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Title: [Aerial view of Percival Roberts' estate, Narberth, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.]
Description: Aerial view of 539 acre estate built circa 1903., Negative number: 57a, Inscribed in negative: Aero Service Corp, Phila.
Creator: Jennings, William Nicholson, 1860-1946, photographer
Date: ca. 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jennings [P.9480.57a]

Title: [Unidentified estate near Philadelphia]
Description: Shows a residence and surrounding grounds., Attributed to John Moran., White 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: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [(8)1322.F.37b]

Title: [Scrapbook of prints]
Description: Scrapbook containing predominantly clipped book and periodical illustrations, including a number of vignettes engraved by W. E. Tucker after the work of Thomas Birch, showing European and American landscapes and landmarks, animal portraiture, and genre and Biblical scenes. Landscape and landmark views mainly depict the Eastern United States and Great Britain. Titles include Passaic Falls; Bandit's Home; The Woodlands, near Philadelphia-Seat of J. Lisle Esq.; Philadelphia from the Elm Tree, Kensington; The Prison at Venice; Abbey Gate of St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk; The Little Irish Girl; The City of Pompeii; The Deluge; The Three Maries at the Tomb of Christ; The Residence of Samuel Breck Esq. on the Schuylkill; Barlborough Hall, Derbyshire; Church Street, St Paul's Church & the Cemetery Gate of St. Augustine's Monastery, Canterbury; The Happy Family; and Plate XV from a 1782 edition of Don Quixote. Several of the views contain persons on foot, images of estates or rural life, farm animals, and modes of transportation on land or sea. Animal portraitures depict birds, sheep, goats, cows, and a wolf. Scrapbook also contains early European landscape lithographs designed by J. Rothmuller and G. Englemann; a lithograph signed with the monogram JPL; illustrated title pages from Oliver Goldsmith's "The Traveler" and William Shenstone's "The School Mistress"; a portrait of Elizabeth Fry; cutouts depicting a tiger and a Moses-like figure; watercolor and gouache drawings of flowers, a butterfly and a ruins; a pressed feather; and three newspaper clippings referring to poets M. LaMartine, Lady Flora Hastings, and Felicia Hemans., Title supplied by cataloger., Label pasted on inside front cover: A. R. Poole, Fancy Stationer, 66 Chestnut St., Philada., Some pages contain paste marks from removed items., Various artists, including T. Doughty, T. Birch, J. V. Barber, P. Dewint, B. K. Fox, L. T. Lee, J. Martin, J. Rothmuller, Charles Barber, Joseph Fussell, R. Westall, G. S. Newton, A. Mosses, B. West, Geo. Shepherd, John Boaden, and Stothard., Various engravers, including W. E. Tucker, W. Miller, C. G. Childs, J. Lybrand, Hall, Charles Pye, Robert Brandard, Mottram, J. W. Steel, J. B. Longacre, E. Smith, J. Neagle, H. Adlard, Hamilton, and William Blake., Various printers and publishers, including Engelmann, Whittaker & Co., Joyce Gold, Pendleton, and Harrison & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Binding in poor condition., Mary Rebecca Darby Smith (1814-1886) was the daughter of Philadelphia Quakers Hannah Logan Fisher (1777-1846) and James Smith (d. 1826) and great great granddaughter of scholar and William Penn's secretary James Logan. Smith, known as an eccentric, never married and traveled widely from the mid to late 19th century. Between 1859 and 1886, she resided in Washington, D.C (1859-1861) and traveled to Europe (1860-1870; 1874-1876; 1880-1886), including the British Isles, Rome, Venice, Paris and St. Petersburg. She was also an autograph collector, author, poet, and socialite. Smith died and was buried in London in November 1886. Her estate was valued at over $30,000 and she left several bequests, including to the Library Company, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and friends throughout the East coast of the United States, Europe, and Russia.
Creator: Smith, Mary Rebecca Darby
Date: ca. 1782-ca. 1835
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4-Alcove 2 [Is 6 1536.Q, vol. 1]

Title: Fountain Park near Philadelphia. Residence of A. McMakin Esq
Description: View showing the estate of the Philadelphia newspaper proprietor, Andrew McMakin, that was located south of Laurel Hill on the Ridge Turnpike at East Falls. Trees partially obscure the main residence that is flanked by outbuildings that were used as an ice-house, bath-house and hot-house. A fountain adorns the lawn on which two deer graze. In the foreground, two men travel on horseback and a third walks with a cane. They pass on the dirt road in front of the stone wall surrounding the property. The estate was originally built for Governor Thomas Mifflin in the 18th century and was later acquired by Fairmount Park. The residence was removed., Title from label pasted on verso., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 269, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21:94, Gift of Mrs. S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Whitefield, Edwin, 1816-1892, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W135 [P.9057.2]

Title: A homestead gate, Fisher's Lane, near Philada
Description: Winter view showing the entrance gate and snow-covered drive to an estate on Fisher's Lane in the Feltonville neighborhood of Philadelphia. Also shows a man and boy standing next to the open gate in the foreground and a man walking on the drive in the background. Drive flanked by bare trees. Dwelling visible in the distant background., Duplicate photograph, #37 entitled "Avenue leading to Mr. Dixon's Mansion," in Moran album, "Old Philadelphia Views, 1861." See albums - Moran [P.9265]., Title from label pasted on verso., Photographer's blind stamp on mount., Creme mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [P.8992.23]

Title: Montibello the seat of Genl. S. Smith Maryland
Description: View showing the estate and grounds of Maryland Senator and Congressman Samuel Smith., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 13a [P.9057.55.13a]

Title: Woodlands the seat of Mr. Wm. Hamilton Pennsylva
Description: View showing the West Philadelphia mansion (built in 1742, remodeled and enlarged between 1787 and 1790) of William Hamilton, grandson of Alexander Hamilton. The estate was purchased in 1840 by the Woodlands Cemetery Company., Gift of Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 14a [P.9057.55.14a]

Title: Sedgley the seat of Mr. Wm. Crammond Pennsylva
Description: View showing the estate with Gothic country house, built in 1799 after the designs of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, owned by Philadelphia merchant William Cramond on the east bank of the Schuylkill River (Fairmount Park). The property, sold to Samuel Mifflin in 1806, was owned by several successive owners, including merchant James C. Fisher from about 1812 until 1836, and antiquarian Ferdinand J. Dreer, before purchase and demolition by the city in 1857., Title altered in manuscript: Sedgley the Seat of Mr. James C. Fisher Pennsylva., Gift of Mrs. S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 15a [P.9057.55.15a]

Title: View from Belmont Pennsyla. the Seat of Judge Peters
Description: View showing the Schuylkill River and wooded grounds near the country seat above Philadelphia (West Fairmount Park) of Judge Richard Peters. The estate, originally purchased by William Peters in 1742 was used as a working model farm by his son Richard until Richard's death in 1828. Subsequently, the estate was utilized by the railroad, an oil refinery, and a country resort before purchased by the city in 1869 for inclusion in Fairmount Park. View includes a wood shack near a grove of trees., Gift of Mrs. S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats pl-16a [P.9057.55.16a]

Title: China Retreat Pennsylva. the seat of Mr. Manigault
Description: View showing the Bucks County estate, near the Delaware River, built in 1796 by former Resident Director of the East India Company in China, André Everadus Van Braam-Houckgeest. Sold by Van Braam in 1798, the estate pased through several owners, including Gabriel Manigault in 1807, and at various times housed Bristol College, a boarding house, and an orphan asylum for African American children. The mansion, the estate grounds severely diminished, was demolished in the mid 20th century. View includes a worker attending the yard in front of the mansion., Gift of Mrs.S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats pl-19a [P.9057.55.19a]

Title: Hoboken in New Jersey, the seat of Mr. John Stevens
Description: View of the mansion, Stevens Villa, completed in 1787 near the Hudson River on the estate (Hoboken) of Colonel John Stevens III, renowned inventor of steamboats and railroads. The seat, purchased by Stevens in 1784, (initially developed as a summer resort) became incorporated as the city of Hoboken in 1855. In 1859, Stevens's sons replaced Stevens Villa with Stevens Castle. In the foreground, a woman and boy walk the grounds., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 3a [P.9057.55.3a]

Title: Hampton the seat of Genl. Chas. Ridgley, Maryland
Description: View of the mansion built in 1790 after the designs of Jehu Howell and constructed with a unique octagonal cupola for Captain Charles Ridgely in Towson, Baltimore County. The estate, purchased by the Ridgely family in 1735, was inherited by Ridgely's nephew Charles Carnan in 1791, and was later transferred to the custody of the National Park Service in 1949., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 4a [P.9057.55.4a]

Title: Landsdown [sic] the seat of the late Wm. Bingham Esqr. Pennsylvania
Description: View of the mansion on the estate west of the Schuylkill River (West Fairmount Park) purchased by legislator William Bingham in 1797. The mansion, originally built around 1773 for Pennsylvania governor John Penn, was destroyed by fire in the mid 19th century. The ruins were bought and ceded to the city in 1866 for inclusion in Fairmount Park. In the foreground, two women, a man, and two dogs walk the grounds., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 5a [P.9057.55.5a]

Title: The sun reflecting on the dew, a garden scene. Echo, Pennsylva. a place belonging to Mr. D. Bavarage
Description: View showing a hill and grove of trees on the grounds of the estate of D. Bavarage near the Schuylkill River (West Fairmount Park)., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 6a [P.9057.55.6a]

Title: Mount Vernon, Virginia , the seat of the late Genl. Washington
Description: View showing the mansion and grounds in Fairfax county, Virginia owned by the first President of the United States. The seat, originally granted to Washington's great-grandfather John Washington in 1674, was inherited by George in 1761 and purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association in 1858. In the far right foreground, a handler walks a horse., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 7a [P.9057.55.7a]

Title: Fountain Green Pennsylva. the seat of Mr. S. Meeker
Description: View showing the mansion, built around 1781, on the estate near the Schuylkill River (East Fairmount Park) originally settled by John Mifflin around 1679. The estate, purchased by Samuel Meeker in 1802, became a tavern and picnic site for Engel and Wolf Brewery around 1849. The mansion was torn down in 1871. A statue adorns the lawn., Gift of Marguerite Brenner., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats-pl 8a [P.9057.55.8a]

Title: Residence of Thomas Drake, Esqr., Germantown, Pa
Description: View of grounds, outbuildings, and residence of Thomas Drake. Drake moved into this Italianate house, designed by the well-known Philadelphia architect, Samuel Sloan, about 1863. The house reportedly cost $55,000. Thomas Drake earned his fortune through the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods, and investments in real estate and coal stocks., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 643, Gift of David Doret., Athenaeum of Philadelphia: General Prints Collection - PRM094
Creator: Cernea, Thomas Lester, 1834-1876, artist
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW-Residences [P.9594]

Title: Judge Peter's farm
Description: View showing the estate house at the country seat of Judge Richard Peters known as Belmont above Philadelphia (West Fairmount Park). The estate, originally purchased by William Peters in 1742 was used as a working model farm by his son Richard until Richard's death in 1828. Subsequently, the estate was utilized by the railroad, an oil refinery, and a country resort before purchased by the city in 1869 for inclusion in Fairmount Park., Title from from manuscript note on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Residences [(3)1322.F.50d]

Title: Judge Peter's farm
Description: View showing the estate house at the country seat of Judge Richard Peters known as Belmont above Philadelphia (West Fairmount Park). The estate, originally purchased by William Peters in 1742 was used as a working model farm by his son Richard until Richard's death in 1828. Subsequently, the estate was utilized by the railroad, an oil refinery, and a country resort before purchased by the city in 1869 for inclusion in Fairmount Park., Title from from manuscript note on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Residences [(3)1322.F.50d]

Title: Judge Peter's farm
Description: View showing the estate house at the country seat of Judge Richard Peters known as Belmont above Philadelphia (West Fairmount Park). The estate, originally purchased by William Peters in 1742 was used as a working model farm by his son Richard until Richard's death in 1828. Subsequently, the estate was utilized by the railroad, an oil refinery, and a country resort before purchased by the city in 1869 for inclusion in Fairmount Park., Title from from manuscript note on mount., Yellow mount with square corners., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Residences [(3)1322.F.50d]

Title: [Stone vault on hill, probably at a Philadelphia estate]
Description: Title supplied by cataloguer., 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: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [(8)1322.F.41d]

Title: [Eaglesfield estate near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
Description: Unfinished artist's study showing the banks of the Schuylkill River west of Philadelphia including Eaglesfield mansion conveyed to Robert Egglesfield Griffith in 1798. The country estate, possessed by numerous property owners, including Ann and James Greenleaf and Richard Rundle, declined to obscurity following the completion of the new Fairmount dam in 1822, the mid-century construction of the Girard Avenue Railroad Bridge, and the development of Fairmount Park in the 1860s. The house was razed around 1869., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attribution from manuscript note on mount., Includes manuscript note on mount: Trees on the mound, commencement of the Dam where the new works are now being built - 1861 - looking up the River. Turtle Rock. Schuylkill River above the Dam., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851, artist
Date: [ca. 1820]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department drawings & watercolors - Birch - Eaglesfield [P.9903]

Title: [Ruins of Landsdowne, the estate of the late Wm. Bingham Esqr. Pennsylvania]
Description: View showing the ruins of the mansion on the estate west of the Schuylkill River (West Fairmount Park) purchased by legislator William Bingham in 1797. Debris rests on the steps of the shell of the residence. Trees surround the property. The mansion, originally built around 1773 for Pennsylvania governor John Penn, later served as the residence for Bingham's son-in-law Alexander Baring, i.e. Baron Lord Ashburton, in the early 19th century. The ruins were bought and ceded to the city in 1866 for inclusion in Fairmount Park., Not in Wainwright., Title from manuscript notes on recto: Ashburton Est. Old Landsdowne House destroyed by fire July 4, 1854 burned by fireworks., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 665, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 16 L 291, Inscribed on verso: Gift of Thomas Wynne 9/13/[19]68
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 16 L 291

Title: [Scene in the woods at Landsdowne, the estate of the late Wm. Bingham Esqr. Pennsylvania]
Description: Shows four men chopping trees and logs on the estate west of the Schuylkill River (West Fairmount Park) purchased by legislator William Bingham in 1797. Tree stumps are visible in the foreground. The estate, originally owned by Pennsylvania governor John Penn, was bought and ceded to the city in 1866 for inclusion in Fairmount Park., Not in Wainwright., Title from manuscript note on recto: Lansdowne woods & field., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 679, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 16 L 291a, Inscribed on verso: Gift of Thomas Wynne 9/13/[19]68
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 16 L 291a

Title: Fountain Park, Falls of Schuylkill, Philada
Description: View showing the estate of the Philadelphia newspaper proprietor, Andrew McMakin, that was located northwest of Laurel Hill on the Ridge Turnpike at East Falls. Trees partially obscure the main residence that is flanked by outbuildings that were used as an ice-house, bath-house and hot-house. A fountain adorns the lawn on which two deer graze. In the foreground, two men travel on horseback and a third walks with a cane. They pass on the dirt road in front of the stone wall surrounding the property. The estate was originally built for Governor Thomas Mifflin in the 18th century and was later acquired by Fairmount Park. The residence was removed., Part of title from label pasted on recto., pdcc00030, Accompanied by clipping “Extract of a Letter from one of the editors of New York Mirror, dated: Philadelphia, September 1845." Describes in detail the architecture, grounds, and surrounding area of the estate, including the "stocked deer park, marble statues, flower garden, gardner’s cottage ornee, &c &c"; "the couple of lakes from one of which the summer stock of spring water ice is gathered, while the other by means of pipes is conveyed to the mansion, stables, bath and green houses"; and the "facilities of access to and from the city" as a result of the Norristown and Philadelphia Rail Road, Ridge Turnpike, and Schuylkill., Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 31:21
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 31:21

Title: Home of Thos. Godfrey, inventor of the quadrant. Died 1749. N. E. Church Lane & Dunton [sic] St. near Old York Road
Description: Distant view of the Spencer farm, the birthplace of Thomas Godfrey, inventor of the quadrant. The house, barn and other outbuildings sit on a hill overlooking Church Lane and Dutton Street., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative February 21, 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.111]

Title: McFadden Estate. Sorrel Horse Inn, Conestoga Rd., Radnor Township, 1768. Lafayette & Washington slept here several times
Description: Rear view of the McFadden house, also known as Barclay Farm, the residence of George H. McFadden, built circa 1769 and occupied by the Sorrel Horse Inn around the time of the Revolution. Renovated after designs by Horace Trumbauer from 1923-4., Inscribed in negative: 3614., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.128]

Title: [McFadden Estate. Sorrel Horse Inn, Conestoga Rd., Rosemont.]
Description: Oblique view of the front and side of the McFadden house, also known as Barclay Farm, the residence of George H. McFadden, built circa 1769 and occupied by the Sorrel Horse Inn around the time of the Revolution. Renovated after designs by Horace Trumbauer from 1923-4., Inscribed in negative: 3616., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.129]

Title: Views of Mount Peace, Philadelphia
Description: Views depict the Ralston estate known as "Mount Peace" located near St. James the Less and the junction of Nicetown Lane and Lamb Tavern Road. One image shows an open field and farm building in the foreground and larger dwellings and outbuildings in the distant background. The other depicts a man sitting in the grass next to a winding tree-lined path. Probably photographed before the Odd Fellows Cemetery Company purchased the land to build Mount Peace Cemetery (adjacent to Mount Vernon Cemetery) on the site in 1865-66., Title supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Robert Newell., Manuscript note on verso of item 7992.F.2: Mount Peace near Philadelphia., Manuscript note on verso of item 7992.F.13: View at Mount Peace (near Phila.)., Yellow mounts with square 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. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Views [7992.F.2 and 7992.F.13]

Title: The dune, Lemon Hill
Description: View showing men, women, and children standing on a dirt path flanked by trees and grass near Lemon Hill in Fairmount Park. The mansion built 1799-1800 for businessman Henry Pratt in East Fairmount Park became the first mansion acquired by the city of Philadelphia to establish a public park, i.e., Fairmount Park. The residence was used as a lager beer garden following the establishment of the park in 1855., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9212.13]

Title: View from the Elysian bower, Springland Pennsylva. the residence of Mr. W. Birch
Description: View from the bower on the artist's Bucks County country estate near Neshaminy Creek. Birch lived at the estate from 1798 to 1818, despite selling the property in 1805. He repurchased the estate in 1813. In the background, a sailboat sails the Delaware River., Gift of Mrs. S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 20a [P.9057.55.20a]

Title: The North Philadelphia Plank Road Company [stock certificate]
Description: Stock certificate containing a vignette of a horse-drawn carriage and wagon traveling on a road near a country estate and a pictorial element of "textured" filigree surrounding the incorporation date. Company incorporated 1852 to build a toll road linking South Penn Township and Germantown., Issued to Samuel Welsh for ten shares on June 11, 1857. Signed by Jno. Welsh, president; and Jas. Stuber, treasurer., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 153, Gift of Mrs. Nicholas B. Wainwright.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Philadelphia Certificates - Transportation [P.9408.3]

Title: Devon in Pennsylva. the seat of Mr. Dallas
Description: View showing the country seat of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas on the banks of the Delaware River north of Philadelphia. The mansion, sold by the family in 1853, was destroyed in 1858. In the left foreground, a schooner sails the river., Title altered in manuscript: Devon in Pennsylva. The Seat of Mr. Maris, Campbell., Gift of Mrs. S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 10a [P.9057.55.10a]

Title: Mount Sidney, the seat of Genl. John Barker, Pennsylva
Description: View showing the country seat of Philadelphia Mayor John Barker above Philadelphia (Fairmount Park). Depicts the mansion surrounded by trees and shrubbery. A small gatehouse stands in the background., Title altered in manuscript: Mount Sidney, the seat of Mrs. Lanerswyler Pennsylva., Gift of Mrs. S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats pl-11b [P.9057.55.11b]

Title: View from Springland Cot, Na Shaminy [sic]
Description: Study for the plate, "The View from Springland," published in Birch's "Country Seats of the United States," showing the gated lush grounds of Springland, William Birch's Pennsylvania country home near Neshaminy Creek in Bucks County from 1798 to 1818. Birch sold the property in 1805, continue to dwell on the grounds, and repurchased the estate in 1813. View includes an abandoned bridge and abandoned toll house. The toll house puportedly converted by Birch into his studio., Bequest of Charles Poulson, 1866., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., See Martin Snyder's "William Birch: His Country Seats of the United States" The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 81 (July 1957), p. 225-254., Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook., Reproduced in Julius Sachse's Pictures of old Philadelphia from the originals in the collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1901), vol. 1, plate 48. (LCP Print Room Albums).
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, artist
Date: [ca. 1808]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department drawings & watercolors - Birch - Springland Cot [P.8759.3]

Title: The view from Springland
Description: Title page to first edition, later subtitle plate containing "The View from Springland" depicting the Neshaminy Creek and lush grounds near William Birch's estate in Bucks County. Birch resided at the estate from 1798 to 1818. View includes a woman standing near a potted tree, an abandoned bridge, and the abandoned toll house converted by Birch into his studio., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner., See William Birch study drawing of plate in Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.4]
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 2a [P.9057.55.2a]

Title: Solitude in Pennsylva. belonging to Mr. Penn
Description: View showing the estate and mansion originally owned by John Penn, grandson of William Penn. The mansion, built around 1785, remained in the Penn family until 1869 when the estate was acquired by the city for inclusion in the Zoological Gardens in Fairmount Park., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date: [1809]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 9a [P.9057.55.9a]

Title: Estate of C.H. Rogers
Description: Shows the east of Chestnut Hill mansion and gateway to the estate of Tradesmen's Bank president Charles H. Rogers at Old York Road and the corner of Thorp's Lane (near Olney Road)., Attributed to John Moran., Cream paper mounts with square corners., Title from labels pasted on mounts., 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: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [(8)1322.F.41g; (8)1322.F.41i; (8)1322.F.43d]

Title: Camac's Woods, Philadelphia
Description: Shows a wooded path and fenced corn fields on the estate of gentleman Turner Camac (i.e., Carnac) at the northeast corner of Eleventh Street and Montgomery Avenue. Views also include a man and several boys posed on and near a fence. The Camac estate was built circa 1841 and demolished in 1870., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow paper mounts with square corners., Title from labels pasted on mounts., 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: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [(8)1322.F.39i; (8)1322.F.41b]

Title: Residence of Mr. Baird near Darby
Description: Shows gardeners working on the rural estate of Baldwin Locomotive partner Matthew Baird. The gardeners hoe soil near a pole enclosed in a trellis and push a wheelbarrow down a path in front of the residence. Estate extended on Summit Street into Yeadon, Delaware County., Attributed to John Moran., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Pennsylvania views & political miscellany., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Residences [5759.F.1i]

Title: Summer scene in the country
Description: Genre print depicting a scene of leisure in front of a large Victorian-era, Italianate home and garden enclosed by a stone and iron-work fence. In the foreground, an elegantly-attired couple (the woman on sidesaddle) rides on horseback on a dirt road, while within the fenced grounds, a woman in wide-brimmed hat tends a rose garden across from a young girl petting a sheep. In the background, a man stands at the main entrance and a woman on a side porch of the house and look toward the couple in the road. In the far left, a man grooms a horse in front of a small stable and near a flock of chickens. The dirt road winds its way past grazing cattle, shrubbery and other homes, toward a body of water in the distance. Sailboats are visible on the water in the right background., Not in Wainwright., Joseph Hoover, a prolific producer of chromolithographed parlor prints, located to 804 Market Street in 1864., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 245, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.2642], Digital image shows Smithsonian copy. LCP copy acquired after 2010.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Genre [P.2013.22], Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.2642]

Title: Dreer’s garden calendar 1886 [catalog cover]
Description: Front and back covers of the seed trade catalogue for the Henry A. Dreer firm. Front cover shows a property containing a mansion house (with an attached greenhouse), tree orchard, garden patch, and two outbuildings, including one with a windmill. In the foreground, a man on horseback passes on a road through the estate. Back cover shows a display of farm produce including, celery, pumpkin, corn, potatoes, watermelon, beets, lettuce, carrots, and asparagus in the foreground of a farming scene. Decorative trims line the top and bottom edges. The firm was incorporated 1892 under his son, William F. Dreer, who assumed the business operations following his father's death in 1873., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00055, Price list of available gardening book titles, index to calendar, "useful tables" for planting, and prices for flower pots and garden sticks printed on verso., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 59, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards, Butler previously was a partner of the Packard & Butler, later Packard Butler, & Partridge firm which ceased operation in early 1886 following a fire. Butler operated a studio solely until 1893.
Date: [ca. 1886]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards

Title: Draught of four lots or parcel of lands belonging to the estate of the late William Bingham, Esquire, deceased, situate in the island and township of Tinicum, in the county of Delaware and the state of Pennsylvania, marked and containing as follows, vizd._D. nineteen acres and one hundred and fifty perches_E, twenty four acres and three quarters,_ F, thirty seven acres and eighty seven perches, _ and G, twenty three acres and seventy nine perches
Description: Manuscript map showing landowner's names, lots, creeks, and lanes near the Delaware River in Kingsessing Township, Philadelphia. Lots include "Other land belonging to the estate of the late Wiliam Bingham, Esquire, deceased"; "Moses Palmer's Land"; "John Serrill's Land"; "Thomas Serill's Land"; "George Gesner's Land"; "Hunter's Land"; "Thomas Bradley's Land"; and "Land belonging to the heirs of Joseph Carson, decd." Also shows River Creek Lane, Martin's Lane, Bow Creek Drain and County line, Church Creek, Church Creek dam, Tinicum I[sland] Road, Martin's Bar in the Delaware River and part of Hog's Island. By 1800, Bow Creek and the Back Channel created boundary lines that separated Philadelphia and Delaware County. Bingham held one of the larger estates in this area., Right edge trimmed., Includes "Table of the Cou: & Dist: of the several Lots." Includes 10 coordinate and distance listings under "D"; 5 under "E"; 15 under "F"; and 9 under "G.", Includes scale: 20 perches to an Inch., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Map mounted on textile backing. Backing includes makers mark: Germantown [illegible] End Works. Power Loom. Mark illustrated with the seal of Pennsylvania.
Date: [1825]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors - Maps [P.2017.8.33]

Title: The view from Springland Cot
Description: Depicts the Neshaminy Creek and lush grounds near William Birch's estate in Bucks County. View includes a woman standing near a potted tree, an abandoned bridge, and the abandoned toll house converted by Birch into his studio. Birch resided at the estate from 1798 to 1818. Birch sold the property in 1805, continue to dwell on the grounds, and repurchased the estate in 1813., Title from item., Date inferred from 1809 publication date of plate after drawing., Published as title page to first edition, later subtitle plate in The country seats of the United States of North America, with some scenes connected with them., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Lib. Company. Annual Report, 2019, p. 88-89.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, artist
Date: [ca. 1808]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.4]

Title: Sharples homestead
Description: Historical view showing the over 200-acre West Chester homestead, including a residence, barn, and outbuilding at 22 Dean Street. In the foreground, cows graze near a boy whittling while seated on a log. Lombardy poplars surround the residence in the background. The original log residence built before 1750 was removed and replaced about 1802, and the depicted barn was destroyed by lightning before the Civil War., Title from manuscript written on recto., Date inferred from content., Possibly printed by West Chester printer and younger brother to Martha Sharples Robert P. Sharples., Gift of David Doret., Library Company of Philadelphia Annual Report 2010, p. 73-74., Martha Sharples (b. 1852), daughter of coal and lumber dealer S. Emlen Sharples, worked as a teacher in 1870 and studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women 1877-1878. She also was a member of the Chester County Historical Society.
Creator: Sharples, Martha, b. 1852, artist
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Residences - Sharples [P.2010.21.1]

Title: Old Philadelphia Views Album
Description: Album of photographs, predominately half stereographs, of landscape views of Philadelphia and Bucks County. Images include views of Frankford Creek, Tohickon Creek, Wissahickon Creek, Tacony Creek, Pleasantville, Crescentville, Germantown, Fairmount Park near the water works, and winter scenery. Also contains photographs of Stenton, Woodlands Cemetery, the Desilverwood Estate (Holmesburg), the Burd family monuments at St. Stephen's Church (Philadelphia), the city garden of Joseph R. Evans (329 Pine Street), Atlantic City, and Richmond, Va. Images include trees, creek banks, rocks, waterfalls, dams, bridges, mills, and farm land. Many also include posed figures, including a man, probably one of Moran's artist brothers Edward or Thomas, painting in a ravine and scenes titled "Student at Work"; "Autumn in the Woods - burning leaves"; and "Sit up Sir" showing a man with a dog.

Title: Andalusia, Bensalem Township, Bucks Co., Pa. John Craig, a merchant, bought the tract of land in 1794 & his wife designed the house. Nicholas Biddle married their daughter & Andalusia became his residence. Charles Biddle now occupies it
Description: Exterior view of rear hexastyle doric portico of mansion facing a broad lawn. The Bucks County estate on the Delaware River was originally purchased in 1795 by Philadelphia merchant John Craig, procured around 1814 by his son-in-law Nicholas Biddle. Originally named Craig's Hall, the federal-style mansion was renovated and altered from 1797-1798; 1806-1808 (by Benjamin Henry Latrobe); and 1836-1838 (by Thomas U. Walter). Walter added the portico and other prominent Greek Revival elements to the house., Inscribed in negative: 3377, Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: October 15, 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.121]

Title: Andalusia, back door [sic]
Description: Exterior view of entrance portico on the north front of mansion. The Bucks County estate on the Delaware River was originally purchased in 1795 by Philadelphia merchant John Craig, procured around 1814 by his son-in-law Nicholas Biddle. Originally named Craig's Hall, the federal-style mansion was renovated and altered from 1797-1798; 1806-1808 (by Benjamin Henry Latrobe); and 1836-1838 (by Thomas U. Walter). Walter added the portico and other prominent Greek Revival elements to the house., Inscribed in negative: 3380, Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: October 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.122]

Title: Andalusia
Description: Exterior view of rear hexastyle doric portico of mansion facing a broad lawn. The Bucks County estate on the Delaware River was originally purchased in 1795 by Philadelphia merchant John Craig, procured around 1814 by his son-in-law Nicholas Biddle. Originally named Craig's Hall, the federal-style mansion was renovated and altered from 1797-1798; 1806-1808 (by Benjamin Henry Latrobe); and 1836-1838 (by Thomas U. Walter). Walter added the portico and other prominent Greek Revival elements to the house., Title from transparency sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: [October 1920]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Transparencies - Hand [P.9259.1]

Title: Penn Rhyn. Built by Abraham Bickley in 1744 & enlarged in 1782. In the stable is still preserved the coach he imported from England. The house is now occupied by Thomas Mitten. It is now owned by Mrs. (Joseph R.?) Drexel, to whom it descended by the Bickleys who were her relatives. For many years occupied by Drexel family
Description: Depicts a three-story mansion flanked by one-story wings. Built in 1744 by shipping merchant Abraham Bickley on land originally known as Belle Voir, but later changed to Penn Rhyn. He remodeled the house in 1793. Lucy Wharton Drexel purchased and expanded the property in 1893, adding an art gallery, library, servant quarters, and a carriage house., Inscribed in negative: 3381., Title from negative sleeve., Also identified as the Penn Ryn Mansion and the Old Bickley Place., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: October 15, 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.123]

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