["Old Abe," Wisconsin eagle, 1876]
Title
[ "Old Abe," Wisconsin eagle, 1876]
Description
View showing the eagle named "Old Abe" on a specially-designed perch adorned in patriotic stars and stripes. The mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Old Abe was on display in the Agricultural Building at the Centennial Fair. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Manuscript note on verso: Famous "Wisconsin eagle" carried by a Wisc. regiment during the Civil War and later exhibited at the Centennial., Stamped on verso: G.L. Howe, M.D., 924 Clover St., Rochester, N.Y., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co.
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.169]
The Natatorium and Physical Institute [stock certificate]
Title
The Natatorium and Physical Institute [stock certificate]
Description
Illustrated share certificate for investment in the recreational institute incorporated in 1859 that was administered by J.W. Payne, with a facility built in 1869 at 219 South Broad Street. Vignette shows a mother eagle attending to two eaglets in a bird's nest. The first floor of the facility provided a wealthy clientele with a pool in the summer and a gym in the winter. A dance academy occupied the second floor., Printed on recto: Shares, $15.00. One Share., Inscribed on recto: No. 348., Issued to Samuel Welsh on September 4, 1860. Signed Paul B. Goddard, President; Jno. W. [D?], Treasurer., Seal of institute blindstamped on recto., Manuscript note on verso: Natatorium Physical Inst. 2 shares $15 each Sept. 1860., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 152, Gift of Mrs. Nicholas B. Wainwright
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Recreation - Natatorium [P.9408.4]
The three days of May 1844. Columbia mourns her citizens slain
Title
The three days of May 1844. Columbia mourns her citizens slain
Description
Memorial to nativist casualties of the violent clashes occurring between anti-foreigner "Native Americans" and Irish-American Catholics in Kensington, Philadelphia, May 6 through 8, 1844. The female figure of Columbia holds a large, billowing American flag near a broken column on which she places a wreath. On the column are the names of those Native Americans killed during the attacks on Catholic homes and institutions. At the top of the list, circled by Columbia's wreath, is the name of George Schiffler, the first and most famous of the nativist martyrs. Other names inscribed on the column are: Wright, Rhinedollar, Greble, Stillwell, Hammitt, Ramsey, and Cox. To the right of Columbia is an American eagle supporting a shield with the names of the wounded, including: Peale (the artist?), Whitecar, Lescher, Young, Wiseman, Willman, Schufelbaugh, Yocum, Ardis, Boggs, Ford, Bartleson, and Ort. Above the figure floats a streamer with the print's title. Below a similar banner reads "Deceased----We Revere Their Memory---Wounded---We Cherish And Reward Them---.", Not in Wainwright., Artist's signature lower left corner., LOC copy filed for copyright July 1, 1844., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 254, Library of Congress: LOT 10615-34 [item] [P&P] Columbia, Description supplied by LOC catalog record.
Creator
Peale, Washington, artist
Date
c1844
Location
Library of Congress LOC LOT 10615-34 [item] [P&P] Columbia