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Title: Centennial grounds looking east
Description: View showing the landscaped Centennial grounds looking east, including the lake and the Main Exhibition Building and Machinery Hall designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. In the foreground, a tower surmounted by a flag is attached to a cart. A man stands on a platform at the top. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Stamped on mount: Grade 2., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.177]

Title: State House, Philadelphia
Description: View looking southwest showing the south side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street, including the front of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows a partial view in the left foreground of old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut), Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut), and the commercial building at the southwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets where John McArthur would consruct the Public Ledger building 1866-1867 (600 Chestnut Street) in the distant right background., Title from manuscript note on label accompanying stereograph., Publisher's imprint on label accompanying stereograph., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Robert Newell's son Henry entered the business in 1872 and the name changed to "R. Newell & Son".
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Government buildings [1322.F.8a]

Title: State House Philadelphia
Description: View looking southwest showing the south side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street, including the front of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows a partial view in the left foreground of old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut), Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut), and the commercial building at the southwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets where John McArthur would consruct the Public Ledger building 1866-1867 (600 Chestnut Street) in the distant right background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Robert Newell., Yellow mount with square 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. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Government buildings [7992.F.7]

Title: Independence Hall
Description: View looking southwest showing the south side of the 500 block of Chestnut Street, including the front of the State House built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows a partial view in the left foreground of old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. (500 Chestnut), Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut), and the commercial building at the southwest corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets where John McArthur would consruct the Public Ledger building 1866-1867 (600 Chestnut Street) in the distant right background., One of 107 titles printed in series list on verso (No. 139-245)., Publisher's imprint on verso., Yellow 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 David Doret.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [photographed ca. 1865, printed ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Government buildings [P.2010.6.13]

Title: Public building, Phila
Description: Oblique view of the north side of City Hall built 1871-1901 after designs by John McArthur, Jr., including the lower portion of the tower. Begun in 1884, the tower was in the final stages of construction at the time of this photograph. Also shows a crane and construction materials on the sidewalk in front of the City Hall and a horse-drawn coach and pedestrians traveling around Penn Square in the foreground., Title on negative., Buff mount with rounded corners., John S. Johnston, known primarily for yacht photography and landscape views, was active in New York City in the late 1880s until his death in 1899., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Johnston, J. S. (John S.), photographer
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Johnston - Government buildings [P.9047.49]

Title: Public building, Phila
Description: Oblique view of the north side of City Hall built 1871-1901 after designs by John McArthur, Jr., including the tower surrounded by scaffolding at the top. Begun in 1884, the tower was in the final stages of construction at the time of this photograph. Also shows a horse-drawn omnibus and pedestrians traveling around Penn Square in the foreground., Title inscribed in negative., Photographer's imprint on mount., Label pasted on verso includes paragraph describing the "Public Buildings.", Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Photograph and mount are water stained., Gift of Ken Graitzer., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Campbell, Alfred S., 1840-1912
Date: c1896
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Campbell - Government Buildings [P.2003.31.2]

Title: The Horse-shoe Fall, Niagara, as viewed from Goat Island
Description: Landscape view depicts a man walking toward the Terrapin Rocks and Terrapin Tower from Goat Island over a boardwalk bridge spanning the Niagara River. Depicts the Horseshoe Falls, one of three falls that form Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the border of the United States and Canada. Boardwalk bridge removed in 1887., Title printed on verso., Quote printed on verso by N.P. Willis describes the scene depicted in the photograph. Also includes a poem by the Earl of Carlisle below the quote. A vignette of eagle clutching "United States of America" banner, arrows and a shield in its talons surmounts text. Text and vignette enclosed within decorative border., Creme mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Saul Koltnow.
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.39]

Title: Ring, Grandpa, ring! Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
Description: Rooftop view looking west showing the bell tower and rooftop of the State House constructed 1732-1748 after designs by Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows Congress Hall (540-558 Chestnut) built 1787-89 and the Public Ledger building (600-606 Chestnut) built 1866-67 after designs by John McArthur, Jr. Includes smokestacks and rooflines of buildings in the distance and pedestrian and vehicle traffic on Chestnut Street., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., 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.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Historic buildings and sites [P.9047.140]

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