View showing the birthplace of the prominent historical painter Benajmin West in Springfield, i.e., Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Tall grass is visible in the foreground. The residence, built in 1724, was purchased by Swarthmore College in 1874 and serves as the college's visitors center. West was a founder and later president of the Royal Academy in London., Photographer's imprint and title printed on mount., Green mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.)
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Simons - Residences - W [P.9058.164]
Architectural drawing from a bird's eye perspective showing the residential park originally developed by William E. Witham ca. 1928-early 1930s. Shows the inverted pyramid-shaped residential park between Swarthmore Avenue, and Crest and Cedar Lanes. Swarthmore Avenue and Cedar Lane form the borders of the community. Crest Lane is depicted containing a traffic circle and running down the center of the development. Development includes over a dozen residences with at least two-levels. Most include multiple sections and all include gable roofs and driveways. A small number of cars travel down the street and up driveways. Trees line the interior and exterior of the residential park. Traveling salesman-turned real estate developer William E. Witham developed Swarthmore Crest following the purchase of part of the Gibbon Estate in 1928. Witham built his own Tudor Revival-style residence in Swarthmore Crest in 1931. That year, he advertised the residences already built in Swarthmore Crest as "establish[ing] a standard for the future ... substantial, without show.", Title inscribed on drawing., Signature of artist in lower right corner., Date inferred from artist's active dates in Philadelphia and years of development of residences depicted., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Donald C. Taber, born in New York, was a commercial artist in Philadelphia by 1930.
Creator
Taber, Donald C., 1895-1981, artist
Date
[ca. 1930]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors [P.2017.15.16]
Glass negative showing the three-story stone home with a duel slanted roof and two chimneys where Benjamin West was born. The house is surrounded by trees and other houses are visible in the background. West was a history painter during the Revloutionary War and the Seven Years' War., Photographer remarks: Soaked in bromide solution before developing. Camera shook., Time: 2:10, Light: Strong sun., The photograph is slightly blurred., 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 27, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.580]
