View of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane's rescue boat "The Faith" enclosed within a wire fence in "Deer Park". Also shows a round shed in the background. Donated to Fairmount Park by George W. Childs., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's printed label pasted on verso., Mint green mount with rounded 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. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9915.1]
Shows the Kane family hillside vault including the remains of Philadelphia Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane. Laurel Hill cemetery was built 1836-1839 after the designs of John Notman., Title from publisher's label pasted on verso., Grey paper mount with square corners., Printed on mount: Tomb of Dr. Kane., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Creator
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date
1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Cemeteries [(8)1322.F.45e]
Unmounted stereograph showing arctic explorer Dr. Elisha Kent Kane's rescue boat "The Faith" on display in the foreground. Also shows two boats in the background, portrait paintings hanging high on the walls, and patriotic bunting interspersed with relics. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair held June 7-28, 1864 on Logan Circle was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization., Title from manuscript note on paper label below image. Incorrectly identified as "Arms and Relics dept"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Watson, A., photographer
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Watson - Fairs [5781.F.156d]
Unmounted stereograph showing arctic explorer Dr. Elisha Kent Kane's rescue boat "The Faith" on display in the foreground. Also shows two boats in the background, portrait paintings hanging high on the walls, and patriotic bunting interspersed with relics. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair held June 7-28, 1864 on Logan Circle was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on paper label below image misidentifies department: Arms & Relics., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Watson, A., photographer
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Watson - Fairs [5781.F.171g-2]
Series I, Politics (1840-1880) holds campaign, commemorative, and mourning ribbons for a variety of politicians. Series II, Celebrations, Organizations, and People (1832-1862) is arranged in those three subseries, and holds printed and woven commemorative ribbons printed to be worn in honor of events, societies, and men. Series III, Civil War and Patriotic Themes (1860-1878) has a wider variety of formats and material, and includes dress fabrics printed with patriotic legends and iconography. Series IV, Relics (1861-1862), holds fabric fragments which purport to have historic significance: pieces of the Secession flag torn down by Col. E. E. Ellsworth at the start of the war; a fragment from a banner flown by a ship from Georgia that entered Boston Harbor in April 1861; and a small piece of a flag from the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Series V, Great Central Fair (1864) contains a variety of ribbons and textile badges from Philadelphia's Sanitary Fair. They were worn by committee members who participated in planning the fair and staffing its exhibition booths., Some parts of this collection were previously assigned accession numbers 1322.F, 5741.F, 5750.F, 5755.F, 5786.F, 5792.F, 5793.F, 5795.F, P.2003.38 (Doret)., John A. McAllister was an antiquarian collector living in Philadelphia.
Creator
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date
1832
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts MSS McA 10090.F (McAllister)
