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Title: [John C. Bell and other residences, 22nd and Locust Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View of facades of seven houses along Locust Street, and the first house on 22nd Street, which belonged to John C. Bell, district attorney of Philadelphia. This residence was built in 1905 after designs by architect Horace Trumbauer., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Location: 22nd and Locust St. One of the most artistic and interesting rows of houses in Phila. Note: no two houses are the same in style. There is represented colonial, modern colonial, English, and a mixture of colonial and French architecture., 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 186 [P.8513.186], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson186.htm

Title: [58 Good Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a young African American girl walking past a residence with a covered porch in the West Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia. The girl, attired in a long-sleeved shirt, a skirt, white socks, and Mary Jane shoes, walks on the sidewalk towards the right. On the porch are several chairs, a side table, and potted plants. The Jackson Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998., Title from manuscript note on recto., Date inferred from content., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date: [ca. 1945]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.24]

Title: [920 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a brick row house converted to apartments. African American men stand in the doorway and look out an open window from the building managed by Samuel T. Fox. The Jackson Cross-Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., Date inferred from content., Number 27., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date: [ca. 1940]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.11]

Title: [1101 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia.]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the south front and east side of the Fairmount Meat Market occupying the ground floor of a three story brick row home at the southwest corner of Eleventh Street and Fairmount Avenue. Includes the adjacent cigar store of Jacob Silverman at 1103 Fairmount Avenue., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.13]

Title: Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation plant, Grays Ferry Avenue and the Schuylkill River, Grays Ferry, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial view of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation plant on the Schuylkill River in the Gray's Ferry neighborhood in Philadelphia. The corporation (later known as Allied Chemical Corporation and then as the Allied Corporation) was formed in 1921 as an amalgamation of five of the largest U.S. chemical companies established in the 1800s. View of the chemical plant looks north from a vantage point just south of the Grays Ferry Avenue bridge at around Reed Street and spans north to include portions of Center City and West Philadelphia along the river. Residential neighborhoods in the vicinity are also visible., Negative numbers: 20898n., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Allied Chemical Co., Grey's Ferry, Pa, May 12, 1940.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.20898n]

Title: [View of row homes near Stouton homestead, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Row homes and neighboring businesses near the Stouton homestead are visible from the farm. Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, was inhabited by the Webster family beginning in 1805., William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.26]

Title: [View of row homes and businesses near Stouton homestead, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Row homes, neighboring businesses and factory smokestacks near the Stouton homestead are visible from the farm. Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, was inhabited by the Webster family beginning in 1805., William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.27]

Title: Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, 11th and Erie, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Aerial views of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus in the neighborhood of North Philadelphia. Depicts vicinity of Butler Street between 10th Street and Old York Road. Delivery trucks and wagons populate the grounds of the circus, which consists of at least five tents and side shows. Adjacent to the circus grounds are row homes, railroad tracks, a streetcar shed, the lumber yard of Charles F. Felin & Co., and Welsh Bros. Coal facility., Negative numbers: 5777, 5784-5787.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: May 5, 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5777; P.8990.5784-5787]

Title: Simon Gratz School
Description: Aerial views of Simon Gratz High School and Elizabeth D. Gillespie Junior High School, located at 18th Street and Hunting Park Avenue in the Nicetown section of Philadelphia. Depicts the Academic Gothic style buildings designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built concurrently from 1925 to 1927. Gratz was named in honor of Philadelphia lawyer, educator, and philanthropist Simon Gratz. Views include nearby rowhomes, churches, and industrial facilities such as John Warner Hardwoods & Building Lumber, Beck & Co. Coal Pockets, and John J. Felin & Co., Negative numbers: 7271, 7272.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.7271-7272]

Title: Phila. from Girard College
Description: Rooftop view looking south showing the cityscape of Philadelphia from the upper floors or roof of Girard College's Founder's Hall. View includes the front entrance gate and landscaped school grounds in the foreground, row houses, the Corinthian Avenue Reservoir, and the outline of Eastern State Penitentiary in the distance background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8464.15]

Title: Looking west [sic] from Colosseum. Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Rooftop view looking south from the tower observatory of the Colosseum at the southeast corner of Broad and Locust Streets showing a partial view of the Beth Eden Baptist church built circa 1869 after designs by Edward Tuckerman Potter; a partially obscured view of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (i.e., Deaf & Dumb Asylum) built 1824-26 after designs by John Haviland; and brick row houses facing Broad Street and Spruce Street. Originally constructed in 1873 in New York City, the Colosseum was dismantled and rebuilt in Philadelphia to exhibit cycloramas during the Centennial celebration in 1876. Removed to Boston in 1883 and stables built on the site by John Wanamaker., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., White mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Walker, Lewis E. (Lewis Emory), 1822-1880
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Walker - Views [P.8452]

Title: University of Pennsylvania, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial view of the University of Pennsylvania's West Philadelphia campus from 33rd Street to the Schuylkill River and from South Street to Market Street. View looking north/northeast from the vicinity of 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard and shows Franklin Field before it was reconstructed in the early 1920s. The Penn Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, adjacent railroad yards and residential row homes are all visible, as are bridges across the Schuylkill going to Center City Philadelphia., Negative number: 1588., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1588]

Title: 122 S. 17th St
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a three story brick building, occupied by various shops and offices, looking west at the northwest corner of Seventeenth and Sansom Streets. Signs for a barber shop, Magic cleaners and beauty shop are visible in the ground floor windows. Several pedestrians pass by on the sidewalk and a Railway Express truck is parked curbside. An unidentified brick high-rise is visible in the background., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.14]

Title: [Men harvesting hay on the Stouton farm, with row homes in the distance, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Hay bales are piled in the foreground, and in the background a group of men are harvesting hay in the field behind Stouton. A horse-drawn cart is overloaded with hay, and nearby a man and two boys stand near a horse-drawn plow, operated by a man neatly attired in a long shirt and tie. Row homes and neighboring businesses near the homestead are visible in the distance. Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, was inhabited by the Webster family beginning in 1805., William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.25]

Title: [Chamberlin weather strips trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards featuring exterior views of buildings constructed with Chamberlin weather strips, including "Shriner's Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.," "Gillingham & Hynes built terraces, Philadelphia, Pa.," and "Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa." Trade cards also contain the names of the architects and contractors, including Phillip H. Johnson and Raymond A. Raff Co. (Shriner's Hospital, 1926); Gillingham & Hynes (terraces); and York & Sawyer (Pittsburgh, Pa.), E.P. Mellon (New York), and W. T. Grange Construction Co. (Pittsburgh's Children's Hospital). Views surrounded by ornate border and flanked by vignettes of Chamberlin products, including sill and side strips for sliding windows; interlocking center for in-opening casements; brass sill--outopening casements; Chamberlin at D.H. sill; interlocking equipment for outside transoms; and corrugation windows., Title supplied by cataloger., Playing card designs printed on versos., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1930]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Chamberlin [P.9450.6-8]

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