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Title: Park drive, park carriage
Description: View of a horse-drawn coach parked on a path in Fairmount Park near the Schuylkill River. The coach, hitched to two horses, accomodates about eight people in its carriage. Also shows buildings on the opposite bank of the river in the distant background., Written on negative: 31, 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.9299.84]

Title: River Road and park carriage, Phila. park
Description: View showing a horse-drawn coach with two male passengers parked on River Road in Fairmount Park. Also shows a tree-lined sidewalk running parallel to the road., Title from label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint on 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.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.8731.9]

Title: Vernon Park on Greene St
Description: Depicts open field bordered by trees and posts near Greene Street in Vernon Park. Includes a carriage traveling along Greene Street in the distance., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Vernon Park was formerly the private estate of the Wister Family and was purchased by the City of Philadelphia in 1892.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.40]

Title: Girard House Polka
Description: Cover illustration is a lithograph, hand-colored, showing the Girard House hotel built 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-835 Chestnut Street. Several pedestrians, including men, women, and children, walk in front of the hotel and neighboring buildings on the block. Men stand on the verandah of the hotel and in the doorway of an adjacent building. Also shows horse-drawn carriages parked in the street. A number of the women carry parasols., Printer: T. Sinclair's lith., Phila., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 315, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 G 517, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Stein, C.F, composer
Date: c1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books Rare *Sheet Music Girard 10076.F (Doret)

Title: Landsdown Drive looking north
Description: View showing a horse-drawn coach approaching two men standing on Lansdowne Drive near Sweet Briar Mansion in West Fairmount Park. A trestle railroad bridge spans the drive in the background., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint obscured by photograph pasted 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.9299.99]

Title: Broad St. looking N. from Sansom St. on 3rd day of Centennial of our Constitution, showing Arch with coats of arms of states. [Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Broad Street filled with people and carriages during the Centennial celebrations. Spanning the street is a large archway decorated with coats of arms and surmounted by an eagle. Flags fly from the surrounding buildings and people lean out windows to look down on the street. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Time: 10, 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: Septmeber 17, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1223]

Title: Old house no. 5358 Main St. & view up the street. [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing 5358 Main Street (i.e., 6514 Germantown Avenue) and adjacent buildings (6520-6526 Germantown Avenue). Trolley tracks run down the center of the brick road. Two horse-drawn carriages wait near the curb on either side of the street. The house on the far left is made of stone and has a wooden fence extending from the left side., Time: 10:25, Light: No 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 25, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1518]

Title: U.S. Mint
Description: View showing the second mint building at 1331-1337 Chestnut Street (northwest corner of Juniper and Thirteenth streets) completed in 1833 after the designs of William Strickland, and possibly John Haviland. The mint operated at the site until 1902 when the mint relocated and the building was razed. Trees line the sidewalk in front of the building. Also shows a partial view of a horse-drawn carriage., Title from manuscript note on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Inscribed on negative: 147., 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.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Government Buildings [P.9299.19]

Title: Centennial of the U.S. Constitution. 9 mo. 15, 16 + 17, 1887. The Arch at Broad and Chestnut, [Philadelphia]
Description: Photograph showing Broad Street filled with people and carriages during the Centennial celebrations. Spanning the street is a large archway decorated with coats of arms and surmounted by an eagle. Flags fly from the surrounding buildings and people lean out windows to look down on the street. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Photograph from negative number 1223., 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: September 17, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9844.49]

Title: The Monestary [sic]. Built by Joseph Gorgas bt. 1746 & 1752
Description: Exterior view of house built near Wissahickon Creek between 1746 and 1752 for Joseph Gorgas, a lumber merchant and third generation resident of Germantown. Constructed on the site of "the Kloster," the log cabin built in 1737 as a community house for the German Dunkards. Two carriages are parked on the wrap-around porch., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Also known as the Joseph Gorgas House and the Children's Museum of Philadelphia (1973).
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.118]

Title: Bush's Allegheny House, Market Street, Above Eighth. C. I. Bush, prop'r
Description: Letterhead containing a vignette view showing the exterior of the five-story hotel at 814 Market Street. Guests arrive in a horse-drawn "Allegheny" coach, approach the entryway, and stand on the upper floor veranda. In the street, men ride on horseback and push handcarts. Also shows partial views of adjoining buildings, including one displaying clothing., Completed in manuscript on November 5, 1857 to "Dear Brother" from R.A. Ford detailing travel plans to Binghamton, New York by way of Great Bend and requesting instructions about the "E. Whitney property.", Manuscript note on verso: R. A. Ford. Nov. 5/ 57., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Creator: Sebald, Hugo, fl. 1850-1870, engraver
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.125]

Title: William D. Rogers & Co. Carriage Manufactory, Philadelphia
Description: View showing the manufactory and warerooms of the premier carriage business built in 1857 and 1860 at 1009 and 1011 Chestnut Street. Several smokestacks adorn the buildings, carriages on display line the street, and pedestrians walk on the sidewalk. Rogers established his manufactory in 1846 and in 1870 partnered with Joseph Moore, Jr. to form William D. Rogers & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr., Variant published in Charles Robson, Manufactories & manufacturers of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Galaxy Publishing Co., 1875).
Creator: H.B Hall & Sons, engraver
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.23a]

Title: [Joseph Beckhaus carriage factory, 1204 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Advertisement depicting the factory and office at 1204 Frankford Avenue. Coaches line the street in front of the establishment and pedestrians walk on the sidewalk. Beckhaus was originally established as Beckhaus, Allgaier, and Petry in 1853. Beckhaus assumed sole operation about 1869., Probably engraved by John Serz., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.76d]

Title: To J. Mullin, dr. Coupes and carriages to hire. Stable, 1522 Rundle Street Office, 217 South Sixteenth Street
Description: Billhead for the Philadelphia livery operated by James Mullin containing a vignette showing a manned horse-drawn coach in motion., Completed in manuscript to Mr. [ ]herine on May 1, 1891 for "[illegible] 2 to coupe @ [illegible]": 2.00, Manuscript note on recto: Recd Payment J. Mullin., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.141]

Title: Centennial music
Description: Centennial music cover page paired with six different songs. Cover page is bound with the song Grand Centennial march by E. Mack with this copy [11479.F (Zinman)]., Cover page copyrighted by J.E. Ditson & Co., Song copyrighted by Lee & Walker., Publisher's advertisement on last page for Oliver Ditson & Company., Cover illustration is a lithograph depicting an exterior view of the Main Building of the exhibition celebrating the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Visitor traffic, on foot, and by carriage and omnibus, traverse the paths of the grounds around the building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. Landscaping includes clusters of bushes and trees., Printer: J.H. Bufford's Sons Lith., 141 Franklin St. Boston., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 94, Stamped on the cover page: Schaefer Bros. music dealers, Steubenville, O.
Creator: Mack, Edward, 1826-1882, cmp
Date: c1876, c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Sheet Music Cent 11479.F (Zinman)

Title: Church of St. Philip Neri. Philadelphia, Penna Rev. N. Cantwell, Pastor
Description: View showing the Roman Catholic church built in 1840 after designs by architect Eugene Napoleon Le Brun. View includes two horse-drawn coaches travelling Queen Street, pedestrians promenading, and a church rectory or convent building immediately west of the church building. Damaged during the Nativist Riots in the spring of 1844, the church maintained most of its original appearance. Reverend Nicholas Cantwell served as pastor of the church from 1845 until his death in 1899., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 37, PAHRC: Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Philip Neri
Creator: Packard, Herbert S., 1850-1912, artist
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. | Graphics Collection. PAHRC Packard & Butler, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St. Philip Neri

Title: Broad St. New public buildings
Description: View looking from City Hall under archway supported by scaffolding at vehicles on Broad Street. Shows horse-drawn carriage parked in the foreground., Title from photographer's printed series list on verso with fifty-nine other titles from "Philadelphia" (1-31) and "Washington, D.C." (32-59) series., Photographer's imprint printed on mount, Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Peabody, Edwin N.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Peabody [P.9099.6]

Title: Centennial Exhibition grounds, Philadelphia, 1876
Description: Views of the Centennial grounds showing state buildings from Belmont Avenue near the reservoir with the U.S. Government Building and the Main Exhibition Building in the background; an oblique view looking northeast at the Main Building with stagecoaches, horsecars and pedestrians converging on Elm Avenue near the passenger railway concourse in front of the Centennial National Bank; a view looking northwest at Centennial National Bank and the main entrance to the grounds showing coaches and spectators; and a view of the grounds looking along the Avenue of the Republic from George's Hill, including the west elevation of Machinery Hall. Many of the buildings were designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, Joseph M. Wilson, and James H. Windrim. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., P.9299.32 numbered 253 with title on negative: "South from George's Hill.", Photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Photographer's manuscript note in ink on verso of P.9260.20: "Centennial National Bank.", Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., P.9047.148 gift of Robert M. Vogel; P.9299.32 gift of Ms. Jane Carson James
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Exhibitions [P.9047.148; P.9168.18; P.9260.20; P.9299.32]

Title: George's Hill
Description: View of the bandstand, built in 1872, on George's Hill near Fifty-Second Street in West Fairmount Park. Also shows a flag pole and three horse-drawn coaches with passengers parked in the foreground. Two African American men, possibly carriage drivers, stand nearby. The hill was given to the city by siblings Jesse and Rebecca George in 1868., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint obscured by photograph pasted on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink curved mount with rounded corners., 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., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James, 1990., Digitized.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.83]

Title: Post office, Chestnut St., below Fifth. (Instantaneous)
Description: View showing the post office and courthouse completed in 1863 under the supervision of builder John Ketcham at 426-428 Chestnut Street. Includes a partial view of the Custom House at 420 Chestnut Street constructed in 1818 after designs by William Strickland. Heavy pedestrian traffic, including women carrying parasols, and horse-drawn carriages and coaches travelling along Chestnut Street are also visible., Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists forty-one other titles in the series (No. 140-180)., 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 - Government Buildings [P.2002.21.3]

Title: Necker's Cottage, S. Broad St. near League St. [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Necker's Cottage on South Broad Street, a small one-story house with a woman and four children sitting on the front porch. An unhitched carriage sits in front of the porch and another cart leans upended in the foreground., Photographer remarks: Not focussed [sic] well or else wind shook camera., Time: 12:10, Light: Strong 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: October 4, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.430]

Title: Custom House & E. end of State House from 4 & Library Sts. 2nd story, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the custom house at Fourth and Library Street, a large building with pillars and a wide staircase. The clocktower of another building is visible in the distance and horse-drawn carriages travel down the road in the foreground. A building on the right bears a sign reading "F. Bernhardt.", Photographer remarks: Good sun., Time: 10:15, 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: June 15, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1139]

Title: [Custom House & E. end of State House from 4 & Library Sts. 2nd story. Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the custom house at Fourth and Library Street, a large building with pillars and a wide staircase. The clocktower of another building is visible in the distance and horse-drawn carriages travel down the road in the foreground. A building on the right bears a sign reading "F. Bernhardt.", Photographer remarks: Better density., Time: 10:20, Same as last., 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: June 15, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1140]

Title: Main St. depot from Wister's meadow, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Main Street depot, a two-story building with a sign reading, "Main Street Station." The domed roof of another building stands in the background. The field is surrounded by trees and a horse-drawn carriage stands in front of the depot., Photographer remarks: Good picture but weak, Time: 10:20 A.M., Light: Fair, 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: September 4, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.180]

Title: The London Hotel, N.W. corner 7th & Arch. Soon to be torn down
Description: Glass negative showing the London Hotel, a large building set on the corner of Seventh and Arch Streets. A sign at the top of the building reads "The London...Temperance Hotel" and a sign on the first floor awning reads "Gas Stoves." Horse-drawn carts wait outside the building and trolley tracks run down the cobblestone street. A building to the left has a sign reading "St. Cloud Hotel.", 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: October, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.784]

Title: Broad St. looking South from Sansom St. [Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Broad Street dotted with horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians during the Centennial celebrations. A grandstand and stalls have been constructed on the right side of the street in front of a large building flying an American flag from the roof. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Time: 10:05, 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: September 17, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1224]

Title: [Broad St. looking N. from Sansom St. on 3rd day of Centennial of our Constitution, showing Arch with coats of arms of states. Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Broad Street filled with people and carriages during the Centennial celebrations. Spanning the street is a large archway decorated with coats of arms and surmounted by an eagle. Flags fly from the surrounding buildings and people lean out windows to look down on the street. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Photographer remarks: Slower shutter., Time: 10:15, Same view as no. 1223., 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: September 17, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1225]

Title: Chestnut St. looking E. from top of Wanamakers arch, [Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Chestnut Street seen from above during the Centennial celebrations. The street is filled with carriages and people. American flags fly from each story of the buildings on either side of the street. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Time: 4:30, Light: Faint 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: September 17, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1228]

Title: Liberty building, old graveyard & school-house from Jone's roof, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a cemetery and stone Liberty building in Germantown seen from above. A fence separates the cemetery from the street on the right A horse-drawn carriage waits on the left side of the street., Time: 10:00, Light: Bright 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 21, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1103]

Title: Ed. Strawbridge in buggy at their house, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing Edward Strawbridge sitting in a horse-drawn buggy. He wears a three-piece suit and hat and holds the horse's reins. The buggy waits on the street in front of a house., Time: 12:15, 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 21, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1509]

Title: [Genesta], Fred Strawbridge in buggy, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing Fred Strawbridge sitting in a horse-drawn buggy. Strawbridge holds the horse Genesta's reins while the buggy waits in the drive of a house. Trees grow next to the house in the background., Same horse as last., Time: 12:35, 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 21, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1511]

Title: View on the Wissihicken [sic] near Philla. [sic]
Description: View showing a stretch of Lincoln Drive including Maple Spring Hotel, the roadhouse and picnic resort established around 1865. The hotel was known for proprietor Joseph Smith's prominently displayed hand-carved curios created from laurel root that he gathered along the Wissahickon Creek. The hotel fell into ruin following the loss of its liquor privileges and was razed in the late 19th century. A horse-drawn carriage travels down the wooded road., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Name of photographer from duplicate. (3)1322.F.137h., Gift of Ivan Noble., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Hotels [7992.F.8]

Title: [William Dunlaps' coach manufactory & repository, No. 169 North Fifth Street. Philadelphia]
Description: Advertisement print showing the factory complex on the 400 block of North Fifth Street. Complex includes a three-story building marked "Wm. Dunlap No. 169 Carriage Maker"; wood-gated courtyard; and a two-story building, probably including a showroom, adorned with signage reading ""Wm. Dunlaps' Coach Factory." A couple enters an entryway of the smaller building that also contains signage advertising "E.W. Pearce Saddle & Harness Maker." A gentleman walks near the corner of the complex near four different types of coaches lining the street. Also shows stacks of lumber within the courtyard through the open gate. Circa 1845, Dunlap began operating from the factory which was later used as a hospital, prison, and barracks during the Civil War., Date from manuscript note by Poulson on recto: May 1847. North Fifth Street., Wainwright sugggests date of 1845., Title from duplicate in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 838, LCP copy trimmed and lacking title., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb38 D922., Reproduced in Jennifer Ambrose, "Nineteenth Century Advertising Prints," in Magazine Antiques (August 2006).
Creator: Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847, artist
Date: [May 1847]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W453 [P.2240]

Title: [Wm. D. Rogers' coach manufactory, Sixth and Brown Streets, Philadelphia] Warranted twelve months
Description: Advertisement showing the two-story factory adorned with signage on the 800 block of North Sixth Street near Spring Garden. A boy pulls a carriage out of one of the two entries to the building (Sixth Street) as patrons inspect a different model of coach being pushed out by a factory worker at the other. A family walks between the coaches and other carriages are visible inside. Around the corner (Brown Street), on the sidewalk, two gentlemen converse and a couple peers into a factory window. Near the rear of the factory, a laborer transports a sack on his back near a strolling couple past a hackney displayed on a one-story addition. In the street, a driver tries to reign in his speeding carriage occupied by a couple that is being chased by a barking dog as a boy works on the wheel of a factory carriage nearby. A pedestrian watches the scene from the corner. Also shows hitching posts lining the sidewalks and a smaller factory with several smokestacks in the right background. Rogers operated from the site 1846-1854., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: 1847. Corner Sixth & Brown Sts., Wainwright suggests date of circa 1850., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 856, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Trimmed.
Creator: Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date: [1847]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W465 [P.2247]

Title: Wright, Hunter & Co. S.W. cor. Ninth & Walnut Sts. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the five-story corner property tenanted by the plumbing and gas fitting establishment of William Wright, John C. Hunter, J.H. McFetrich, and Thomas Brown at 900 Walnut Street. Seventeen bays of windows extend the length of the property on Ninth Street. Two women and a young girl stand in front of an unidentified property adorned by a metal skeleton for an awning (left). One man drives a horse-drawn cart north on Ninth Street, while another unloads goods from a dray. Two gentlemen wearing long coats and top hats stand at the Walnut Street entrance to the plumbing store. One of them grasps the handle of a pump in the doorway. Chandeliers and other wares are visible through the large shop windows. Two white horses are hitched to a closed cab stopped in front of the entrance, and a horse-drawn omnibus is partially visible in the background. The name of the business appears prominently on the cornice, and on signboards facing both Walnut and Ninth Streets. Managed at this site beginning in 1855, the store name changed to John C. Hunter & Co. in 1864., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: December 11, 1858., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 868, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: Reynolds, Robert F., artist
Date: [December 11, 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W471 [P.2270]

Title: Girard House
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-835 Chestnut Street. Horse-drawn carriages are parked in front of the building., Orange mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization 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 - Hotels [P.9047.43]

Title: Girard House, Ninth & Chestnut Sts., Phila, Pa
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the Girard House hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-835 Chestnut Street. Horse-drawn carriages are parked in front of the hotel. Also shows partial view of the Continental Hotel, also built after the designs of McArthur from 1857-1860, on the south side of the street. A street lamp with an advertisement for the Chestnut Street Theater stands in front of the Continental., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Negative annotated with title., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9733]

Title: Girard House, Ninth & Chestnut Sts., Phila, Pa
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the Girard House hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-835 Chestnut Street. Horse-drawn carriages are parked in front of the hotel. Also shows partial view of the Continental Hotel, also built after the designs of McArthur from 1857-1860, on the south side of the street. A street lamp with an advertisement for the Chestnut Street Theater stands in front of the Continental., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Negative annotated with title., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9013.6]

Title: Girard House, Ninth & Chestnut Sts., Phila, Pa
Description: View looking east from above Ninth Street showing the hotel, built from 1851-1852 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., at 823-835 Chestnut Street. Horse-drawn carriages are parked in front of the hotel. Also shows partial view of the Continental Hotel, also built after the designs of McArthur from 1857-1860, on the south side of the street. A street lamp with an advertisement for Chestnut Street Theater stands in front of the Continental., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Negative annotated with title., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: L.D. & Co.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hotels [P.9047.16]

Title: [J. Willis, shoe manufactory, 241 Arch Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Advertisement showing the four-story manufactory and storefront for "J. Willis Wholesale & Retale [sic] Ladies Shoe store" on the 600 block of Arch Street. Under the store awning, a couple enters the doorway while a lady looks at a partially visible print, possibly depicting the Willis shoe store, in the central display window. Drapery is visible in some of the upper floor windows and a horse-drawn carriage is parked in front of the building. Also shows partial views of adjacent buildings. Shading to represent light reflecting from windows also comprises a graphic element of the image. The business operated as J. Willis from the address 1840-1853, when renamed J. Willis & Son., Title supplied by cataloguer., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: Arch Street. Dec. 1846. [illegible], Philadelphia on Stone, POS 401, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Date: [December 1846]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W195 [P.2063]

Title: Citizens Volunteer Hospital Association of Philadelphia. Instituted, September 5th 1862 Erected September 5th 1862 for temporary relief of sick and wounded soldiers, arriving in and passing through Philadelphia. Closed August 9th 1865
Description: Certificate containing a view showing a bustling street scene around the hospital situated opposite the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad depot at the corner of Broad Street and Washington Avenue. On the sidewalk, soldiers converse, men and women pedestrians stroll, and a female peddler and vendor sell their goods and wares, the latter patronized by Zouaves. In the street, medical personnel and doctors accompany injured soldiers, by stretcher, foot, and on crutches toward the hospital. Men, women, and children walk, converse, and greet each other, and horse-drawn carriages, including possibly an ambulance, travel past and stop near the hospital. Children include a boy carrying a basket and two attempting to help a man with his valise. Also shows surrounding buildings in the background. The hospital provided care to the most seriously injured before their reassignment to other hospitals. The hospital closed on August 11, 1865., Signed Thomas T. Tasker Junr President and F. Bayle Secretary pro tem., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 129, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Variant of image used as central scene in Wainwright 69.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W67 [P.8650]

Title: The late theatre in Chesnut [sic] Street Philadelphia Destroyed by Fire in 1820
Description: View of the altered first building of the Chestnut Street Theater, at Chestnut above Sixth Street, the front facade redesigned by Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1805 with columns flanked by wings. The most lavish and first gas-lit theater in the country, opened in 1794, was destroyed by fire on April 2, 1820, and rebuilt after the designs of William Strickland in 1822. Depicts several individuals, predominately couples, strolling and convening near the theater. A horse-drawn carriage, with three people, travels in the street., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.
Creator: Fox, Gilbert, 1776-1807?, etcher
Date: [1828]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's Views [Sn 32b/P.2276.68]

Title: View on the Wissahickon above toll house
Description: View showing a stretch of Lincoln Drive including Maple Spring Hotel, the roadhouse and picnic resort established around 1865. The hotel was known for proprietor Joseph Smith's prominently displayed hand-carved curios created from laurel root that he gathered along the Wissahickon Creek. The hotel fell into ruin following the loss of its liquor privileges and was razed in the late 19th century. A horse-drawn carriage travels down the wooded road., Title from accompanying label., Photographer's imprint embossed on accompanying label., Trimmed orange mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: ca. 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Hotels [(3)1322.F.137h]

Title: Harrison's Row, Locust St. bel. 18th
Description: View of the row of mansions, known as Harrison Row, built for locomotive engineer Joseph Harrison in 1856 as an experiment in community housing. The single family residences included a kitchen, dining room, sitting-room, skylight, and laundry facilities as well as shared a garden with Harrison's adjacent mansion at 221-225 South 18th Street. Also shows a partial view of St. Mark's Church (1607-1627 Locust); neighboring buildings; and a horse-drawn carriage., Title from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McClees 1859-2., Published in Theo B. White, ed., Philadelphia architecture in the nineteenth century (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Art Alliance by the University of Pennsylvnai Press, 1953), entry #95., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 29., Arcadia caption text: One of Philadelphia’s few architect-designed rows, Harrison’s Row consisted of a block of ten elegant Italianate houses on the north side of Locust Street near Rittenhouse Square designed by Samuel Sloan. The homes shared a back garden (see image above) with Harrison’s palatial mansion on Eighteenth Street, also designed by Sloan, and a block of stables to the north. Around the time this photograph was taken in March of 1859, the homes were occupied by three merchants, three brokers, two “gentlemen,” and an engraver, along with their families and servants., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: March 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Streets - L [(6)1322.F.154a]

Title: State House and Independence Hall
Description: Rooftop view looking southwest showing the State House at 520 Chestnut Street built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley. Also shows the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. adorned with lettering reading "Mayors Office" (500 Chestnut) and a partial view of Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut). Includes minor pedestrian traffic and a partial view of a horse-drawn carriage., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint embossed on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: ca. 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Bartlett & Smith - Government Buildings [1322.F.7d]

Title: Girard Avenue Bridge, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view looking from East Fairmount Park showing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge completed in 1874 after the designs of Philadelphia architects Henry A. and James P. Sims. Several horse-drawn carriages, people on horseback, and individuals on foot travel the upper, pedestrian level of the bridge. Also shows park visitors traversing the paths on the banks of the Schuylkill River below the bridge. On the river, paddelboats, scullers, and row boats are visible. Bridge demolished in 1971., Not in Wainwright., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 303, Reaccessioned as P.2283.29. Formerly 7598.F., Paper darkened slightly.
Creator: Currier & Ives
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Bridges - G [P.2283.29]

Title: Philadelphia Library. On the northeast corner of Fifth and Library street
Description: View showing the Library Company of Philadelphia (organized by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731) built 1789-1790 after the designs of Dr. William Thornton on the 100 block of Fifth Street. A group of young men and boys stand near the entrance of the building. Also shows a horse-drawn carriage and lamppost in the foreground., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount of (3)2526.F.105 (Poulson)/8339.F.5., Date inscribed on photograph (3)2526.F.105 (Poulson)/8339.F.5., Compass directions given in manuscript on mount., One of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., One of the images originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 105. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image., (3)2526.F.105 reaccessioned as 8339.F.5.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: February 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Libraries - L [(6)1322.F.10e; (3)2526.F.105], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/8339f5.jpg

Title: Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, J.E. Kingsley & Co., proprietors [envelope]
Description: View showing the luxury hotel completed in 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. at the corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic including horse-drawn carriages, men on horseback, and a strolling family. The hotel was demolished in 1924., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Variant of (6)1322.F.69c., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 158
Creator: Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Hotels [(8)1322.F.49h]

Title: Mercantile Library, on the southeast corner of Fifth and Library Street
Description: View showing the building of the library, organized in 1821 for the benefit of merchants and merchant clerks, built 1844-45 after the designs of William Johnston at 125 South Fifth Street. Includes a horse-drawn carriage parked in front of the library and a partial view of Independence Square. Building demolished circa 1925., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Mount inscribed with directions: N. E. S. W., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 111. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 11., Arcadia caption text: William L. Johnston designed this Greek Revival edifice, constructed 1844-1845, at the southeast corner of Fifth and Library streets for the Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia, which formed in 1821 as a member-supported institution for merchants and clerks. Initially serving the specific interests of bankers, traders, and accountants, by the late 19th century the library became a place for the general public to utilize its collection of newspapers, magazines, and novels. Pictured here in 1858, the library relocated in 1869. The building was demolished c. 1925.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: December 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Libraries - M [(3)2526.F.111 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/2526f111.jpg

Title: [225th aniversary of Germantown parade, Germantown, Pa.]
Description: Film negative showing a group of soldiers marching in a parade down Germantown Avenue for the 225th anniversary of the founding of Germantown. The soldiers wear uniforms with tall hats and carry rifles over their shoulders. Spectators line the far side of the road. A line of carriages filled with people stand behind the spectators. A man on horseback and a horse-drawn carriage cross in the foreground. The original Bicentennial anniversary parade celebrated the first German immigrants to America and the first thirteen Quaker families who founded Germantown. A smaller annual holiday, German Day, began to be held in subsequent years in German-American communities., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on original envelope: 10-6-1908. Historical parade, being 225th aniv of Germantown Friends Meeting. On Germantown Ave., Gift of David M. Morris., 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: October 6, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2017.38.3]

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