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- Title
- Delaware River, Philadelphia harbor
- Description
- Harbor scene showing steamships traveling the river. Includes a partial view of the sails of a ship in the foreground., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.11f]
- Title
- Delaware River, Philadelphia harbor
- Description
- Harbor scene showing steamships traveling the river. Includes a partial view of the sails of a ship in the foreground., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.11f]
- Title
- Ice scene on the Delaware, Philadelphia
- Description
- Harbor scene showing a sailing ship with masts down and billowing smoke. Also shows nearby sailing vessels. View does not include ice., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., in cooperation with The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry # 223., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.13c]
- Title
- Ice scene on the Delaware, Philadelphia
- Description
- Harbor scene showing a sailing ship with masts down and billowing smoke. Also shows nearby sailing vessels. View does not include ice., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., in cooperation with The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry # 223., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.13c]
- Title
- View on the Delaware, Philadelphia harbor
- Description
- Shows ships docked at piers with warehouse sheds holding lumber. Also shows men in rowboats in the distance., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.13a]
- Title
- View on the Delaware, Philadelphia harbor
- Description
- Shows ships docked at piers with warehouse sheds holding lumber. Also shows men in rowboats in the distance., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.13a]
- Title
- Chestnut St. Bridge, Philada
- Description
- Views showing the iron arch bridge built over the Schuylkill River between 1861-1866 after the designs of Strickland Kneass. Also shows a sailing ship with her masts down, a pier loaded with lumber, a reinforced ditch filled with water, and cityscape in the background. The bridge, partially funded and utilized by the Chestnut and Walnut Streets Passenger Railway Company, was demolished in 1958., Stereograph on yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on on mount., One of images 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
- Bartlett & Smith, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1867
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Bridges [(8)1322.F.11e; P.2004.22]
- Title
- Ice scene on the Delaware, Philadelphia
- Description
- Harbor scene during the winter showing ships docked at piers on the frozen river. Also shows people ice skating in the background., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., 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. 67., Arcadia caption text: Mother Nature suspended commercial and passenger activity on the Delaware River in this c. 1860 winter image. Bare-masted schooners and small boats are docked along the snow-covered piers of Philadelphia harbor in the foreground as people ice skate on the frozen river in the background. Ice skating was a common activity on the impenetrable river before the use of steam-powered icebreakers. Organizations such as the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society provided skating instruction and rescued people who broke through the ice., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.13d]
- Title
- Ice scene on the Delaware, Philadelphia
- Description
- Harbor scene during the winter showing ships docked at piers on the frozen river. Also shows people ice skating in the background., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., 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. 67., Arcadia caption text: Mother Nature suspended commercial and passenger activity on the Delaware River in this c. 1860 winter image. Bare-masted schooners and small boats are docked along the snow-covered piers of Philadelphia harbor in the foreground as people ice skate on the frozen river in the background. Ice skating was a common activity on the impenetrable river before the use of steam-powered icebreakers. Organizations such as the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society provided skating instruction and rescued people who broke through the ice., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.13d]
- Title
- View on the Delaware, Philadelphia harbor
- Description
- Shows ships docked at piers with warehouse sheds near loading docks cluttered with crates and barrels., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.11n]
- Title
- View on the Delaware, Philadelphia harbor
- Description
- Shows ships docked at piers with warehouse sheds near loading docks cluttered with crates and barrels., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff paper mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
- Creator
- W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Harbors [(8)1322.F.11n]
- Title
- Monitor Terror, Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the turret of the USS Terror, originally named the USS Agmenticus. Laid down in Portsmouth Navy Yard in Maine in 1862, launched in 1863, commissioned in 1864 at Portsmouth under the command of C. H. Cushman, decommissioned at the Boston Navy Yard in 1865, the monitor's name was changed to "Terror" in 1869. After being recommissioned in 1870, Terror came to the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1872. The facility, which built, overhauled, stored, and disposed of warships, operated in Southwark until 1876 when the Navy Yard enlarged and relocated to League Island., Title on negative., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Military [P.9099.5]
- Title
- Monitor Terror
- Description
- View showing the turret of the USS Terror, originally named the USS Agmenticus. Laid down in Portsmouth Navy Yard in Maine in 1862, launched in 1863, commissioned in 1864 at Portsmouth under the command of C. H. Cushman, decommissioned at the Boston Navy Yard in 1865, the monitor's name was changed to "Terror" in 1869. After being recommissioned in 1870, Terror came to the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1872. The facility, which built, overhauled, stored, and disposed of warships, operated in Southwark until 1876 when the Navy Yard enlarged and relocated to League Island., Title printed on verso in publisher's series list with fifty-three other titles (No. 1-54)., Publisher's imprint in red text on mount., 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. 1872]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - H. Ropes & Co. - Military [P.9099.3]