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- Title
- ASSU Illustration 9022
- Description
- Block numbered in two places: 9022, also 1076 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a boy standing in a wooded area in front of a fountain built out of a pitcher., “V. Grottenthaler Phila.” – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1867 to 1876., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
- Date
- [between 1867 and 1876?]
- Location
- ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 17
- Title
- [Unidentified fountain]
- Description
- View of ornate fountain., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on mount and on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Roberts & Fellows, formed by H.L. Roberts and Charles T. Fellows, succeeded Edward L. Wilson ca. 1887 and dissolved in 1891.
- Creator
- Roberts & Fellows
- Date
- [ca. 1887]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Roberts & Fellows [P.9521.3]
- Title
- Wm. Leonidas Spring, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Depicts a horse attached to a carriage drinking from the Leonidas Spring in Fairmount Park, a public drinking fountain along Lincoln Drive., Also known as Springs Memorial Fountain., Sheet number: 86B10., Divided back., 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
- ca. 1910
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
- Title
- Fairmount and vicinity
- Description
- View showing a circular fountain at the base of a hill in Fairmount Park. Fountain contains five spouts, including one with ornamentation, spraying water into the air. The hill is adorned with a walkway and pavilion., 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 - Parks - F [P.9058.161]
- Title
- [Grand Fountain, near Dauphin Street, East Fairmount Park]
- Description
- View of water spouting from the bronze-iron fountain sculpture erected in 1879 in the East Park entrance of Fairmount Park, near 33rd and Dauphin streets and Strawberry Mansion., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
- Creator
- Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.1]
- Title
- Fairmount and vicinity
- Description
- View showing a circular fountain at the base of a hill in Fairmount Park. Fountain contains five spouts, including one with ornamentation, spraying water into the air. The hill is adorned with a walkway and pavilion., 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 - Parks - F [P.9058.161]
- Title
- [Lady Fountain in city square, Einsiedeln, Switzerland]
- Description
- Film negative likely taken during Marriott C. Morris' European Honeymoon showing a group of people gathered around the Lady Fountain located in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. The fountain is ornately decorated and features a gold statue of Mary in the center. A building in the background has a sign reading "Eberle, Kaelin & Cie." The Lady Fountain was built in 1684-1686 by J.H. Kuen to depict the Immaculate Conception., 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
- Summer 1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.1]
- Title
- [Fountain in a city square, Einsiedeln, Switzerland]
- Description
- Film negative likely taken during Marriott C. Morris’ European honeymoon showing a close up view the Lady Fountain located in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. The fountain is ornately decorated and features water spigots at the base and a gold statue of Mary in the center. A woman leans down to drink from one of the spigots. A building in the background has a sign reading "Hotel de Pagn" The Lady Fountain was built in 1684-1686 by J.H. Kuen to depict the Immaculate Conception., 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
- Summer 1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.2]
- Title
- Fairmount Park entrances postcards
- Description
- Depicts several entrances to Fairmount Park including the Lemon Hill (Callowhill Street) entrance showing a woman admiring William Rush's seven and one-half feet tall Water Nymph and Bittern fountain sculpture (1809) and the marble Frederick Graff Memorial (commissioned in 1844); the Dauphin Street entrance to the park showing another fountain sculpture located near Strawberry Mansion at Thirty-third and Dauphin Streets; the winding entrance path to the Spring Garden Street entrance; Emmanuel Fremiet's Joan of Arc statue marking the entrance to the Fairmount Park at 25th Street and Kelly Drive and the entrance near the Sunken Gardens and Horticultural Hall, showing vehicular traffic and pedestrians. Includes one unidentified entrance to the park., 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
- 1910-1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Entrances - 69]
- Title
- Rittenhouse Square fountain
- Description
- Views depict an ornate drinking fountain adorned by a column with sea horses and the bearded face of Neptune surmounted by a classical male figure balancing his body with one foot. Also shows a detail of an open iron gate., Title in manuscript notes on mount of P.9299.117 and verso of P.9299.116., Photographer's imprint printed on mounts., Stamped on versos: Copyrighted Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink curved mounts with rounded corners., One item, P.9299.117, reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 118., Arcadia caption text: Donated in 1872 to the Philadelphia Fountain Society by prominent Philadelphia civil engineer and art collector J. Gillingham Fell, the ornate fountain at the northwest corner of Rittenhouse Square (at Walnut and Rittenhouse streets) mirrored the wealth of nearby residents. Although beautiful, the fountains contained faulty plumbing, which caused muddy conditions intolerable to visitors, and the structures were removed by the early 1880s., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
- Creator
- R. Newell & Son, photographer
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.116-117]
- Title
- Fountain - Franklin Square, Phila
- Description
- View showing the working central marble fountain in the public square, originally known as the Northeast Square, laid out between Race, Vine, North Sixth, and North Franklin streets. Built in 1837, the fountain was one of several improvements to the square following the relinquishment of the grounds by the German Reformed Church circa 1836. Also shows buildings lining the plaza in the distant background. Square renamed in 1825., Title from label on negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Diane M. Gorham., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 117., Arcadia caption text: ... The square also contained a noted central marble fountain built in 1837 that can be seen in the c. 1870 photograph below. The fountain was one of several improvements to the square following the relinquishment of the grounds by the German Reformed Church c. 1836., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks & squares [P.2005.29]
- Title
- Fountain, Fairmount Park, Phila
- Description
- View showing the fenced-in fountain consisting of pipe rising from a base of rocks at the base of the Brown Street entrance stairs to Fairmount Park near the Lemon Hill estate. View from the entrance stairs looking west at the tree-lined paths in the park., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Kilburn Brothers
- Date
- [ca. 1872]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Parks [P.9013.2]
- Title
- Fountain. Rittenhouse Square
- Description
- View in Rittenhouse Square shows an ornate drinking fountain adorned by a column with sea horses and the bearded face of Neptune surmounted by a classical male figure balancing his body with one foot. Donated to the Philadelphia Fountain Society by prominent Philadelphia civil engineer and art collector J. Gillingham Fell and installed at the northwest corner of Rittenhouse Square (at Walnut and Rittenhouse streets) in 1872., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Woodward - Monuments and statues [P.9732]
- Title
- Fountain at Brown St. entrance
- Description
- View showing the fenced-in fountain consisting of pipe rising from a base of rocks at the base of the Brown Street entrance stairs to Fairmount Park near the Lemon Hill estate. Shows a woman and a boy standing in front of the fence looking at the fountain in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Manuscript note on verso: D.H., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
- Creator
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9047.14]
- Title
- Entrance to Fairmount Park
- Description
- View of stone fountain at base of entrance stairs leading up to a road on the grounds of Lemon Hill. Men stand in a line behind the fountain looking toward the camera. A man descends the stairs and moves away from a horse-drawn coach parked at the top of the stairs in the background., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
- Creator
- Bartlett & French
- Date
- [photographed ca. 1868, printed ca. 1879]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.8484.23]
- Title
- Iron spring fountain
- Description
- Elevated, hillside view showing the canopy or gazebo housing the iron fountain, installed in 1871, on the Lemon Hill estate in East Fairmount Park. Also shows a man sitting a bench on the side of a path adjacent to the fountain., Title printed on verso in publisher's series list with fifty-five other titles (No. 1-56)., Publisher's imprint printed in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1873]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - H. Ropes & Co. - Parks [P.9281.3]
- Title
- [Mineral spring fountain, Lemon Hill estate, East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View showing the canopy or gazebo housing the iron fountain on the Lemon Hill estate in East Fairmount Park. Also shows men, women, and children standing near the fountain, which was installed in 1871., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Series title printed on label pasted on verso above explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1873]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - H. Ropes & Co. - Parks [P.9099.7]
- Title
- Drinking fountain, Washington Square
- Description
- View of the first public drinking fountain erected by the Philadelphia Fountain Society in the spring of 1869 on the sidewalk at 7th and Walnut Streets near Philadelphia's Washington Square. An eagle with outstretched wings perches on a tablet at the top of the fountain inscribed: Philadelphia Fountain Society, Instituted A.D. 1869. Below the tablet are an upper and lower water troughs for the use of horses and dogs. A high wrought iron fence separates the trees and benches of the park from the sidewalk. The Society paid William H. Radford $70.00 for his work on the fountain's plumbing; $100 to Robert Wood & Co. iron workers for making the eagle; and $242.75 to Broders Walsh & Co. for their stonework., Philadelphia Fountain Society records at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Manuscript collection #2045 Fairmount Park Art Association, boxes 49-50.), Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 119., Arcadia caption text: This c. 1870 view subtly captures a defining element of Washington Square. The square, bounded by Sixth, Eighth, Walnut, and Spruce streets, was known for its superior variety of trees. The grounds, once a potter’s field, had been transformed by the mid-19th century into a city arboretum of over 60 species. The square also held the distinction of being the site of the first public drinking fountain. Erected by the Philadelphia Fountain Society in the spring of 1869 at Seventh and Walnut streets, the fountain contained an eagle by the prominent Philadelphia ironwork firm, Robert Wood & Co., as well as provided water troughs for horses and dogs., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks & squares [P.9644.29]
- Title
- [Fountain and rock garden, probably in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View from a high vantage point showing a few spectators near a fountain with a circular basin near a rock garden and trees. Also shows a fence in the background., Manuscript note on accompanying label: Fountain Basin Fountain, Title supplied by cataloguer., Trimmed yellow mount., Paper backing pasted on verso., 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 - Parks [(3)1322.F.123e]
- Title
- [Fountain and rock garden, probably in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View from a high vantage point showing a few spectators near a fountain with a circular basin near a rock garden and trees. Also shows a fence in the background., Manuscript note on accompanying label: Fountain Basin Fountain, Title supplied by cataloguer., Trimmed yellow mount., Paper backing pasted on verso., 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 - Parks [(3)1322.F.123e]
- Title
- [Fountain and rock garden, probably in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View from a high vantage point showing a few spectators near a fountain with a circular basin near a rock garden and trees. Also shows a fence in the background., Manuscript note on accompanying label: Fountain Basin Fountain, Title supplied by cataloguer., Trimmed yellow mount., Paper backing pasted on verso., 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 - Parks [(3)1322.F.123e]
- Title
- Drinking fountain, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
- Description
- Two boys pose at drinking fountain in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia. One looks directly at the camera, while the other leans over to take a drink from the fountain., Title and location from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1923
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 102 [P.8513.102], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson102.htm
- Title
- Views on the Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Landscape views showing the creek, creek bed, Wissahickon Road (i.e., Wissahickon Drive), public drinking fountain, and a bucolic area near the Wissahickon Valley residence, the Hermitage. Many of the views also include posed figures., Contains nine stereographic prints mounted on yellow or white mounts with square corners, including seven with titles, one with the photographer's imprint, and one with the distributor's imprint (The London Stereoscopic Company). Also contains one stereographic print mounted on paper., Six of the images 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 - Parks [(3)1322.F.132d; (3)1322.F.135a; (3)1322.F.137b-e; (3)1322.F.137i; P.8544; P.9260.79; P.9462.17]
- Title
- [Catharine Rupp Doering drinking from fountain along the Wissahickon Creek.]
- Description
- Depicts Catharine Rupp Doering, wife of the photographer, drinking from the Leonidas Spring Fountain in Fairmount Park, located near the Henry Avenue Bridge. Water spouts from a lion's head that decorates the center wall of the fountain., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1895
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.36]
- Title
- Horticultural Hall, east end
- Description
- View showing the fountain created by J.L. Mott Iron Works from New York at the east entrance of Horticultural Hall on the Centennial grounds. In the background, the east front of the hall, designed by Hermann J. Schwarzmann, is visible. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., White curved mount with rounded corners., Variant of Holstein stereo - P.2011.47.267., 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.9580.6]
- Title
- [Social Temple of Honor and Temperance membership certificate]
- Description
- Certificate for the fraternal organization containing a border of vignettes depicting symbols of temperance and honor. Includes a scene of a mother giving her child water from a fountain, and images of flowers, a tree, a pair of hearts and clasped hands, a pedestal marked "Temperance," a bowl, and a mirror. Also shows details of vinery interspersed between the vignettes. The National Temple of Honor and Temperance was organized in 1846., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Madelyn Wolke, Lucianne Reichert, and Clifford A. Mohwinkel Jr.
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Serz [P.9773.25a]
- Title
- Approach to Lemon Hill mansion
- Description
- View showing marble stairs ascending from tree-lined paths in Fairmount Park east of the Lemon Hill estate. Men and boys stand around a stone fountain at the base of the stairs., Title from manuscript note on mount., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9299.55]
- Title
- Mineral spring fountain
- Description
- View showing the canopy or gazebo housing the iron fountain on the Lemon Hill estate in East Fairmount Park. Also shows men and women standing near the fountain, which was installed in 1871., Written on negative: 116, Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint partially obscured by print on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
- Creator
- R. Newell & Son, photographer
- Date
- c1876
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9299.86]
- Title
- Fish pool and fountain
- Description
- View showing a stone fountain at the base of a marble entrance stairway in Fairmount Park east of the Lemon Hill estate at the Brown Street entrance. Men, women, and children sit on benches and stand on tree-lined paths near the fountain., Title printed on verso in numbered list with fifty-seven other titles in the series (No. 1-57)., Publisher's imprint printed on series label pasted on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
- Creator
- R. Newell & Son
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.59]
- Title
- [Swann Memorial Fountain in Logan Circle, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View of the Swann Memorial Fountain at Logan Circle in Philadelphia before the installation of Alexander Stirling Calder's sculpted naiad figures in 1924., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
- Creator
- Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1923
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 134 [P.8513.134], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson134.htm
- Title
- Fountain in Franklin Square Philad
- Description
- View showing the working central marble fountain in the public square, originally known as the Northeast Square, laid out between Race, Vine, North Sixth, and North Franklin streets. Includes several well-dressed park visitors, including a woman with a child in a tram, strolling, in conversation, reading, seated on park stools, and feeding a squirrel. Also shows trees lining the plaza, a guard house, and partial views of buildings obstructed by the fountain in the background. Ornamental border surrounds the view. Built in 1837, the fountain was one of several improvements to the square following the relinquishment of the grounds by the German Reformed Church circa 1836. Square renamed in 1825. Stools lined the landscaped paths of the public space to prevent loitering., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 267, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 824 C 436
- Date
- [ca. 1855]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 824 C 436
- Title
- View of the Fountain in Franklin Square, Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the working central marble fountain in the public square, originally known as the Northeast Square, laid out between Race, Vine, North Sixth, and North Franklin streets. Depicts several well-dressed park visitors, including a fashionable couple on promenade and men seated on park benches encircling the fountain. Also shows trees lining the plaza, a guard house, lamp posts, and partial views of buildings in the background. Built in 1837, the fountain was one of several improvements to the square following the relinquishment of the grounds by the German Reformed Church circa 1836. Square renamed in 1825., Publication of print referenced in Saturday Courier, June 29, 1839., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 800, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 824 B 675
- Creator
- Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?
- Date
- [1839]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 824 B 675
- Title
- Miss Foley's Marble Fountain, Horticultural Hall.
- Description
- Interior view showing fountain with center pedestal decorated with sculptures of children. Also shows surrounding plants and interior arches of the hall.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Centennial album [P.8965.32b]
- Title
- Horticultural Hall Interior, From N. Gallery.
- Description
- Interior view from second level showing various plans, part of the walkway, fountain, and chandeliers.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Centennial - album [P.8965.33b]
- Title
- Horticultural Hall from W. Gallery.
- Description
- Interior view from above showing, various plants, walkway, fountain at the center, and chandeliers.
- Creator
- Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
- Date
- 1876
- Location
- Centennial - album [P.8965.33a]
- Title
- Strawberry Mansion postcards
- Description
- Contains views of Strawberry Mansion in Fairmount Park including the entrance stairway with a group of women and children; the drive and a partial view of the Strawberry Mansion trolley bridge; the fountain statue; the spring; the top of Strawberry Hill showing people picnicking and reclining on the green and several views of the mansion house. Judge William Lewis commissioned the mansion house, also known as Summerville, in 1789. In the 1820s Joseph Hemphill bought the property and added two wings to the house. His son Coleman grew strawberries from roots imported from Chile, giving the property its popular name, Strawberry Mansion. The house became a picnicking spot and restaurant in 1835. The Fairmount Park Commission bought the property in 1868., Contains 30 postcards printed in color and 2 in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., Also known as the William Lewis House., 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
- 1900-1940
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Strawberry Mansion - 91]
- Title
- [Bicycling trip, man drinking from fountain, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.]
- Description
- Depicts an unidentified man drinking water from a fountain in Fairmount Park. His bicycle rests against the stone wall behind him., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1895
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.168]
- Title
- Centre Square Water Works postcards
- Description
- Depicts the neo-classical style marble pump house, completed in 1800 after the designs of architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, in the tree-lined public square at High (Market) and Broad streets. The city's first waterworks delivered water from the Schuylkill River to subscribers and city hydrants until 1815, when superseded by the Fairmount Waterworks. The pump house was razed in 1827. Includes the Water Nymph and Bittern fountain sculpted in wood in 1809 by William Rush for the Centre Square Water Works, but later moved to the Fairmount Waterworks on the Schuylkill River., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Public utilities - [P.9049.31 - 32]
- Title
- [Janes & Kirtland fountain, Agricultural Hall nave, 1876]
- Description
- Views showing the ornamental fountain designed by the New York firm Janes & Kirtland in the nave of the Agricultural Building. 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 mounts and on versos. Imprint on versos contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., One print [P.2011.47.276] contains manuscript note on verso: H.E.L., White curved mounts with rounded corners., One print [P.9047.170] gift of Robert M. Vogel., One print [P.2011.47.276] gift of Raymond Holstein., 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.9047.170], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Holstein stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.2011.47.276]
- Title
- Public Garden
- Description
- Rooftop view looking at the landscaped paths of the Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, including the equestrian statue of George Washington designed by Thomas Ball ca. 1869 in the distance and the Ether Monument/Good Samaritan designed by John Quincy Adams Ward ca. 1868. Also includes a small fountain in the foreground. Park created in 1837 and designed by George Meacham., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia - Massachusetts [P.9022.45]
- Title
- [Pennsylvania State Capitol building, panorama of Capitol Park complex, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of a panoramic watercolor created by architect Joseph M. Huston of the Capitol building, including his preliminary design for Capitol Park. Includes two equestrian statues, one on the north end and another on the south end of the park. Monumental pillars flank the side path entrances and a large fountain is built into the center entrance ramp leading to the west entrance of the Capitol building. His rendering includes State Street traffic and people recreating on the Capitol grounds., Signature of architect Joseph M. Huston on recto., Joseph M. Huston was commissioned to design the new Capitol, constructed between 1902 and 1906, to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect
- Date
- ca. 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **photo - unidentified - Cities [P.8479.69]
- Title
- Capitol of Pennsylvania, Joseph M. Huston, architect
- Description
- Artist's proof of a sketch depicting the Pennsylvania Capitol building from State Street showing a treeless Capitol Park, monumental pillars flanking the side path entrances and the large fountain built into the center entrance ramp leading to the main, west entrance of the Capitol building. His rendering includes street traffic and people recreating on the Capitol grounds., Title from manuscript note on recto., Signature and stamp of the artist on recto., Note on recto: Artist's Proof, 1 Full Print, August 22, 1905; Huston, Mat WD#1, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pgs. 42, 47-48., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Bacher, Otto H. (Otto Henry), 1856-1909, artist
- Date
- August 22, 1905
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Government buildings [P.8479.114a]
- Title
- [Capitol of Pennsylvania, Joseph M. Huston, architect]
- Description
- Sketch depicting the Pennsylvania Capitol building from State Street showing a treeless Capitol Park, monumental pillars flanking the side path entrances and the large fountain built into the center entrance ramp leading to the main, west entrance of the Capitol building. Bacher's rendering includes street traffic and people recreating on the Capitol grounds., Signature of artist and architect on recto, with a Mercy and Justice coat of arms., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pgs. 42, 47-48., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Bacher, Otto H. (Otto Henry), 1856-1909, artist
- Date
- August 22, 1905
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Government buildings [P.8479.114b]
- Title
- [Capitol of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa.]
- Description
- Detailed, oblique view of the Pennsylvania Capitol building from State Street showing Capitol Park, monumental pillars flanking the side path entrances and the large fountain built into the center entrance ramp leading to the main, west entrance of the Capitol building. Also depicts detailed views of exterior sculpture, such as the north and south statuary groups flanking the front entrance, the unexecuted Triumphant Quadriga above the central portico, and the Capitol tympana above the pediments of the north and south wings. The rendering includes street traffic and people recreating on the Capitol grounds., Manuscript signature of architect in pencil on recto: Compliments of Joseph M. Huston., Inscribed in lithograph: Hudson and Hawley, 1904., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pgs. 42, 47-48., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Date
- 1904
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Government buildings [P.8479.115a]
- Title
- [Capitol of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]
- Description
- Detailed, oblique view of the Pennsylvania Capitol building from State Street showing Capitol Park, monumental pillars flanking the side path entrances and the large fountain built into the center entrance ramp leading to the main, west entrance of the Capitol building. Also depicts detailed views of exterior sculpture, such as the north and south statuary groups flanking the front entrance, the unexecuted Triumphant Quadriga above the central portico, and the Capitol tympana above the pediments of the north and south wings. The rendering includes street traffic and people recreating on the Capitol grounds., Inscribed in lithograph: Hudson and Hawley, 1904., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pgs. 42, 47-48., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Date
- 1904
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Government buildings [P.2280]
- Title
- [Main Building from southwest]
- Description
- View showing the display cases and arrangements representing the manufactures of Germany in the foreground and Great Britain and Ireland in the background in the Main Exhibition Building designed by Joseph M. Wilson and Henry Pettit. Banners with the countries' names hang from the rafters. Also shows a soda fountain in the wide aisle in the foreground. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title supplied by cataloger; abbreviated title on negative: M.B. from S.W., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Distributor's stamp on verso: S.B. Moyer, finest line of stereoscopic views of all parts of the world. Pottstown, Pa. Best views of the Johnstown Disaster., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Charles Isaacs., 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.8975.8]
- Title
- Women's Pavilion and Gov't B
- Description
- View showing the Women's Pavilion and U.S. Goverment Building from Fountain Avenue looking southwest. Also shows fountains, gardens, and decorative planters in the landscaped strip between the paved paths of the thoroughfare. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Distributor's stamp on verso: S.B. Moyer, finest line of stereoscopic views of all parts of the world. Pottstown, Pa. Best views of the Johnstown Disaster., White curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Charles Isaacs., 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.8975.10]
- Title
- Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
- Description
- View from the southeast showing a fountain in the garden near the old Fairmount Waterworks engine house built 1812-1815 by Frederick Graff. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
- Date
- [ca. 1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Taggart - Parks [P.9047.158]
- Title
- The fountain, Mount Auburn Cemetery
- Description
- View shows people walking around the perimeter of a large fountain in the cemetery founded in 1861. Also shows a large sepulchral monument in the foreground., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Aaron Wunsch.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Union View Company - Cemeteries [P.9963.2]
- Title
- 22d and Green Sts., Philada
- Description
- View of dwellings and landscaped lawns separated by iron fences on the 2200 block Green Street. Two fountains decorate the lawns in the foreground. Possibly from 2222-2224 Green Street looking east., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint in black text on mount., 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. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.9260.44]