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- Title
- The Civic Parade and Court of Honor, Peace Jubilee, Phila. Pa., Oct. 26, '98
- Description
- View looking north showing the Peace Jubilee procession on South Broad Street in celebration of the end of the Spanish American War in 1898. Procession includes men walking with flags and a band playing instruments. Spectators stand on the sidewalk and sit in stands decorated with patriotic bunting on both sides of the street. The Court of Honor and Triumphal Arch, designed by Joseph M. Huston, is visible in the background, along with City Hall's clock tower., Copyrighted 1898 by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount below image., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved 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.
- Date
- c1898
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Processions [P.9047.124]
- Title
- Pennsylvania Day. 1876
- Description
- Views showing a large crowd of visitors gathered around the Pennsylvania Building, designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann and Hugo Kafka, on Pennsylvania Day on September 28, 1876. Also shows a sign for "cold lemonade, pop corn and candy" on an adjacent hut and a row of state buildings in the background. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negatives., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts and on versos. Imprint on versos contain initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mounts with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co.
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.160-161]
- Title
- Centennial opening - the choristers. 1876
- Description
- Views show a large crowd of visitors gathered around and on top of the Main Exhibition Hall (designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson) on Opening Day on May 10, 1876. Pedestrians, many with parasols, gather near the orchestra and choir stands set up in front of the hall. Two sets of railroad tracks are partially visible in one image. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negatives., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts and on versos. Imprint on versos contain initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., One print [P.2011.47.170] contains manuscript note on verso: 354, White curved mounts with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.2011.47.170] gift of Raymond Holstein.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co.
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.163 & 164], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.2011.47.170]
- Title
- Point Breeze Park, schottisch
- Description
- Cover illustration is a lithograph, tinted with two stones, showing several spectators at a trotting race at the park on the Penrose Ferry Bridge Road near Point Breeze. In the right, several men, in top hats, stand in the judge's stand while male and female club members mob the piazzas of the two-story main clubhouse as the two trotters pulling sulkies race past on the course. A few spectators stand on the grounds and landscaped paths. Also shows a second smaller clubhouse building. The park, established in 1855 by the Point Breeze Park Association of sportsmen, promoted trotting races as agricultural exhibitions to circumvent an 1817 city ban of horse racing. The park was sold to a private owner in 1901 and later sold for an amusement park in 1912., Artist: Lith. from nature by J. Queen; Printer: T. Sinclair's lith., Phila., Price printed on recto: 38 Cts. Nett., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 610, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 2:85 and 15:3., Gift of David Doret.
- Creator
- Corrie, George J., composer
- Date
- [ca. 1858]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books Rare Sheet Music Poi 10074.F (Doret)
- Title
- The Monkey House
- Description
- View showing male and female spectators, one holding an open parasol, standing and sitting in front of the monkey house at the Philadelphia Zoo., Title from printed on label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint 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.
- Creator
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [ca. 1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Zoo [P.9119.7]
- Title
- S. W. view of the old court house in Market Street, Philada at the time of its being taken down (7th April 1837)
- Description
- View showing the demolition of the courthouse built 1707 by carpenter Samuel Powell on North Second Street above Market Street. Laborers tear off the roof that is down to the rafters and knock down the eaves of the gutted building adorned with broadsides. Debris covers the area in front of the building, and men and women spectators and passersby watch the work from near a line of crates and barrels in the street. Also shows a horse pulling an unseen dray and partial views of neighboring buildings and the adjacent market stalls (built 1710). The court house was utilized as the town hall, seat of the Legislature, market house and the Pennsylvania statehouse until Independence Hall was opened in 1748. Building demolished in 1837., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 672, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 25:77, Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, See companion print: N. E. view of the old court house in Market Street Philada [W243, P.2101]
- Creator
- Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
- Date
- 1837
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W326 [P.2184]
- Title
- Elks Convention, 1907
- Description
- View of spectators, mostly men and children, standing on the sidewalk under an awning of a building covered in patriotic bunting for the "Elks Greatest Parade" during the 21st Annual Benevolent Protective Order of Elks Convention held in Philadelphia in 1907., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on recto., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer
- Date
- 1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereograph - Rau - Associations [P.9275.1]
- Title
- New Masonic Temple, Phila. Parade of Knights Templar, Sept. 30, 1873
- Description
- View showing the Knights Templar marching in uniform in front of a large crowd of spectators standing on the sidewalk on South Broad Street on September 30, 1873 in connection with closing ceremonies of the Masonic Temple dedication. Includes the front facade of Chambers Presbyterian Church, originally known as the First Presbyterian Church, built in 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom Streets., Title printed on mount., Copyrighted in 1873 by F. Gutekunst in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C., Distributor's imprint printed on mount and on verso: James Cremer, sole agent, 18 S. 8th St., Phila., Printed description and history of Masonic Temple in paragraph form printed on verso with distributor's imprint., Orange curved 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.
- Creator
- Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917
- Date
- c1873
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Gutekunst - Processions [P.9047.71]
- Title
- State b'l'd'g's, New Hampshire Day
- Description
- View looking northeast showing a cluster of state buildings along State Avenue on New Hampshire Day on October 12, 1876, including the buildings constructed for Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Michigan. Also shows spectators walking along a path that runs parallel to railroad tracks in the foreground. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co.
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.178]
- Title
- Agricultural Hall
- Description
- Oblique view looking west at the south elevation of Agricultural Hall designed by James H. Windrim. Shows a line of spectators, some with parasols, sitting on benches and standing against a rail in the foreground. A horse hitched to a dray is visible in the background. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co.
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9734.11]
- Title
- Chestnut Street crowded
- Description
- View looking along Chestnut Street showing a crowd of spectators packing the street and sidewalks for an unidentified event. A large clock is visible across the street on the sidewalk., Title printed on mount below image., Decorative printed floral pattern flanks image., Buff curved 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.
- Date
- [ca. 1900]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9047.125]
- Title
- [Crowd outside the Evening Telegraph Building]
- Description
- View from the street showing the backs of men and women standing on the sidewalk looking toward the Evening Telegraph building., Title supplied by cataloger., Gray mount with rounded corners., The Public Ledger Company purchased The Evening Telegraph in 1918., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
- Date
- [ca. 1918]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Events [P.9047.12]
- Title
- [Crowd outside the Evening Telegraph office, Betz Building, South Broad Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View looking east from Broad Street showing a crowd gathered on the sidewalk in front of the Evening Telegraph office in the Betz Building (i.e., Lincoln Building) built 1891-1892 after designs by William H. Decker on South Broad Street. Includes a partial view of a car travelling north on Broad Street and a woman walking west toward the photographer. The spectators read hand-written notes on the chalkboard in front of the offices., Title supplied by cataloger., Gray mount with rounded corners., The Public Ledger Company purchased The Evening Telegraph in 1918., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
- Date
- [ca. 1918]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Events [P.9047.1]
- Title
- [Crowd outside the Public Ledger Building, 600-606 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View looking east from Chestnut Street showing a large crowd gathered on the sidewalk spilling over into the street in front of the Public Ledger Building (600-606 Chestnut Street, built 1866-1867 after designs by John McArthur, Jr.). Includes partial views of Congress Hall (1787-1789) and Independence Hall in the background and the Benjamin Franklin statue on the corner of the building. The spectators read hand-written notes on paper pasted to the first floor windows of the offices., Title supplied by cataloger., Gray mount with rounded corners., The Public Ledger Company purchased The Evening Telegraph in 1918., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
- Date
- [ca. 1918]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Events [P.9047.13]
- Title
- Elk's Convention, Phila. July 15-21, 1907. "Dutch Disturbers," Kansas City display
- Description
- View showing a float, a horse-drawn decorated wagon, carrying a band along Broad Street in a procession for the Elks Convention, the 21st annual reunion of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.), held in Philadelphia in 1907. A man sitting in the front holds a sign reading, "Kelly's original Dutch Disturbers, Kansas City". Signs on the side of the wagon include, "A Dam-Humbug and P.T. Nopaws consolidated air ship shows," "Winter Quarters, no. 26, B.P.O. Elks, Kansas City, Mo.," and "Greatest aggregation between earth and ski". The Court of Honor and parade spectators are visible in the background. Patriotic bunting covers buildings flanking Broad Street., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint stamped on mount., Distributor's imprint and logo stamped on mount., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., C.H. Graves published under the imprint "Universal Photo Art Co." between 1896 and 1904., See Darrah, The World of Stereographs, p. 52., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
- Date
- c1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graves - Processions [P.9047.39]
- Title
- Centennial Exhibition grounds, Philadelphia, 1876
- Description
- Views of the Centennial grounds showing state buildings from Belmont Avenue near the reservoir with the U.S. Government Building and the Main Exhibition Building in the background; an oblique view looking northeast at the Main Building with stagecoaches, horsecars and pedestrians converging on Elm Avenue near the passenger railway concourse in front of the Centennial National Bank; a view looking northwest at Centennial National Bank and the main entrance to the grounds showing coaches and spectators; and a view of the grounds looking along the Avenue of the Republic from George's Hill, including the west elevation of Machinery Hall. Many of the buildings were designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, Joseph M. Wilson, and James H. Windrim. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., P.9299.32 numbered 253 with title on negative: "South from George's Hill.", Photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Photographer's manuscript note in ink on verso of P.9260.20: "Centennial National Bank.", Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., P.9047.148 gift of Robert M. Vogel; P.9299.32 gift of Ms. Jane Carson James
- Creator
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Exhibitions [P.9047.148; P.9168.18; P.9260.20; P.9299.32]
- Title
- Scene at the U. S. Agricultural Society's Fair, Philada. 1856
- Description
- Scene showing a harness race at the track on the grounds of the fourth national exhibition of the U.S.A.S held at the Powleton grounds in West Philadelphia on October 7-11, 1856. Spectators, including men, women, and children, a few cheering, crowd outside of the track in the foreground. In the background, throngs of spectators (shown as a smudgy mass) watch the event from stands or standing within the center of the track. The judges' stand and several tents, including one waving the flag for the "President," are also visible inside the track. Also shows the tower of a building in the distance. The United States Agricultural Society, formed in 1852 at a convention called by 12 state agricultural societies, strove" to embody in one central Association, the valuable information already obtained by various local Societies, and to establish a more intimate connection between them; to correspond with foreign Societies, and to diffuse a knowledge of their most important Agricultural improvements and discoveries; and, in various other ways, to aid the promotion of this noble art.", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 678, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb8 Q3., Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21:28 and Philadelphiana - Fairs., LOC holds artist's study. [DLC-PP-1997-105-Drawings-USAgricSoc].
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- 1856
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W330 [P.2187]
- Title
- Main building, International Exhibition. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, 1876
- Description
- Photograph of a lithograph showing the Main Exhibition Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson for the Centennial fair, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. View includes heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and omnibus in the foreground. Couples stroll the landscaped grounds, enter the hall, converse, and are transported by carriage. Landscaping includes clusters of bushes., Title from inscription on print., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
- Creator
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [ca. 1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Exhibitions [P.9299.30]
- Title
- Regetta [sic] at Fairmount
- Description
- View looking northeast from the Fairmount Water Works showing several spectators watching the regatta from the bank of the Schuylkill River and the balcony of a boat house. View also includes a canal boat., White paper mount with square corners., Title from accompanying label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., 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. 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks - Fairmount [(3)1322.F.122f]
- Title
- [The Germantown Cricket Club]
- Description
- Lively view showing several spectators enjoying a match at the grounds of the cricket club (founded in 1854) at 411 West Manheim Street. Elegantly attired young men and women, walk, sit, and stand along the field and in a grandstand. Attire includes hats, bowlers, bustles, canes and parasols. In the right of the image, a lady converses with a cricket player near a couple conversing with spectators behind the brickwall of the stand. Others watch from a row of carriages near club buildings in the background. Several persons walk along a path bordering the field. Also contains 2 ink pen lithograph vignettes showing the front facade of the clubhouse and the gate to the club. Clubhouse vignette includes a cricket match. The clubhouse was built in 1891 after designs by McKim, Mead & White., Artist's signature in ink with date and in pencil in lower right corner., Title supplied by cataloger., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 91, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1978 p. 53-54., Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan.
- Creator
- Cooper, Colin Campbell, Jr., artist
- Date
- 1892
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Recreation - G [8384.F.2]
- Title
- [Mr. Eckels, winner of Antique Derby at the 1934 Philadelphia Auto Show, with his automobiles, a 1892 Blackie Car and a "1934 Delage"]
- Description
- Depicts Mr. Eckels holding up his trophy in his winning 1892 Blackie car parked on a street next to a luxury 1934 white Delage. Attached to the front of the "Blackie" is a sign declaring the car "a bouncing baby with ‘Standard’ in 1892” and "a Grand Old Dame with Essolene in 1934 and There's Life in the Old Gal yet!" The cars are surrounded by spectators, including young boys and two African American men., Title supplied by the cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: Mr. Eckels, winner of Antique Derby 1892 Blackie Car & "1934 Delage.", Photographer's blind stamp on recto., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
- Date
- [1934]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8807.23]
- Title
- [President-elect Abraham Lincoln raising flag in front of Independence Hall in honor of admission of Kansas to the Union, February 22, 1861] [graphic].
- Description
- Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced as a wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, March 9, 1861, p. 145., Reissued and copyrighted by Theodore S. Hacker in 1865., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Shows Lincoln raising a large American flag while upon a flag-draped platform in front of Independence Hall. Dignitaries stand near the president, a crowd of spectators, including men in trees, surrounds the platform, and guards protect the stage.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer., creator
- Date
- [February 22, 1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. photo - Richards - Events [(3)1322.F.7b]
- Title
- Centennial opening - the orators. 1876
- Description
- View showing a large crowd of visitors gathered around and on top of Memorial Hall (i.e., Art Gallery, built 1874-1876 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann) on Opening Day on May 10, 1876. Pedestrians, many with parasols, walk toward the speakers' stands to hear President Ulysses S. Grant speak. Includes two West End Passenger Railway Company streetcars in the foreground. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contain initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co.
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.162]
- Title
- Pennsylvania Day
- Description
- Bird's eye view looking northwest from the Main Exhibition Building showing visitors traveling the wide walkways radiating from Bartholdi's Fountain of Water and Light and extending into Belmont Avenue. View includes the lake, Bartholdi's Electric Light (i.e., Freedom Enlightening the World), the World's Ticket Office designed by H.J. Schwarzmann, the Washington statue by M. Dickerson Eyre, the Centennial Photographic Co. building, the Pennsylvania Railroad Office designed by J.M. Wilson, the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, and the music pavilion on Belmont Avenue. Image taken on Pennsylvania Day on September 28, 1876. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co.
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.174]
- Title
- Pennsylvania Day
- Description
- Bird's eye view looking northwest from the Main Exhibition Building showing visitors traveling the wide walkways radiating from Bartholdi's Fountain of Water and Light and extending into Belmont Avenue. View includes the lake, Bartholdi's Electric Light (i.e., Freedom Enlightening the World), the World's Ticket Office designed by H.J. Schwarzmann, the Washington statue by M. Dickerson Eyre, the Centennial Photographic Co. building, the Pennsylvania Railroad Office designed by J.M. Wilson, the Judges' Hall designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann and Hugo Kafka, the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, and the music pavilion on Belmont Avenue. Image taken on Pennsylvania Day on September 28, 1876. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co.
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.180]
- Title
- Washington's statue--Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the George Washington marble statue sculpted by Joseph A. Bailly enclosed in ironwork fencing in front of Independence Hall. Statue rests on pedestal inscribed "Erected by the Washington Monument Association of the First School District of Pennsylvania July 4, 1869." Also shows a crowd of spectators in the foreground and patriotic bunting, most likely for the Centennial celebrations, covering the State House in the background., Title printed on mount below image., Series titles in ornate columns with graphic vignettes., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Monuments and statues [P.8731.11]
- Title
- Roper's Gymnasium. 274 Market Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Advertisement showing the interior of the well-attended gymnasium, operated by James Roper on the 800 block of Market Street, in which several men exercise in front of a crowd of spectators. In the right, three men perform balance moves on a balance beam next to a wall adorned with a rack from which boxing gloves and squash rackets hang. Beside the beam, two men wearing boxing gloves converse near the pommel horse that two men utilize. In the front center and left of the room, two pairs of men, one pair wearing face guards, fence; two men pull weights attached to the ceiling; and another tests his strength on the parallel bars near men climbing poles. To the rear, other exercisers climb vertical and inclined ropes, hang and climb from exercise ladders, straddle and perform pull-ups on horizontal poles, and dangle upside down from a trapeze. Around the room, spectators including several men and a few women in winter clothing, stand and sit to watch the gym attendees. Roper established the gymnasium circa 1831 which relocated to the 800 block of Walnut Street circa 1833., Several of the figures annotated with a number that probably corresponds to an unlocated key., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 659, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Lower left corner missing and repaired.
- Creator
- Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1831]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W320 [P.2181]
- Title
- [President-elect Abraham Lincoln raising flag in front of Independence Hall in honor of admission of Kansas to the Union, February 22, 1861]
- Description
- Shows Lincoln raising a large American flag while upon a flag-draped platform in front of Independence Hall. Dignitaries stand near the president, a crowd of spectators, including men in trees, surrounds the platform, and guards protect the stage., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reproduced as a wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, March 9, 1861, p. 145., Reissued and copyrighted by Theodore S. Hacker in 1865., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- [February 22, 1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Events [(3)1322.F.7b]
- Title
- View of Camp Gallegher [sic] 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 2d Battalion. near Falls of Schuylkill. [graphic].
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Upper right corner repaired., Illegible inscription upper left corner., View showing the Civil War camp under the command of Col. James A. Galligher. Soldiers drill on foot and on horseback in front of drill sergeants, officers-in-charge, and camp visitors, including men, women, and children. Also shows rows of tents; flagpoles; and a horse-drawn streetcar from the Girard College and Manayunk line passing the campgrounds. Also includes the names and ranks of the commanding officers and their respective companies below the image
- Creator
- Boell, William., creator
- Date
- [ca. 1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **BW - Military [5779.F.62]
- Title
- [Peace Jubilee parade, military men marching along North Broad Street near Columbia Avenue, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View showing the white men members of an unidentified marching band playing instruments as they walk down Broad Street, Philadelphia during the Peace Jubilee, a celebration commemorating the end of the Spanish American War. The Tenth Cavalry Regiment, an African American regiment that served at San Juan Hill, Cuba, marches and performs behind them. A large crowd stands on the sidewalk and sits in the viewing stands near the Columbia Avenue Savings Fund, Safe Deposit, Title & Trust Co. Depicts the east side of Broad Street looking southeast, including the spire of the Oxford Street Presbyterian Church in the distance. Bunting and American flags decorate the buildings. In October of 1898, Philadelphia honored the end of the Spanish-American War with the Peace Jubilee. To pay tribute to the armed services, the Court of Honor was built on Broad Street with the Triumphal Arch erected at Sansom Street. The celebration included military reviews and parades, and President William McKinley attended., Title supplied by cataloger., Gift of Albert L. Doering, 1994., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- October 1898
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.266]
- Title
- Colossal hand and torch "Liberty"
- Description
- View of Bartholdi's Electric Light or Liberty Enlightening the World hand and torch statue on display near the lake. A group of men, including an African American man in the foreground, stand near the kiosk and two white men stand on the balcony of the torch. The Women's Pavilion designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann and Horticultural Hall designed by James H. Windrim are partially visible in the background. Money raised at the fair, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art, helped to pay for the completion of the statue and pedestal., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Purchase 1989., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co.
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9260.45]
- Title
- Colossal hand and torch "Liberty"
- Description
- View of Bartholdi's Electric Light or Liberty Enlightening the World hand and torch statue on display near the lake. A group of men, including an African American man in the foreground, stand near the kiosk and two white men stand on the balcony of the torch. The Women's Pavilion designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann and Horticultural Hall designed by James H. Windrim are partially visible in the background. Money raised at the fair, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art, helped to pay for the completion of the statue and pedestal., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Purchase 1989., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co.
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9260.45]
- Title
- President Lincoln's hearse
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a print showing the five horse-team drawn catafalque carrying the flower-covered casket of the President stopped in front of a church. White men funeral officials, attired in black suits and top hats, attend the horses and hearse. Mourners line the city street, including an African American man., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by Henszey & Co., Photographers, No. 812 Arch St., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Henszey & Co.
- Date
- 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - Henszey & Co. - Lincoln [5792.F.48b]
- Title
- Hibernia Fire Engine company, No. 1, of Philadelphia Instituted 1752. Assembling for parade, October 5th 1857
- Description
- View showing members of the volunteer fire company gathering by their hand-powered Philadelphia-style fire engine (built 1843 by John Agnew) in front of their firehouse (built 1852) on Evelina Street between Second, Third, Walnut and Chestnut streets. The members, including company president Colonel James Page, wear their full regalia of hats, capes, and belts. Many of the men also carry horns and a hatchet. A few spectators informally watch the gathering. Women and couples peer from the windows of a neighboring building and boys sit on the brick wall of the courtyard attached to the fire house. The four-story firehouse is painted with a large "1" on the side and friezes are marked with the institution and incorporation dates, 1752 and 1840, respectively of the company. Also shows the company hose truck on the sidewalk and the station dog lying beside the ornately decorated engine. The engine contains painted details including eagles, angels, harps, and the figure of Liberty. On October 5, 1857, over one hundred regional volunteer fire companies participated in the Firemen's Parade that processed through Philadelphia with John F. Gibson as chief marshal. The parade honored the volunteers through the presentation of tokens of appreciation from their constituents, such as banners and horns, and a venue to celebrate the improved apparatus of the various companies., Manuscript note on recto: To Hist Soc from H.W. Smith., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 353, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 834 H 624, Parade described in The Press (October 7, 1857), p. 1.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- 1857
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 834 H 624
- Title
- [German Peace Jubilee procession at the 600 block of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., May 15, 1871]
- Description
- View showing the German Peace Jubilee procession in celebration of the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War. Procession includes several horse-drawn carriages carrying parade dignitaries. Spectators crowd the sidewalks and the balcony of the office building Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut). Bunting, as well as signage advertising a dry goods store and W.G. Spencer & Co., notions, is visible on the building. Also shows a partial view of Joseph Monier's bookbinding establishment at Seventh and Chestnut., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to Schreiber & Sons because of blindstamps on mounts of other stereographs in series [P.9840.1 and P.9840.2], Incorrect manuscript note on verso: 5th below Market., Yellow 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.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Sons, photographer
- Date
- 1871
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schreiber & Son - Processions [P.9047.44]
- Title
- The brave 3rd U.S. Cavalry. Heroes of El Caney. Peace Jubilee, Phila
- Description
- View looking east from City Hall showing the Third United States Volunteer Cavalry in formation on the 1300 block of Market street during the celebration commemorating the end of the Spanish American War in 1898. Spectators crowd the sidewalks and flags and bunting adorn the businesses, including John Wanamaker's department store, completed in 1876 after the designs of Theophilius P. Chandler (1300-1326 Market)., Title printed on mount below image., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed on mount: Sold only by Berry, Kelley & Chadwick. Dallas, Tex., Chicago, Augusta, Ga., Gray curved 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.
- Date
- [ca. 1898]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Berry, Kelley & Chadwick - Processions [P.9047.142]
- Title
- The army of Sir Knight Templars, Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
- Description
- View showing the Knights Templar of Pennsylvania marching in uniform in front of a large crowd of spectators standing on the sidewalk and sitting in elevated viewing stands on North Broad Street on May 23, 1892 in connection with the fraternal organization's thirty-ninth annual conclave. Includes partial views of the Masonic Temple (built 1868-1873, James H. Windrim, architect) and Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (built 1869, Addison Hutton, architect). The procession began near Thompson Street, moved south on Broad Street, and disbanded at the Academy of Music., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff curved 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.
- Creator
- Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
- Date
- c1892
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Processions [P.9047.127]
- Title
- Unveiling of Washington statue, Phila., May 15, 1897
- Description
- View showing President McKinley standing and addressing a crowd of spectators during the unveiling of the equestrian Washington Statue designed by Rudolf Siemering at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. Also visible in the background are crowds of spectators seated in stands on Pennsylvania Avenue across from President McKinley and the spire and west elevation of St. Francis Xavier's Roman Catholic Church (2319-2331 Green Street, built 1893, Edwin Forrest Durang, architect). Also shows a group in the street ready to march in a procession., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint on mount., Distributor's imprint on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., C.H. Graves published under the imprint "Universal Photo Art Co." between 1896 and 1904., See Darrah, The World of Stereographs, p. 52., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- c1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graves - Events [P.9077]
- Title
- Fine Art Gallery
- Description
- Unmounted stereograph shows framed paintings covering the walls, sculptures on pedestals, male spectators viewing the exhibition, and benches in the Fine Art Gallery. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair held June 7-28, 1864 on Logan Circle was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization., Title from manuscript note on mount., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Watson, A., photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Watson - Fairs [5781.F.171g-1]
- Title
- [Fine Art Gallery, Great Central Fair, Philadelphia, 1864]
- Description
- Unmounted stereograph shows a wall in the Fine Art Gallery covered in framed artwork. Two men sit on the benches lining the corridor and another man stands looking at the photographer from the railing separating patrons from the artwork on the wall. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair held June 7-28, 1864 on Logan Circle was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Watson, A., photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Watson - Fairs [5781.F.169f]
- Title
- [Fine Art Gallery, Great Central Fair, Philadelphia, 1864]
- Description
- Unmounted stereograph shows paintings covering the walls of the Fine Art Gallery. Also includes sculptures on pedestals surrounded by benches in the foreground. Two men lean against the railing in the background. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair held June 7-28, 1864 on Logan Circle was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Watson, A., photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Watson - Fairs [5781.F.169h]
- Title
- The second great match game for the championship, between the Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia and the Atlantics of Brooklyn, on the grounds of the Athletics, Fifteenth & Columbia Avenue, Phila., Oct. 22nd, 1866
- Description
- Genre print depicting the Philadelphia Athletics and the Brooklyn Atlantics during a game in the Athletics field at Fifteenth Street and Columbia Avenue. The Brooklyn Atlantics are in the outfield, and an Athletics player positions himself to receive a pitch. In the foreground, two men sit at a table on the sidelines, three sit on chairs and other spectators watch the game, engage in fights, or keep score. In the left background, a low stand crowded with spectators is visible. The park is fenced and surrounded by trees. The names of each player and the umpire, and inning scores are included near the title. Formed in 1860 by James N. Kerns, the Philadelphia Athletics helped establish the National Association of Professional Baseball Players (NA) in 1871., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.2809]
- Creator
- Magee, John L., artist
- Date
- c1867
- Location
- Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.2809]
- Title
- [Grand Army of the Republic procession, North Broad Street, Philadelphia, September 5-6, 1899]
- Description
- View showing a cavalry group in formation on North Broad Street during the Grand Army of the Republic's National Encampment held in Philadelphia September 5-6, 1899. White columns connecting American flags and other patriotic bunting line Broad Street and spectators crowd the sidewalks to view the procession. Includes partial views of buildings facing Broad Street near Arch Street including the spire surrounded by scaffolding of the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church and the United Gas Improvement Building constructed on the opposite side of the street ca. 1898. The Grand Army of the Republic, a society of Union veterans was organized in 1866 to promote fraternity, charity, and loyalty among its members, including camp fires, encampments, the establishment of veteran relief funds, and the preservation of civil war sites and financing of memorials. A National Encampment was held every year from 1866 to 1949., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamburg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Griffith & Griffith, established in Philadelphia in 1896, expanded in 1908 to included offices in St. Louis and Liverpool. The non-Philadelphia offices were relocated in 1910., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
- Date
- [ca. 1899]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Processions [P.9260.72]
- Title
- View of Camp Gallegher [sic] 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 2d Battalion. near Falls of Schuylkill
- Description
- View showing the Civil War camp under the command of Col. James A. Galligher. Soldiers drill on foot and on horseback in front of drill sergeants, officers-in-charge, and camp visitors, including men, women, and children. Also shows rows of tents; flagpoles; and a horse-drawn streetcar from the Girard College and Manayunk line passing the campgrounds. Also includes the names and ranks of the commanding officers and their respective companies below the image., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 785, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Upper right corner repaired., Illegible inscription upper left corner.
- Creator
- Boell, William
- Date
- [ca. 1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Military [5779.F.62]
- Title
- [Political rally outside the Philadelphia headquarters of Republican presidential nominee William McKinley]
- Description
- Scene depicting a bearded white man speaking to a crowd outside the campaign headquarters for presidential nominee William McKinley on South Front Street in Philadelphia. The man stands in the large open window of the building, one of four rowhouses, adorned with an American flag, a flag labeled "McKinley League of Philadelphia," and a sign inscribed "For President Maj. Wm. McKinley of Ohio." The large crowd of men, including African Americans, listen attentively. Views of an adjacent import business and the building with signage, "Irwin McBrid[e?]," are visible., Title supplied by cataloger., Purchase 1978., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- [ca. 1896]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - unidentified - political elections [P.8443]
- Title
- [Forrest Theatre prior to demolition for the construction of the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company building at the southeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets, Philadelphia ]
- Description
- View of the old Forrest Theatre on Broad Street at night shortly before being razed to be replaced by the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company building. Spectators watch as laborers, mainly African American men, dismantle and remove building materials through a large hole in the side of the theatre. Signs for "Removal Sale" and "Drugs" are visible on the front of the building. Signage on the upper story window advertises "U.T.A United Tourist Agencies Travel Bureau." The Forrest Theatre, built in 1907, was Philadelphia's leading musical theater until its demolition in 1927., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Inscribed in negative: 1501, Gift of Philadelphia Savings Fund Society (PSFS), 1989., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Jennings, William Nicholson, 1860-1946, photographer
- Date
- 1927
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Jennings - Fidelity series [P.9264.1]
- Title
- [Fire truck in front of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Scene in front of St. Patrick's Church showing a man in a suit climbing an extension ladder attached to a fire truck parked on Rittenhouse Street. Firemen attend the ladder from inside the truck. Spectators, including an African American man, gather on the street corners near a drugstore and residence., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the people., Part of a series of five views of the scene., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1926]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8802.42]
- Title
- [American Legion parade, Broad Street, Philadelphia, August 30, 1949]
- Description
- Scene from the parade showing a float of the battleship "Post 654, Waterman ILL" passing a large crowd in front of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, opposite the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, near Walnut Street. Men, women, and children spectators, including African Americans, sit and stand along the street and look on from windows and balconies. A photographer on a ladder records the event in the street. American flag bunting and a sign that reads, "Welcome Delegates" decorate the awning of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The American Legion, chartered in 1919, is a patriotic veterans mutual aid society., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from manuscript note written on verso: 1371 American Legion Parade Aug. 30 49 passing Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
- Date
- August 30, 1949
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8807.3]
- Title
- Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, of Philadelphia Being the first institution of the kind in the United States. Organized, May 27th. 1861
- Description
- Lively scene containing a view of the two hospitals, refreshment stand, and other buildings of the Refreshment Saloon located near the Navy Yard at Swanson and Washington Avenues. Depicts a large crowd gathered to watch the arrival and departure of Union troops in November of 1863. Arriving soldiers march past the cannon, known as "Fort Brown," fired to forewarn saloon volunteers of the forthcoming arrival of troops. Departing soldiers board a Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore railroad car for the South. American flags dot the landscape. Crowd includes a band and an African American man. Contains the names of committee members and volunteers below the image. Situated at the transportation hub between the North and the South on land leased en gratis from the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, the Saloon was a volunteer relief agency providing meals, hospital care, washing, sleeping, and writing facilities to military personnel, freedom seekers. It served over 800,000 men, 1,025,000 meals before closing on December 1, 1865., Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee's blindstamp on recto., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 771, Detailed inscription by Fales about the history of the saloon on recto. Transcription available at repository., Manuscript note on recto of 5778.F Union Volunteer: "John A. McAllister Esq. with the kind regards of Saml B. Fales, Phila. Nov. 24th, 1866." Fales served on the Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee as correspondence secretary and financial agent, and became the committee's main fundraiser., Manuscript note on recto of P.2023.2: Mr. McNally with the compliments of Samuel B. Fales, No. 707 Vine St. Philadelphia., Description revised 2023., Access points revised 2021., P.2023.2 gift of Philadelphia Magazine., Digital image shows 5778.F Union Volunteer., Queen was a premier Philadelphia lithographer and pioneer chromolithographer known for his attention to detail, who served in the Civil War militia from 1862 until 1863, and created several lithographs with Civil War subjects, including views of and contribution certificates for the city's relief institutions.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W412 [5778.F Union Volunteer and P.2023.2]
- Title
- [United States Department of the Interior] Quartermasters Interior Depot, 21 and Oregon Ave., May 24, 1917 [sic]
- Description
- View of a crowd witnessing the military performing a flag folding ceremony at the Depot under construction in Philadelphia during World War I. In the center, the soldiers hold a large American flag. More soldiers stand in formation in the right. Surrounding the soldiers are depot workers, some African American men, who watch the ceremony. In the foreground, men observe the scene while seated on a trailer and sitting and standing on stacks of cinder blocks. In the left, a man sits on a bicycle beside a building. Scaffolding is visible in the background., Title from item., Manuscript date written on recto should probably be 1918 not 1917., See related: P.P.9260.428., Purchase 1989., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- [May 24, 1918]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Construction [P.9260.427]