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Title: Gilbert Stuart's studio
Description: Shows the ivy-covered ruins of the barn used as a studio by the Philadelphia painter during the summers of 1796 to 1799. Barn was located on the property of Samuel Bringhurst, later William Wister, before being razed in 1900., Title and publisher's imprint from series list on verso. One of eighty-one numbered titles in the series (No. 438-519)., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Robert Newell's son Henry entered the business in 1872 and the name changed to "R. Newell & Son".
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Studios [P.9047.25]

Title: [After the fire of McKean, Newhall and Borie's Sugar Refinery on Lagrange Place.]
Description: Depicts the crumbling remains of the former seven-story brick refinery on the 200 block of Lagrange Place (now Filbert Street) after a fire swept through the building on January 4, 1874. Chunks of the walls have fallen to the ground, most of the windows are gone and piles of bricks cover the ground inside and outside of the building., Photographer's imprint stamped on recto., Title supplied by cataloguer., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 65., Arcadia caption text: On the evening of January 4, 1874 fire swept through the north building of McKean, Newhall and Borie’s Sugar Refinery on Lagrange Place, between Second and Third streets south of Arch Street. For three hours firefighters fought the blaze from the roof of another structure on the property and kept the fire from spreading to the building where expensive equipment and a valuable stockpile of sugar were kept. The company, nevertheless, experienced a $200,000 loss from the fire. This refinery, one of thirteen in the city in 1870, helped make Philadelphia a leading sugar refining city in America in the late 19th century., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
Date: January 4, 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Gutekunst - Fire ruins [P.9058.144]

Title: [Ruins of William C. Patterson & Co.'s bonded warehouse, South Front and Lombard Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Rooftop view looking east showing men standing on rubble and ruins, formerly the bonded warehouse complex of William C. Patterson & Co. built in 1854 at Front and Lombard Streets, after a fire on August 4, 1869 destroyed thousands of barrels of whiskey stored there. Intact row houses facing Penn Street are visible in the background, including the rear of Denison, Kelly & Co. at 424 South Delaware Avenue (i.e. 425 South Penn Street). The bare masts of a ship on the Delaware River are also visible in the right background., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertisement printed on verso: Richmond & Co. first-class furniture, warerooms, 45 South Second St., Philadelphia., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1869]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Fires and firefighting [P.9742]

Title: [I.P. Morris & Co. Works, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, after boiler explosion of October 19, 1861]
Description: View showing the ruins of the iron works complex of the heavy machinery manufactory established by Levis, Joseph, and Isaac Paschall Morris in 1828. In 1846 the company expanded and relocated to the site along the Delaware River. A man stands amongst the wreckage of the boiler shop. The explosion was purportedly caused by the spraying of cold water on the furnace., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff mount with square corners., Reproduced in Sarah J. Weatherwax's "'A frightful explosion': Frederic Graff, Jr. photographs the I.P. Morris & Co. disaster," Stereo World 27 (January/February 2001), p. 17., Explosion described in Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin, October 21, 1861. (LCP 3-B-4,5)., Duplicate of (8)1322.F.43a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Graff, was an amateur Philadelphia photographer, engineer, and superintendent of the Fairmount Waterworks. In the 1850s, I.P. Morris & Co. constructed a pumping engine for the waterworks after Graff's designs.
Creator: Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, photographer
Date: [October, 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graff - Industry [8353.F.20]

Title: Results of boiler explosion at I.P. Morris & Co. Works, Port Richmond, Philada Oct. 19 / 61
Description: View showing the ruins of the iron works complex of the heavy machinery manufactory established by Levis, Joseph, and Isaac Paschall Morris in 1828. In 1846 the company expanded and relocated to the site along the Delaware River. A man stands amongst the wreckage of the boiler shop. The explosion was puportedly caused by the spraying of cold water on the furnace., Title from accompanying label signed by the photographer., Buff mount with square corners., See Sarah J. Weatherwax's "'A frightful explosion': Frederic Graff, Jr. photographs the I.P. Morris & Co. disaster," Stereo World 27 (January/February 2001), p. 17., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Duplicate of 8353.F.20., Explosion described in Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin, October 21, 1861. (LCP 3-B-4, 5)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Graff, was an amateur Philadelphia photographer, engineer, and superintendent of the Fairmount Waterworks. In the 1850s, I.P. Morris & Co. constructed a pumping engine for the waterworks after Graff's designs.
Creator: Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, photographer
Date: October, 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graff - Industry [(8)1322.F.43a]

Title: [Results of boiler explosion at I.P. Morris & Co. Works, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Oct. 19 / 61]
Description: View showing the ruins of the iron works complex of the heavy machinery manufactory established by Levis, Joseph, and Isaac Paschall Morris in 1828. In 1846 the company expanded and relocated to the site along the Delaware River. The explosion was purportedly caused by the spraying of cold water on the furnace., Title from manuscript note on verso signed by the photographer., Buff mount with square corners., Reproduced in Sarah J. Weatherwax's "'A frightful explosion': Frederic Graff, Jr. photographs the I.P. Morris & Co. disaster," Stereo World 27 (January/February 2001), p. 18., Explosion described in Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin, October 21, 1861. (LCP 3-B-4, 5)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Graff, was an amateur Philadelphia photographer, engineer, and superintendent of the Fairmount Waterworks. In the 1850s, I.P. Morris & Co. constructed a pumping engine for the waterworks after Graff's designs.
Creator: Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, photographer
Date: October, 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graff - Industry [8353.F.21]

Title: A lumber yard after the freshet of Sep[tember 4,] 1861
Description: View showing the wrecked lumber yard of Jacob and George A. Binder, lumber dealers, at the southeast corner of 6th and Oxford streets. Workers stand in front of lopsided piles of lumber near a dray. Unscathed buildings are visible in the background, including the business of Schoening & Harm, morroco manufacturers at 1528 North 5th Street., Cream mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Gift of E. Perot Walker., See Daily Evening Bulletin, September 4, 1861, p. 3 for description of the flood., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Business [P.8464.17]

Title: [Ruins of Gilbert Stuart's studio, rear of 5410 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the ivy-covered ruins of the barn used as a studio by the Philadelphia painter during the summers of 1796 to 1799. Barn was located on the property of Samuel Bringhurst, later William Wister, before being razed in 1900., Green paper mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Label misidentifying view pasted on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Residences [(8)1322.F.39e]

Title: [Jacob and George A. Binder lumber yard after the freshet of September 4, 1861]
Description: View showing the wrecked lumberyard at the southeast corner of 6th and Oxford streets destroyed by a flood that developed from a violent thunderstorm of hail. In the foreground, lay several lopsided piles of lumber. In the background, the chemical and pharmaceutical manufactory of Crew, Rogers, and Crew at 1601 North 6th Street stands unscathed next to a destroyed building., Buff mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Philadelphia photographer John Moran., Gift of E. Perot Walker., See Daily Evening Bulletin, September 4, 1861, p.3 for description of the flood., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Business [P.8464.25]

Title: [Norristown Railroad Bridge across the Wissahickon Creek]
Description: View showing the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad temporary trestle-work bridge over the mouth of the creek. The temporary bridge replaced the second permanent bridge (completed in 1845 and razed by the Robeson Mill fire of August 1862). Construction of the new permanent bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct or High Stone Bridge) was begun in 1874 by the new owners, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Due to budgetary constraints, construction was halted and later completed from 1881-1882. Also shows the mill ruins, the Ridge Avenue Bridge, and two men, including possibly Edward Moran, sitting on the bank of the creek., Manuscript note on verso: Norristown R.R. Bridge across the Wissahickon., Yellow mount with square corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Bridges [P.8992.25]

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