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- Title
- View from s.w. side of Walnut St. bridge
- Description
- View of snow-covered industrial area next to Schuylkill River. Includes cattle in pen, wagons, trains, and smokestacks., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Note: cattle in pens, contractors storage yard, what young man said to young woman. Formerly Grey's stone yard. Among the first to take advantage of pneumatic stone cutting tools in Phila. Note: that Grey furnished all cut stone for Wanamaker store. His contract drove him into bankrupsy [sic]., Title from photographer' s manuscript note on verso., 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 184 [P.8513.184], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson184.htm
- Title
- Steamboat plying between Phila. and Smith's Island. Between Phila. & Camden
- Description
- Depicts C. McAllister's side-wheeler steamboat from Smith Island in the Delaware River, between Philadelphia and Camden. Signboards on businesses lining the Philadelphia waterfront are visible in the background, along with the steeple of Christ Church on North Second Street., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
- Creator
- Browne, John C. (John Coates), 1838-1918, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1913
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.175]
- Title
- Pier 84 South [Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- Depicts an African American man pier construction worker laboring on rows of steel piping attached to a concrete slab. Shows the man, attired in a brimmed hat, a long-sleeved shirt, and pants, bent over at the waist and touching the metal pipes. In the right background, a white man stands and faces the viewer. Includes a partial view of the adjacent pier in the background., Title inscribed in negative., Negative annotated: Negative No. 657. Contract no. 345; Bulkhead, south side, work completed to July 20: 48.22%. Reinforcing steel for Deck Slab and front of retaining wall., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1989, p. 42., Purchase 1989., 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.
- Creator
- Philadelphia (Pa.), Dept. of Wharves, Docks and Ferries
- Date
- July 27, 1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - piers [P.9260.165]
- Title
- Scene on the Schuylkill from E bank near Spruce St
- Description
- View of industrial riverfront along Schuylkill River. Crane appears in foreground; South Street bridge and boat named "Friendship" with four sail masts appear in background., Title from photographer's manuscript on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Note: foreground, packet-crane for unloading coal from boats. 4 mast schooner in distance for sale. Name of schooner "Frienship". South St. bridge in background. (pen on word sale (sail) and on name of boat; put clouds in., 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 203 [P.8513.203], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson203.htm
- Title
- [Arch Street ferry, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View of the Arch Street ferry terminal on the Delaware River. Depicts Philadelphia's busy waterfront and includes sailing ships, warehouses, bartering merchants, and dock workers weighing, as well as loading, barrels and bundles of produce onto carts. Others, including white women, are fishing and enjoying the view. To the far left of an unoccupied dock, dock workers, including an African American man, move large bundles. At the turn of the nineteenth century ferries were the main source of transportation to Southern New Jersey. New Jersey provided much of the fresh produce sold at Philadelphia markets., Title from duplicate print., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 4., Accessioned 1979., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
- Creator
- W. Birch & Son
- Date
- 1800
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 4a/P.2276.6]
- Title
- Panoramic views from the steeple of Independence Hall, 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Series of views looking north, northeast, northwest, east, west, southeast, and southwest from Independence Hall showing the several blocks surrounding the historic building. Images predominately depict the 400 and 500 blocks of Library, Minor, Chestnut, and Market Streets. Includes Howell Evans, card and fancy printer (402 Library); Military Hall, public hall and former arsenal building (412 Library); Goldsmith's Hall, office building (420 Library); Library Company of Philadelphia (s.e. cor. 5th and Library); Philadelphia National Bank (419-423 Chestnut); U.S. Customhouse (420 Chestnut); Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank (425-429 Chestnut); Henry J. Pepper & Son, jeweler (441 Chestnut); Wright, Smith & Co., chinaware (5 N. 5th); P. Hirst & Co., hat manufacturer (501 Chestnut); George J. Henkels City Cabinet Wareroom (509 Chestnut); Barnes, Osterhout & Co., hats and furs (503 Market); Smith, Williams & Co., dry goods (513 Market); Coleman & Smith, cutlery and fancy goods (521 Market); Chaffees, Stout, & Co., wholesale dry goods (523 Market). Also shows the steeple of Christ Church; rooftop business signage including White Hall clothiers' sign (400 Market); the 500 block of Minor Street; the 600 block of Market Street; J.M. Maris & Co., drugs and chemical manufacturer (711 Market); the Delaware riverfront; and partial views of Independence Square., Attributed to James E. McClees., White or pale yellow paper mounts with square corners, including two with printed titles and two inscribed with the date., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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 - Views [1322.F.4i; 1322.F.5d-e; 1322.F.6b; (5)1322.F.4b; (6)1322.F.20a; (8)1322.F.9i]