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Title: Philadelphia Exchange. [graphic] / From nature & on stone by Geo. Lehman.
Description: Location: Dock Street at Walnut St., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb34 L528.
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870 lithographer., creator
Date: [1835]
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W285.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W285 [P.9192.1]

Title: Merchants' Exchange. [graphic] / Lith of J. T. Bowen.
Description: Location: Dock and Walnut Streets., Originally published as plate 14 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2092 and in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846., creator
Date: c1840, 1848.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W232-4.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W232.4 [P.2092]

Title: Merchants' Exchange. Philadelphia. [graphic] / MOC ; Lith. of J. T. Bowen.
Description: Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image.
Creator: O'Connor, M., creator
Date: c1840.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W233.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W233 [P.2103]

Title: [Merchants Exchange, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view looking northeast toward the Third Street front of the Merchant's Exchange, built between 1832 and 1833 after designs by William Strickland for the Philadelphia Exchange Company. Includes partial views of adjacent buildings, men crossing Third Street and a trolley travelling south., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on mount reads: Corn Exchange, 1898, Second St. Philada.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.159]

Title: Exchange
Description: Exterior view from the southeast. Constructed 1832-33 for the Philadelphia Exchange Company. Designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland., Brechemin & Camp was a brief partnership between Lewis Brechemin and John Henry Camp in 1848., Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 213
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, lithographer
Date: [1848]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Banks [(2)1525.F.21f]

Title: Exchange
Description: Exterior view from the southeast. Constructed 1832-33 for the Philadelphia Exchange Company. Designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland., Brechemin & Camp was a brief partnership between Lewis Brechemin and John Henry Camp in 1848., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 213
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, lithographer
Date: [1848]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Banks [P.9843]

Title: Merchants' Exchange
Description: View of the east front of the Merchants' Exchange, showing the rotunda and cupola of the building constructed between 1832 and 1833 after designs by William Strickland for the Philadelphia Exchange Company. Photograph taken from the the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut Streets. A cart loaded with boxes sits in the foreground and a sign for H. M. Hillman Metals is visible in a window on the ground level., Inscribed in negative: 3291., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.88]

Title: Merchant's Exchange, [143 Third Street]
Description: Exterior view of the exchange built between 1832 and 1833 after the designs of William Strickland at the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets. Also shows men standing near the entranceway of the building and telegraph poles. Lettering for "Bowen and Fox Stock Brokers" adorns the facade. Includes partial views of adjacent streets and buildings., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Digitization 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 - Banks [P.9117.6]

Title: Merchants' Exchange, Philadelphia
Description: View looking northeast from the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets showing the Merchants’ Exchange (143 S. Third) built between 1832 and 1833 after the designs of William Strickland. Men walk around, and horse-drawn omnibuses arrive and are parked in front of, the building. Light pedestrian traffic is visible in the street and at the corners, including near the office of the Saturday Courier (72 Dock, pre-consolidation). Also shows streetcar tracks in the foreground and another omnibus passing Girard National Bank (116-120 S. Third) in the background., Copyrighted by J. T. Bowen., Originally published as plate 3 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 472.3. Digital image shows the fourth state., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W232.3 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]

Title: Merchants' Exchange
Description: View looking northeast from the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets showing the Merchants’ Exchange (143 S. Third) built between 1832 and 1833 after the designs of William Strickland. Men walk around, and horse-drawn omnibuses arrive and are parked in front of, the building. Light pedestrian traffic is visible in the street and at the corners, including near the office of the Saturday Courier (72 Dock, pre-consolidation). Also shows streetcar tracks in the foreground and another omnibus passing Girard National Bank (116-120 S. Third) in the background., Originally published as plate 14 in Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 472.4, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2092 and in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W232.4 [P.2092]

Title: Girard College; Merchant's exchange Girard's waisen hau bei Philadelphia; Kauffmann's borse in Philadelphia
Description: Lettersheet containing views of two Greek Revival buildings: Girard College at Girard Avenue near Corinthian Avenue and the Merchants' Exchange at 3rd and Walnut Streets. College buildings, designed by Thomas Ustick Walter, were constructed 1833-1847 as a school for orphans. Merchants' Exchange, designed by William Strickland and constructed 1832-33, was one of the earliest stock exchanges in the United States., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 310
Date: [ca. 1840]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Education [P.9454.7]

Title: Merchant's Exchange
Description: Exterior view of the exchange building built between 1832 and 1833 after the designs of William Strickland at the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets. A horse-drawn wagon stands in front of the building., Publisher's imprint stamped on verso., Title from manuscript note on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Pink mount with rounded corners., Inscribed on negative: 256., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Newell & Son, a partnership between Newell and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Banks [P.9299.128]

Title: Exchange, Phila. Pa
Description: Exterior view of the exchange building built between 1832 and 1833 after the designs of William Strickland at the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets (143 South Third). A man reading a newspaper sits in the window of the exchange. Lettering advertising resident stock brokers Bowen and Fox adorns the facade. Also includes partial views of surrounding businesses, including the Sunday Times newspaper office (136 South Third), which occupied the site from 1863 until 1882., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Negative annotated with title., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Banks [P.9260.3]

Title: Merchant's exchange
Description: Exterior view from the southeast showing the intersection of Third, Walnut and Dock Streets in Philadelphia. View depicts street and pedestrian traffic including horse-drawn carriages, streetcars, and wagons, and couples strolling. Exchange constructed 1832-33 by the Philadelphia Exchange Company based on the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland., Plate 8 of a series of fifty-four views published by Goupil, Vibert & Company from 1848 to 1851 that were drawn by Kollner and lithographed by Deroy, and later bound under the title "Views of American Cities.", Copyrighted by Augustus Kollner in New York., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 469/470
Creator: Deroy, Laurent, 1797-1886, lithographer
Date: c1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Banks [P.2283.24]

Title: Merchant's exchange
Description: Exterior view from the southeast showing the intersection of Third, Walnut and Dock Streets in Philadelphia. View depicts street and pedestrian traffic including horse-drawn carriages, streetcars, and wagons, and couples strolling. Exchange constructed 1832-33 for the Philadelphia Exchange Company based on the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland., Plate 8 of a series of fifty-four views published by Goupil, Vibert & Company from 1848 to 1851 that were drawn by Kollner and lithographed by Deroy, and later bound under the title "Views of American Cities.", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 469/470
Creator: Deroy, Laurent, 1797-1886, lithographer
Date: [1848]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Banks [P.2283.18]

Title: Philadelphia Exchange
Description: View looking northeast from the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets showing the Merchants' Exchange. A caduceus shaped weather vane adorns the roof. A crowd of men and a woman gather in front of the exchange. Several converse, some hold circulars, and one man stands on the balcony. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including men on horseback and two ladies on a stroll. Also contains partial views of a lamppost in the right foreground and Girard Bank (116-120 S. Third) in the background. Exchange built 1832-1833 after the designs of William Strickland. The Girard National Bank, formerly the First Bank of the United States, was built 1795-1797 after the designs of Samuel Blodgett. The bank, operated by Stephen Girard as Girard's Bank from 1812-1831, was chartered by the state in 1832 as the Girard National Bank., Philadelphia on Stone, Library of Congress: PGA - Fenderich, no. 92 (A size) [P&P]
Creator: Fenderich, Charles, artist
Date: [ca. 1833]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Fenderich, no. 92 (A size) [P&P]

Title: [Philadelphia Exchange]
Description: Artist's study drawing for ca. 1833 lithograph by Charles Fenderich depicting the Merchant's Exchange. View looks northeast from the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets. Shows the building adorned by a figure holding a two-pronged spear, possibly Hades, the god of wealth. Also contains partial view of Girard Bank (116-120 S. Third) in the background. Exchange built 1832-1833 after the designs of William Strickland. The Girard National Bank, formerly the First Bank of the United States, was built 1795-1797 after the designs of Samuel Blodgett. The bank, operated by Stephen Girard as Girard's Bank from 1812-1831, was chartered by the state in 1832 as the Girard National Bank., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, Library of Congress: PGA - Fenderich, no. 93 (A size) [P&P]
Creator: Fenderich, Charles, artist
Date: ca. 1833
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Fenderich, no. 93 (A size) [P&P]

Title: [Merchants' Exchange, 143 South Third Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Proof print of a view looking northeast from the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets showing the Merchants' Exchange. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic. Horse-drawn street cars travel past and receive passengers in front of the exchange. A dray transports goods near pedestrians, including a man carrying a bundle on his back, crossing the street. Also contains partial view of Girard Bank (116-120 S. Third) in the background. Exchange built 1832-1833 after the designs of William Strickland. The Girard National Bank, formerly the First Bank of the United States, was built 1795-1797 after the designs of Samuel Blodgett. The bank, operated by Stephen Girard as Girard's Bank from 1812-1831, was chartered by the state in 1832 as the Girard National Bank., Title supplied by cataloguer., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 473, Gift of David Doret
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Banks - M [P.2007.21.17]

Title: Panorama of Philadelphia The Merchant's Exchange
Description: Derived from a print created by J.C. Wild in 1832, this view looks west from the intersection of Third, Walnut and Dock Streets and depicts the Merchant's Exchange constructed 1832-33 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland for the Philadelphia Exchange Company. Includes street and pedestrian traffic concentrated near the business center and the City Railroad tracks. Many horse-drawn omnibuses, including the Spruce Street, Navy Yard, West Philadelphia and Fifth Street lines, arrive and depart. Men and women stand and converse in the streets or on the steps of the exchange. Also shows buildings on the south side of Walnut Street and Gold Street., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856, by Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penna., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 543
Creator: Collins & Autenrieth, artist
Date: 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW – Banks – Merchant’s Exchange [P.2008.34.19]

Title: Panorama of Philadelphia from the State House steeple. East
Description: Panoramic view looking toward the Delaware River predominately showing the area east of Fifth Street between Arch and South streets. Includes the Court House, i.e. City Hall, 500 Chestnut Street (1); Philadelphia Library, i.e., Library Company of Philadelphia, 105 S. 5th Street (2); U.S. Bank, i.e., Second Bank of the U.S., 420 Chestnut Street (3); Philadelphia Bank, 400-408 Chestnut Street (4); Girard Bank, 120 S. 3rd Street (5); Pennsylvania Bank, 134-136 S. 2nd Street (6); [Merchants'] Exchange, 143 S. 3rd Street (7) Christ Church, 22-34 N. 2nd Street (8); Smith's Island, Delaware River (9); and Camden (10) and Kaighn's Point (11) in New Jersey. Also shows part of the State House garden; the north side of the 400 block of Chestnut Street; the adjoined storefronts at 426-434 Chestnut Street; the "Our House" hotel, 408 Library Street; Military Hall, 412 Library Street; rooftop views of several of the surrounding city blocks; and a few pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage on the 400 block of Chestnut Street and the grounds of the State House., Plate one of four panoramas originally issued as Panorama of Philadelphia. Views taken from the State House steeple (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, 1838). These panoramas also accompanied bound editions of Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838.) Views of Philadelphia was a series of twenty lithographs originally published as five numbers of four prints each. The four panoramas essentially constituted a sixth number in the series, and were published in bound editions with the twenty views under the title Panorama and Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity, published by J.B. Chevalier in 1838 and reissued by J.T. Bowen the same year., First state., Key to 11 landmarks printed below the image., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 542.a.1, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2153 and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Poulson), Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Described in Martin Snyder’s "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W264.1[P.2153]

Title: Philadelphia Exchange
Description: View from the intersection of Third, Walnut and Dock Streets showing the Merchant's Exchange constructed 1832-33 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland for the Philadelphia Exchange Company. View includes street and pedestrian traffic concentrated near the business center. Couples promenade, horse-drawn omnibuses arrive and depart, a carriage travels in the street, and two men shake hands on the second-story verandah of the exchange. Also shows surrounding buildings, including Girard National Bank (120 South Third) in the right background., Publication information supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 579, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 34 L528.
Creator: Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist
Date: [1835]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W285 [P.9192.1]

Title: The Exchange
Description: Exterior view of the exchange building built between 1832 and 1833 after the designs of William Strickland at the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets. Lettering for stockbrokers "Bowen and Fox" adorns the facade. Includes partial views of adjacent streets and buildings, including Girard National Bank (formerly Bank of the United States) at 120 South Third Street, H.G. Leisenring's Printing House at 237 Dock Street, and Schmidt & Leslie Watch Case Makers at 216 Walnut Street. A trolley passes the exchange., Cream mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's label pasted on verso advertising: "Views in Philadelphia, Public Buildings, Streets, Interiors, &c., Manuscript note on mount: Exchange., Duplicate of (6)1322.F.137a., 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 - Banks [8353.F.30]

Title: Exchange, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the exchange building built between 1832 and 1833 after the designs of William Strickland at the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets. Lettering for stockbrokers "Bowen and Fox" adorns the facade. Includes partial views of adjacent streets and buildings, including Girard National Bank (formerly Bank of the United States) at 120 South Third Street, H.G. Leisenring's Printing House at 237 Dock Street, and Schmidt and Leslie Watch Case Makers at 216 Walnut Street. A trolley passes the exchange., Yellow mount, trimmed., Title printed on mount., Name of photographer from duplicate stereograph (8353.F.30)., Series title from duplicate stereograph (8353.F.30)., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Banks [(6)1322.F.137a]

Title: The Exchange, Philadelphia
Description: Street scene showing the intersection of Dock and Third streets including a partial view of the semi-circular portico of the exchange. The building, built between 1832 and 1833 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland, contains lettering for stockbrokers "Brown and Fox." Trolleys and pedestrians traverse Dock Street. H.G. Leisenring's Printing House at 237 Dock Street and Girard National Bank (formerly Bank of the United States) at 120 South Third Street stand in the background., Light yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., 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 - Banks [P.8464.20]

Title: Merchants' Exchange, Philadelphia
Description: View looking northeast from the intersection of Dock, Third, and Walnut streets showing the Merchants’ Exchange (143 S. Third) built between 1832 and 1833 after the designs of William Strickland. Men walk around, and horse-drawn omnibuses arrive and are parked in front of, the building. Light pedestrian traffic is visible in the street and at the corners, including near the office of the Saturday Courier (72 Dock, pre-consolidation). Also shows streetcar tracks in the foreground and another omnibus passing Girard National Bank (116-120 S. Third) in the background., Issued as plate 3 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 472.1. Digital image shows the fourth state., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: 6626.F and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 862 W644, pl. 3., Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W232.1 [6626.F]

Title: Merchants' Exchange. Philadelphia
Description: View from the intersection of Third, Walnut and Dock Streets showing the Merchant’s Exchange constructed 1832-33 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland for the Philadelphia Exchange Company. View includes street and pedestrian traffic concentrated near the financial institution. Several men converse and greet one another in front of the exchange as several horse-drawn street cars travel by and around the building. In the left, several couples promenade along a block of Walnut Street lined with buildings and a few trees. Also shows railroad tracks, and Girard National Bank (120 South Third) and neighboring businesses in the right background., Artist's initials on stone lower left corner. Name of artist supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 474, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Creator: O'Connor, M., artist
Date: c1840
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W233 [P.2103]

Title: Peter S. Duval, lithographer Portraits, from life on stone Anatomical & architectural drawings Landscapes from nature, machinery, music-titles Maps, plans Circulars, chekks [sic], billheads, bills of lading, price-currents, fac-similes &c Transferring from copper. No. 7 Bank Alley opposite Merchants’ Exchange. Note--the drawings on stone will not be preserved, unless the time is specified, and the rent thereof be paid in advance
Description: Billhead for the lithographic printing establishment of Peter S. Duval who established his own firm in 1838. Illustrated by a small vignette of the Philadelphia Merchants’ Exchange at upper left., Not in Wainwright., Recto inscribed: Philada. Oct 9th 1839 Mr. Levi Morris & Co. To printing 300 imps [i.e., impressions] of a large Bul? $9.00/ paper for do. 2.00/ printing the lettering 3.00/ [total] $14.00. Recd payment in full. P.S. Duval., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 79, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithf Duva Prob Duva
Creator: Probst, John, b. ca. 1805, artist
Date: [ca. 1838]
Location: American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithf Duva Prob Duva

Title: [Merchants' Exchange, Philadelphia]
Description: Street scene looking northeast from below the intersection of Walnut and Dock streets showing the semi-circular portico of the exchange. The building was built between 1832 and 1833 after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland. A horse-drawn trolley travels on Dock Street near parked horse-drawn carriages. Also shows surrounding businesses including a partial view of the Girard National Bank (formerly Bank of the United States) at 120 South Third Street and John C. Clark & Sons, stationers and printers, at 230 Dock Street., Trimmed light yellow mount., Title supplied by cataloguer., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded and emulsion damaged., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Banks [(6)1322.F.117f]

Title: Illustrated Philadelphia. Vincit qui se vincit. Vol. IV
Description: Scrapbook containing clippings, prints, and ephemera predominately dated 1855 pertaining to the built environment, and social, cultural, economic, and political climate of Philadelphia. Contents include illustrated newspaper, periodical, and guidebook clippings describing prominent city landmarks, including cemeteries, benevolent institutions, and churches; columns reporting about city improvements; reports, lists, and statistics about mortality rates, market prices, and sheriff and real estate sales; and editorial and public interest stories related to local politics and mores, prominent trades, social events, municipal services, and city demographics. Subjects include the new Masonic Hall (history of the local organization, dedication ceremony, and description of building); the history and demolition of the second building of the Chestnut Street Theatre; the centennial anniversary of the Pennsylvania Hospital; the state of local trades, including Jules Hauel & Co.’s perfumery, the soda water business, "plaster images," lithography (P. S. Duval, p. 24), preserves and pickling (Jacob L. Wendall), milkmen, shipbuilding, manufacture of cassimeres, and over-worked and underpaid needle woman; municipal issues, including the mayor’s veto of councilmen wearing police badges, the reforms to street names and numbering, extended hours at the public squares, and the report of the Grand Inquest of 1850, including prison reform recommendations., Several articles describe new construction, predominantly churches, and improvements to the city infrastructure, particularly on Chestnut Street. Subjects include Fourth Baptist Church, First Reformed Dutch Church, First Baptist Church, Christ Church Germantown, New Moravian Church, and St. Jude’s Church;the opening of part of Delaware Avenue; the Market Street tunnel (1844); the extension of West Chester Railroad to Media; Reading Railroad Bridge; inauguration of the Wagner Free Institute; Germantown; the new offices of the Board of Surveys; the fancy and perfumery store of T. H. Peters & Co. (700 block Chestnut) and saddlery of Lacey and Phillips (700 Lodge Street); the opening of Belmont Avenue; the 1850 building season; and preservation of trees in areas of construction in West Philadelphia. Subjects addressed through editorials include the decrepit state of the Merchant’s Exchange (annotated "as written by G. G. Foster for the "Sunday Mercury"); the chimes of the Christ Church bell; the ca. 1765 cartoon “The Election, A Medley…” (p. 15); the horse market at Bush Hill; Chestnut Street and Custom House vendors; the omnibus system; a G.G. Foster article about “daylight ruffians" and their haunts; and "Negro Minstrelsy and Jakeyism." Other articles satirize "Philadelphia Customs" like cleanliness; advertise baby shows organized by P.T. Barnum and colleagues; and provide commentaries about the sale of the late Edward D. Ingraham’s library and estate; Phoebe Ann Rush’s mansion; Governor Pollock’s visit to the "colored High School in Lombard Street"; tariffs established by hotel keepers (1855); the extent of foot traffic at Third and Chestnut Street in one hour; the demographics of South Street; and stocking the Delaware with salmon., Ephemera includes seven lottery tickets, issued between 1796 and 1833, and playbills for Chestnut Street Theater and Deutches (i.e., German) National Theater. Lotteries represent the Union Canal of Pennsylvania, Washington Canal, Connecticut, Maryland, New York and Delaware. Scrapbook also includes detailed manuscript notes about "Morris’ Palace"; the Farmers & Mechanics Bank; Chestnut Street Theatre signage; "List of American Theatres"; "St. Peter’s church steeple and bells"; and "The German Theatre.", Graphic materials, predominately views and illustrations of landmarks, and advertisements, include wood engravings, engravings, and cameo stamps. Views and illustrations include images of Fairmount Water Works; "The Coal Wharves at Richmond, near Philadelphia"; Masonic Hall; Philadelphia Bank; "Front View of the American Sunday School Union Buildings, 146 Chesnut St., Philadelphia"; St. Mark's Church; the Philadelphia Library (i.e., Library Company); and the Orphan Asylum. Advertisements depict “A View of the Laboratory and Residence of Dr. Schenck, S.E. corner of Coates and Marshall Streets…”; Charles Ellis & Co., wholesale druggists (56 Chestnut); Beck & Co., perfumery (205 Arch, i.e., 500 block); "Messrs. Glenn & Co.’s Store, 180 Chestnut Street" (i.e., 700 block); Dr. McClintock’s Family Medicines (Ninth and Filbert); Blanchard & Co., wallpaper and upholstery (227 Chestnut, i.e., 700 block); James, Kent, Santee & Co., wholesale dry goods (147 N. Third, i.e., 200 block); M. Walker & Son, wire railing manufactory (Sixth and Market); Fritz, Williams & Henry, leather (29 N. Third); S. A. Harrison, warming and ventilating warehouse (Walnut near Sixth); "Northeast corner of Third and Chestnut Streets" (includes Moran & Sickels, printers); “Anthy. Finley’s Bookstore, corner of Chesnut and Fourth Streets”; Joseph Maples, sculptor and marble cutter (Arch near Broad); F. H. Smith, pocket book and port monaie manufacturer (Fourth and Chestnut); Fowler, Wells & Co., phrenologists (231 Arch, i.e., 600 block); Lippincott’s clothing warehouse (400 block Market); W. P. & G. W. Hacker, china, glass, queensware (60 N. Second); Henry Duhring & Co., hosiery and yarns (22 N. Fourth); and Lindsay & Blakiston, publishers., Cameo stamps advertise Jones’ Exchange Hotel (77 Dock); W. & E. H. Hawkins, flour & feed mills (Ninth above Poplar); and William Gorman boys clothing establishment (Ninth and Market). Majority of the advertisements include street and pedestrian traffic. Graphics also include prints from William Birch's and C.G. Child's "Views of Philadelphia" series; vignettes depicting an "ice water" fountain, trunks by T.W. Matson, "chamber furniture," a woman using opera glasses, a spit, an arm chair, the exterior of the “Book & Stationary, No. 104 South Third Street,” “Statue of William Penn,”and ladies bonnets; and illustrations of “the fashion of ladies costume of 1853 – not exaggerated!” including shawls and overcoats and military and fireman’s caps “worn in 1854”., Majority of contents annotated with a date or explicative manuscript notes by Poulson., Cut outs pasted on title page. Imagery includes allegorical female figures representing art and writing, a pedestal, and a gilted memorial vignette., Verso of title page contains Poulson inscription: “The dates of the articles herein, are those of the newspapers &c from which they were cut. Cutout of vignette of roman garbed woman holding a mirror frames the inscription., "Index to set in back part of vol. XI.", Insert opposite p. 40: Lettersheet inscribed with explicative text about “picture representing the building at N.E. corner of Third and Chestnut street." Insert opposite p. 44: 2 lettersheets inscribed with explicative text about contents (Wetherill Family and Finley's Bookstore) on p. 44. One signed by Thompson Westcott and dated 1858. Insert opposite p. 88: Lettersheet dated 1855 and inscribed with explicative text about the Philadelphia Bank received by Poulson from “Mr. Robins the present Prest. Of Philadelphia Bank”, Scraps with manuscript notes about the estates "Solitude" and "Landsdown House" tipped in before p. 80., Artists, engravers, and printers include Beller; Joseph H. Brightly; J. H. Byram; Edward Clarkson; W. Croome; George Devereux; W. E. Gihon; Gilbert & Gihon; A. Kollner; Jacob Maas; H. L. Stephens; William Strickland; H. Tanner; and R. Telfer., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, compiler
Date: 1796-1855, bulk 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Poulson scrapbooks - vol. 4 [(4)2526.F]

Title: View of the city of Philadelphia, and its principal buildings
Description: Print containing a central panoramic view of Philadelphia surrounded by vignettes of prominent Philadelphia institutions. View looks west from Camden, New Jersey, showing islands and vessels in the Delaware River. Vignettes include the Almshouse, Fairmount, Girard College, Merchants' Exchange, Moyamensing Prison, Chestnut Street Theatre, U.S. Naval Asylum, State House, U.S. Mint, and the University of Pennsylvania. Most vignettes include small details like carriages, horses and pedestrians on foot., Philadelphia on Stone, Atwater Kent Museum: 40.14.19
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: 1842
Location: Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 40.14.19

Title: [Philadelphia] P.S. Duval & Co. lith, Phila.]
Description: Proof print containing a montage of 14 vignettes (12 captioned) separated by borders of branches and garlands. Vignettes depict the "Custom House," West Philadelphia stand pipe (Twenty-Fourth Ward Water Works), "Independence Hall," Spark's shot tower, Merchants' "Exchange," "Insane Asylum," "Naval Asylum," "Pennsylvania "Hospital," "Philadelphia" near the Naval yard on the Delaware River, "Alms House," "Fair Mount" at the water works, "Girard College," and Eastern State "Penitentiary." Vignettes also include street, maritime, and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, wagons, and omnibuses; sail boats, skiffs, and steam boats; and laborers with hand carts and individuals on horseback. Also contains pictorial details showing an American eagle and shield, William Penn, and a Native American., Title and publication information from published duplicate., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 569, Library of Congress: DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia, See published copy DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia

Title: Philadelphia
Description: Print containing a montage of 14 vignettes (12 captioned) separated by borders of branches and garlands. Vignettes depict the "Custom House," West Philadelphia stand pipe (Twenty-Fourth Ward Water Works), "Independence Hall," Spark's shot tower, Merchants' "Exchange," "Insane Asylum," "Naval Asylum," "Pennsylvania "Hospital," "Philadelphia" near the Naval yard on the Delaware River, "Alms House," "Fair Mount" at the water works, "Girard College," and Eastern State "Penitentiary." Vignettes also include street, maritime, and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, wagons, and omnibuses; sail boats, skiffs, and steam boats; and laborers with hand carts and individuals on horseback. Also contains pictorial details showing an American eagle and shield, William Penn, and a Native American., Distributor's imprint printed on recto: For Sale by Drovin & Co., 38 S. 3rd Phila., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 569.1, Drovin & Co. was a Philadelphia stationery business., Library of Congress: DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia, See proof DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen prints 23 (AA size) Philadelphia
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC-PP-1997: 105 Queen - 93 prints (AA size) Philadelphia

Title: Philadelphia, western & southern trade journal. Illustrated supplement Devoted to the commercial and manufacturing interests of Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement supplement containing 23 titled vignettes depicting and promoting prominent landmarks and businesses within Philadelphia. Landmarks include the State House; Girard College; U.S. Mint at Chestnut and Juniper streets; Merchants' Exchange; Chamber of Commerce at Dock and Walnut streets; Custom House at 420 Chestnut Street; Carpenters' Hall; the Navy Yard at Southwark; and Fairmount Water Works. Businesses include George W. Plumly, paper box manufacturer; Harrison, Havemeyer & Co.'s Franklin Steam Sugar Refinery; R. & G.A. Wright, manufacturers of fine perfumery; F. Gutekunst, photographer; Brooke, Colket & Co., commission merchants; McKeone VanHaagen & Co. Soap Works; Henry Disston's Keystone Saw, Tool & Steel works; Seyfert, McManus & Co.'s Reading Iron Works; Charles Magarge & Co., dealers in paper; Howsons' United States & Foreign Patent Offices; Wilson, Childs & Co., Philadelphia Plantation & Road Wagon Works; Dohan & Taitt, tobacco commission merchants; Lafourcades Brothers & Irwin, importers of cloths, cassimeres & vestings; and Lockwood's Paper Collar Factory. Also contains several passages of text recounting the history of the city and describing the depicted landmarks., Title from item., Various delineators and engravers, including Van Ingen & Snyder, Matthias Reiff Longacre, and Lauderbach & Schell., Accessioned 1992., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Ph Pr - Government Buildings [P.9384a-w]

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