Depicts trolley car on blocks above rails., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: 69" and Market Sts. Do you remember them when they were like this? Men grabed [sic] the hand rail and swung aboard before the car came to a stop. The pole was always parting company with the wire. The boys and men crowded the front and back platforms. You froze inthem during the winter, baked during summer and all year around, after a long ride, got off at your destination with a backache, because the seats were so comfortable - not. Them was the good old days - maybe., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 154 [P.8513.154], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson154.htm
Glass negative showing the Haverford College railroad station seen from across the train tracks. A man stands on the platform next to the station., Photographer remarks: Very good, but thin picture. One of the best I have ever done. Print in shade. V[Varnished], Time: 1:15 PM, 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
November 15, 1882
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.54]
Photograph showing a trolley traveling through a sandy landscape. Tall slender trees dot the dune and a bay stands in the distance. Various buildings occupy either side of the trolley tracks., 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
ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2120]
Inscription reads, “The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 1827-1927; Peter Cooper’s Tom Thumb.”, A card accompanying the medal reads, “This medal is issued on the one hundredth birthday of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to commemorate not merely the important milestone in its own history but the rounding out of a century of a definite American Railroad achievement. The Baltimore and Ohio was the first American railroad to operate its line for the public handling of passengers and freight. This was early in 1830. In all the one hundred years of its life it has changed neither its corporate name, its charter nor its fundamental organization. The obverse of the medal depicts one of the most modern trains of the Baltimore and Ohio—The Capital Limited or The National Limited—drawn by one of the largest and most modern passenger locomotives built. The spirit of Transportation guides the locomotive on its onward flight. The reverse shows the Tom Thumb, designed by Alderman Peter Cooper of New York and the first steam locomotive to be built in the United States even though it was never put into practical service. Mr. Hans Schuler, director of the Maryland Institute in Baltimore, is the sculptor who designed the medal and it was reproduced direct from his models by the Medallic Art Company of New York City.”, Gift of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, 1927.
Glass negative showing various buildings, including Sea Girt train station on the right. A path winds toward the station and the field next to the path is dotted with trees., Time: 10:30, Light: Faint sun during part of exposure., 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 12, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.753]
Depicts the driver, Henry Brenster, seated and holding the reigns and a whip in the number 16 horsecar at Sixth and Jackson Streets. The uniformed conductor stands next to Brenster and another man stands on the cobblestone street next to the vehicle. Two stalled white horses are attached to the car and wear blinders. A young boy stands on the sidewalk at the corner of the intersection, near brick row homes that line the street., Title, location, and imprint date from manuscript note on verso of duplicate., Gift of Emily Riese., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Davis, Eugene H., photographer
Date
1894
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Davis [P.9332.1]
The brakesman operates a wheel from behind a train grill. He wears a red hat, yellow trousers, and a short green jacket. He has a beard and moustache., Text: "Down brakes," don't come with so much dash, / Or else I fear there'll be a smash -- / Not of my heart, but your head, I fear; / For know, young man, the brake's not clear., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
The smirking conductor wears a green uniform and red cap. The valentine criticizes him for paying too much attention to a woman passenger., Text: O! gallant Conductor, pray don't think us blind, / We saw you conduct her with airs so refined; / Pray alter your conduct, or proceed with care, / Your quite too attentive collecting your fair., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
The Harnden Express Co. and Howard & Co., Frederick Lovejoy, superintendent, are listed at this address in Philadelphia directories from 1862 to 1866., The illustration shows a train., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Harnden Express Co.
Date
[1862?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Harnden 5786.F.136c (McAllister)
Plan showing horse-drawn street cars stopped at adjacent blocks at the intersection of Fifth and Chestnut streets. Stone formations are visible at the rear and front of the street cars. Figures representing passengers board and disembark from the rear of the cars. The Citizen's Association for the Improvement of the Streets and Roads of Philadelphia was formed in 1870., Manuscript note on recto: The blocks opposite the rear platform to join the crossing stones as stepping stones to the car, those opposite the front platform to indicate to the driver the stopping point., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 606
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Transportation [6541.F]
Glass negative showing a view of the Shenandoah river taken from the car of a railroad train. Each bank is lined with trees, their branches reflected in the water. A mountain rises in the distance and is visible through the trees., Time: 4:30, The emulsion is flaking off the plate, especially in the lower right and upper left corners., 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 12, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1036]
Glass negative showing a a trestle railroad bridge crossing the Catawissa Creek in a wooded valley. Various buildings stand on either bank., Time: 12, 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
October 13, 1887
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1242]
Glass negative showing a bridge constructed from large brick pillars supporting a trestle spanning Brandywine River. A railroad track runs next to the river. Telephone lines also traverse the river up to a small building at the top of a hill on the left., 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
November 26, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.804]
Glass negative showing a bridge constructed from large brick pillars supporting a trestle spanning Brandywine River. A railroad track runs next to the river. Telephone lines also traverse the river up to a small building at the top of a hill on the left., Same 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
November 26, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.805]
Glass negative showing a bridge constructed from large brick pillars supporting a trestle spanning Brandywine River. A railroad track runs next to the river. Telephone lines also traverse the river and a fence runs down the hill towards the river. The roofs of buildings are visible on the far shore over the bridge., This is a closer view of the same bridge in plates 804 and 805., 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
November 26, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.806]
Glass negative showing a small train on railroad tracks. People stand on every part of the train: the engine, coat car, flatbed cars and passenger car. Another empty track runs parallel to the train., Time: 8:00, 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
August 12, 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1564]
Glass negative showing a small train on railroad tracks. People stand on every part of the train: the engine, coal car, flatbed cars and passenger car. Another empty track runs parallel to the train., Same as last, at Hurd, N.J., Time: 8:05, 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
August 12, 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1565]
Glass negative showing a group of people posing next to a railroad track at Lake Hopatcong. Some women sit on boxes, one man sits on the ground and the rest of the group stands behind. The women wear long high-necked dresses and the men wear three-piece suits. Lake Hopatcong, the largest freshwater body in New Jersey, became a popular resort destination after rail service came to the area in 1882. By the 1940s and 1950s, it had become mostly residential., Time: 3:25, Light: good, Another negative possibly superimposed on the plate., 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
August 14, 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1573]
Glass negative showing a distant view of the Asheville Railroad Station in a wide valley with French Broad River running through the foreground. Hills rise in the background. Trees line the riverbank and the hillside., Time: 5:15 PM, 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 17, 1890
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1592]
Glass negative showing railroad tracks extending over a river and into a tunnel in the Poconos. A mountain covered in tall pine trees rises above the tracks., Time: 3 P.M., Light: 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
October 13, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1374]
Depicts two men attired in three-piece suits and hats standing in front of the number 7 steam dummy belonging to the Fifth & Sixth Street line, which operated between Frankford and Southwark. A group of men, including a conductor, stand in the back, near the attached trailer. The distinctive shingled, pyramidal roof of the Dummy Depot clock tower is visible in the background., Title from manuscript on verso., According to Jackson's Encyclopedia of Philadelphia, steam dummies were first used on the Frankford branch of the Frankford-Southwark Passenger Railway in 1863 and operated until 1893 when electric streetcars replaced them., Gift of Emily Riese., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Davis, Eugene H., photographer
Date
1894
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Davis [P.9332.2]
Depicts two open-air Electric Traction Company trolleys, # 901 destined for Mifflin Street and # 1005 on a Jackson Street route in South Philadelphia. Passengers are seated on wooden "walkover" benches underneath of advertisements. On both cars are tacked identical posters advertising "Brooke and his Famous Chicago Marine Band" at Willow Grove Park. The conductors, attired in uniforms, stand on the ledge of the cars., Title from manuscript note on verso of duplicate., Gift of Emily Riese., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Davis, Eugene H., photographer
Date
1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Davis [P.9332.3]
Aerial views of two Reading Cold Storage facilities in Reading, Pennsylania. 11185 and 11186 show Reading Cold Storage facility no. 2 located at 9th and Laurel Streets looking southwest to northeast. 11188 shows Reading Cold Storage facility no. 1 located at Reed and Elm Streets looking northwest to southeast. Railroad yards and surrounding industrial buildings and row homes are also visible. Images probably taken August 21, 1929., Negative number: 11185; 11186; 11188., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1929
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.11185; P.8990.11186; P.8990.11188]
Aerial views from very high altitude showing Darby, Pennsylvania. Views are from northwest to southeast, with the Elmwood section of Philadelphia visible [5587]; from southwest to northeast with the B & O and Pennsylvania Railroads, Chester Pike, and MacDade Boulevard visible [5593]; and from west to east showing Darby Creek, Cobbs Creek, and the Fels & Company plant formerly at Woodland and Island Avenues [5615]. The General Electric plant formerly at 69th and Elmwood Avenues is visible in all three views. Probably taken April 1926., Negative numbers: 5587; 5593; 5615., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
[ca. 1926]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5587; P.8990.5593; P.8990.5615]
Negative number: 2373, Street view looking north from the most recently constructed steel bent, Bent 62. Beams and other construction materials line both sides of the street. Men and boys stand and sit on the sidewalks in front of the store fronts.
Negative number: 2226, View looking south from Produce Avenue showing a man holding up a "Front St. Bent 40" sign next to a steel column. Men stand around the construction scene. Two horses are attached to carts carrying supplies. Store fronts on North Front Street are shaded by awnings. A sign for "419 Willard & Mitten" is visible.
Negative number: 6600, Depicts wooden scaffolding covering the partially-constructed Allegheny station, which sits on a triangular lot next to the elevated railway tracks at the southwest corner of Kensington and Allegheny Avenues. Horse-drawn carriages and vehicles travel along Kensington Avenue.
Negative number: 2283, Street level view looking south at the 500 block of North Front Street. A man holds up the sign "Front St. Bent 48" next to a steel column in the foreground. Railroad tracks divide up the cobblestone street. Steel beams and other supplies sit on the side of the road. The brick building of the Philadelphia Warehousing & Cold Storage Co. occupies the entire east side of the block.
Negative number: 2285, Street level view looking south at a "Front St. Bent 48" sign next to a steel column. Men work from railroad freight cars underneath of the steel tracks. A loading dock sits on the east side of the block. A covered wagon and "Pork Packers" car sit near the loading dock. A signboard for Sam Katzowsky, clothing and shoes, is visible at 446 North Front Street.
Negative number: 5156, Depicts the construction of the Allegheny station next to the elevated railway tracks at the northeast corner of Kensington and Allegheny Avenues. Iron railings sit outside of the three story structure, waiting for installation. A sign for the Allegheny Hat Renovating Co. is visible on Kensington Avenue, behind the station building. A man and a boy stand in street looking at the photographer in the foreground.
Negative number: 7611, Depicts a construction site around a large brick warehouse or depot for the Frankford Elevated Railway. A locomotive sits on the railroad tracks at the end of the line nearby. Wooden scaffolding covers sections of the building where windows are waiting to be installed. Two African American workers stand near piles of bricks near the building.
Negative number: 2220, Street level view showing steel beams on North Front Street in the foreground. Horse-drawn vehicles and a steam dummy are also visible on the cobblestone street in the distance. Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Outward Freight buildings flank tracks running parallel to Willow Street. Includes a view of the brick Philadelphia Warehousing & Cold Storage Co. building.
Negative number: 7610, Depicts a construction site around a large warehouse or depot for the Frankford Elevated Railway. Wooden scaffolding covers sections of the building. Workers are laying bricks in the foreground, while a group of men with shovels dig near a brick smokestack in the distance.
Negative number: 7623, View of the elevated railway's underside at an unidentified location. Piles of dirt sit near wooden scaffolding that surrounds some of the steel beams. Two white horses are harnessed to a cart near the construction area.
Negative number: 7201, Depicts the demolition of a building at Front and Green Streets under the elevated railway. Broadsides advertising the Imperial Theatre and The Bijou are posted on the first floor exterior of the vacant brick building. A man works on the second floor near wooden scaffolding erected against the neighboring three-and-a-half story property. Rubble from demolition litters the sidewalk.
Negative number: 2995, Street view looking north on Front Street at a marker for bent 167 near Palmer Street. Men and boys have gathered on the corners for the photograph. The Kensington Freight Yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad occupies the entire east side of the block. H. Siemon & Son's barrel business is visible on the west side of the block (1750 North Front Street).
Negative number: 3298, View looking south from the most recently constructed steel bent, number 265, on Kensington Avenue. The sidewalks are crowded with spectators, mostly men, who are watching six men working on top of bent 265. Businesses on the block include Robert Kearn's liquor store (2629-31 Kensington Avenue) and an oysters shop.
Negative number: 2883, View looking south from bent 155 on Front Street. Large crowds have gathered on the east and west sidewalks. Construction supplies and rubble flank the tracks running along the cobblestone street.
Negative number: 3110, View looking south at construction site around bent 189 on Front Street. Includes a partial view of the Kensington passenger depot and ticket office for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on the east side of the block.
Negative number: 2353, Street view looking north along North Front Street showing a man holding up a sign next to a steel column: "Front St. Bent 61." Beams line both sides of the street. A horse-drawn carriage and horsecar travel south on the tracks in the distance.
Negative number: 2762, Street view looking south at construction site around bent 114, showing beams, piles of lumber and steel. J.A. Dougherty's Sons, distillers, sits at 1136 North Front Street. Gustav Berger, manufacturer of sash doors, is visible across the street at 1143 North Front Street.
Negative number: 24170, Exterior view looking southwest at the brick, one-story Philadelphia Rapid Transit office building under the elevated railway on Frankford Avenue near Bridge Street. A car is parked next to the side of the building.
Negative number: 3111, View looking north at traffic and pedestrians on Front Street near Norris Street, from bent 189. Includes a partial view of Ninth National Bank (left), American Loan Company (1953 North Front) and H.F. Mayer, liquors, at 1957 North Front).
Negative number: 2865, View looking north, showing construction materials flanking the cobblestone street. Includes horse-drawn carts and buggies and people sitting on front stoops of properties along North Front Street.
Negative number: 2884, View looking north from bent 155 on Front Street. A large crowd, including a police officer, has gathered on the west sidewalk. Construction supplies and rubble flank the tracks running along the cobblestone street. The corner property at 1700 North Front Street is occupied by Daniel Morris, liquors.
