View looking southwest from Reed Street near Passyunk Avenue of the prison complex, including the central two-story octagonal battlemented tower and Egyptian-style debtor's wing, constructed 1832-1835 after designs by Thomas Ustick Walter. A woman walks on the sidewalk in front of the iron gate in the foreground. The prison, also known as Philadelphia County Prison, operated under a system of solitary confinement. Demolished in 1968., Title inscribed in negative., Photographer's imprint on mount., Label pasted on verso includes paragraph describing Moyamensing Prison., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Carol Soltis., 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 - Prisons [P.2002.48]
View looking northeast at the Fairmount Avenue facade, including the entrance gate, of the prison built 1823-1836 after designs by John Haviland. A group of men sit on the stone wall in the foreground., Title on mount., Photographer's imprint on mount., Yellow mount with square 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
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Prisons [P.9047.8]
Illustrated trade card depicting a seated angel of Death as an old man with an hourglass and scythe, a female angel standing behind a gavel and block, and a man draped in robes holding a scroll above a small vignette of a prison within a clock dial. Also shows an eagle and a scene of salvation represented by a prisoner in the likeness of Jesus being saved by a fatherly figure in front of a holy building surmounted by a large cross., Includes printed text on top, bottom and in two side panels signed by Wm. Bigler; Wm. M. Heister, Secy. of Commonwealth; Wm. F. Packer, Gov. of Pennsylvania; Eli Slifer, Secy' of the Commonwealth; A.G. Curtin, Gov. of Penn'a; and John M. Sullivan, Dep. Sec. of the Commonwealth., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Mullen [(6)1322.F.24b]
Exterior view from the north west showing the Fairmount Avenue facade including the entrance gate. Image includes several pedestrians and two wagons. Built 1823-1836 based on designs by John Haviland., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label 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
R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date
ca. 1872
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - gov't. bldg. [P.9260.67]
Rooftop view looking south showing the cityscape of Philadelphia from the upper floors or roof of Girard College's Founder's Hall. View includes the front entrance gate and landscaped school grounds in the foreground, row houses, the Corinthian Avenue Reservoir, and the outline of Eastern State Penitentiary in the distance background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Pale 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, photographer
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8464.15]
