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Title: Backyard window, Philadelphia
Description: Photograph of a curtained window with shutters from the backyard of a row house in Philadelphia. Underneath the window, hung on the wall, is a washtub. Beside it is a mop, and possibly a stool. The scene is lit by bright sunshine., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.17]

Title: Window in Bartram House
Description: Exterior detail of first floor window in the Bartram House. Includes an inscription on the stone window sill above the window depicted: "It is God alone Almyty Lord, The Holy One by me ador'd. John Bartram. 1770.", Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Dwelling built 1730-1731 and altered in 1770 by botanist John Bartram.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative 1886, printed 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.142]

Title: Guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia East window of Chapel
Description: Depicts the pointed arched east window, with Gothic tracery, in the funerary chapel at Laurel Hill Cemetery. The rural cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman at 3822 Ridge Avenue., Added title page 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 335, Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PR327.
Creator: Notman, John, 1810-1865, artist
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(1)11129.O.title page], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Am 1844 Phi Lau Hill Cem [(2)11129.O.title page]

Title: Window & inscription [Bartram's Gardens, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a window on John Bartram's house with a carved scrolling motif surrounding the pane. There is a carved stone plaque above the window and a narrow sill beneath it. The plaque reads: Tis God alone Almyty Lord, the Holy One by me adord. John Bartram 1770. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891. Bartram’s stone house was originally built 1728-1731., Photographer remarks: Intensified 3 mo. 1891, Time: 11:50, 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 28, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1278]

Title: [Window & inscription, Bartram's Gardens, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a window on John Bartram's house with a carved scrolling motif surrounding the pane. There is a carved stone plaque above the window and a narrow sill beneath it. The plaque is inscribed: "Tis God Alone Almiyty Lord, the Holy One by me Adord. John Bartram 1770." Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891. Bartram’s stone house was originally built 1728-1731., Same as last view., Time: 11:55, 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 28, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1279]

Title: [Russian Jewish children standing in front of a building at 412 South 21st Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Depicts four Russian Jewish children, two boys and two girls, standing outside a front door and window. One woman can be seen inside the window., Photographer's manuscript note on verso : 21st St. bet[ween] Pine and Lombard Sts. W.S. [west side] Russian Jewish children. Note: little boy leaning against door jamb a really beautiful child and a verry [sic] friendly youngster. His name is Louis. John has an appel [sic] and wants to laugh. The tall girl is passive while her little sister does not want to be 'tooken'. The style of brick window seen here is fast disappearing. Its [sic] quaint panes of glass and the peculiar shutters in which it was literally wraped [sic] after closnig [sic] hours is but seldom found anymore. These shutters (on either side of window) are in 8 sections - 4 on each side and each 4 are fastened together by hinges. When the store is open, as in the case of this picture, the shutters are folded back and swing into a recess in the brick work of the wall., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 98 [P.8513.98], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson98.htm

Title: [St. James Catholic Church, 3728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of ivy-covered church facade, including several large stained glass windows. Designed by architect Edwin Forrest Durang, church was built 1881-1887., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Church 37" and Chestnut Sts. This would pass for a view of an old world church, either in France or England. Gothic., Duplicate: P.8513.28: same neg., 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 216 [P.8513.216], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson216.htm

Title: [Interior of Christ Church, Philada. in 1785]
Description: Photographic reproduction of an engraving attributed to James Peller Malcolm of the tromp l'oeil decorated chancel of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Shows the wineglass pulpit built by cabinetmaker John Folwell, the palladian window, archways, and balconies. Includes the decorative motif of the rising sun symbolizing resurrection above the pulpit., Title and publication information supplied by carte de visite duplicate in the collections of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., Original engraving in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: [1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McAllister & Brother [(4)1322.F.65]

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