., 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 - Miscellaneous - 86]
Contains images of the Pennsylvania Railroad's West Philadelphia Station built in 1893 before the construction of 30th Street Station. Includes exterior views of the old station, a proposed, unexecuted station and a view of the railroad yards., The West Philadelphia Station should not be confused with the Pennsylvania Railroad station erected at 32nd and Market Streets in 1876 to accommodate large crowds visiting the Centennial Exhibition. The station erected in 1876 was further west of the West Philadelphia Station., Sheet numbers: 145A01 and 145A02., 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
1910-1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Miscellaneous - 145]
View of the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot at the Centennial Exhibition grounds. Building is adorned with multiple flags and pedestrians are visible on sidewalks., , Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Raymond Holstein.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Centennial Photo [P.2011.47.691]
Rooftop view showing the frame building of the Chestnut Hill Railroad Depot situated at Chestnut Hill and Spring House Turnpike and New Street (i.e., Bethlehem Pike and Newton Street). Also shows fenced-in yards and outbuildings of nearby properties. The Chestnut Hill Railroad completed a line from Germantown to Chestnut Hill in 1857, with the depot as its terminus. In 1870, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad leased the Chestnut Hill Railroad and in 1872 the depot was replaced with a stone structure., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square 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. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Transportation [P.9486.3]
View shows a horse-drawn railway car ready to pull away from the Ridge Avenue passenger depot or car barn. "Girard College" and "Ridge Avenue" flank the number "15" on the side of the car. A string of text running the length of the car above the windows reads, "Odd Fellows Cemetery, Laurel Hill, Falls of Schuylkill & Wissahickon". Other signboards read, "Through by railway" and "Girard College and Manayunk". A group of men, one holding the reins of the hitched horses, stand on or near the car. A woman disembarks from the front., Title printed on mount below image., Explicative paragraph of text about street cars in Philadelphia printed on verso below series title and surmounted by eagle clutching "United States of America" banner in its talons. Text and vignette enclosed within decorative border., Distributor's blindstamp on mount., Creme mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Transportation [P.8464.32]
