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Title: Statue of Stephen Girard in Girard College
Description: Interior view of marble, life-size statue of Stephen Girard standing atop a sarcophagus in Founder's Hall. Francois Victor Gevelot designed the sarcophagus that holds the remains of Girard. A man in a bowler hat and suit leans on the wrought iron railing separating the public from the monument., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Founder's Hall, also identified as the main building, built 1833-1847 after designs by Thomas Ustick Walter. Endowed by philanthropist Stephen Girard to educate boys without fathers. Girard ran away from home in France at the age of fourteen, worked his way up to ship captain and landed in the states in 1776. He became one of the wealthiest men in America before his death seventeen years before the opening of Girard College in 1848.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative 1886, printed 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.152]

Title: H. S. Tarr's marble yard, no. 274 Green St. above Seventh Philadelphia Pa. [graphic] / Lith. by W. H. Rease N. E. cor. 4th & Chesnut.
Description: LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #83., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator: Rease, W. H. lithographer., creator
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W166-1.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W166.1 [P.2073]

Title: [Hamm monument, Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View showing a standing angel sepulchral monument with a bench at its base surrounded by an iron fence., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: Monument in Woodland Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa., Yellow 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. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Cemeteries [7992.F.10]

Title: [William Hill Moore monument, Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View showing the Gothic monument erected for William Hill Moore, a manager of the Woodlands and an undertaker in Philadelphia., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: Monument in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa., Yellow 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. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Cemeteries [7992.F.11]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing rows and clusters of monuments and gravestones in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Title from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Cemeteries [8353.F.5]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View looking toward South Laurel Hill showing the connecting bridge (built 1864) over Hunting Park Avenue between South and Central Laurel Hill. View includes fenced plots, monuments, headstones, and mausoleums. Laurel Hill Cemetery, built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue, acquired the central property in 1863., Title from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Cemeteries [P.9191.6]

Title: View at North Laurel Hill Phila, Pa
Description: Shows a man laying down and reading near a sarcophagus in the cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows rows of monuments and headstones in the background., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title from label on negative., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Union View Co.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo -Union View Company - Cemeteries [P.9963.4]

Title: [Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing an iron-work bench, headstones, and a sepulchral monument in the cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman. Also shows a section of the Falls Bridge over the Schuylkill River in the distant background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.45d]

Title: View from south Laurel Hill Cemetery, looking west
Description: Shows two women standing in front of a fenced plot of gravestones. View also shows surrounding plots and an ironwork chair designed by Robert Wood & Co. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. The cemetery expanded south in 1844., Title from manuscript note on verso., Trimmed yellow mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50a]

Title: View at north Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing a man standing next to a monument near a dirt path in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows rows of monuments and gravestones in the background., Title from label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Stamped on mount: Penn. & Delaware Views, Wholesale Depot for Stereoscopes and Views, 113 Washington Street,... Boston., 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 circa 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Cemeteries [P.8484.2]

Title: Cedar Glenn [sic], Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing a man standing in a grove of trees and bushes near a headstone in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows several residential buildings in the distant background and fencing in the foreground., Title from label on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Duplicate of P.9058.147., 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 circa 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Cemeteries [P.8484.16]

Title: Cedar Glenn [sic], Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing a man standing in a grove of trees and bushes near a headstone in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows several residential buildings in the distant background and fencing near a gravestone in the foreground.., Title from label on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Attributed to Bartlett & French., Duplicate of P.8484.16., 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 circa 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Cemeteries [P.9058.147]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View looking from the connecting bridge (built 1864) over Hunting Park Avenue between South and Central Laurel Hill showing South Laurel Hill. View includes fenced plots, monuments, headstones, and mausoleums. Laurel Hill Cemetery, built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue, aquired the central property in 1863., Title from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., 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. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Cemeteries [P.9260.24]

Title: [Entrance to Printers' Cemetery at Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows a man standing in front of the Gothic Revival-style gate to the Printers' Cemetery. Woodlands Cemetery was chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton at 3900 Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemteries [(8)1322.F.45c]

Title: Brolasky vault, Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: Shows the vault of dry-goods merchant and real estate magnate Simon Brolasky in the cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Vault adorned with two sculptures of female figures., Label on verso listing over sixty cemetery and volunteer fire department views published by the firm., Grey mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Jane Carson James., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Cemeteries [P.9299.24]

Title: Chapel of the Lebanon Cemetery
Description: View of the chapel with steeple at the African American rural cemetery founded in 1849 at Passyunk Road near 18th and Wolf streets in South Philadelphia. Also shows monuments in the cemetery and visitors, including a family. Cemetery protected by a stone wall with iron fencing, including an iron gate. Cemetery was condemned in 1899 and closed in 1903, with the bodies removed to Eden Cemetery., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 103, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 63 L 441, Repair upper left edge.
Creator: Dubois, George, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 63 L 441

Title: View from West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Description: View looking south from the rural cemetery established near the Schuylkill River valley in 1869 at 227 Belmont Avenue in Bala Cynwd. Shows a couple seated at a path. Behind them stand a small cluster of monuments in a meadow surrounded by trees that overlooks the river. The Girard Avenue and New York Connecting Railway bridges are visible in the distant background., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 783, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 631 La 373, The Kellogg firm, founded by Daniel Wright Kellogg in 1830, was reorganized as Kellogg & Bulkeley in 1871 when General William Henry Bulkeley joined the company.
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 631 La 373

Title: Monument to Commodore Hull
Description: View of the tomb of Isaac Hull, Commodore in the United States Navy. Hull's tomb was constructed and designed similarly to the tomb of Roman consul Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, except for the eagle that rests on the decorative scroll work of the lid. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 30 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia: with numerous illustrations (Philadelphia: For sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 480
Creator: Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.30a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.30a]

Title: Monument to J.S. Lewis, Esq
Description: View showing two men working with a slab of stone in front of the tomb of Joseph S. Lewis, president of the Schuylkill Navigation Company and chairman of the Watering Committee of the Philadelphia Councils. A carving on the side of the tomb shows the Fairmount Waterworks and dam. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 33 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia: with numerous illustrations (Philadelphia: For sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 482
Creator: Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.33a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.33a]

Title: Family monuments of J.A. Brown Esqr
Description: View of the Gothic monument adorned by shafted pillars, arches with cinque and trefoiled interarches, rosettes, and buttresses surmounted by pinacles, built in honor of John A. Brown's three daughters in Laurel Hill Cemetery. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 35 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia: with numerous illustrations (Philadelphia: For sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 242
Creator: Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.35a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.35a]

Title: Benjamin Franklin's grave, 5th and Arch St
Description: View showing the flat headstone over the grave of Benjamin Franklin in Christ Church cemetery at 420-424 Arch Street. Includes adjacent headstones, a large crowd of spectators looking at the grave from behind an iron fence, and the front facades of buildings on Arch Street behind the cemetery., Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Cemeteries [P.9299.124]

Title: Harris'es monument in Woodland Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing the large monument in the cemetery at 3900 Woodland Avenue. The monument is comprised of a stone canopy enshrining a sculpted figure kneeling at a cross atop a pedestal. The canopy is adorned by an urn and the monument is surrounded by a stone enclosure. Also shows the Woodlands Mansion, built 1742, remodeled and enlarged between 1787 and 1790 for William Hamilton, in the right background. The estate was purchased in 1840 by the Woodlands Cemetery Company., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from manuscript note on verso., Yellow 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. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Cemeteries [7992.F.20]

Title: [Laurel Hill Cemetery, view looking north from ridge, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows a partial view of a monument and a horse-drawn wagon. Also shows the Falls Bridge over the Schuylkill River in the distant background. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman. Falls Bridge was erected by mason Christian Swartz in 1853., Title supplied by cataloguer., Unmounted trimmed stereograph., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.127e]

Title: [Laurel Hill Cemetery, Maria Miles Heyward monument, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the tomb for the wife of U.S. Representative William Drayton. Reads "Maria Miles Heyward of South Carolina. Widow of William Drayton. Born October XX MDCCLXXXIV (i.e. October 20, 1784), Died January XVII MDCCCLXII (i.e. January 17, 1863)." Also shows surrounding plots. Laurel Hill Cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title supplied by cataloguer., Trimmed yellow paper mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(3)1322.F.50g]

Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: View showing a man leaning on fencing surrounding a plot in the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Also shows several surrounding monuments and headstones in fenced plots including headstones in the foreground dedicated to Joseph Cake and Margaret Bishop., Title from label on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Attributed to Bartlett & French., 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 circa 1867-1868.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Cemeteries [P.8484.14]

Title: Monuments at Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia
Description: Views showing the monument for Stephen H. Tyng, reverend of the Church of Epiphany and an elaborate sculpture monument, including a reclining female figure, inscribed "Hobson." Views also include iron work fencing and surrounding gravesites., Yellow paper mounts with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.45f-g]

Title: Monuments at Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia
Description: Views showing the monument for Stephen H. Tyng, reverend of the Church of Epiphany and an elaborate sculpture monument, including a reclining female figure, inscribed "Hobson." Views also include iron work fencing and surrounding gravesites., Yellow paper mounts with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.45f-g]

Title: General view of Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: Bird's eye view showing part of the grounds of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. In the foreground, horse-drawn carriages approach the main gate (visible in the left) of the cemetery that contains tombs, monuments, and a Gothic-style chapel., Frontispiece to Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: For sale at the cemetery, and by the treasurer, 1847) and alter editions., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 294.2, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.7 and in Am 1847 Phi Lau 10497.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Date: [ca. 1847]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W148.2 [P.9830.7]

Title: Church of St. James the Less (Episcopal.) Rector Rev. A. Tenbrueck Ridge Avenue, near Laurel Hill - Falls Schl
Description: View showing the Gothic-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1846-1850 after the designs of English architect George Gordon Place at 3200-3230 West Clearfield Street in East Falls near Laurel Hill Cemetery. Also shows the bells in the church spire and tombstones in the church cemetery. The Ecclesiological Society, a British church architecture society, provided the plans for the church to be recreated in the style of a 13th-century English country parish., Title, date, and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on accompanying label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry,edited., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 67. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., McClees 1855-11., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel's Nineteenth century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications, Inc. in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), entry #87., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Churches and meetinghouses [(5)2526.F.10b]

Title: Tomb of Dr. E.K. Kane, in Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: Shows the Kane family hillside vault including the remains of Philadelphia Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane. Laurel Hill cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title from publisher's label pasted on verso., Grey paper mount with square corners., Printed on mount: Tomb of Dr. Kane., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.45e]

Title: [Entrance to Printers' Cemetery at Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Side-view showing a man standing in front of the Gothic Revival-style gate to the Printers' Cemetery. Woodlands Cemetery was chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton at 3900 Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloguer., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.45i]

Title: The Swedes' Church, Southwark. (From the south east.) Rector Rev. J.G. Clay, D.D Called Gloria Dei Church
Description: Exterior view of the Episcopalian, former Lutheran, church built 1700-1703 by master builder John I. Harrison at 929 South Water Street. Also shows tombstones in the adjacent cemetery of the church., Title and date from Poulson inscription on accompanying label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 42 or 43. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., McClees 1856-6., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Churches and meetinghouse [(5)2526.F.45]

Title: Marble monument of John M. Clayton at Dover Del. executed by J. Struthers & Son, Philada
Description: View showing the monument for Delaware Senator and Secretary of State John M. Clayton in the Presbyterian Church of Dover cemetery known as Old Presbyterian Cemetery. Tomb inscribed "Born July 24, 1796. Died Nov. 9, 1856." Also shows a man near a hoist, a partial view of the church steeple, and surrounding buildings in the background., Title from manuscript note on mount., Attributed to Frederick De Bourg Richards., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American views.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer.
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Monuments & statues - C [5739.F.85a]

Title: Views of a cemetery
Description: Shows funeral processions passing a man reclining on a hilltop adorned with mausoleums, possibly in Laurel Hill Cemetery, and arriving at a plot enclosed by a circular fence at an unidentified cemetery. Views include a minister; an open grave; grave diggers; mourners; horse-drawn carriages; and a distant view of a body of water. One view also contains an ornate border including a crucifix, sepulchral monuments, and vaults. Vaults inscribed "Anderson"; "Sylancliff"; and "Holmes.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 264, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Cemeteries [(7)1322.F.458b; P.2277.27]

Title: Monument to Genl. Mercer. ; Monument to W.Y. Birch
Description: View of two monuments in Laurel Hill Cemetery designed by architect J.M. Hamilton. The square pillar surmounted by an urn (left) is for General Hugh Mercer, a physician, and brigadier general in the Continental Army. The column and urn on the right is for William Young Birch, a native of Manchester, England, who moved to the states in 1793 and established himself as a bookseller and stationer in Philadelphia. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 25 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia: with numerous illustrations (Philadelphia: For sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 481
Creator: Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.25a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.25a]

Title: Monument to Oscar Douglass ; Mausoleum E.W. Robinson Esq
Description: View of two monuments in Laurel Hill Cemetery including a square pillar monument designed by J.M. Hamilton for Oscar Douglass, a Philadelphia fireman. The mausoleum on the right, adorned by Doric columns, pilasters, and a memorial wreath in the entablature, is for Edward William Robinson. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Plate opposite p. 27 in Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia: with numerous illustrations (Philadelphia: For sale at the Cemetery, and by the Treasurer; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 484
Creator: Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.27a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.27a]

Title: Statue of Stephen Girard, Girard College, Phila
Description: View of the full-length Girard College statue of Stephen Girard, his hands crossed at his waist. The life-size marble statue, instated in 1846, was installed in front of Girard's sarcophagus in the Main Hall (i.e., Founder's Hall) of Girard College around 1851., Title printed on mount., Photographer's blind stamp on mount., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James W. Queen & Co., opticians, No. 924 Chestnut St., Philadelphia., White mount with square corners., Founder's Hall, also identified as the main building, built 1833-1847 after designs by Thomas Ustick Walter. Endowed by philanthropist Stephen Girard to educate boys without fathers. Girard ran away from home in France at the age of fourteen, worked his way up to ship captain and landed in the states in 1776. He became one of the wealthiest men in America before his death seventeen years before the opening of Girard College in 1848., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim Brothers copyrighted a series of stereographs with labels inscribed: "American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philadelphia" in 1858. They continued to produce stereographs until 1865, when they withdrew from the American Stereoscopic Co.
Creator: American Stereoscopic Company
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Monuments and statues [P.9462.4]

Title: Gardel Memorial, Mt. Vernon Cemetry
Description: View of the pyramid-shaped marble Gardel Monument erected in 1864 in Mount Vernon Cemetery. Commissioned by French teacher Bertrand Gardel for his wife, Julia Hawks Gardel, who died while touring Damascus, Syria., Title printed on mount., Orange 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. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Cemeteries [P.9047.46]

Title: Thomas Hargrave ornamental carver and sculptor s.w. corner of Ridge Road & 13th St
Description: Advertisement showing the three-story business facade, adorned with signage, and the adjacent marble yard at N. 13th Street and Ridge Avenue (east of North Broad and north of Spring Garden streets). A female patron enters the doorway of the establishment in which a monument adorned with a figure in recline is visible within the window. Below the window, signage for "Union Refectory. Oysters Terrapins & Game in Season by Charles Epley" hangs. A male patron descends the stairs to the oyster cellar. A man and boy admire the sepulchral monuments and headstones, many ornamented, which crowd the adjacent fenced, marble yard. Ornamentations include eagles, urns, a female figure at recline, and the inscription "Mother." In the street, a horse-drawn cart is positioned to receive goods across from a stopped "Girard College & Green Hill Chesnut [sic] and Thirteenth" omnibus. A couple exits the rear of the horse-drawn vehicle that is filled with passengers. A landscape view decorates the cab. In the background, neighboring buildings, one with smoking chimneys, are visible. Hargrave established his business at the address in 1844 and operated from the location until the later 1860s., Date supplied by Wainwright., Poulson inscription on recto: Dec. 28, 1858, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 751, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Reynolds worked from Gaskill Street 1844-1852.
Creator: Reynolds, Robert F., artist
Date: [ca. 1848]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W402 [P.2217]

Title: Tombs in Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: Shows a man standing next to the rock-altar monument for Philadelphia humorist John Clay Neal. Monument includes plaque that reads "Joseph C. Neal Born 1807-Died 1847. A tribute of affectionate regret from those who loved him as a man and admired him as an author." View also shows ironwork fencing designed by Robert Wood & Co. and adjacent burial vaults. Cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title printed on mount., Name of photographer from duplicate. [(8)1322.F.49m]., Buff mount with square corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [P.8979.2]

Title: [Mansion at Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Shows the mansion built for botanist William Hamilton in the 1780s on the West Philadelphia estate converted to a cemetery in 1840. Also shows a man and a woman with a parasol standing near a mausoleum in front of the mansion. Mansion was used as the residence of the cemetery superintendent., Title supplied by cataloguer., Orange mount with square corners., Manuscript note on accompanying label: Mansion Woodlands., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.43e]

Title: H.S. Tarr monument, &c. marble mantle manufacturer
Description: Advertisement containing an exterior view of the factory (adorned in signage) and fenced marble yard located at Green Street above 7th Street. In the yard, a couple reviews one of several cemetery monuments displayed in front of the factory in which marble workers are visible. The men toil near the open entry and windows. Several of the monuments, many obelisks, contain sculpted adornments. In the street, passengers arrive from an omnibus for the "Exchange & Norristown R.R. Depot. Peters Sixth Street Line" near laborers loading marble works onto a horse-drawn cart. Also shows a woman and boy peering into the yard from the fence and a slight view of the neighboring residential building marked "Green St." Tarr was one of the four major marble manufactories in the city during the mid nineteenth century., Not in Wainwright., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: 1848. Green Street above Seventh Street., Philadelphia on Stone., POS 339, Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of illustrations of Philadelphia.
Creator: Reynolds, R. F., artist
Date: 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Industries [(7)2521.F.190(v)]

Title: General view of Laurel Hill Cemetery
Description: Bird's eye showing the grounds of the rural cemetery built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue. Horse-drawn carriages and a hearse approach and horse-drawn wagons are parked in front of the main gate. Tombs, monuments, and a Gothic-style chapel line the landscaped grounds of the cemetery. Also shows residences on hillsides rising in the background., Frontispiece to Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, near Philadelphia (Philadelphia: For sale at the cemetery, and by the treasurer, etc.; C. Sherman, printer, 1844)., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 294.1, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.9830.6 and in *Am 1844 Phi Lau 11129.O., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PR318
Creator: Pinkerton, E. J., artist
Date: [1844]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W148.1 [P.9830.6]

Title: St. James the Less
Description: Views showing the Gothic-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1846-1850 after the designs of English architect George Gordon Place at 3200-3230 West Clearfield Street in East Falls near Laurel Hill Cemetery. Images predominately depict the church exterior, burial ground, and individual headstones and monuments, including a nautical-themed grave marker. Also includes an interior view showing the church altar, pews, and archways. The Ecclesiological Society, a British church architecture society, provided the plans for the church to be recreated in the style of a 13th-century English country parish., Coral or orange mounts with rounded corners., Title and photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Five of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Religion [1322.F.87c-2; (4)1322.F.84c & f; 87a, b & d; P.9047.114-115; P.9134]

Title: St. James the Less
Description: Views showing the Gothic-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1846-1850 after the designs of English architect George Gordon Place at 3200-3230 West Clearfield Street in East Falls near Laurel Hill Cemetery. Images predominately depict the church exterior, burial ground, and individual headstones and monuments, including a nautical-themed grave marker. Also includes an interior view showing the church altar, pews, and archways. The Ecclesiological Society, a British church architecture society, provided the plans for the church to be recreated in the style of a 13th-century English country parish., Coral or orange mounts with rounded corners., Title and photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Five of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Religion [1322.F.87c-2; (4)1322.F.84c & f; 87a, b & d; P.9047.114-115; P.9134]

Title: St. James the Less
Description: Views showing the Gothic-style Protestant Episcopal church built 1846-1850 after the designs of English architect George Gordon Place at 3200-3230 West Clearfield Street in East Falls near Laurel Hill Cemetery. Images depict the church exterior, doorway, burial ground, and individual headstones and monuments, including the tomb of "Mark M. Collet, M.D., Col. 3rd N.J. Vols. killed at Chancellorsville." The Ecclesiological Society, a British church architecture society, provided the plans for the church to be recreated in the style of a 13th-century English country parish., Yellow or buff paper mounts with square corners, including nine with manuscript titles and one with accompanying label., Paper backings pasted on versos., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Religion [(4)1322.F.83a & e; (4)1322.F.84a & b; (4)1322.F.84d & e; (4)1322.F.85b-d; (4)1322.F.87c]

Title: H. S. Tarr's marble yard, no. 274 Green St. above Seventh Philadelphia Pa
Description: Advertisement showing a view of the marble yard fronted by a triple arch adorned with plaques, the adjoining three-story office building, and rear factory of the establishment at Green Street above 7th Street. From the sidewalk, decorated as black and white tile, a lady, holding a parasol, and a gentleman admire several ornate obelisks and monuments within the fenced, arched yard. Several of the pieces are adorned with patriotic details, urns, and statuary. Plaques on the arches include the name of the business in addition to text reading "Every Description of Monumental Works Executed" and "Plain & Carved Mantels of Every Description." Under the third arch and entrance to the yard, a clerk and patron talk near slabs of marble propped against the wall of the office building. Behind the men, a laborer hauls a large monument by a dolly into the factory yard. More monuments, including animal sculpture and statuary, are displayed in the fenced court, upper balcony, and Gothic-style windows of the adjacent office building. A female patron walks between the marble pieces down a pathway toward a clerk standing at the entrance. An American eagle sculpture adorns the arches and an American flag adorns the office. Tarr was one of the four major marble manufactories in the city during the mid nineteenth century., Names of "References" printed below the image including Thos. U. Walter, John E. Carver, Charles Le Brun, architects; Frederick Brown; Caleb, Cope & Co.; Levi & James Dickson; H.N. Burroughs; Cooper & Co. New Orleans, Louisiana; H.W. Peronneau Charleston, S.C.; and Rev. Henry A. Boardman, D.D., Phila., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 340.1, LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #83., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: Rease, W. H.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W166.1 [P.2073]

Title: Views of Woodlands Cemetery, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia
Description: Views of tombs and mausoleums in the cemetery chartered in 1840 on the former estate of botanist William Hamilton in West Philadelphia. Shows the Drexel family mausoleum (completed 1863 after the designs of Collins & Autenrieth), the Edward Alexander Orme monument, the Commodore David Porter obelisk; and the tomb of optician John McAllister, Jr. and his wife Eliza Young McAllister. Views also include trees and iron work and marble fencing., Three of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Stereographic prints mounted on yellow mounts with square corners, including one [(5)1322.F.80a], hand-colored. Two also contain labels printed with titles, including the series title: Views in Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.43g; (8)1322.F.47c; (5)1322.F.80a; P.9389.10]

Title: [Marshal Joffre and Mayor at Franklin's grave, Phila., Pa.]
Description: Photograph depicting Marshal Joseph Joffre and Mayor Thomas B. Smith standing before Benjamin Franklin's grave at Christ Church during the French High Commission visit to Philadelphia on May 9, 1917. Shows Joffre, attired in uniform, gesturing with his right hand as he speaks to Mayor Smith. Several other men from the party stand around them. Partial view of other tombs in the cemetery and the crowd watching behind the fence. Joseph Joffre was a French general who served as Commander-in-Chief of French forces from the start of World War I until the end of 1916. He accompanied the French High Commission's trip to the United States in 1917 and visited Washington D.C., Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Illinois, and Philadelphia. In Philadelphia, they went to Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, Franklin's grave, and the University of Pennsylvania. Thomas B. Smith was the Mayor of Philadelphia from 1916 until 1920., Title from manuscript note written on verso., Date inferred from event date., See related: photo - unidentified - events - World War I [7066.Q.2-9; 7066.11-16].
Date: 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - events - World War I [7066.Q.10]

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