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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: [Building on German Street near Calvert, Baltimore, MD]
Description: Glass negative showing German Street in Baltimore. Tall buildings and telegraph wires line the street. The cobblestone street has trolley lines running down the center., Same building a little further off., Time: A.M., 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: February 22, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.833]

Title: [Building on German Street near Calvert, Baltimore, MD]
Description: Glass negative showing German Street in Baltimore. Tall buildings and telegraph wires line the street. The cobblestone street has trolley lines running down the center., Same building a little further off., Time: A.M., Light: Good bright 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: February 22, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.834]

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: Winter street cleaning in Philadelphia
Description: Depicts three men using water pressure from a large hose and a shovel to clean a Philadelphia street. Includes a sketch of a lady in period dress holding a parasol on verso., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Events - [P.2002.67.28]

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: Front St. Hamilton from window of Mr. Allen's (U.S. Consul) office, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing Front Street at Hamilton filled with pedestrians and carriages. Nearly every buiilding on the left side of the street has its own flagpole. The masts of tall sailing ships sitting in the harbor are visible on the right. Pedestrians and carriages travel down the street and sidewalk., Time: 1:10, Light: Good sun out., 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: March 31, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.933]

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: Leopold building & one next to it, Baltimore St. Baltimore, [MD], upper stories only
Description: Glass negative showing the multi-story Leopold building on Baltimore Street seen from a second story curtained window across the street. The center building is tall, with rounded windows on the second highest story. The buildings to the left and right are shorter with a signs that reads "Mackenzie" and "Boot [...]", Time: A.M., 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: February 22, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.836]

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: [Bronson's tobacco factory & office]
Description: View of a commercial block in Toledo, Ohio showing storefronts of several businesses including C. Bronson, tobacco; Whitaker & French; and Whitaker, Phillips & Co., hardware. Foreground contains undeveloped lot., Discolored black and orange mount with square corners., Title from manuscript caption clipped from scrapbook., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American Views., Companion piece to stereoview entitled "Bronson's block after the fire" (5739.F.47d)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia - Ohio [5739.F.47a]

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]

Title: Fourth Street above Pine Street
Description: View looking south on Fourth Street, including Daniel Donnelly's tavern (310 S. 4th). Three men stand near the entranceway of the tavern. Also shows the adjacent business, "Browning's new cheap store," possibly the cigar store of Ellen Browning. Browning tenanted 315 S. 4th Street in 1858., Date and photographer's monogram inscribed in negative., Title from manuscript note on mount: 4th above Pine., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Published in Robert F. Looney's Old Philadelphia in early photographs 1839-1914 (New York: Published in cooperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia by Dover Publications, Inc., 1976), plate 53.
Creator: Odiorne, Henry B., 1805-1860, photographer
Date: August 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Odiorne - F [(7)1322.F.71a

Title: [Commercial street scene, unidentified location]
Description: View showing a street lined with storefronts. A horse-drawn cart and horse-drawn conestoga wagon travel in the street., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9260.91]

Title: [Village street scene]
Description: Village street scene, possibly in Cuba, with pedestrian and street traffic including a woman, a Black man, and a horse-drawn wagon. The roofs of the buildings are tinted green., Title supplied by cataloger., Purchase 1988., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Rich, a professional Philadelphia landscape photographer, was an avid traveler.
Creator: Rich, James Bartlett, 1866-1942, photographer
Date: [ca. 1905]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Lantern Slides - Rich [P.9266.1243]

Title: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, from Sixth to Seventh, south side
Description: Street scene showing commercial establishments on the block including the Public Ledger building. Depicts the western corner of the State House covered with theater broadsides., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Green mounts with square corners., Manuscript note on verso of P.9260.65: Philadelphia Jany 28/71. Chestnut St. from 6th to 7th - south side., One of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Duplicate view entitled Ledger Building published by R. Newell & Son, number 212 in their series on public buildings and street views (P.9047.33)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: Jan. 28, 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - streets [(8)1322.F.25e; P.9260.65]

Title: [Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, from Sixth to Seventh, south side.]
Description: Street scene showing commercial establishments on the block including the Public Ledger Building. Depicts the western corner of the State House covered with theater broadsides., Title from duplicate view published as a stereograph by R. Newell, 724 Arch St. (P.9260.65)., Originally from a McAllister scrapbook., Also published as a stereoview entitled Ledger Building by R. Newell & Son, number 212 in their series on public buildings and street views (P.9047.33)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date: [1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - streets [(6)1332.F.117d]

Title: Centennial of the U.S. Constitution. 9 mo. 15, 16 + 17, 1887. The Arch at Broad and Chestnut, [Philadelphia]
Description: Photograph 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., Photograph from negative number 1223., 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: September 17, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9844.49]

Title: The city of Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view looking east from West Philadelphia showing the city between West Philadelphia, the Schuylkill River, East Falls/Germantown, and Southwark/Grey's Ferry. Shows the residential, commercial, industrial, religious, educational, and cultural buildings lining the streets and outer lying areas of Center City. Also shows the Schuylkill River, grounds of the Centennial Exhibition (West Fairmount Park); Treaty, Smith, and Windmill islands; Camden, NJ. and public utilities, bridges, railroad depots, and reservoirs. Includes from north to south, Glenwood and Oddfellows Cemetery, Columbia Bridge, Centennial buildings (Art Gallery, Memorial Hall, Main Hall), Connecting R.R. Bridge, Reading R.R. coal wharves (Port Richmond), Germantown, Girard Avenue Bridge, Fairmount Park, Kensington Depot, House of Refuge, Eastern Penitentiary, Fairmount Water Works, Wire Bridge, Reading Depot, Penn. R.R. Depots & Car Works (West Philadelphia), Franklin Square, Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul, Logan Square, Market Street Bridge, New York Depot, New Post Office, Masonic Temple, future City Hall, Chestnut Street Bridge, Independence Hall, Public Ledger Building, Continental Hotel, La Pierre House, Washington Square, Academy of Music, Rittenhouse Square, Pennsylvania General Hospital, Philadelphia and Baltimore R.R., South Street Bridge, Navy Yard, Jefferson Square, Moyamensing Prison, Baltimore Depot, and U. S. Arsenal and Naval Asylum Building. Masts of docked ships line the piers along the Delaware and vessels sail on the waters of both rivers. Train, pedestrian, and street traffic is also visible on the city road ways and railroads. Key to major landmarks and streets printed below the image. Streets include Girard Avenue, Westminster Avenue, Aspen Street, Fadline Street, Haverford Street, Bridge Street, Powelton Street, Lancaster Avenue, Market Street, Chestnut Street, Walnut Street, and South Street., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 137, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 865 P 267
Creator: Parsons & Atwater, artist
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Bc 865 P 267

Title: ASSU Illustration 6204
Description: Block numbered in two places: 6204, also 1417 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a boy selling books (Bibles?) in the street, carrying a tray suspended around his neck while extending one to a man looking on; several other people are gathered around, including women wearing cloth headdresses resembling wimples., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Am.S.S.U” – Back of block in three places., “Italy. Buy the light, the true light” – Inscribed on side of block.
Date: [between 1861 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 22

Title: California State Building.
Description: View of building with awning covered windows and the street and street light in foreground.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial album [P.8965.11c]

Title: Birds-eye view from George's Hill.
Description: View of Centennial grounds looking down the Avenue of the Republic. Street lamps, benches, and fences in the foreground with various buildings in background.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial album [P.8965.11d]

Title: Merchants' Exchange
Description: View of the east front of the Merchants' Exchange, showing the rotunda and cupola of the building constructed between 1832 and 1833 after designs by William Strickland for the Philadelphia Exchange Company. Photograph taken from the the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut Streets. A cart loaded with boxes sits in the foreground and a sign for H. M. Hillman Metals is visible in a window on the ground level., Inscribed in negative: 3291., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.88]

Title: [Office of surveyors Clement B. and John H. Webster, 4534 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts the west side of the 4500 block of Frankford Avenue, taken from Oxford Street. Three story, brick commercial buildings line the middle of the block, including L.J. Faber's cigar store (4526); three connected brick buildings with glass store fronts (4528-32); the one story office of surveyors Clement B. and John H. Webster; another cigar store (4538) and John J. Stewart's flour, feed, hay and straw business (4540). A small alley leading to the Frankford Meeting House separates L.J. Faber's cigar store from the other businesses. Two men stand on the northeast corner looking toward the camera., Modern reference print #11 available in research file., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.131]

Title: [Northeast corner of Chestnut and Second streets]
Description: View looking east on Chestnut Street showing the north side of the block including Caspar Souder, bootmaker (43 Chestnut Street), and a leather store., Title supplied by cataloguer., Probably a reproduction of an 1843 daguerreotype by William G. Mason. See P.2282.16., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Streets - Chestnut [(3)1322.F.73d]

Title: Market Street postcards
Description: Contains images of store fronts, automobile and pedestrian traffic and City Hall looking east and west on Market Street. Views depict Market Street looking: at the Market Street loop; west from 2nd Street; east from 6th Street, showing Wanamaker & Brown; west from 7th Street, showing Lit Brothers and the Ladies' Cafe; Penn National Bank at the southwest corner of 7th and Market Streets; west from 8th Street, showing Strawbridge & Clothier and Gimbel's; north from 8th and Market Streets; east and west from 9th Street; west from 10th Street, showing Woolworth & Co. 5 and 10 store; west of 11th Street showing the Denckla, Inquirer and Reading Terminal buildings and Market Street east from 11th and 12th Streets and City Hall tower. Includes an airplane view of Market Street looking west., Contains 35 postcards printed in color and 13 printed in black and white. Also contains 1 linen postcard., 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: 1900-1935
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Market Street - 135]

Title: Jonathan Evans' House, 322 Union Street, now DeLancey
Description: View of the residence built for Jonathan Evans circa 1786 at 322 Union Street, including three houses nearby. The size and style of these neighboring homes contrast greatly. A man in a suit and hat sits with two children on the stairs below the bow window of 324 Union Street. A woman stands outside of 320 and two men sit on the stairs of 318 Union Street, both much smaller than the homes nearby. Occupied by Joseph Ley circa 1880., Inscribed in negative: 3624., Title from negative sleeve., Jonathan Evans descended from the Evans family that settled in Gwynedd, PA circa 1698. Evans was active in the Quaker community in Philadelphia, and was a leading figure in the Hicksite separation of 1827., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.131]

Title: Ledger Building, Sixth and Chestnut Streets
Description: Faded street scene showing commercial establishments on the block including the Public Ledger Building built 1866-67 after designs by Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr. Depicts the western corner of the State House covered with theater broadsides., Title and publisher's imprint from series list printed on verso. One of 106 numbered titles in the series (No. 139-245)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Also published as a half stereoview mounted on paper [(6)1322.F.117d]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret., Robert Newell's son Henry entered the business in 1872 and the name changed to "R. Newell & Son".
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [P.2010.6.17]

Title: Walnut Street Theatre, Philada
Description: View showing the Walnut Street Theatre at 827-833 Walnut Street (corner of Ninth and Chestnut 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. Also shows men sitting and standing near the corner of the building, along with adjacent row homes on the north side of the block looking east., Title from inscription on mount., Inscribed on mount: No. 1486., 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. 17., Arcadia caption text: The rowhouses on the north side of the 800 block of Walnut Street shown here c. 1865 no longer exist, but the Walnut Street Theatre still stands, holding the title of America’s oldest theater. Built by Victor Pepin and Jean Breschard, circus promoters who brought their equestrian and human acts to the United States from Europe, the theater has operated continuously since opening in 1809 as the New Circus. Architect John Haviland made extensive alterations in 1828, when it permanently changed its name to the Walnut Street Theatre., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer [P.9107.1]

Title: Elfreth's Alley, looking west towards Second Street. Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View of cobblestone street flanked by small rowhouses looking west toward Second Street. Shows a little girl halfway down the street on the sidewalk near a group of pigeons. Also includes signs for "Coach House Restaurant" and "Olde Alley ... Poor Richard" in the distant background., Title, photographer and date from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Bladen's Court extends north at arrow right. Lightfoot's daughter on pavement left by pigeons., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Named after Jeremiah Elfreth, the blacksmith that owned a large number of the properties on Elfreth's Alley between Front and Second Streets. Oldest preserved residential street in Philadelphia consisting of brick Trinity houses built early to mid eighteenth century., 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.9047.36]

Title: Chestnut Street crowded
Description: View looking along Chestnut Street showing a crowd of spectators packing the street and sidewalks for an unidentified event. A large clock is visible across the street on the sidewalk., Title printed on mount below image., Decorative printed floral pattern flanks image., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9047.125]

Title: Chesnut [sic] St. east from Nineteenth
Description: View looking east on Chestnut Street from Nineteenth Street, primarily showing the north front and west flank of Dr. David Jayne's corner residence built 1865-66 after designs by John McArthur, Jr.. Trees in the foreground obscure upper stories of dwellings east of the Jayne residence. A lamppost in the foreground has "Nineteenth" and "Chestnut" inscribed in the fixture. Residence demolished 1922., Title on negative., Copy photograph attributed to James Cremer based on imprint on duplicate photograph in the collections (stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.9212.16])., Manuscript note on verso: Chesnut St. east from 19th, Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9208.4]

Title: [Chestnut Street east from Nineteenth Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View looking east on Chestnut Street from Nineteenth Street, primarily showing the north front and west flank of Dr. David Jayne's corner residence built 1865-66 after designs by John McArthur, Jr.. Trees in the foreground obscure upper stories of dwellings east of the Jayne residence. A lamppost in the foreground has "Nineteenth" and "Chestnut" inscribed in the fixture. Residence demolished 1922., Title supplied by cataloger., Printed text on mount: Chesnut Street, Philadelphia., Manuscript note on verso: E. from 19th St., Photographer's imprint in black text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.9212.16]

Title: 22d and Green Sts., Philada
Description: View of dwellings and landscaped lawns separated by iron fences on the 2200 block Green Street. Two fountains decorate the lawns in the foreground. Possibly from 2222-2224 Green Street looking east., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint in black text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.9260.44]

Title: Custom House & E. end of State House from 4 & Library Sts. 2nd story, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the custom house at Fourth and Library Street, a large building with pillars and a wide staircase. The clocktower of another building is visible in the distance and horse-drawn carriages travel down the road in the foreground. A building on the right bears a sign reading "F. Bernhardt.", Photographer remarks: Good sun., Time: 10:15, 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: June 15, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1139]

Title: [Custom House & E. end of State House from 4 & Library Sts. 2nd story. Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the custom house at Fourth and Library Street, a large building with pillars and a wide staircase. The clocktower of another building is visible in the distance and horse-drawn carriages travel down the road in the foreground. A building on the right bears a sign reading "F. Bernhardt.", Photographer remarks: Better density., Time: 10:20, Same as last., 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: June 15, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1140]

Title: The London Hotel, N.W. corner 7th & Arch. Soon to be torn down
Description: Glass negative showing the London Hotel, a large building set on the corner of Seventh and Arch Streets. A sign at the top of the building reads "The London...Temperance Hotel" and a sign on the first floor awning reads "Gas Stoves." Horse-drawn carts wait outside the building and trolley tracks run down the cobblestone street. A building to the left has a sign reading "St. Cloud Hotel.", 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: October, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.784]

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