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]
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 showing the portal of the Pennsylvania Railroad Tunnel, completed in 1854, running beneath the summit of the Allegheny Mountains at Gallitzin, Pa. Includes passengers waiting at the train station near a stopped locomotive and a sign post advertising the Gallitzin House hotel. In the far background, the borough is visible above the tunnel., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on the mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Transportation [P.9577.21]
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]
View looking west from the railway station over 42nd Street showing the elevated railroad tracks constructed past the Grand Central Depot (built 1871, remodeled 1913) visible in the far right background. The railway, established in 1868, was extended to the depot in 1878. The tracks pass several buildings and businesses including the Grand Union Hotel and Restaurant; a wallpaper manufactory; and Murtaugh's dumbwaiter manufactory., 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.9022.24]
