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Title: Silk Souvenir of the National Export Exposition, 1899
Description: Made to promote the National Export Exposition, which took place in Philadelphia from Sept. 14- Dec. 2, 1899 and attracted over a million visitors., Reads, "National Export Exposition, 1899, Philadelphia." At the bottom, "Made by Sauquoit Silk Mfg. Co.," "Bethlehem, Philadelphia, Scranton," and "J.J. Jordan, designer.", Depicts William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, and William McKinley framing a bird's eye view of the Commerical Museum., Gift of Helen Beitler, 2002.
Creator: Sauquoit Silk Manufacturing Company
Date: Ca. 1899
Location: OBJ 868

Title: Commercial Museum postcards
Description: Exterior views of the Commercial Museum built 1897-1899 after designs by G. W. & W. D. Hewitt. Served as the exhibition building for the National Export Exposition in 1901., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 27A04 and 27B03A., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1905-1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Miscellaneous - 27]

Title: Republican National Convention, June 21, 1900. Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of the Republican National Convention held in Exposition Auditorium at 3400-3500 Civic Center Boulevard June 19-21, 1900. Shows a large crowd of delegates and alternates seated by state in the hall adorned in patriotic bunting. A photograph of William McKinley, the Republican party's candidate for President, is visible on a large flag hanging from the ceiling in the background. Exposition Auditorium, later known as the Commercial Museum, was built 1897-99 after designs by G.W. & W.D. Hewitt for the National Export Exposition (1899) and demolished in 2006., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint stamped on mount., Distributor's imprint and logo stamped on mount., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., C.H. Graves published under the imprint "Universal Photo Art Co." between 1896 and 1904., See Darrah, The World of Stereographs, p. 52., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: c1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graves - Events [P.9047.144]

Title: Philadelphia flower show, Commercial Museum, March 7th to 12th 1932
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia Flower Show depicting a floral exhibit. Shows a trail in a forest with trees, shrubs, and pink azalea bushes. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society organized the first flower show in 1829, although the official Philadelphia Flower Show began in 1925 at the Commercial Museum. The show relocated to the 23rd Armory in 1965, to the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1966, and to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in 1996. The Commercial Museum opened in 1897 at 34th and South Streets, Philadelphia., Title and date from item., Gift of David Doret, 2019.
Date: 1932
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.23]

Title: [Drawings of early 20th-century metropolitan and industrial Philadelphia]
Description: Collection of pencil drawings published in Section III of Historic Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Public Ledger Company, 1922). Depicts Colkenny, the Elizabethan-style estate of Acme Tea founder Thomas P. Hunter (built 1909 after the designs of Horace Trumbauer, Haverford, Pa); the Commercial Museum, opened in 1897 as a museum promoting manufacturing and international commerce (34th and South Streets); Lindenhurst, the French classical-style estate of department store pioneer John Wanamaker (Jenkintown, Pa., rebuilt ca. 1911); garden-elevation view of Penhurst, the Elizabethan-style estate of Pencoyd Iron Works owner Percival Roberts, Jr. (built 1902 after the designs of Peabody & Stearns, Narbeth, Pa.); Widener Memorial Industrial Training School opened about 1905 to provide home and medical care and manual training for children with disabilities (founded by P. A. B. Widener, built after the designs of Horace Trumbauer, 5400 North Broad Street); and the Willow Grove Park amphitheater. Majority of the views include personages on estate grounds or as street pedestrians, as well as automobiles on driveways or as street traffic and street lights. Lindenhurst view also shows a pond with swans, a foot bridge, and pavilion. Amphitheatre view includes an orchestra on stage and a near full audience., Majority signed lower right: Vernon Howe Bailey., Two of drawings dated by artist 1918., Date inferred from date given by artist to two of the drawings and publication date of the text in which they were reproduced., Published in Historic Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Public Ledger Company, 1922)., Vernon Howell Bailey (1874-1953) was a Philadelphia artist known for his architectural and naval works. Bailey studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was a member of the Society of Illustrators and early in his career (1892-1901) worked as a staff artist for the Philadelphia Times and Boston Herald. His later career focused on naval works commissioned by the U.S. Government during World War I, as well as an artist’s tour in Europe and lithographic studies of New York skyscrapers during the 1920s., Forms part of the David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell Collection.
Creator: Bailey, Vernon Howe, 1874-1953, artist
Date: [ca. 1918-ca. 1922]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Bailey [P.2017.15.9-14]

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