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- Title
- [Cumberland Street east of 26th Street.]
- Description
- Depicts row homes along the south side of Cumberland Street, east of 26th Street., Numbered 2631 on recto., Sheet number: 156B02., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [Edmund Street looking south from Friendship Street, Tacony, Pa.]
- Description
- Depicts row homes along the east side of Edmund Street looking south from Friendship Street., Sheet number: 156B03., Real photo. Divided back. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in the corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [West side of 18th Street north of Columbia Avenue.]
- Description
- Depicts row homes along the west side of 18th Street north of Columbia Avenue., Numbered 6223 on recto., Sheet number: 156B03., Real photo. Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [Fifth Street north of Allegheny Avenue.]
- Description
- Depicts row homes along the west side of 5th Street north of Allegheny Avenue. Includes a grocery store on the corner and a sign for the adjacent cigar store. Also depicts pedestrian and street traffic., Numbered 1062 on recto., Sheet number: 156B05., Real photo. Undivided back. Post marked 1907., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [Southeast corner of 52nd Street and Hazel Avenue.]
- Description
- Depicts row homes along the south side of Hazel Street near 52nd Street., Numbered 38 on recto., Sheet number: 156B06., Real photo. Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [Fifty-sixth Street north of Girard Avenue.]
- Description
- Depicts row homes along the west side of 56th Street north of Girard Avenue., Numbered 5676 on recto., Sheet number: 156B06., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked 1908., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [Green Street west of 19th Street.]
- Description
- Depicts row homes along the south side of Green Street west of 19th Street., Numbered 4906 on recto., Sheet number: 156B07., Real photo. Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [K Street west of Kensington Avenue.]
- Description
- Depicts row homes on K Street west of Kensington Avenue. Includes a sign for H. Trochler, florist, and several school children posing for the picture., Numbered 3892 on recto., Sheet number: 156B08., Real photo. Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1906
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- Mt. Airy Ave. & Chew St., Mt Airy, Philadelphia
- Description
- Depicts residences on the west side of Chew Avenue near Mount Airy Avenue., Sheet number: 156B09., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1905
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [East side of Pulaski Avenue south of Logan Street.]
- Description
- Depicts residences along the east side of Pulaski Avenue south of West Logan Street., Numbered 8381 on recto., Sheet number: 156B09., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked 1910., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [Seventh Street south of York Street.]
- Description
- Depicts residences along North 7th Street south of West York Street. Includes a partial view of a corner store., Numbered 849 on recto., Sheet number: 156B09., Real photo. Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1905
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [Cambridge Street.]
- Description
- Depicts row homes on Cambridge Street., Numbered 5669 on recto., Title illegible., Sheet number: 156B10., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- West Spruce Str., Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Depicts a row of dwellings and trees lining the residential area of West Spruce Street., Numbered 785 on verso., Sheet number: 156A06., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1906
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [Bouvier Street south of Columbia Avenue.]
- Description
- Depicts row homes along the 1600 block of Bouvier Street., Numbered 6394 on recto., Sheet number: 156B01., Real photo. Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [Columbia Avenue covered in snow during the Businessmen's Carnival.]
- Description
- Depicts snow covering Columbia Avenue, along with businesses decorated for the Businessmen's Carnival., Sheet number: 156B02., Real photo. Divided back. VELOX stamp box in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [North side of Columbia Avenue east of 18th Street.]
- Description
- Depicts businesses along the north side of Columbia Avenue, east of 18th Street., Numbered 6300 on recto., Sheet number: 156B02., Real photo. Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- Penn Street looking north, Germantown Pa. postcards
- Description
- Depicts private residences on both sides of Penn Street looking north., Numbered 930 on verso., Sheet numbers: 104A01 and 104A02., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Miscellaneous - 104]
- Title
- Wayne Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Depicts a man walking along the west side of the 5100 block of Wayne Avenue (below Hansberry Street), showing large private residences and trees lining the street. House most clearly visible is 5130 Wayne Avenue, a large Queen Anne style residence constructed ca. 1886. Also includes partial view of the Sally Watson Center at 5128 Wayne Avenue in the left foreground., Numbered 11632 on recto., Sheet number: 104A04., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- c1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Miscellaneous - 104]
- Title
- [Rockland Street near York Road.]
- Description
- Depicts row homes on Rockland Street near York Road in the Logan section of Philadelphia., Sheet number: 156B10., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [Unidentified street scene.]
- Description
- Depicts a large crowd of pedestrians and streetcars on an unidentified street., Sheet number: 156B11., Real photo. Divided back. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- Chestnut Street postcards
- Description
- Contains views of Chestnut Street looking west from Sixth Street, Eighth Street, Ninth Street and Eleventh Street. Also includes views looking east from Sixth Street, Eleventh Street and Sixteenth Street. Depicts one view looking north from Chestnut and Fifth Streets. The Philadelphia Record building, Post Office, United States Custom House and the Pennsylvania Building are the most prominent buildings in these street views., Contains 21 postcards printed in color and 8 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1900-1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Chestnut Street - 46]
- Title
- The little homeless one or "no one to kiss me good night"
- Description
- Sheet music cover containing a view looking down an alley of wooden buildings, probably in Philadelphia. Shows a male figure leaning on a lamppost in front of a girl seated on the sidewalk and leaning on a shed on a street lined with debilitated colonial-style small wooden dwellings., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, Library of Congress: P&P Sheet Music Little Homeless One
- Date
- c1867
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC P&P Sheet Music Little Homeless One
- Title
- North Broad Street postcards
- Description
- Contains views of North Broad Street from City Hall and views looking south toward City Hall from North Broad Street. Includes the Masonic Temple (1-33 North Broad Street); the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church (55-65 North Broad Street); the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Building (112-116 North Broad Street); the Mercantile Club (1422-26 North Broad Street), the Parkway Building and the Sweeten Auto Company Building (117-121 North Broad Street). Also includes an aerial view of North Broad Street from City Hall., Contains 14 postcards printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1900-1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Broad Street - North - 16]
- Title
- Third Street, above Chestnut
- Description
- View of Third Street, between Market and Chestnut Streets, west side, looking north. Includes signage for W.F. Scheible awning, tent and flag manufacturers and stencil cutters (49 S. Third)., Title, photographer's imprint and series number from accompanying printed label., Yellow mount with square corners., Published in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth-Century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1980), plate 227., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French ca. 1867-1869.
- Creator
- Bartlett & French, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - streets [(8)1322.19d]
- Title
- Night -- Market St. looking east from City Hall
- Description
- Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Taken from corridor balcony outlook, inside main entrance. Note: The lamps appearing in upper centre of picture are but reflections of a lamp in the corridor, shining on the window pane through which this picture was taken. Roadway illumination on No. side caused by W. bound traffic. No illumination on So. side because headlights are turned away from camera (E bound traffic)., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry,edited.
- Creator
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1923
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 199 [P.8513.199], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson199.htm
- Title
- Chestnut Street at Strawberry St. about 18[43]
- Description
- Title from manuscript note pasted to lower edge of case., Pad: Dark green velvet., Mat: Lacking mat., Case: Leather. No design., Gift of John Archibald McAllister., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Resealed by CRH [Christine Hindle] 1/79.
- Creator
- Mason, William G.
- Date
- ca. 1843
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Mason [59542.D]
- Title
- Drive near Sweet Briar Mansion postcards
- Description
- Depicts an identified bridge spanning the drive near Sweet Briar Mansion in Fairmount Park., Numbered 2290 on recto., Sheet number: 86A10., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1910-1915
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
- Title
- Lincoln Drive postcards
- Description
- Depicts the s-curve of Lincoln Drive near an unidentified pedestrian bridge spanning Paper Mill (Monoshone) Run. View looking north toward Harvey Street., Contains 11 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- 1905-1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Lincoln Drive - 76]
- Title
- Old houses, N. side of Locust near 5th St. [sic]
- Description
- Depicts a row of old dwellings and businesses along the north side of Locust Street, near Second Street, including a grocer (left) and L. Bernhardt, tailor, at 241. Includes the back of a delivery wagon, a partial view of a carriage (right) and a single pedestrian passing a row of barrels on the sidewalk., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 21., Arcadia caption text: Philadelphia’s numerous blocks of brick rowhouses are the most striking characteristic of the city’s residential architecture. The great local abundance of high quality clay and lime used to make mortar contributed to the prevalence of this style. Photographed at the close of the 19th century, this image captures a row of 18th-century residences on the north side of the 200 block of Locust Street.
- Creator
- Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
- Date
- Negative 1898
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.153]
- Title
- [South side of Gordon Street west of 30th Street.]
- Description
- Depicts a partial view of the Glenwood School at the northwest corner of 30th and Gordon Streets. Includes views of row homes west of the school on Gordon Street and a partial view of a corner store at the southwest corner., Sheet number: 156B10., Real photo. Undivided back. Post marked 1912., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1912
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- Broad St. east side bel. Oxford St. Phila
- Description
- View looking southeast at the fronts of residences on the 1500 block of North Broad Street below Oxford Street. Trees planted at evenly-spaced intervals partially obscure the houses., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [P.9191.3]
- Title
- Twin houses, Green St. Philadelphia
- Description
- View of two identical brick Italianate twin houses with central towers capped by a flat roof with overhanging eaves. Towers extend above the main rooflines. View includes balustrades on the second level and trees in adjacent yards and on sidewalk., Title from manuscript note on mount., Numbers and mathematical equations written on verso of mount in ink., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.8931.5]
- Title
- W[est] side of Main St. G[erman]t[ow]n from School to Church Lane taken from opposite Saving Fund
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of a row of buildings on Germantown Avenue. The road is lined with bricks and has trolley tracks running down the center. A man stands next to the lamppost at the corner in front of a large stone building with "Germantown Saving Fund" carved into the facade., Photographer remarks: Not well focussed. All these Gtn. 5 x 8's taken with (cousin) Rebecca Cooper's camera., Time: 7:30, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 10, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1501]
- Title
- [Street in Manayunk]
- Description
- View looking downhill along a street in Manayunk bordered by snow-covered houses, telephone poles, and wires., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Where from this point, the term "down the street" is literally true. Manyunk [sic] - Phila., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.21: same neg., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Frederic M. Miller, Morris J. Vogel, and Allen F. Davis' Still Philadelphia: A Photographic History, 1890-1940 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983), p. 69.
- Creator
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1923
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 217 [P.8513.217], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson217.htm
- Title
- [Street in Manayunk]
- Description
- View looking downhill along a street in Manayunk bordered by snow-covered houses, telephone poles, and wires., Photographer's manuscript note on verso of duplicate: Where from this point, the term "down the street" is literally true. Manyunk [sic] - Phila., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.217: same neg., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Frederic M. Miller, Morris J. Vogel, and Allen F. Davis' Still Philadelphia: A Photographic History, 1890-1940 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983), p. 69.
- Creator
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1923
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 21 [P.8513.21], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson217.htm
- Title
- [Row houses along north side of Cherry Street, between 2nd and 3rd Streets, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Photographer's manuscript note on verso: The most interesting street from an artistic and colonial viewpoint in Phila., no. side Cherry St bet. 2" and 3 Sts. Mostly Americans live in this square. Note second house from left. An excellent type of colonial home, in good state of preservation. Flemish bond and ribbon front. Formerly a private school for young ladies. Large rooms. High ceilings., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1923
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 138 [P.8513.138], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson138.htm
- Title
- High Street Market, Philadelphia
- Description
- View of the interior of the "Jersey Market" shed on Market Street between Front and Second Streets. Depicts individuals, including a woman and boy, strolling through and in front of the closed market. Partial views of town hall and other market sheds are visible in the distance. The High Street Market established in the late 17th century, began operating from a permanent shed around 1709, providing shoppers twice a week with produce, meats, and wares from New Jersey and Pennsylvania farms., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 10.
- Creator
- W. Birch & Son
- Date
- 1799
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 10/P.2276.18]
- Title
- Bladen's Court, looking south and out to Elfreth's Alley, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- View of the small cobblestone alley looking south toward Elfreth's Alley, showing the front and back elevations of dwellings., Title, photographer and date from manuscript note on verso., 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.
- Creator
- Lightfoot, Frederick S., photographer
- Date
- November 4, 1947
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Lightfoot - Streets [P.9047.35]
- Title
- Walnut St. Theatre, 9th & Walnut Sts. Built 1808
- Description
- View showing the Walnut Street Theatre under construction at 827-833 Walnut Street (corner of Ninth and Walnut Streets). The theater, originally built as a circus in 1809, was altered to a theater in 1816, and remodeled from 1827-1828 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Haviland. Other renovations were completed in 1852 by Hoxie & Button, in 1903 by Willis Gaylord Hale and in 1904 by Rush Anderson Plowman. Also shows adjacent buildings and a United Cigar Stores Co. shop in the foreground, the only portion of the theatre building not undergoing construction. The number 13 trolley is depicted on Walnut Street., Inscribed in negative: 3147., Title from negative sleeve., Modern reference print available.
- Creator
- Hand, Alfred, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.74]
- Title
- Hokey Pokey Man
- Description
- Depicts a street vendor, with a wagon drawn by a donkey and protected by a striped awning, dispensing his wares to two young boys. Includes horse drawn carts in the background. The awning of The James Bell Co. is also visible in the background., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Slide number 41.
- Creator
- Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
- Date
- Negative 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.37]
- Title
- Looking up Market St. from Front
- Description
- Wagons, trolleys and pedestrians crowd the street and sidewalks in front of the shops along the north side of Market Street, west of Front Street. Names of businesses are painted on signboards along the block. Visible names include F. Frenzell, Vance & Co. and Coates Bros. Wool. A cigar shop occupies the southwest corner lot in the foreground., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
- Creator
- Browne, John C. (John Coates), 1838-1918, photographer
- Date
- Negative July 1882
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.173]
- Title
- [Unidentified street.]
- Description
- Depicts row homes along an unidentified street and a delicatessen and cigar store on each corner in the foreground., Numbered 2589 on recto., Sheet number: 156B10., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked 1908., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [West side of Fifty-second Street north of Jefferson Street.]
- Description
- Depicts a confectionery shop next to dwellings on 52nd Street, north of Jefferson Street., Numbered 8204 on recto., Sheet number: 156B11., Real photo. Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Brightbill, George M., collector
- Date
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]
- Title
- [Main Street, 4300 block with patriotic bunting, Manayunk]
- Description
- Depicts a brick row of shops along the 4300 block of Main Street, decorated with flags and patriotic bunting. Awnings cover the first floor shop windows of businesses like Jos. H. Maurer's Hardware store (4345 Main Street), and a florist shop several units to the north. Pedestrians crowd the sidewalk, especially further north near Levering Street. Depicts the block during the Manayunk Carnival and Parade, an event held from November 8 to 13, 1909, to celebrate the formation of the Manayunk Business Men's Association., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
- Creator
- Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
- Date
- November 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8988]
- Title
- Dock Street and environs, Society Hill, Philadelphia
- Description
- Aerial views of Dock Street in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia. Views face north from the vicinity of Pine and Front Streets. The Delaware River, Benjamin Franklin Bridge, piers and industrial buildings lining Front Street are visible to the east and the view west extends to 2nd Street. The United States Custom House can also be seen., Negative numbers: 21908s, 21909s, 21913s, 21915s, 21917s., Manuscript note on negative sleeves: Dock St. area, Phila., Pa., (for John P. Donovan Co.), 6-25-41.
- Creator
- Aero Service Corporation, photographer
- Date
- 1941
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.21908s; P.8990.21909s; P.8990.21913s; P.8990.21915s; P.8990.21917s]
- Title
- Broad St. looking N. from Sansom St. on 3rd day of Centennial of our Constitution, showing Arch with coats of arms of states. [Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Broad Street filled with people and carriages during the Centennial celebrations. Spanning the street is a large archway decorated with coats of arms and surmounted by an eagle. Flags fly from the surrounding buildings and people lean out windows to look down on the street. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Time: 10, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- Septmeber 17, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1223]
- Title
- National Bank & old houses from there to Armat St. from cor[ner] of Market Sq[uare], [Germantown]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of the National Bank at 5504 Germantown Avenue, a two-story stone building with an elaborate cornice and decorative iron bars over the windows designed by James Charles Sidney (1819-1881). Trolley tracks run down the center of the brick road. A telephone pole stands in front of the bank and a lamp post stands on the corner to the left. Other buildings line the road to the right. The National Bank of Germantown was chartered by the state of Pennsylvania in 1813 and began operations in 1814 in the parlor of the house of Dr. Charles Bensell. The bank built a new building on this site in 1868. The building was altered in 1890, 1907, and 1930., Time: 8:00 AM, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 10, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1505]
- Title
- [Walter Graham, wholesale & retail grocer, northwest corner of Market and Sixteenth Streets, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Exterior view showing storefront at 1601 Market Street. Also depicts adjoining businesses including John S. Hansell, produce dealer at 1605 Market. Image includes two delivery wagons, barrels lining the sidewalk, and street railway tracks. Graham and Hansell are first listed in city directories simultaneously at this location in 1862., Nonpareil brass mat., Leather case with geometric design. Front cover separated. Losses in leather., Deep blue velvet pad, stamped., Image damaged at upper right along roofline., Similar view reproduced in Robert Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs, 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1976) page 98.
- Date
- ca. 1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - unidentified [P.9669.17]
- Title
- Post Office
- Description
- View of the U.S. Post Office and U.S. Courts building at the southwest corner of Chestnut and 5th Streets. Opened February 23, 1863, the building was used as a post office until 1884. View also shows commercial buildings on the south side of Chestnut and includes pedestrians, a produce wagon and people distributing printed materials on the steps of the custom house., Title, photographer's imprint and series number from accompanying printed label with stereograph., Stereograph on yellow mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French ca. 1867-1869.
- Creator
- Bartlett & French, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Government Buildings [(8)1322.F.1e-1 & 21c]
- Title
- Post Office
- Description
- View of the U.S. Post Office and U.S. Courts building at the southwest corner of Chestnut and 5th Streets. Opened February 23, 1863, the building was used as a post office until 1884. View also shows commercial buildings on the south side of Chestnut., Photographer's imprint stamped on recto., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on mount: Post Office. Chestnut St. above 4th Street., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Bartlett & Smith, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1869]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - government buildings [(8)1322.F.21b]