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- Title
- Don't get above your business
- Description
- Comic genre scene set at a shoemaker's shop depicting a cobbler's assistant measuring the stocking foot of a woman, who is seated with her skirt slightly raised. Her female companion and the shoemaker, who has stopped work on a boot, watch with concern. Also shows a painted backdrop adorned with shoes and cobbler's tools., Distributor's imprint printed on mount: Sold by Underwood & Underwoood, New York, London, Toronto Canada, Ottawa Kansas., Buff mount with rounded corners., Negative number printed on mount: 337A., Title printed in six different languages on verso., Gift of Jesse Randall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Littleton View Co.
- Date
- c1893
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Underwood & Underwood - Genre [P.2005.19.10]
- Title
- Marsh vegetation
- Description
- Landscape view shows a woman seated and leaning next to a tree near a creek., Attributed to John Moran., Title stamped on mount., Distributor's stamp, printed in red ink, pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Moran, John, 1831-1903
- Date
- [ca. 1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9326.1]
- Title
- She fastened the door with a skewer
- Description
- Comic genre photograph showing a smiling young woman putting a skewer through a door latch., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label pasted 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., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
- Creator
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.16]
- Title
- "I don't care for signs."
- Description
- Comic genre scene showing a woman in masculine clothing sitting on the back of a chair defiantly smoking in front of a "No smoking" sign., Title on negative., Printed on mount: American and Foreign Views sold by canvassers., 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. 1890]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9964.1]
- Title
- Guess - who is it?
- Description
- Genre photograph showing two women, one standing and grinning at the photograher and holding the other's eyes shut, while the other woman, seated at a desk, attempts to write a letter., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Buff 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
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.7]
- Title
- The shaded nook
- Description
- View of two women attired in capes and hats sitting on rocks in a shaded nook., Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists thirty-six other titles in series (No. 362-397)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Bartlett, George O., photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Views [P.9168.3]
- Title
- Lodore cascade, Derwentwater
- Description
- Landscape view of Lodore Falls surrounded by trees near Derwent Water, England. A man stands behind two women that sit in the grass in the foreground., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging 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 - Views [P.9844.36]
- Title
- "You brazen huzzy! You shall leave at this hour! And the least of your fault is the wasted flour."
- Description
- Genre scene from a comic stereograph series satirizing the exploits of an adulterous husband. Shows the lady of the house confronting the servant in the kitchen. The cook rolls pie dough on a table under which boxes of flour have fallen and spilled. The husband peers from around the corner. Scene also includes a calendar on the wall illustrated with the portrait of a bare-shouldered woman., Copyrighted by B. L. Singley., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Louisville, Mo.; San Francisco; New York; and London., Warped pink mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Gift of Jesse Randall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Keystone View Company
- Date
- c1903
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Keystone View Company - Genre [P.2005.19.6]
- Title
- [Scenes 6, 7, and 10 from the stereograph comic set "Mr. and Mrs. Newlywed's new French cook"]
- Description
- Three genre scenes set in a well-decorated parlor from a comic stereograph series satirizing the exploits of an adulterous husband. Scene 6 shows the wife exclaiming "Hands! Hands" What does she mean!" as she discovers floured hand prints on the back of her husband's coat. Scene 7 shows the wife pointing to the shocked cook in the corner as her husband looks in dismay at the back of his stained coat that he has removed and exlaims "Good Heavens!" Scene 10 shows "And they lived happily ever after" as the husband embraces his wife from behind as she sits on a loveseat., Negative numbers: 7258; 7259; and 7262., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Louisville, Mo.; San Francisco; New York; and London., Warped grey mount with rounded corners., Printed on mount: Works and Studios. Arlington, N.J. Westwood, N.J. Washington, D.C., Sun sculpture trademark printed on mount., Titles printed on mount., Titles printed on verso in six different languages, including French, German, and Spanish., Gift of Jesse Randall., Complete set reproduced in William C. Darrah's The world of stereographs (Gettysburg: William C. Darrah, 1977), p. 66-68., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Underwood & Underwood
- Date
- c1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Underwood & Underwood - Genre [P.2005.19.12-14]
- Title
- "That pesky rat again"
- Description
- Comic genre scene showing a male suitor "hunting" a rat loose in the bedroom of two young ladies attired in their bed clothes. The man rests on his knees and holds a shoe above the rat, which flees under a bed on which one woman, in a nightdress and on all fours, looks in fear. Another woman, in underclothes, stands on a chair near an overturned plant stand and the man while holding a plate in the air in wait for the "rat." Also shows wallpapered walls, drapery covering windows, and a framed print showing a couple in a canoe., Distributor's imprint printed on mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwoood, New York, London, Toronto Canada, Ottawa Kansas., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title printed in six different languages on verso., Gift of Jesse Randall., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Strohmeyer & Wyman
- Date
- c1896
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Underwood & Underwood - Genre [P.2005.19.11]
- Title
- [Curiosities]
- Description
- Genre scene shows a room full of relics with items hanging on the wall in the background and scattered religious iconography, including a bible, on the floor. A man (a little person) sits on a desk smoking a pipe. A woman sits on the floor to his left., Title supplied by cataloger., Distributor's printed blue label pasted on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging 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 - Genre [P.9585.2]
- Title
- Fairmount Park
- Description
- View of a woman standing against the rail of a rustic bridge spanning a stream in Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note below image on mount., Distributor's stamp 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.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.2003.14]
- Title
- [Two young women in an embrace]
- Description
- Genre photograph showing two women embracing., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint on mount., Buff 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
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.8]
- Title
- Apples. Two for 5 cts. sir
- Description
- Genre photograph showing a young woman trying to sell apples to a man seated with a newspaper in his lap., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Buff 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
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.15]
- Title
- Curiosity
- Description
- Promotional stereograph depicting a maid servant attending to her young mistress. The servant combs her mistress's hair and glances at a private letter that her lady reads., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Contains advertisements for six "Philadelphia Leading Business Houses" located on Eleventh and Second streets printed on verso. Includes: Isaac Dixson & Son, watches; E. Paul, furniture warerooms and manufactory; P. Kayser, ladies' French boot and shoe maker; R. Ross Baird, men's fine furnishing goods; John M. Salin, hat and cap store; and D. Jarrett Walton, manufacturer and dealer in looking glasses, portraits and picture frames., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., U.S. Stereo. View Advertising Company was managed by Ed Trust.
- Creator
- U.S. Stereo View Advg. Co.
- Date
- [ca. 1871]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9856]
- Title
- The "new woman."
- Description
- Genre scene satirizing the "new woman" and the role of women in the home. Shows the lady of the house sitting at a table reading a newspaper as her husband stands in the kitchen dryng dishes. With a confused look, he peers at her from the other room. She is dressed in bicycle garb with her bicycle resting in the doorway nearby., Copyrighted by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed text in six languages on verso: Die "moderne frau."; La 'donna nuova."; La femme nouvelle."; La Nueva Mufer."; Den "ny kvinde."; and Des "na kvinnan.", 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 Erika Piola.
- Creator
- Keystone View Company
- Date
- c1899
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits and genre [P.9964.2]
- Title
- Croquet
- Description
- View showing a white woman standing with a croquet mallet on a lawn in front of a residence obscured by trees. An African American woman, possibly a nanny, sits nearby on a bench with three white children sitting at her feet on the lawn., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Purchase 1995., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Bartlett, George O., photographer
- Date
- 1866
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Recreation [P.9486.6]
- Title
- Croquet
- Description
- View showing a white woman standing with a croquet mallet on a lawn in front of a residence obscured by trees. An African American woman, possibly a nanny, sits nearby on a bench with three white children sitting at her feet on the lawn., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Purchase 1995., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Bartlett, George O., photographer
- Date
- 1866
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Recreation [P.9486.6]
- Title
- " Sew on your own buttons, I'm going for a ride."
- Description
- Genre scene satirizing the "new woman" and the role of women in the home. Shows the lady of the house dressed in bloomers (bicycle garb), telling her husband to do the sewing while she goes out for a ride. The husband is seated with their daughter next to him as his wife, who hovers above them, gives the order with his shirt in her outstretched hand., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1896 by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See related: stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits and genre [P.2017.3.3] and stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits and genre [P.9897]
- Creator
- Keystone View Company
- Date
- 1896
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits and genre [P.2003.21]
- Title
- Trials of bachelorhood
- Description
- Comic genre scene showing a man having difficulty sewing his shirt. Two women peer over a clothes screen at the scene with grins on their faces. The room is messy with clothing and scraps strewn about. A guitar leans up against a table., Copyrighted by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., 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
- c1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits and genre [P.2003.22]
- Title
- Love on a tub
- Description
- Comic genre scenes depict a man standing outside on a wooden tub courting a woman who stands inside at a window. The man hands the woman flowers, then falls into the tub., Additional places of publication printed on mounts, including Chicago; London; Hamberg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy., One item [P.9319.1] series of 1903 by George W. Griffith., One item [P.9319.2] series of 1904 by George W. Griffith., Title printed on mounts., Publisher's imprint printed on mounts., Distributor's imprint printed on mounts., Buff and gray curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Col. Gatter.
- Date
- [printed 1903 and 1904]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Griffith & Griffith - Portraits and genre [P.9319.1-2]
- Title
- [Incomplete series of genre stereographs satirizing the New Woman]
- Description
- Includes "Yes, Mr. Caught a-tarter! The time is coming when--," "No longer be the poor down-trodden--," "Oppressed," "Weak and helpless being now she is." Scenes depict a stern-looking woman scolding and attacking a cowering, man, presumably her husband, in their living room. Scenes include overturned chairs and broken flower pots and vases on the floor., Title supplied by cataloger., Additional places of publication printed on mounts include: London; Toronto-Canada; Ottawa-Kansas., Printed on mounts: Works and studios. Arlington, N.J.; Littleton, N.H.; and Washington, D.C., Sun sculpture trademark printed on mounts., Copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman., Titles printed on mounts., Publisher's imprint printed on mounts., Titles also printed on versos in five other languages., Buff curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- c1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Underwood & Underwood - Portraits & genre [P.9964.3-6]
- Title
- Kitchen courtship
- Description
- Comic genre photograph showing a courtship scene in a kitchen with a woman seated on chair next to a man in uniform, holding a bottle of liquor and a glass., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label pasted 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., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
- Creator
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.14]
- Title
- McCarthy's wake
- Description
- Series of titled satirical, anti-Irish genre scenes include, "A bully good fellow was he," "May he rest in peace," "The free for all," and "McCarthy comes back to life". Images depict a group of men, women, and children sitting around a coffin at a wake where the alcohol is flowing. As the adults continue to drink a fight breaks out, then proceeds to McCarthy's resurrection. Religious art work hangs on the walls., Copyrighted 1897 on negative by William H. Rau., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamburg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Griffith & Griffith, established in Philadelphia in 1896, expanded in 1908 to included offices in St. Louis and Liverpool. The non-Philadelphia offices were relocated in 1910., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
- Date
- c1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Portraits & genre [P.9913.1-4]
- Title
- Vacation pastime
- Description
- Genre scene showing four women wading in a creek with their dresses pulled up to their knees. Three men stand on the hillside with walking sticks watching the women., Copyrighted 1897 on negative by Wm. H. Rau., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamburg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Griffith & Griffith, established in Philadelphia in 1896, expanded in 1908 to included offices in St. Louis and Liverpool. The non-Philadelphia offices were relocated in 1910., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
- Date
- c1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Portraits & genre [P.9545]
- Title
- Money's scarce
- Description
- Comic genre scene depicting a frowning female proprietor asking for money from a male customer patronizing her rustic tavern. She holds her hand out to the surprised man seated on a barrel and rummaging in his pants pocket. Another male customer points and laughs at the man from behind the slightly ajar tavern door. In the background, patrons smoke long pipes, play cards, and are served below a sign inscribed "Pay to Day & Trust Tomorrow.", Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow 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.
- Creator
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.13]
- Title
- Spinning room - Winding bobbins with woolen yarn for weaving, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Depicts the back of a young female worker, wearing an apron, at work inside a large textile factory. She attends one of several rows of mechanized small and large bobbins., Copyrighted by Keystone View Company., Negative number printed on mount: 22128., Title printed on mount., Printed above image: 81., Grey curved mount., Contains a description of the weaving process and an instructional exercise on verso., Keystone View Company, stock publisher of stereographs of the late 19th and 20th century, started issuing educational stereoviews around 1898. In 1906, the first boxed set of 600 educational views with an accompanying guide book was issued., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Industry [P.9573.23]
- Title
- Mr. & Mrs. Turtledove's new French cook
- Description
- Series of titled comic genre photographs include "Mr. & Mrs. Turtledove's new French cook," "You sweet thing, when did you arrive?" "Now don't be so shy!" "Oh my, but you are lovely," "Sh! Sh! I hear my wife coming," "Heavens, what does she mean," "Well, I am caught sure enough," "She must leave this house at once," "Mr. Turtledove trying to get out of the difficulty," "Mr. Turtledove making promises to be good," "Darling, I love you more than ever," and " Mr. & Mrs. Turtledove's next "French" cook." Images depict a straying husband's relationship with the pretty French cook, his wife's discovery of the relationship, and his attempts and success at reconciling with his wife. The pretty female cook is eventually replaced by an unattractive "French" cook, represented by a man dressed as a woman., Series copyrighted 1902 by William H. Rau., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on mounts., Gray curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer
- Date
- c1902
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Portraits & genre [P.9872.1-12]
- Title
- S.E. corner of 22nd & Green Sts. Philada
- Description
- Exterior view of the front and east elevations of the three-story brick row houses at 2146-2148 Green Street. Includes the side entrance of the corner property and a street lamp. Two women, three girls, and a baby in a carriage pose on the corner. Also shows a partial view of a horse-drawn streetcar (labeled "40" on the rear) turning the corner and heading east on Green Street., Title from manuscript note on verso., Initials and date from manuscript note on verso: J.B. 9/10/61., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- September 10, 1861
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Streets [P.9751.1]
- Title
- Don't get the clothes too blue!
- Description
- Genre scene satirizing the "new woman" and the role of women in the home. Shows the lady of the house dressed in bicycle garb with her bicycle at her side pointing her finger and instructing her husband on how to do the laundry. The husband stands in front of the wash tub, article of clothing in hand, with dirty laundry piled in the baby's cradle next to him., 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 Erika Piola., Kilburn, successor to stereograph publisher Kilburn Brothers in 1877, broadened the firm's portfolio from White Mountain scenery to include genre and comic subjects and international views.
- Creator
- Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
- Date
- c1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Portraits and genre [P.2003.32.3]
- Title
- The book agent at work
- Description
- Genre scene showing a book agent trying to sell subscriptions to a woman. Title possibly suggests women are more pliable or easily manipulated by salesmen or men in general., 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 Todd and Sharon Pattison., Kilburn, successor to stereograph publisher Kilburn Brothers in 1877, broadened the firm's portfolio from White Mountain scenery to include genre and comic subjects and international views.
- Creator
- Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
- Date
- c1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Portraits and genre [P.2009.11]
- Title
- "Sew on your own buttons, I'm going for a ride."
- Description
- Genre scene satirizing the "new woman" and the role of women in the home. Shows the lady of the house dressed in bicycle garb with her bicycle at her side, telling her husband to do the sewing while she goes out for a ride. The husband is seated with their daughter next to him as his wife, who hovers above them, gives the order., Copyrighted by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See related: stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits and genre [P.2003.21] and stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits and genre [P.2017.3.3].
- Creator
- Keystone View Company
- Date
- c1899
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits and genre [P.9897]
- Title
- The "new man" on Blue Monday
- Description
- Genre scene satirizing the role of the "new man" in relation to the "new woman". Shows the lady of the house sitting with her feet propped and reading a newspaper as her husband washes and hangs the laundry nearby., Copyrighted by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed text in six languages on verso: Es ift blauer Montag; L'"Uomo Nuovo" in Blue Monday.; Le "Nouvel homme" le lundi; El lúnes del "Nuevo Hombre"; Den "ny mand" på en blå Mandag; Den nykomne på blåmåndag., 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
- c1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits and genre [P.2004.5.2]
- Title
- [Crowd outside the Evening Telegraph office, Betz Building, South Broad Street, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View looking east from Broad Street showing a crowd gathered on the sidewalk in front of the Evening Telegraph office in the Betz Building (i.e., Lincoln Building) built 1891-1892 after designs by William H. Decker on South Broad Street. Includes a partial view of a car travelling north on Broad Street and a woman walking west toward the photographer. The spectators read hand-written notes on the chalkboard in front of the offices., Title supplied by cataloger., Gray mount with rounded corners., The Public Ledger Company purchased The Evening Telegraph in 1918., 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. 1918]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Events [P.9047.1]
- Title
- The new woman--wash day
- Description
- Genre scene satirizing the "new woman" and the role reversal of men and women in the home. Depicts a woman attired in bloomers and gloves (bicycle garb), with one foot propped on a chair as she smokes. Her husband bends over the wash tub and wrings an article of clothing as he does her laundry, some of which dries above their heads on a line. The woman's bicycle is propped near the door., Additional places of publication printed on mount include: London; Toronto-Canada; Ottawa-Kansas., Printed on mount: Works and studios. Arlington, N.J.; Littleton, N.H.; and Washington, D.C., Sun sculpture trademark printed on mount., Copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Title also printed on verso in five additional languages., 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 Erika Piola.
- Date
- c1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Underwood & Underwood - Portraits & genre [P.2004.5.1]
- Title
- What is home without a husband?
- Description
- Faded genre scene satirizing the "new woman" and the role reversal of men and women in the home. Shows the woman of the house, shawl draped over her arm, who has just entered the room from outside. Her husband sits on a stool doing housework near the fireplace. Their pet cat sits on the floor near his feet., Copyright 1889 by Littleton View Co., Title printed on mount below image., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Baltimore, Md., Ottawa, Kan., 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 Erika Piola.
- Creator
- Littleton View Co.
- Date
- c1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Littleton View Co. [P.2003.32.1]
- Title
- The new woman barber
- Description
- Genre photograph satirizing the "new woman" depicting a scantily clad female barber sitting with her legs crossed and holding a razor in mid-air as she prepares to shave the beard of her frightened male patron., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
- Date
- c1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Portraits & genre [P.2008.9]
- Title
- Surrounded by the flower gems of Autumn, Horticultural Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A
- Description
- View of a woman standing and posing with the flowers near Horticultural Hall in West Fairmount Park., Copyrighted 1908 by William H. Rau., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Dark 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
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
- Date
- c1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Parks [P.9047.138]
- Title
- A free lunch
- Description
- Stereograph depicting an African American mother seated on the porch steps and nursing her baby. The woman, wearing her hair tied up in braids and attired in earrings and a white dress with puffed upper sleeves, cradles an infant on her lap and holds her breast to the baby as it suckles. A wooden chair is visible on the porch in the background., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1898 by C. H. Graves., Warped grey mount with rounded corners., Gift of David Long, 2002., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- 1898
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graves - Portraits & Genre [P.2002.8.3]
- Title
- Chinese gent and lady
- Description
- Full-length portrait of a Chinese man and Chinese woman seated at a table. In the left, the woman, attired in a decorative headdress and a dress with large, full sleeves, sits on a carved, wooden chair with her feet on a wooden footrest. In the right, the man, attired in a cap, a traditional robe with fur at the cuffs, and cloth slip-on shoes, sits with his legs crossed and faces the viewer. A vase of flowers and possibly a tea set are on a tablecloth-lined table in-between the man and woman., Title from publisher's printed series list on verso with thirty other titled views (No. 1-36)., Date inferred from content., Series number (No. 28) also written in manuscript note on mount below image., Photographer's imprint printed on verso above titled series list., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: S.R. Marrines., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James., Indianapolis photographer D. R. Clark was included in one of eight observation parties sponsored by the United States government to gather information about the December 8, 1874 Transit of Venus. His party traveled to Vladivostock, Russia.
- Creator
- Clark, D. R., photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Clark - Non-Phila. [P.9299.5]
- Title
- [Martha Maxwell and her exhibit of "Woman's Work", Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition]
- Description
- Shows Mrs. Martha Maxwell surrounded by her habitat display, with stuffed animals and birds, arranged in a rocky landscape in the Kansas-Colorado Building at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloguer, from a description of a duplicate in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's collections, reproduced in Maxine Benson's Martha Maxwell: Rocky Mountain naturalist (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, c1986)., Martha Maxwell opened her Rocky Mountain Museum in 1874 in Boulder, Colorado, and moved it to Denver in 1876. She hoped her museum would advance scientific education, but also display curiosities and other amusements to attract the general public., See Maxine Benson's Martha Maxwell: Rocky Mountain Naturalist (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, c1986)., For a similar view of Martha Maxwell's displays, see stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.2007.12]., Digitization 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 Photo. Co. - Maxwell's Rocky Mountain Museum [P.2007.15.1]
- Title
- [Martha Maxwell's exhibit of "Woman's Work", Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition]
- Description
- Shows Mrs. Martha Maxwell's habitat display, with stuffed animals and birds, arranged in a rocky landscape in the Kansas-Colorado Building at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloguer., Martha Maxwell opened her Rocky Mountain Museum in 1874 in Boulder, Colorado, and moved it to Denver in 1876. She hoped her museum would advance scientific education, but also display curiosities and other amusements to attract the general public., For a similar view of Martha Maxwell's displays, see stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.2007.12]., Digitization 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 Photo. Co. - Maxwell's Rocky Mountain Museum [P.2007.15.3]
- Title
- "Have dinner at one dear."
- Description
- Genre scene satirizing the "new woman" and the role of women in the home. Shows the lady of the house dressed in bloomers (bicycle garb) with her back to her children who play with toys on the floor. With her bicycle by her side, she tells her husband, who is washing clothes, to have dinner ready by one., Copyrighted 1897 by William H. Rau on negative., Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; Hamburg, Germany, and Milan, Italy., Title on negative., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Griffith & Griffith, established in Philadelphia in 1896, expanded in 1908 to included offices in St. Louis and Liverpool. The non-Philadelphia offices were relocated in 1910., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Erika Piola.
- Creator
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer
- Date
- c1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Portraits & genre [P.2003.32.2]
- Title
- Cotton field
- Description
- Depicts African American women and children picking and collecting cotton in the field. In the center, an African American woman, attired in a short-sleeved dress, stands facing left with a bag slung over her shoulder. In the left, a child looks at the viewer, and an African American woman, attired in a dress with the sleeves rolled to the elbows and an apron, holds cotton in her hands in front of a large basket filled with cotton. In the right, a young girl holds a large basket filled with cotton on her head. Two more women and a child look at the viewer. In the background is a house and trees., Contains paper label on verso printed by Jas. L. Gow, including photographer's imprint and advertisement: A large stock of Views of Negro Groups, Cabins, Teams, Cotton Fields, and Plants, etc. kept constantly on hand. Also, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina Views., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Advertised in The Philadelphia photographer, March 1875, p. 96., Purchase 2002., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., James A. Palmer (1825-1896) was an Irish American photographer who produced thousands of stereographs about life in Aiken, South Carolina and Georgia, specializing in photographs of the African American community.
- Creator
- Palmer, J. A., photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - miscellaneous photographer - Palmer [P.2002.4.6]
- Title
- View from Lemon Hill
- Description
- View looking south from Lemon Hill showing the Fairmount Water Works. Depicts a group of young girls with their female chaperones seated on the grounds of the estate. Also shows the old engine house and standpipe at the waterworks; the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount; and cityscape in the far background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822, were expanded until 1872., Photographer's imprint printed on recto., Publisher's imprint printed on verso., Curved pink mount with rounded corners., Inscribed in negative: 74., Printed on mount: No. 4., 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 circa 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
- Creator
- R. Newell & Son, photographer
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [P.9299.76]
- Title
- The new woman--wash day
- Description
- Genre scene satirizing the "new woman" and the role reversal of men and women in the home. Depicts a woman attired in bloomers and gloves (bicycle garb), with one foot propped on a chair as she smokes. Her husband bends over the wash tub and wrings an article of clothing as he does her laundry, some of which dries above their heads on a line. The woman's bicycle is propped near the door., Additional places of publication printed on mount include: London; Toronto-Canada; Ottawa-Kansas., Printed on mount: Works and studios. Arlington, N.J.; Littleton, N.H.; and Washington, D.C., Sun sculpture trademark printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Title also printed on verso in five additional languages., 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 Erika Piola.
- Date
- c1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Underwood & Underwood - Portraits & genre [P.9998]
- Title
- [Dr. Barnum's Self Sewer display, Great Central Fair, Philadelphia, 1864]
- Description
- Unmounted stereograph shows two men and a woman sitting behind sewing machines below several framed advertisements for "Dr. Barnum's Self Sewer". American flags and an American eagle form the backdrop behind the display. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair held June 7-28, 1864 on Logan Circle was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Watson, A., photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Watson - Fairs [5781.F.168f]
- Title
- Happy days at Fairmount
- Description
- View showing a group of women and children assembled on the grass on Lemon Hill estate. The Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club boathouse, built 1860-1861 after designs by James C. Sidney for the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society, is visible on the east bank of the Schuylkill River in the background., Written on negative: 75, Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink 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 Ms. Jane Carson James.
- Creator
- R. Newell & Son, photographer
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.70]
- Title
- Cotton field
- Description
- Depicts African American men, women, and children picking and collecting cotton in the field. In the center, an African American man, attired in a long-sleeved shirt that is open at the chest, holds a handful of cotton that he puts in a bag strapped across his chest as he looks at the viewer. In front of him is a basket full of cotton. In the left, an African American woman, attired in a head kerchief, a plaid, long-sleeved dress, and a dark-colored apron, stands and looks at the viewer. To the left, two people are bent over at the waist picking cotton. Two children and two women stand in the field and look at the viewer. In the background is a house and trees., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Contains paper label on verso printed by Jas. L. Gow, including photographer's imprint and advertisement: A large Stock of Views of Negro Groups, Cabins, Teams, Cotton Fields, and Plants, etc. kept constantly on hand. Also, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina Views., Advertised in The Philadelphia photographer, March 1875, p. 96. [LCP Per P 81]., Purchase 2002., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., James A. Palmer (1825-1896) was an Irish American photographer who produced thousands of stereographs about life in Aiken, South Carolina and Georgia, specializing in photographs of the African American community.
- Creator
- Palmer, J. A., photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - miscellaneous photographer - Palmer [P.2002.4.5]
- Title
- [African American woman nursing a baby on a porch in the presence of a man]
- Description
- Stereograph depicting an African American mother seated on the porch steps and nursing her baby. The woman, wearing her hair tied up in braids and attired in a polka-dotted shirt and a checked skirt, cradles an infant on her lap as it suckles on her breast. Seated in the right, the African American man, attired in a hat, a long-sleeved white shirt, a ring, and pants, looks over at the mother and child. On the porch is a wooden chair beside the closed door., Title supplied by cataloger., Orange mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: Herr Klebenice?, Gift of David Long, 2002., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.2002.8.5]