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- Title
- Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank postcards
- Description
- Exterior views of Girard Trust built 1905-1908 based on designs by Furness, Evans & Co. with detailing by McKim, Mead & White., Contains 13 postcards printed in color., 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
- 1900-1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Girard Trust - 39]
- Title
- Independent Corn Exchange Guards! Company A! Attention! A picked company is being recruited by members of the Corn Exchange Association, at their armory, Second St. above Walnut for three months' service. The men will be thoroughly equipped at private expense, and forwarded to Harrisburg immediately. The interest manifested by the members of this association in all the men sent forward, is a guaranty that this company will be well taken care of
- Description
- The 49th Regiment Infantry of the Ninety-Day Militia, called the Second Corn Exchange Regiment, under command of Col. Alexander Murphy, was mustered into service July 2 and 14, and discharged Sept. 2 and 3, 1863; Albert F. Hoppel became Captain of Company D. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1288, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 250., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Pennsylvania, Militia, Infantry Regiment, 49th (1863), Company A.
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1863 Penn Mil (1)5777.F.55c (McAllister)
- Title
- $[blank] Philadelphia, [blank] 1862. Samuel L. Ward, 811 Market Street, treasurer of the Corn Exchange Regiment Fund pay to the order of [blank] [blank] /100 dollars. Attest, [blank] [blank] Chairman, [blank] Secretary, of the executive committee
- Description
- A blank bank draft., The Corn Exchange Regiment, the 118th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1862 and disbanded in June 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1310, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 130., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Corn Exchange Regiment Fund
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Corn (2)5777.F.63c (McAllister)
- Title
- Recruits wanted for the independent company Corn Exchange Guard! For the defence of the state! Head-quarters: Corn Exchange, 2d St. above Walnut
- Description
- Capt. Ben Lloyd James was transferred from Co. A of the 20th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia during the crisis of 1862, and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1193, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 219., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Corn Exchange Guard
- Date
- [1862?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1862 Corn (1)5777.F.54b (McAllister)
- Title
- Niagara corn starch, Wesp, Lautz Bros. & Co., Buffalo, N.Y
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a boy standing in a corn field holding an ear of corn comparable in size to him., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Acme soap and Niagara starch as "the purest, the sweetest, the best"., Distributor's imprint printed on verso: Mrs. A. Gelzer, wholesale and retail grocer, N.W. corner of 3d and Green Streets, Philadelphia. Manuscript note above address: Chester. Refers most likely to Loretta Gelzer, wife of Peter Gelzer, who operated a grocery store at 600 North Third Street in Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Wesp [P.9651.15]
- Title
- Chorus -- sing, darkeys, sing
- Description
- Pro-slavery image set on Fairfield Plantation, a fictional plantation near Macon, Georgia. This scene of casual socializing shows a large "corn-shucking" or husking. A group of men, women, and childen sit around a large pile of corn husks. Laughing and talking with one another, they husk the corn and toss the ears aside. A man identified in the text as Uncle Cato sits on top of pile and leads the others in singing. Two white overseers, who, according to the text, provided the slaves with whiskey, stand near a tree in the background., Illustration in Robert Criswell's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" contrasted with Buckingham Hall, the planter's home; or, A fair view of both sides of the slavery question (New York: Printed and published by D. Fanshaw, No. 108 Nassau-street, 1852), p. 64., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
- Creator
- Whitney & Annin, engraver
- Date
- [1852]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2 Wright 660 71441.O p 64, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2652
- Title
- A plantation "corn-shucking" -- social meeting of slaves
- Description
- Illustration is included in Chapter XIX, "The Slave-Trader's Purchase -- A Slave Gang Bound for the South -- Distressing Scenes at Parting -- 'We'll Shuck dis Cawn Befo' We Go!'" Image shows a large, festive, night-time corn-shucking in which slaves from several neighboring plantations were said to have participated. Sitting and standing around an enormous pile of husks, the slaves strip the ears of corn and throw them into buckets. According to the text, the slaves sang while they worked, and some tried to outdo each other in husking contests., Illustration in Mary Ashton Rice Livermore's The Story of my Life, or, The Sunshine and Shadow of Seventy Years (Hartford: A.D. Worthington & Co., 1897), p. 336., Caption underneath the image reads: "Costumed in every variety of nondescript gaments, with faces of every shade of black, as diverse in aspect as were their garments in fashion, they seated themselves in groups around the mounds of unhusked corn.", Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
- Creator
- Helmick, Howard, designer
- Date
- [1897]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1897 Liv 29518.O p 336, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2840
- Title
- Corn Exchange Regiment Col. Charles M. Prevost. $160 bounty! $85 before leaving the city. Recruits wanted for this popular regiment! Apply at recruiting stations, No. 138 Walnut Street, No. 808 Market Street
- Description
- The Corn Exchange Regiment, the 118th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1862 and disbanded in June 1865; Col. C.M. Prevost was in command until Sept. 30, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1310, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 130., Printed in red and blue; printed on two 61 x 83 cm. sheets pasted together., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865), Company C.
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1862 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.6 (McAllister)
- Title
- Corn Exchange Regiment $160 bounty Young, active, able-bodied men wanted at once to fill the Corn Exchange Regiment. Pay, rations and uniform from the day of enrollment. $10 extra bounty paid to each recruit as soon as he is accepted
- Description
- The Corn Exchange Regiment, the 118th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1862 and disbanded in June 1865; it was under command of Col. Charles M. Prevost until Sept. 30, 1863; Charles H. Fernald was captain of Company D. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1310, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 130., Printed in red and blue; printed area, including double-rule border, measures 104.2 x 72.6 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865), Company D.
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1862 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.4 (McAllister)
- Title
- $160 bounty. Corn Exchange Regiment Col. Charles M. Prevost. Good men wanted for this regiment, at Girard House, Chestnut bel. Ninth St. $10 extra bounty to every man. Captain, Lewis Passmore. First Lieut., Albert Walters. Second Lieut., Samuel N. Lewis. This regiment is to be recruited for three years or the war. Those who enlist, will receive $10 more than any other regiment, and $75 more than those who enlist for nine or twelve months
- Description
- The Corn Exchange Regiment, the 118th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1862 and disbanded in June 1865; it was under the command of Col. C.M. Prevost until Sept. 30, 1863; Lewis Passmore, captain of Company E, resigned Dec. 13, 1862. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1310, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 130., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865), Company E.
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.75s (McAllister)
- Title
- The Corn Exchange Regiment, Charles M. Prevost, Colonel. $160 bounty, $85 cash Recruits wanted for this popular regiment. Men are mustered in immediately. Pay and rations commence from enlistment. All persons drafted receive no bounty from government. Apply at recruiting stations: 808 Market Street, and 138 Walnut Street. Dendy Sharwood, Captain Company C, recruiting officer
- Description
- The Corn Exchange Regiment, the 118th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1862 and disbanded in June 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1310, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 130., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 7.5 x 10.5 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865), Company C.
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.75m (McAllister)
- Title
- Corn Exchange Regiment, of Philadelphia This it to certify, that [blank] has been regularly enlisted and sworn in as a member of Company B. Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Penn'a Volunteers. Residence, [blank] Family, [blank] [blank] Colonel. [blank] Captain. [blank] 1862
- Description
- A blank form., The Corn Exchange Regiment, the 118th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1862 and disbanded in June 1865; Col. Charles M. Prevost commanded the regiment until Sept. 30, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1310, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 130., Printed in red., The illustration is Liberty holding the flag., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865), Company B.
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.59c (McAllister)
- Title
- $160 bounty. Corn Exchange Regiment Good men wanted for this regiment, at No. 344 North Third St. $10 extra bounty to every man. Captain, C.H. Fernald. First Lieut., A.G.M. Bowen. Second Lieut., S.M. McIntyre. This regiment is to be recruited for three years or the war. Those who enlist, will receive $10 more than any other regiment, and $75 more than those who enlist for nine or twelve months
- Description
- The Corn Exchange Regiment, the 118th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1862 and disbanded in June 1865; it was under command of Col. Charles M. Prevost until Sept. 30, 1863; Charles H. Fernald was captain of Company D. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1310, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 130., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865), Company D.
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.10d (McAllister)
- Title
- The Corn Exchange Regiment, Charles M. Prevost, Colonel. $160 bounty, $85 cash Recruits wanted for this popular regiment. Men are mustered in immediately. Pay and rations commence from enlistment. All persons drafted receive no bounty from government. Apply at recruiting stations: 808 Market Street, and 138 Walnut Street. Dendy Sharwood, Captain Company C, recruiting officer
- Description
- The Corn Exchange Regiment, the 118th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1862 and disbanded in June 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1310, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 130., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 7.5 x 10.5 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865), Company C.
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.10a (McAllister)
- Title
- A. Erkenbrecher's St. Bernhard Starch Works, Cincinnati, O
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a vignette of two St. Bernard dogs sitting in the snow with an incapacitated traveller framed by ears of corn to represent the starch industry and patriotic symbols, including laurel wreaths, bugles, and a flag., Contains "Legend of the St. Bernhard Dog" text printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Erkenbrecher [1975.F.291]
- Title
- Corn Exchange Regiment $162. $162. Col. Chas. M. Prevost Steady, able-bodied men wanted for Co. I. S.E. cor. Second and Walnut Streets. $162.00 bounty! Paid to each recruit as follows: $2 government premium when recruit is mustered in; $10 Corn Exchange bounty, when sent to camp; $25 city bounty when the company is full; $25, city bounty, $25, one-fourth of government bounty, and $13, one month's pay in advance, when the regiment is formed; $75, remainder of government bounty when mustered out of service; thus making a total of one hundred dollars before leaving the city!
- Description
- The Corn Exchange Regiment, the 118th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1862 and disbanded in June 1865; it was under the command of Col. C.M. Prevost until Sept. 30, 1863; C.M. O'Callaghan was wounded at Shepherdstown, W.Va. Sept. 20, 1862, and discharged Feb. 14, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1310, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 130., Printed in red and blue; printed on two 61 x 83 cm. sheets pasted together., The illustration is an eagle with a blank banner, perched on a horn., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865), Company I.
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1862 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.5 (McAllister)
- Title
- $160 bounty. Corn Exchange Regiment Col. Charles M. Prevost. Good men wanted for this regiment, at Walnut and Second Streets. $10 extra bounty to every man. $87 of the bounty paid when mustered in. Also, one month's pay. Captain, Richard Donagan. First Lieutenant, Richard W. Davids. Second Lieutenant, Horace Binney. This regiment is to be recruited for three years or the war. Those who enlist, will receive $10 more than any other regiment, and $75 more than those who enlist for nine or twelve months
- Description
- The Corn Exchange Regiment, the 118th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1862 and disbanded in June 1865; Richard Donagan was captain of Company B. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1310, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 130., Printed in red and blue; printed area, including double-rule border, measures 7.4 x 10.4 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865), Company B.
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.10b (McAllister)
- Title
- $162 bounty! Steady, able-bodied men wanted for Co. K., Corn Exchange Regiment at 241 Race Street. Captain, Jos. W. Ricketts. First Lieut., W.M. McKean. Second Lieut., J. Mora Moss. $2, government premium, when recruit is mustered in. $10, Corn Exchange bounty, when sent to camp. $25, city bounty, when the company is full. $25, city bounty, when the regiment is formed. $13, one month's pay in advance. And $25, one-fourth of government bounty. Total, $100 before leaving the city. $75, remainder of government bounty, when mustered out of service
- Description
- The Corn Exchange Regiment, the 118th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1862 and disbanded in June 1865; it was under the command of Col. C.M. Prevost until Sept. 30, 1863; Joseph W. Ricketts and J. Mora Moss were killed at Shepherdstown, W.Va. Sept. 20, 1862. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1310, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 130., Printed area, including double-rule border, measures 7.6 x 10.5 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865), Company K.
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.10c (McAllister)
- Title
- Second & Chestnut Streets
- Description
- View photographed circa 1870 looking east from Second Street, north side, showing the 100 block of Chestnut Street. Businesses include: the first building of the Corn Exchange National Bank (1858 -1951) at 127-135 Chestnut Street; Sprague, Colburn & Co., dry goods at 127 Chestnut Street; and A. Campbell & Co., woolen manufacturers, at 125 Chestnut Street. Also includes James H. Billington & Co., manufacturers' supplies, in the distance at 113 Chestnut Street (northeast corner of Letitia Street). Men and boys stand near the bank, including a boy leaning on a lamppost near a horse-drawn carriage in the street. Sprague, Colburn, & Co,. dry goods, tenated 127 Chestnut Street in 1870., Title from manuscript note on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on verso., Inscribed on negative: 206., Printed on mount: No. 7., Pink 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
- R. Newell & Son
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Streets [P.9299.132]
- Title
- [Men husking corn]
- Description
- Depicts men agricultural workers, including an African American man, sifting through and husking corn in the middle of a large mound of cobs. In the center, five men and two dogs sit and stand in a large amount of corn. In the left, an African American man, attired in a bowler hat, a white, long-sleeved shirt, a waistcoat, and pants, sits on a wooden crate as he husks corn into a wooden barrel. Another man stands and husks into the same barrel. Three other men bend and stand sorting the corn. Behind the mound of corn is a horse-drawn cart. In the background is a large barn with the doors removed., Title supplied by cataloger., Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s exhibiting his work, including genre studies of African Americans, at national and international photography exhibitions. His photographs won prizes.
- Creator
- Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1888]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wood [P.8743.180]
- Title
- Corn Picking. Population 1,542,180. Area in sq. miles 59,475
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting Arbuckle Bros. coffee and depicting African Americans in a field harvesting corn. Shows an African American woman, attired in a straw hat, a green, long-sleeved shirt, a yellow shawl, and a red skirt, smiling as she picks corn off of a stalk in the foreground. In the left, an African American man, attired in a straw hat, a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, brown pants, and brown shoes, looks at the viewer as he carries corn in his arms. In the background, two more farm laborers are visible. Brothers John and Charlie Arbuckle, Arbuckle Bros., established their factory and warehouse in Brooklyn in 1881 after they invented a machine that roasted, ground, and packaged coffee into bags. Their first national brand was patented under the name Arbuckle’s Ariosa. The company succeeded into the 20th century. Following John’s death in 1912 the company declined and was broken up by the Arbuckle family in the late 1930s., Title from item., Publication information and date from the copyright statement: Copyright 1889 Arbuckle Bros. N.Y., Print trimmed., Description of Colorado printed on verso. Sections of text missing. "[Colo]rado. east and west of 380 miles, a breadth o[?] square miles, or 66,512,000 acres, divided [?] are still unsurveyed 40,657,679 acres; i[?] mountain range, the foot hills, and the [?] [nor]th and south through the centre of the [?] [ra]nges, with many peaks over 13,000 fee[t] [?] immense mountains, are the “Parks,” [?] natural feature of Colorado. These co[?] [?] tion of 9,000 to 10,000 feet above the se[a]. [T]he principal ones being the North and [?] White and Green rivers, most of which[?] navigable. The South Platte has a fa[?] [?] Denver, and one of the canons of th[e] [?] [?] a rule, severe, with heavy falls of snow [?] plains and in the valleys, the mildness [?] as to render Colorado the paradise [?] and are glad to find that “Arbuckles” [?] 65,196 females, of whom 154,537 were [?] [?]rth, white, 191,126; colored, 3,201.", Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Corn [P.2017.95.199]
- Title
- [Corn Exchange, Union Avenue, the Great Central Fair, Philadelphia, 1864]
- Description
- Unmounted stereograph shows a display sponsored by the "Corn Exchange". Includes a portrait of George Washington, drums, and patriotic bunting. 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 from manuscript note on mount., 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.168b]
- Title
- Kansas and Colorado State Building, interior.
- Description
- Interior view of building depicting various exhibits including Mrs. Maxwell's Museum, which displays taxidermy representing the native flora and fauna of the Rocky Mountains. Also depicted are a domed building made out of various plant products including corn, gourds, apples, melons and other fruits and vegetables, various rock and mineral displays, a Liberty Bell made out of grasses, and a large map of the state of Kansas. Exhibit sign - The Horse's Friend - Chambers Timekeeping Odometer.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- *Centennial - photos [P.8700.12]