American National Monument of Memorials, for all our people throughout all the land, to honor the fathers of our country forever. To be on Independence Square, in Philadelphia, in the buildings and halls where their work was done.
Title
American National Monument of Memorials, for all our people throughout all the land, to honor the fathers of our country forever. To be on Independence Square, in Philadelphia, in the buildings and halls where their work was done "Its character to stand entirely national and its purpose universal as such this print is dedicated to all our people throughout our union and all who love our country throughout the world
Description
Promotional print showing Independence Hall remodeled to accommodate an unrealized national monument conceived during the Centennial movement by patriot and roofer Joseph Leeds to honor the Founding Fathers of the United States. Shows Independence, Congress, and old City Hall connected by corridors resting on arches to be interiorly decorated with exhibits representing the history of the country from 1607-1876. Also contains an ornamental border including the American eagle and the forty-eight state seals; several paragraphs explicating the necessity, design, and administration of the monument; and patriotic slogans., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 19, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., LCP holds original edition of accompanying pamphlet. See "Honor to the fathers of our country: the duty and privilege of every patriot..." (Philadelphia: Joseph Leeds, 1879). [Am 1879 Lee 23645.D.9]., See also Joseph Leeds's One hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and Independence Square, and the three main buildings thereon, in Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania: as a monument of memorials sacred and forever to honor the fathers of our beloved country and their principles (Philadelphia, 1872) in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [UPA/Pam F 158.65.I3 L44 1872].
Creator
Carbutt, John, 1832-1905, photolithographer
Date
c1878
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***BW - Government buildings [(3)1322.F.18a]
R. & G.A. Wright [graphic] : Manufacturers of the celebrated gold medal perfumery and importers of French, English & German druggist & fancy articles, no. 23 South 4th St. Philadelphia. / Reen, engr.
Title
R. & G.A. Wright Manufacturers of the celebrated gold medal perfumery and importers of French, English & German druggist & fancy articles, no. 23 South 4th St. Philadelphia
Description
Advertisement containing a large central text panel with a background printed in color in a rainbow style and surrounded by an ornate decorative border. Border contains symbols, allegorical figures, and pictorial details representing the United States and patriotism (the American flag, Liberty, a shield adorned with the banner "E Pluribus Unum," and an eagle); Pennsylvania (a portrait of William Penn and the Pennsylvania state seal); and trade, commerce, and farming (barrels, crates, bundles of goods, a scythe, a hoe, sheaves of wheat, a mast of a sailing ship, and a land/marinescape view with a railroad and "John Fitch" steamboat). Some goods are marked "R & G.A.W." or "R." or "C.R." Border also includes a maternal female figure, attired in Roman garb, holding two children, and wrapped in a banner reading "Love One Another"; medals, some with classical figures and one with the text "Reward for 1849"; a book open to an illustration titled "Chemistry Analysis"; scroll-like ornaments; grape vinery; and floral and botanical details. R. & G. A. Wright, a partnership established about 1845 between Richard and George A. Wright, was a premier Philadelphia perfume manufacturer. The business was noted in the mid-19th century as the largest manufactory of its kind in the United States, England, and France. The Wright partnership relocated to 624 Chestnut Street about 1860. The business operated as R. & G. A. Wright until circa 1878., Title from item., Published in Colton's atlas of America, illustrating the physical and political geography of North and South America...Commercial edition with business cards of prominent houses in Philadelphia. (New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856), page 45 3/4. (HSP O 458), Not in Wainright., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1981, pg. 51-52., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 295
Creator
Reen, Charles
Date
[1856]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements - Wright [P.8692]