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Title: U. S. Mint, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the second mint building built 1829-1833 after the designs of William Strickland at 1331-1337 Chestnut Street (northwest corner of Juniper and 13th streets). A couple stands between columns on the portico of the Greek-Revival building and another starts to ascend the stairs. The mint operated at the site until it relocated in 1901. The building was razed in 1902., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier., Issued as plate 16 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume containing twenty views., Manuscript note on recto: La maison a gauche en banque., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 764.1, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2220 & P.2221 and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F and Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W409.1 [P.2220 & P.2221]

Title: U. S. Mint, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the second mint building built 1829-1833 after the designs of William Strickland at 1331-1337 Chestnut Street (northwest corner of Juniper and 13th streets). A couple stands between columns on the portico of the Greek-Revival building and another starts to ascend the stairs. The mint operated at the site until it relocated in 1901. The building was razed in 1902., Originally published as plate 16 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 764.2. Digital image shows first state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W409.2 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]

Title: U. S. Mint, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the second mint building built 1829-1833 after the designs of William Strickland at 1331-1337 Chestnut Street (northwest corner of Juniper and 13th streets). A couple stands between columns on the portico of the Greek-Revival building and another starts to ascend the stairs. The mint operated at the site until it relocated in 1901. The building was razed in 1902., Originally published as plate 16 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 764.3. Digital image shows first state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut Street - 13th-Broad, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W409.3 [Print Room *Am 1848 Wild various]

Title: Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission [certificate]
Description: Certificate of appreciation for work with the "Committee on the Restaurant of the Great Central Fair" containing a border of scenes and vignettes depicting the presence of the Sanitary Commission at the battlefront. Shows commission supply wagons arriving and depositing crates of goods at a campsite; soldiers assisting other soldiers in walking, receiving refreshments, and being transported by a gurney; and an unloaded crate of bottles of beverages, oranges, tins, and bandages. Also contains the seal of "The Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission." Seal depicts the female figure of Charity handing a glass to a soldier attending a wounded soldier., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Rebecca W. English on June 25, 1864. Signed by Jno. Welsh, Chairman of Executive Committee; Mary McHenry, Chairman of Ladies Committee on the Restaurant; Mrs. G. T. Lewis, Vice Chairman; F. P. Steel, Treasurer; Mary P. Norris, Treasurer., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 328, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 8 D 983, Accompanied by P.S. Duval & Son 's "Great Central Fair Buildings, Philadelphia" souvenir card.
Date: [1864]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 8 D 983

Title: U.S. iron clad steamer, New Ironsides Machinery & armour by Merrick & Sons. Hull by Cramp & Sons. Philadelphia
Description: View of the Civil War armored vessel, with full sailing rig, out at sea. Also includes the names and titles of the "Officers of the U.S.S. Frigate 'New Ironsides'" and figures for the dimensions, weight, horse power, and armament of the ship below the image. Ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1862 and built by Philadelphia machinists Merrick & Sons and shipbuilders Cramp & Sons. Ship destroyed by fire on December 16, 1866., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 257, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views.
Creator: Rease, W. H.
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Transportation [5779.F.61]

Title: View of the encampment of the Corn Exchange Regiment 118th. Penn. Vols. near Falls of Schuylkill
Description: Shows a line of civilians near a large flagpole watching the regiment drill in front of their tents at the camp near East Falls, Philadelphia. Civilians include men and women on horseback, women in a carriage, a family with their pet dog, and a child playing with a hoop. Also shows a military band leading the troops, officers on horseback, and other civilians walking the tree-lined circumference of the camp called Camp Union. Also contains the names of the "Committee of the Corn Exchange Regiment" printed below the image. The Exchange raised an infantry of 1000 men during the summer of 1862 through the enticement of a liberal bounty., Printed below the title: To the President and members of the Corn Exchange and the officers and men of the Regiment this Plate is respectfully dedicated by the Artists., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 795, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc54 P544., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places and Events.
Creator: Magee, John L., artist
Date: 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W429 [5779.F]

Title: Adams & Co.'s American Express General agency, forwarding & commission house
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia branch (est. circa 1843) of the rail express service company started by Alvin Adams of Boston in 1840. Shows a line of freight cars being pulled by a fireball and lightning across train tracks on a stone culvert in a wilderness setting. The cars are marked with the city and name of its recipients, including Boston & New York, Adams & Co.; Philada. & Baltimore, Adams & Co.; Baltimore, Washington & Richmond, Rogers & Co.; Baltimore & Wheeling, Green & Co. A creek with rocky banks flows through the culvert. Also includes an American eagle standing on a rocky ledge rising about the freight cars. The express service incorporated in 1854 served as the Union Army paymaster., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 5, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 67 A 211, Trimmed.
Creator: Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847, artist
Date: [ca. 1843]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 67 A 211

Title: United States Bank Philadelphia
Description: View showing the Second Bank of the United States constructed 1818-24 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland at 420 Chestnut Street. Includes a couple and a man strolling on the sidewalk, and two ladies conversing with a gentleman at the open gate to the alley west of the bank. Also shows a partial view of an adjacent building. Served as the Bank of the United States (i.e. Second Bank) until 1836 when the charter was not renewed. Served as U.S. Custom House 1844-1935., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 777, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia.
Date: [1835]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W416 [(1)1525.F.45b]

Title: Sherman Black Hawk. Appeared at the U.S. Agricultural Fair, held at West Phila. Octr. 8th 1856 and took the first premium, of $200.00 competing with horses from all parts of the United States Sherman Black Hawk foaled May 30, 1845 the property of B.J. Myrick, Bridgport Vt. Pedigree. Sire, Vermont Black Hawk, dam by Young Hamiltonian, he by Bishop's Hamiltonian, by imported Messenger, Grand Dam by imported Matchum. Sherman Black Hawk is now owned by D. A. Bennitt, Birdport, Vt. and Dura Warren, Worcester, Mass
Description: Racing print showing the black Morgan trotting horse racing around the track at the grounds of the fourth national exhibition of the U.S.A.S held October 7-11, 1856. The driver wears a derby and plaid vest. In the background, several spectators watch the event from stands or standing within the center of the track. The judges' stand, the tents for the President and Marshall of the fair, and a tree adorned with the flag of the U.S. Agricultural Society are also visible inside the track. 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.", Not in Wainwright., Duplicate prints with variant hand-coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 693, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 655 H 787a & Bc 655 H 787b
Date: [ca. 1856]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 655 H 787a

Title: E. Ketterlinus steam power letter press and lithographic printer, Arch and Fourth street, Philadelphia
Description: City directory advertisement containing gilt shading and a patriotic vignette for the studio established by Eugene Ketterlinus in 1842. Vignette depicts a female figure, Columbia, attired in a breast plate, crown, and cape leaning over a globe and standing on a block of stone. She holds a map which reads "North America," and an American flag, over the globe. In the background, locomotives travel over the landscape that also includes a railroad bridge spanning a river. Ketterlinus was one of the earliest Philadelphia lithographers to produce stock cards, and embossed and colored mercantile labels. The firm remained in business until the 1970s., Not in Wainwright., Published in Gopsill's Philadelphia city directory for 1870... (Philadelphia: Published by James Gopsill, 1870), opp. p. 854 (verso)., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 23/24, Advertisement for "Wm. Wilson & Son Manufacturers of Solid Silverware and Importers of Plate Ware s.w. cor. 5th & Cherry Sts. Philadelphia" on verso.
Creator: Ketterlinus, Eugene, d. 1886
Date: [1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Dir Phila 1870 (75) 16994.0.854b

Title: U. S. Naval Asylum; State House = Malrosen Hospital bei Philadelphia; Das Rathhaus in Philadelphia
Description: Lettersheet containing vignette exterior views of the U.S. Naval Asylum, the convalescence home for retired sailors, and the State House, i.e., Independence Hall. Views show street and pedestrian traffic, including a horse-drawn wagon and omnibus as well as a man on horseback. Asylum built 1827-1833 after the designs of William Strickland at 2420 Gray's Ferry Avenue. State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 766/767
Date: [ca. 1840]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Hospitals [P.9454.6]

Title: U. S. Naval Asylum. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the U.S. Naval Asylum, the convalescence home for retired sailors built 1827-1833 after the designs of William Strickland at 2420 Gray’s Ferry Avenue. A small grove of trees adorns the yard in front of the colonnade portico entrance of the three-story building known as Biddle Hall. Two men with canes talk in front of the stone and iron-work fence protecting the property. Also shows, in the background, a sailboat on the Schuylkill River and the Blockley Almshouse, built 1833 in West Philadephia, also after the designs of Strickland. The asylum also served 1839-1845 as the first naval school under the administration of Commodore James Biddle., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier. Loose print lacking copyright statement., Issued as plate 7 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 765.1. Digital image show fourth state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2222 and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd862 W644 pl. 7., Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W410.1 [P.2222]

Title: U. S. Naval Asylum. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the U.S. Naval Asylum, the convalescence home for retired sailors built 1827-1833 after the designs of William Strickland at 2420 Gray’s Ferry Avenue. A small grove of trees adorns the yard in front of the colonnade portico entrance of the three-story building known as Biddle Hall. Two men with canes talk in front of the stone and iron-work fence protecting the property. Also shows, in the background, a sailboat on the Schuylkill River and the Blockley Almshouse, built 1833 in West Philadephia, also after the designs of Strickland. The asylum also served 1839-1845 as the first naval school under the administration of Commodore James Biddle., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier., Issued as plate 7 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 765.2. Digital image show fourth state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2223 (Hand-colored) and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W410.2 [P.2223]

Title: U. S. Naval Asylum. Philadelphia
Description: View showing the U.S. Naval Asylum, the convalescence home for retired sailors built 1827-1833 after the designs of William Strickland at 2420 Gray’s Ferry Avenue. A small grove of trees adorns the yard in front of the colonnade portico entrance of the three-story building known as Biddle Hall. Two men with canes talk in front of the stone and iron-work fence protecting the property. Also shows, in the background, a sailboat on the Schuylkill River and the Blockley Almshouse, built 1833 in West Philadephia, also after the designs of Strickland. The asylum also served 1839-1845 as the first naval school under the administration of Commodore James Biddle., Copyrighted by J. T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 7 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 765.3. Digital image show fourth state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W410.3 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]

Title: U. S. Naval Asylum
Description: View showing the U.S. Naval Asylum, the convalescence home for retired sailors built 1827-1833 after the designs of William Strickland at 2420 Gray’s Ferry Avenue. A small grove of trees adorns the yard in front of the colonnade portico entrance of the three-story building known as Biddle Hall. Two men with canes talk in front of the stone and iron-work fence protecting the property. Also shows, in the background, a sailboat on the Schuylkill River and the Blockley Almshouse, built 1833 in West Philadephia, also after the designs of Strickland. The asylum also served 1839-1845 as the first naval school under the administration of Commodore James Biddle., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 7 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 765.4, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2224 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W410.4 [P.2224]

Title: In commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of American independence
Description: Elaborate Centennial Exhibition commemorative print depicting an arched monument containing a central full-length portrait of George Washington surrounded by vignettes; allegorical figures; and religious quotes by the first president. Washington is depicted mounted on his horse. Arch is adorned with the names of the 38 states and is flanked by columns containing views representing the industries of the North, East, South, and West. Views show a white man laborer of the North chopping a tree at a waterfront, white women loom workers of the East, an overseer on horseback watching an enslaved African American man picking cotton in the South, and a white man farmer reaping his harvest with a horse-drawn plow in the West. Columns also contain allegorical figures to represent the years 1776 and 1876. Justice and Independence (depicted as white women and holding the Declaration), and a prostrate British soldier represent the year 1776 and Peace and Liberty (depicted as white woman and holding a "Ballot"), and a seated enslaved African American man free from his shackles represent the year 1876. Monument also contains views of Independence Hall and Memorial Hall (Centennial Exhibition), the scene showing the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and allegorical figures and emblems symbolizing the classical and industrial arts. Other pictorial elements depict the all-seeing eye; American eagle, shield, and flag; vignettes showing Washington praying, and accepting the sword of surrender from Lord Cornwallis during the American Revolution; and vignette views with dimensions of Centennial Exhibition buildings. Buildings include the Art Gallery, Main Building, Agricultural Hall, Machinery Hall, and Horticultural Hall. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia., Not in Wainwright., Improvement copyrighted 1877 The Presbyterian Philadelphia, Pa., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 370, Gift of David Doret, 2007., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: 1876, 1877
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.2007.28.7]

Title: The offering of the carriers of the press to their patrons January 1st, 1863
Description: Carriers' address containing a montage of seven, titled vignette views of historic sites, predominately Independence Hall, used by the Continental Congresses in 1774 and 1776. Includes "Hall of Independence - Front" and "Hall of Independence - Rear" showing the Chestnut Street elevation and rear elevation with Independence Square; "Carpenters' Hall" exterior view; "Signing of the Declaration of Independence" based after the John Trumbull painting; "House in which the Declaration was written, S.W. corner Market and Seventh Sts."; "Carpenters' Hall - Interior"; and "Hall of Independence - Interior" showing the Assembly Room utilized as an exhibit gallery. Most of the views include pedestrian or visitor traffic. "House" view shows the Jacob Graff house used as a storefront and adorned in signage reading "W. Brown & Co.," "Book & Job Printing Office," and "Birth Place of Liberty." Vignettes surrounded by a border of vinery containing an American eagle and shield., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 519, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PRM23
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W387 [P.2213]

Title: The Artillery Corps of Philadelphia Greys, (Company D), Comd. by Capt. Geo. Cadwalader, First Regiment of Artillery, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, P. M
Description: Scene showing Captain George Cadwalader commanding a drill of the mounted artillery troop of the Pennsylvania Militia on a large field near Powelton in West Philadelphia. Shows, in the foreground, Cadwalader, seated on his stead, and signaling a change of formation with his raised saber. Two officers, one blowing a bugle, trot behind him between two lines of men mounted on horses, seated in horse-drawn carriages, or pulling canons by horse-team. Other men on mounts, in carriages, and pulling cannons have broken from the old formation and fan out alongside the lines. The militia men wear blue uniforms comprised of trousers, jackets with epaulets, and tall shakos with plumes. In the background, clusters of trees and a residence with fenced property are visible. Samuel Powel (1818-1885) for whose family the neighborhood depicted was named, was a member of the Philadelphia Greys., Artist's signature lower left corner of stone., Date from untrimmed duplicate., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 27, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb529 H711., Gift of Martin Snyder., Trimmed., Hoffy was the predominate artist of the plates used to illustrate the military fashion periodical, "U.S. Military Magazine," published 1839-1842 by Duval and Huddy.
Creator: Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date: [c1845]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W367 [P.9504.6]

Title: Chestnut Street, west of Fourth
Description: Street scene showing south side of Chestnut Street between 4th and 5th Streets depicting two bank buildings designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland: the Philadelphia Bank building (built 1836) and the custom house (formerly the Second Bank of the U.S., built 1818-24). Philadelphia Bank building (400-408 Chestnut, after renumbering) houses and includes signage for the Western Bank and Girard Life & Trust Company, as well as H.S. & C. Ogden, tailors; Kelly & Bright, stationers; Edward Borheck, optician; Martin Leans, engraver; Wilcox & Delleker, custom house brokers; and Wm. H. Patton, dealer in decorative wall papers. Street scene includes a vendor, two coaches, a man on horseback, and pedestrians., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 115, Gift of Mrs. S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Collins & Autenrieth, artist
Date: c1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Streets [P.9057.3]

Title: Chestnut Strasse, Sudwetseite der 4th.= Chestnut Street, west of Fourth
Description: Street scene showing the south side of Chestnut Street between 4th and 5th Streets depicting two bank buildings designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland: the Philadelphia Bank building (built 1836) and the custom house (formerly the Second Bank of the U.S., built 1818-24). Philadelphia Bank building (400-408 Chestnut, after renumbering) houses and includes signage for the Western Bank and Girard Life & Trust Company, as well as H.S. & C. Ogden, tailors; Kelly & Bright, stationers; Edward Borheck, optician; Martin Leans, engraver; Wilcox & Delleker, custom house brokers; and Wm. H. Patton, dealer in decorative wall papers. Street scene includes a vendor, two coaches, a man on horseback, and pedestrians., Title and imprint variant of one in the series "Panorama of Philadelphia" published 1856 by Schnabel, Finkelday & Demme., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00019, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 4th-5th, Schnable & Finkelday operated as a partnership 1858-1860 following the departure of partner Willliam Demme in 1857.
Creator: Collins & Autenrieth, artist
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 4th-5th

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: Jones & Co. of the crescent one price clothing store, No. 200 Market Street, above 6th Phila Has constantly on hand a large & fashionable stock of clothing made in the best manner, expressly for retail sales, with the very lowest selling price marked in plain figures on each article & never varied; so all must buy alike, and with the full assurance of getting a good article at the lowest rates. Remember the crescent above 6th in Market St. No. 200
Description: Advertisement depicting the two-bay, five-story, green building occupied by Owen Jones's clothing store since 1846. White text advertising the business as a cheap, one price clothing store covers the facade. A columned arcade extends along the ground floor of the properties depicted, stopping at the States Union Hotel (right). A sales booth displaying wares is sandwiched between two columns at the street level. Men's vests, pants, and jackets hang under the arcade, as several men, and a couple stroll by on the wide, brick sidewalk., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 413, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: Reynolds, Robert F., artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W206 [P.2142]

Title: United States Fire Co. of Philadelphia, Instituted 1811
Description: View of the hand-powered Philadelphia-style fire engine of the United States Fire Company that operated from Wood Street above Fourth. A firefighter, in uniform, and holding a trumpet stands with his back to the viewer next to the engine. His cape is labeled "United States." Engine contains double decker end-stroke hand pumpers and is adorned with an eagle ornament and a decorated compressor. Compressor contains plate depicting an American eagle with shield and is marked John Agnew Philadelphia No. 372. Print also contains a border with geometric details., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 260
Creator: Heiss, George G.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Fires and Firefighting [P.8970.36]

Title: [Pennsylvania Hall]
Description: Exterior view of the abolitionist meeting place and adjacent buildings at Sixth and Haines Streets in Philadelphia. Several white men and women pedestrians stroll the sidewalks. A carriage and horse-drawn cart pass by on the street. The hall, erected in 1838 as an arena for "free discussion," was set aflame by hostile mobs on May 17, 1838 after three days of interracial dedication ceremonies and services. The building ruins continued to stand until the Odd Fellows Society built a hall on the lot in 1846., Title from duplicate print., Attributed to John Caspar Wild., Probably printed by Wild & Chevalier., Probably after the wash drawing by architect Thomas S. Stewart., Possibly artist's proof., Published in: Samuel Webb's History of Pennsylvania Hall. (Philadelphia: Printed by Merrihew and Gun, 1838). (LCP Am 1838 Hist Pa Hall). Last page contains advertisement for a limited supply of larger frameable versions of the image to be sold at the Anti-Slavery Office, No. 29 N. 9th Street, Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 557, Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), approximately 1804-1846, artist
Date: [1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W274 [P.2158]

Title: United States Bank Philadelphia
Description: Constructed 1818-24 based on the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. Served as Bank of the United States (i.e. Second Bank) until 1836 when the charter was not renewed. Served as the U.S. Custom House 1844-1935. Street scene in front depicts pedestrians including women, a man pushing a wheelbarrow, and a man carrying a ladder., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 778
Creator: Walton, Henry, artist
Date: [1835]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Banks [P.9454.2]

Title: American Life Insurance and Trust Co., Office Walnut Street south east corner of Fourth, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the company's central office building, known as the American Building. A couple exits the building while a gentleman walks past. Incorporated in 1850, the company was formed in part to further the cause of temperance by offering considerable discounts to signers of the total abstinence pledge. Company occupied this building from 1854 to 1888., Published in I.L. Vansant ed. The royal road to wealth (Philadelphia: Published by Samuel Loag, 1869?), opp. pg. 31 without attribution. (LCP Am 1870 Van (18316.O)), Date from manuscript note on recto: June 15.60., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 18
Date: [1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Business [(7)1322.F.445e]

Title: Philadelphia Zouave Corps Pennsylvania Volunteers
Description: Shows the troops of the 114th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, led by four drummers and four buglers marching past the old City Hall, Independence Hall, and Congress Hall on the 500 block of Chestnut Street. The commanders, wearing caps, long jackets, and pants, march in front and beside the men attired in their turbans, cropped jackets, and baggy pantaloons. Several spectators, including a girl hold a pail next to a man in an apron, line the street. An American and French flag frame and are integrated into the side borders of the view., Manuscript note on recto: A M. T. Batiste Saulane membre honoraire de la compagnie des Philadelphia Zouaves End. [Gaudin?] captaine, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 601, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 525 Q 3
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 525 Q 3

Title: East view. Looking down Chestnut St. across the Delaware. Camden N.J. in the distance
Description: Panoramic view showing cityscape in Center City near the Delaware River. Includes residential buildings, storefronts, and factories. Particularly depicts the old City Hall (500 Chestnut), the Library Company of Philadelphia (5th and Library) and the 400 block, north side of Chestnut Street, including the U.S. Hotel (419-423). Also shows the steeples of Christ Church and the Merchant's Exchange, the U.S. flag-adorned roof of the U.S. Custom House (420 Chestnut), trees in Independence Square, maritime traffic on the Delaware River, and Camden, N.J. Pedestrian and street traffic, including a horse-drawn carriage, visible in the lower left corner of the image., Copyrighted by E. Whitefield., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 544a, LCP copy of separately issued tinted and hand-colored "East View" in poor condition. Right edge torn., Library of Congress: PGA - Endicott--Panoramic views... (E size) [P&P], Digital image shows LOC copy of Panoramic Views of Philadelphia from the State House, including "East View." To request a reproduction of this image, please contact this holding institution., To request a reproduction of this print, please contact the holding institution cited.
Creator: Whitefield, Edwin, 1816-1892, artist
Date: [c1850]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Endicott--Panoramic views... (E size) [P&P], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Views [P.2119]

Title: Adam & Co.'s express "polka" Composed expressly for Adams & Co., and respectfully dedicated to E. S. Sanford Esq. by Francis Weiland
Description: Sheet music cover containing an exterior view of the Philadelphia-branch office situated next to Carpenter's Hall court at 116, i.e., 320 Chestnut Street. Signage listing the name and services of the company, and manager Edward S. Sanford, adorns the five-story building. Shows laborers loading an "Adams & Co" horse-drawn express wagon as in the street a dog runs between it and a departing "California Express" wagon hauling crates. A man holding a valise sits on the crates. Two men, including possibly Sanford, watch the scene from the building doorway. Pedestrians bear witness from the sidewalk. Company clerks are visible in the second floor windows of the building. Also contains partial views of the neighboring storefronts, including shadowy display windows of merchandise. Shows perfumer Edward Roussel (114, i.e., 318) and Montgomery Hart & Co. paper hangings (118, i.e., 322). A bear adorns the building of Roussel. The express service company established by Alvin Adams of Boston in 1840, began a Philadelphia branch circa 1843, and was incorporated in 1854., Copyrighted by J. Paul Diver., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 10, Atwater Kent Museum: 53.32.2. Includes music., Francis Weiland was a Philadelphia music teacher.
Date: [c1852]
Location: Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 53.32.2

Title: United States Hotel Chesnut [sic] Street, Philadelphia. This hotel under the presant [sic] management has under gone many important alterations and has been entirely refurnished with rich and elegant furniture. The situation of the house is acknowledged by all to be the most favourable of any in the city for either the man of business of pleasure. The proprietor respectfully solicits the patronage of friends and the public. Thomas C. Rea
Description: Advertisement looking east down Chestnut Street showing the large, prominent hotel opened in 1826 following the conversion by John Rea of several properties at 419-423 Chestnut Street. Gentlemen convene near the entranceway and portico of the hotel in front of which a carriage is parked. On the north side of the street, east of the hotel, several individuals, including couples and families, promenade and converse on the several blocks of businesses visible to the riverfront. Opposite the hotel, on the south side of the street, a couple promenades and boys play marbles in front of the former Second Bank of the United States (420 Chestnut) as another couple and several shadowy figures of pedestrians walk down the sidewalks in the background. In the street, a couple on horseback, an omnibus, and carriage travels. Also shows a partial view of the Farmers & Mechanics Bank (425-429) adjacent the hotel and a few trees and street lamps landscaping the street. A patron ascends the stairs to the bank. The hotel, altered in 1840, was demolished in 1856 for the erection of the new building for the Bank of Pennsylvania. Thomas C. Rea, son of John Rea, operated the property until his death in 1846., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 779, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: Quintin, David S., artist
Date: [ca. 1840]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W417 [P.2228]

Title: The farm. A scene near Gray's Ferry, Philada. Co., Pa Design XXVII. pl. I
Description: Plate in architectural design book illustrating an Italianate mansion at the intersection of two roads in Gray's Ferry near Philadelphia. In the foreground, three boys fish in a stream that runs parallel to the property leading to the Schuylkill River in the background (left). An orchard occupies the land in front of the house, and farm land sprawls across the property behind the house. A team of two horses plows the farm land, and a sailboat is visible on the river in the distance., The lithography firm of Peter S. Duval operated as P.S. Duval & Co. from 1851-1857., Published in Samuel Sloan's The model architect. (Philadelphia: Published by E.S. Jones & Co. S.W. corner of Fourth & Race Sts., c1852), vol. II, plate I, design XXVII., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 243, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in *Am 1852 Sloan (2)1382.F, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Farms
Creator: Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884, artist
Date: [1852]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare W376 [*Am 1852 Sloan (2)1382.F.opp10]

Title: Philadelphia from the Navy Yard
Description: Marine view looking north on the Delaware River showing the Navy Yard between Prime and Wharton streets in Southwark. Ships are docked at the yard, and a steam boat and other vessels travel nearby in the water. Also shows several ships docked along the riverfront in the background and two men pushing a rowboat off the shore in the foreground. The naval yard, the first U.S. Navy Yard, established by shipbuilder Joshua Humphreys and Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert in 1801, built, overhauled, stored, and disposed of warships. It operated in Southwark until 1876 when the Navy Yard enlarged and relocated to League Island., Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier., Issued as plate 10 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 586.1. Digital image shows fourth state., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Views - Philadelphia from Navy Yard (3 copies), Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W286.1 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F]

Title: Philadelphia from the Navy Yard
Description: Marine view looking north on the Delaware River showing the Navy Yard between Prime and Wharton streets in Southwark. Ships are docked at the yard, and a steam boat and other vessels travel nearby in the water. Also shows several ships docked along the riverfront in the background and two men pushing a rowboat off the shore in the foreground. The naval yard, the first U.S. Navy Yard, established by shipbuilder Joshua Humphreys and Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert in 1801, built, overhauled, stored, and disposed of warships. It operated in Southwark until 1876 when the Navy Yard enlarged and relocated to League Island., Copyrighted by J. T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 10 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 586.3. Digital image shows fourth state., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush), Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W286.3 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]

Title: Philadelphia from the Navy Yard
Description: Marine view looking north on the Delaware River showing the Navy Yard between Prime and Wharton streets in Southwark. Ships are docked at the yard, and a steam boat and other vessels travel nearby in the water. Also shows several ships docked along the riverfront in the background and two men pushing a rowboat off the shore in the foreground. The naval yard, the first U.S. Navy Yard, established by shipbuilder Joshua Humphreys and Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert in 1801, built, overhauled, stored, and disposed of warships. It operated in Southwark until 1876 when the Navy Yard enlarged and relocated to League Island., Originally published as plate 10 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 586.4, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2171 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Views -Philadelphia from Girard College (2 copies, without hand-coloring), Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W286.4 [P.2171]

Title: Ruins of St. Augustines Church North 4th Street Phila Destroyed by a mob on the evening of the 8th of May 1844
Description: View showing the ruins of the Catholic church, at 260-262 North Fourth Street, destroyed by fire during the Nativist Riots of May 1844. Behind a stone and iron work fence, the damaged outer walls remain standing of the church that was built in 1801 after the designs of Douglas Fitzmaurice Fagan. On the sidewalk, pedestrians, including a pair of men and women and a couple, walk past, point, and discuss the ruins. Also shows another woman facing away from the destroyed church and a dog walking near the pair of men. The congregation formed in 1796 under Father Matthew J. Carr to serve the large German and Irish immigrant community residing in the northern sections of the city. The May riots (May 6-8, 1844) began during a confrontation between Irish-Catholics and participants of an American Nativist Party rally held in the Irish neighborhood of Kensington., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 666, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W322 [P.2182]

Title: United States Bank, Chestnut Street Philadelphia
Description: View looking east showing the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, formerly the Second Bank of the United States, built 1821-1824 after the designs of William Strickland at 420 Chestnut Street. Also shows the neighboring Bank of Philadelphia, completed in 1837, also after the designs of Strickland, at 400-408 Chestnut. Pedestrians traverse the sidewalks in front of the banks and across from the buildings. Couples promenade and greet each other, and patrons ascend the stairs of the U.S. Bank and convene in front of the Philadelphia Bank. Also shows two dogs playing in the street and a man exiting the adjacent building (134, i.e., 426 Chestnut) partially visible in the right of the image, Copyrighted by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Issued as plate 2 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume containing twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 776.1. Digital images shows fourth state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W415.1 [P.2225]

Title: United States Bank, Chestnut Street Philadelphia
Description: View looking east showing the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, formerly the Second Bank of the United States, built 1821-1824 after the designs of William Strickland at 420 Chestnut Street. Also shows the neighboring Bank of Philadelphia, completed in 1837, also after the designs of Strickland, at 400-408 Chestnut. Pedestrians traverse the sidewalks in front of the banks and across from the buildings. Couples promenade and greet each other, and patrons ascend the stairs of the U.S. Bank and convene in front of the Philadelphia Bank. Also shows two dogs playing in the street and a man exiting the adjacent building (134, i.e., 426 Chestnut) partially visible in the right of the image, Copyrighted by J.C. Wild and J.B. Chevalier., Issued as plate 2 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 776.2. Digital image shows fourth state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2226 and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W415.2 [P.2226]

Title: United States Bank, Chestnut Street Philadelphia
Description: View looking east showing the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, formerly the Second Bank of the United States, built 1821-1824 after the designs of William Strickland at 420 Chestnut Street. Also shows the neighboring Bank of Philadelphia, completed in 1837, also after the designs of Strickland, at 400-408 Chestnut. Pedestrians traverse the sidewalks in front of the banks and across from the buildings. Couples promenade and greet each other, and patrons ascend the stairs of the U.S. Bank and convene in front of the Philadelphia Bank. Also shows two dogs playing in the street and a man exiting the adjacent building (134, i.e., 426 Chestnut) partially visible in the right of the image, Copyrighted by J. T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 2 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 776.3. Digital image shows fourth state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1839
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W415.3 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]

Title: United States Bank
Description: Proof before letters containing a view looking east on Chestnut Street between 4th and 5th Streets depicting two banks designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland: the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, formerly the Bank of the United States (i.e. Second Bank, later U.S. Custom House 1844-1935), constructed 1818-24; and the Philadelphia Bank, completed in 1837. Contains a partial view of buildings on the north side of the street including the entranceway of the United States Hotel. Also shows horse-drawn carriages travelling west and a dray and a man pushing a wheelbarrow travelling east in the street. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk and on the steps of the United States Bank and convene at the hotel entrance., Attributed to John C. Wild., Title from manuscipt note on recto., Philadelphia on stone, POS 775, LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #53
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [1837]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Banks [7702.F]

Title: Centennial Westward the course of empire takes its way
Description: Print commemorating the 100th anniversary of the nation, celebrated at the Centennial Exhibition through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in Philadelphia. Contains the text of the Declaration of Independence and the Proclamation Emancipation bordered by several historical and allegorical vignettes, scenes, and views that symbolize the social, political, and technological progress of the country. Oval frames surround the texts, which encircle bust-length portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The frames are adorned with banners labeled with the names of the original 13 colonies and the 38 states recognized as of 1876. Two bird's eye views showing the development of a cityscape, possibly New York City, from 1776 to 1876 are visible between the framed texts. Other images show the "Battle of Bunker Hill"; "Battle of Gettysburg"; "Surrender of Cornwallis"; "Columbus - 1492"; colonists landing at "Plymouth Rock"; "[Lafayette's] Visit to U.S. in 1824"; "A Home of 1776" with a white woman at a loom; "Franklin's Printing Press"; "Hoe's Ten Cylinder Press"; "A Home of 1876" with a white woman at a sewing machine; the marine battles of the "Constitution and Guerriere" and "Merrimac and Monitor"; Independence Hall, and the U.S. Capitol., Uncaptioned vignettes show an auction of enslaved African American people, African American children in a classroom, farmers harvesting a field by hand, a farmer harvesting a field with a horse-drawn reaper, a man traveling by horseback, a speeding train, a hand-pump fire engine of "1776" and a steam engine of "1876." Other pictorial elements include an American eagle, flags, and a view of the Main Building of the Centennial Exhibition incorporated into the title design in addition to floral vinery interweaved between the vignettes, scenes, and views., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1876, by D.T. Ames in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington., Letters of title illustrated with state seals., Title based on quote by Bishop George Berkley., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 96, Gift of David Doret, 2001., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator: Ames, Daniel T., artist
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***BW - Centennial [P.9974.2]

Title: [Rose of the Centennial Exhibition]
Description: Souvenir shaped as a rose when opened and containing 30 vignette views of prominent buildings, landmarks, and iconography associated with the Centennial Exhibition printed on the recto and verso. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Vignettes captioned in English and German. Includes the "Facsimile" of the seal of the Centennial and the "Centennial Medal" containing allegorical female figures; Old Time Cabin; United States Government Building; Women's Pavilion; Judge's Hall; House of Public Comfort; the German, English, and French Commission buildings; Spanish Building; The Old Time Windmill; Independence Hall; Machinery Hall; Art Gallery; Agricultural Building; Horticultural Building; Japanese Dwelling; Brazilian Commissioners Building; Centennial Newspaper Building; Main Building; The Corliss Engine; Centennial Waterworks; The Lake Fountaine [sic]; Main Building Western Entrance; Photographic Association; Cook's World's Ticket Office; Swedish School House; Fountain in the Horticultural Hall; and United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Several of the views include park visitors. Also contains rose details. Many of the buildings designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 660, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 8 C 395
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 8 C 395 recto, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 8 C 395 verso

Title: [Rose of the Centennial Exhibition]
Description: Souvenir shaped as a rose when opened and containing 30 vignette views of prominent buildings, landmarks, and iconography associated with the Centennial Exhibition printed on the recto and verso. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Vignettes captioned in English and German. Includes the "Facsimile" of the seal of the Centennial and the "Centennial Medal" containing allegorical female figures; Old Time Cabin; United States Government Building; Women's Pavilion; Judge's Hall; House of Public Comfort; the German, English, and French Commission buildings; Spanish Building; The Old Time Windmill; Independence Hall; Machinery Hall; Art Gallery; Agricultural Building; Horticultural Building; Japanese Dwelling; Brazilian Commissioners Building; Centennial Newspaper Building; Main Building; The Corliss Engine; Centennial Waterworks; The Lake Fountaine [sic]; Main Building Western Entrance; Photographic Association; Cook's World's Ticket Office; Swedish School House; Fountain in the Horticultural Hall; and United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Several of the views include park visitors. Also contains rose details. Many of the buildings designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 660, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 8 C 395
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 8 C 395 recto, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 8 C 395 verso

Title: Henry Simons Philadelphia wheelwright-works on Second Street 2 miles north of Market Street County of Philada Orders received at the old established stand no: 113 New Market Street between Noble and Green streets and between Front and Second strs. N.L. Also at the Southern Depository in Grave Str. opposite St. Charles Hotel New Orleans
Description: Advertisement showing the busy small manufactory complex established by Simons in 1831. Several laborers work diligently in the yard, and at the windows and workshops of the wheel making establishment. In the yard, workers carry slabs of wood from a large pile, fashion wheels near an open fire, and lead a horse-drawn truck of wagon parts past an idle truck marked "Wm. Massey, New Orleans" and wagons marked "T. Craven Old Point Virginia" and "U.S. 1720." Wagon wheels and frames rest along the buildings where laborers toil away at the windows. Also show workers hoisting wagon bodies, blacksmithing at an anvil, working on a wheel and wagon body, and operating a large piece of machinery in the workshops. Crates, handcarts, and carriages are also visible through shop openings. In the right of the image, the rear of a small street car marked "Philadelphia Fox & Grass" that is occupied by two ladies travels toward the "Henry Simons Office" located behind the factory. The office is attached to an open shed storing wood slabs. Smokestacks and a steeple with bell and weather vane adorn the roofs of the buildings, including the main building marked "Philadelphia Wheelwright Works." A partial view of a shed and piles of wood are visible in the left foreground and background, Philadelphia on Stone, Atwater Kent Museum: 54.29.2/2
Creator: Reynolds, R. F., artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 54.29.2/2

Title: Henry Simons. Wagon & U.S. national coach works. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement with ornate border containing a series of vignettes displaying several types of wagons, coaches, and carts produced by the manufactory. Vignettes are captioned with details of the products uses and surround a central view of the exterior of the busy "Simons, Coleman & Co. National Wagon Works" factory and office at No. 1109 North Front Street. Vignettes depict: African American plantation workers transporting sugar cane to a barge by a "cane cart"; laborers and settlers hauling materials out West by "road wagon" and "catamaran"; an ambush of U.S. Army soldiers, baggage wagon, and ambulance by Native Americans; and a busy Philadelphia port scene with a disinterested constable overseeing the wharf congested with carts and wagons as docked Henry Simons's factory ships ready for departure. Also contains an allegorical scene with a Northern factory worker and his Southern patron extending each other their hands before the shadowy figure of a factory agent; a large American eagle clutching the American flag; promotional text; and a listing of the factory's several business locations and names of agents. The city's high quality blacksmithship and large local lumber supply made Philadelphia the primary national and international manufacturer of wagons immediately following the Civil War., Title from item., Date of publication supplied by Wainwright., Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 351, Lower left corner missing., Rease, a prominent mid-19th century Philadelphia trade card lithographer known to highlight details of human interest in his advertisements, partnered with Francis Schell in the 1850s, and eventually owned his own press until around 1872.
Creator: Rease, W. H., artist
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W174 [P.2143]

Title: Independence Square recruiting camps
Description: Trade card depicting well-dressed children on the central promenade of Independence Square when used as Camp Independence, Civil War recruitment camp, in September and October 1862. Tents manned by soldiers line the promenade and the children who carry drums, flags, and a hoop, walk between a group of men and a mother and son. Mary Shoemaker operated from 2 North Eighth Street circa 1862-circa 1864., Printed on recto: Childrens Central Clothing Emporium. M. Shoemaker No. 2 North Eighth Street Philadelphia., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 380, Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Philadelphia on Stone
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer
Date: 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W183 [(2)5786.F.138b]

Title: Custom House. Late U. S. Bank
Description: View looking east showing the Custom House, formerly the Second Bank of the United States, built 1821-1824 after the designs of William Strickland at 420 Chestnut Street. Also shows the neighboring Bank of Philadelphia, completed in 1837, also after the designs of Strickland, at 400-408 Chestnut. Pedestrians traverse the sidewalks in front of the banks and across from the buildings. Couples promenade and greet each other, and patrons ascend the stairs of the U.S. Bank and convene in front of the Philadelphia Bank. Also shows two dogs playing in the street and a man exiting the adjacent building (134, i.e., 426 Chestnut) partially visible in the right of the image. Building served as the Custom House 1844-1935., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 2 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 776.4, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2227 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W415.4 [P.2227]

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: United States Hotel, Philadelphia Chestnut Street, between 4th & 5th opposite the Custom House, (late Bank of U.S.) M. P. Mitchell, proprietor
Description: Advertisement showing heavy pedestrian and street activity in front of the large, prominent hotel opened in 1826 following the conversion by John Rea of several properties at 419-423 Chestnut Street. Several carriages, including one marked "U.S. Hotel" line up in front of the hotel. A group of men stand near the entranceway as other guests exit doorways and stand on the verandah. Signage for businesses tenanting the lower floor of the eastern section of the hotel is visible. Businesses include M. J. & C. Croll, tailor; G. W. Duffy's, fashionable hat & cap store; Blanchard & Rock, paper hangings. View includes adjacent buildings, including Farmers & Mechanics Bank (425-429) and W. Christie, upholsterer (411). Couples exit some of the storefronts, individuals promenade on the sidewalk, and a woman talks to two men at the steps of the bank. Also shows a coach traveling in the street near a running dog; two men conversing; two delivery boys, one with a basket standing near a well-dressed man walking and holding a small sack in his hand; and an African American laborer pushing a hand-cart loaded with a crate. The hotel was demolished in 1856 for the erection of the new building for the Bank of Pennsylvania., Date from manuscript note on recto: May 1850., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 780, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 32 U 582, Trimmed.
Creator: Dacre, Henry, b. ca. 1820, artist
Date: [1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 32 U 582

Title: The United States Polka
Description: Sheet music cover containing two views related to the United States Fire Company, the volunteer fire company instituted in 1811. Upper view shows the company fire station at Wood Street above Fourth. Two men stand in front of the firehouse and neighboring buildings are visible. Lower view shows volunteer firefighters, most in uniform, including an African American man, standing around their Philadelphia-style hand-pumper engine. The men wear capelets and hats. Two hold horns and another two rest their hands on the harness of the engine. Also contains a border containing ivy, ribbon, and fire fighting iconography including ladders, hydrants, hoses, and bells., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00020, Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Fire Companies
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Philadelphiana - Fire Companies

Title: U. S. Bank
Description: Possible proof copy of view looking east showing the Second Bank of the United States, built 1821-1824 after the designs of William Strickland at 420 Chestnut Street. Also shows the neighboring Bank of Philadelphia, completed in 1837, also after the designs of Strickland, at 400-408 Chestnut. Pedestrians traverse the sidewalks in front of the banks and across from the buildings. Couples promenade and greet each other, and patrons ascend the stairs of the U.S. Bank and convene in front of the Philadelphia Bank. Also shows two dogs playing in the street and a man exiting the adjacent building (134, i.e., 426 Chestnut) partially visible in the right of the image. Building served as the Custom House 1844-1935., Originally published as plate 2 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., pdcp00018, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 762, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana – Streets – Chestnut - 4th-5th. FLP copy contains albumen print showing the Custom House pasted on recto., See Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53., Title variant of Wainwright 415.4.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Streets - Chestnut - 4th-5th

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